• 2021 Ford Puma
    We video review the all-new 2021 Ford Puma. The hottest ticket from Ford for 2020 is here and it’s a cracker! 
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  • Silverado is first GMSV 4X4 ute to go on sale here
    Fans of plus-size US utility vehicles here and across the Tasman  can now access some of the biggest and best full-size trucks – beginning with the Chevrolet Silverado – through the newly established...
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  • Reading the tea leaves
    One day, when I retire, I’m going to take this little act to Detroit and make a fortune. Here is where dreams and possibilities actually can take shape because they’ve appeared on paper and somebody...
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  • SKODA KAMIQ
    It’s pronounced like ‘Hammock’ and it’s the SUV spinoff of the much-lauded Scala wagon/hatch, which already sets up Skoda’s latest release well. Skoda NZ, of course, is excited because the Kamiq...
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  • The Redwoods Express
     If you’re a keen mountain biker like NZ4WD magazine Editor Ross MacKay, all roads in the upper-middle part of the North Island lead to Rotorua.  For his latest trip there he had the use of a Suzuki...
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Let Ironman 4x4 help you with that load
Thursday, 19 November 2020

Ironman 4x4 has a large and comprehensive range of accessories to make carrying that load in the back of your 4WD utility or station wagon easier and safer.  Products include deck lin

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Ironman 4x4’s monster winch offerings
Wednesday, 21 October 2020

Getting stuck may now be something you aim to do, just so you can put your Ironman 4x4 ‘Monster’ winch to good use.

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Kiwi 4WDers follow Siberia’s BAM Railway in winter
Wednesday, 21 October 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic might have forced them home early but not before Tauranga couple Jeanette and Martin Knudsen had seen and experienced Siberia at its wintry best on one of fellow Kiwi G

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A (much) better mousetrap
Thursday, 19 November 2020

Two days driving Isuzu’s new Gen-3 D-Max through the South Island’s rugged High Country convinced NZ4WD mag Editor Ross MacKay that the company knows a thing or two about building ute

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Torque about effortless...
Wednesday, 21 October 2020

Kiwis like to tow things. Big things! So NZ4WD mag Editor Ross MacKay sees a very bright future for Ram’s latest 4x4 1500, the Express Crew Cab.

 

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Ray Stone – Stories from our Back Roads – The man behind the books
Wednesday, 21 October 2020

Stories from our Back Roads are two books just released by Bateman Books, one covers the North Island, the other the South.

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New canopy is game changer
Thursday, 19 November 2020

The Centurion Canopy is a complete game changer when it comes to using your work vehicle for weekend pursuits. 

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A trip up the Rakaia
Thursday, 19 November 2020

Now both back based in Christchurch, 4x4Explorer Richard Soult and 5GoOverland mate Aaron Rich celebrated with a recent trip to the headwaters of the mighty Rakaia River – and beyond.

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Middle Earth traverse
Wednesday, 21 October 2020

With the Covid-19 coronavirus putting paid to a long-planned 4x4 trip to the South Island, Taupo pair Paula Burnett and Cameron Raupi reset their sights a little closer to home...

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Products
TERRAIN TAMER ONLINE PARTS STORE
Thursday, 28 May 2020
Terrain Tamer have ramped up their online presence in an effort to meet the dramatic uplift in demand from online shoppers in the wake of recent national quarantine and lockdown laws.
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Products
Why Choose Ryco’s Vehicle Specific Fuel Water Separator Filters and Crankcase Filter Kits?Why Choose Ryco’s Vehicle Specific Fuel Water Separator Filters and Crankcase Filter Kits?
Thursday, 19 March 2020
Crankcase filters and fuel and water separators are increasingly popular but the quality is variable, says Ryco.
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Products
How to get the most out of your electric brake controller
Thursday, 19 March 2020
An electric brake controller could save your bacon if things go pear-shaped when you are towing your boat, caravan or toy hauler.
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Adventure NZ
A Series 1 on the Matariki Safari
Thursday, 19 November 2020
Last year the Plimmer family from Hamilton took their 1956 Land Rover Series 1 on the Matariki Forestry Charity fund-raising Safari hosted by the Whangamata 4WD Club – and this year they invited me...
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Adventure NZ
Daytripper
Thursday, 29 October 2020
Difficult to describe a road-trip in a new Mazda CX-30 with SkyActiv X technology in the immortal lyrics of John, Paul, George and Ringo, but then there were things “It took me so long, to find out,...
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Adventure NZ
Wet feet on the West Coast
Wednesday, 16 September 2020
Scott Fellers brings his littlest co-driver to explore the track into Montgomerie Hut.
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