A driver best known for a spectacular 2010 crash at Bathurst appears ready to make an impact on the 2013 V8 Supercars championship after back-to-back victories at Albert Park yesterday.

The New Zealand Superbike championship fires back into action for round four of the series this weekend at Hampton Downs after a mid-season break.

The New Zealand Defence Force’s summer-season support to our country’s commitment to the pristine Antarctic region has drawn to a close with the final Royal New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757 ice flight. Around 200 Defence Force personnel directly supported the mission at various stages of the October to March season, with the mission peaking in February during the annual supply ship offload where Defence personnel worked round the clock in freezing conditions. courtesy NZ Defence force.

More than half of motorcycle and scooter users are ignoring warnings about wearing safety gear, risking horrific preventable injuries, experts say.

Top Gear star Jeremy Clarkson has apologised to fans and journalists who were left disappointed after waiting to see him filming on 90 Mile Beach.

Hit show Top Gear has finished filming in Northland and some locals got close to the action.