The Team's Board Report - Mainfreight
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11<br />
Travelling Companions<br />
(Article courtesy of NZ Hot Rod Magazine)<br />
<strong>The</strong> love of a car is cemented by<br />
the number of miles you spend<br />
together out on the road and<br />
there’s no better example of the<br />
love of man and machine than this<br />
group of enterprising Model-A<br />
maniacs from the USA.<br />
Having already travelled through<br />
Alaska along the ice road to near<br />
the North Pole plus across Australia<br />
and the USA, these guys and gals,<br />
four from Arizona, one from<br />
California and one from Oklahoma<br />
are currently touring New Zealand.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y’re members of the F.A.S.T.<br />
(Ford “A” Speed Technology) Club<br />
and they’re off to the 10th National<br />
Model-A Ford Rally in Nelson plus<br />
a month’s sightseeing of<br />
New Zealand’s best scenery<br />
through the windshield of their<br />
favourite rides thanks to the efforts<br />
of Steve Curle at Kiwi Shipping.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se Model-As are not boneshockers,<br />
they’re tastefully hot<br />
rodded and are built for the long<br />
distance cruising. <strong>The</strong>ir 40hp<br />
<strong>Mainfreight</strong> in the Community<br />
<strong>Mainfreight</strong> has been part of the<br />
“Duffy Books in Homes”<br />
programme since its inception in<br />
1994 and currently we support over<br />
55 schools in New Zealand and the<br />
USA. This means over 13,000 kids<br />
every year are getting new books to<br />
read with our support. <strong>The</strong> Books<br />
in Homes programme has 547<br />
schools and 200 early childhood<br />
education centres in the scheme,<br />
representing over 110,000 New<br />
Zealand children.<br />
motors are hopped up to around<br />
65hp and are backed by allsynchro<br />
3-speed trans from ’39<br />
Fords. Some have Mitchell<br />
overdrive units giving six forward<br />
gears, most have 3.54 diff gears,<br />
others 3.78s. All have ’35 Ford 16”<br />
wires fitted with radial tyres for<br />
comfy cruising. Steering is via<br />
modified Ford F100 steering boxes.<br />
<strong>Mainfreight</strong>’s other significant<br />
sponsorship partner is “<strong>The</strong> Life<br />
Education Trust” which was<br />
established in New Zealand in<br />
1988. <strong>The</strong> Trust seeks to help give<br />
young people the knowledge and<br />
skills to live a fulfilling and healthy<br />
life through their positive healthbased<br />
education. Each year they<br />
take over 225,000 children through<br />
their mobile classrooms teaching<br />
Once their “Kiwiville” adventure is<br />
over the cars will be shipped back<br />
to the USA from Port of Lyttelton,<br />
Christchurch. <strong>The</strong> fun ends there<br />
but the memories and camaraderie<br />
of their tour will be relived through<br />
stories and tales well into the<br />
future. Welcome to New Zealand<br />
guys! Have a great time.<br />
We’re green with envy.<br />
self-respect, respect for others and<br />
providing tools for healthy living.<br />
<strong>Mainfreight</strong> is proud to support<br />
these two exceptional organisations<br />
that channel so much to the<br />
children who are our future. We<br />
encourage you to learn more about<br />
how you can help by visiting their<br />
websites: www.booksinhomes.org.nz<br />
www.lifeeducation.org.nz<br />
<strong>The</strong> philosophy behind the<br />
programme is simple – to break the<br />
cycle of ‘booklessness’. Kids who<br />
can’t read become adults who<br />
can’t communicate and that’s a<br />
serious disadvantage in a world<br />
that operates on the written word.<br />
Tauranga<br />
A wonderful Duffy Book Assembly<br />
was held recently at Paengaroa<br />
School which was attended by<br />
Cameron Hill and Feana Tu’akoi, a<br />
guest author. All the children<br />
received their Duffy Books that they<br />
had chosen earlier in the year.<br />
Cameron Hill and Feana Tu’akoi with happy students from Paengaroa School