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Two bridges in the Far North have been damaged by flooding but SH1 reopened on Friday after road crews carried out repairs.

The Ford driver Shane Van Gisbergen has become the first New Zealander to win the the Hamilton V8 Supercar race with the 21-year-old climbing from fourth on the grid to...

Ford driver Shane van Gisbergen has become the first New Zealander to win the Hamilton-400 Super V8 race.

Frenchman Sebastien Ogier recorded the narrowest win in a world championship rally when he triumphed over Finland's Jari-Matti Latvala by just 0.2 of a second in the shortened Rally of...

Historic British marque Mini will return to the World Rally Championship stage after a lengthy absence next month in Italy. The Mini John Cooper Works WRC has been unveiled in...

A silent film made by American director John Ford has had its first screening in New Zealand since 1927. Upstream was found in a garden shed in Hastings in 1993 and has been restored. Audio

Sebastien Ogier beat Citroen team mate and fellow Frenchman Sebastien Loeb to win the Rally of Portugal for the second year in a row and make amends for a costly...

Holden's Garth Tander has comfortably taken out the second V8 Supercar race at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Tander beat Holden driver Jason Richards, who's back racing on a...

Championship leader Jamie Whincup ran away with the opening V8 Supercar race in twilight at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Whincup led from the start in the non-championship race,...

The market share for large fuel-thirsty cars has fallen as petrol prices rise.

Main roads on the Coromandel peninsula have reopened after flooding although drivers are being advised to take care.

Seven-times world champion Sebastien Loeb has won the Rally of Mexico for the fifth year in a row after overnight leader and fellow-Citroen driver Sebastien Ogier crashed out on the...

TradeMe is launching a business portal on its website where firms can offer help to quake-affected Christchurch businesses.

Police have released the names of two young people killed in a car crash near Foxton.

A senseless waste of young lives is how the police are describing a crash at Foxton Beach, in Manawatu, that claimed two lives.

High tides at the weekend have flooded parts of Majuro, in the Marshall Islands. More flooding was expected overnight before the tide levels drop during the week. Government workers used...

Finland's Mikko Hirvonen has driven his Ford Fiesta to victory in the Rally of Sweden in the season opening event of the World Rally Championship. The Norwegian Mads Ostberg was...

Finland's Mikko Hirvonen powered his Ford Fiesta to victory in the Rally of Sweden, the opening event in the World Rally Championship. Norwegian Mads Ostberg and Finland's Jari-Matti Latvala…

Finland's Mikko Hirvonen in a Ford has held off a determined challenge from Norway's Mads Ostberg to win the Rally of Sweden. Only 4.9 seconds separated the pair heading into...

Holden driver Jamie Whincup began his hunt to regain the V8 Supercar championship in perfect style with a dominant win in the season opener in Abu Dhabi. Whincup made it...