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New Zealand fuel prices hit record highs
Friday, 17 June 2022
From the South Pacific, as economists here talk about fuel staying above $3.00/litre for the immediate future, it’s hard to imagine the same fuel being $1.10 a litre.
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Your 4s, Our Places
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
On his southern tour, Wellington reader Jonathan Goodson was joined by some other overlanding enthusiasts from the North Island.
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Doing it right
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
Making overlanding and adventuring more fun No matter if the ride is old-school cool or ultra-modern, off-road adventures go best when time has been invested in the right kit-out for the planned...
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Your 4s, Our Places
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Our north-South challenge is getting some traction Joanne Morley sent us this month’s Opening Shot among a whole raft of images from northern trails, a cool ‘out there’ pic off the Taupō-Napier...
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Challenge accepted
Monday, 14 March 2022
So last month we laid it down: a north vs south challenge asking readers where the best trails and views are. The southern response has been quite strong, funnily enough.
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Maintaining the beast
Monday, 14 March 2022
Servicing 4WDs can be more challenging than servicing standard vehicles – especially because so many of us prefer to do the work ourselves.
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Toyota Highlanders
Monday, 14 March 2022
The SUVs for all occasions
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Ralliart: Back in black
Tuesday, 15 February 2022
Mitsubishi re-boots its motorsport brand
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Five stars for new Land Cruiser
Tuesday, 15 February 2022
The new Toyota Land Cruiser 300 series has received a 5-star safety rating from ANCAP, Australasia’s independent voice on vehicle safety.
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What colour is your investment?
Tuesday, 15 February 2022
Yellow, they reckon. Strewth.
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Future visions of SUVs
Tuesday, 30 November 2021
Time is very much a flexible consideration when it comes to the automotive industry and as we have seen in 2021, you can’t rely on time being co-operative all the – erm, time.
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Classic Land Cruiser endures
Tuesday, 19 October 2021
Something old, something new. Toyota’s Land Cruiser – like rival the Land Rover – is an off-road legend. It has been around since – well – almost forever.
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Maniototo Muster
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
Many months of planning and hundreds of emails came to fruition as the first of the 36 4WD vehicles rolled in to the Ranfurly Holiday Park for the Otago Recreational 4 Wheel Drive Group’s biennial
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Special edition Ford Everest BaseCamp comes to New Zealand
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
With more and more New Zealanders exploring the great backroads of the country and choosing off-roading adventures, the Ford Everest makes the perfect companion.
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Toyota disappointed in misinformation around electric utes
Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Toyota New Zealand confirmed to NZ4WD magazine late last month that it has no plans to bring in an electric Hilux any time soon. 
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Land Rover Defender named 2021 World Car Design of the Year
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
Land Rover’s all-new Defender has been named 2021 World Car Design of the Year at the annual World Car Awards.
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Scott & Kristen Fellers’ 1993 Mitsi Pajero Build
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
From humble beginnings regular NZ4WD contributor Kristen Feller’s husband Scott has transformed a venerable ’93 model Mitsubishi Pajero 4WD into a capable overland adventure rig.   
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Gutsy Gladiator is a towing Powerhouse
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
Sure, there probably are better models ‘for play’ in Jeep’s latest Wrangler line-up.
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Impressive D-Max ticks other boxes too
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
With the Editor focusing on its ability to tow things, we handed Isuzu’s latest LS-spec D-Max over to colleague Mark Baker to see what he thought about using it for everything else.
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New ‘Trail Boss’ model to join NZ-bound Silverado ute line-up
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
GMSV has released details of the latest addition to its NZ-bound RHD Chevrolet Silverado 4WD utility line-up, the new LT Trail Boss.
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Mather/Verner take first 4x4 trials series win
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
The Hikutaia School National 4×4 Trial was the scene for the second round the Lucas Oils-supported 2020/21 series hosted by the Thames Valley 4WD Club in late January.
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Central Zone Jamboree
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Wellington was the place to be over Waitangi Weekend (5-8 Feb) as the Cross-Country Vehicle Club (CCVC) hosted the Central Zone (CZ) Jamboree for the NZ Four Wheel Drive Association (NZFWDA
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Family ‘Pocket Rocky’ Build
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Paul Taylor likes to do things his own way; hence his choice of a Daihatsu Rocky as the basis of a tough, go-anywhere/do-anything Overland build.
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Better by Design - We put Isuzu’s new D-Max Ute to the Tow test
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
By now the message should have got through; Isuzu’s all-new Gen-3 D-Max is a serious piece of kit.
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CCVC Wellington South Coast Beach Clean Up
CCVC Wellington South Coast Beach Clean Up
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
On a wet and windy Saturday morning at the end of October last year over 30 vehicles and 70 club members turned out on Wellington’s South Coast to help clean-up the beach.
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