2026 New Zealand Motocross Championship

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

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

Maximus Purvis was the reigning champion in the MX1 class, after picking up his fourth national title in the 2025 season.[2] Purvis successfully defended his title, taking a clean sweep of overall victories and winning all but one race throughout the season.

In the MX2 class, Madoc Dixon was the reigning champion, after picking up his first senior national title in the previous season. Hayden Draper won two of the four rounds held and picked up his first senior national title in the MX2 class.

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 New Zealand Maximus Purvis New Zealand Maximus Purvis New Zealand Maximus Purvis New Zealand Maximus Purvis
4 28 February Rotorua Australia Kyle Webster New Zealand Maximus Purvis New Zealand Maximus Purvis New Zealand Maximus Purvis

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 Australia Caleb Ward New Zealand Flynn Watts New Zealand Hayden Draper New Zealand Hayden Draper
4 28 February Rotorua New Zealand Hayden Draper New Zealand James Scott New Zealand James Scott New Zealand James Scott

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
LMC Husqvarna Husqvarna 3–4
11 New Zealand Seth Thompson 1–2
Yamaha Moto Company/Yamaha NZ Yamaha K Japan Kainosuke Oshiro 3–4
Quadlock Honda Racing Honda W Australia Kyle Webster 3–4
Brent Scammell Honda Race Team Honda 5 New Zealand Jack Symon All
58 New Zealand Ryan Harris 1–2
Pumps & Filters Yamaha 24 New Zealand Liam Hutton All
Degree Building/CML Racing Gas Gas 24 New Zealand Cooper Smith All
Honda Motul Racing New Zealand Honda 30 New Zealand Josiah Natzke All
Altherm JCR Yamaha Yamaha 44 New Zealand Maximus Purvis All
Kawasaki New Zealand/Marlborough Motorcycles Kawasaki 48 New Zealand Nick D'Arcy All
Yamaha NZ/bLU cRU/Yamalube Yamaha 57 New Zealand Josh Jack 3–4
Mahana Earthworks Yamaha 81 New Zealand Hayden Wilkinson 1
CML KTM Racing KTM 93 New Zealand Jack Treloar All
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 All
Chris Parnwell Motorcycles Yamaha 267 New Zealand Mitch Parnwell 1–2
Sabel Cafe/Stihl Shop Hamilton East Husqvarna 336 New Zealand Joel Hansen 4
AFC/Winiata Contracting/Heights Experience KTM 393 New Zealand Toby Winiata 3–4
Whites Powersports NZ/Kawasaki NZ Kawasaki 394 New Zealand Richard Horne 3–4
Max Winders Shearing Honda 650 New Zealand Max Winders All
MR Motorcycles/Alpinestars/Yamaha NZ Yamaha 717 New Zealand Jayden McKenzie All
KTM 746 New Zealand Rhys Johnstone 3–4
Moto1/NMC/Harris Farms KTM 888 New Zealand Dylan Huddleston 2
Promoto Yamaha 929 New Zealand Tyler Steiner 3–4
Bike Torque Taumaranui Gas Gas 931 New Zealand Alex Maitland 3–4
Blackwood Yamaha Yamaha 972 New Zealand Carlin Hedley 3–4

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 1 1 1 2 1 1 297
2 New Zealand Josiah Natzke Honda 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 248
3 New Zealand Jack Symon Honda 3 3 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 216
4 Australia Ryley Fitzpatrick KTM 4 5 4 5 4 3 195
Husqvarna 6 8 6 6 5 6
5 New Zealand Jack Treloar KTM Ret 4 3 3 2 5 5 7 5 5 Ret 4 176
6 New Zealand Nic D'Arcy Kawasaki 6 8 8 7 10 9 10 13 9 11 11 12 138
7 New Zealand Tyler Cooksley Yamaha 10 7 7 12 7 7 16 11 10 10 9 10 136
8 Australia Kyle Webster Honda 2 2 2 1 2 2 135
9 New Zealand Jayden McKenzie Yamaha 7 12 9 9 6 6 13 12 13 14 10 13 128
10 Japan Kainosuke Oshiro Yamaha 7 5 7 8 6 7 86
11 New Zealand Seth Thompson Husqvarna 5 6 6 10 9 10 80
12 New Zealand Tyler Steiner Yamaha 8 6 8 7 Ret 8 68
13 New Zealand Campbell King Honda 8 Ret 11 6 8 8 64
14 New Zealand Ryan Harris Honda 9 10 12 11 11 11 62
15 New Zealand Carlin Hedley Yamaha 14 14 11 9 8 9 61
16 New Zealand Alex Maitland Gas Gas 9 10 12 15 12 11 57
17 New Zealand Liam Hutton Yamaha 15 15 16 16 15 16 20 19 18 18 14 15 55
18 New Zealand Cooper Smith Gas Gas 16 11 13 Ret 12 12 17 18 16 Ret DNS DNS 53
19 New Zealand Toby Winiata KTM 11 15 14 12 7 14 53
20 New Zealand Max Winders Honda 17 DNS 14 14 17 17 18 17 17 17 17 16 50
21 New Zealand Tyler Brown KTM 12 9 10 8 Ret DNS 45
22 New Zealand Liam Kerr Yamaha 13 13 17 13 14 15 41
23 New Zealand Mitch Parnwell Yamaha 14 14 15 17 16 14 36
24 New Zealand Josh Jack Yamaha 12 9 15 DNS DNS DNS 27
25 New Zealand Richard Horne Kawasaki 15 16 Ret 13 13 Ret 27
26 New Zealand Dylan Huddleston KTM 15 13 13 22
27 New Zealand Joel Hansen Husqvarna 16 15 17 15
28 New Zealand Rhys Johnstone KTM 19 Ret DNS 19 16 18 12
29 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
Yamaha Motor Company/Yamaha NZ Yamaha A Japan Aoi Takagi 3–4
J Japan Junya Tanaka 3–4
KTM Australia KTM T Australia Taylor Thompson 1–2
Kawasaki New Zealand Kawasaki 1 New Zealand Madoc Dixon All
29 New Zealand Maz Parkes All
Norjo Motorcycles/East Coast Powersports Kawasaki 17 New Zealand Bradley Hamburger 1–2
Team MR Moto Yamaha 22 New Zealand Flynn Watts 3–4
KTM 999 New Zealand Jared Hannon All
Moto 1 Motorcycles Honda 23 Australia Corey Eisel 3–4
Kawasaki New Zealand/Powerzone Motorcycles Kawasaki 25 New Zealand Connor Bond 1, 4
LMC Husqvarna Husqvarna 26 New Zealand Mitch Weir All
192 New Zealand Reuben Smith 3–4
517 United Kingdom Alexander Brown 1–3
Alpinestars Best Build Racing Honda 41 New Zealand Curtis King All
110 New Zealand Rian King All
Honda Racing Motul New Zealand Honda 66 New Zealand Jack Ellingham All
Action Moto Kawasaki 88 New Zealand Finn Lennox 3
Altherm JCR Yamaha Yamaha 96 New Zealand Hayden Draper All
108 New Zealand James Scott All
Mr Motorcycles/SDM Mechanical KTM 103 New Zealand Delton Manson 3
Pumpn/Boyds Motorcycles KTM 112 New Zealand Cooper Phillips All
CML Gas Gas Gas Gas 121 New Zealand Cody Cooper All
486 New Zealand Ryan Hayward All
Josh Coppins Motorcycles Yamaha 122 New Zealand Wills Harvey 1–3
Timaru Honda/Central Feeds Honda 152 New Zealand Riley Caird 1–2
Nelson Motorcycles/KTM NZ KTM 199 New Zealand Alex Garland All
Brent Scammell Honda Race Team Honda 222 New Zealand Michael Buchanan 1–2
Rae Emerson Motorsport KTM 278 New Zealand Yanni Emerson-Rae All
Yamaha Motor NZ Yamaha 309 New Zealand Nixon Parkes 3–4
Craig Stevens Motorcycles Yamaha 321 New Zealand Cody Griffiths All
Nelson Motorcycles/Nelson Brake Services KTM 433 New Zealand Luke Heaphy All
CML KTM Racing KTM 485 Australia Caleb Ward All
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 All
Flying W Suspension Yamaha 929 New Zealand Tyler Steiner 1–2
Fabtech Engineering Solutions Yamaha 947 New Zealand Kolby Brooklan 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 5 2 1 1 2 2 253
2 New Zealand James Scott Yamaha 2 2 3 8 3 3 2 7 3 2 1 1 245
3 Australia Caleb Ward KTM 13 1 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 10 5 229
4 New Zealand Madoc Dixon Kawasaki 28 8 9 2 7 Ret 6 3 2 6 5 4 167
5 New Zealand Rian King Honda 7 10 8 6 9 7 7 6 5 15 6 3 165
6 New Zealand Jack Ellingham Honda 6 4 12 10 2 6 10 5 14 7 22 13 146
7 New Zealand Cody Griffiths Yamaha 5 9 13 9 13 5 20 10 10 5 4 9 141
8 New Zealand Jared Hannon KTM 8 7 5 14 14 10 12 11 13 11 9 6 132
9 New Zealand Cody Cooper Gas Gas 15 6 7 5 8 4 18 8 19 4 Ret DNS 118
10 New Zealand Cooper Phillips KTM 10 14 15 11 17 11 9 9 11 9 8 11 117
11 United Kingdom Alexander Brown Husqvarna 3 3 2 7 5 2 DNS DNS DNS 114
12 New Zealand Maz Parkes Kawasaki 14 17 14 4 10 13 4 12 12 12 7 Ret 114
13 New Zealand Mitch Weir Husqvarna 4 12 10 15 12 12 15 15 16 14 12 10 106
14 New Zealand Luke Heaphy KTM 12 11 11 12 11 8 19 17 15 18 11 14 93
15 New Zealand Flynn Watts Yamaha 3 1 8 10 3 Ret 89
16 New Zealand Ryan Hayward Gas Gas 16 15 19 18 18 15 14 14 9 16 15 12 71
17 New Zealand Reuben Smith Husqvarna 13 13 6 8 14 7 65
18 New Zealand Curtis King Honda 11 19 17 13 15 14 16 16 17 22 16 15 62
19 New Zealand Wills Harvey Yamaha 9 13 6 16 6 25 DNS DNS DNS 55
20 Japan Junya Tanaka Yamaha 11 Ret 7 13 13 8 53
21 New Zealand Alex Garland KTM 17 18 16 17 19 16 23 22 20 19 20 17 31
22 New Zealand Tyler Steiner Yamaha 18 16 18 Ret 16 Ret 16
23 Australia Corey Eisel Honda 17 18 Ret 20 18 18 14
24 New Zealand Ethan Raynel KTM 25 25 20 21 21 17 22 19 18 Ret 19 19 14
25 New Zealand Delton Manson KTM 8 Ret DNS 13
26 New Zealand Nixon Parkes Yamaha 21 DNS DNS 17 17 16 13
27 Australia Taylor Thompson KTM 20 21 25 19 20 19 6
28 New Zealand Yanni Emerson-Rae KTM 22 22 23 24 23 18 26 21 21 21 21 20 4
29 New Zealand Kolby Brookland Yamaha Ret 20 21 20 22 20 3
30 New Zealand Connor Bond Kawasaki 19 Ret DNS Ret DNS DNS 2
31 Japan Aoi Takagi Yamaha 24 20 22 23 23 21 1
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
New Zealand Finn Lennox Kawasaki 25 Ret DNS 0
Pos Rider Bike INV BAL TAU ROT Points

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Round 1 Entry List". MX & Track Timing. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
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