| Type: | CUST |
| Description: | Race 3, Round 3 of 8 of the 2006 Toyota Racing Series |
| Grand Prix: | New Zealand |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Date: | 16 January, |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Official Name: | LI New Zealand Grand Prix |
| Course: | Permanent racing facility |
| Location: | Teretonga Park, Feilding, New Zealand |
| Course Mi: | 1.59 |
| Course Km: | 2.57 |
| Distance Laps: | 34 |
| Distance Mi: | 54.06 |
| Distance Km: | 87.38 |
| Weather: | Fine |
| Pole Driver: | Jay Howard |
| Pole Team: | Mark Petch Motorsport |
| Pole Time: | 0:55.432 |
| Pole Country: | GBR |
| Fast Driver: | Andy Knight |
| Fast Team: | Knight Motorsport |
| Fast Time: | 1:01.545 |
| Fast Country: | NZL |
| First Driver: | Hamad Al Fardan |
| First Team: | Team Meritus |
| First Country: | BHR |
| Second Driver: | Daniel Gaunt |
| Second Team: | International Motorsport |
| Second Country: | NZL |
| Third Driver: | Brendon Hartley |
| Third Team: | Victory Motorsport |
| Third Country: | NZL |
The 2006 New Zealand Grand Prix was an open wheel racing car race held at Teretonga Park, near Invercargill on 15 January 2006.
It was the fifty first New Zealand Grand Prix and was open to Toyota Racing Series cars (based on international Formula 3 regulations). The event was also the third race of the third round of the 2005–06 Toyota Racing Series.
Results as follows:[1]
| Pos | No | Driver | Car | Laps | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 38 |  Hamad Al Fardan | Team Meritus | 34 | 48min 21.566sec |
| 2 | 47 |  Daniel Gaunt | International Motorsport | 34 | + 1.154 s |
| 3 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Victory Motorsport | 34 | + 1.406 s |
| 4 | 20 | Daynom Templeman | Kiwi American Racing | 34 | + 1.764 s |
| 5 | 5 | Marc Doran | Auto Motion | 34 | + 4.152 s |
| 6 | 87 | Ben Crighton | Ben Crighton Racing | 34 | + 6.446 s |
| 7 | 9 | Matthew Hamilton | Karcher Racing | 34 | + 7.034 s |
| 8 | 15 | Marc Williams | Victory Motorsport | 34 | + 13.975 s |
| 9 | 4 | Andrew Higgins | Motorsport Solutions | 34 | + 14.184 s |
| 10 | 76 | Duane Spurdle | Spurdle Motorsport | 34 | + 18.312 s |
| 11 | 55 | Christina Orr | Mark Petch Motorsport | 34 | + 18.760 s |
| 12 | 66 | Hamish Cross | ESWA Racing | 34 | + 45.230 s |
| 13 | 7 | Ben Harford | Cobra Vehicle Security | 33 | + 1 lap |
| 14 | 48 | Dale Williams | International Motorsport | 33 | + 1 lap |
| Ret | 6 | Jayant Singh | Jayant Singh Motorsport | 15 | Retired |
| Ret | 40 | Mark Munro | Auto Motion | 9 | Retired |
| Ret | 22 |  Jay Howard | Mark Petch Motorsport | 8 | Retired |
| Ret | 70 | Chris van der Drift | International Motorsport | 8 | Retired |
| Ret | 11 | Ken Smith | Ken Smith Racing | 0 | Retired |
| DSQ | 97 | Andy Knight | Knight Motorsport | 34 | Disqualified |
Jay Howard – 0'55.432
Andy Knight – 1'01.545