Auckland Reactor's final targets for the season were the major 4-year-old races in New Zealand. He won the first of those races, the Noel J Taylor Memorial Mile at Alexandra Park on 24 April, putting his unsuccessful Australian campaign behind him. He followed that win up with a victory in the New Zealand Messenger Championship at Alexandra Park; however, he was tiring over the final stages and his winning margin closed to a neck. His final target for the season was the 4-Year-Old Emerald at the Harness Jewels raceday at Ashburton where he was looking to make up for missing the 3-year-old version of the race. After getting an easy lead, he sprinted home in an outstanding last 400m time of 25.4 seconds to win by 3 lengths. His time for the mile distance of 1:53.8 was just outside his New Zealand record; however, that record was bettered in two races on Harness Jewels day.
