Readers in the Forest
Anzac weekend 2008 was the perfect weekend for a group of keen 4WD drivers to challenge themselves and their vehicles in the Whirinaki forest near Minginui, 90 km south-east of Rotorua.
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Humm.. Let's see now
Do you know the original M998 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle - HMMWV or Humvee as it became known, given all those letters to remember – the military vehicle which spawned the Hummer series of civilian off-roaders, was originally designed for Europe?
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Adventures on Wellington's South Coast
One of the biggest frustrations for many 4WD owners, especially in the larger cities, is not having anywhere to go off-road.
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New Ground Anchor
There’s a new ground anchor on offer. It’s small and light and has potential. Miles Moffat of Christchurch has been perfecting the design and now has a website http://www.lan-cor.com/ for it featuring a short video. Marketed under the Lan-cor name (an abbreviation of land-anchor), it works on the screw principle. Leonardo da Vinci would be proud of it.
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Akatarawa Forest Tag along
The Wellington Family 4x4 Club is a small club with a big dream. Last year when I went with them on their first Child Cancer Foundation Tag-Along fundraiser (a highly successful event with about 35 entrants) they told me this would be an annual event getting bigger and better.
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Woodhill open to 4WD again
The famous Woodhill Forest, northwest of Auckland, will soon be open to 4WD enthusiasts.
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