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GLENN JEFFREY/Stuff Thousands of car lovers surged into New Plymouth for the final Americarna event on Saturday. Less than 24 hours later, gatherings of more than 100 were banned for seven days under Covid-19 alert level 2. The organiser of Taranaki’s American car festival that brought thousands to the region says they “dodged a bullet” with the event falling within the 10 day period the region was in alert level 1. On Saturday night, following the discovery of a new community case in Auckland, a snap lockdown was announced. Auckland moved to Covid-19 alert level 3 for seven days from...

In bitter cold and across treacherous icy seas, brave 19th century explorers ventured to the tip of the earth in search of a fabled route that would open up trade. For those who set out in simple vessels in search of the Northwest Passage, there was the prospect of fame and fortune if they found it, shame if they failed and, for some, most dreadful ending of them all. On Wednesday, a new Ridley Scott drama based on an ill-fated 1845 expedition will transport viewers to a frozen hell of 300ft icebergs and -40⁰ temperatures, with two missing ships and the determined search to find their...

Americarna organiser John Rae. Photo: Robin Martin / RNZ About 780 vehicles are attending the 14th Americarna festival, while rival gathering Electricarna involves a more humble gathering of enthusiastic locals. Over the four-day Americarna festival, the distinctive rumble of a V8-powered motorcades can be heard as participants from around the country cruise to Opunake, Waitara and Inglewood form their New Plymouth base. Organiser John Rae, the proud owner of four American muscle cars, explained the vehicles' attraction. "For a lot of us we grew up watching you know in our younger days we wa...

© SYSTEM A digital print from the artist Alessia Pelonzi depicting Gordon as John Weekes in The Terror. Dundee actor Gordon Morris has been chipping away at the city’s links with Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin’s doomed expedition in 1845. Gordon, from Douglas, plays John Weekes, a carpenter on board HMS Erebus, in the supernatural drama The Terror which is coming to BBC Two and iPlayer. The series centres on the disastrous attempt by the crews of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to discover a sea route through the Canadian Arctic to the Orient, with both ships becoming icebound in the Canadi...

Classic Cover Americarna is rolling through Taranaki 24th to 27th of February and 90FM The Hits Taranaki is proud to be sponsoring this iconic Taranaki Eve