Maintenance Matters

Maintenance Engineering Conference full program released
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
The full conference program is now live on the website, including free pre-conference workshops.   Highlights include: 
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Maintenance Engineering Society (MESNZ) Conference 2025
Wednesday, 10 September 2025
The 21st Annual MESNZ Maintenance Engineering Conference will be held in  Hamilton, 30th Sept – 2nd October 2025.
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3D-printed spare part used on operational fighter jet RAF
Wednesday, 10 September 2025
The Royal Air Force (RAF) successfully installed a temporary replacement part for the pylon assembly that connects weapons systems to the wing of an operational Typhoon fighter jet. Engineers scanned...
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A world first in maintenance: Pump grease with the cordless screwdriver
Wednesday, 03 September 2025
In the construction, agricultural and industrial sectors, unplanned machine breakdowns due to neglected lubrication repeatedly leads to high costs.
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Maintenance and the D Word
Wednesday, 30 July 2025
The premise that a business, from a financial or process viewpoint, can “defer” maintenance is not entirely unreasonable. We are in business to survive, and sometimes tough calls must be made. But...
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IOT 4.0 and AI in the Maintenance World
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
ndustry thrives on buzz words and fashion, and maintenance management is no stranger to this world. RCM, RCA, TPM and other 3 -letter acronyms have all been rolled out as the holy grail,
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Grease or oil - Choosing the right lubricant for your application
Tuesday, 01 July 2025
Put simply, making the wrong bearing lubrication choice can lead to overheating, premature failure or unplanned downtime. In order to avoid these consequences, let’s look at how production managers...
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FLIR TG268 and TG298 handheld thermal imagers
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
FLIR has released two new thermal imaging spot temperature cameras: the FLIR TG268 and TG298.
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Failure Modes & Prevention
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Failure Prevention & Material Awareness 1-day Training - Auckland  
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Waikato apprentice takes out Stuart Tolhurst Cup
Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Enthusiasm, adaptability, and initiative: these are qualities that have earned Ngāruawāhia apprentice Zander Pringle the prestigious Stuart Tolhurst Memorial Award for 2024 in Hamilton this month.<
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MESNZ Maintenance Engineering Conference – Some of the key speakers Part 2
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
The MESNZ Conference is in Hamilton 8-10th October 2024. A few of the key topics and speakers will be:  
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Transpower appoints new caretaker for vital electricity infrastructure
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Facilities management provider Programmed has won a major bid to maintain Transpower’s national network of properties including its nearly 180 substation sites in a potential nine-year contract.
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MESNZ Maintenance Engineering Conference – Some of the key speakers
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
The MESNZ Conference is in Hamilton 8-10th October 2024. A few of the key topics and speakers will be:
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EPA cuts lead levels allowed in paints
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has significantly reduced the levels of lead impurities allowed in paints and tightened rules for art materials, such as chalk, crayons, and felt-tip pe
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Preventative Maintenance task optimisation
Tuesday, 16 July 2024
If you look at your Preventative Maintenance (PM)  tasks, do you ever wonder where they came from?
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