• Making the Best of a Snowy Situation
    Always bring your co-driver, your chainsaw, and a Plan B. Because as Kristen Fellers explains, not all adventures go as they should! After spending months planning a weekend getaway for the (not so)...
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  • ‘What if?’ Acadia is really rather good
    Is this the ‘car’ Holden should have replaced the Commodore with? NZ4WD Editor Ross MacKay has a bob each way.  
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  • Leading the Land-Rovers
    As a break from his normal routine, regular NZ4WD contributor David Coxon reprised his role as Pied Piper for the New Zealand Land Rover Forum (NZLRF) (www.nzlrf.org.nz) on a loop from Whanganui into...
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  • The Nevis Road 
    The Nevis Road, in Northern Southland, is an absolute classic and should be on every Overlander’s bucket list reckons 4x4Explorer.co.nz’s Richard Soult. 
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  • RAM 1500 delivers on ‘big things’ promise
    ‘Big things’ are expected of RAM’s latest RHD utility, the 1500. Fair enough, says NZ4WD Ross MacKay. The new petrol-fueled V8 is a beauty!  Look, because I’ve now driven the thing. I know. I ‘get it...
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Rhino-Rack’s new Jeep JL Wrangler roof rack – with attitude
Thursday, 14 November 2019

The Rhino-Rack Backbone for the new JL Jeep Wrangler is an interior structure which is fitted to the inside of the vehicles hard top.

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White out
Friday, 18 October 2019

You definitely needed your ‘woolies’ this ‘winter’ as a late cold snap turned the Desert Defenders’ annual ‘spring’ safari white. Ashley Lucas reports from the (cold) front!

 

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What is a Club Truck?
Wednesday, 21 August 2019

There’s a place for everyone with a hi/lo ratio 4WD recreational vehicle in the Central Zone Club Truck Challenge,l as
Andrew Gee explains.

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Why Airbag Assist Suspension? 
Thursday, 14 November 2019

Boss Air Suspension Airbags are designed to assist your factory suspension. They can be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the air pressure.  

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High times on the 3009m Col de Sommelier Story & photos by Richard Soult.
Thursday, 14 November 2019

To escape the winter 4x4Explorer.co.nz founder Richard Soult headed to the UK and Europe to plot routes for his latest project 4x4ExloreEurope.

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Sunny Nelson? Yeah, right!
Friday, 18 October 2019

We thought the third round of this year’s Superwinch Challenge was wet. If anything though, the fourth round at Nelson topped it. Vicky Newport explains.

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The Final Cut
Thursday, 14 November 2019

The fifth and final round of this year’s Superwinch Mainland Challenge was held near Methven between October 11 & 13. Vicky Newport reports from under her umbrella again!

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Next stop, Osh, Kyrgyzstan
Thursday, 14 November 2019

From Mongolia, Kiwi Overlander Aaron Rich and his family have travelled west through Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Here Aaron updates us from the city of Osh!

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Lan-cor Ground Anchors
Friday, 18 October 2019

Ground anchors are a great idea, allowing you to winch yourself out of trouble when there isn’t a tree or other suitable anchoring point in sight.

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Products
ARB has your JL Jeep Wrangler options covered
Tuesday, 01 October 2019
Just taken delivery of your long-awaited and much anticipated the Jeep Wrangler JL and feel an immediate need to toughen it up with some choice aftermarket suspension, bar and interior upgrades.
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Products
Holden Colorado? Tough Dog can help
Tuesday, 01 October 2019
As you can read elsewhere in the mag this month, Holden’s Colorado is a great place to start a ‘tough truck’ journey.
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Products
Crankcase Filter System from Ryco
Tuesday, 01 October 2019
Who doesn’t love the power, performance, freedom and adventure you get from your 4WD, SUV or dual cab utility vehicle? The freedom, power and off-road capability these vehicles offer is second to...
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Video Content
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 - Video Road Report
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
It’s fair to say Michelin knows something about tyres, given the company’s 139 years of developing and producing them.
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Video Content
Tough Dog Foam Cell
Friday, 19 July 2019
Check out how heavy duty Tough Dog Foam Cell shocks are made. Made Tough for all Tuff Trucks, Utes and 4WDs
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Video Content
SUV Tyre Video Review - Grabber GT
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
We video review a newly released tyre from General Tire, the Grabber GT which is now available in New Zealand.
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