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Thursday, 14 August 2025
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Driving Pain-Free - Is Your Seating Posture a Hidden Safety Risk?
Tuesday, 12 August 2025
For any one regularly on the road, driver safety is paramount. While we focus on speed, fatigue, and vehicle maintenance, a more subtle risk often goes unaddressed: driver discomfort.
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Everyone into the RUC
Tuesday, 12 August 2025
The government has announced that Cabinet has agreed to a series of important legislative changes to enable the transition of New Zealand’s 3.5 million light vehicles to paying for the roading...
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Avoiding trailer sway
Tuesday, 12 August 2025
More caravans on the roads mean that many have first time owners, with little or no towing experience, especially towing larger caravans
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Discovery gears up with new Tempest
Thursday, 03 July 2025
Jaguar Land Rover has strengthened the Discovery’s family appeal by introducing a new edition – the Tempest - while updates across the entire line-up enhance both the design and family-friendly ver
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Defender celebrates its trophy heritage
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Land Rover has revealed a new special edition of its all-conquering Defender that recognises the brand's long history in offroad and no-road exploration adventure events.
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‘Take it slow on ice and snow’ says Bendix
Thursday, 19 June 2025
The southern hemisphere isn’t known for its icy and snowy road conditions, but that means that come ski season, thousands of drivers head to the slopes with few skills and very little practice at m
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Land Rover Classic launches Classic Defender V8 Soft Top
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Land Rover Classic has confirmed the return of an icon with the launch of the Classic Defender V8 Works Bespoke Soft Top – the most desirable classic Land Rover Defender.
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JAC T9 smashes 24-hour endurance record
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
The JAC (“Jack”) T9's position as a reliable workhorse for Kiwi tradies has been further reinforced by the remarkable achievement of its South African stablemate, which recently shattered the count
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GeoffZone - New 4WD!
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
I just stepped into the cockpit of possibly the most expensive and capable 4WD in New Zealand!
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Prado taken to extremes - Arctic Trucks toughens Toyota’s new SUV
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
The new Prado is definitely a capable offering, both on and off the road.
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Ram eyes mid-size truck
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
At the Detroit Auto Show, Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis has suggested the addition of a mid-size truck to the brand’s line-up.
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NZ Topo maps now available on Basemaps
Thursday, 10 April 2025
New Zealand’s favourite topographic maps can now be viewed in 3D on theBasemaps website.
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Focus on the Navara
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Founded and still based in New Zealand, Fully Equipped offers a diverse range of world-class accessories and a professional services.
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Lucky ol’ America
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Hands up everybody who sees a Lexus and immediately thinks ‘phwoarrr, off- roader’. Anybody?
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BYD Shark launched
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
BYD has entered new territory with the Shark 6, a utility vehicle blending cutting- edge innovation with raw power aimed at  taking on both urban streets and off-road trails.
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Roaming the south
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Jill Waterman didn’t really intend to become a camper owner. Together with her husband Max, she’d wandered into a caravan  and camper show – and walked out with a camper.
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Staying safe on the road with PME
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Performance Mechanical & Engineering Ltd (PME) is the New Zealand importer and distributors of tyre pressure monitors  from Australian brand iCheckTPMS.
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New MU-X breaks cover
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
In Australia, it’s the second-most popular large SUV of 2024. Now, the Isuzu MU-X is getting a midlife facelift update.
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Navara: Nissan sticks to its guns
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
It’s been a while. In fact, a longer while than is comfortable. ‘Platform shared’ vehicles usually debut in different years, with the lead partner getting to market first.
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What’s that on your Jimny?
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
Mountain goat and beach boss, the Suzuki Jimny is New Zealand’s favourite small 4WD for a reason. It goes places bigger  4WDs can’t and has ‘fun’ stamped on its DNA.
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A Jeep tribute
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
The Jeep Wrangler is one of the oldest and among the longest-running nameplates in the US car market, first appearing in  the brand’s off-road SUV range in 1986.
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50 years of Jimny fun
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
No 4WD on sale today has stayed as close to its origins as Suzuki’s Jimny. This ‘proper’ 4WD SUV traces its roots back to  Suzuki’s first mainstream global success, the LJ50.
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LDV launches new T60 flagship
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
Launched at the end of 2024 and on sale from mid-January, LDV’s range-topping LDV T60 Max Plus gets engineering  tweaks, a fresh face, and a revised cabin.
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New Patrol creeps closer
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
It’s big, bold, and flying in the face of ‘electric everything’ car engineering it is petrol-only.
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