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| Round 8 of the FIA World Rally Championship 1988 (Drivers' Championship only) | |
| Start: | 9 July 1988 in Auckland |
| Finish: | 12 July 1988 in Auckland |
| Distance: | 1938.33 km including 611.16 km over 39 special stages |
| Special stage surface: | Gravel |
| Participants: | 51 teams at the start, 24 at the finish |
| Final classification | |||||||
| Pos | Nr | Driver | Nation | Car | Group | Pos | Total time |
| Codriver | Nation | Entrant | Class | Pos | Behind winner | ||
| 1 | 3 | Sepp Haider | Aut | Opel Kadett GSI | A | 1 | 7:38.39 |
| Ferdi Hinterleitner | Aut | GM Euro Sport | 7 | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| 2 | 12 | Ray Wilson | Nzl | Mazda 323 4WD | A | 2 | 7:57.16 |
| Stuart Lewis | Nzl | 8 | 1 | 18.37 | |||
| 3 | 11 | Malcolm Stewart | Nzl | Audi Coupé Quattro | A | 3 | 8:02.25 |
| John Kennard | Gbr | 8 | 2 | 23.46 | |||
| 4 | 5 | David Officer | Aus | Mitsubishi Starion Turbo | A | 4 | 8:04.20 |
| Kate Officer | Aus | Ralliart Australia | 8 | 3 | 25.41 | ||
| 5 | 15 | Ross Meekings | Nzl | Toyota Corolla 16V | A | 5 | 8:05.06 |
| Steve March | Nzl | 6 | 1 | 26.27 | |||
| 6 | 29 | Marty Roestenburg | Nzl | Toyota Starlet | A | 6 | 8:21.02 |
| Pat Norris | Nzl | Priority Motorsports Benefits | 5 | 1 | 42.23 | ||
| 7 | 28 | Joe McAndrew | Nzl | Toyota Starlet | A | 7 | 8:29.18 |
| Mike Wilkin | Nzl | 5 | 2 | 50.39 | |||
| 8 | 18 | Tetsuo Sano | Jpn | Toyota Celica GT-Four | A | 8 | 8:29.54 |
| Takeo Henmi | Jpn | 8 | 4 | 51.15 | |||
| 9 | 31 | Dave Strong | Nzl | Daihatsu Charade GTI | N | 1 | 8:38.08 |
| Jeff Grove | Nzl | 3 | 1 | 59.29 | |||
| 10 | 45 | Murray Walker | Nzl | Suzuki Swift GTI | N | 2 | 8:38.35 |
| Neil Harris | Nzl | 1 | 1 | 59.54 | |||
| 11 | 25 | Yasutoshi Kano | Jpn | Mazda 323 4WD | N | 3 | 8:41.43 |
| Norihisa Suzuki | Jpn | 4 | 1 | 1:03.04 | |||
| 12 | 48 | Chris Joblin | Nzl | Suzuki Swift GTI | N | 4 | 8:45.49 |
| Craig Vincent | Nzl | 1 | 2 | 1:07.10 | |||
| 13 | 34 | Hiroshi Nishiyama | Jpn | Mazda 323 4WD | N | 5 | 8:47.45 |
| Hisashi Yamaguchi | Jpn | 4 | 2 | 1:09.06 | |||
| 14 | 30 | Ron Cremen | Aus | Toyota Corolla GT | N | 6 | 8:51.55 |
| Don McDonald | Aus | 2 | 1 | 1:13.16 | |||
| 15 | 22 | Masaki Kawahara | Jpn | Lancia Delta HF 4WD | N | 7 | 8:55.07 |
| Yawara Hirano | Jpn | 4 | 3 | 1:16.28 | |||
| 16 | 43 | Alan Halsall | Nzl | Mitsubishi Lancer | A | 9 | 9:02.22 |
| Clive Partington | Nzl | 6 | 2 | 1:23.43 | |||
| 17 | 37 | Ian Schuler | Nzl | Isuzu Gemini | A | 10 | 9:07.23 |
| Peter McNeil | Nzl | 7 | 2 | 1:28.44 | |||
| 18 | 49 | Richard Coutts | Nzl | Toyota Starlet | A | 11 | 9:12.18 |
| Ron Alexander | Nzl | 5 | 3 | 1:33.39 | |||
| 19 | 19 | Mark Jennings | Nzl | Toyota Celica GT | A | 12 | 9:22.41 |
| Jim Robb | Nzl | Toyota New Zealand | 7 | 3 | 1:44.02 | ||
| 20 | 50 | Dave Seamer | Nzl | Toyota Corolla | A | 13 | 9:26.56 |
| Mike Lea | Nzl | 5 | 4 | 1:48.17 | |||
| 21 | 26 | Graham Coey | Nzl | Mitsubishi Starion Turbo | A | 14 | 9:36.59 |
| Mike Fletcher | Nzl | 8 | 5 | 1:58.20 | |||
| 22 | 40 | Chris Clarke | Nzl | Nissan 1200 Pick-Up | B | 1 | 9:51.28 |
| Graeme Robertson | Nzl | 9 | 1 | 2:12.49 | |||
| 23 | 54 | Tony Leask | Nzl | Toyota Corolla | A | 15 | 10:12.11 |
| Warwick Jonasen | Nzl | 5 | 5 | 2:33.32 | |||
| 24 | 56 | John Coker | Nzl | Škoda 120LS | A | 16 | 10:56.25 |
| Rob Scott | Nzl | 5 | 6 | 3:17.46 | |||
| Retirements | |||||||
| SS | Nr | Driver | Nation | Car | Group | Reason | |
| Codriver | Nation | Entrant | Class | ||||
| R23 | 1 | 'Possum' Bourne | Nzl | Subaru RX Turbo | A | Accident | |
| Rodger Freeth | Nzl | Subaru M.S.G. | 8 | ||||
| R1 | 2 | Jimmy McRae | Gbr | Ford Sierra XR 4x4 | A | Engine | |
| Rob Arthur | Gbr | 8 | |||||
| R22 | 4 | Tony Teesdale | Nzl | Mazda 323 4WD | A | Accident | |
| Greg Horne | Nzl | 8 | |||||
| R17 | 6 | Ken Adamson | Nzl | Toyota Corolla GT | A | Accident | |
| Greg Adamson | Nzl | Ubix Copiers New Zealand | 6 | ||||
| R3 | 7 | Kenjiro Shinozuka | Jpn | Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 | A | Gearbox | |
| Fred Gocentas | Aus | Team Mitsubishi Oil Ralliart | 8 | ||||
| R29 | 8 | Neil Allport | Nzl | Mazda 323 4WD | A | Engine | |
| Bob Haldane | Nzl | 8 | |||||
| R15 | 9 | Simon Stubbings | Gbr | Mazda 323 4WD | A | Engine | |
| Steve Turvey | Gbr | Rally Sport Team | 8 | ||||
| R | 10 | Brian Stokes | Nzl | Ford Sierra XR 4x4 | A | Engine | |
| Geoff Adams | Nzl | 8 | |||||
| R | 14 | Paddy Davidson | Nzl | Nissan 200SX | A | Steering | |
| Mike Carmichael | Nzl | Nissan New Zealand | 8 | ||||
| R | 21 | Simon Davies | Nzl | Subaru RX Turbo | A | Accident | |
| Jeff Judd | Nzl | 8 | |||||