Winning the feature endurance race - the just over three-hour Highlands 101 - at his own track yesterday was a fitting end to the weekend for Highlands Motorsport Park owner Tony Quinn.
Highlands Motorsport Park is green light for go as it hosts its first major race meeting over the next three days. Catherine Pattison breaks down what is on offer each day at the Central Otago track.
Three Dunedin drivers achieved podium placings at KartSport New Zealand's annual South Island sprint championship title meetings over Labour Weekend.
A broken foot will prevent Dunedin rider Blake Fox contesting the New Zealand moto trials championships in the Bay of Plenty this weekend.
In a repeat of results from the second round of the Asko Endurance Series, Dunedin drivers Allan Dippie and Paul Coghill, paired with David Hunter, were third overall and first in class respectively at the third round at Timaru.
Hayden Paddon has described getting his first taste of driving a full world rally car as ''an amazing feeling'' after testing the Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team-prepared Ford Fiesta RS WRC earlier this week.
Otago drivers established themselves on overall and class podiums across the second round of the three and one-hour ASKO Endurance Series' races at the weekend.
Dunedin's Arron Black has had better weeks.
The New Zealand Rally Championship has boiled down to a three-way tussle as the top drivers are separated by a mere nine points going into Saturday's final round at the Rally of Wairarapa.
Three members of the Austrian ski team in New Zealand for the Winter Games have been left without passports or spare clothes after a fire engulfed part of the luxurious lodge in which they were staying.
A chance meeting on a rainy Wanaka day has provided an exciting career opportunity for Wanaka country rock singer Jody Direen.
Hayden Paddon will have some ''good mates'' helping him out as he contests the 22-stage Rally Australia from today until Sunday.
Despite missing the past two rounds, Hayden Paddon can reclaim the lead of the national rally championship if all goes well in tomorrow's Possum Bourne Memorial Rally.
Motocross rider Courtney Duncan's talent shone in the United States but it was a six-month stint punctuated by physical tribulations. She spoke to Catherine Pattison about getting knocked down and getting back up again.
Lakes district skiers and snowboarders scooped five top spots in the 2013 World Heli Challenge awards.
The Combined Churches of Wanaka are offering a series of free candlelit, dessert, date nights, with complimentary childcare, to help give ''happily ever after'' a little boost.
Organic stoneground loaves of The People's Bread, made by a Wanaka family, have been a sellout every week at the Wanaka Farmers Market since February and are now delivered fresh from the family's mobile kitchen. Catherine Pattison meets the bakers.
State Highway 6 from Haast to Lake Hawea reopened to single-lane traffic yesterday afternoon after several massive rocks fell on to the highway earlier that morning, closing the road to all traffic.
A broken alternator-power steering belt hampered top Kiwi rally driver Hayden Paddon from making a flying start as the Rally of Germany began on Thursday night local time (yesterday morning NZ time).
Everything has gone to plan for top New Zealand rally driver Hayden Paddon during the build-up to this weekend'sRally of Germany, where he is competing in the WRC2 category.