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Waikato’s infrastructure projects and people celebrated at annual awards

Outstanding civil infrastructure projects from across the mighty Waikato – and the people responsible constructing and maintaining them – were celebrated on Friday night at the Civil Contractors New Zealand Waikato Branch Hynds Construction Awards 2025.

Waikato excavator operator named region's best

Hamilton man Zahnn Hedges was announced as Waikato’s best excavator operator at a prize-giving in Hamilton last night, earning him a spot in the CCNZ CablePrice National Excavator Operator Competition grand final in Feilding next year.

Waikato and Bay of Plenty excavator operators duel at Fieldays

Mud flew at Mystery Creek at the end of last week as the heavyweights of Waikato and Bay of Plenty excavator operating competed for regional titles and a spot at next year’s CCNZ CablePrice National Excavator Operator Competition grand final.

Top projects and people feature at Waikato awards

Projects responding to summer storms and cyclone repairs, improving public safety and accessibility, upgrading facilities, and installing underground services featured amongst the year's winning projects, with awards also presented to outstanding individuals working across the region at the 2024 CCNZ Waikato Branch Hynds Construction Awards.

Golf the winner at CCNZ Waikato Golf Day

The annual CCNZ Waikato Branch golf day was held on Friday 22 March at Horsham Downs Golf Club in stunning weather.

Waikato awards recognise outstanding people and projects

A 2.7km tunnel to bring water to a power station, an upgrade for a local domain, a major ring road, works to enable a new retirement village and the new entrance for Hamilton Zoo featured amongst the year's winning projects at the CCNZ Waikato Branch Hynds Construction Awards on Friday 11 August.

Waikato, Bay of Plenty excavator champions primed for nationals

The CCNZ CablePrice Waikato Bay of Plenty Regional Excavator Operator Competition was a highlight of National Fieldays at Mystery Creek once again, with talented operators from across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions battling it out for the regional title, and their opportunity to represent their regions and complete for the national title.

Len Scherer passes on

Past CCNZ Waikato/Bay of Plenty Branch President Len Scherer died suddenly on 4 July 2021, just days after he had celebrated his 90th birthday with family and friends.

Best of Waikato’s civil construction industry revealed

The best civil construction projects in Waikato were celebrated recently at the 2021 CCNZ Waikato Hynds Construction Awards. A record 230 people attended the ceremony on 25 June at The Atrium on the Wintec campus in Hamilton, including Hynds Director Adrian Hynds and Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate.

Waikato and Bay of Plenty Excavator operators dig deep for regional titles

Travis Rameka and Craig Crowley have been crowned winners of the Waikato/Bay of Plenty CCNZ CablePrice Regional Excavator Operator Competition. They were the best of 29 competitors across 14 companies at the contest, held earlier this month in front of big crowds at the Fieldays in Mystery Creek, near Hamilton.