Tough Terrain and Tight Times in Tuakau
They used to say, with absolute certainty, that to finish first, you first have to finish – and nowhere does that hold true more than motorsport! Well, it did until…
2020/21 National Trials Series, Round 2: FIRST WIN FOR MATHER
It had been a long time between starts for the 50 odd Competitors who took to the course for Round 2 of the 2020/21 NZ Trials series hosted by the…
Motu School 4×4 Safari Reveals Some Graphic NZ History
Day 2 of the Motu 2021 Safari headed South from the School and Village, onto Whakarau Road, then across the heights towards Rere waterfall, and the site of some of…
Mazda BT-50 on Motu 4×4 Safari
The Motu School 4×4 Safari is probably the longest running, and one of the more challenging 4×4 adventures available in the North Island, if not NZ. Eschewing the usual “Follow…
Motu School 2021 Safari
At the end of the 2019 Motu School East Cape Safari, school principal Paul Cornwall hinted at a major change in the style of the Safari, in response to changing…
The Rotary Club of Te Awamutu 4WD Safari – Ngaroma 2021.
The Ngaroma School has recently lost its school bus service, and a key part of the Safari was to support the community’s own bus service. Ngaroma 2021 starts with thanks…
Tough Times Test Trialists at Tirau
Even before the start of the Battery Town sponsored first round of the 2020/21 NZ Trials Series, everyone was picking that last year’s champions were going to have a battle…
Land Rovers’ New Defender – Right Truck! Right Place!
When you get behind the wheel of something worth just over $125k, you would be expecting something a bit special, well most of us would! We certainly were, after all…
20/21 Trials Series set to be the hardest fought Extreme 4×4 Series in Years
It’s about big engines and big hills. It’s about big tyres and big thrills. It’s about big air and big spills. It is the NZ 4×4 Trials Series, kicking off…
Tunnelling into Taranaki’s Hidden Treasure
It was Kevin Isemonger’s suggestion that started it. I was collecting the new Defender from Landrover to explore the Forgotten World Highway, on the way to the Taranaki Best Pairs…