News and General

Let’s clean up OUR act!
Monday, 22 April 2019
The tone of her voice alerted me straight away. This wasn’t going to be one of my wife Delia’s usual mid-to-late afternoon ‘how-was-your-day-and-when-can-we-expect-you-home?’ calls.
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Steering wheel or keyboard, you choose!
Thursday, 14 March 2019
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…..
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Your first 4WD
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Over the weekend just past I conducted a poll of sorts, the key question, what was your first 4WD?
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Up on the roof!
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Story and photos by Russell Pullar Living in Timaru, I love getting out at weekends and on longer trips around Otago and Canterbury in my 1997 diesel Toyota Prado.
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You’ve got to be in to win!
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Hello there, and welcome to 2019, a year I seem to have started on the back foot already? How so?
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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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Another blue chip year
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
2018 was another blue chip year for the 4WD sector and with it NZ4WD magazine. Ford’s Ranger ute remained the top selling model despite pressure from all sides!
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A tale of an Isuzu D-Max or two….or three
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Isuzu’s D-Max is a no-nonsense ute from the old-school as NZ4WD Editor Ross MacKay and global adventurer Robin Dicey have – separately – discovered.
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Circuit breaker
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
It’s rare I find myself agreeing with right-wing commentator Mike Hosking but the Newstalkzb talk show host makes a very good point in a recent opinion piece on electric cars.
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Spray and walk away….impressed!
Friday, 16 November 2018
Want to save thousands re-spraying your knockabout 4x4? Then you might like to follow Cunning Hack columnist Richard Soult’s lead.
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Great Scott
Friday, 16 November 2018
Been to the cinema yet to see Born Racer, aka ‘the Scott Dixon biopic?’
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Sky TV’s the limit!
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
The news that local pay-TV outfit Sky TV has failed in its bid to keep Formula 1 on its roster should come as no surprise.
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Rooftop tents & awnings gather favour
Thursday, 18 October 2018
You can’t go anywhere on or off the road these days without seeing a well set up 4x4 rocking a Rooftop Tent and/or some sort of quick fold-out awning
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A true ‘Tuff Truck’
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
The Mercedes G-Professional is no compromise hard-core commercial workhorse. Perfect, in other words, for a serious workout in the hands of long-time NZ4WD magazine tester Ashley Lucas.
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Indoor dining on the road
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
This month’s cunning hack came about for a number of reasons...
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On-line abuse
Monday, 17 September 2018
You can’t seem to go anywhere these days without (sometimes literally as happened to me the other day) walking into someone with their head down scanning their mobile phone for the latest tweet, or
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Let there be light!
Thursday, 13 September 2018
The initial idea was to take flexible LED strips and attach them to the rear of the truck...
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No middle ground
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
I worry about my son Andrew’s best mate, who, to protect the innocent here, we will call Bob!
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The art of bouncing back
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
By Bryan Chang  
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Factory-fitted
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
With such an overwhelmingly positive response to the original one-off Holden Colorado Xtreme showcar when it appeared at Fieldays in 2016 it was obviously only a matter of time before GM’s local arm...
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Solar Shower sorted
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Since my partner, Andrea, started joining me on my 4x4 Explorer adventures, I’ve had a renewed interest in making the truck as comfortable as possible for extended 4x4 Expeditions.
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New Tri-Fold Hard Cover by Airplex.
Thursday, 12 July 2018
Traditionally similar folding covers are made of vinyl and although they are ‘lockable’, they are not very secure as they can easily be ripped or cut open. 
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Drop those revs
Thursday, 12 July 2018
Aussie 4x4 aftermarket specialist Terrain Tamer is pleased to announce the release of their new Modified fifth gear set for 70 Series V8 Toyota Land Cruisers.
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Have 4x4, will explore
Thursday, 12 July 2018
As a teenager with a road-legal trail bike growing up in Gore I thought nothing of getting up early of a summer weekend and heading to Queenstown for the day...
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Airplex ute accessories
Thursday, 14 June 2018
Want a canopy, a roof rack, tray liner, hard lid, bonnet guard, monsoon or even an Ironman bullbar or three?
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