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SUV sales break 44-year-old record

Last year’s total new vehicle sales were the highest on record with 146,753 registrations, an impressive 9.5 per cent increase on 2015. Overall, the passenger...

Courgettes – easy peasy zucchini

Americans may have a crush on summer squash; in Italy it’s zucchini that’s bene, and some French will say (when they parlay) that courgettes...

Keeping Trax on Barina

Holden’s Trax SUV and Barina are caught up in a bit of sibling rivalry. SUVs are becoming the small vehicle of choice, while conventional...

Look Ma, no hands

My wife Sharron and I are gliding along the Southern Motorway in the luxury and comfort that’s the new Mercedes-Benz E200. As we approach...

AMETI Eastern Busway submissions meeting

Auckland Transport has organised another public information session for the AMETI Eastern Busway (Panmure to Pakuranga section) at the Panmure Community Hall on Monday. Members...

Lifeguards hit the beaches

The Surf Life Saving Northern Regions City Nippers programmes have come to town. They consist of five fun-filled two hour sessions for children aged 5-11. Run...

Scholarship ‘a chance to change my life’

Receiving a health scholarship was the final kick one Cockle Bay resident needed to turn his life around. A streak of bad health issues had...

CX-9 is Practically fun

There comes a time in life when candlelit dinners make way for drive-through burgers, and instead of a romantic DVD and a bottle of...

Big day out for Colin’s BMW

It’s the first year Colin Readings will be entering the Auckland Brit and Euro Classic Car Show, except he won’t be turning up with...

John’s blue Escort still a head turner

It used to be one of the most common cars on the road. Now, John Metford’s blue Ford Escort is something of a rarity,...

Black Ram of the family

It seems that black is the new black. Amongst the many blacked-out show vehicles at the recent 2017 North American International Auto Show in Detoroit,...

Local children’s book reaches the Big Apple

A children’s book printed locally in Pakuranga has been featured in the Australasian National Geographic Kids magazine, distributed throughout primary schools in New York...
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