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Peta Stavelli heads off on an adventure from Christchurch to Queenstown, with a male dominated group of motoring writers, who take to the back roads testing out the latest in Toyota 4WD vehicles.

Peta Stavelli

CANTERBURY / OTAGO CHRISTCHURCH TO QUEENSTOWN 43°29’22.1”S 172°32’44.4”E I was, I suppose, the token Sheila. A woman among men. Many men, as it happened. We assembled at Christchurch’s Sudima Hotel for the early morning briefing. When I say early morning, I mean somewhere between breakfast and morning tea. Along with the proffered indemnity sheet to sign and information about the defibrillator and other heavy-duty first-aid equipment, this was an ominous sign of things to come. During the next few days we were to be fed to the point of being over-fed with everything to do with the vehicles being taken at a very fast pace indeed as we negotiated near-impassable mountain passes and – in true Toyota style – through river beds; 28 in all. These were the highs and…

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NZ Today (Digital) - 1 Issue, No 79 Apr-May 18

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