2023 has not been short of memorable events. NZ Herald video covered them all. Video / NZ Herald
As the year draws to a close, Waikato Herald is taking stock of 2023. What moved readers most? As part of a 12-day series, Waikato Herald reporter Danielle Zollickhofer looks at the top stories each month. Welcome to day eight: August.
Three weeks of getting lost and stuck in different countries sound like a nightmare to many, but to the group, it was the ultimate adventure.
Hamiltonians Jim Pepper, Simon Miles, Kip Bardsley, Cody Findsen and eight of their friends took 1200cc cars for a trip around Europe and northern Africa to seek out inconvenient locations chosen by the rally organisers, The Adventurists from the UK.
The rally only has a set start and finish location near Prague, Czech Republic, as well as a total of 87 poles in inconvenient places that participants can pick from - everything else, including routes, accommodation, food, visa, insurance and how many poles to head to, the rally drivers have to sort out themselves.
Hamiltonians Kip Barbley, Simon Miles and Jim Pepper have embarked on the Poles of Inconvenience car rally.
The Te Kowhai woman started pageantry in 2016 at Frankton Thunder and has since collected an impressive list of titles.
She has been crowned Miss Retro Motorama in Morrinsville, Miss Retro Car-O-Rama in Matamata, Miss Coastie Pinup, Miss Hibiscus Vintage, Miss Rebel Roundup, and Beach Hop Waihī Warm Best Dressed.
Hollie Henderson.
Danielle Zollickhofer is a multimedia journalist based in Hamilton. She joined NZME in 2021 and is writing for the Waikato Herald.
