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Northland’s Ben Jagger (20 years old) stunned many on his four-wheel drive debut at the recent Rally Otago in his Subaru Impreza. Credit: Geoff Ridder

Trio of Rising Stars to take on Rally New Zealand

For the first time since the inception of the Rally New Zealand Rising Stars driver development programme, all three award recipients will line up for the same event, Rally New Zealand, run from 6 to9 May.

Rally New Zealand fans celebrate 40 years of the iconic event when it runs from 6 to 9 May this year. Free to use. Credit: Alan McDonald

Logistics and rugby mean WRC status unlikely for Rally New Zealand in 2011

Logistics and the Rugby World Cup look to have forced Rally New Zealand off the 2011 calendar of the FIA World Rally Championship, but that doesn’t mean that the event won’t be back on the 2012 and future WRC calendars.

Rally New Zealand fans are expected to flock to the driver autograph signing sessions at SKYCITY Auckland from 2-4.30pm, Sunday 2 May. Credit: Alan McDonald

Fantastic activities for Rally New Zealand fans at SKYCITY Auckland

When Rally New Zealand, a FIA World Rally Championship event, returns to Auckland at the beginning of May, the event makes its home under Auckland’s biggest landmark, the Sky Tower at SKYCITY Auckland.

Kiwi rally fans will see international competitors in action, such as six-time world champion Sébastien Loeb, during Rally New Zealand with the freight plane from Europe ready to depart on schedule next week. Credit: Alan McDonald

Rally New Zealand confirms date cars leave Europe

Rally New Zealand officials have confirmed that the planes carrying rally cars and team equipment for World Rally Championship competitors are on schedule to depart London and Amsterdam on Wednesday, 28 April, bound for Auckland.

Petter Solberg and Phil Mills are still on a high from finishing second in Rally of Turkey in April as they arrive for Rally New Zealand which runs from 6 to 9 May. Credit: Petter Solberg World Rally Team / Tony Welam

Kiwi fans will welcome Solberg’s success

Kiwi fans of Norwegian rally driver Petter Solberg will be delighted to see the effervescent 2003 world rally champion in action on our roads during Rally New Zealand when it fires up in Auckland on 6 May.

For the first time since 1990, Rally New Zealand will have a super special stage in the Auckland Domain. Here, in 1986, fans gather to watch four-time world rally champion Juha Kankkunen in action on that year’s Auckland Domain super special stage. Cred

Something super special for this year’s Rally New Zealand

Auckland Domain is set to be in the headlights next month when Auckland hosts Rally New Zealand, the local round of the FIA World Rally Championship, from 6 to 9 May.

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