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New fan zones at Canterbury rally

Palmer heads strong North Island Rally Series field for Rally of Waitomo

The 2026 North Island Rally Series (NIRS) is back in action with the Rally of Waitomo on Sunday, 17 May. Current Series leaders and 2025 winners, Quentin Palmer and Noel Moloney (S...

Palmer unbeatable at Newstead Lodge Rally of Waitomo

Quentin Palmer and Noel Moloney (Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo) have continued their winning way, taking victory in the 2026 Rally of Waitomo. The current Hawkeswood Mining North Island R...

Entries confirmed for Rally Canterbury

A total of 29 entries have been received for the second round of the New Zealand Rally Championship in Canterbury at the end of the month. Rally Canterbury will feature 72 cars in...

And, they’re off

Cars gather in the Octagon for the ceremonial start of the Otago Rally last year. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH EDITORIAL Following last night’s ceremonial start in the Octagon,...

Ryder's big race

New fan zones take spectating to new level at Canterbury

Rally Canterbury will feature fan zones that will elevate the spectator experience, a popular move by the organisers. Local media and promoter Jack Smith have been brought on by th...

Limelight shifts for locals

Queenstown’s Caleb MacDonald leaping his now destroyed Lancer Evo 6 to victory on last year’s Wyndham Rally. PHOTOS: GEOFF RIDDER With the region’s usual suspects not in c...

Stokes’ are the ones to beat heading to Mainland Rally Champion round at Rally Canterbury

This Sunday’s Rally of Canterbury will see local brothers Robbie and Jack Stokes go head-to-head at the third round of the 2026 Mainland Rally Championship (MRC). While Jack Stokes...

Hawkeswood out to halt Stokes brothers’ charge at Rally Canterbury

Jack Hawkeswood will attempt to slay the two-headed monster that is the Stokes brothers at this weekend’s second round of the New Zealand Rally Championship. The Stokes brothers (R...

Motorists enjoy the wait as convoys continue through Awakino Gorge

The Awakino Gorge has reopened for one-way convoys throughout the day and night at weekends, but is open only during the night and early hours of the morning on weekdays.

Significant changes for this year’s Canterbury Rally

A little change means Rally Canterbury will look a lot different when the second round of the New Zealand Rally Championship takes place later this month. The organising committee,...

New Zealand Rally Championship returns to Southland

The New Zealand Rally Championship returns to the roads of Southland in July when the Barry Robinson Memorial Rally Southland takes place. Organised by the Eastern Southland Car Cl...

Acclaim for ‘fast, high’ Puketapu gravel ride

Celi Moir (right) leads eventual women’s championship class winner Rachel Thow during the Puketapu Gravel ’n’ Tar in Palmerston last month. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED The 2026 edition...

Stokes’ Skoda ready for Otago Rally

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Win to Jack Stokes; Overall lead to Buist in Mainland Rally Championship

Jack Stokes/Hayden Graves (Skoda Fabia Rally2 Evo) have come home in first place, winning the second round of the 2026 Mainland Rally Championship (MRC) in Otago over the weekend....

Stokes claims maiden NZRC win after Otago Rally battle

Jack Stokes claimed a breakthrough victory in the New Zealand Rally Championship, emerging on top after a dramatic two-day battle at the Otago Rally. Stokes (Stokes Motorsport Skod...

Allcomers victory and third overall for Gilmour at home rally

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Stokes’ Skoda ready for Otago Rally

Top seed Robbie Stokes and his team have won a race against time and will take their place at the opening round of the New Zealand Rally Championship this week. Stokes heavily cras...

Fuelled up and ready to race

New fan zones take spectating to new level at Canterbury

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The hidden Rotorua track with a spectacular free glow worm show

In the daytime, it’s a lovely walk to some picturesque waterfalls, but at night, it turns into a galaxy of glow worms.

Drivers arrive in TaupЕЌ, Kiwis out to win on home soil

Supercars has officially arrived in New Zealand, with drivers and teams finishing final preparations for the ITM TaupЕЌ Super 440, which gets underway tomorrow. For the first time...

Thomson favourite heading to Mainland Rally Championship Round 2 in Otago

Dylan Thomson and co-driver Bayden Thomson head to the Otago Rally this weekend as favourites to take out the second round of the 2026 Mainland Rally Championship (MRC). The pairin...