Look after your batteries
Swedish vehicle charging specialists CTEK say that regular battery charging can triple your battery’s life. HERE IS CTEK’S GUIDE TO MAINTAINING BATTERY HEALTH: It takes 150−350A of battery power just to start a car, so nipping out on lots of short journeys, drains the battery because the alternator doesn’t have time to replace […]
Torque Talk: Gender vs Vehicles
The music, style, cinema, and, of course, the cars of yesteryear have always been a keen interest of mine, especially the latter. However, one aspect of motoring’s past best left there is the belief of what comprises a “man’s car” or a “woman’s car”. For some time, a thought process has existed where […]
Need for speed
In a New Zealand first, University of Canterbury Engineering students, inspired by legendary Kiwi racer Burt Munro, are taking on a world land-speed record in a rocket-shaped electric car they’ve designed and built. Members of the University of Canterbury Motorsport (UCM) club, (pictured), have spent 2022 building a 7.5-metre-long car they hope will […]
A real hottie: Honda Cars
The Type-R has always been to Honda’s Civic what vindaloo is to a curry, hot stuff. Now, the sixth installment of the Civic Type-R legacy, called the FL5, has arrived in New Zealand. Based on the current 11th generation Civic, the FL5 Type-R is a far more grown-up looking beast than the FK8 […]
Pros and cons of cruise ships: Editor’s perspective
For every Cantabrian who is happy to see the cruise ships back in Lyttelton, there is another who is upset about them. Uncertainty and concerns swirl around the environmental impacts that they have, and their value to the ports settlements where they dock. The past few weeks have seen numerous cruise ships pull […]
Skincare Successor
If you had told Brigit Blair that her solution to soothing her children’s eczema would one day become an internationally recognised brand, she might not have believed you. Twenty seven years later her daughter Juliet speaks to Metropol’s Georgia Summerton about taking on the CEO role of that very brand. Born in England […]
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