With no Winch Challenge events to look forward to thanks to COVID-19 members of the Nelson 4WD Club put their rigs to good use on a recent trip to the West Coast.
Evidence of the role gold played in ‘seeding’ a fledgling New Zealand from the 1800s is still very much there to be discovered in Central Otago, one of 4x4Explorer main man Richard Soult’s f
Central Otago sparkie Ryan Brown owns what could well be the perfect Ford Ranger for work AND play. If you want he can sort you out with one just like it, too. Richard Soult has the story.
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.
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!
Welcome to NZ4WD magazine’s latest new feature, ‘Locals Only’ in which we check out the sort of cool 4x4s that see us swiveling our heads and thinking, ‘damn that’s nice!’ We kick ofF what we hope
Half a lifetime’s worth of fun and fellowship is set to be celebrated in Gore over the Easter weekend this year as members present and past gather to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Southern
Hosted by the Whangamata 4WD Club the Matariki Forestry 4x4 Charity run was held over the October 19 -20 weekend. Ashley Lucas was there and filed this report.
Kiwi Aaron Rich took up serious 4WDing while on his OE in the UK. On his return home, therefore, he was able to see his homeland and its myriad off-road attractions, through fresh eyes.
You definitely needed your ‘woolies’ this ‘winter’ as a late cold snap turned the Desert Defenders’ annual ‘spring’ safari white. Ashley Lucas reports from the (cold) front!
The Nevis Road, in Northern Southland, is an absolute classic and should be on every Overlander’s bucket list reckons 4x4Explorer.co.nz’s Richard Soult.
Christchurch’s Cashmere 4WD Club is anything but formal, nevertheless they gathered together for an official winter drive through some of Canterbury’s stunning back country.
Some great 4x4 trips are hidden in plain sight. A trip to, up, then back from Mt Studholme in South Canterbury, is one of them. Richard Soult of 4x4 Explore.co.nz has the story.
Ice Buster is an annual winter 4WD event on the NZ Defence Force’s Military Training Grounds at Waiouru. And this year a cold snap meant it definitely lived up to its name.
4 SUZUKI’S RIDE OF PASSAGE
8 NEW ARRIVALS
9 GENTLEMEN – UNPLUG YOUR ENGINES!
10 TOYOTA’S A TOP PICK TO TACKLE GRAVEL
12 TRUCKIN’ ON WITH THE LATEST TUCSON
14 KAROQ-ING DOWN THE HIGHWAY
18 MU-X-ING AROUND WHEN HE SHOULD BE WORKING
21 SUV ESSENTIALS
24 SUV BUYER’S GUIDE