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More hot gigs for summer
The summer tour dates just keep on coming, and local lads The Datsuns are getting on board with a trip round the country, starting at the Waihi Beach Hotel on January 18.
Let's hear it for the girls this summer
As the summer gig season continues to pick up, it's the ladies who are hitting the road en masse.
Kiwi OE travels hurting tourism at home
NZ tourism operators are concerned about the effect Kiwis' overseas holidays are having at home.
Holiday road toll ends at zero
For the first time in more than 50 years there have been no fatal accidents on the roads this Queen's Birthday holiday weekend.
On the road to a death-free holiday
Police say motorists have driven sensibly in what shaped up to be a welcome first.
Kiwis make most of high-flying dollar
The cost of long-haul travel is plummeting as the kiwi continues to soar, sending hordes on European and US holidays.
Lower speed tolerance extended to all public holidays
Police will be permanently reducing their speed tolerance to 4km/h over the limit for all public holidays. The move was introduced last Queen's Birthday after a disastrous Easter when 12 people died on the roads.
Star takes barbs for Passion play
As people relaxed at Easter weekend, Michael Sheen endured incarceration in a police cell, slept rough up a mountain and was crucified, then resurrected in front of hundreds of onlookers.