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The next National Rally will take place in the deep south, over Wellington anniversary weekend 22-25 January 2010. It will be hosted by the Canterbury Citroën Car Club and based around Dunedin Application forms and more information will be available from the Citroën Car Club of New Zealand website as soon as details are finalised |
The 2009 National Rally was held from Jan 23-26 in Masterton in the Wairarapa. It was hosted by the Greater Wellington Citroen Car Club and was was the biggest rally yet with over eighty vehicles.
The 2003 National Rally was held from Jan 10-17 2003 in the South Island. Dubbed the The Great Southern Rally it started in Christchurch and toured to Cromwell, and the Fox Glacier. There were 53 cars in total, including 3 pre war tractions and 2 SM's. There was a good contingent from Greater Wellington with a variety of Citroëns, including an XM 2.0 CT Estate, a Xsara Estate, ZX Estate, C5HDi, 2 Xantia's, BX16RS, CX25Turbo II, Big 15, and a D Special.
The 2002 National Rally was held at the seaside resort of Orewa, north of Auckland over the weekend 1-4 March 2002. There were over fifty vehicles on display, from the very new to the rare and exotic. Some pics from the Pride of Ownership public display appear below. Unfortunately the weather was not kind during the Saturday morning public display thus the dark nature of these photos, also necessitating all hoods up
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Charlie Wallace's 1939 Roadster at left and three V6 Maserati powered SM's at right. |
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At Left Some of the sixteen D's that were on display. At centre is Car of the Rally, John Brough's 1965 D Cabriolet, whilst at right is Wellington member Don MacKenzie's 1971 D Special |
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The 2001 National Citroën Rally was hosted by the Greater Wellington Club on Wellington Anniversary weekend 19-22 January 2001.
It was based at Upper Hutt at the picturesque grounds of the Central Institute of Technology, or CIT for short. Ninety-four people attended with 56 vehicles.
Some Rally Pics below:
A Gymkhana Steward ? and at right Gail Trask's Beachcomber is flanked by Car of the Rally, Jim Crook's Big 6
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Appropriately named WILD01 this 2CV made a colourful debut at the National Rally owned by local member Kevin Smith. Adjacent is the green Dyane of the Gerrie's, which was lent to our Austrian friends Harry and Edith Schierer |
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At Left: Wallaceville House was a magnificent venue for the Sunday evening meal and prize giving. Set in beautiful country grounds and a splendidly refurbished interior to match. Here Glen Mitchell's DS23 Pallas arrives amidst a car park full of beautiful Citroens. |
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As promised we had a preview of the latest Citroens to arrive in New Zealand. On the left is a V6 powered C5 and at right the Xsara Picasso. Both vehicles have mutiplex circuitry enabling a multitude of features over conventional vehicles. Both vehicles impressed. |
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