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BMW Motorrad International GS Trophy - Aotearoa So the BMW GS Trophy came to New Zealand. Only you wouldn’t have known if you hadn’t by chance bumped into it somewhere along its way between Rotorua and Queenstown, back in pre-lockdown February. Although BMW will tell you that was intentional – it’s not a spectator event. Words: Jon Bentman Images: Vanessa Blankenagel Markus Jahn Amelie Mesecke 22 KIWI RIDER