We always get a great atmosphere, and a wide range of interesting machines – with upwards of 700 cars often attending.

From JDM to European, USA to Australian, we love all types at our events.

It’s our goal to bring car enthusiasts from multiple generations together, to celebrate this hobby we share, and appreciate each other’s passion for anything on 4 wheels!

NEXT EVENT: AUGUST 16TH 2026

  • CARS & CANS
    SOUTH ISLAND

    ROTATIONALS CAR MEETS ARE COMING TO THE SOUTH ISLAND!

    Here’s what’s happening:

    the next massive, all-out Rotationals car meet and Show and Shine is coming to the Canterbury area soon (Sunday August 16th, 2026), and to kick off our South Island mission, we’ve secured a great venue that might be familiar to many of you! You can thank the MK4 House South Island Supra Club for helping to bring us down here, and collaborating on this event with us…

    In the North Island we usually gather 800+ cars together, but since this is our first event down South, Better Half Kitchen in Leithfield, Canterbury will be the perfect place to help introduce Rotationals events. We’ll be able to fit 300-400 cars on the day, so you’d better get in quick before it fills up…

    Like our other Cars and Cans events, the mission of this wholesome, casual Show and Shine car meet is to gather food for the local Christchurch Salvation Army food bank. We can come together to have a great day out, enjoy being lucky enough to drive our nice cars, and while we’re at it, manage to directly help the people out there that aren’t as lucky as us at the moment. So please bring a can, some rice, or any other supplies that you can donate!

    ENTRY:

    Running events like this costs us money, and we need to fund better events in the future - so we’re asking just $10 per CAR for this event. Note, that’s ONLY per car, not per person. Spectators are free, but please consider donating some food!

    If we bring in our usual numbers of cars, we should be able to cover it alright. We’ve done over 20 free events for the community now, so we hope you guys will jump on board with us for this!

    Plus, any surplus from that goes into the resources needed to make future events bigger and better.

    Once you’ve paid your $10 car entry, all you need to do is donate a decent can of food, a bag of dry rice, dry pasta, or other non-perishable food.

    If you’re spectating, while you don’t have to, please consider contributing something even if it’s small!

    Times are tough for some of our fellow Kiwis out there, so this is a hugely effective way to help people directly. It’s ALSO a great way to show NZ that this side of the car community does good for the world.

    We welcome cool cars from all backgrounds - JDM, USA, Euro, new, old, ancient, stock, modified etc. If car enthusiasts will get a kick out of seeing your car, bring it along!

    Bowden's Own Show & Shine

    There will be an automatic entry Show and Shine sponsored by Bowden's Own NZ, with $500 worth of detailing prizes up for grabs!

    Any car that comes along is entered, as we find finalists through photo after the event.

    Finalists will be chosen and hosted on @Rotationals our Instagram story, with our audience voting for the top car in each category:

    - Best USA/Aus
    - Best Euro
    - Best JDM
    - Best Rotary
    - Best FWD
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Previous events

  • Rotationals: Cars and Cans

    More than 800 cars came together at the Kumeū Showgrounds, helping us achieve something incredible: the largest single food donation ever made to the local Salvation Army team. Together, we donated 1,423 kg of food, with an estimated value of $14,000.

    Photos 

  • Rotationals X Repco: I Am Hope Meet 2023

    We worked with Repco and Auckland Stadiums to absolutely fill Mt Smart Stadium, and with the help of our attendees, raise $5,960 for the I Am Hope Mental Health Support Charity.

    Photos