• Steering wheel or keyboard, you choose!
    I see, a month or so ago, a mean-spirited reader took a poke at the Ford Ranger Raptor cover pic and story in the Feb issue of the mag….. His beef, or so it would appear, was that the mag was wasting...
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  • Into the Sahara Pt 1
    hile living and working in the UK keen Kiwi overlander Aaron Rich, wife Sylvia and their two children did some serious off-roading
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  • Queenstown weekend
    A 4WD is more than a ticket to adventure. As roving NZ4WD correspondent Richard Soult is finding out heading off-road is also a great way to make friends...
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  • All new Jimny on sale already!
    A new square-rigged look has done wonders – already – for Suzuki’s iconic Jimny. NZ4WD Editor Ross MacKay explains why! Suzuki’s funky new fourth-generation Jimny Sierra is here and such was the...
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  • History comes to life at annual Crank Up event
    With Land Rover one of the featured marques this year...
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Motor Sports
Suzuki Extreme 4x4 Challenge
Thursday, 14 March 2019

It’s that time again, time for the 2019 Suzuki Extreme 4x4 Challenge. The day is Sunday, the date April 28.

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New Models
The charge of the Rhino
Wednesday, 13 February 2019

The Rhino is SsangYong’s all-new Actyon ute replacement. We sent Sean Willmot to the NZ launch to check it out.

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Other
Installing a drawer system
Wednesday, 16 January 2019

NZ4WD columnist Richard Soult has just created a new set of drawers and sleeping platform for chump change. He outlines how and why here.

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Weekend drive
Hills & Canyons of the Manawatu
Thursday, 14 March 2019

Like many of our regular Weekend Drive trips, this one started by meeting our regular travelling companions, Ashley and Gillian at a café.

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Events
Diesel ‘n dust
Thursday, 14 March 2019

After an absence of three years on the 4WD events calendar, the Te Awamutu Rotary Club was back this year with another 4WD Safari based in the Kawhia ar

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Weekend drive
Roving the Wairarapa
Wednesday, 13 February 2019

David Coxon was in his element when asked to run a gentle back road trip around the Wairarapa for a group of Land and Range Rover owners.

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Motor Sports
Superwinch time down south!
Thursday, 14 March 2019

The 2019 Superwinch Mainland Challenge kicks off - in Dunedin this time - in May.

Story & photo by Vicky Newport

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Equipment
Get in behind!
Thursday, 14 March 2019

Modern vehicles have all sorts of electronic aids to support the driver’s uncanny and innate skills, making towing safer now that ever.

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Adventure NZ
Wellington’s South Coast
Wednesday, 13 February 2019

Wellington’s South Coast, is a great place to spend a day, a week or even longer says NZ4WD contributor Murray Taylor.

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Events
Top Tuff Truck trio
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Tuff Trucks don’t get any tougher than those built to contest the Superwinch Mainland Winch Challenge. Here series publicity officer Vicky Newport profiles the three 2018 series’ class winners.
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Events
The mighty Motu!
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
With changes afoot for the 2021 event Ashley Lucas made sure he made the most out of his trip to the 2019 Motu Safari. 
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Events
Where the muddy heck were ya?
Thursday, 12 July 2018
With the Woodhill 100 cancelled due to storm damage the final round of this year’s ORANZ northern series was held on a sodden Sunday June 03 on the Makarau short track just up the road.  Story and...
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Video Content
2018 Skoda Karoq - Video Road Report
Monday, 29 October 2018
We video test the 2018 Skoda Karoq.
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Video Content
2018 SEAT Ateca FR - Video Road Report
Tuesday, 23 October 2018
This is a five-seat rocket-ship...
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Video Content
2018 Volkswagen Tiguan - Video Road Report
Monday, 25 June 2018
We video test the 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace R-Line.
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