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Thousands of drivers were forced to queue for seven hours to get into Auckland after Jacinda Ardern locked the city down due to just one Covid case. New Zealand's largest city entered a week-long Level Three lockdown at 6am on Sunday, forcing  1.7million people to stay at home unless they are shopping or travelling for work. Checkpoints set up along major highways leading into the city were packed with motorists who spent hours in their cars on Sunday trying to enter the city.  Police told residents to be patient and prepare for 'significant delays', but Kiwis described the situation as a '...

Thursday, 25 February 2021, 7:20 am Expect fierce superbike action such as this when the lights go out at Hampton Downs in just over a week's time. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com FEBRUARY 24, 2021: If there is one event on your motorcycling calendar that should not be missed this season, then this is probably it. Ready to mark its fourth anniversary at the popular north Waikato race track on the weekend of March 6-7, the Mike Pero MotoFest is sure to again rate as New Zealand's "must see and must do" motorcycling event of the year. This will be particularly so with the inclusion

Champion Matthew Payne with the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy. Picture Bruce Jenkins In the process he added his name to an impressive list of former TRS champions. An impressive 25% of the current F1 field are TRS graduates and the FIA F2 and F3 championships are also bristling with racers who’ve competed and won in TRS. Matthew Payne could well be another significant graduate and champion in years to come based on his dominance in 2021. Payne has won five TRS races since Shane van Gisbergen’s famous New Zealand Grand Prix victory at Hampton Downs and is the most dominant champion in sever...

Saturday, 13 February 2021, 4:12 pm Payne had a comfortable lead early on and never looked back. Starting from the front with a time that would have put him on pole for the hotly-contested NZ Grand Prix at the challenging and fast Circuit Chris Amon in 2020, Payne made a clean getaway and was quickly into his stride. He had established a lead of two seconds within the first four laps and then pushed that out to over four seconds at the halfway mark. A drive without any mistakes left nothing in terms of opportunity for lonely second-placed racer Kaleb Ngatoa. Payne took the race's

Thursday, 11 February 2021, 2:08 pm The 2021 Castrol Toyota Series will be remembered as being unique in the COVID-19 world, but it has also seen the emergence of a major new Kiwi racing talent in Matthew Payne. Against a field of established stars at the New Zealand Grand Prix, Payne made his mark with a trifecta of third place finishes. He went even better the following weekend with two race wins from the two races securing the Dorothy Smith Memorial Cup in the feature race. Matthew Payne leads the TRS title chase with four races left. Picture Bruce Jenkins It’s that startling form that...