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The Rock Rallysport Rally team - NZ

24/08/2026

We hadn’t finished a rally in a couple of years, so the goal for the weekend was simply to make it to the finish at Rally Hawke’s Bay.

With Nikki Gibbs on the notes, we eased into things and gradually picked up the pace as the day went on. Much to our surprise, we set a handy time in the twisty final stage, clawing back nine seconds on the competition to finish first in class and 17th overall. An awesome day in the sunny Hawkes Bay on some technical and challenging roads!

A huge thanks to Nikki for her epic job on the notes, and to the whole whānau for making the long trip down to service the car and keep us fuelled throughout the day. Shout out also to Kayne Barrie Motorsport Ltd for your support in the last couple of weeks helping us get ready for the event.

International Rally of Whangarei up next in just over a month!

Haltech / New Lynn Tyreworx / Rutherford Electrical / Bigem / GearMotive / Shores NZ Fabrication

14/06/2026

Epic footage of last weekends skids from Graeme Kite 🤙🏽

Haltech / Kayne Barrie Motorsport Ltd / New Lynn Tyreworx / GearMotive / Bigem / Shores NZ / Rutherford Electrical

08/06/2026

Mint day in the seat yesterday, Ruarangi Rd never disappoints. Happy with 2nd in class and 7th overall for the day. Will bring a bit more bravery next time to catch the madmen up front 🤙🏽 Thanks to Nikki Gibbs for coming down to call notes!

Haltech / Kayne Barrie Motorsport Ltd / Rutherford Electrical / New Lynn Tyreworx / GearMotive / Bigem

Rally Otago was an emotional roller coaster!After two days of recce and an epic opening ceremony on Friday night, we hea...
15/04/2026

Rally Otago was an emotional roller coaster!

After two days of recce and an epic opening ceremony on Friday night, we headed off on Saturday morning hoping to ease into things. Frustratingly, I made a silly mistake on a slow corner midway through SS1 and got the car stuck in a ditch. With no damage to the car, the sweeper pulled us out and we were able to make it back to service with a few minutes to spare, allowing us to rejoin for the next loop of stages. Running down the field, we battled dust for most of the afternoon but did start to find our rhythm and enjoy the fast stages.

Unfortunately, late on Saturday night we were excluded from the rest of the event for our overzealous efforts to get back to service earlier in the day. No excuses - a naive mistake we will learn from. 🤙🏽

We didn’t get as many miles as we’d hoped, but as always, it was an epic trip away with the family and crew.

Cheers to KBM, and to Mark at New Lynn Tyreworx for the final touches on the car pre-event — much appreciated! Thanks to Dave Christie on the notes, and of course Matt, Ray, and Leila for making the trek down to help. As always, big ups to Mum and Dad for supporting me in this tough sport. And much love to Cheyne for riding shotgun on the long drive south, the tour of your scarfie haunts, and cheering me up on Sunday.

Had enough fun to know we need to come back and finish the job! 🤙🏽

Photos - A Little Bit Sideways, Fullsend Media

Haltech / New Lynn Tyreworx / Kayne Barrie Motorsport Ltd / Shores NZ / GearMotive / Bigem

Chuffed to be at the start line of Rally Otago. A ‘bucket list’ event that we’ve wanted to do for many years! Grateful f...
10/04/2026

Chuffed to be at the start line of Rally Otago. A ‘bucket list’ event that we’ve wanted to do for many years! Grateful for the support and help from everyone who makes our little team tick. The roads are epic and the car is set to jet early tomorrow!

Haltech / Kayne Barrie Motorsport Ltd / New Lynn Tyreworx / GearMotive / Bigem / Shores NZ Autoworx - Motorsport & General Fabrication /Rutherford Electrical

Stoked to be on route for the long journey south to Dunedin for the Otago Rally next weekend 🤙🏽… Shout out to the ‘team ...
06/04/2026

Stoked to be on route for the long journey south to Dunedin for the Otago Rally next weekend 🤙🏽… Shout out to the ‘team principal’ Cheyne Stevens for keeping me company 😂

Haltech Kayne Barrie Motorsport Ltd New Lynn Tyreworx Shores NZ Autoworx - Motorsport & General Fabrication GearMotive Bigem Rutherford Electrical

26/03/2026

2 weeks to lift off at Rally Otago. Can’t wait! 🤙🏽



Video - Graham Kite

A solid hit out over the weekend to start our year off. 2nd in class and 8th overall at HCMC’s round of the rallysprint ...
25/02/2026

A solid hit out over the weekend to start our year off. 2nd in class and 8th overall at HCMC’s round of the rallysprint series. Thanks to Scott Rutherford for sitting in the silly seat at the last second!

With everything going to plan - we can now confirm our entry to the Central Machine Hire Otago Rally in April. It’s going to be a epic trip away, and it feels great to tick this one off the bucket list 🤙🏽

Photos - Geoff Ridder, Replay Images, Scott Davison, Fullsendmedia2025

Haltech / Kayne Barrie Motorsport Ltd / New Lynn Tyreworx / Rutherford Electrical / Shores NZ / GearMotive / Bigem

25/02/2026

Thought we were getting a stand in co-driver over the weekend. Ended up with a hype man narrator. Giddy up horsey! 📢

The best shots from Whangarei earlier in the month! Dust-trails, hang time and some torrential rain as well! 🤙🏽Photos ...
25/11/2025

The best shots from Whangarei earlier in the month! Dust-trails, hang time and some torrential rain as well! 🤙🏽

Photos - Steve Ritchie, Jason & Dylan Byrne, Stanley B Mans

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