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The 2026 International Rally of Whangฤrei is the 5th round of the 2026 Brian Green Property Group New Zealand Rally Championship based in the seaside town of Whangarei.

๐Ÿ‘๐—™๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ฌWelcome ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€, our first entry for IROW26 and taking advantage of the pay for a day, get a day free. ...
09/06/2026

๐Ÿ‘๐—™๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ฌ

Welcome ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€, our first entry for IROW26 and taking advantage of the pay for a day, get a day free. Great to have you back with us, I am guessing here, but will there be a trio of MR2's at IROW26?

๐Ÿ‘‰We look forward to hosting you in the winterless North at ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ - 25-27 September 2026

๐Ÿ“ธGeoff Ridder | Rodney James & Adam Miller at IROW25.

โœ…๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—กWe are excited to open the entries for the 2026 International Rally of Whangarei, entry is via MSNZ...
08/06/2026

โœ…๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก

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

๐—˜๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† & ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ:
https://www.rallywhangarei.co.nz/

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

๐Ÿ  ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฏ๐˜† - 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.
๐Ÿจ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น - 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!
๐Ÿค” ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ - 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 ๐Ÿ‘
๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป - 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.
๐ŸŒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€ & ๐—œ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† - 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.

๐Ÿ‘‰We look forward to hosting you in the winterless North at ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ - 25-27 September 2026

๐Ÿ“ธGeoff Ridder | Justin & Michele in the rapid Starlet at IROW25.

The ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ran on Sunday at Ruarangi Road.Congratulations to everyone that survived ...
07/06/2026

The ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ran on Sunday at Ruarangi Road.

Congratulations to everyone that survived the rollercoaster ride over Ruarangi Road, seems one competitor decided to add a loop at the spectator junction.

๐Ÿ‘Well done to Carl Adnitt in the Mazda RX8 4WD for the win.

Check out a small selection of shots from Geoff Ridder. More images can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/204389169584359

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ are with MSNZ and we are hoping to have them back soon so we can open entries. Watch this space.

๐Ÿ‘‰๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ - 25-27 September 2026

๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป.

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โœ…๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€In the coming weeks the team will head out to check the route and the road-book for this years ev...
03/06/2026

โœ…๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€

In the coming weeks the team will head out to check the route and the road-book for this years event. While we know there were updates / fixes that are needed from IROW25, but we were wondering if you wanted any further information, such as:

1๏ธโƒฃ Where the best pies are, we are happy to help ascertain this over the day
2๏ธโƒฃ Good spots for a Instagram selfie for "Rally" posts to keep your social game going while on event
3๏ธโƒฃ Should you need a ti**le, where can you stop with confidence, cause lets face it some toilets are "scary" concrete and cold
4๏ธโƒฃ Where the streaming will be so you can put on the show for the cameras and relating back to point 2, your social fans
5๏ธโƒฃ Any famous spots to look out for, esp Buists Ditch, Turners Corner (there are many), or Emma's Drop

Let us know, and we will see how we go.

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ are with MSNZ and we are hoping to have them back soon so we can open entries. Watch this space.

๐Ÿ‘‰๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ - 25-27 September 2026

๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป.

โœ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดTo help with your planning, here are ๐Ÿ”Ÿ key things to think about:1๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ is Thursday / Friday, the...
15/05/2026

โœ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

To help with your planning, here are ๐Ÿ”Ÿ key things to think about:

1๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ is Thursday / Friday, the same as in 2025. Make sure you get your snack bag ready and a big bottle of fluids. Also be sure to wave to the locals as you pass thru the stages.
2๏ธโƒฃ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ is Thursday night - attendance is compulsory but if you can't make it them please let us know - we are pretty reasonable but we also want a good turnout. We will probably have the Audi there again this year but with a For Sale sign - anyone interested?
3๏ธโƒฃ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป is still Friday arvo. Any team taking part we request you take one event nominated person for a ride to assist with promoting the event locally. Remember it is shakedown and don't do a Jay Sharp.
4๏ธโƒฃ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ are the same route as 2025. So Saturday is a day to pin your ears back and really go for it, Sunday is the more twistier stages.
5๏ธโƒฃ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ will be late Saturday arvo - if there are event delays there is a possibility that you could be running in diminished light (aka Dusk). Plan accordingly, eat lots of carrots or make sure your lights are ok.
6๏ธโƒฃ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด changes over on Saturday night... so watch your timings on Sunday. Remember the โฐ's will "Spring Forward" by an hour over night.
7๏ธโƒฃ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด is really preferred for all teams other than for Cat1 teams. Cars running on Saturday or Sunday, please organise the remote scrutineering checks pre-event.
8๏ธโƒฃ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป - book early as that place you like is likely to be liked by someone else too.
9๏ธโƒฃ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ like 2025 - Pohe / Dargaville / Ruawai plus a few refuels. Try and team up with other teams to make it easier if you are a small team.
๐Ÿ”ŸThere is an ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† offer coming soon - so keep an eye out for it.

๐Ÿ‘‰๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ - 25-27 September 2026

๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป.

โœ…๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. If you are a clubman's entrant and you aren't interested in overall glory, then...
29/04/2026

โœ…๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

If you are a clubman's entrant and you aren't interested in overall glory, then for 2026 we are going to let you choose which day you want to do.

๐Ÿ‘‰A ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ at IROW26 can choose to compete on the Kaipara stages on Saturday, or run the Whangarei stages on Sunday.

Regulations are being worked on at the moment.

๐Ÿ—บ ๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ช๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—œ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† & ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„.

๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ As we explored a fresh route for 2026, the challenging weather over the past few months has had a significa...
27/04/2026

๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜

As we explored a fresh route for 2026, the challenging weather over the past few months has had a significant impact. Unfortunately, two key roads planned for the new stages are currently impassable and will remain so for the foreseeable future.

As a result, the 2026 rally will return to the proven 2025 stages, along with the same format for the super stage and pre-event activities. While this is not the direction we had hoped for, the safety and wellbeing of our local communities must come first.

๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป.

Remembering Ken Blockโ€ฆ we hosted his team at IROW and this photo is just sensational. Corners, camber, Ken Block (and Al...
03/04/2026

Remembering Ken Blockโ€ฆ we hosted his team at IROW and this photo is just sensational. Corners, camber, Ken Block (and Alex Gelsomino) and the stunning scenery, oh and that flame!!!

Remembering Ken on this 4/3 Day, with one of our most memorable shots, while winning Rally Whangarei - the first round of the 2015 .

You can watch the live stream on YouTube.

4/3 DAY NATIONAL KEN BLOCK DAY
Join Brian Scotto, Ron Zaras, and Zac Mertens for a global livestream from Block House Racing HQ.
A rare look inside the private headquarters, world-class auctions, guest appearances, and real impact supporting 43i.

WATCH LIVE at www.43i.org
April 3rd, 2026 9am PT / 10am MT / 12pm ET / 6pm CET

27/11/2025

The perils of being the cameraman - Jack & Jason were a little wider than most, and we got a lovely Northern Gravel Shower.

Watch the action โ€ฆ today at 3pm on CRC Motorsport
22/11/2025

Watch the action โ€ฆ today at 3pm on CRC Motorsport

- For the final time in 2025, park up in front of the telly and check out the rallying action!

Highlights of the Vertex Oil International Rally of Whangarei play today at 3pm on Three!

For our overseas viewers, check back on the NZRC page or YouTube channel (www.nzrc.tv) next week for the coverage!

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