We headed out with our friends from National Road Carriers to this year’s gala at Our Lady Star of the Sea Primary in Auckland.

The Our Lady Star of the Sea Gala Day was an exciting get together of the school’s community, a fantastic day of fun, food, activities and entertainment.

Along with our pals Paula Rogers and Stephen “Woody” Woodward, we spent the day at the gala getting to know all the kids and parents who stopped by.

The true star of the show was Gleeson & Cox Transport’s sparkling Kenworth truck, kindly supplied by driver Kumar Asneel. The Kenworth was parked up on the school’s field and Kumar let all the kids hop inside and see what it’s like inside a truck! And pull the big horn, of course!

“The excitement on the kids’ faces as they got behind the wheel of the huge truck combined with the thrill of being allowed to pull on the horn was fantastic to see,” says Paula.

“We absolutely couldn’t have done it without Kumar donating a big chunk of time on his Saturday – on behalf of the school, NRC and Little Trucker Down Under I’d like to say a massive thank you.”

We had kids lining up all day to get their moment behind the wheel and swing on the horn! We took lots of photos too, and kids got to take home some cool colouring-in pictures and their very own copy of Little Trucker Down Under.

Sending them off with the latest Little Trucker magazine along with information on the colouring competition and other activities, hopefully means we have introduced a new generation of Kiwi kids to the transport industry. Our Lady Star of the Sea’s gala raised $36,795, which is a fantastic effort, and it was great that the transport industry could do its bit to contribute.