Adventure International

Explorer on safari in Africa
Monday, 14 October 2024
Dave McLeod, editor of NZ4WD’s sister publication Company Vehicle, was invited on a memorable trip to Africa driving Ford’s Everest SUV. Here’s what he saw, and did.
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Outback drive resets the bucket list
Monday, 16 September 2024
After driving 2,700kms in two days to get to Alice Springs for the 2024 Finke Desert Race, Kiwi photographer Mike Peffers and mate Jack Talbot had time to take a more leisurely drive back to Sydney
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Beach driving adventure in Australia
Monday, 16 September 2024
Noosa. Blue skies, sunshine, seagulls and sand. The recipe for some off-road beach fun. That’s what Bridgestone laid on for the A/T 002 media experience.
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Into Africa
Thursday, 18 April 2024
For us there was just something unknown about Africa, too scary, too big, too complicated, too hot, and so it was left undiscovered until we started to ‘run out of road’.
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Dune running in the outback
Monday, 18 March 2024
After packing and securing our load ready for sand dune country, we left the metropolis of Oodnadatta heading towards Pedirka’s Track (a short cut) to Dalhousie Springs approximately three hours to
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Kiwis tackle the Simpson Desert
Monday, 19 February 2024
Gary and Carolyn Cooper have 'done the Simmo', one of Australia's most challenging drives.  In this first part of his tale, he covers preparing for the adventure and the first stage of the
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The ‘Oxford in NZ’ files...Wheels at Wanaka
Wednesday, 18 August 2021
Having immersed himself in promoting the presence of the reborn and repurposed Series 1 Land Rover, known as Oxford, Auckland-based marque stalwart Kevin Isemonger wasn’t really looking forward to
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A Kiwi in Outback Australia
Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Googs Track and the Simpson Desert - Part 2
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The 'Oxford in NZ' files.. While here
Tuesday, 20 July 2021
While here in NZ as part of its epic second time round global lap, Oxford’ the celebrated Series 1 Land Rover certainly got around; in this case to Whanganui for the Land Rover Series 1
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A Kiwi in Outback Australia
A Kiwi in Outback Australia
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Given the similarities between the two countries and their peoples, how hard, wagered Cantabrian Merv Moodie,
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The 'Oxford in NZ' files - getting here
The 'Oxford in NZ' files - getting here
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
The story of how Oxford, arguably now the world’s most written about and photographed Series 1 Land Rover, was found, repatriated then dispatched around the world for marque faithful to use and enj
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Kiwi 4WDers follow Siberia’s BAM Railway in winter
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic might have forced them home early but not before Tauranga couple Jeanette and Martin Knudsen had seen and experienced Siberia at its wintry best on one of fellow Kiwi G
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Central Asia Complete
Wednesday, 16 September 2020
And so, after spending 10 months covering more than 30,000km passing through 16 countries across two continents, Kiwi Overlander Aaron Rich and his family’s epic 5GoOverland.com adventure en
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Dealing with a disaster in Russia
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
Aaron Rich and his overlanding family had a dream run – mechanically-speaking – until their Mitsubishi Pajero ground to a halt on what was to be their third to last day in Russia ...
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To Cape York and back – A Kiwi on Oz’s most famous 4x4 trip
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
Making it to Australia’s Cape York via the famed ‘Old Telegraph Rd’ is real ‘Bucket List’ stuff for most keen Kiwi FOUR-Wheelers.
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The Aral Sea Uzbekistan to Moscow Part 1
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
As Overlander Aaron Rich and family near the end of their cross-world Odyssey they continue to be amazed and intrigued by the things they see and people they encounter along the way.
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Searching for sand castles ancient desert fortresses of Khozerm
Thursday, 18 June 2020
Uzbekistan’s inhospitable deserts are home to the ruins of hundreds of ancient fortresses, many – as Overlander Aaron Rich and his family found out – practically accessible only by 4WD!
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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.<
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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.
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Tajikistan Part 2 Peeking into Afghanistan
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Last month Kiwi Overlander Aaron Rich described his family’s entry into Tajikistan via a snowy mountain pass at 4,282 metres.This month they continued exploring Tajikistan’s Pamirs, reaching
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TIME TO CHECK OUT TAJIKISTAN
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
As they traversed the Pamir mountain range through Tajikistan Kiwi Overlander Aaron Rich and his family spent several days at dizzyingly high (+3000m) altitudes –but lived to tell the tale!<
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MOAB ON MY MIND
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
While in the US visiting the SEMA Trade show last year NZ4WD columnist Peter Vahry figured it would be rude not to check out Moab’s famous rock-based trails.
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Destination Kel Suu, Kyrgyzstan
Thursday, 16 January 2020
The extremes – in terms of altitude, topography and climate – in Kyrgyzstan are incredible. All the better for a 4WD adventure, reckons Kiwi Overlander Aaron Rich.
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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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First stop, Mongolia!
Friday, 20 September 2019
What wonders awaited Kiwi Overlander Aaron Rich and his family on their latest adventure in Mongolia? Don’t worry, it didn’t take them long to find out!
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