2025 New Zealand Motocross Championship

2025 New Zealand Motocross Championship season

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The 2025 New Zealand Motocross Championship season, known for sponsorship reasons as the Yamaha New Zealand Motocross Championship, was the 51st New Zealand Motocross Championship season. ^[1]

The series consisted of four rounds across the country, running from mid February to mid March.

Hamish Harwood was the reigning champion in the MX1 class, after picking up his sixth national title in the 2024 season. ^[2] In the MX2 class, James Scott was the reigning champion, after picking up his first senior national title in the previous season. ^[3]

The second and final rounds of the series were held at the Rotorua track, after the original venue for the final round pulled out of running it prior to the start of the season. ^[4]

Race calendar and results

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MX1

Round	Date	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Race 3 Winner	Round Winner
1	15 February	Tauranga	Maximus Purvis	Maximus Purvis	Maximus Purvis	Maximus Purvis
2	22 February	Rotorua	Maximus Purvis	Maximus Purvis	Hamish Harwood	Maximus Purvis
3	8 March	Pukekohe	Josiah Natzke	Maximus Purvis	Hamish Harwood	Josiah Natzke
4	15 March	Rotorua	Hamish Harwood	Hamish Harwood	Maximus Purvis	Hamish Harwood

MX2

Round	Date	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Race 3 Winner	Round Winner
1	15 February	Tauranga	Madoc Dixon	James Scott	Madoc Dixon	Madoc Dixon
2	22 February	Rotorua	Madoc Dixon	James Scott	Cobie Bourke	Madoc Dixon
3	8 March	Pukekohe	Cobie Bourke	Madoc Dixon	Flynn Watts	Cody Cooper
4	15 March	Rotorua	Cody Cooper	Flynn Watts	Cody Cooper	Cody Cooper

Circuit locations

Rotorua

Pukekohe

Tauranga

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2024 New Zealand Motocross Championship locations

MX1

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Participants

Team	Constructor	No	Rider	Rounds
Honda Racing Motul New Zealand	Honda	H	Haruki Yokoyama	All
		30	Josiah Natzke	All
		41	Curtis King	1–2
Tasman Honda/Alpinestars/Motul	Honda	J	Jesse Bishop	1–2
		M	Mitch Norris	1–2
CML KTM Racing	KTM	1	Hamish Harwood	All
		192	Reuben Smith	All
Bike Torque Taumaranui	Gas Gas	5	Luke Maitland	All
Makz Gear Tauranga/Vertex Oil	KTM	7	Seth Thompson	1–3
Phoenix Civil/Un4seen Decals	Gas Gas	18	Josh de Reus	All
Pumps & Filters	Yamaha	24	Liam Hutton	All
Altherm JCR Yamaha	Yamaha	44	Maximus Purvis	All
Underclass/AG Flow Solutions	Yamaha	49	Cody O'Loan	3
	Yamaha	52	Sam Bowers	All
BSH Race Team	Honda	55	Jack Symon	All
	Honda	60	Jacob Steel	All
Tasman Honda/Mahana Earthworks	Honda	81	Hayden Wilkinson	All
Central House Movers/Sixteen Graphic Co	Yamaha	91	James Kilpatrick	All
TSS Motocycles	KTM	124	Zak Nolan	1, 3–4
Degree Building Ltd	KTM	141	Cooper Smith	All
SMG All Build/Redline Earthworks	Yamaha	143	Josh Bartosh	1
Team MR Moto	KTM	144	Tyler Brown	All
MecaMoto.co/P1 Moto	Yamaha	157	Logan Maddren	3–4
	KTM	188	Lochie Birrell	All
	Yamaha	255	Luke van der Lee	All
P1moto/Mecamoto.co/Guts Racing NZ	Yamaha	299	Ben Lawson	All
Stihl Shop Hamilton East	Honda	336	Joel Hansen	3
AFC Motorcycles	KTM	393	Toby Winiata	All
LMC Husqvarna Racing	Husqvarna	485	Caleb Ward	All
		918	Callan May	All
Blue Wing Honda	Honda	614	Peter Broxholme	1
AFC Motorcycles/MotoSR	KTM	705	Charlie Richardson	1–3
MR Motorcycles/bLU cRU/M.A.S.S. Seaforth Farms	Yamaha	717	Jayden McKenzie	1, 3–4
	Honda	731	Callum Dudson	1
Keen Solutions/TSS Motorcycles	KTM	872	Adam Moss	All
Bay Motorcycles/Shark Engineering HB	Kawasaki	917	Kieran Scheele	All
Honda Hub - Crown Kiwi Enterprises	Honda	950	Preeda Boon	All

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	TAU			ROT			PUK			ROT			Points
1	Maximus Purvis	Yamaha	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	4	3	3	1	275
2	Hamish Harwood	KTM	3	3	4	3	3	1	2	3	1	1	1	3	260
3	Josiah Natzke	Honda	2	2	2	2	2	4	1	2	2	2	2	5	257
4	Caleb Ward	Husqvarna	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	2	226
5	Jack Symon	Honda	6	7	7	9	7	9	7	8	5	7	7	7	166
6	Luke Maitland	Gas Gas	9	5	13	5	5	Ret	8	5	8	6	8	4	156
7	Tyler Brown	KTM	12	8	11	10	9	10	10	6	6	8	6	8	148
8	Reuben Smith	KTM	8	6	8	7	8	6	9	9	10	12	Ret	9	139
9	Haruki Yokoyama	Honda	7	9	5	DNS	DNS	DNS	6	7	7	5	5	6	132
10	Luke van der Lee	Yamaha	10	10	12	8	10	11	11	11	11	13	10	15	120
11	Seth Thompson	KTM	5	28	6	6	6	5	5	10	Ret				104
12	Preeda Boon	Honda	15	29	9	14	14	8	14	12	Ret	9	9	10	96
13	Adam Moss	KTM	16	17	16	11	12	15	17	16	15	10	12	13	82
14	Toby Winiata	KTM	11	12	15	15	16	13	18	14	20	16	13	14	75
15	Kieran Scheele	Kawasaki	17	DNS	21	20	11	7	25	15	13	11	14	11	70
16	Callan May	Husqvarna	13	13	17	22	18	21	19	18	12	15	11	12	62
17	Hayden Wilkinson	Honda	23	18	20	13	15	16	21	19	Ret	17	15	17	39
18	Jacob Steel	Honda	18	15	18	16	Ret	DNS	20	17	16	14	Ret	19	36
19	Jayden McKenzie	Yamaha	19	Ret	DNS				12	13	14	Ret	16	16	36
20	Jesse Bishop	Honda	14	14	19	17	13	14							35
21	Mitch Norris	Honda	Ret	19	14	12	17	12							31
22	Curtis King	Honda	21	11	10	18	22	20							25
23	Cooper Smith	KTM	20	16	26	24	20	24	15	24	18	21	17	18	23
24	Cody O'Loan	Yamaha							13	30	9				20
25	Josh de Reus	Gas Gas	25	20	22	19	21	18	22	23	19	19	18	20	14
26	Lochie Birrell	KTM	24	22	Ret	23	19	17	16	21	23	20	23	DNS	12
27	Sam Bowers	Yamaha	26	24	23	21	23	23	24	20	17	18	19	21	10
28	James Kilpatrick	Yamaha	22	21	24	25	24	19	27	27	25	DNS	DNS	DNS	2
29	Logan Maddren	Yamaha							23	Ret	21	23	20	22	1
	Ben Lawson	Yamaha	29	25	27	27	26	25	26	26	26	22	21	DNS	0
	Joel Hansen	Honda							28	22	22				0
	Charlie Richardson	KTM	28	23	25	26	25	22	Ret	25	24				0
	Liam Hutton	Yamaha	31	26	28	28	27	26	30	29	28	24	22	23	0
	Zak Nolan	KTM	30	27	Ret				29	28	27	Ret	DNS	DNS	0
	Callum Dudson	Honda	27	Ret	DNS										0
	Josh Bartosh	Yamaha	Ret	Ret	Ret										0
	Peter Broxholme	Honda	DNS	DNS	DNS										0
Pos	Rider	Bike	TAU			ROT			PUK			ROT			Points

MX2

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Participants

Team	Constructor	No	Rider	Rounds
Altherm JCR Yamaha	Yamaha	1	James Scott	1–2
Honda Motul Racing New Zealand	Honda	14	Cobie Bourke	All
		41	Curtis King	3–4
		110	Rian King	1–3
LMC Husqvarna Racing	Husqvarna	15	Hayden Smith	All
		96	Hayden Draper	All
Yamaha Whangarei/FXR Racing New Zealand	Yamaha	20	Logan Denize	All
Team MR Moto	Yamaha	22	Flynn Watts	All
		809	Tyler Cooksley	All
	KTM	999	Jared Hannon	All
Promoto/Un4Seen	Yamaha	28	Tyler Steiner	All
Watson Motorcycles/Crown Kiwi	Kawasaki	29	Maz Parkes	All
Yamaha NZ/Yamalube/The Riders Circle	Yamaha	32	James Rountree	All
Nelson Motorcycles/Nelson Brake Services	KTM	43	Luke Heaphy	All
Kawasaki New Zealand	Kawasaki	47	Jack Coleman	1–2
		338	Brad Groombridge	All
Extreme Motorsports/Workshop Graphics	Yamaha	80	Jono Hill	All
Bike Torque Taumaranui	Gas Gas	93	Alex Maitland	1–3
Yamaha Motor Company/Yamaha New Zealand/JCR	Yamaha	100	Junya Tanaka	All
		215	Souya Nakajima	All
Team Rees Motorcycles	Honda	100	Aydan Hall	All
Pumpn/Boyds Motorcycles/Troy Lee Designs NZ	KTM	112	Cooper Phillips	All
CML Gas Gas	Gas Gas	121	Cody Cooper	All
		722	Phoenix van Dusschoten	1
Motorcycle Performance/Murray Thorn Motorcycles	Yamaha	122	Wills Harvey	All
P1 Moto/Meca	Husqvarna	137	Leo Copping	1–3
Powerzone/Jack Refrigeration Ltd	Husqvarna	226	Max Pagan	3
Rae Emerson Motorsport Developments	KTM	278	Yanni Emerson-Rae	All
JMR/Yamaha NZ	Yamaha	309	Nixon Parkes	All
CML KTM Racing	KTM	318	Madoc Dixon	All
Craig Stevens Motorcycles	Yamaha	321	Cody Griffiths	All
KTM Offroad Racing Team	KTM	486	Ryan Hayward	1, 3–4
Kawasaki NZ Team Green	Kawasaki	488	Riley Soutar	1
CNC Profile Cutting Services	Yamaha	554	Oliver Ayre	1–2
Blackwood Yamaha/Crown Kiwi Enterprise	Yamaha	972	Carlin Hedley	All

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	TAU			ROT			PUK			ROT			Points
1	Madoc Dixon	KTM	1	6	1	1	2	3	26	1	2	4	2	5	235
2	Cobie Bourke	Honda	2	4	4	3	4	1	1	4	10	10	3	3	226
3	Hayden Smith	Husqvarna	7	7	7	4	5	5	3	3	6	3	4	2	207
4	Flynn Watts	Yamaha	4	3	6	5	8	Ret	7	5	1	2	1	6	199
5	Cody Cooper	Gas Gas	19	2	2	7	Ret	DNS	2	2	5	1	6	1	185
6	Brad Groombridge	Kawasaki	6	5	5	14	10	6	6	7	4	6	5	4	176
7	Jared Hannon	KTM	10	15	10	12	14	11	9	6	3	11	9	8	136
8	Junya Tanaka	Yamaha	11	12	12	6	7	Ret	12	9	7	7	7	12	129
9	James Scott	Yamaha	3	1	3	2	1	Ret							112
10	Rian King	Honda	9	8	8	8	6	4	4	15	DNS				108
11	Hayden Draper	Husqvarna	8	9	16	17	17	18	5	8	9	12	12	16	105
12	Logan Denize	Yamaha	5	11	11	11	11	7	14	18	19	13	18	14	100
13	Wills Harvey	Yamaha	18	22	17	15	15	10	11	10	8	14	8	7	98
14	Souya Nakajima	Yamaha	25	10	9	9	3	2	10	13	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	96
15	Cody Griffiths	Yamaha	14	20	19	13	12	9	21	22	12	8	11	9	83
16	Nixon Parkes	Yamaha	21	18	23	21	21	12	15	11	15	5	13	10	69
17	Cooper Phillips	KTM	12	21	14	Ret	16	Ret	8	12	13	15	16	15	68
18	Luke Heaphy	KTM	22	17	28	19	18	16	13	14	16	9	10	11	67
19	Tyler Steiner	Yamaha	20	Ret	Ret	10	9	8	25	19	14	16	Ret	DNS	51
20	Carlin Hedley	Yamaha	27	19	32	24	13	13	19	20	18	17	15	13	42
21	Ryan Hayward	KTM	15	16	18				16	17	17	18	14	18	40
22	Jack Coleman	Kawasaki	17	14	13	16	Ret	DNS							24
23	Phoenix van Dusschoten	Gas Gas	13	13	15										22
24	Maz Parkes	Kawasaki	16	27	29	20	22	17	17	Ret	23	19	19	22	18
25	Aydan Hall	Honda	28	25	22	18	20	14	22	16	22	22	20	21	17
26	Tyler Cooksley	Yamaha	23	23	21	22	19	15	20	Ret	21	23	17	17	17
27	Curtis King	Honda							18	23	11	20	22	23	14
28	James Rountree	Yamaha	Ret	24	27	25	23	Ret	23	21	20	21	21	19	3
29	Yanni Emerson-Rae	KTM	30	29	26	27	25	19	24	24	24	24	23	20	3
30	Leo Copping	Husqvarna	26	28	25	26	26	20	Ret	25	25				1
31	Oliver Ayre	Yamaha	29	Ret	20	Ret	DNS	DNS							1
	Alex Maitland	Gas Gas	24	26	24	23	24	21	Ret	DNS	DNS				0
	Jono Hill	Yamaha	32	31	30	28	27	22	28	27	27	25	24	24	0
	Max Pagan	Husqvarna							27	26	26				0
	Riley Soutar	Kawasaki	31	30	31										0
Pos	Rider	Bike	TAU			ROT			PUK			ROT			Points

References

1. "2025 New Zealand Motocross Championships". fullnoise.com.au. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
2. Andy McGechan (16 April 2024). "Hamish Harwood Overcomes Hardship To Claim The 2024 New Zealand Motocross Championships". fullnoise.com.au. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
3. Dylan Wills (12 July 2024). "New Zealand MX2 champion Scott to complete ProMX season". motoonline.com.au. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
4. "New Host Confirmed for Final Round of 2025 Yamaha New Zealand Motocross Championship". mnz.co.nz. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
5. "Round 1 Entry List". MX & Track Timing. Retrieved 13 February 2025.