What's On for 2012
Updated:13 May 2012

Latest News and Events in the Auckland 4WD Club
Auckland 4WD Club Meetings Third Monday of each month. 8pm, Vintage Car Club rooms, Fairfax Ave, Penrose. These meetings are open to any person interested in joining the Auckland 4WD Club or needing advice about joining one of our 4WD trips. The Club Monthly Magazine is now avaliable online for all to read. Click Here For The Link Club President Jack Talbot jacktalbot@xtra.co.nz  Important stuff concerning all 4WD enthusiasts. Visit the New Zealand Four Wheel Drive Association for the latest news about important issues, which all 4wd enthusiasts should know about and should get involved with!    New Zealand Four Wheel Drive Association
Auckland 4WD Club Trips
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Maratoto Track aka The Wires is now CLOSED! This is due to the track becoming impassable due to high usage. Repair work has been undertaken by Ces Horan (local) and members of the Auckland 4WD Club in the end of April. This is to fill large bogs which made the track unpassable to any vehicles with out good mud tyres and/or a winch. The track will be reopened in the summer of 2012. YouTube videos by Auckland 4WD Club members. Look Here
Date Trip             Details Trip Contact Grade   19-20 May 2012 NZFWDA AGM Dunedin Social   21 May 2012 Club meeting 8.00pm  Vintage Car Club rooms, Fairfax Ave, Penrose. Social   30 June- 1 July Woodhill Safety Patrol We need volunteers once again. Let Steve know if you can make one of these days. Steve Reed More info here Hard June - July Waiuku Forest Annual Winter trip into Waiuku Forest Great for shiny trucks with play areas for a challenge. More info closer to the date, yet to be booked. Alan Hejl Easy   18-19 August Woodhill Safety Patrol We need volunteers once again. Let Steve know if you can make one of these days. Steve Reed More info here Hard
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Trip Registration When applying to register for a 4wd trip online please supply the following information.  Name. Type of vehicle (must have low range). Details of other vehicles coming if any (friends). Amount of experience if new to 4 wheel driving, i.e. none, some or heaps. Contact details including mobile phone number. Alternate  contact phone number in case of emergency. Contact the trip leader as soon as possible and no later than the Thursday night before the trip. Trip numbers can limited on the more popular trips and can fill very quickly. Get in quickly! Don't be disappointed! DO NOT email the night before if canceling as the message may not be seen by the trip organizer. PHONE and leave message if necessary. Take note of the trip grading at bottom of this page to see if your vehicle and driving experience is appropriate for the trip. Check with the trip organiser! Most, if not all trips into the bush will have overhanging bush and the possibility of damage if driven carelessly or in wet weather (this changes very fast). Scratches on shiny vehicles are always a possibility due to the nature of 4 wheel driving in the bush. Tools for Trip Organizer: Click here for a trip registration form. pdf version This form is to record all persons on the club trip. Click here for a non club member trip registration form This is a must for all non club members to sign when joining on a official club trip. These forms are to be retained after the trip and given to a club committee member and kept for future reference in the event of a dispute or official enquiry. Trip Gradings Scenic/Social – Sealed roads and some good unsealed roads or tracks. No four wheel driving experience required. Road tyres are acceptable. Easy – Little or no four wheel driving experience required. All terrain tyres, front and rear recovery points at Trip Leader’s discretion. Medium – Low range may be needed with a snatch strap recovery possible. All terrain tyres or better. Front and rear recovery points (rated), basic recovery gear (snatch strap, 2 rated shackles and gloves), and appropriate driver knowledge. Hard – Steep terrain or rutted tracks. Snatch strap and / or winching recovery may be required. All terrain tyres acceptable, mud terrain tyres preferred, road tires are not acceptable. Front and rear recovery points (rated), basic recovery gear (snatch strap, 2 rated shackles and gloves), and appropriate driver knowledge. Winch and full recovery gear is preferred. Extreme – Very steep, deeply rutted tracks or rock hopping will be encountered. Front and rear recovery points (rated), full recovery gear (snatch strap, rated shackles, tree trunk protector, winch extension, drag chain and gloves), and appropriate driver knowledge. Winching will be expected and an electric or motorised winch is compulsory on all vehicles. Mud terrain or Simex style tyres essential. Warning: Vehicle damage may occur.
Muriwai Beach Vehicle Rules and Enforcement New Rules now apply for all vehicle access onto Muriwai Beach to the northeast of Auckland. Auckland 4WD Club have obtained a copy of the ARC summary of vehicle use rules for the length of Muriwai Beach. The three pages have been scanned as jpg's and can be downloaded Muriwai rules page 1 Muriwai rules page 2 Muriwai rules page 3 42nd Traverse This Track is open during the summer months for 4WD use from 1 st December to April 30. . Please respect this track and do not venture off the main track, as this is a DoC requirement to help keep this track open for public use. The DoC Kiwi breeding team access the nest sites via these sidetracks. You will see vehicle tracks on them but please refrain from using them! This is a Kiwi Breeding area, so NO dogs and please no driving at night when birds are active! Please help to keep this track open for 4wd use and do not use over the wet winter months to avoid track damage. It remains open for mountain bikes, motorbikes & trampers, all year. This does not seem very FAIR for 4WD drivers considering it is the 4WD clubs who are the only user group doing the maintenance & track clearing work with DoC! Doc Info about the 42nd Traverse The Taupo 4WD Club organises a trip every year to help to clear the track. Help is always appreciated. This is also a great time to visit the area and meet new people from other clubs throughout the North Island. Keep a watch on the "What's On" listing above for the next clean up trip. Maratoto Track aka Wires Track Closed for the winter Make sure you help to maintain the track and keep it open by donating to this great cause. DO NOT forget to donate $10 towards the maintenance of this track. This track is closed over the winter months to help control damage from vehicles and water erosion. This is in accordance with the DoC management plan. Phone 027 5242 132 for a recorded message regarding the status of the track. Check before you travel there. Please pay $10.00 toward the maintenance of this great track. This includes motor bikes as this user group never helps in the maintance work! There is a yellow box on the corner of Maratoto Rd & the Wires Rd. It's to help pay for the equipment to control water erosion and clear landslips for your continued use. Without this work by a small group of 4WD enthusiasts DoC would close this track for good! Mud tires and groups of at least two vehicles are recommended for recoveries. Showroom standard 4WD's on road tires should not enter this track as you will get light paintwork scratches and will not be able to drive this track unaided. Sections of this track have now become quite a challenge (difficult) Make sure you have the appropriate recovery equipment! The Loop Track  This track is not for the faint hearted. Inexperienced and ill-equipped 4WD's should NOT attempt this track. Panel damage is to be expected! The Loop track is only suitable for tough/rough trucks as it is an extreme track. A winch is essential! Note that the track may be closed at any time due to wet weather! Contact Peter Vahry mailto:peter.vahry@xtra.co.nz Stadia Track There is now a locked wire barrier across the entrance to the Stadia trail to manage access. Please note that the track is on private land and a $25.00 fee is to be paid to the land owners. Public liability and Rural and Forest Fire insurances are needed too. Major earthworks to allow access for power pole maintenance improved the lower half of the track a few years back, New work is to be undertaken mid 2012 to allow the owners to use the entire length of the track to access the main road from the top for future mining operations. 4WD access will still be avaliable to the hard tracks at the top. (updated 28-4-12) Contact Peter for more info. For permission and the access key, contact peter.vahry@xtra.co.nz Whangamomona Road The Whangamomona Road will be closed to 4x4 use during the winter from June 1 to September 30 by the road management committee. This is to stop unnessary damage to the track during the winter. Please observe this voluntary closure. I drove this track early January 2011. Traveling with me was a standard Toyota Surf with mud tires. The weather was dry and we had no problems driving the track. (updated 28.01.2011). Driving this track in wet conditions is VERY dangerious due to the very steep terrain, slippery ground conditions (Papa rock) and the drop-offs at the road edge to the river below. Extreme Caution is Required. TECT All Terrain Park Visit the TECT All Terrain Park web site keep you up to speed on a unique development that has the potential to become one of New Zealand's premier venues for active outdoor recreation - the TECT All Terrain Park. Some 1261 hectares of land, largely comprising forestry and native bush, in between Tauranga and Rotorua was purchased by the Western Bay of Plenty District Council and Tauranga City Council with the support of naming rights sponsor TECT (Tauranga Energy Consumer Trust) in 2004. Bay Community Trust provided initial loan facilities to Councils for the capital purchase of the proposed Park. An additional 385 hectares of land was brought by the councils in 2006. At this stage plans are underway to develop the park in stages over the next two decades. This staged development will allow different areas of the park to be developed over time to cater for a range of active and passive recreational activities including mountain biking, rallying, motocross, firearm sports, 4x4, equestrian, tramping, angling and orienteering. The first stage of development involves the councils working with potential users to ensure their needs are built into a development plan for the park. The development plan will provide the blueprint for future development including details of the type, timing and scale of activities and required infrastructure such as public access roads. Australian 4WD TV 4WD TV  Saturday  7.30 pm on Sky TV 89 Freeview 21 TelstraClear Digital TV 89 More info: www.tritv.co.nz 4x4 Western Austratia TV Show Follow Grizzlee, Matt, Cuz, and Liza-Mari as the team explore the world of 4WDing in Western Australia. You'll see events, tracks, locations, vehicles and their drivers, products, tech segments, and lots more. Going 4WD TV Show The Going 4WD Series 1st Aired on C31 March 2 - May 25, 2008, Going 4WD quickly became Melbournes # 1 4x4 TV Show in its 1st season. Going 4WD is all about Grass Roots Recreational 4x4. We promote Club activities including trips, bush clean up days, driver training etc. We will have sections on Tech Talk, How To's, Interviews, Product Reviews, Rigs Reviews & Competitions from time to time. The 4x4 Show The 4x4 Show brings you the best of Australian 4x4 action! Not just 4x4 but the entire outdoor scene in Australia, suspension setups, camping, caravans pretty much anything under the sun thats outdoors! Watch as Ray takes you through a whole host of 4wd races, terrain and adventures on this action packed show!
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