Hawke's Bay’s Tommy Watts had reason to celebrate at the weekend after back-to-back wins in Otago resulted in his first national motorcycling cross-country title. The 19-year-old Napier-based rider had a share of the lead in t; Read More
A muster of a different kind will happen as part of this year’s Tussock Country Music Festival. Rather than sheep or cows being rounded up, utes of all shapes and sizes will be assembled for the GWD Toyota Hokonui Ute Muster in Gore. Festi; Read More
The air conditioning on some may not work, while others are almost as good as new — whatever their condition the vehicles have successfully travelled 2400km in the name of charity. Bangers to Bluff is a 12-day journey from Auc; Read More
Dunedin Mayor Aaron Hawkins will no doubt be feeling a little more comfortable sitting in his reclining, swivelling office chair this morning — far safer than the one he sat in on Saturday when he rode with Kiwi rally star Hayden Paddon at t; Read More
Two punctures were not enough to prevent former WRC driver Hayden Paddon from upping his Otago Rally trophy tally to eight yesterday. Looking at the final winning margin in the New Zealand Rally Championship, it is hard to imagine that Pad; Read More
Five female drivers are entered in this weekend’s Otago Rally, meaning the 2021 event has one of the highest numbers of women behind the wheel ever, according to chairman Norman Oakley. The long-time competitors are hometown girl Emma Gilm; Read More
John Spencer’s story is as old as time. You know the one. Boy meets girl. Boy and girl fall in love. Everyone lives happily ever after. And so it was for Spencer. ; Read More
She is a speed queen on the back of a motorbike but Otago Rally’s celebrity driver motorcycle racer Avalon Biddle says going fast on gravel is "totally different and a bit scary". Hitting the gravel on Sunday for the first tim; Read More
It has been a long time between drinks for Duncan McCrostie and the Otago Rally. McCrostie will line up in the rally this weekend for the first time in a decade. The 66-year-old will line up in an AP4 car, which he is ; Read More
A Dunedin car dealership has said goodbye to two long-serving staff members. After 40 years, Cooke Howlison new vehicle consultant Neil Steel (67) sold his last car, a Toyota Hilux, yesterday afternoon. His friend and co-worker, te; Read More
