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Cassidy Conquers Shanghai with Flawless Drive in Soaking Round 11 of Formula E Season
Pretoria, South Africa – 2 June 2025: In a commanding display of speed, precision, and poise under pressure, Jaguar TCS Racing’s Nick Cassidy delivered a masterclass in treacherous wet weather conditions to win Round 11 of the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in Shanghai. The New Zealander took pole position, led every lap, […]
Rodin Cars FZERO prototype lights up the track for its first circuit outing
7 December 2023: The stunningly tranquil South Island of New Zealand recently reverberated to the evocative motorsport engine note of the Rodin Cars FZERO hypercar. The concept of the FZERO was first revealed to the world last year, and now the New Zealand-designed-and-manufactured hypercar has entered the test and development phase. The FZERO rolling onto […]
mountune Southern Hemisphere Operation
Essex, UK (Apr 24 2023): mountune, a leading British race engine and automotive performance tuning specialist, has announced the expansion of its international footprint, establishing mountune Australia as a base to better serve performance enthusiasts in Australia, New Zealand and beyond. mountune, headquartered in Essex, UK, is known internationally for its market-leading Ford and Volkswagen […]
Rodin Cars FZERO 1200hp sub-700kg track hypercar
10 August 2022 – Donington Park Circuit, UK: This week, New Zealand performance car manufacturer Rodin Cars has announced that their new track hypercar, The Rodin FZERO, is officially entering production.
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McLaren Automotive Racing: Double Victory for Local Hero
A brace of victories for McLaren GT factory driver Shane Van Gisbergen with teammate Klark Quinn saw the 650S GT3 secure the coveted Highlands 101 title at the Australian GT season finale weekend which took place at Highlands Motorsport Park, New Zealand. With victory in the weekend’s opening race, followed by the win in the […]
New Zealand wins the first match in BMW International Polo Series against South Africa
New Zealand wins the first match in BMW International Polo Series against South Africa. Final test to be played at the Waterfall Polo Estate this Sunday. BMW S outh Africa and SA Polo association celebrate twenty-sixth year of partnership – the longest-running sports sponsorship in South Africa.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Holden
Holden announces a multi-year agreement with The Walt Disney Company Australia and New Zealand to promote the Star Wars franchise, one of the largest entertainment properties in the world. Agreement announced as excitement builds ahead of the release of the next instalment in the franchise, Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Mazda 3 Car of the Year New Zealand
Mazda3 – National Business Review’s Supreme Car of the Year and COTY in New Zealand The recently launched in South Africa Mazda3, named New Zealand Car of the Year and National Business Review Supreme Car of the Year for 2014 year end Third in Mazda’s line-up of new-generation products to feature the full range of […]
Philae robotic lander lands on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Philae robotic lander lands on comet 67P Churyumov–Gerasimenko I haven’t seen it yet on Google Australia, or Google New Zealand but it looks like Google is having a special Google Doodle today announcing the Philae robotic lander lands on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko with a special Google Doodle which will be going live presumably any moment now.
Halloween 2014
Halloween 2014 Google Doodles Today Google announced Halloween 2014 in Google New Zealand with an interesting Halloween 2014 Doodle set. Usually Google only have one Google Doodle running for 24 hours, but today’s Halloween Google Doodle is slightly more interesting. If you refresh your Google page there will be a new Google Doodle.
Commonwealth Games 2014
On July 22, 2014 Google announced the opening of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games on their New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, India, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, United Kingdom and Canada homepages.
Mary Anning’s – The Fossil Collector
On May 21, 2014 Google paid tribute to Mary Anning with a Google Doodle on their New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, South Korea , Philippines, India, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Algeria, Romania, Serbia, Poland, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Morocco, Iceland, Columbia, Canada and Unites Stated of America search engine homepages.