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Kombi Nation - It's been quite a journey...

01 Aug 2003
The trip of a lifetime What could possibly go wrong - ? A vanload of New Zealanders check out the lean on the Tower of Pisa, run with the Bulls in Pamplona, drink to excess and...

The trip of a lifetime
What could possibly go wrong - ?

A vanload of New Zealanders check out the lean on the Tower of Pisa, run with the Bulls in Pamplona, drink to excess and...

The trip of a lifetime
What could possibly go wrong - ?

A vanload of New Zealanders check out the lean on the Tower of Pisa, run with the Bulls in Pamplona, drink to excess and...

have indiscriminate sex in the campsites of Europe? How kiwi is that?
Sisters Maggie and Sal from Levin, and their mate Liz buy a kombi, but need an extra person to pay the bills. Enter Scott from Napier, a seasoned traveller with no visible means of support apart from his sparky enthusiasm.
It's the 21st Century, so of course there's a Real TV camera crew along as well, ensuring no substance abuse or drunken sexcapade, no act of petty treachery or theft, no melt-down or bust-up goes unobserved.
The plot, ribbing Survivor and Big Brother, is driven by the machinations of the wannabe alpha Scott, a man rash enough to play sisters off against each other. The actors, who now risk being mistaken for the characters they play with such apparent candour, share the script credit with director Grant Lahood. Their shaggy, comically anti-romantic road movie may confirm every mother's nightmares, but it's only likely to encourage future waves of kombi migration.

Opening at the Paramount in Wellington and Academy in Dunedin on August 21,
Auckland and Christchurch in early October.