Christmas bells

Christmas is a joyous time. Possibly many of us need a bit of that joy right now. Well, you can certainly have a little taste of it at the Cosi Fan Tutte Christmas shop in The Tannery. Looking for something a bit different? The unique baubles, metal tealight houses, wreaths, and garlands by […]

Contemporary design at its best: MC Architecture Studio

The building makes a bold statement on its Sumner Esplanade site. Not only that, but its size and design definitely attract glances and comments from people walking by. There are in fact two dwellings here. That was part of the brief for the architects of MC Architecture Studio – a main house of […]

Time to drive

The Little Car Company, Aston Martin and EON Productions have collaborated to create a No Time To Die special edition of the Aston Martin DB5 Junior. The car is an electric two-thirds scale version of the iconic Aston Martin DB5 complete with gadgets, and is priced at £90,000, plus local taxes. Only 125 […]

Rise of the machines

One cannot deny that EVs are on the rise. Therefore, it came as no surprise that the award-winning EQC would be the only EV from Mercedes-Benz. This brings us neatly to the EQA 250, the second battery electric vehicle (BEV) to feature that three-pointed star. At $85,500 plus ORC, the EQA 250 just […]

Jazzing it up

It’s no secret the new Honda Jazz makes no bones about being one of the top choices in the supermini segment. Now the fourth generation Jazz goes full electric, well almost. Enter the Jazz e:HEV Luxe. Under the bonnet is sits the petrol Jazz’s 1.5L four-cylinder engine with the addition of two electric […]

Off and racing: Mega Motorcycle Centre

Great Kiwi motorcycle racers such as Andrew Stroud, Aaron Slight and Denis Charlett can trace their careers back to racing child-friendly bikes around tracks designed to give them their first taste of two-wheeled competition. This first taste is now open to a whole new generation of would-be champion riders thanks to the Mega […]