New Zealand Rally Championship

23/06/2026

Caleb Macdonald and his Southland mate Kevin Laird have a background in ice hockey. The former NZ age group and semi-pro player believes there are skills that transfer to rallying.

Read the story: https://nzrallychamps.co.nz/macdonald-relates-rallying-to-his-ice-hockey-background/

📷 Geoff Ridder

Thanks to our sponsors:
Brian Green Property Group
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MRF Racing
Mentor Tyres / MRF Motorsport Tyres
Palmside NZ

23/06/2026

Thursday Night Recce is back this week and it's the lads from the Big Belly Rally Team are starring. Kevin Laird gives us an early contender for 'one liner' of the year, with 'I was Audibly Clenching', but there's probably one that runs even better! Tune in Thursday at 7:30pm to find out

19/06/2026

The bales get a workout. Nothing like some Irish Tarmac rallying. Best of luck to Jonesy who is competing in… yeap you guessed it a MK2.

What do you think, should we add a tarmac round to the NZRC. If yes, what or where would be the best base / location.

18/06/2026

Fantastic news from our control tyre suppliers over at MRF Motorsport Tyres, achieving FIA’s environmental 3 star rating, the highest rating awarded by our sports global governing body!

🏁 𝗠𝗥𝗙 𝗧𝘆𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗜𝗔 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲-𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
MRF Tyres has been awarded the prestigious Three-Star level of the FIA Environmental Accreditation Programme, the highest recognition within the framework.
This milestone reinforces MRF’s global commitment to sustainable innovation, responsible manufacturing and continual improvement across its motorsport tyre operations.
The FIA audit recognised MRF’s structured environmental management approach, including ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 50001 certified manufacturing locations, SMART environmental objectives and monitoring across key areas such as energy, water, waste and carbon emissions.
With this achievement, MRF becomes the only Indian tyre company to receive the FIA’s highest environmental accreditation, joining a select group of global motorsport tyre manufacturers.
Performance. Responsibility. Sustainability.
MRF continues to drive forward on the world motorsport stage.
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18/06/2026

John Silcock was a proud dad watching boys Harri and Josh impress at Lone Star Rally Canterbury last month.

Read the story: https://nzrallychamps.co.nz/proud-dad-silcock-focused-on-the-next-generation/

📷 Geoff Ridder

Thanks to our sponsors:
Brian Green Property Group
MRF Motorsport Tyres
MRF Racing
Mentor Tyres / MRF Motorsport Tyres
Palmside NZ

09/06/2026

"Holy Snapping Ringspanners, the Lone Star/Joe's Garage - Canterbury Rally is now available on the www.nzrc.tv YouTube Channel. Boooyah!"

Check out highlights from Round 2 here: https://youtu.be/PIRgvHDzKu4

📸 Geoff Ridder

Thanks to our sponsors:
Brian Green Property Group
MRF Motorsport Tyres
MRF Racing
Mentor Tyres / MRF Motorsport Tyres
Palmside NZ

08/06/2026

Entries are now open for the 2026 International Rally of Whangarei. Entry and Regulations are now online. Check out the details below.

✅𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡

We are excited to open the entries for the 2026 International Rally of Whangarei, entry is via MSNZ Sporty.

𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 & 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
https://www.rallywhangarei.co.nz/

Some key things early on to note in preparation of your visit to the cambered highways of Northland:

🏠 𝗥𝘂𝗴𝗯𝘆 - there is a NPC rugby game on Saturday night, so make sure your accommodation is sorted. There will be more people from out of town this year.
🍨𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗹 - until the 31.07.2026 if you enter Clubmans and pay for Day One, you will receive Day Two as a complimentary gift. How good is that!
🤔 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 - if you are only doing only One Day, you can choose Day One or Day Two. You can thank Kingsley Jones for this great idea 👏
👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - please make an effort to be at the Mayoral Welcome on Thursday night, this is how we show the WDC our appreciation of the their support.
🌍 𝗠𝗮𝗽𝘀 & 𝗜𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 - the latest map and itinerary is online, along with the service crew instructions for IROW26. They will be updated, so just keep an eye on the dates.

👉We look forward to hosting you in the winterless North at 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗶 - 25-27 September 2026

📸Geoff Ridder | Justin & Michele in the rapid Starlet at IROW25.

08/06/2026

It wasn't all smooth sailing for en route to the podium at Lone Star/Joe's Garage - Canterbury Rally, here in stage two he managed to break the gear lever, but despite having a severly shortened stump to change with, only dropped a handful of seconds!

Thanks to our sponsors:
Brian Green Property Group
MRF Motorsport Tyres
MRF Racing
Mentor Tyres / MRF Motorsport Tyres
Palmside NZ

08/06/2026

"Hey Ari, did you hear the NZRC is on TV?"

"Thanks Jase, when?"

"Tonight, 9:30pm, Sky Sport 5"

"How good!"

You can check out highlights of round 2 of the 2026 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship, the Lone Star/Joe's Garage - Canterbury Rally on Sky TV in NZ at the following times this week:

Monday, 9:30pm-10:30pm - Sky Sport 5
Tuesday, 5am-6am - Sky Sport 2
Tuesday, 4pm-5pm - Sky Sport 5
Thursday 8:30pm-9:30pm - Sky Sport 5
Friday 3am-4am - Sky Sport 5
Friday 6pm-7pm - Sky Sport 5
Friday 9:30pm-10:30pm - Sky Sport 5

If those times don't work for you, just search New Zealand Rally Championship on your Sky Decoder or Sky Go.

And if that doesn't work for you, head to www.nzrc.tv or search New Zealand Rally Championship on YouTube from 7PM on Tuesday evening to catch the highlights

Thanks to our sponsors:
Brian Green Property Group
MRF Motorsport Tyres
MRF Racing
Mentor Tyres / MRF Motorsport Tyres
Palmside NZ