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Welcome to the 2020 NZ4WD Ute Buyer’s Guide

With the COVID-19 Level 4 lockdown coinciding with our usual June issue we couldn’t leave our bubbles to physically drive anything – ute, SUV or even ordinary car – anywhere meaningful so we...

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Kauri Coast 4WD Safari 2020

The Kauri Coast 4WD Safari is a classic on NZ’s tag-along calendar. Ashley Lucas reports from this year’s Pre-Lockdown event.

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Skills and techniques for safe towing

Long-time NZ4WD contributor Ashley Lucas has been towing things since he was in his teens. Here he shares some of the lessons he has learned through the years.

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Recovery basics

‘Hope for the best, but plan for the worst’ is the mantra by which best-selling author Lee Child’s ultimate tough guy character Jack Reacher lives. As the active owners and users of 4WD vehicles we...

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Landy faithful gather for annual pre-58 event

The ninth annual run of the ‘Land Rover Series 1 Enthusiasts, New Zealand’ group took place at the end of February 2020 in Clevedon, South Auckland. We are not a club – just a bunch of total...

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Two of Uzbekistan’s Ancient Silk Road Cities Samarkand & Bukhara

Wednesday, 27 May 2020

On their way southwest from Tashkent, Kiwi Overlander Aaron Rich and family marveled at the unique Islamic architecture to be found in the ancient Silk Road cities of Samarkand and Bukhara.

Last waltz up the Wilberforce

Wednesday, 27 May 2020

What’s in a name? A lot, reckons 4x4Eplorer.co.nz’s Richard Soult. Case in point, one of his ex-Christchurch trips, up the mighty Wilberforce River Valley to Fang Hill Hut!

Cities of central Asia

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

Central Asia offers up some fascinating cities that are very different from those we are used to at home in New Zealand, or in other developed countries.

NZ Adventures expands 4x4 Tour offerings

Wednesday, 27 May 2020

NZ Adventures is a long-established back country tour company owned by Robbie and Connie Crickett of Invercargill.

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Tuesday, 28 April 2020

NZ4WD covers a range of topics of interest to the 4WD vehicle buyer & driver.

Acting the G.O.A.T

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

Before the COVID-19 lockdown, the Central Zone Club Truck Challenge managed to squeeze in the second round of its 2019/20 series at Pahiatua. Andrew Gee has the story.

New products from Utemaster

Wednesday, 27 May 2020

Canopies have been around for many years, but for some reason we’ve put up with the inherent restricted access, poor security and delicate build for just as long!

A weekend at Glenthorne Retreat not for the faint of heart!

Wednesday, 27 May 2020

Mid-summer and members of Christchurch’s loose-knit Cashmere 4WD Club gathered for another of their epic weekend excursions; to the Avoca and Harper Rivers, with the old retreat as their home base.

Clubbing together

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Whangarei 4WD Club, members invited fellow four-Wheelers from far and wide to join them for an extended Waitangi weekend of 4x4 fun on a property at Waiotek

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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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