Adventure NZ

How to get your lady to enjoy the 4WD?
Monday, 14 December 2020
Buy her some proper gumboots, show her how the truck works, go somewhere pretty, and read on!
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A Series 1 on the Matariki Safari
Thursday, 19 November 2020
Last year the Plimmer family from Hamilton took their 1956 Land Rover Series 1 on the Matariki Forestry Charity fund-raising Safari hosted by the Whangamata 4WD Club – and this year they invited me
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A trip up the Rakaia
Thursday, 19 November 2020
Now both back based in Christchurch, 4x4Explorer Richard Soult and 5GoOverland mate Aaron Rich celebrated with a recent trip to the headwaters of the mighty Rakaia River – and beyond.
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Daytripper
Thursday, 29 October 2020
Difficult to describe a road-trip in a new Mazda CX-30 with SkyActiv X technology in the immortal lyrics of John, Paul, George and Ringo, but then there were things “It took me so long, to find
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The Redwoods Express
Thursday, 29 October 2020
 If you’re a keen mountain biker like NZ4WD magazine Editor Ross MacKay, all roads in the upper-middle part of the North Island lead to Rotorua.  For his latest trip there he had the use of a Su
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Happy Tauranga trails in a Honda
Thursday, 29 October 2020
With over 33,000 Honda CR-Vs registered since the model’s first debut in 1997, there’s no denying the popularity of this medium-sized SUV and for 2021, the high riding Honda has seen some radica
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Let’s go camping this summer
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Camping and 4WDs go together like summer and sun block. Or summer and late, balmy nights swapping stories around a campfire.
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Middle Earth traverse
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
With the Covid-19 coronavirus putting paid to a long-planned 4x4 trip to the South Island, Taupo pair Paula Burnett and Cameron Raupi reset their sights a little closer to home...
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Wet feet on the West Coast
Wednesday, 16 September 2020
Scott Fellers brings his littlest co-driver to explore the track into Montgomerie Hut.
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Leatham Valley and Reefton catch-up weekend
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
As many of you may be aware, we’re wintering in Marahau, close to the Abel Tasman National Park.
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Overland Camping Options
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
A key part of any Overlanding trip is camping out. Here we look at some of the overnight options.
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A winch weekend on the West Coast
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
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.
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The Great Otago Gold Rush's Overlanding Legacy
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
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
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Ryan's Ranger
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
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.
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Making the grade
Thursday, 18 June 2020
We’ve all either seen, heard or read about the Grades given to 4WD tracks here in NZ.
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First taste of freedom Central Otago
Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Post-Lockdown, NZ4WD contributor Richard Soult was hanging out to get out in the NZExplorer.co.nz Toyota Prado.
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NZ Adventures expands 4x4 Tour offerings
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
NZ Adventures is a long-established back country tour company owned by Robbie and Connie Crickett of Invercargill.
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A weekend at Glenthorne Retreat not for the faint of heart!
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
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.
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Kauri Coast 4WD Safari 2020
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
The Kauri Coast 4WD Safari is a classic on NZ’s tag-along calendar. Ashley Lucas reports from this year’s Pre-Lockdown event.
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Last waltz up the Wilberforce
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
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!
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Great food, great venue, great hosts
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
South Island High Country Grand Slam tour ticks all the boxes.
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Defender of the brave
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
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
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Taking the road less travelled
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
Waitotara Valley Road is recognised as the longest no-exit road in New Zealand.
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Trail Blazers celebrate 40th anniversary
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
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
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Matariki Forestry 4x4 Charity Run
Thursday, 16 January 2020
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. 
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