Automotive10 May 2023
This month for Star Insurance Marketplace Ben Selby examines the financial premium attached to vehicles with a star-studded connection. Celebrity and classic cars go hand in hand. Since the dawn of 20th century popular culture, cool cars have been brand boosters for the rich and famous and the ult...
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CamperCare22 February 2023
Gary maps the Whakarewarewa Forest Loop - a newly opened Great Ride that takes in the sights and encircles Rotorua's epic mountain bike rides. The Kiwi home of mountain bike trails assisted down-hilling, jump areas, bike parks and legendary international riding events and hundreds of tracks, Rotor...
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CamperCare22 February 2023
With stretches of golden sand, rock pools and a world-renowned surf break, Ahipara is a seaside playground. Add in the sub-tropical weather, friendly locals and a dash of history, and you have an ideal holiday destination. If Ahipara was in the UK it would surely be called Ahipara-by-the-Sea becau...
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CamperCare21 February 2023
Forgotten history and forgotten sights on the Forgotten Highway. Following 19th-century bridle paths, State Highway 43 traverses remote gorges through dense native forest for much of its 150km length. A short section of the Tangarakau Gorge remains unsealed, unique for one of our state highways, b...
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Automotive21 February 2023
This is a series of articles penned by guys like us; dead keen on their bikes and lifelong devotees of two motorised wheels for one convoluted, but individual reason. it makes their life better. In life we meet many people. Some pass through with nods and the odd word, others may become lifelong f...
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Automotive21 February 2023
Kicking off the brand’s 120th year, Harley Davidson has announced its new model lineup for the 2023 model year. The first announcement of 2023 models includes a range of 120th Anniversary Custom Vehicle Operations (CVO) models as well as a new Nightster Special and a re-powered Breakout 117. Ac...
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Automotive21 February 2023
Ford’s simple Escort proved amenable to the ministrations of tuners, racer and factory rally teams, spawning a huge aftermarket tuning industry. This heavily reworked 1968 two-door celebrates that tradition. Today the word ‘escort’ is more usually applied to someone who provides companionshi...
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Automotive21 February 2023
In the decades after World War II, Chrysler attempted to bring the auto industry into the jet age, launching the most ambitious consumer test programme of all time — 55 cars, 203 families, and one hell of a tale. Chrysler’s Ghia-bodied Turbine Car, in its distinctive Turbine Bronze paint and b...
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