2026 New Zealand Motocross Championship

2026 New Zealand Motocross Championship season

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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

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MX1

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

Circuit locations

Rotorua

Invercargill

Tauranga

Balclutha

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2026 New Zealand Motocross Championship locations

MX1

Participants

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Team	Constructor	No	Rider	Rounds
Motorcycles 'R Us/Kustom MX	KTM	F	Ryley Fitzpatrick	1–2
Brent Scammell Honda Race Team	Honda	5	Jack Symon	1–2
		58	Ryan Harris	1–2
LMC Husqvarna	Husqvarna	11	Seth Thompson	1–2
Pumps & Filters	Yamaha	24	Liam Hutton	1–2
Degree Building/CML Racing	Gas Gas	24	Cooper Smith	1–2
Honda Motul Racing New Zealand	Honda	30	Josiah Natzke	1–2
Altherm JCR Yamaha	Yamaha	44	Maximus Purvis	1–2
Kawasaki New Zealand/Marlborough Motorcycles	Kawasaki	48	Nick D'Arcy	1–2
Mahana Earthworks	Yamaha	81	Hayden Wilkinson	1
CML KTM Racing	KTM	93	Jack Treloar	1–2
MTF Finance Richmond/Impact Physio	Yamaha	115	Liam Kerr	1–2
Oamaru Honda	Honda	139	Campbell King	1–2
Team MR Moto	KTM	144	Tyler Brown	1–2
	Yamaha	809	Tyler Cooksley	1–2
Chris Parnwell Motorcycles	Yamaha	267	Mitch Parnwell	1–2
Max Winders Shearing	Honda	650	Max Winders	1–2
MR Motorcycles/Alpinestars/Yamaha NZ	Yamaha	717	Jayden McKenzie	1–2
Moto1/NMC/Harris Farms	KTM	888	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	Maximus Purvis	Yamaha	1	1	1	1	1	1							150
2	Josiah Natzke	Honda	2	2	2	2	3	2							130
3	Jack Symon	Honda	3	3	5	4	5	4							108
4	Ryley Fitzpatrick	KTM	4	5	4	5	4	3							106
5	Jack Treloar	KTM	Ret	4	3	3	2	5							96
6	Seth Thompson	Husqvarna	5	6	6	10	9	10							80
7	Nic D'Arcy	Kawasaki	6	8	8	7	10	9							78
8	Jayden McKenzie	Yamaha	7	12	9	9	6	6							77
9	Tyler Cooksley	Yamaha	10	7	7	12	7	7							76
10	Campbell King	Honda	8	Ret	11	6	8	8							64
11	Ryan Harris	Honda	9	10	12	11	11	11							62
12	Tyler Brown	KTM	12	9	10	8	Ret	DNS							45
13	Cooper Smith	Gas Gas	16	11	13	Ret	12	12							41
14	Liam Kerr	Yamaha	13	13	17	13	14	15							41
15	Mitch Parnwell	Yamaha	14	14	15	17	16	14							36
16	Liam Hutton	Yamaha	15	15	16	16	15	16							33
17	Max Winders	Honda	17	DNS	14	14	17	17							26
18	Dylan Huddleston	KTM				15	13	13							22
19	Hayden Wilkinson	Yamaha	11	Ret	DNS										10
Pos	Rider	Bike	INV			BAL			TAU			ROT			Points

MX2

Participants

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Team	Constructor	No	Rider	Rounds
KTM Australia	KTM	T	Taylor Thompson	1–2
Kawasaki New Zealand	Kawasaki	1	Madoc Dixon	1–2
		29	Maz Parkes	1–2
Norjo Motorcycles/East Coast Powersports	Kawasaki	17	Bradley Hamburger	1–2
Kawasaki New Zealand/Powerzone Motorcycles	Kawasaki	25	Connor Bond	1
LMC Husqvarna	Husqvarna	26	Mitch Weir	1–2
		517	Alexander Brown	1–2
Alpinestars Best Build Racing	Honda	41	Curtis King	1–2
		110	Rian King	1–2
Honda Racing Motul New Zealand	Honda	66	Jack Ellingham	1–2
Altherm JCR Yamaha	Yamaha	96	Hayden Draper	1–2
		108	James Scott	1–2
Pumpn/Boyds Motorcycles	KTM	112	Cooper Phillips	1–2
CML Gas Gas	Gas Gas	121	Cody Cooper	1–2
		486	Ryan Hayward	1–2
Josh Coppins Motorcycles	Yamaha	122	Wills Harvey	1–2
Timaru Honda/Central Feeds	Honda	152	Riley Caird	1–2
Nelson Motorcycles/KTM NZ	KTM	199	Alex Garland	1–2
Brent Scammell Honda Race Team	Honda	222	Michael Buchanan	1–2
Rae Emerson Motorsport	KTM	278	Yanni Emerson-Rae	1–2
Craig Stevens Motorcycles	Yamaha	321	Cody Griffiths	1–2
Nelson Motorcycles/Nelson Brake Services	KTM	433	Luke Heaphy	1–2
CML KTM Racing	KTM	485	Caleb Ward	1–2
Kawasaki NZ/Team Green	Kawasaki	488	Riley Soutar	1–2
	Kawasaki	733	Ashton Whyte	1–2
MAKZ Gear/FXR/LM Surfacing	KTM	758	Ethan Raynel	1–2
Flying W Suspension	Yamaha	929	Tyler Steiner	1–2
Fabtech Engineering Solutions	Yamaha	947	Kolby Brooklan	1–2
Team MR Moto	KTM	999	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	Hayden Draper	Yamaha	1	5	1										66
2	James Scott	Yamaha	2	2	3										64
3	Alexander Brown	Husqvarna	3	3	2										62
4	Caleb Ward	KTM	13	1	4										51
5	Jared Hannon	KTM	8	7	5										43
6	Jack Ellingham	Honda	6	4	12										42
7	Mitch Weir	Husqvarna	4	12	10										38
8	Rian King	Honda	7	10	8										38
9	Cody Griffiths	Yamaha	5	9	13										36
10	Cody Cooper	Gas Gas	15	6	7										35
11	Wills Harvey	Yamaha	9	13	6										35
12	Luke Heaphy	KTM	12	11	11										29
13	Madoc Dixon	Kawasaki	28	8	9										25
14	Cooper Phillips	KTM	10	14	15										24
15	Maz Parkes	Kawasaki	14	17	14										18
16	Curtis King	Honda	11	19	17										16
17	Ryan Hayward	Gas Gas	16	15	19										13
18	Alex Garland	KTM	17	18	16										12
19	Tyler Steiner	Yamaha	18	16	18										11
20	Connor Bond	Kawasaki	19	Ret	DNS										2
21	Ethan Raynel	KTM	25	25	20										1
22	Kolby Brookland	Yamaha	Ret	20	21										1
23	Taylor Thompson	KTM	20	21	25										1
	Ashton Whyte	Kawasaki	21	24	24										0
	Yanni Emerson-Rae	KTM	22	22	23										0
	Michael Buchanan	Honda	23	23	22										0
	Riley Caird	Honda	24	26	26										0
	Bradley Hamburger	Kawasaki	26	27	27										0
	Riley Soutar	Kawasaki	27	28	28										0
Pos	Rider	Bike	INV			BAL			TAU			ROT			Points

References

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