Event Reports

We gathered at Papakura BP State highway 1, about 20 hardy members, on a coolish morning - Saturday 11th May 2024. Sue handed out the maps, and we were ready [...]

Sunday dawned bright and clear after the previous day of non-stop torrential rain. What a relief and thank goodness! The Mercs and honorary Merc gathered, and some shiny new paint [...]

Piha, an iconic surfing beach on the wild west coast, is a short 50 Km drive from the centre of Auckland City.  Famous for its black sand and Lion Rock, [...]

With memories of Bogkhana 2023 still fresh in our minds, it was with some trepidation that we watched the long range weather reports for Sunday 17th March. But our fears [...]

Congratulations to Colin Carran and Trevor Ninness, winners in the Show & Shine, and to Arthurs Iles, Samantha Lynch and Ken Williams, winners in the Grass Gymkhana. Click on this [...]

Well, it was a bleak Auckland morning when some 17 shiny Mercedes cars, including 9 convertibles, turned up at Lloyd Elsmore park. The park had recently been mowed and was [...]

A day of old cars and even older people. Arriving at 8am to try and greet our Mercedes display cars and give them their show passes, I had a front [...]

Visits to Ryders in Avondale for a roast lunch and movie have featured in the Auckland Mercedes Club events calendar over the years. The site was severely flooded in Anniversary [...]

It was a cool and early start to the day (7:00am) as our club members gathered at the BP Service centre on the Southern Motorway. This was the first event [...]