The final round was held at Taupo and heading into the finale, Chandler( BMW) and Luca Durning( BMW) were tied on points. In the second race of the weekend, Durning and Australian rider, Max Stauffer, came together and both crashed out, leaving Chandler, who was just in front at the time, to head for the flag, the NZ TT title and the NZSBK title all bundled together due to the points for the race. Chandler is no newcomer to the winner’ s circle, having won the 600 class three times in the Suzuki Series but this is the Upper Hutt riders first title in the premier class and it sealed his first full season in the class perfectly, on his BMW. In the Supersport class, Jake Lewis added a third title to his trophy cabinet, needing only three points from the weekend to take it away, along with the TT title. Making Jake work for points on the weekend were Jesse Stroud, who won the final race and the Damon Rees Trophy and Haydn Fordyce who was also flying. In Sportsbikes, Tyler King took the final race but it was Zak Fuller( a long time KR tester!) who took the season by a single point from King after some great racing during the season. Dennis Chartlett took the Pro Twins title and his son, Hunter, was not going to be outdone by his father, taking two titles in the form of both the 300 Supersport and 150 Supersport titles. In the sidecars, Adam Unsworth / Bryce Rose took the TT but the season’ s overall victors were the Spike and Bubba Taylor pairing. Congratulations to the NZSBK winners for 2026.