
SIX THE HARD WAY
Matthew Fairbrother rides all six days of the NZ MTB
Rally the hard way: unsupported, riding between race locations, eschewing all uplifts.

Matthew Fairbrother rides all six days of the NZ MTB
Rally the hard way: unsupported, riding between race locations, eschewing all uplifts.

Heli-bike missions, 4×4 shuttles, a bloody boat crossing—and that was just getting to the trails. The NZ MTB Rally served up a week of chaos, carnage, and world-class riding in some of the wildest terrain around. From loamy steeps to wide-open alpine senders, the good times were flowing faster than post-stage beers.
Here’s the final NZ MTB Rally 2025 highlights movie—crank the volume and soak it in. And if you missed it this year, don’t stuff it up again… it’s back 14–21 March 2026. Lock it in.

Watch as riders tackle six days of bikes, boats, helicopters and some of the best riding Aotearoa/New Zealand has to offer.