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EPISODE · May 9, 2024 · 6 MIN

Simon Barnett and James Daniels on the road in a campervan

from Matt Heath & Tyler Adams Afternoons · host Newstalk ZB

Pukekohe firm TrailLite Campers is turning 70. They sell $57 million of campervans (and some caravans) a year and its origins trace back to two cabinetmakers, Brian Penman and Jim Crotty who made furniture and caskets. In the mid-1950s they made their first caravan which carried the TrailLite name and that’s stuck ever since. The luxury motorhomes can sell for $460,000 - half the average house price in New Zealand - so the finished product has to be just right. Joint managing director Shaun Newman joined Simon Barnett and James Daniels for a chat. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Pukekohe firm TrailLite Campers is turning 70. They sell $57 million of campervans (and some caravans) a year and its origins trace back to two cabinetmakers, Brian Penman and Jim Crotty who made furniture and caskets. In the mid-1950s they made...

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