Whangarei Primary students came together to perform their school song to nine Kiwi rally drivers, in preparation for the VINZ International Rally of Whangarei. Three Whangarei Primary students got to choose two friends or siblings to get a ride to school in a rally car after winning a poster competition put on by Classic Hits Northland. When the cars arrived on the school field, students flocked around the drivers asking for autographs and photos, before coming together to perform the school song.

Some of the world's finest rally drivers will be experiencing Whangarei's "brilliant" rallying roads this weekend.

Dargaville vet Graeme Ewenson has won the Craigs Northern Crossing multisport event for the second year running.

Young Whangarei netballers will get the chance to improve their shooting, passing and defending skills when the ANZ Netball Roadshow rolls into town tomorrow.

Kamo Intermediate School have remained unbeaten in a national Twenty20 knockout cricket competition and could yet compete for a national title.