Man wins inaugural Good Bugger Award

Long-serving employee of Bellingham Quarries in Kaitaia, New Zealand, Keith Tahu, has received the Institute of Quarrying's inaugural Good Bugger Award.

Mr Tahu, who joined the firm on May 1, 1973, has worked at many quarry sites, from Cape Reinga to Panguru to Mangonui.



He became a B grade quarry manager in 1976, then progressed to an A grade unrestricted quarry manager in 1984. Mr Tahu is currently overseeing management of the company's three agricultural lime plants.

He is also responsible for designing and conducting annual preventative maintenance programmes, and has also been crucial in implementing the revised health and safety systems applying to those plants.