• The 'Joker' Round
    Excitement was high at Colyton (near Feilding) on Sunday April 18 as several keen competitors rejoined the Club Truck Challenge (CTC) when everybody’s calendar opened up with a free weekend.
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  • Buyers Guide 2021
    The old saying that ‘the more things change, the more they stay the same’ suits NZ’s booming utility market sector at the months. While we have lost some key players in the past 18 months – Mercedes...
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  • Up Eyre Creek
    It was a case of ‘third time’s the charm’ for 4x4Explorer’s Richard Soult on his latest attempt to find out what lies behind Shepherds Creek hut, in the Eyre Creek area west of Athol in Northern...
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  • Project $12K Jeep Cherokee Maintenance and repairs update
    It’s been a while since we last updated Project 12K, probably so long some of you might have even forgotten we still had a budget project Jeep Cherokee. You can be forgiven for that too, as the...
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  • Horan gets a golden start to 2021
    Thundertruck racer Raana Horan took his shiny gold Nissan Titan V8 to outright victory in the inaugural Mickey Thompson New Zealand Stadium Off-road Racing Championship, held at Manukau in Auckland...
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Weekends just got better
Tuesday, 25 May 2021

Nothing beats heading off the beaten track for a weekend away. And if you want to transform your ute into a comfortable place to sleep, a Roof Top Tent is the best way to do it.

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Maximum quality, locally made
Tuesday, 25 May 2021

You may have heard murmurs about a new player in the automotive accessories market. Well, we can confirm that the rumours were true!

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Oxford Series One
Tuesday, 25 May 2021

Recently I was invited by Mike Sheppard, Chairman of the Canterbury Combined 4WD Clubs, to attend the Basil Phelps skills competition day where I was introduced to ‘Oxford’ arguably the most famous

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Reefton NZ4WD
South Island Explore Part 3 Reefton
Tuesday, 25 May 2021

After initially basing themselves in Westport, David Coxon (and co!) decided to mosey on down to Reefton next.

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MAC Ute Accessories – popular with Kiwis
Tuesday, 25 May 2021

With the heaviest duty hardlid available on the NZ market, Hamilton company Mac Ute Accessories’ MAC300 300kg load-rated lid stands out as a clear favourite for a lot of Kiwi ute owners.

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Tips for safer towing
Tuesday, 25 May 2021

With no new towing missions to report on this month, we canvassed specialist Hayman-Reese for some helpful driving hints for when you have a serious load on behind.

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Suzuki Jimney
Suzuki Jimny Kit-out
Tuesday, 25 May 2021

Just when we were looking out for a standout aftermarket-modded 4WD for our June issue Products & Accessory Kit-Out feature a couple of pics of this stunning new Suzuki Jimny build popp

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Join Yakima on its journey
Tuesday, 25 May 2021

Yakima’s story is more of a journey, because they’ve never been good at sitting still. After all, they don’t have wild sides; they have wild souls.

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What price your new ute?
Tuesday, 25 May 2021

As demand for contemporary turbo-diesel, double-cab utes continues to defy gravity, what price does, er, final retail price have on the one you eventually buy?

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Products
How foam cell shock absorbers are made
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
Foam cell shock absorbers help to reduce shock fade by keeping nitrogen gas and oil found inside the shock separate. Here Aussie journo David Cook looks at who and what makes them so good.
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Products
Introducing Monster 4wd
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
If you’ve never heard of Monster 4WD, let us tell you who we are.
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Products
Kingone winch product release
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
The new KDS-8.0SR winch from Kingone has been developed with the Suzuki Jimny 4WD in mind.
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Adventure NZ
Barn bay or bust!
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
The Otago Land Rover Club has been trekking in and out of the supposedly inaccessible Barn Bay in remote South Westland for years. Kevin Isemonger joined members to chronicle their latest trip in and...
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Adventure NZ
Putting the High into High Country Journeys
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
High Country Journeys describe their latest Great Central Otago and Mackenzie Explorer Tour as ‘a six-day/seven-night package, popular with clients looking for something with a little more of a...
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Adventure NZ
Return to Ngaroma
Return to Ngaroma
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Now very much a farming district south-east of Te Awamutu, Ngaroma was once a thriving timber town. This year the area played host to the Te Awamutu Rotary club’s revived 4WD Safari event.
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