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Punching ABOVE ITS WEIGHT

We’re sure that you’re sick of hearing it, as much as we are sick of saying it, but Covid really messed with event planning in the past few years. Tararua Rodders was one of many clubs affected when its biannual Chrome N Custom Auto Festival scheduled to run in 2021 was forced to be cancelled. That left three long years between the 2019 event and this year’s 2022 one. There was a plus side though, as 2022 is also the year that the club celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Founded in 1972 by a small group of hot rodders, some of who are still members today, the club has gone from strength to

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