Palmer wins second consecutive Hawkeswood Mining North Island Rally Series title
Defending Hawkeswood Mining North Island Rally Series champion Quentin Palmer (Skoda Fabia Rally2 evo) has won the title after finishing first NIRS entrant home at the Battery Town Rally Bay of Plenty on Saturday. Second NIRS competitors were William Menzies/Doug Dolan (Toyota GR Yaris...
Toyota makes NZ rallying history in Bay of Plenty
As Jack Hawkeswood sailed to his fourth maximum points weekend of the season at the Rally Bay of Plenty to underline his own championship success, he and co-driver Jason Farmer delivered another highly significant moment in the sport in New Zealand. Toyota has been a...
Paddon wraps up successful year with BOP win
New Zealand rally star Hayden Paddon has wrapped up an eventful and successful year of rally competition around the globe by winning Rally Bay of Plenty on Saturday 30 October. With co-driver Jared Hudson alongside, Paddon won the one-day rally based in Whakatāne by a...
Hawkeswood celebrates title with BOP win
Jack Hawkeswood has won the Battery Town Rally Bay of Plenty to celebrate his maiden national championship in style on Saturday. The 25-year-old Toyota Yaris Rally 2 driver secured the 2026 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship at last month’s penultimate round in Whangarei. But...
2WD title on a knife edge going into finale
Just two points separate Ben Harding and Dave Strong as the pair battle it out to be crowned 2WD champion of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship. What started out as a wide-open battle between at least half a dozen drivers at the...
Blackberry chases first ever repeat Rally Challenge title
Grant Blackberry heads to the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship finale hoping to become the first repeat winner of the Rally Challenge class. The Hawke’s Bay local holds a seven-point lead over Thomas Paul in the battle for the overall Rally Challenge class...
Silcock looking for cherry on top of dream season
Josh Silcock has already had an incredible rookie season in the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship but if things go his way at Bay of Plenty it could be a dream come true. Silcock has caught the attention of spectators and the rallying...
Macquarie will wait until end of BOP to celebrate title
Phil Macquarie was crowned the Historic class champion of the 2026 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship in Whangarei last month. He and co-driver Andrew Brooks have a big enough lead heading to the final event – Battery Town Rally Bay of Plenty in...
Route confirmed for 2027 Central Machine Hire Otago Rally
Organisers of the 2027 Central Machine Hire Otago Rally have officially revealed the route and map for the 51st running of the southern hemisphere’s premier gravel event. Serving as the highly anticipated first round of the Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship (NZRC), the...
Hawkeswood bond comes to the fore
Andrew Hawkeswood waited a long time to finally get his national championship, and it came with some emotion, but there might have been even more emotion watching son Jack follow in his footsteps. Dad Andrew was on hand at the finish of the last stage in...