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AHS, Liftech and Treadway Equipped unite under the Hoist & Garage name

A Hoist & Garage technician beside a vehicle hoist and service van in a workshop
The merger creates New Zealand’s largest fleet of mobile workshop-equipment technicians, giving workshops one team for equipment, installation, servicing and certification
Trade visitors on the exhibition floor at Automechanika Frankfurt 2026

Automechanika 2026 draws 112,000 to Frankfurt

The Hoist dashboard showing revenue and job reporting

Why workshops are switching to Hoist software

Vehicles raised on two-post hoists in a busy workshop

Supplied by us or not, we’ll keep your workshop working

Supercheap Auto Trade graphic showing the Access, Silver, Gold, and Platinum price tiers

Supercheap Auto Trade brings its price tiers into the open

Frank Hutchinson of Don Kyatt Spare Parts with the Governor of Victoria Export Award at Government House, Melbourne

Don Kyatt named Victoria’s exporter of the year

A Corghi Erco HC4002 two-post vehicle hoist

Corghi Erco HC4002: a 4,000kg two-post hoist that fits the bay

NTK oil, fuel, air, and cabin air filters in front of an engine bay

NTK bundles the service into one box

A technician working at a tool trolley in a workshop

Ransomware hits Australian dealers via remote-access tools

A technician fitting a Kumho tyre to an electric bus wheel

Kumho EV bus tyre goes on trial in New Zealand

A four-wheel drive fitted with a rear bar, twin wheel carriers, and a roof rack

Trailcom: More than just trailer parts

An Office Products Depot delivery van

Office Products Depot joins Blackfern

A technician placing a Ryco service sticker on the inside of a vehicle windscreen

ELF: the Ryco approach to better filtration

Audi Essential Service — $399 for all Audi vehicles 8 years and older
A vehicle underbody being coated with rust protection

Autoblast: rust protection from the yard to the restoration bay

An Autop-Stenhoj Maestro 2.35 NxT two-post vehicle lift

Autop-Stenhoj Maestro 2.35 NxT two-post lift

Narva Model 70 LED rear combination lamps from Brown & Watson

Model 70 combination lamps

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AUTO UPDATE

A white Nissan Y63 Patrol towing a boat beside the sea

Nissan confirms all-new Patrol range for NZ

A white BAIC X55 Hybrid driving on a coastal road

BAIC adds a range-extender hybrid to the X55

Two Subaru Trailseeker EVs parked on a gravel riverbed

Subaru’s first EV arrives in two variants

The Ford Bronco Basecamp driving on a dusty track at dusk

Bronco Basecamp confirmed for New Zealand in 2027

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