Hi there folks so i am trying to track down a particular housetruck my dad built in the mid to late 80′s probably around 86-87 i dont have much info about it right now but i do have some pictures- the reason im trying to find this truck is because it was my home for [...]

Watched Mark Ellis on telly tonight interviewing Fran from the Gypsy Travellers. The series covers the mobile lifestyle of circuses and travelling fairs. Good to see some of the old classics on telly for a change (not you Fran, the trucks and busses Heres a link to the video Makes me wannabe a housetrucker…

A ban on freedom camping may be amended by the Dunedin City Council in time for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Council staff are set to meet community board representatives next month to discuss whether they want designated camping areas in their respective areas, as a way of controlling freedom campers and addressing health and [...]

Another housebus fire. Stuff.co.nz. Lets hope the guy wasn’t seriously injured, and in respect for the family’s wishes, please, lets not assume anything. Keep safe out there boys and girls. Make sure you have a couple of good fire extinguishers on board. One accessible from the inside and one accessible from the outside.

Crikey, another fire…these are becoming all to regular now. Wellington, Jan 6 NZPA – A Gisborne man has been hospitalised with serious burns to a quarter of his body after a house bus caught fire early this morning. The 41-year-old was pulled from the flaming vehicle by family members about 5am. Crews operating two fire [...]

A Dunedin man could only stand and watch as the uninsured house bus he had owned for two hours went up in smoke on the trip home. Don Saxton, 51, bought the 1963 Leyland Leopard off a seller in Wanaka at 2pm yesterday. By 4pm, he was standing by the side of the Chatto Creek-Springvale [...]

Wade Thompson, a Wellington-raised and educated motorhome tycoon, has died of cancer in the United States, aged 69. One of the most successful New Zealanders in business overseas, Mr Thompson was an old boy of Rongotai College and graduated from Victoria University in Wellington in 1962. He came close to billionaire status as founder and [...]

Wellington City Councillors have approved the construction of a campervan park on Wellington’s waterfront and asked the Council’s waterfront company to prepare a business case to demonstrate the financial viability of a proposed ice skating rink and temporary tensile fabric structure. http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3746 So now there is a choice in Wellington. No more having to put [...]

Hi there, I am a researcher at the Good Morning show at TVNZ and I am interested in contacting a housebus owner who would consider parking up in Paekakariki camping ground (wellington) on the 7th of December (monday) to compliment our backdrop (tents, buses, caravans, kids eating icecreams etc), as part of our special summer [...]

Following on from the original post about Nandor, this story is a couple of months old and I’m surprised I missed it with all my alerts and rss feeds. Beehive to housebus, life’s a lot better. Although it does sound like he needs to pull finger and get hisself sorted… I want to put a [...]