King’s Birthday Honours: Warwick Wilshier's log truck safety [NZ]Friday 5 Jun 2026
Wilshier entered the forestry industry at 21 after telling his father he wanted to buy a log truck. “He didn’t think it was a very good idea at the time.” Raised in Ōtorohanga, Wilshier grew up around his grandfather’s native sawmill but was drawn to the trucks hauling the timber and the mechanics behind the operation. He completed a mechanical apprenticeship at the Waipā Mill, which he said was the biggest mill in New Zealand at the time, and learned how to repair trucks before buying an existing unit carting logs into the mill. By 1989, Wilshier had expanded into multiple fleet ownerships. A partnership with Gary Williams later led to the Rotorua-based Williams and Wilshier Transport Ltd, delivering logs to Kinleith, Kawerau and McAlpines in Rotorua. Click here for full article Source: NZ Herald Image credit: Warwick Wilshier  | ||
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