About me - nothing too exciting.
A young race fan from the late 60s at Baypark till closure.
Raced motorbikes (Yamaha 2-strokes) 1979 - 85.
Locked horns with Pete Hanna, bless old Pete, when we co-promoted endurance events for bikes at the old track.
Got seriously into TV Motorsport as a cameraman and sometimes field director from 1997.
Last year produced DVD of the inaugural NZ Festival of Motor Racing which is sold by the Bruce McLaren Trust (excuse the quiet plug, they need your support!).
I have plans for a couple of new nostalgia "films" over the coming 6 months and some pipedreams of others if I can find some footage.
Before Pete Hanna died he told me about his extensive collection of photos, video cine film as well as programs, posters and memorabilia. He was particularly diligent in looking after all this stuff and I know that somebody out there has all/some of the collection. I used to go up to his last Baypark office after the track closed unless I'm mistaken. Occasionally Denny would wander in and the conversations would be rather, interesting, and expletive-laden!
If anyone can help me to locate this precious resource I would be grateful as I am hoping to document some of NZ's rich history of motorsport into motion picture form.
I can be contacted directly or you can correspond on this forum.
My email is
Cheers everybody,
Murray Maunder
