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Monday, 11 November 2024

Exploring the great outdoors doesn’t always stop when the sun goes down. Keen on nighttime off-roading or just requiring extra visibility on dark country roads? Proper lighting is essential.

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Adventure NZ

Farewelling the snow deep in the Hopkins Valley

Monday, 11 November 2024

When I’m away guiding, people often ask me if I get bored driving the same tracks week after week. The simple answer is no.

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New and tested 4WDs

Toyota Hilux SR5 hybrid tested

Monday, 11 November 2024

It’s been a while since NZ4WD tested a Hilux, and getting acquainted with the 2024 Hilux was informative. This one came on the back of the very good wide-body Hilux SR5 Cruiser we tested recently.

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Products

Ironman winches

Monday, 11 November 2024

A winch can serve many purposes, not least a form of offroad insurance.

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Adventure NZ

Excellent camping spots for summer fun

Monday, 11 November 2024

It’s that time of year again. Warmer weather, longer days. The outdoors is waiting. Summer holiday plans are being made. But where to go? What to take along?

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News and General

New handheld radios from GME

Monday, 11 November 2024

GME is proud to introduce its newest range of five-Watt handheld UHF CB radios, the TX6165.

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New and tested 4WDs

Jimny auto tested

Monday, 11 November 2024

That’s it, we’ve wrapped up the four important models in the cult Suzuki Jimny range. And we possibly finish with the one we like the best: three doors, four speed auto.

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New and tested 4WDs

Ineos launches the Quartermaster

Monday, 11 November 2024

We’ve been waiting for this one since we drove the Grenadier. The five-passenger Ineos Grenadier Quartermaster illustrates what people have been saying for years: what’s old is new again.

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News and General

Flated offers clever off-road storage

Monday, 11 November 2024

In a world where weekend off-road trips can easily slip into the too-hard-basket after a busy week of hard graft, Flated gear offers a new, easy way to get organised for a weekend adventure.

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News and General

What the heck is a Jimry?

Monday, 11 November 2024

This is called the Jimry apparently. A slightly disturbing mash-up of Suzuki’s cult Jimny 4WD and the company’s Every van.

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News and General

Mazda freshens the BT-50

Monday, 11 November 2024

Mazda has updated its BT-50 4WD diesel ute in the first significant refresh for more than four years.

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News and General

BYD Shark arriving soon

Monday, 11 November 2024

The BYD Shark 6 Ute, first seen at the National Fieldays event in June, is about to arrive in New Zealand.

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New and tested 4WDs

Suzuki Jimny Five Door - Light, agile and great fun

Thursday, 24 October 2024

Suzuki offers an automatic for all reasons

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News and General

Waterproofing that 4WD

Monday, 14 October 2024

Winter’s gone, no real need to be thinking about water intrusion, right? Nope.

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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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Adventure NZ

A hard drive up the Denniston

Monday, 14 October 2024

Some of my fondest memories as a kid are of camping in the mountains of Northern California with my family.

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Events

Automechanika

Monday, 14 October 2024

The bi-annual Automechanika show in Frankfurt is the world’s largest expo focussing on automotive repair, parts and accessories.

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Events

4x4 Outdoor Expo Christchurch

Monday, 14 October 2024

The 4x4 Outdoor Expo in Christchurch kicked off on a warm spring Saturday. The two day event at the Wolfbrook Arena was full of eye popping 4WDs and all the cool gear you could ever want.

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New and tested 4WDs

Mitsubishi Triton GLX-R tested

Monday, 14 October 2024

It’s not often NZ4WD gets a fully loaded 4WD to test. Canopies, racks and storage systems are usually left to the aftermarket which means magazines seldom get to try out this important gear.

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4WD Accesories

Ironman 4x4’s new rooftop tent range

Monday, 14 October 2024

Welcome to the all-new IRONMAN 4x4 rooftop tent collection.

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News and General

A new swamp buggy

Monday, 14 October 2024

The mad world of swamp buggy all-terrain vehicles is getting popular. Joining the Atlas, profiled recently by NZ4WD, and the Sherp, apparently available in New Zealand, is Atrina.

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News and General

Hard working Hilux

Monday, 14 October 2024

Jamie Winsloe’s 1993 Toyota Hilux has been reborn several times. Built for hard farm work back in the early 2000s in Christchurch, it went to a farmer near Lake Hood in Canterbury.

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News and General

Carry that gear in style

Monday, 14 October 2024

Fully Equipped has established itself as a prominent supplier of aftermarket automotive accessories for utes and 4WDs in New Zealand and around the world.

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News and General