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News and General
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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Motor Sports
Let loose on the Landslip
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Twenty One competitors fronted up to take on the ten challenges the convenor of the Southern Trail Blazers 4WD club’s...
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Motor Sports
A few good men
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
In the spirit of last month’s U2-themed report Andrew Gee uses Movie titles and popular song lyrics to help us picture the second round of this season’s Central Zone Club Truck Challenge held near
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Motor Sports
Slippery when wet!
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Rain dances have been banned from the next Novawinch Manukau Winch Challenge. Ashley Lucas explains why in his report on the recent 2018 event.
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Weekend drive
Road to ‘Somewhere’
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
A Whanganui base gave David Coxon the opportunity to explore some more remote areas of the country.
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Adventure NZ
Moawhango School Scenic 4WD Safari
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
They come near and far each year to explore the high tussock and farmland of Moawhango, between Taihape and Waiouru. Murray Taylor has the story.
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Adventure NZ
Offlimits’ Operation Stirling 2018
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Early December 2018 and it was time, again, for the combined annual 4WD “Operation Stirling” and the side by sides and quads...
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4WD Accesories
Dyno tuning offers huge gains
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Auckland’s Eastern Automotive Performance Centre offers a drive-in/drive-out dyno tuning service which can transform the way your modern turbo-diesel ute or SUVs performs.
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Adventure NZ
90 Mile Beach
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
By the time that you read this, we will be deep in the South Island Exploring and logging routes for 4x4Explorer.
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New and tested 4WDs
Ford’s Millennial Falcon (GT)
Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Good old Ford eh? While other car companies play it safe the Ranger Raptor is all about performance, on as well as off the road. NZ4WD Editor Ross MacKay has the story. Photo by Mark Baker
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News and General
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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4WD Accesories
Absolutely Fantastic New 4x4 accessories 
Friday, 11 January 2019
If you’ve never heard of AFN 4x4, don’t fret about it.  We’re about to help you out; so pay attention. 
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News and General
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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Adventure NZ
YOUR4s photo comp 2018
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Congratulations to our March 2018 featured photographer Kyle Birchall from Tuakau, south-west of Auckland, for his NZ4WD magazine Your4s/Kumho Tyres overall 2018 competition-winning photog
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4WD Accesories
The sky’s the limit
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Adding that all important personal touch to your 4WD has never been easier - or more affordable.
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Adventure International
Slickrockin’ through the Old West
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
The planned highlight of our trip was Slickrock 4WDing in Moab, Utah, the epicentre of 4WDing in the US.
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News and General
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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New and tested 4WDs
Four work or play
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Individually we rated these four 4WDs as the best in their particular category in 2018. Collectively though?
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New and tested 4WDs
New-look Triton ute on way
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Performance and safety upgrades to Mitsubishi’s new-look Triton will make it one of the most  advanced utes in the segment with the local distributor predicting big things for the re-specced and re
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News and General
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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New and tested 4WDs
NZSUV 2018
Wednesday, 21 November 2018
SUVs are everywhere. They now account for almost half of all new vehicles sold.
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Motor Sports
# You Too?
Friday, 16 November 2018
With a little help from mega rock band U2’s back catalogue of songs...
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Adventure NZ
Ruiterman is new NZ offroad champion
Friday, 16 November 2018
He came, he saw and at West Melton over Labour Weekend, Pukekohe Yamaha racer Carl Ruiterman conquered.
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Motor Sports
Dunner Stunner!
Friday, 16 November 2018
So that’s it then the 2018 Season is all done; meaning five rounds of competitive challenges, and some great teams featuring all sorts of different combinations (fathers/sons, partners, friends and ...
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Weekend drive
Coastal explore (and a bit more!)
Friday, 16 November 2018
Having a full day to get to Whanganui for a conference gave David Coxon an opportunity to explore some of the coastal side roads that he usually ignores in his haste to get the next destination.
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