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2026 New Zealand Motocross Championship

The 2026 New Zealand Motocross Championship season, known for sponsorship reasons as the Yamaha New Zealand Motocross Championship, is the 52nd New Zealand Motocross Championship season.[1]

The series consists of four rounds across the country, running from November 2025 to late February 2026. Unlike in the previous season, the championship will begin prior to the new year and will have an equal share of rounds between North Island and South Island.

Maximus Purvis is the reigning champion in the MX1 class, after picking up his fourth national title in the 2025 season.[2]

In the MX2 class, Madoc Dixon is the reigning champion, after picking up his first senior national title in the previous season.

Race calendar and results

[1]

MX1

Round Date Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Race 3 Winner Round Winner
1 16 November 2025 Invercargill New Zealand Maximus Purvis New Zealand Maximus Purvis New Zealand Maximus Purvis New Zealand Maximus Purvis
2 22 November 2025 Balclutha New Zealand Maximus Purvis New Zealand Maximus Purvis New Zealand Maximus Purvis New Zealand Maximus Purvis
3 21 February Tauranga
4 28 February Rotorua

MX2

Round Date Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Race 3 Winner Round Winner
1 16 November 2025 Invercargill New Zealand Hayden Draper Australia Caleb Ward New Zealand Hayden Draper New Zealand Hayden Draper
2 22 November 2025 Balclutha New Zealand Hayden Draper Australia Caleb Ward Australia Caleb Ward Australia Caleb Ward
3 21 February Tauranga
4 28 February Rotorua

Circuit locations

2026 New Zealand Motocross Championship locations

MX1

Participants

[3]

Team Constructor No Rider Rounds
Motorcycles 'R Us/Kustom MX KTM F Australia Ryley Fitzpatrick 1–2
Brent Scammell Honda Race Team Honda 5 New Zealand Jack Symon 1–2
58 New Zealand Ryan Harris 1–2
LMC Husqvarna Husqvarna 11 New Zealand Seth Thompson 1–2
Pumps & Filters Yamaha 24 New Zealand Liam Hutton 1–2
Degree Building/CML Racing Gas Gas 24 New Zealand Cooper Smith 1–2
Honda Motul Racing New Zealand Honda 30 New Zealand Josiah Natzke 1–2
Altherm JCR Yamaha Yamaha 44 New Zealand Maximus Purvis 1–2
Kawasaki New Zealand/Marlborough Motorcycles Kawasaki 48 New Zealand Nick D'Arcy 1–2
Mahana Earthworks Yamaha 81 New Zealand Hayden Wilkinson 1
CML KTM Racing KTM 93 New Zealand Jack Treloar 1–2
MTF Finance Richmond/Impact Physio Yamaha 115 New Zealand Liam Kerr 1–2
Oamaru Honda Honda 139 New Zealand Campbell King 1–2
Team MR Moto KTM 144 New Zealand Tyler Brown 1–2
Yamaha 809 New Zealand Tyler Cooksley 1–2
Chris Parnwell Motorcycles Yamaha 267 New Zealand Mitch Parnwell 1–2
Max Winders Shearing Honda 650 New Zealand Max Winders 1–2
MR Motorcycles/Alpinestars/Yamaha NZ Yamaha 717 New Zealand Jayden McKenzie 1–2
Moto1/NMC/Harris Farms KTM 888 New Zealand Dylan Huddleston 2

Riders Championship

Points are awarded to finishers of the main races, in the following format:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 25 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Rider Bike INV BAL TAU ROT Points
1 New Zealand Maximus Purvis Yamaha 1 1 1 1 1 1 150
2 New Zealand Josiah Natzke Honda 2 2 2 2 3 2 130
3 New Zealand Jack Symon Honda 3 3 5 4 5 4 108
4 Australia Ryley Fitzpatrick KTM 4 5 4 5 4 3 106
5 New Zealand Jack Treloar KTM Ret 4 3 3 2 5 96
6 New Zealand Seth Thompson Husqvarna 5 6 6 10 9 10 80
7 New Zealand Nic D'Arcy Kawasaki 6 8 8 7 10 9 78
8 New Zealand Jayden McKenzie Yamaha 7 12 9 9 6 6 77
9 New Zealand Tyler Cooksley Yamaha 10 7 7 12 7 7 76
10 New Zealand Campbell King Honda 8 Ret 11 6 8 8 64
11 New Zealand Ryan Harris Honda 9 10 12 11 11 11 62
12 New Zealand Tyler Brown KTM 12 9 10 8 Ret DNS 45
13 New Zealand Cooper Smith Gas Gas 16 11 13 Ret 12 12 41
14 New Zealand Liam Kerr Yamaha 13 13 17 13 14 15 41
15 New Zealand Mitch Parnwell Yamaha 14 14 15 17 16 14 36
16 New Zealand Liam Hutton Yamaha 15 15 16 16 15 16 33
17 New Zealand Max Winders Honda 17 DNS 14 14 17 17 26
18 New Zealand Dylan Huddleston KTM 15 13 13 22
19 New Zealand Hayden Wilkinson Yamaha 11 Ret DNS 10
Pos Rider Bike INV BAL TAU ROT Points

MX2

Participants

[3]

Team Constructor No Rider Rounds
KTM Australia KTM T Australia Taylor Thompson 1–2
Kawasaki New Zealand Kawasaki 1 New Zealand Madoc Dixon 1–2
29 New Zealand Maz Parkes 1–2
Norjo Motorcycles/East Coast Powersports Kawasaki 17 New Zealand Bradley Hamburger 1–2
Kawasaki New Zealand/Powerzone Motorcycles Kawasaki 25 New Zealand Connor Bond 1
LMC Husqvarna Husqvarna 26 New Zealand Mitch Weir 1–2
517 United Kingdom Alexander Brown 1–2
Alpinestars Best Build Racing Honda 41 New Zealand Curtis King 1–2
110 New Zealand Rian King 1–2
Honda Racing Motul New Zealand Honda 66 New Zealand Jack Ellingham 1–2
Altherm JCR Yamaha Yamaha 96 New Zealand Hayden Draper 1–2
108 New Zealand James Scott 1–2
Pumpn/Boyds Motorcycles KTM 112 New Zealand Cooper Phillips 1–2
CML Gas Gas Gas Gas 121 New Zealand Cody Cooper 1–2
486 New Zealand Ryan Hayward 1–2
Josh Coppins Motorcycles Yamaha 122 New Zealand Wills Harvey 1–2
Timaru Honda/Central Feeds Honda 152 New Zealand Riley Caird 1–2
Nelson Motorcycles/KTM NZ KTM 199 New Zealand Alex Garland 1–2
Brent Scammell Honda Race Team Honda 222 New Zealand Michael Buchanan 1–2
Rae Emerson Motorsport KTM 278 New Zealand Yanni Emerson-Rae 1–2
Craig Stevens Motorcycles Yamaha 321 New Zealand Cody Griffiths 1–2
Nelson Motorcycles/Nelson Brake Services KTM 433 New Zealand Luke Heaphy 1–2
CML KTM Racing KTM 485 Australia Caleb Ward 1–2
Kawasaki NZ/Team Green Kawasaki 488 New Zealand Riley Soutar 1–2
Kawasaki 733 New Zealand Ashton Whyte 1–2
MAKZ Gear/FXR/LM Surfacing KTM 758 New Zealand Ethan Raynel 1–2
Flying W Suspension Yamaha 929 New Zealand Tyler Steiner 1–2
Fabtech Engineering Solutions Yamaha 947 New Zealand Kolby Brooklan 1–2
Team MR Moto KTM 999 New Zealand Jared Hannon 1–2

Riders Championship

Points are awarded to finishers of the main races, in the following format:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 25 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Rider Bike INV BAL TAU ROT Points
1 New Zealand Hayden Draper Yamaha 1 5 1 1 4 9 121
2 Australia Caleb Ward KTM 13 1 4 3 1 1 121
3 New Zealand James Scott Yamaha 2 2 3 8 3 3 117
4 United Kingdom Alexander Brown Husqvarna 3 3 2 7 5 2 114
5 New Zealand Jack Ellingham Honda 6 4 12 10 2 6 90
6 New Zealand Cody Cooper Gas Gas 15 6 7 5 8 4 82
7 New Zealand Rian King Honda 7 10 8 6 9 7 79
8 New Zealand Cody Griffiths Yamaha 5 9 13 9 13 5 72
9 New Zealand Jared Hannon KTM 8 7 5 14 14 10 68
10 New Zealand Mitch Weir Husqvarna 4 12 10 15 12 12 62
11 New Zealand Madoc Dixon Kawasaki 28 8 9 2 7 Ret 61
12 New Zealand Luke Heaphy KTM 12 11 11 12 11 8 61
13 New Zealand Maz Parkes Kawasaki 14 17 14 4 10 13 55
14 New Zealand Wills Harvey Yamaha 9 13 6 16 6 25 55
15 New Zealand Cooper Phillips KTM 10 14 15 11 17 11 48
16 New Zealand Curtis King Honda 11 19 17 13 15 14 37
17 New Zealand Ryan Hayward Gas Gas 16 15 19 18 18 15 25
18 New Zealand Alex Garland KTM 17 18 16 17 19 16 23
19 New Zealand Tyler Steiner Yamaha 18 16 18 Ret 16 Ret 16
20 Australia Taylor Thompson KTM 20 21 25 19 20 19 6
21 New Zealand Ethan Raynel KTM 25 25 20 21 21 17 5
22 New Zealand Yanni Emerson-Rae KTM 22 22 23 24 23 18 3
23 New Zealand Kolby Brookland Yamaha Ret 20 21 20 22 20 3
24 New Zealand Connor Bond Kawasaki 19 Ret DNS 2
New Zealand Michael Buchanan Honda 23 23 22 22 25 21 0
New Zealand Ashton Whyte Kawasaki 21 24 24 23 DNS DNS 0
New Zealand Riley Caird Honda 24 26 26 25 24 22 0
New Zealand Riley Soutar Kawasaki 27 28 28 26 27 23 0
New Zealand Bradley Hamburger Kawasaki 26 27 27 27 26 24 0
Pos Rider Bike INV BAL TAU ROT Points

References

  1. ^ a b "2026 New Zealand Motocross Championship Confirmed – Exciting Changes Ahead". mnz.co.nz. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  2. ^ Catherine Pattison. "Purvis wins second MX1 NZ title with Altherm JCR Yamaha team". yamaha-motor.co.nz. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Round 1 Entry List". MX & Track Timing. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
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