Motorcycle21 February 2024
Triumph NZ has thrown us the key to a brand new Tiger 1200 Rally Pro to do with as we wish. So, we headed straight for the South Island. WORDS & PHOTOS: Ben Wilkins. Most bike tests here in New Zealand involve picking up the review bike from the importer, keeping it for a couple of weeks to try...
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Motorcycle21 February 2024
Graphic Designer Logan Olausen from Golden Bay tells us how a TV show planted the seed, but it was a trip to Vietnam that started his love affair with adventure riding. WORDS: Tara Papworth PHOTOS: Supplied. When did you get into riding?. “I grew up in Auckland and rode 125cc dirt bikes with my...
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CamperCare21 February 2024
A unique museum, water and walks Story by Sheryl Bainbridge Photos Neill & Sheryl Bainbridge. For years we’ve driven past the New Zealand Timber Museum on the main road just south of Putāruru saying ‘we must stop one day’. ‘One day’ arrived, and we spent an absorbing couple of hours ...
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CamperCare21 February 2024
Opening the gate – removing barriers to accessing our great outdoors Words Mark Inglis. Between losing his legs at 23 years old due to frostbite and then going on to be the first double amputee to have stood on the roof of the world, the summit of Mount Everest, Mark has carved out careers as a s...
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CamperCare21 February 2024
Explore and immerse yourself in the magnificent Otago this summer Story Cecilia Huang (Department of Conservation) Photos as credited. Otago is your all season go-to place. It’s renowned for its amazing diversity - mountains, lakes, alpine lakes, river valleys, beech forests, waterfalls, glacie...
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CamperCare17 November 2023
Just south of Haast, the road ends at a scenic spot with a fishy feel and a pioneer past Story Sheryl Bainbridge Photos Neill Bainbridge. Tourists seem to fall broadly into three categories. Firstly there are domestic tourists, many of whom are of the older generation leisurely travelling the count...
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CamperCare17 November 2023
There’s something for everyone on Whangārei’s Huarahi o Te Whai (Hātea Loop) Walk Story + Photos Sheryl Bainbridge. Cycling or skipping, chattering, leading dogs while tugging at parents’ hands, on a fine weekend morning it’s heart-warming to see happy children wending their way around ...
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CamperCare17 November 2023
An Oxbow Lake With Abundant Bird Life Provincial, small-town New Zealand folk are well known for ‘coming together’ to achieve common goals especially when those end objectives benefit the community as a whole. Natural habitat restoration projects are particularly good examples of this community ...
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