Our current state of play has created a massive disruption to business as usual – but are there any positives to come out from the Covid-19 pandemic? Covid-19 has dramatically impacted us all in many different ways. Of course, most discussions have been on the negatives of Covid-19, but here are five silver linings that…
We’re calling for members interested in being certified via New Zealand’s first ever sustainable steel certification program – a new initiative being driven by the Sustainable Steel Council (SSC). The Sustainable Steel Council is a group of industry leaders committed to a circular economy, the long-term viability of the industry and its contribution to inter-generational…
Want to be part of the Aotearoa Steel Industry Transformation Agenda? Then this is your call to get involved in this transformation! This Agenda is an industry-wide blue-print to position our industry for a sustainable future. It will be based on Treasury’s Living Standards Framework, which looks at performance across four capitals: Human capital, Social…
HERA recently commissioned an external market research company to figure out what NZ society thinks of our metals industry. The outcome was nothing short of interesting. Why? Because when asked if the steel industry was prepared for future technologies and innovation – only 47% felt we were. And of that, 79% responded that future-proofing the…
We’d like to advise our members about the Governments interest to identify ‘shovel ready’ infrastructure projects from the public and certain private infrastructure sector participants impacted by COVID 19. This comes after Ministers have advised that they wish to understand the availability, benefits, geographical spread and scale of ‘shovel ready’ projects in New Zealand. The…
We’d like to introduce you to one of our student members – Meilyka Amir. She’s in her third year studying in mechanical/mechatronics engineering and computer science at the University of Auckland. Her goal is to be a successful engineer who contributes in creating a more sustainable planet, utilising her passion of problem solving to help!…
We’d like to introduce you to one of our student members – Rajnil Lal. He graduated with a Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from the Fiji National University in 2015, and is currently enrolled to complete his Masters at the University of Auckland. In his second semester, he’ll be finishing his studies in June, and will…
Mar182020 Listen on iTunes Listen on PodBean 18 Mar 2020 | Ep.25 – 20/20 VISION: HERA’s Future Forum In this episode of Stirring the Pot, we check in with our CEO Dr Troy Coyle and Metals NZ CE Nick Collins. Together we reflect back on the first of HERA’s Future Forum Conference which this year…
Now that the World Health Organisation has declared COVID-19 as a pandemic, the most important thing we can do as individuals and companies – is not panic. There is a lot of information coming in from news agencies, email and social media – and everyone has a different opinion on how seriously we should (or…
We’d like to introduce you to one of our students to join our newly created Student Membership category – Siavash Nourani. Helping you to get to know aspiring engineers like Siavash, is part of our works to better connect you with our future engineers and develop meaningful relationships with them. Together, we can make the…
The dust has settled from the first of our Future Forum conferences and we’d like to congratulate the winners and runners-up at our 2020 Vision: Nation Dinner. It goes without saying, that the performance of forward thinking companies play a pivotal part in propelling our industry into the future, and making sure we have relevance.…
Feb192020 Listen on iTunes Listen on Spotify Listen on PodBean 19 Feb 2020 | Ep.24 – School of future environments In this episode of Stirring the Pot, we talk with Dr Shahab Ramhormozian and Prof Charles Walker from the Auckland University of Technology (AUT). Shahab is a Lecturer in Structural and Earthquake Engineering and Prof…