AA Directions Autumn 2012
Funky Towns - Oamaru
Walk the cobbled streets of Oamaru's heritage precinct, and there's a good chance of spotting a fugitive sky pirate, or a small girl with a case of deadly ray guns…
Island Show
The dancers go through their last-minute routines – make-up is applied and adjustments made to dazzling raffia costumes while the scent of frangipani and tiare flowers fills the humid night air.
Green Machines
Oil powers our cars, buses, ships, trains and planes, and with good reason: oil-based liquid fuels are versatile, convenient, and were, for a long time, cheap. But no more.
Funky Towns - Oamaru
Oamaru is known as the Steampunk capital of the world
Beetlemania
Emslie White and her 1969 VW convertible
Island Show
Peter James Quinn discovers roads and rituals in the Cook Islands
Funky Towns - Napier
Napier: New Zealand's Art Deco capital
Q&A
We talk to Dr Mike Shepherd, a Clinical Director at Starship hospital, about child safety in cars
A Good Drop
Peter King studied crash reports to understand last year's reduced road toll
Birds of Paradise
Alice Galletly meets some feathered friends on Kapiti Island
Green Machines
Energy consultant Michael Henry explains the local biofuel scene
Funky Towns - Napier
Fur stoles and cloche hats may not be standard wardrobe items for the average Kiwi woman - unless, perhaps, they live in Napier…
Road Trip - Blenheim
It doesn't matter that the rain is whipping my face furiously. I'm determined to stand on the deck and feel the wind in my hair…
Crash and Learn
Kathryn Webster watches a car go through its ANCAP safety-rating process.
News Bites
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Read moreCities are built to trade, but is the way we trade around the city making the best use of road space?
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View the galleryWe received lots of great entries for our summer photography competition. Take a look at our online gallery.
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Read Crash and LearnThe safest car is the one with the most airbags, right? Well, not necessarily.
Read moreMy boyfriend Finn and I had left Wellington in the morning. We have a rental car booked for three days, and a map of the South Island with a route scribbled in biro. Our plans are as rough as the weather, but neither concerns us one bit.”