Matt Campbell of Campbell Spreading in North Otago has won the Ravensdown Young Achiever Award at the 2026 GroundSpread New Zealand Awards.

“It means a lot for Campbell Spreading,” he says.

“We’re definitely pushing for a lot this year.”

Campbell Spreading now runs two trucks.

“Now we’re in our second year by ourselves, and it’s a growing business, which is really good.”

The growth has kept Campbell busy through winter.

“We haven’t really stopped, to be fair.

“We’ve been doing a bit of crusher dust and stuff on lanes and a heap of lime, so we’ve probably only had a bit of downtime.

“At the end of the month, we’ll be flying back into it if the weather stays apart, but we’ve had a bit of rain.”

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