ROAD CLOSED.

The article discusses the implications of a move to restrict off-road access to four-wheel-drive (4WD) racing and social driving in the Auckland Region as triggered by an impacts report generated by Visitors Solutions for the Auckland Regional Council (ARC). Certain findings of the report, notably the environmental protests by community groups, are tackled. Aucklander Alistair Bain, a 4WD enthusiast, the New Zealand Four Wheel Driving Association (NZFWDA) and the author offer their indifferent views on the move to curtail 4WD peripheries.