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A group of six industry industry leaders have triggered Covi Motorhome Caravan & Outdoor SuperShow moves to limit North Island motorhome and camping enthusiasts to one show in the North Island in 2015.

But Lisa Rountree of Classic Events said today that - ' It is business as usual', for the Campercare NZ Motorhome and Caravan Show in Hamilton in Feb-March 2015.

Covi 2015 show dates have been confirmed for the NZ peak summer holiday season.

Thames-Coromandel District Council has batted off claims that its measures to control freedom camping on the peninsula are a 'complete overkill' and infringe people's human rights.

The New Zealand Motor Caravan Association (NZMCA) has sought a judicial review of three council bylaws which, they argue, unfairly restrict freedom camping in the district.

Justice Mark Cooper reserved his decision.

The Ford Ranger is outselling its pickup segment of the auto market competition in both New Zealand and Australia.

Ford says the pick-up has been a huge hit in New Zealand where it outsold the Toyota HiLux for the month of December last year and it has become the top selling pick-up year-to-date this year, according to NZ sales data.

Holiday Accommodation Parks Association of New Zealand (HAPNZ) CEO Fergus Brown delivered the mail on a reality which is now valid on both sides of the Tasman.

Brown and other key speakers indentified a completely new first priority focus for the caravan and camping industry.

'It is not just a matter of picking things up where we left them the key market segment for industry is not older people anymore it's families', he said.

Free GoSee TravelSmart Club member Gerry Morton of Eltham Victoria is the winner of a new GoSeeAustralia prize for May.

It is the DVD Touring Australia's Outback Adelaide to Darwin produced by South Australian filmakers Brian and Joy Grant.

The hands-on video takes this iconic great drive of Australia via the Stuart Highway. All TravelSmart Club members are automatically in line for the chance to win monthly prizes.

Jayco's flagship caravan the new Silverline was breakthrough news at the 60th Victorian Caravan and Camping Show. It is no European.

This is an Aussie product with a chassis and suspension that underlines that the leading RV builder in this country understands its Australian home.

The headline event in the case of the Jayco Silverline is the suspension.

Peter Jackson found Matamata in the Hamilton and Waikato as the setting for one of the first scenes of his epic adaptation of the JRR Tolkien classic, The Lord of the Rings.

Visitors can follow Peter Jackson's footsteps and hear how movie magic was made on a guided tour through the Hobbiton Movie Set.

If the Shire is at the heart of Lord of the Rings, then the Hamilton & Waikato region is at the heart of the Shire.

GoSee has upgraded its free Plan a Trip touring map option to give full satellite coverage from one specific destination to another anywhere in Australia and New Zealand with up to four via points.

Plan a Trip is the 13th option down on the left hand side of the GoSee Home Page and it has been a must do for GoSeers for 10 years.

Plan a Trip is one of the most popular free services for travellers GoSee provides so we have worked to make a good thing better on both sides of the Tasman.

State Highway 5 at 247km is the second shortest of New Zealand's eight national highways but it is the North Island's direct route to an amazing geothermal world which steams, hisses and bubbles.

It opens the door to New Zealand's iconic Te Puia, at Rotorua and the living Maori village of Whakarewarewa, giant Californian Redwoods in Whakarewarewa Forest, Huka Falls, Waimangu Volcanic Valley, and excellent Holiday Park accommodation.

In a contribution to towing safety in Australia and New Zealand AL-KO launched its AL-KO iQ7 at Sandown Raceway Melbourne this week.

The AL-KO iQ7 is power assisted braking, which AL-KO says significantly improves stopping performance and safety for large boat trailers.

It allows immediate brake application the instant it is required.