Gas & Tyre Service Whangarei
Phone: +64 9438 8189
Tyres Brands: Continental, Falken, Kumho, Maxxis, Mickey Thompson, Nitto, Pirelli
Address: 129 Port Road, Whangarei.
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:00, Saturday: Close, Sunday: Close.
Gas & Tyre Services Whangarei
In 1959, Gas & Tyre was born in Dargaville, a local company that manages tire, lubricant and gas divisions. After a long history, they had the opportunity to set up new branches, thanks to their excellent reputation for friendly, reliable and fast service, and to their loyal customers, who choose them because they know they are the best for them.
They have a specialized team with excellent installation service. If you need tires for agricultural, forestry and off-road vehicles, they will have it available. For a better experience, their branches are located in places where they will have the opportunity to park comfortably, close to shops, go for a walk or simply have a coffee in the store while the technical team installs your tyres…
Tyres in Whangarei
There are an estimated 57.000 vehicles in Whangarei, which means there are 286.000 tyres in this city.
Whangarei, nicknamed “the winterless North” because of its year-round mild climate, is located north of Auckland. It is the centre of the most important region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is also a subtropical city surrounded by ranches, farmhouses, fertile lands where all kinds of crops are grown next to its deep water port.
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Pirelli Tyres History
It was on January 28, 1872 when Giovanni Battista Pirelli obtained the registration of a company that began as a producer of rubber objects and has ended up being a benchmark for high-performance tires
Born on December 27, 1848 in Varenna, Giovanni Battista Pirelli was the eighth of ten children of Santino Pirelli, a baker, and Rosa Riva, although only five survived. After his initial studies, he transferred to Milan to study physics and mathematics, then to Pavia to expand them, he enlisted with Garibaldi’s troops in the War of Independence of 1866 and finally returned to Milan to obtain the title of industrial engineer, that he got with the best grades of his promotion.
That earned him a scholarship that, through Europe, allowed him to meet great companies, personalities and production methods. But above all, an element that was revolutionizing the industry: rubber, or elastic rubber. The fellowship lasted until September 1871. But Pirelli already had an idea in mind, and so, on January 28, 1872, he founded the GB Pirelli & Co., of which he was the sole managing partner, with a registered capital of 215,000 lire. His first factory, on the banks of the Sevesetto, was modest, with only a thousand square meters and just 45 workers, which in just 10 years will already be 250.
Initially with rubber tubes and tapes, but gradually expanding the business to shoe soles, raincoats or tire cables, only three years after the company was founded, half of the country’s demand for rubber objects is Pirelli. But that’s not enough. Pirelli’s mind for the future leads him to see the future in telecommunications. And it is there where from 1881 onwards it will expand its range of products, with submarine cables for telecommunications, which allowed the telegraph cables to be passed under water not only in Italy, but also in Africa or from Barcelona to Palma de Mallorca.
That prosperity also had to confront legitimate workers’ demands. That is where the first chapter of the Pirelli series begins and ends, with the strike on May 5, 1898 that resulted in the Bava Beccaris massacre, with 418 people killed and hundreds injured by police and government repression. Giovanni Battista Pirelli thinks from his factory how to improve the employment situation, which in the future will lead to a scientific organization of work, the presence of doctors and psychological tests and an improvement in working conditions. But just before, in 1901, the production of what would be the signature work and hallmark of the firm had started: automobile and motorcycle tires.
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