Enthusiast17 August 2023
Caffeine & Gasoline, proudly brought to you by Star Insure and Hampton Downs, is the ultimate car and bike show! . Held on the last Sunday of each month in the top carpark, next to Aoraki Coffee Roasters Café, it's a gathering of enthusiasts and their beloved vehicles. From bikes to supercars...
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17 August 2023
Woohoo! Star Insure is the first insurance provider in New Zealand to offer Afterpay. No other insurer, insurance broker or insurance provider has the option. It’s another way we’re committed to doing things differently and making sure our customers have an out-of-the-ordinary experience with u...
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16 August 2023
Edgar Heinrich, Head of Design at BMW Motorrad, has been working in the design department, apart from a short interruption, since 1987. Designer of the R1200GS and others, he’s a real motorcycle nerd. WORDS: Klaus Nennewitz PHOTOS: Heiko Mandl. Formore than three decades, Edgar Heinrich has pla...
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Automotive16 August 2023
A new bike, a new motor, Suzuki’s GSX-8S is here. Ben Wilkins drew the long straw to test it at the Oceania launch in Aussie. It’s been a while between drinks for Suzuki. New models in general, and new engines specifically, have been few and far between in the last decade. Then along come two ...
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16 August 2023
Great Rides App – Dun Mountain Trail. Story Gary Patterson Photos Gary Patterson and as credited. Dun in a day? Well, this is a welcome change from the multi-day mountain-bike rides I had undertaken to collect data for the Great Rides App. Not only is it a day trip; the Dun Mountain Trail is a g...
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CamperCare16 August 2023
Story Kathy Catton Photos Kathy Catton or as credited. A hidden treasure. What better way to explore Banks Peninsula without hopping too far from Christchurch? Take the ferry from Lyttelton to Quail Island, add an overnight stay, and you have the perfect back-country hut experience, all within the...
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CamperCare16 August 2023
Beyond Fiordland to our Wildest Islands. Located 700km south of Bluff, Campbell Island is a conservation cornerstone of the five wild, remote and rugged island groups that make up New Zealand’s subantarctic UNESCO World Heritage Site and is the first stop of an 11-day legacy voyage visiting The...
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Automotive16 August 2023
When Ferrari decided to build a special-edition car and name it after ‘il Commendatore’ — Ferrari’s famously irascible boss — it put the acid on itself to produce something very special indeed. By Ian Parkes. . . . Besides routinely building some of the world’s most desirable c...
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