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The fleet landed in NZ comprised 26 cars and you’ll notice they are pretty bright. That’s another good thing about having factory supplied machines: you get cars that look great on track, in outrageous hues that would be something close to sale-proof in our market. Why are Kiwis so scared of anything beyond white, silver and black? The cars come complete with a shipping container of point-of-sale material, including instructions on how to pack and unpack the whole lot with millimetric precision. It’s very… Porsche. So nothing is done by halves. Porsche NZ even got ChargeNet on board t...

Thursday, 4 March 2021, 5:52 pm “With Covid lock-downs rearing their head again and forcing the postponement of the Summer Series Championship at Hampton Downs this weekend, the ramification of the delay to the Speedworks Championship summer series will have negative number on a number of entries already received for both the 1 and our new 2 hour event” said David Dovey, President of the NIERDC organising club. "Looking at the impact on entries for our first event, our management committee have decided the safest course of action is to shift round one, back into early May and begin our ...

The sudden lockdown in Auckland over the weekend was accompanied by checkpoints on the city’s boundaries to stop non-essential movement through the region. Newsroom’s co-editor Mark Jennings was one of those caught in in a queue that trapped some people for up to 10 hours. The main police checkpoint on the southern border of Auckland on Sunday was a farce. Despite the experience gained from enforcing earlier lockdowns, the resources committed to...

Covid 19 coronavirus: Families stuck in traffic for hours - confusion at Auckland borders 28 Feb, 2021 05:11 PM 8 minutes to read Vehicles joined a gigantic queue to get back into Auckland on Sunday. Video / Kahu Rangiuia Some families have spent up to 10 hours stuck in traffic caused by delays at Auckland's level-3 Covid-19 checkpoints. One woman, who didn't want to be named, said she'd been in traffic south of Auckland for six hours on Sunday - and the overall trip was nearing nine hours. She left Rotorua at 1pm and still hadn't reached the Auckland southern border checkpoint by 10pm. "I h...

A long, painful wait for hundreds of motorists as police set up checkpoints.