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 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 Maximus Purvis Maximus Purvis Maximus Purvis Maximus Purvis
4 28 February Rotorua Kyle Webster Maximus Purvis Maximus Purvis Maximus Purvis

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 Caleb Ward Flynn Watts Hayden Draper Hayden Draper
4 28 February Rotorua Hayden Draper James Scott James Scott 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 Ryley Fitzpatrick 1–2
LMC Husqvarna Husqvarna 3–4
11 Seth Thompson 1–2
Yamaha Moto Company/Yamaha NZ Yamaha K Kainosuke Oshiro 3–4
Quadlock Honda Racing Honda W Kyle Webster 3–4
Brent Scammell Honda Race Team Honda 5 Jack Symon All
58 Ryan Harris 1–2
Pumps & Filters Yamaha 24 Liam Hutton All
Degree Building/CML Racing Gas Gas 24 Cooper Smith All
Honda Motul Racing New Zealand Honda 30 Josiah Natzke All
Altherm JCR Yamaha Yamaha 44 Maximus Purvis All
Kawasaki New Zealand/Marlborough Motorcycles Kawasaki 48 Nick D'Arcy All
Yamaha NZ/bLU cRU/Yamalube Yamaha 57 Josh Jack 3–4
Mahana Earthworks Yamaha 81 Hayden Wilkinson 1
CML KTM Racing KTM 93 Jack Treloar All
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 All
Chris Parnwell Motorcycles Yamaha 267 Mitch Parnwell 1–2
Sabel Cafe/Stihl Shop Hamilton East Husqvarna 336 Joel Hansen 4
AFC/Winiata Contracting/Heights Experience KTM 393 Toby Winiata 3–4
Whites Powersports NZ/Kawasaki NZ Kawasaki 394 Richard Horne 3–4
Max Winders Shearing Honda 650 Max Winders All
MR Motorcycles/Alpinestars/Yamaha NZ Yamaha 717 Jayden McKenzie All
KTM 746 Rhys Johnstone 3–4
Moto1/NMC/Harris Farms KTM 888 Dylan Huddleston 2
Promoto Yamaha 929 Tyler Steiner 3–4
Bike Torque Taumaranui Gas Gas 931 Alex Maitland 3–4
Blackwood Yamaha Yamaha 972 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 Maximus Purvis Yamaha 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 297
2 Josiah Natzke Honda 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 248
3 Jack Symon Honda 3 3 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 216
4 Ryley Fitzpatrick KTM 4 5 4 5 4 3 195
Husqvarna 6 8 6 6 5 6
5 Jack Treloar KTM Ret 4 3 3 2 5 5 7 5 5 Ret 4 176
6 Nic D'Arcy Kawasaki 6 8 8 7 10 9 10 13 9 11 11 12 138
7 Tyler Cooksley Yamaha 10 7 7 12 7 7 16 11 10 10 9 10 136
8 Kyle Webster Honda 2 2 2 1 2 2 135
9 Jayden McKenzie Yamaha 7 12 9 9 6 6 13 12 13 14 10 13 128
10 Kainosuke Oshiro Yamaha 7 5 7 8 6 7 86
11 Seth Thompson Husqvarna 5 6 6 10 9 10 80
12 Tyler Steiner Yamaha 8 6 8 7 Ret 8 68
13 Campbell King Honda 8 Ret 11 6 8 8 64
14 Ryan Harris Honda 9 10 12 11 11 11 62
15 Carlin Hedley Yamaha 14 14 11 9 8 9 61
16 Alex Maitland Gas Gas 9 10 12 15 12 11 57
17 Liam Hutton Yamaha 15 15 16 16 15 16 20 19 18 18 14 15 55
18 Cooper Smith Gas Gas 16 11 13 Ret 12 12 17 18 16 Ret DNS DNS 53
19 Toby Winiata KTM 11 15 14 12 7 14 53
20 Max Winders Honda 17 DNS 14 14 17 17 18 17 17 17 17 16 50
21 Tyler Brown KTM 12 9 10 8 Ret DNS 45
22 Liam Kerr Yamaha 13 13 17 13 14 15 41
23 Mitch Parnwell Yamaha 14 14 15 17 16 14 36
24 Josh Jack Yamaha 12 9 15 DNS DNS DNS 27
25 Richard Horne Kawasaki 15 16 Ret 13 13 Ret 27
26 Dylan Huddleston KTM 15 13 13 22
27 Joel Hansen Husqvarna 16 15 17 15
28 Rhys Johnstone KTM 19 Ret DNS 19 16 18 12
29 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 Aoi Takagi 3–4
J Junya Tanaka 3–4
KTM Australia KTM T Taylor Thompson 1–2
Kawasaki New Zealand Kawasaki 1 Madoc Dixon All
29 Maz Parkes All
Norjo Motorcycles/East Coast Powersports Kawasaki 17 Bradley Hamburger 1–2
Team MR Moto Yamaha 22 Flynn Watts 3–4
KTM 999 Jared Hannon All
Moto 1 Motorcycles Honda 23 Corey Eisel 3–4
Kawasaki New Zealand/Powerzone Motorcycles Kawasaki 25 Connor Bond 1, 4
LMC Husqvarna Husqvarna 26 Mitch Weir All
192 Reuben Smith 3–4
517 Alexander Brown 1–3
Alpinestars Best Build Racing Honda 41 Curtis King All
110 Rian King All
Honda Racing Motul New Zealand Honda 66 Jack Ellingham All
Action Moto Kawasaki 88 Finn Lennox 3
Altherm JCR Yamaha Yamaha 96 Hayden Draper All
108 James Scott All
Mr Motorcycles/SDM Mechanical KTM 103 Delton Manson 3
Pumpn/Boyds Motorcycles KTM 112 Cooper Phillips All
CML Gas Gas Gas Gas 121 Cody Cooper All
486 Ryan Hayward All
Josh Coppins Motorcycles Yamaha 122 Wills Harvey 1–3
Timaru Honda/Central Feeds Honda 152 Riley Caird 1–2
Nelson Motorcycles/KTM NZ KTM 199 Alex Garland All
Brent Scammell Honda Race Team Honda 222 Michael Buchanan 1–2
Rae Emerson Motorsport KTM 278 Yanni Emerson-Rae All
Yamaha Motor NZ Yamaha 309 Nixon Parkes 3–4
Craig Stevens Motorcycles Yamaha 321 Cody Griffiths All
Nelson Motorcycles/Nelson Brake Services KTM 433 Luke Heaphy All
CML KTM Racing KTM 485 Caleb Ward All
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 All
Flying W Suspension Yamaha 929 Tyler Steiner 1–2
Fabtech Engineering Solutions Yamaha 947 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 Hayden Draper Yamaha 1 5 1 1 4 9 5 2 1 1 2 2 253
2 James Scott Yamaha 2 2 3 8 3 3 2 7 3 2 1 1 245
3 Caleb Ward KTM 13 1 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 10 5 229
4 Madoc Dixon Kawasaki 28 8 9 2 7 Ret 6 3 2 6 5 4 167
5 Rian King Honda 7 10 8 6 9 7 7 6 5 15 6 3 165
6 Jack Ellingham Honda 6 4 12 10 2 6 10 5 14 7 22 13 146
7 Cody Griffiths Yamaha 5 9 13 9 13 5 20 10 10 5 4 9 141
8 Jared Hannon KTM 8 7 5 14 14 10 12 11 13 11 9 6 132
9 Cody Cooper Gas Gas 15 6 7 5 8 4 18 8 19 4 Ret DNS 118
10 Cooper Phillips KTM 10 14 15 11 17 11 9 9 11 9 8 11 117
11 Alexander Brown Husqvarna 3 3 2 7 5 2 DNS DNS DNS 114
12 Maz Parkes Kawasaki 14 17 14 4 10 13 4 12 12 12 7 Ret 114
13 Mitch Weir Husqvarna 4 12 10 15 12 12 15 15 16 14 12 10 106
14 Luke Heaphy KTM 12 11 11 12 11 8 19 17 15 18 11 14 93
15 Flynn Watts Yamaha 3 1 8 10 3 Ret 89
16 Ryan Hayward Gas Gas 16 15 19 18 18 15 14 14 9 16 15 12 71
17 Reuben Smith Husqvarna 13 13 6 8 14 7 65
18 Curtis King Honda 11 19 17 13 15 14 16 16 17 22 16 15 62
19 Wills Harvey Yamaha 9 13 6 16 6 25 DNS DNS DNS 55
20 Junya Tanaka Yamaha 11 Ret 7 13 13 8 53
21 Alex Garland KTM 17 18 16 17 19 16 23 22 20 19 20 17 31
22 Tyler Steiner Yamaha 18 16 18 Ret 16 Ret 16
23 Corey Eisel Honda 17 18 Ret 20 18 18 14
24 Ethan Raynel KTM 25 25 20 21 21 17 22 19 18 Ret 19 19 14
25 Delton Manson KTM 8 Ret DNS 13
26 Nixon Parkes Yamaha 21 DNS DNS 17 17 16 13
27 Taylor Thompson KTM 20 21 25 19 20 19 6
28 Yanni Emerson-Rae KTM 22 22 23 24 23 18 26 21 21 21 21 20 4
29 Kolby Brookland Yamaha Ret 20 21 20 22 20 3
30 Connor Bond Kawasaki 19 Ret DNS Ret DNS DNS 2
31 Aoi Takagi Yamaha 24 20 22 23 23 21 1
Michael Buchanan Honda 23 23 22 22 25 21 0
Ashton Whyte Kawasaki 21 24 24 23 DNS DNS 0
Riley Caird Honda 24 26 26 25 24 22 0
Riley Soutar Kawasaki 27 28 28 26 27 23 0
Bradley Hamburger Kawasaki 26 27 27 27 26 24 0
Finn Lennox Kawasaki 25 Ret DNS 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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