The Bangers to Bluff ® Rally is an annual charity event organised by the Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay (Auckland) from Auckland to Bluff with a small group of likeminded adventurers, on a carefully crafted route through spectacular New Zealand. A unique and rich experience,
The event for 2025 runs from Auckland to Bluff over 12 days starting on Tuesday 25th March and finishing on Saturday 05th April, 2025.
The event takes a group of fellow travellers (limited to only 16 vehicles) travelling a prescribed route using roads less travelled from Auckland to Bluff via several iconic regions in a 'Banger'.
At the end of the rally the organisers arrange an auction for the Bangers to be sold. The Auction is run by William Todd & Co (2011) with the monies raised going to the Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay Charitable Trust (RCHMBCT). Entrants can (if they wish) bid for and buy their Banger back at auction or pay $2000 pre Auction.
NB: Any pre-purchases should be arranged with the Organisers before Auction Day.
The masthead charity is Multiple Sclerosis NZ together with additional charities selected as beneficiaries by the Board of The Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay (Inc).
Entrants are required to fundraise on behalf of their vehicle/ team, and the funds will be donated to the beneficiaries.
The challenge is to drive a vehicle registered and with a current WOF, costing less than $2000 from Auckland to Bluff and finish at Invercargill.
The Banger must be a vehicle purchased for $2000 dollars or less (all amounts inclusive of GST), including current registration and current warrant of fitness.
The $2000 does NOT include any monies you decide to spend to dress it up and/or make it more reliable.
Both the Banger registration and the warrant of fitness must have at least three months to run after to the completion of the rally. Each vehicle must also carry a spare tire, a mobile phone and appropriate maps or GPS.