Holiday rush ends in a crawl

A bit of traffic and a hot engine wasn't going to stop Sheryll Conn from getting her two Great Danes to a Whangarei dog show.

But the brothers Duke and Topa, both 17 months old, along with Ms Conn and her neighbour Ange Ericksen, were forced to make a 90-minute pit stop yesterday when Ms Conn's Mitsubishi Delica overheated south of Pohuehue. MORE>>