CamperCare22 April 2022
Well, it’s aviation history, great vintage rail, ‘Bad Santa’ Christmas parades and Southland’s special snacks Camping and caravanning is such an important part of so many people’s lives that the impact of, and memories from, camping trips away as kids remain some of our most treasured as...
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CamperCare22 April 2022
A recent trip home to Martinborough saw us drive down the west coast over the back roads from Raglan to Awakino, then to Urenui, around the coast of Taranaki, and down through Whanganui to Palmerston North and across the ranges to home. A visit out to Ngāwī on the South Wairarapa Coast is a must o...
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CamperCare22 April 2022
Excuse me – but the Southern Alps are calling. Time to pack up my ski bag and go south to Queenstown for a winter adventure among the snow-capped mountains and southern lakes. I peer out the plane’s oval window, across snow-covered mountains to the shimmering Tasman Sea in the west and down into...
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Automotive24 March 2022
Wild rides with iconic Kiwi muscle car drivers. When the V8 bellows and drivers are straining every nerve to keep them on the road, muscle cars come alive. Gerard Richards tells the survivors’ tales. By Gerard Richards. Two fire-breathing macho machines facing off on a back road or main drag i...
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Automotive24 March 2022
. You may be wondering why an old Series 1 Land Rover would be presented to four Kiwi mates as a Valentine’s Day gift. It’s a great yarn full of adventure, sorrow and delight, so sit back and enjoy the ride. Words: Ashley Webb Photos: Adam Croy. Imagine, if you will, four Otago University...
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CamperCare24 March 2022
. Australia is all well and good if you are hankering to travel but why not combine two great pastimes and show your classic car a bit more of Godzone?. By Vaughan Wilson. The West Coast has had a challenging past. Gold and then coal drew in white settlers and it was also exploited for its nat...
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Editorial24 March 2022
Enthusiasts enable a peek into a more romantic past. By Nathalie Brown Photographs: Brian High. They’re a dedicated lot, these steam railway enthusiasts. More often than not, they’re blokes past retirement age who are happy to spend two days or so each week restoring late 19th- and early 20th...
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Motorcycle24 March 2022
WORDS & PHOTOS: RHYS JONES . Twenty-one years ago a reborn Triumph company launched a new and revised Bonneville. It was a modern motorcycle, but with a distinctive 1960s look. Now a reborn BSA company is launching a 2022 BSA Gold Star. Again, this will be a modern motorcycle with a look insp...
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