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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20 February 2024
The name conjures an instant sense of respect for one of the cars that helped define an era of sport saloon racing. It gave Ford fans something to smile about then — and now. By Ian Parkes. Photography: High Art Photography. For most car-conscious folk of a certain age the sight of a whale tail ...
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Automotive20 February 2024
GM hasn’t produced too many cars under the Buick marque of late, but reminiscing about how they used to is a good reason to bring Marin Leusink’s Wildcat out of the shadows. By Mat Mortimer. In the ’60s Buick was butting heads with the Mustang and Thunderbird, Corvette, Impala, and many oth...
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Automotive20 February 2024
Italian style, Japanese engineering, and, in some cases, English handling — surely a recipe for success? Yet not. So now you can add another virtue — rarity By Ian Parkes. Photography: High Art Photography. They do say if you can make your passion your work you are pretty lucky. By that definit...
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Broker23 November 2023
This year the Star team has expanded to a total of 60 staff across 5 locations and included in our growing employee numbers are two new senior appointments. Roger Wallace. General Manager Claims Operations & Strategy. My insurance career started straight out of school with AA Mutual where I pro...
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