In brief

628 (-30) people registered for parkrun this week

456 (-28) completed their first parkrun this week

1119 (-278) achieved personal bests this week

61 (-17) volunteered for the first time this week

The average finish time in New Zealand remains 32:48.

Milestones

13 parkrunners joined the J10 club

93 parkrunners joined the 25 club

32 parkrunners joined the 50 club

23 parkrunners joined the 100 club:

• Barry Curtis: Vicky Borthwick

• Broad Park: Paul Crisp

• Cornwall Park: Anisa Aubin, Prue Barker

• East End: Andrea Randall, Greg Hymers

• Gordon Spratt Reserve: Marc Zeller

• Hagley: Ann Thorp

• Hamilton Lake: Helen Moore, Paul Smith

• Hobsonville Point: Alan Court

• Kapiti Coast: Pat Taylor

• Lower Hutt: Bruce Roberts, Fergus Robinson, Jamie Robinson, Phoebe Chan

• Owairaka: Monique Dean

• Palmerston North: Bronwyn Hodds

• Puarenga: Malcolm McHale, Sofia Chapman

• Waitangi: Rob Barton-Howes

• Western Springs: Merinda Bruce

• Whangarei: Nicholas Catto

9 parkrunners joined the 250 club:

• Blenheim: Georgina Walton

• Cambridge NZ: Joanne James, Louise Mac

• Dunedin: Ann-Marie Kelly

• Flaxmere: Nikola King

• Gisborne: Bev Taylor

• Hamilton Lake: Stephen Holwill

• Taupō: Laura Hilton

• Western Springs: Dhairesh Patel

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

Volunteer Milestones

v10: Madison Sefont (Millwater), Jacob Robertson, Kai Hurst, Reed Parry (Moana Point Reserve), Charlie Edwards (Palmerston North)

v25: Jill Wilson (Cambridge NZ), Vanna Buchan (Cornwall Park), Christopher Sandiford (Invercargill), Jake Roos (Kapiti Coast), Elise Laurenson (Lower Hutt), Heather McNabb (Neale Park), Renee Minchin (Pegasus), Helen MacDonald (Riverlution), Alan Salter (South End Reserve), Jan Flett (Whangarei)

v50: Dominic Dumee, Wendy Dumee (Gordon Spratt Reserve), Jonathan Scott (Hagley), Sharon Dawe (Halswell Quarry), Shona Jones (Lower Hutt), Raymond Teahan (Ōroua River Walkway), Bernie Brown (Otago Central Rail Trail), Michie Turner (Tauranga)

v100: Peter Edmead (Anderson), Justine Esposito (Puarenga)

v250: Nikola King (Flaxmere)

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

If you’re registered to an overseas parkrun but you reside and run in New Zealand and you achieve a milestone please let me know.

Attendance

Biggest New Zealand parkruns: Waitangi (409), Invercargill (415), Hagley (633).

Smallest NZ parkruns: Hamilton Park (22), South End Reserve (19), East Otago High School (10).

Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:

31 parkruns had higher attendance

43 parkruns had lower attendance

Whakatane Garden parkrun recorded the same attendance as the week prior with 74.

The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Pegaus with a change of 236 (500th event).

The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Pegasus with a change of 141%.

The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Whangarei with a change of -129.

The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Whangarei with a change of -54%.

See end of stats for attendances for all parkruns.

Attendance Records

Invercargill - 415 (previous record 365, set February 1, 2025)

NZ Anniversaries

0

Cancellations

0

Future cancellations

September 26: Whangarei - venue unavailable

October 10: Morrinsville Recreation Ground - venue unavailable

October 17: Caroline Bay - venue unavailable

October 31: Otago Central Rail Trail - venue unavailable

November 7: Waitangi - venue unavailable

November 14: Queenstown - venue unavailable

Averages

The average parkrun attendance this week was 135 (75 events).

In 2025 the average was 140(63 events).

In 2024 the average was 130 (51 events).

As this was the fifth Saturday in August I have no previous data to compare.

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If you’re not in the consolidated club results and you would like to be, log in to your parkrun profile and add Runs With A Barcode to your parkrun groups (you can belong to five).

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Attendances

Anderson 288

Ara Harakeke 103

Ashburton Domain 96

Balclutha 33

Barry Curtis 152

Blenheim 104

Broad Park 115

Cambridge NZ 117

Caroline Bay 199

Cornwall Park 153

Dunedin 256

East End 159

East Otago High School 10

Flaxmere 95

Foster 174

Gisborne 122

Gordon Carmichael Reserve 100

Gordon Spratt Reserve 102

Greytown Woodside Trail 54

Hagley 633

Halswell Quarry 118

Hamilton Lake 278

Hamilton Park 22

Hanmer Forest 38

Henley Lake 86

Hobsonville Point 207

Invercargill 415

Kapiti Coast 137

Karamu Stream 56

Lake Dunstan 63

Lake2Lake Trail 27

Lost Lagoon 24

Lower Hutt 273

Mandeville 55

Mangawhero River Walk, Ohakune 45

Māngere Bridge 130

Millwater 199

Moana Point Reserve 31

Morrinsville Recreation Ground 58

Motueka Beach Reserve 71

Neale Park 175

Northern Pathway 69

Ōamaru Public Gardens 117

Ōpaheke Park 28

Ōrākei Bay 168

Ōroua River Walkway 41

Otago Central Rail Trail, Alexandra 62

Ōtaki River 67

Owairaka 171

Palmerston North 368

Parrs Park 81

Pegasus 403

Porirua 135

Puarenga 154

Queenstown 128

Raumanga Stream 42

Riverlution 286

Russell Park 77

Scarborough 191

Sherwood Reserve 97

South End Reserve 19

Southern Path 88

Taupō 155

Tauranga 129

Te Awa 58

Trentham Memorial 179

Tuff Crater Reserve 86

University of Waikato 107

Waitangi 409

Wanaka 105

Warkworth Showgrounds 42

Western Springs 174

Whakatane Gardens 74

Whanganui Riverbank 122

Whangarei 111

In brief

658 (+93) people registered for parkrun this week

484 (+72) completed their first parkrun this week

1397 (+289) achieved personal bests this week

78 (+63) volunteered for the first time this week

The average finish time in New Zealand remains 32:48.

Milestones

14 parkrunners joined the J10 club

83 parkrunners joined the 25 club

51 parkrunners joined the 50 club

26 parkrunners joined the 100 club:

• Anderson: Lindsay Da Silva, Margie Paul

• Ashburton Domain: Tineke Taylor

• Broad Park: Carolyn Churchill, Steve Motley

• Cambridge NZ: Krishna Chatterjee

• Cornwall Park: Sarah Thom

• East End: Ali Stark, Shanon Stallard

• Hagley: Lucas De Groot-Tsuji

• Hamilton Lake: Jenna Orchard, Rachel Foote, Tamara Barrowcliffe

• Hobsonville Point: Neil Orton

• Lake2Lake Trail: Hunter Grieve

• Millwater: Matt Daly

• Ōrākei Bay: Joe Li, Mackenzie Freeman

• Palmerston North: Lorraine Edgar

• Pegasus: Brent Pulley

• Scarborough: Steven McEwan

• Tauranga: Bonny Dalton, Eva Wilson, Scott Muspratt

• Wanaka: Hilary Strang, Karen Dorrian

4 parkrunners joined the 250 club:

• Foster: Nancy Dimmock

• Hagley: Tony Milne

• Hamilton Lake: Greg Hill

• Western Springs: David Zussman

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

Volunteer Milestones

v10: Emma Sun (Cornwall Park), Elise Dury (Gordon Carmichael Reserve), Dylan Sun (Northern Pathway), Oliver Gordon (Ōrākei Bay), Francie Denley (Otago Central Rail Train), Sophie Anderson (Whanganui Riverbank)

v25: Alistair McGaughran, David McWhinnie (Dunedin), Coralie Maddern (East End), Greg Toatoa (Flaxmere), Steve Trim (Gordon Spratt Reserve), Patrick Ams (Halswell Quarry), Theresa Pooley (Hamilton Lake), Simon Jones (Ōrākei Bay), Monique Dean (Owairaka), Annie Smith (Riverlution), Leeann Tombling, Ryan Tombling (Wanaka), Barry Savage (Western Springs)

v50: Trees Hurring (Dunedin), Coco Lencse (Hobsonville Point), Liz Bennett (Te Awa), Brian Barach (Whangarei)

v100: Alanna Cain (Barry Curtis), Rachel Monk (Broad Park), Carleen Gibbons (New Plymouth), Robyn Lovewell (Greytown Woodside Trail), Gary Crilley (Kapiti Coast), Mackenzie Freeman (Ōrākei Bay)

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

If you’re registered to an overseas parkrun but you reside and run in New Zealand and you achieve a milestone please let me know.

Attendance

Biggest New Zealand parkruns: Dunedin (321), Waitangi (376) Hagley (622).

Smallest NZ parkruns: Moana Point Reserve (26), East Otago High School (17), South End Reserve (14).

Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:

44 parkruns had higher attendance

31 parkruns had lower attendance

The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Anderson with a change of 125.

The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Russell Park with a change of 115%.

The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Owairaka with a change of -42.

The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Raumanga Stream with a change of -33%.

See end of stats for attendances for all parkruns.

Attendance Records

0

NZ Anniversaries

Morrinsville Recreation Ground - 2

Lake2Lake Trail - 4

Cancellations

0

Future cancellations

September 26: Whangarei - venue unavailable

October 10: Morrinsville Recreation Ground - venue unavailable

October 17: Caroline Bay - venue unavailable

October 31: Otago Central Rail Trail - venue unavailable

November 7: Waitangi - venue unavailable

Averages

The average parkrun attendance this week was 142 (75 events).

In 2025 the average was 137(63 events).

In 2024 the average was 121 (50 events).

In 2023 the average was 105 (42 events).

In 2022 the average was 86 (38 events).

In 2021 there was no parkrun

In 2020 there was no parkrun

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If you’re not in the consolidated club results and you would like to be, log in to your parkrun profile and add Runs With A Barcode to your parkrun groups (you can belong to five).

For more stats click here. These include most events and age grade records. They’re supplied by a third party so may require checking at a later date.

You can join the facebook group here.

Attendances

Anderson 258

Ara Harakeke 76

Ashburton Domain 94

Balclutha 38

Barry Curtis 270

Blenheim 97

Broad Park 149

Cambridge NZ 100

Caroline Bay 181

Cornwall Park 230

Dunedin 321

East End 137

East Otago High School 17

Flaxmere 82

Foster 184

Gisborne 123

Gordon Carmichael Reserve 108

Gordon Spratt Reserve 152

Greytown Woodside Trail 58

Hagley 622

Halswell Quarry 114

Hamilton Lake 301

Hamilton Park 45

Hanmer Forest 51

Henley Lake 78

Hobsonville Point 297

Invercargill 291

Kapiti Coast 128

Karamu Stream 47

Lake Dunstan 58

Lake2Lake Trail 28

Lost Lagoon 28

Lower Hutt 246

Mandeville 47

Mangawhero River Walk, Ohakune 35

Māngere Bridge 188

Millwater 290

Moana Point Reserve 26

Morrinsville Recreation Ground 84

Motueka Beach Reserve 65

Neale Park 152

Northern Pathway 101

Ōamaru Public Gardens 122

Ōpaheke Park 44

Ōrākei Bay 222

Ōroua River Walkway 40

Otago Central Rail Trail, Alexandra 59

Ōtaki River 50

Owairaka 213

Palmerston North 298

Parrs Park 85

Pegasus 167

Porirua 137

Puarenga 166

Queenstown 158

Raumanga Stream 59

Riverlution 260

Russell Park 73

Scarborough 177

Sherwood Reserve 101

South End Reserve 14

Southern Path 98

Taupō 166

Tauranga 217

Te Awa 64

Trentham Memorial 193

Tuff Crater Reserve 89

University of Waikato 133

Waitangi 376

Wanaka 150

Warkworth Showgrounds 57

Western Springs 211

Whakatane Gardens 74

Whanganui Riverbank 124

Whangarei 240

In brief

565 (-10) people registered for parkrun this week

412 (+4) completed their first parkrun this week

1108 (-255) achieved personal bests this week

15 (-47) volunteered for the first time this week

The average finish time in New Zealand increased to 32:48.

Milestones

24 parkrunners joined the J10 club

94 parkrunners joined the 25 club

44 parkrunners joined the 50 club

24 parkrunners joined the 100 club:

• Anderson: Sunny Paul

• Ashburton Domain: Jean Butt

• Barry Curtis: Levi Croucher

• Cornwall Park: Steven Rostron

• Foster: Janene Prendergast, Ritchie Thompson

• Halswell Quarry: Erin Matthews

• Hamilton Lake: Tony Lawrence

• Hobsonville Point: Faye Vedder

• Lower Hutt: Penne Durdle, Philip Beeby

• Millwater: Anel Difford

• Ōrākei Bay: Marlen Cabraal, Simon Jones

• Palmerston North: Kayley Hathaway, Matt Herbert, Susan Evans, Tyson Stretch

• Russell Park: Matt McGrath

• Scarborough: Gavin Bailey

• Sherwood Reserve: Nathalie Holz

• Tauranga: Erin McKerrow

• Western Springs: Anil Patel, Ann-Marie Molloy

1 parkrunner joined the 250 club:

• Hamilton Lake: Justin Vodane

1 parkrunner joined the 500 club:

• Ara Harakeke: Jocelyn Syme

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

Volunteer Milestones

v10: George Leys (Tuff Crater Reserve)

v25: Darcy Mellsop (Ara Harakeke), Paola Van Kooten (East End), Dawnie O’Dea (Flaxmere), Eileen Beattie, Gillian MacDougall (Motueka Beach Reserve), Dianne McArdle (Owairaka), Mike Gibson (Pegasus), Peter Caudwell (Puarenga), Wayne Botha (Sherwood Reserve), Julie Cresswell (Taupō), Sarah McLaughlin (Western Springs), Brian Campkin (Whangarei)

v50: Andrew Barron, Christine Welch, Vanessa Waller (Caroline Bay), Paul Anderson (Dunedin), Gillian Hayward (Gordon Spratt Reserve), Daniel Eastough (Halswell Quarry), Linda Paulsen (Moana Point Reserve), Mark Wasley (Ōroua River Walkway), Margaret Stuart (Palmerston North), Jeremy Kiesanowski (Riverlution)

v100: Bernie Allen (Gordon Carmichael Reserve), Julie Sullivan (Russell Park), Nathalie Holz

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

If you’re registered to an overseas parkrun but you reside and run in New Zealand and you achieve a milestone please let me know.

Attendance

Biggest New Zealand parkruns: Hamilton Lake (326), Waitangi (393) Hagley (583).

Smallest NZ parkruns: Mangawhero River Walk (22), Lake2Lake Trail (19), East Otago High School and South End Reserve(12).

Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:

40 parkruns had higher attendance

33 parkruns had lower attendance

The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Scarborough with a change of 67.

The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Morrinsville Recreation Ground with a change of 102%.

The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Anderson with a change of -56.

The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Russell Park with a change of -40%.

See end of stats for attendances for all parkruns.

Attendance Records

0

NZ Anniversaries

0

Cancellations

0

Future cancellations

September 26: Whangarei - venue unavailable

October 10: Morrinsville Recreation Ground - venue unavailable

October 17: Caroline Bay - venue unavailable

October 31: Otago Central Rail Trail - venue unavailable

November 7: Waitangi - venue unavailable

Averages

The average parkrun attendance this week was 134 (75 events).

In 2025 the average was 140 (63 events).

In 2024 the average was 128 (50 events).

In 2023 the average was 113 (42 events).

In 2022 the average was 84 (33 events).

In 2021 there was no parkrun

In 2020 there was no parkrun

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If you’re not in the consolidated club results and you would like to be, log in to your parkrun profile and add Runs With A Barcode to your parkrun groups (you can belong to five).

For more stats click here. These include most events and age grade records. They’re supplied by a third party so may require checking at a later date.

You can join the facebook group here.

Attendances

Anderson 133

Ara Harakeke 73

Ashburton Domain 75

Balclutha 23

Barry Curtis 227

Blenheim 103

Broad Park 111

Cambridge NZ 99

Caroline Bay 161

Cornwall Park 235

Dunedin 216

East End 176

East Otago High School 12

Flaxmere 65

Foster 166

Gisborne 67

Gordon Carmichael Reserve 111

Gordon Spratt Reserve 126

Greytown Woodside Trail 40

Hagley 583

Halswell Quarry 103

Hamilton Lake 326

Hamilton Park 23

Hanmer Forest 32

Henley Lake 65

Hobsonville Point 318

Invercargill 214

Kapiti Coast 162

Karamu Stream 24

Lake Dunstan 66

Lake2Lake Trail 19

Lost Lagoon 26

Lower Hutt 249

Mandeville 44

Mangawhero River Walk, Ohakune 22

Māngere Bridge 183

Millwater 308

Moana Point Reserve 23

Morrinsville Recreation Ground 93

Motueka Beach Reserve 66

Neale Park 163

Northern Pathway 73

Ōamaru Public Gardens 119

Ōpaheke Park 41

Ōrākei Bay 252

Ōroua River Walkway 50

Otago Central Rail Trail, Alexandra 63

Ōtaki River 62

Owairaka 255

Palmerston North 307

Parrs Park 118

Pegasus 152

Porirua 142

Puarenga 176

Queenstown 147

Raumanga Stream 89

Riverlution 248

Russell Park 34

Scarborough 214

Sherwood Reserve 110

South End Reserve 12

Southern Path 126

Taupō 126

Tauranga 165

Te Awa 61

Trentham Memorial 153

Tuff Crater Reserve 105

University of Waikato 142

Waitangi 393

Wanaka 114

Warkworth Showgrounds 53

Western Springs 231

Whakatane Gardens 82

Whanganui Riverbank 123

Whangarei 210

In brief

575 548 (+37) people registered for parkrun this week

408 383 (+102) completed their first parkrun this week

1363 1117 (+156) achieved personal bests this week

62 (-50) volunteered for the first time this week

The average finish time in New Zealand remains 32:47.

Milestones

22 parkrunners joined the J10 club

83 parkrunners joined the 25 club

43 parkrunners joined the 50 club

17 parkrunners joined the 100 club:

• Ara Harakeke: Ciara Tonkin

• Barry Curtis: Ben Glenn Campbell, Nathanael Sterling

• Broad Park: Curtis Trillo, Nicola Trillo

• Foster: Tinus Huyser

• Hagley: James Hepburn

• Hamilton Lake: Gideon Adams

• Lower Hutt: Andrew Lyashenko

• Palmerston North: Steve Outram

• Pegasus: Corey Cahill

• Russell Park: Val Toft

• Taupō: Shelley Clark

• Trentham Memorial: Rodney Ramsay

• Waitangi: Andy Aldridge

• Western Springs: George Crosby

• Whanganui Riverbank: Greg Gray

5 parkrunners joined the 250 club:

• Cornwall Park: Sam Turner

• Dunedin: Azriel Gray

• Foster: Blaine Morch, Marion Morch

• Hobsonville Point: Jay Trim

• Kapiti Coast: Arend Lanser

• Millwater: Ian McHale

• Pegasus: Tania Bailey

• Riverlution: Janice Brorens

• Whanganui Riverbank: David Mellsop

1 parkrunner joined the 500 club:

• Hamilton Lake: Hayley Robinson

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

Volunteer Milestones

v10: Grigorii Ionin, Jacob Wu (Barry Curtis), Ethan Jackson (Millwater), Alexa Jordan (Ōrākei Bay), George Leys (Tuff Crater), Joanna Blankenstein (Whangarei)

v25: Dennis Salisbury, Phil Whyman (Anderson), Tam Grant (Ashburton Domain), Dee Carmichael (East Otago High School), Jo Chivers (Gisborne), Mike Johnson (Hagley), Wendy Shaw (Invercargill), Samuel Jeffries (Lost Lagoon), Anne Taylor (Lower Hutt), Nigel Harris (Mangawhero River Walk), Freya Light, Lesley Stevens (Neale Park), Delwyn Unwin (Palmerston North), Tony Tinworth (Taupō)

v50: Kellie Young (Gisborne), Helen Davies (Millwater), Karen Crean (Riverlution), Gavin Craw (Wanaka)

v250: Nuria McLeod (Millwater)

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

If you’re registered to an overseas parkrun but you reside and run in New Zealand and you achieve a milestone please let me know.

Attendance

Biggest New Zealand parkruns: Hobsonville Point (292), Waitangi (339) Hagley (526).

Smallest NZ parkruns: South End Reserve and Mangawhero River Walk (18), Lost Lagoon (14), East Otago High School (13).

Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:

42 parkruns had higher attendance

29 parkruns had lower attendance

Trentham Memorial recorded the same attendance as the week prior with 157.

The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Hagley with a change of 206.

The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Riverlution with a change of 163%.

The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Invercargill with a change of -53.

The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Mangawhero River Walk with a change of -51%.

See end of stats for attendances for all parkruns.

Attendance Records

0

NZ Anniversaries

0

Cancellations

Lake2Lake Trail, Puarenga - venue unavailable

Future cancellations

October 10: Morrinsville Recreation Ground - venue unavailable

October 17: Caroline Bay - venue unavailable

October 31: Otago Central Rail Trail - venue unavailable

Averages

The average parkrun attendance this week was 128 (73 events).

In 2025 the average was 106 (63 events).

In 2024 the average was 126 (50 events).

In 2023 the average was 105 (42 events).

In 2022 the average was 86 (37 events).

In 2021 the average was 101 (34 events).

In 2020 the average was 107 (30 events)

See the Runs With a Barcode consolidated club report here.

If you’re not in the consolidated club results and you would like to be, log in to your parkrun profile and add Runs With A Barcode to your parkrun groups (you can belong to five).

For more stats click here. These include most events and age grade records. They’re supplied by a third party so may require checking at a later date.

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Attendances

Anderson 189

Ara Harakeke 67

Ashburton Domain 78

Balclutha 26

Barry Curtis 279

Blenheim 102

Broad Park 94

Cambridge NZ 105

Caroline Bay 130

Cornwall Park 257

Dunedin 237

East End 131

East Otago High School 13

Flaxmere 77

Foster 175

Gisborne 99

Gordon Carmichael Reserve 129

Gordon Spratt Reserve 124

Greytown Woodside Trail 43

Hagley 526

Halswell Quarry 91

Hamilton Lake 281

Hamilton Park 33

Hanmer Forest 36

Henley Lake 76

Hobsonville Point 292

Invercargill 198

Kapiti Coast 114

Karamu Stream 28

Lake Dunstan 42

Lake2Lake Trail 0

Lost Lagoon 14

Lower Hutt 220

Mandeville 34

Mangawhero River Walk, Ohakune 18

Māngere Bridge 162

Millwater 285

Moana Point Reserve 24

Morrinsville Recreation Ground 46

Motueka Beach Reserve 63

Neale Park 131

Northern Pathway 83

Ōamaru Public Gardens 117

Ōpaheke Park 52

Ōrākei Bay 245

Ōroua River Walkway 38

Otago Central Rail Trail, Alexandra 54

Ōtaki River 67

Owairaka 232

Palmerston North 287

Parrs Park 83

Pegasus 128

Porirua 98

Puarenga 0

Queenstown 150

Raumanga Stream 67

Riverlution 279

Russell Park 57

Scarborough 147

Sherwood Reserve 103

South End Reserve 18

Southern Path 84

Taupō 135

Tauranga 177

Te Awa 69

Trentham Memorial 157

Tuff Crater Reserve 79

University of Waikato 104

Waitangi 339

Wanaka 119

Warkworth Showgrounds 57

Western Springs 229

Whakatane Gardens 70

Whanganui Riverbank 130

Whangarei 219

In brief

548 (+37) people registered for parkrun this week

383 (+102) completed their first parkrun this week

1117 (+156) achieved personal bests this week

112 (+40) volunteered for the first time this week

The average finish time in New Zealand remains 32:47.

Milestones

19 parkrunners joined the J10 club

61 parkrunners joined the 25 club

45 parkrunners joined the 50 club

17 parkrunners joined the 100 club:

• Anderson: Aiden Michael Ellmers

• Barry Curtis: Jasmine Ye

• Blenheim: Warren Hall

• Hagley: Nicky Turner

• Hobsonville Point: Connie Dunbar

• Invercargill: Sally Dobbs

• Northern Pathway: Mingli Chen

• Ōrākei Bay: Tim Mitchell

• Palmerston North: Rod Kyle, Steve Ackerman

• Pegasus: Brendon Sandrey

• Puarenga: Callum Walsh, Miles Mansell, Rob Lang

• Russell Park: Barry Ellmers

• Trentham Memorial: Emily Gias-Weallans, Jonathan Douche

5 parkrunners joined the 250 club:

• Cornwall Park: Gavin Stevens

• Māngere Bridge: Kelvin King

• Millwater: Paul Yau

• Scarborough: Tony Boon

• Tauranga: Jo Buchanan

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

Volunteer Milestones

v10: Abigail Conradie (Otago Central Rail Trail)

v25: Jan Robinson, Jill Rogerson (Hagley), Amelia Furniss (Morrinsville Recreation Ground), Judi Jones (Northern Pathway), Peter Clausen (Palmerston North), Marie Parker (Southern Path), Jen Tyson (Trentham Memorial), Kathryn Stewart, Paul Webster (Whanganui Riverbank), Sheryl Riceman (Whangarei)

v50: Jocelyn Fountain (Kapiti Coast), Carole Wright, Penne Durdle (Lower Hutt), Alastair Fear (Millwater), Carol Thomson (Scarborough), Sam Jenson (Waitangi), Phoebe Crawford (Whakatane Gardens)

v100: Tim Watt (East End), Geoffrey Cullen (Mangawhero River Walk), Ryan Clapham (Millwater), Nanette Patrick (Scarborough)

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

If you’re registered to an overseas parkrun but you reside and run in New Zealand and you achieve a milestone please let me know.

Attendance

Biggest New Zealand parkruns:Cornwall Park (284), Hagley (320), Waitangi (334).

Smallest NZ parkruns: Moana Point Reserve (21), Lake2Lake Trail (19), East Otago High School (8).

Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:

49 parkruns had higher attendance

23 parkruns had lower attendance

Queenstown recorded the same attendance as the week prior with 117.

The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Hobsonville Point with a change of 111.

The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Ashburton Domain with a change of 171%.

The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Riverlution with a change of -58.

The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was East Otago High School with a change of -47%.

See end of stats for attendances for all parkruns.

Attendance Records

0

NZ Anniversaries

Ashburton Domain - 2

Cancellations

Taupō - venue unavailable

Future cancellations

August 8: Lake2Lake Trail, Puarenga - venue unavailable

October 10: Morrinsville Recreation Ground - venue unavailable

October 17: Caroline Bay - venue unavailable

October 31: Otago Central Rail Trail - venue unavailable

Averages

The average parkrun attendance this week was 121 (73 events).

In 2025 the average was 128 (61 events).

In 2024 the average was 119 (49 events).

In 2023 the average was 107 (41 events).

In 2022 the average was 80 (37 events).

In 2021 the average was 93 (34 events).

In 2020 the average was 116 (30 events)

See the Runs With a Barcode consolidated club report here.

If you’re not in the consolidated club results and you would like to be, log in to your parkrun profile and add Runs With A Barcode to your parkrun groups (you can belong to five).

For more stats click here. These include most events and age grade records. They’re supplied by a third party so may require checking at a later date.

You can join the facebook group here.

Attendances

Anderson 202

Ara Harakeke 61

Ashburton Domain 95

Balclutha 28

Barry Curtis 244

Blenheim 101

Broad Park 68

Cambridge NZ 98

Caroline Bay 147

Cornwall Park 284

Dunedin 205

East End 133

East Otago High School 8

Flaxmere 65

Foster 125

Gisborne 122

Gordon Carmichael Reserve 105

Gordon Spratt Reserve 147

Greytown Woodside Trail 37

Hagley 320

Halswell Quarry 60

Hamilton Lake 267

Hamilton Park 22

Hanmer Forest 41

Henley Lake 56

Hobsonville Point 280

Invercargill 251

Kapiti Coast 100

Karamu Stream 40

Lake Dunstan 49

Lake2Lake Trail 19

Lost Lagoon 27

Lower Hutt 209

Mandeville 27

Mangawhero River Walk, Ohakune 37

Māngere Bridge 170

Millwater 284

Moana Point Reserve 21

Morrinsville Recreation Ground 57

Motueka Beach Reserve 75

Neale Park 127

Northern Pathway 90

Ōamaru Public Gardens 84

Ōpaheke Park 41

Ōrākei Bay 232

Ōroua River Walkway 30

Otago Central Rail Trail, Alexandra 58

Ōtaki River 55

Owairaka 225

Palmerston North 268

Parrs Park 128

Pegasus 108

Porirua 144

Puarenga 166

Queenstown 117

Raumanga Stream 70

Riverlution 106

Russell Park 46

Scarborough 99

Sherwood Reserve 127

South End Reserve - (no results published at time of publication)

Southern Path 77

Taupō 0

Tauranga 189

Te Awa 53

Trentham Memorial 157

Tuff Crater Reserve 124

University of Waikato 118

Waitangi 334

Wanaka 93

Warkworth Showgrounds 50

Western Springs 258

Whakatane Gardens 72

Whanganui Riverbank 91

Whangarei 255

In brief

511 (-230) people registered for parkrun this week

281 (-294) completed their first parkrun this week

961 (-509) achieved personal bests this week

72 (+8) volunteered for the first time this week

The average finish time in New Zealand remains 32:47.

Milestones

21 parkrunners joined the J10 club

65 parkrunners joined the 25 club

38 parkrunners joined the 50 club

23 parkrunners joined the 100 club:

• Anderson: Cliff Fellingham, Diane Bell, Paul Hodgkinson, Zenith Gillespie

• Ara Harakeke: Josh Cadney-Tribe

• Barry Curtis: Sheila Meissenheimer

• Blenheim: Sarah Clark

• Dunedin: Jeroen Hoexum, Lin Moir

• Hagley: Hans Lutters, Rochelle Everest

• Hobsonville Point: Craig Fausett, Heather Gallagher

• Millwater: Rachel Leverson

• Pegasus: Laura Baker

• Puarenga: Jarvis Mansell

• Russell Park: Truus Munro

• Taupō: Mattheus Haver

• University of Waikato: Roderick Young

• Whanganui Riverbank: Craig Harris

• Whangarei: Cathy Johnson, Denise Sutherland, Kim Causley

2 parkrunners joined the 250 club:

• Barry Curtis: Maninder Malhi

• Greytown Woodside Trail: Brent Register

1 parkrunner joined the 500 club:

• Millwater: Gary Kelly

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

Volunteer Milestones

v10: Alex Horner (Ōrākei Bay), Kevin Chen (University of Waikato)

v25: Michael Gordon-Brown (Ara Harakeke), Robert Tomlinson (Flaxmere), Bob Hastie (Foster), Carleen Craig (Māngere Bridge), Cheng-Yueh Liu (Ōrākei Bay), Chloe Harrison, Ethan Harwood (Riverlution), Jas Josland (Scarborough)

v50: Barry Welch, Julian Waller (Caroline Bay), Alaina Beattie (Cornwall Park), Deborah Riley (East End), Sue Langley (Hamilton Lake), Louise Porter (Invercargill), Annette Hanley (Palmerston North), Louise Sissons (Pegasus), Meiha Keepa (South End Reserve), Summer Edwards (Trentham Memorial), Craig Harris (Whanganui Riverbank)

v100: Philip Sharp (Hobsonville Point), Cheryl Dahms, Margaret Johnstone (Invercargill)

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

If you’re registered to an overseas parkrun but you reside and run in New Zealand and you achieve a milestone please let me know.

Attendance

Biggest New Zealand parkruns: Dunedin (257), Hagley (301), Waitangi (346).

Smallest NZ parkruns: Mandeville and Moana Point Reserve (17), Balclutha (16), East Otago High School (15).

Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:

5 parkruns had higher attendance

67 parkruns had lower attendance

Caroline Bay, Lost Lagoon and East Otago High School recorded the same attendance as the week prior with 145, 23 and 15 respectively.

The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Otago Central Rail Trail with a change of 29.

The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Otago Central Rail Trail with a change of 51%.

The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Hagley with a change of -320.

The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Foster with a change of -69%.

See end of stats for attendances for all parkruns.

Attendance Records

0

NZ Anniversaries

Cornwall Park - 14

Cancellations

0

Future cancellations

August 1: Taupō - venue unavailable

August 8: Lake2Lake Trail - venue unavailable

October 10: Morrinsville Recreation Ground - venue unavailable

October 17: Caroline Bay - venue unavailable

October 31: Otago Central Rail Trail - venue unavailable

Averages

The average parkrun attendance this week was 107 (75 events).

In 2025 the average was 136 (63 events).

In 2024 the average was 136 (49 events).

In 2023 the average was 107 (42 events).

In 2022 the average was 85 (36 events).

In 2021 the average was 100 (34 events).

In 2020 the average was 115 (29 events)

See the Runs With a Barcode consolidated club report here.

If you’re not in the consolidated club results and you would like to be, log in to your parkrun profile and add Runs With A Barcode to your parkrun groups (you can belong to five).

For more stats click here. These include most events and age grade records. They’re supplied by a third party so may require checking at a later date.

You can join the facebook group here.

Attendances

Anderson 210

Ara Harakeke 58

Ashburton Domain 35

Balclutha 16

Barry Curtis 166

Blenheim 100

Broad Park 76

Cambridge NZ 61

Caroline Bay 145

Cornwall Park 213

Dunedin 257

East End 67

East Otago High School 15

Flaxmere 71

Foster 63

Gisborne 137

Gordon Carmichael Reserve 120

Gordon Spratt Reserve 133

Greytown Woodside Trail 68

Hagley 301

Halswell Quarry 51

Hamilton Lake 214

Hamilton Park 18

Hanmer Forest 29

Henley Lake 77

Hobsonville Point 169

Invercargill 240

Kapiti Coast 65

Karamu Stream 61

Lake Dunstan 44

Lake2Lake Trail 23

Lost Lagoon 23

Lower Hutt 214

Mandeville 17

Mangawhero River Walk, Ohakune 21

Māngere Bridge 152

Millwater 235

Moana Point Reserve 17

Morrinsville Recreation Ground 50

Motueka Beach Reserve 85

Neale Park 120

Northern Pathway 70

Ōamaru Public Gardens 122

Ōpaheke Park 47

Ōrākei Bay 196

Ōroua River Walkway 40

Otago Central Rail Trail, Alexandra 86

Ōtaki River 48

Owairaka 189

Palmerston North 240

Parrs Park 87

Pegasus 75

Porirua 117

Puarenga 123

Queenstown 117

Raumanga Stream 60

Riverlution 164

Russell Park 48

Scarborough 114

Sherwood Reserve 91

South End Reserve 18

Southern Path 76

Taupō 93

Tauranga 180

Te Awa 46

Trentham Memorial 168

Tuff Crater Reserve 61

University of Waikato 108

Waitangi 346

Wanaka 85

Warkworth Showgrounds 53

Western Springs 366

Whakatane Gardens 54

Whanganui Riverbank 84

Whangarei 198

In brief

741(-33) people registered for parkrun this week

575 (-73) completed their first parkrun this week

1470 (+123) achieved personal bests this week

80 (-6) volunteered for the first time this week

The average finish time in New Zealand increased to 32:47.

Milestones

25 parkrunners joined the J10 club

112 parkrunners joined the 25 club

46 parkrunners joined the 50 club

22 parkrunners joined the 100 club:

• Anderson: Michael Johnson

• Ara Harakeke: Richard Farley

• Barry Curtis: Preshani Reddy

• Cornwall Park: Adam Gallagher

• Dunedin: Alicia Close

• Flaxmere: James Stuart

• Hagley: Daymond Yee, Mike Bruce

• Hamilton Lake: Katie Ayers

• Lower Hutt: Michael Coffey, Olivia Loftus

• Neale Park: Catherine Marsh

• Owairaka: Zac Hanley

• Palmerston North: Josh Brooks

• Sherwood Reserve: Mark Gillespie

• Taupō: Brian Hile

• Trentham Memorial: Julia Fink

• Waitangi: Dominic Faherty, Ryan Kendrick

• Western Springs: Georgina Cervin

• Whanganui Riverbank: John Bartley

• Whangarei: Shaun Holder

6 parkrunners joined the 250 club:

• Barry Curtis: Neil Cheyne

• Cambridge NZ: Sonja Fantom

• Lower Hutt: Sam Visvalingam

• Palmerston North: Jane Rattray

• Pegasus: Emma Lyon

• Whangarei: Brian Barach, Judith Stewart

1 parkrunner joined the 500 club:

• Cambridge NZ: Matthew Hall

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

Volunteer Milestones

v10: Isla Adam (Ashburton Domain), Maggie Taylor (Broad Park), Nancy Ke (Invercargill), Wylder Montgomery (Neale Park), Niamh Nolan (Wanaka), Casey Sharratt (Whanganui Riverbank)

v25: Johnny Vere-Hodge (Invercargill), Alison Fox (Lost Lagoon), AllanSim (Moana Point Reserve), Stephanie Cooke (Owairaka), Emma Lyon (Pegasus), Corinna Hirschmann (Scarborough), Ian Gatland (Sherwood Reserve)

v50: Allister Leach (Blenheim), Wendy Chrisstoffels (Lower Hutt), Jay Vuletich (Millwater), Jo Buchanan (Tauranga), Brendan Ng (Waitangi), Hester Ramsay (Western Springs)

v100: Christopher Wells (East Otago High School), Rob Boasman (Owairaka), Anne Bernard (Whanganui Riverbank)

v250: Allan Hartley (Trentham Memorial)

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

If you’re registered to an overseas parkrun but you reside and run in New Zealand and you achieve a milestone please let me know.

Attendance

Biggest New Zealand parkruns: Western Springs (366), Waitangi (446), Hagley (691).

Smallest NZ parkruns: Lost Lagoon (23), South End Reserve (19), East Otago High School (15).

Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:

41 parkruns had higher attendance

31 parkruns had lower attendance

Ōpaheke Park recorded the same attendance as the week prior with 43.

The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Western Springs with a change of 174.

The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Western Springs with a change of 91%.

The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Taupō with a change of -85.

The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was South End Reserve with a change of -71%.

See end of stats for attendances for all parkruns.

Attendance Records

0

NZ Anniversaries

0

Cancellations

0

Future cancellations

August 1: Taupō - venue unavailable

August 8: Lake2Lake Trail - venue unavailable

October 10: Morrinsville Recreation Ground - venue unavailable

October 17: Caroline Bay - venue unavailable

October 31: Otago Central Rail Trail - venue unavailable

Averages

The average parkrun attendance this week was 153 (75 events).

In 2025 the average was140 (63 events).

In 2024 the average was 96 (49 events).

In 2023 the average was 118 (41 events).

In 2022 the average was 80 (37 events).

In 2021 the average was 73 (33 events).

In 2020 the average was 109 (28 events)

See the Runs With a Barcode consolidated club report here.

If you’re not in the consolidated club results and you would like to be, log in to your parkrun profile and add Runs With A Barcode to your parkrun groups (you can belong to five).

For more stats click here. These include most events and age grade records. They’re supplied by a third party so may require checking at a later date.

You can join the facebook group here.

Attendances

Anderson 212

Ara Harakeke 74

Ashburton Domain 91

Balclutha 36

Barry Curtis 267

Blenheim 118

Broad Park 135

Cambridge NZ 134

Caroline Bay 145

Cornwall Park 305

Dunedin 262

East End 176

East Otago High School 15

Flaxmere 84

Foster 206

Gisborne 117

Gordon Carmichael Reserve 147

Gordon Spratt Reserve 144

Greytown Woodside Trail 97

Hagley 621

Halswell Quarry 84

Hamilton Lake 346

Hamilton Park 29

Hanmer Forest 41

Henley Lake 79

Hobsonville Point 313

Invercargill 259

Kapiti Coast 164

Karamu Stream 66

Lake Dunstan 51

Lake2Lake Trail 31

Lost Lagoon 23

Lower Hutt 249

Mandeville 45

Mangawhero River Walk, Ohakune 26

Māngere Bridge 213

Millwater 327

Moana Point Reserve 36

Morrinsville Recreation Ground 64

Motueka Beach Reserve 82

Neale Park 151

Northern Pathway 78

Ōamaru Public Gardens 120

Ōpaheke Park 43

Ōrākei Bay 278

Ōroua River Walkway 53

Otago Central Rail Trail, Alexandra 57

Ōtaki River 49

Owairaka 234

Palmerston North 329

Parrs Park 121

Pegasus 158

Porirua 166

Puarenga 195

Queenstown 209

Raumanga Stream 72

Riverlution 274

Russell Park 77

Scarborough 210

Sherwood Reserve 132

South End Reserve 19

Southern Path 117

Taupō 198

Tauranga 207

Te Awa 86

Trentham Memorial 213

Tuff Crater Reserve 96

University of Waikato 141

Waitangi 446

Wanaka 123

Warkworth Showgrounds 86

Western Springs 366

Whakatane Gardens 70

Whanganui Riverbank 135

Whangarei 262

This weekend I enjoyed the long weekend with a trip to Christchurch and a visit to Mandeville parkrun. Let me know if you took advantage of a Friday public holiday and an opportunity to travel.

In brief

774 (+186) people registered for parkrun this week

648 (+190) completed their first parkrun this week

1347 (-21) achieved personal bests this week

86 (-6) volunteered for the first time this week

The average finish time in New Zealand remains 32:46.

Milestones

34 parkrunners joined the J10 club

91 parkrunners joined the 25 club

48 parkrunners joined the 50 club

16 parkrunners joined the 100 club:

• Balclutha: Eliza Ward

• Cornwall Park: Jason Wood

• Foster: Alan Crawford, Boyce Rob

• Gordon Carmichael Reserve: Glen Deyzel

• Greytown Woodside Trail: Ian MacDonald

• Hagley: Carol Chin, Chris Broughton, Jonathan Hyde

• Halswell Quarry: Paul Harrison

• Invercargill: Matthew Burdett

• Kapiti Coast: Kieran Timms

• Millwater: Todd Brannigan

• Neale Park: Greg Bennett

• Ōrākei Bay: Stephen Tan

• Otago Central Rail Trail: Elizabeth Fawcett

6 parkrunners joined the 250 club:

• Anderson: Mark Smith

• Barry Curtis: Harrison Willis

• Blenheim: Eleanor Sharman

• Foster: Teresa Whiteside

• Palmerston North: Ross Campbell

• Western Springs: Janki Patel

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

Volunteer Milestones

v10: Kikka Ueto (Hagley), Jack Wix (Morrinsville Recreation Ground), Sophie Davis (Puarenga), Clyne Francisco (Riverlution)

v25: Grace Stuttle (Flaxmere), Paul Lancaster (Foster), Deborah O’Donnell (Invercargill), Liz Sim (Moana Point Reserve), Angela Eccles (Morrinsville Recreation Ground), Chloe Light (Neale Park), Janice Deverick (Ōpaheke Park), Jacqui Sanders (Palmerston North), Leonie Henderson (Porirua), Jerome Koeg (Southern Path), Jess Carruthers (Whangarei)

v50: Lesya Dawes (Blenheim), Matthew Hall (Cambridge NZ), Tracey Maris (Gordon Spratt Reserve), Joshua Howard (Hamilton Lake), Karyn Janes (Henley Lake), Lisa Brooks-Hateley (Lost Lagoon), Teresa Simons (Morrinsville Recreation Ground), Craig Lindsay (Owairaka), Andrea Hancox (Porirua)

v100: Toby Deverson (Balclutha), Anna Gatie (Cornwall Park), Jenny Williams (Gordon Spratt Reserve), Linda Breekveldt (Māngere Bridge)

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

If you’re registered to an overseas parkrun but you reside and run in New Zealand and you achieve a milestone please let me know.

Attendance

Biggest New Zealand parkruns: Millwater (317), Waitangi (429), Hagley (564).

Smallest NZ parkruns: Lost Lagoon (36), Balclutha (32), East Otago High School (19).

Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:

42 parkruns had higher attendance

28 parkruns had lower attendance

Mandeville, Neale Park and Foster recorded the same attendance as the week prior with 43, 128 and 203 respectively.

The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Queenstown with a change of 128.

The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was South End Reserve with a change of 247%.

The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Hagley with a change of -105.

The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Māngere Bridge with a change of -35%.

See end of stats for attendances for all parkruns.

Attendance Records

Raumanga Stream - 137 (previous record 124 set May 2 2026)

NZ Anniversaries

• Gordon Spratt Reserve - 3

• Blenheim - 10

Cancellations

Hanmer Forest, Karamu Stream - Course unsafe or blocked

Future cancellations

August 8: Lake2Lake Trail - venue unavailable

October 10: Morrinsville Recreation Ground - venue unavailable

October 17: Caroline Bay - venue unavailable

October 31: Otago Central Rail Trail - venue unavailable

Averages

The average parkrun attendance this week was 153 (73 events).

In 2025 the average was134 (61 events).

In 2024 the average was 137 (49 events).

In 2023 the average was 102 (39 events).

In 2022 the average was 68 (36 events).

In 2021 the average was 92 (34 events).

In 2020 the average was 118 (29 events)

See the Runs With a Barcode consolidated club report here.

If you’re not in the consolidated club results and you would like to be, log in to your parkrun profile and add Runs With A Barcode to your parkrun groups (you can belong to five).

For more stats click here. These include most events and age grade records. They’re supplied by a third party so may require checking at a later date.

You can join the facebook group here.

Attendances

Anderson 288

Ara Harakeke 71

Ashburton Domain 88

Balclutha 32

Barry Curtis 240

Blenheim 106

Broad Park 104

Cambridge NZ 110

Caroline Bay 192

Cornwall Park 203

Dunedin 274

East End 223

East Otago High School 19

Flaxmere 107

Foster 203

Gisborne 128

Gordon Carmichael Reserve 106

Gordon Spratt Reserve 197

Greytown Woodside Trail 70

Hagley 564

Halswell Quarry 128

Hamilton Lake 295

Hamilton Park 39

Hanmer Forest 0

Henley Lake 62

Hobsonville Point 295

Invercargill 277

Kapiti Coast 141

Karamu Stream 0

Lake Dunstan 60

Lake2Lake Trail 48

Lost Lagoon 36

Lower Hutt 228

Mandeville 43

Mangawhero River Walk, Ohakune 70

Millwater 317

Moana Point Reserve 78

Morrinsville Recreation Ground 70

Motueka Beach Reserve 72

Neale Park 128

Northern Pathway 57

Ōamaru Public Gardens 159

Ōpaheke Park 43

Ōrākei Bay 200

Ōroua River Walkway 52

Otago Central Rail Trail, Alexandra 99

Ōtaki River 62

Owairaka 193

Palmerston North 303

Parrs Park 120

Pegasus 129

Porirua 116

Puarenga 224

Queenstown 237

Raumanga Stream 137

Riverlution 278

Russell Park 59

Scarborough 198

Sherwood Reserve 107

South End Reserve 66

Southern Path 95

Taupō 283

Tauranga 214

Te Awa 60

Trentham Memorial 170

Tuff Crater Reserve 72

University of Waikato 115

Waitangi 429

Wanaka 190

Warkworth Showgrounds 93

Western Springs 192

Whakatane Gardens 120

Whanganui Riverbank 163

Whangarei 261

This weekend we welcomed Māngere Bridge parkrun to the parkrun New Zealand whānau. This is the 8th launch this year and the third in 2026 for the Auckland region.

In brief

588 (+12) people registered for parkrun this week

458 (+33) completed their first parkrun this week

1368 (+116) achieved personal bests this week

92 (+22) volunteered for the first time this week

The average finish time in New Zealand remains 32:46.

Milestones

20 parkrunners joined the J10 club

81 parkrunners joined the 25 club

52 parkrunners joined the 50 club

21 parkrunners joined the 100 club:

• Anderson: Robert Taylor

• Cornwall Park: Kokopu Tate, Tim Dawson

• Dunedin: Stewy Haddon

• Gisborne: Quentin Harvey

• Gordon Spratt Reserve: Steve Trim

• Greytown Woodside Trail: Barbs Christensen

• Hagley: Laura Stewart

• Hamilton Lake: Zay Melville

• Millwater: Michael Johnson

• Palmerston North: Aden Koot, Nereda Corbett

• Pegasus: Akiko Grounds

• Russell Park: Brad Chant, Michelle White

• Sherwood Reserve: Charmeyne McCollin

• Tauranga: Robert Miles

• Trentham Memorial: Lyn Guild

• Western Springs: Niam S

• Whanganui Riverbank: Christine Haxton

• Whangarei: Mandy Edge

4 parkrunners joined the 250 club:

• Anderson: Janelle Zame

• Invercargill: Carl Johnstone

• Lower Hutt: Terry McDonald

• Puarenga: Rach Wright

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

Volunteer Milestones

v10: Zoe Templeton-Bernal (Neale Park), Emily Fisher (Whangarei)

v25: Susan Chisnall (Ara Harakeke), Kim Carruthers (Cornwall Park), Andrew Humphrey (Hobsonville Point), Gemma Tomsett (Lake2Lake Trail), Sunny Lu, Zachary Taylor (Millwater), Kath Prince (Neale Park), Olivia Tan (Ōrākei Bay), Warren Mackie (Owairaka), Sarah Togher (Riverlution), Phil Mosscrop (Tauranga), A Bhana, David Zussman, Monica Leach (Western Springs)

v50: Paula Pearce (Dunedin), Judy Drake (Greytown Woodside-Trail), Lydia Brits (Northern Pathway), Trent Towers (Puarenga), Lisa Treloar (Russell Park), Chris Howard (Waitangi)

v100: Dawn Munro (Broad Park), Paul Stewart-Bird (Gordon Carmichael Reserve), Rod Gill (Hamilton Lake), Andrew Marshall (Te Awa), Monique Le Lievre (Whakatane Gardens)

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

If you’re registered to an overseas parkrun but you reside and run in New Zealand and you achieve a milestone please let me know.

Attendance

Biggest New Zealand parkruns: Riverlution (354), Waitangi (388), Hagley (669).

Smallest NZ parkruns: South End Reserve (19), Lost Lagoon (18), East Otago High School (15).

Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:

30 parkruns had higher attendance

39 parkruns had lower attendance

Mandeville and Moana Point Reserve recorded the same attendance as the week prior with 42 and 32 respectively.

The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Waitangi with a change of 200.

The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Hanmer Forest with a change of 300%.

The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Barry Curtis with a change of -73.

The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Lost Lagoon with a change of -47%.

See end of stats for attendances for all parkruns.

Attendance Records

0

NZ Anniversaries

• Ōroua River Walkway - 1

• Sherwood Reserve - 5

• Whanganui Riverbank - 6

• Porirua - 13

Cancellations

0

Future cancellations

August 8: Lake2Lake Trail - venue unavailable

October 10: Morrinsville Recreation Ground - venue unavailable

October 17: Caroline Bay - venue unavailable

October 31: Otago Central Rail Trail - venue unavailable

Averages

The average parkrun attendance this week was 140 (75 events).

In 2025 the average was 133 (62 events).

In 2024 the average was 129 (49 events).

In 2023 the average was 102 (39 events).

In 2022 the average was 81 (37 events).

In 2021 the average was 100 (34 events).

In 2020 the average was 127 (29 events, first parkrun after the very first Covid pause)

See the Runs With a Barcode consolidated club report here.

If you’re not in the consolidated club results and you would like to be, log in to your parkrun profile and add Runs With A Barcode to your parkrun groups (you can belong to five).

For more stats click here. These include most events and age grade records. They’re supplied by a third party so may require checking at a later date.

You can join the facebook group here.

Attendances

Anderson 211

Ara Harakeke 67

Ashburton Domain 101

Balclutha 37

Barry Curtis 235

Blenheim 119

Broad Park 132

Cambridge NZ 92

Caroline Bay 143

Cornwall Park 255

Dunedin 266

East End 153

East Otago High School 15

Flaxmere 64

Foster 203

Gisborne 122

Gordon Carmichael Reserve 108

Gordon Spratt Reserve 146

Greytown Woodside Trail 66

Hagley 669

Halswell Quarry 93

Hamilton Lake 315

Hamilton Park 23

Hanmer Forest 36

Henley Lake 75

Hobsonville Point 309

Invercargill 278

Kapiti Coast 108

Karamu Stream 72

Lake Dunstan 42

Lake2Lake Trail 22

Lost Lagoon 18

Lower Hutt 253

Mandeville 43

Mangawhero River Walk, Ohakune 37

Millwater 297

Moana Point Reserve 32

Morrinsville Recreation Ground 42

Motueka Beach Reserve 46

Neale Park 128

Northern Pathway 72

Ōamaru Public Gardens 141

Ōpaheke Park 56

Ōrākei Bay 224

Ōroua River Walkway 59

Otago Central Rail Trail, Alexandra 71

Ōtaki River 43

Owairaka 235

Palmerston North 307

Parrs Park 99

Pegasus 139

Porirua 122

Puarenga 177

Queenstown 109

Raumanga Stream 51

Riverlution 354

Russell Park 67

Scarborough 164

Sherwood Reserve 137

South End Reserve 19

Southern Path 80

Taupō 186

Tauranga 197

Te Awa 57

Trentham Memorial 180

Tuff Crater Reserve 92

University of Waikato 93

Waitangi 388

Wanaka 70

Warkworth Showgrounds 75

Western Springs 215

Whakatane Gardens 82

Whanganui Riverbank 145

Whangarei 264

In brief

576 (-227) people registered for parkrun this week

425 (-93) completed their first parkrun this week

1250 (-276) achieved personal bests this week

70 (-8) volunteered for the first time this week

The average finish time in New Zealand increased to 32:46.

Milestones

9 parkrunners joined the J10 club

84 parkrunners joined the 25 club

56 parkrunners joined the 50 club

23 parkrunners joined the 100 club:

• Ara Harakeke: Kathryn Oijordsbakken

• Broad Park: Marty Rowe

• Cornwall Park: Victor Tai

• Dunedin: Justin Wilson

• Foster: Dallas Judd

• Hagley: John Scott

• Hobsonville Point: Helen Pierson

• Kapiti Coast: Andrew Needs, Harry Kerr

• Lower Hutt: Fletcher Greaves, Jane Hazelton

• Millwater: Claire Scott, Eva Scott, Paul Grapendaal

• Ōrākei Bay: Josiah Grimmer

• Pegasus: David Carshalton

• Sherwood Reserve: Bruce Swain

• Tauranga: Joanne Powell, Sean O’Connell

• University of Waikato: Rhuvan Rajkumar

• Western Springs: Jay Patel

• Whakatane Gardens: Sue White

• Whangarei: Katy Butterworth

4 parkrunners joined the 250 club:

• Gordon Spratt Reserve: Allan Shadbolt

• Hagley: Howard Gant

• Moana Point Reserve: Nigel Millius

• Puarenga: David Parker

1 parkrunner joined the 500 club:

• Cornwall Park: Christopher Vernon

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

Volunteer Milestones

v10: Emma Reedy (Hagley), George McLeod (Hamilton Park), Bill Leung (Hobsonville Point), Liika Tomecki (Owairaka), Ava Kauri (Palmerston North), Charley Craddock (Tuff Crater), Marika Cutforth (Whangarei)

v25: Jia Hong Zhang, Jia Yi Zhang (Cornwall Park), Blair McConnell (Foster), Yoko Houthuijzen (Gisborne), Lynlie Mills (Gordon Carmichael Reserve), Julian Hart (Hobsonville Point), Jackie Pellew (Lost Lagoon), Peter Flynn (Morrinsville Recreation Ground), Max Crivellaro (Neale Park), Lindsay Simpson (Parrs Park), Stu Peterson (Puarenga), Grant MacGregor, Kathy Bennett (Whangarei)

v50: Patricia Munro (Cornwall Park), Julian Joy (Millwater), Debbie Wilson (Pegasus), Hudson Banks (Queenstown), Giuseppe Dolce (Western Springs)

v100: Lindsay Kelly (Invercargill)

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

If you’re registered to an overseas parkrun but you reside and run in New Zealand and you achieve a milestone please let me know.

Attendance

Biggest New Zealand parkruns: Cornwall Park and Hamilton Lake (317), Hobsonville Point (322), Hagley (651).

Smallest NZ parkruns: Mangawhero River Walk (23), East Otago High School (19), Hanmer Forest (9).

Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:

31 parkruns had higher attendance

40 parkruns had lower attendance

The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Invercargill with a change of 106.

The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Hamilton Park with a change of 160%.

The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Lower Hutt with a change of -179.

The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Hanmer Forest with a change of -77%.

See end of stats for attendances for all parkruns.

Attendance Records

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NZ Anniversaries

• Puarenga - 10

Cancellations

3

• Henley Lake, Kapiti Coast - weather

• Porirua - course unsafe or blocked

Future cancellations

August 8: Lake2Lake Trail - venue unavailable

October 17: Caroline Bay - venue unavailable

October 31: Otago Central Rail Trail - venue unavailable

Averages

The average parkrun attendance this week was 136 (71 events).

In 2025 the average was 114 (56 events).

In 2024 the average was 136 (49 events).

In 2023 the average was 106 (28 events).

In 2022 the average was 79 (37 events).

In 2021 the average was 84 (32 events).

There were no parkruns in June 2020.

See the Runs With a Barcode consolidated club report here.

If you’re not in the consolidated club results and you would like to be, log in to your parkrun profile and add Runs With A Barcode to your parkrun groups (you can belong to five).

For more stats click here. These include most events and age grade records. They’re supplied by a third party so may require checking at a later date.

You can join the facebook group here.

Attendances

Anderson 141

Ara Harakeke 66

Ashburton Domain 109

Balclutha 32

Barry Curtis 308

Blenheim 121

Broad Park 137

Cambridge NZ 116

Caroline Bay 148

Cornwall Park 317

Dunedin 243

East End 106

East Otago High School 19

Flaxmere 58

Foster 193

Gisborne 112

Gordon Carmichael Reserve 111

Gordon Spratt Reserve 185

Greytown Woodside Trail 36

Hagley 651

Halswell Quarry 75

Hamilton Lake 317

Hamilton Park 39

Hanmer Forest 9

Henley Lake 0

Hobsonville Point 322

Invercargill 296

Kapiti Coast 0

Karamu Stream 29

Lake Dunstan 53

Lake2Lake Trail 38

Lost Lagoon 34

Lower Hutt 77

Mandeville 43

Mangawhero River Walk, Ohakune 23

Millwater 263

Moana Point Reserve 32

Morrinsville Recreation Ground 72

Motueka Beach Reserve 77

Neale Park 147

Northern Pathway 97

Ōamaru Public Gardens 139

Ōpaheke Park 55

Ōrākei Bay 228

Ōroua River Walkway 28

Otago Central Rail Trail, Alexandra 66

Ōtaki River 68

Owairaka 283

Palmerston North 229

Parrs Park 129

Pegasus 156

Porirua 0

Puarenga 215

Queenstown 147

Raumanga Stream 54

Riverlution 268

Russell Park 37

Scarborough 167

Sherwood Reserve 141

South End Reserve 18

Southern Path 96

Taupō 141

Tauranga 217

Te Awa 62

Trentham Memorial 118

Tuff Crater Reserve 110

University of Waikato 133

Waitangi 188

Wanaka 119

Warkworth Showgrounds 52

Western Springs 243

Whakatane Gardens 102

Whanganui Riverbank 85

Whangarei 228

June 13, event #13, 41:48, token 68/97

When Motueka Beach Reserve parkrun launched in March it meant every district in New Zealand had at least one parkrun within it.

Motueka is the second largest town in Tasman, the largest is Richmond, which neighbours Nelson (home to Neale Park parkrun).

For this event I travelled with Sarah-Jane and Rach, both have been countrymen numerous times. I fell behind when I went overseas for three months two years ago, such has been the growth of parkrun in New Zealand.

That said, this was my 68th different New Zealand event, out of 74.

For this trip we flew out of Auckland on the 6.30am flight to Nelson, stayed one night in Nelson and then flew back to Auckland on the 5.30pm flight. That meant a lot of opportunity to sightsee, for only one night’s accommodation.

We set off for Motueka at 6.50am, arriving around 7.25am as the volunteers were starting to arrive.

It was still a bit dark, first light was 7.19am and sunrise not until 7.49am. It led to some stunning photos.

We walked from the start towards the saltwater pools, and when we turned to head back towards parkrun I spotted the first of two parkrun couples I’ve met several times on my travels.

Rebecca Edgecombe and Graeme Tindall live in Masterton, and are more often travelling for marathons. We first met at Owairaka’s launch way back in 2020 and last saw one another in September.

As we were chatting in the car park I then spied Gail Sharp, up for the day with husband David. They live in Dunedin, although we first met at the University of Waikato parkrun and we’ve not seen each other since we brunched in May last year.

Motueka Beach Reserve launched the same day as Mandeville parkrun. It’s an out and back along the shore.

The path is mostly on gravel, the first and last sections on crushed shells. It’s virtually flat, with a tiny incline from the park onto the path.

About two thirds of your way to the turnaround you run past the Janie Seddon shipwreck.

Once an active naval ship, the Janie Seddon was built in 1901 and played roles in both World Wars before being retired and left to rust in the shallow waters off Motueka.

It’s only when looking more closely at the course map that I realised the water we were running beside is sheltered from the Tasman Bay by a sandspit. I wonder what it’s like on a less calm and sunny day?

After parkrun I enjoyed breakfast at Toad Hall, before driving over to Kaiteriteri as lots of people had told me it was beautiful. It was, but I’m glad to have visited on a quiet winter’s day rather than the height of summer.

The story behind Motueka Beach Reserve: Co-event director Eileen Beattie

We had a lot of people asking for one and no one was doing anything. Then Nelson got up and running. A lot of people found it a big trek from over here to get to Nelson so we thought well why not.

I‘ve been a member of harriers for a long long time and we kept getting approached to start a parkrun in Nelson years ago, but we used to struggle getting helpers even for our athletics and harrier club so we sort of kept putting it on hold.

Then of course Ruth and Graeme in Nelson got their one up and running, so we thought oh well we can’t let them beat us too much.

I’d run in Blenheim and Queenstown and they’re all saying why isn’t there one in Nelson, and I said well no one’s done it yet. So I’ve been very aware of it for a long time.

There wasn’t really a community who had heard about parkrun, there was probably half a dozen but I put an article in the paper and said I wanted to get one underway and I heard from 22 people wanting to be volunteers not necessarily even wanting to do it.

So we just took it from there and formed a little group on WhatsApp and we went about checking out the course, deciding on a name and then the big job of putting the paperwork together and contacting councils and things.

I started looking into it November and our first one was March 21st but I’m lucky, I’m retired. I could put a lot of time into it, and it was a lot of time, but I also had some very good people willing to come down on a Saturday and give it a crack and see what they thought.

What I love about parkrun is the ease that it runs, it’s like clockwork and as Graeme and Ruth told us in the beginning you can’t do anything wrong.

It’s just easy, and it’s quite minimalistic really you don’t have to spend hours setting up courses and hours clearing up. I like the friendliness, people are so enthusiastic.

I think it’s all about community, I’ve met some people that I would not have met otherwise.

The course is an out and back course which runs right along the Great Taste Trail and it starts at the beach reserve where the motorhomes all park up which is quite nice because we get some motorhomers joining us.

We go out past the Janie Seddon wreck, we have beautiful sunrises as we go and then turn around and come back exactly the same way, you cannot get lost.

And it's stunning.

We get a lot of kayakers and paddle boarders and it's always something to look at.

We’re really lucky because a lot of people at our particular parkrun just walk their dogs or walk. We have probably a third of them are walking not running. We have our little baby buggy bevy too.

Need to know

• Toilets in the park

• Plenty of car parking at the park, overnight self-contained camper parking also available.

• Free saltwater pool for swimming, not staffed.

• Nearest airport: Nelson

• Cafe: Coastal Café

• Launch date: March 21, 2026

Where to find

• Address: Motueka Beach Reserve, North Street, Motueka, 7210.

• email: motuekabeachreserve@parkrun.com

• Website: https://www.parkrun.co.nz/motuekabeachreserve

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June 6, event #1, 45:03, token 143/177

Warkworth Showgrounds parkrun is the 13th parkrun for the Auckland region, bridging the gap between Auckland and Whangarei - it’s just under 100km from the country’s most northerly parkrun.

I chose to visit on its launch, and ended up visiting six parkrun courses north of the Auckland Harbour Bridge in one day. This parkrun was the second of the day for around 20 other parkrunners (we started at 6am at Northern Pathway).

Launch day was a day of all seasons. A rainbow appeared as we gathered for the run brief, and then the rain started. It didn’t settle in, thankfully, but the rest of the day was a repeat cycle. Rainbow, rain, clear skies.

This parkrun is in the Warkworth Showgrounds, the town’s sports complex. There’s ample parking, a toilet block nearby and most of the course is on gravel path.

There’s one spot where you run across grass (twice) and the finish is on grass too. After a week of rain this grassy area turned into a bit of a quagmire.

If you’re planning on a fast time make sure you factor in the risk of slipping over or frontload your run to account for a slower and safer finish.

The course could sound complicated, depending on how you describe it, but essentially it’s a two-and-a-half lap course.

Each lap consists of a small loop and an out and back section. The final part of the course is another time around the loop to the finish.

To make it just a little bit more challenging the course is not flat. My strava recorded an elevation gain of 60m, Northern Pathway is about 82m (your strava might say different).

There’s a short sharp incline on the little loop, and the out and back leg features an up and a down before the turnaround. While adding to the challenge it also means you get a good view of the complex.

Because we were visiting six different parkruns I was pacing myself differently compared to if this was my only one.

That being said, I wasn’t intending on running 30km total, 21km was a more suitable target for me currently (one full parkrun and most of the others), however I ended up on 23km (all of Sherwood Reserve, our final parkrun course).

Due to time constraints we didn’t visit the cafe, so I must return for that.

The story behind Warkworth Showgrounds parkrun: Co-event director Michael Jenkisnon

I've been event director for Western Springs for nine years, but I've moved up to be more local to Warkworth. I really wanted to set up a parkrun here. I was at Northern Pathway parkrun and I met a guy there who was from Warkworth and he was interested in setting up a parkrun, and he knew a lot of the runners here.

He said he wasn't keen to be the leader, I was keen and said I'll put my hand if no one else wants to. That's how we sort of started the inkling of it.

There's a very good running community here in Warkworth. We've got a big WhatsApp group, and there's a lot of runners. They organise a lot of things. First up, we put a little bit of a post saying, hey, we want to set up a parkrun, would anyone be interested?

Within an hour, 22 people put their hands up to help out and get it started. It was really awesome. Warkworth was definitely crying out for a parkrun.

I've never run the course, but I've walked it to wheel out the distance. It's all on gravel path around a sports ground.

There's a bit of a hill that you've got to do a couple of times, and you get quite a good view of the whole sports complex and sports grounds coming up the hill.

Then on the way back, you get an alternate view of the bush and the tracks. With an out-and-back course, it's always awesome, because you get to see all the other runners come back you're heading out or the other way around. It's very sociable.

The other thing is that Sheep World is our cafe. Sheep World is run by a charity organisation which supports youth in the community. It's a really good community thing.

They are a wraparound service for youth counselling. They look for jobs for them. It's a really good thing that they've got on board with us in helping us support our parkrun as well.

Need to know

• The parkrun starts and finishes in an off-leash dog exercise area

• Toilets in the car park

• Plenty of car parking at the park, take the right fork when you turn into the showgrounds.

• Nearest airport: Auckland

• Cafe: Sheepworld Farm Park & Café, 324 State Highway 1, Warkworth 0981.

• Launch date: June 6, 2026

Where to find

• Address: Warkworth Showgrounds, 2 Great North Road, Warkworth 0981.

• email: warkworthshowgrounds@parkrun.com

• Website: https://www.parkrun.co.nz/warkworthshowgrounds/

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It’s a New Zealand parkrun Passport, something for you to track your progress as you visit our different parkruns.

There have been seven new events launched already this year and more to come.

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In brief

803 (+60) people registered for parkrun this week

518 (-69) completed their first parkrun this week

1526 (-206) achieved personal bests this week

78 (-7) volunteered for the first time this week

The average finish time in New Zealand remains 32:45.

Milestones

20 parkrunners joined the J10 club

104 parkrunners joined the 25 club

45 parkrunners joined the 50 club

20 parkrunners joined the 100 club:

• Anderson: Todd Symon

• Barry Curtis: Adrian Bowling, Vanessa Baddock

• Hagley: Erin Harrison, Nathan Wooding

• Karamu Stream: Molly Munro

• Lower Hutt: Sarah Campbell

• Ōrākei Bay: Dave Heine, Zixuan (Eric) Liu

• Puarenga: Martin Harris

• Riverlution: Michael Murray

• Sherwood Reserve: Hiroyuki Asakura

• Taupō: Paul Brazier

• Te Awa: Liz Bennett

• Trentham Memorial: Kathryn Campbell

• Tuff Crater: William Gibson

• Waitangi: Karen Baker

• Western Springs: Juan Carranza

• Whangarei: Sherie Pullman, Sheryl Monaghan

9 parkrunners joined the 250 club:

• Barry Curtis: Jeremy Croucher

• Cornwall Park: Deborah Sims

• Flaxmere: Nick Johnson

• Hamilton Lake: Charles Evans

• Millwater: Claire Felton, Robert Gunter

• Parrs Park: Tony Austin

• Riverlution: Tony Brorens

• Taupō: Christine Hosking

1 parkrunner joined the 500 club:

• Ara Harakeke: Simon Derbyshire

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

Volunteer Milestones

v10: Katherine Broczek (Cornwall Park), Caley Clifford (Wanaka)

v25: Denys Anderson (Cornwall Park), Lee Grieve (Lake2Lake Trail), Brooklyn Donaldson (Lower Hutt), Dasha Zuraeva (Northern Pathway), Tony Brorens (Riverlution), Tracey Blakeborough (Tauranga), Justine O’Connell (Trentham Memorial), Michael Dyer (Whanganui Riverbank)

v50: Toni Munro (Cornwall Park), Marion Hammond (Owairaka), Alison Kagen (Parrs Park), Rui-Han Ong (Sherwood Reserve), Lisa Harris (Southern Path), Christine Hosking (Taupō), Stewart Sutton (Whakatane Gardens)

v100: Anne Inglis (Hanmer Forest), Tony Austin (Parrs Park)

v250: Maria Shallard (Barry Curtis)

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

If you’re registered to an overseas parkrun but you reside and run in New Zealand and you achieve a milestone please let me know.

Attendance

Biggest New Zealand parkruns: Waitangi (355), Cornwall Park (373), Hagley (704).

Smallest NZ parkruns: South End Reserve (16), Hamilton Park (15), East Otago High School (14).

Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:

36 parkruns had higher attendance

36 parkruns had lower attendance

Porirua parkrun recorded the same attendance as the week prior with 145.

The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Broad Park with a change of 95.

The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Broad Park with a change of 70%.

The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Whangarei with a change of -170.

The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Wanaka with a change of -66%.

See end of stats for attendances for all parkruns.

Attendance Records

0

NZ Anniversaries

• Te Awa - 1

• Mangawhero River Walk - 2

• Flaxmere - 7

• Pegasus - 10

Cancellations

0

Future cancellations

August 8: Lake2Lake Trail - venue unavailable

October 17: Caroline Bay - venue unavailable

Averages

The average parkrun attendance this week was 146 (74 events).

In 2025 the average was 154 (62 events).

In 2024 the average was 125 (49 events).

In 2023 the average was 110 (40 events).

In 2022 the average was 80 (36 events).

In 2021 the average was 84 (32 events)

There were no parkruns in June 2020.

See the Runs With a Barcode consolidated club report here.

If you’re not in the consolidated club results and you would like to be, log in to your parkrun profile and add Runs With A Barcode to your parkrun groups (you can belong to five).

For more stats click here. These include most events and age grade records. They’re supplied by a third party so may require checking at a later date.

You can join the facebook group here.

Attendances

Anderson 254

Ara Harakeke 39

Ashburton Domain 86

Balclutha 17

Barry Curtis 332

Blenheim 110

Broad Park 231

Cambridge NZ 114

Caroline Bay 143

Cornwall Park 373

Dunedin 198

East End 145

East Otago High School 14

Flaxmere 84

Foster 200

Gisborne 110

Gordon Carmichael Reserve 113

Gordon Spratt Reserve 141

Greytown Woodside Trail 56

Hagley 704

Halswell Quarry 122

Hamilton Lake 312

Hamilton Park 15

Hanmer Forest 39

Henley Lake 80

Hobsonville Point 341

Invercargill 190

Kapiti Coast 106

Karamu Stream 75

Lake Dunstan 23

Lake2Lake Trail 27

Lost Lagoon 28

Lower Hutt 256

Mandeville 42

Mangawhero River Walk, Ohakune 35

Millwater 330

Moana Point Reserve 34

Morrinsville Recreation Ground 51

Motueka Beach Reserve 85

Neale Park 160

Northern Pathway 92

Ōamaru Public Gardens 169

Ōpaheke Park 41

Ōrākei Bay 250

Ōroua River Walkway 37

Otago Central Rail Trail, Alexandra 67

Ōtaki River 66

Owairaka 318

Palmerston North 314

Parrs Park 135

Pegasus 175

Porirua 145

Puarenga 176

Queenstown 74

Raumanga Stream 85

Riverlution 267

Russell Park 60

Scarborough 176

Sherwood Reserve 116

South End Reserve 16

Southern Path 80

Taupō 157

Tauranga 181

Te Awa 114

Trentham Memorial 189

Tuff Crater Reserve 136

University of Waikato 118

Waitangi 355

Wanaka 47

Warkworth Showgrounds 83

Western Springs 296

Whakatane Gardens 93

Whanganui Riverbank 114

Whangarei 259

May 30, event #7, 36:29, token 64/90

The last New Zealand parkrun I profiled was Te Awa parkrun, which as you head south on State Highway 1 is the first one you get to from Ōpaheke Park.

This parkrun has bridged the gap a little bit more between Auckland and the Waikato.

It’s a brand new park in a new area of development, expanding Papakura further into the countryside.

It launched in April and my visit for its lucky 7th event was with a bunch of Hamilton parkrunners.

You never know who you’re going to see at parkrun, the nature of the event means no pre-registration, and I usually see someone I know.

This event was no different. Also attending Ōpaheke on this day was Kent Stead, one of the first event ambassadors for New Zealand - we’ve spent some time together at ambassador events.

There was also James, whose 500th parkrun I celebrated in December at Sherwood Reserve.

And Jeff Parkinson, former event director at Cornwall Park parkrun.

Jeff and I ended up running together. He’s usually much faster but was following a training plan that dictated an average pace of 7:15 per km. I’m still making my way back to fitness, so decided to stick with him as best I could.

Ōpaheke Park is three laps with a dog leg out and back on the first lap to make up the distance.

It’s undulating but once you’ve done one lap you’re prepared for the ups and downs for the rest of your run.

Vicky likened the course to Teletubbyland, and I’d say that’s an excellent description.

Because it’s three laps you get to see every parkrunner at various stages of their run.

In my case it was the front runners passing me on my first lap and their second, and us passing the tailwalker on our final lap.

I was too busy trying to run fast that I didn’t get many photos while out on the course, but suffice to say, I enjoyed it and would love to return.

The story behind Ōpaheke Park parkrun - event director Gerald Masters

It’s a brand new park, it's officially been open for maybe a year but in reality only really usable, especially for parkrun, since December last year. The council closed it and did some refurbishments to it.

I live just up the road from here and as they were building the new housing estate around I noticed that they were building a park and so as soon as I saw what they were doing and saw the plans that they had put online I contacted parkrun HQ and registered this as a new parkrun location, waiting for the park to be finished in time.

It's a very basic course, they were nice enough to create a 1.4km concrete path around the outside of the park so it's three laps of that course plus a little bit of out and back and a start and finish area on grass.

It means if we ever get lots and lots of people we can have a very, very wide start line to make life easier at the beginning.

It's quite a fast course if you know where all the little rises are. I run this course probably twice a week during the week and once you get to know the ups and downs and the flat bits and the fast bits and the slow bits, it can be quite fast.

The concrete path is nice and wide so there's no congestion anywhere. They did a really good job making the course, making the park and making it interesting.

All we've got to do now is wait for the trees to grow and it'll be looking much better.

I started parkrun when I was living in the UK many years ago so I've been doing this almost 20 years now but over 20 years I've only done 150 runs. My first ever run was in Wimbledon Common in 2007 and my second run was at Bushy Park a few months later and then my third run was here in Auckland at Barry Curtis in 2013 maybe.

It was a big gap but I've always liked this as an initiative. Back when I was younger I just was never motivated enough to get up on a Saturday morning. It took me to decide to run Auckland Marathon to get back into running properly after coming back to New Zealand.

Have you visited this parkrun yet? I’d love to hear about your experiences.

Need to know

• Three laps, almost all on a wide concrete path

• The parkrun starts and finishes on grass beside the car park.

• There are toilets in the car park

• Nearest airport: Auckland

• Cafe: Park Green Café & Bar

• Launch date: April 18, 2026

Where to find

• Address: Ōpaheke Park, 165 Ōpaheke Road, Ōpaheke, Auckland 2584..

• email: opahekepark@parkrun.com

• Website: https://www.parkrun.co.nz/opahekepark

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Nneka is one of the few parkrunners to have completed every course in New Zealand.

Barcode: 20258

Home parkrun: Lower Hutt

What was your first away parkrun?

Delta parkrun, South Africa. I was going to South Africa for work, flying into Johannesburg. Naturally I asked if I could stay an extra night (at my own cost of course) so that I could be there for Saturday morning instead of in transit.

Delta was the only parkrun in South Africa at the time so the choice was easy.

What led you to parkrun tourism?

It was definitely an accident. I was chasing my ’50’ tee shirt and didn’t want to miss any weeks.

So whenever I was travelling for work and away from home on a Saturday morning I would go to an away parkrun.

After I’d been doing this for a while I read an email the eponymous Cass Castleton (founder of parkrun World Tourists facebook page) wrote to parkrun UK talking about his mission to do a parkrun in every country that has one.

I realised I’d covered all the parkrun countries outside Europe already (I was based in the UK at the time) and thanks to all that work travel I had plenty of airmiles…so I thought I would join in!

What’s the earliest you’ve got up to travel to an event and where was it?

Talking about same day travel, probably 3am to drive down to Lower Hutt from Hawke’s Bay. This was before parkrun came to Hawke’s Bay, I don’t do that drive any more. Unless for a special occasion 🙂

What has been your furthest trip for a parkrun?

Just for parkrun, the furthest trip was definitely from Auckland, New Zealand to Tokyo, Japan for the parkrun Japan launch. My first time seeing the cherry blossoms there as well.

Can you tell us about a memorable parkrun experience in New Zealand?

So many!

Flaxmere parkrun inaugural on 15 June 2019 with the tangata whenua (local people) involved, live music, and a free healthy breakfast provided by Hastings District Council was really special.

Richard McChesney’s Cowell (100th different parkrun event) at Kapiti Coast on 22 August 2015, I believe he was the first and (so far) only New Zealander to complete a Cowell.

My husband Paul Gibbon’s 100th parkrun at Anderson parkrun and lots of the local parkrunners walking in with him to celebrate. Initially Paul went to parkrun only to accompany me but soon got hooked.

Another moving moment was Greytown parkrun awarding Paul and I a “Certificate of Awesomeness” for being “most colourful volunteers” at their first anniversary celebrations.

I was ticking off NZ parkruns in July (2014 I think) and Hawkes Bay “winter” had made me complacent.

So I was surprised when my flight from Wellington to Dunedin on the Friday night was cancelled due to snow!

Obviously I wasn’t interested in flying there on Saturday afternoon…so I made the best of it and stayed overnight in Wellington, going to Lower Hutt instead.

Would you believe Cass Castleton was also at Lower Hutt ticking off NZ on his world tour?! He was only in NZ for 24 hours or so.

Queenstown parkrun inaugural when as tailwalker I forgot my barcode and had to run hard for 2km at the start to go and get my barcode from our accommodation and then catch up – luckily the penultimate parkrunner was experienced and not put off by the tailwalker being missing in action.

Last but not least, not one particular experience but a cumulative – the friendships and camaraderie from lots of awesome Kiwi parkrunners.

Where in New Zealand would you like a parkrun and why?

Hokitika! I’ve been fascinated by the place since reading the Luminaries when I first came to New Zealand, and I’m terrible at motivating myself to travel these days unless it’s to a parkrun…

Similarly Cape Reinga or Kaitaia in Northland would be the perfect counterpoint to Invercargill parkrun.

May 9, event #235, 58:36, token 56/58

Our final parkrun in Japan on this visit and we combined it with friends, birthdays and Disney.

It was our friend Sarah’s birthday, and because celebrating a birthday at parkrun is fun, we locked in Urayasushi sogo koen (Urayasu City General Park) so we coud spend this time with her.

This parkrun is the closest to Tokyo Disney Resorts, and Disneyland was Sarah’s other birthday wish.

It was pretty easy to get to, we were staying close to the Disney monorail, so took a monorail to the train station that services Disney (and saw the queues of people already waiting, some three hours before the parks open). From there we travelled one stop, and then took a bus from the station to the last stop on the route.

At Urayasu station, close to the exit to the bus station, Roberta and I spotted someone who looked like they were headed in the same direction.

“Are you going to parkrun?” we asked, and so we were joined by Clare from the UK.

While waiting at the bus stop we spotted another likely parkrunner, Gayl from Brisbane.

And so we made our way on the bus, backseat bandits, to the parkrun. Of course we had arrived extra early. There was no sign of anyone else, but we knew we were in the right place.

It was already warming up quite considerably,

This parkrun is an out and back overlooking Tokyo Bay. It’s on a wide, shared path.

The final kilometre is around the park, including a short rise, and a finish on grass.

Because we were so close to Disney Roberta and I wore our Mickey ears for the photo, and then when I decided it was too warm to think about running I decided to wear it for our walk.

I got the impression that the local parkrunners were used to Disney-visiting parkrunners. We received many comments about them.

The first timers’ welcome was in English and Japanese, the English-speaking volunteer was James, who was our tailwalker for the day.

We have both completed parkruns at Sherwood Pines in the UK - that’s his home parkrun when he goes back to the UK.

James travelled to Japan on the JET programme many years earlier. This is a Japanese government-led programme where English speakers get placed into Japanese public schools as language assistants. Before my trip I read Abroad in Japan by youtuber Chris Broad, this was his introduction to Japan also.

As you can probably imagine, Roberta, James and myself spent the majority of the 5km talking.

We chatted about the local runners, James, his family and parkrunning, about Disney and our Japan trip. It was our penultimate day in Japan but Roberta and I were already sure we would be back.

Sarah ran a new post-baby personal best - what a birthday gift!

Meanwhile I drank a whole bottle of Pocari Sweat over the 5km walk!

We learned during the parkrun that you can buy electrolyte tablets, so after parkrun James’ wife Tamara took Roberta over to the Lawson store so we could sample them. They don’t need to be added to water and taste great (we bought lemon and sports drink flavours).

Before we jumped back on the bus back to the train station we also bought some of the fried chicken - yet another find we wished we’d tried sooner!

We spent the rest of the day at Disneyland, celebrating Sarah’s birthday and bringing to an end our Japan adventure.

It was an adventure I’ll never forget.

Need to know

• There are toilets at the gathering point.

• Cafe: Bountiful Coffee on 6th Street, however on our visit there were shared snacks

• Launch date: November 28, 2020

Where to find

• Address: 7-2 Mekai, Urayasu City, Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture, 279-0014, Urayasu City General Park.

• email: urayasushisogokoen@parkrun.com

• Website: www.parkrun.jp/urayasushisogokoen

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In brief

743 (+23) people registered for parkrun this week

587 +88) completed their first parkrun this week

1732 (+447) achieved personal bests this week

71 (-19) volunteered for the first time this week

The average finish time in New Zealand remains 32:45.

Milestones

21 parkrunners joined the J10 club

92 parkrunners joined the 25 club

48 parkrunners joined the 50 club

24 parkrunners joined the 100 club:

• Ara Harakeke: Michael Baughen

• Barry Curtis: Jeananne Stack, Julie Thurbon

• Cambridge NZ: Bridget Pickford

• Foster: Braden Judd

• Hagley: Debra Beckett, Khurram Malik, Lindsay Campbell

• Hobsonville Point: Casey King, Greg Cassidy

• Invercargill: Brooke Swensson

• Owairaka: Jeremy Eadae, Paul Marriott

• Southern Path: Helen Anderson

• Taupō: Owen Satchwill

• Tauranga: Julian Schnippering

• Waitangi: Amanda O’Brien, James Firestone

• Western Springs: Pramod Patel

• Whakatane Gardens: Lorraine Barr

• Whanganui Riverbank: Andrew Kitson, Nicola Hubbard

• Whangarei: Glenn Sutherland, Sherryn Anderson

2 parkrunners joined the 250 club:

• Tauranga: Phil Mosscrop

• Whangarei: Ian Birch

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

Volunteer Milestones

v10: Blake Antonio (Whangarei)

v25: Mark Coulston (Ara Harakeke), Nattarinee Klinopchoei (Ashburton Domain), Dianne Holland (Gisborne), Eva Kleiber (Hamilton Lake), Jass Souter (Lake2Lake Trail), Jamie Culpan (Northern Pathway), Cushla Habershon (Taupō), Damian Peterson (Tuff Crater), Shona Langdon (Whangarei)

v50: Patsy Rayson (Gordon Carmichael Reserve), Lanna James (Hagley), Anna Hardy, Sachi McKoy (Hamilton Lake), Katrina Edmead (Henley Lake), Cherie McAllister, Tim Coster (Hobsonville Point), Julia Greaney (Lower Hutt), Jon Dutton (Ōrākei Bay)

v100: Catriona Miller (Northern Pathway)

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

If you’re registered to an overseas parkrun but you reside and run in New Zealand and you achieve a milestone please let me know.

Attendance

Biggest New Zealand parkruns: Whangarei (429), Waitangi (481), Hagley (694).

Smallest NZ parkruns: Lost Lagoon (27), South End Reserve (19), East Otago High School (13).

Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:

42 parkruns had higher attendance

27 parkruns had lower attendance

South End Reserve, Lost Lagoon and Motueka Beach Reserve parkruns recorded the same attendance as the week prior with 19, 27 and 97 respectively.

The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Scarborough with a change of 180.

The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Te Awa with a change of 118%.

The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Warkworth Showgrounds with a change of -117.

The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Warkworth Showgrounds with a change of -66%.

See end of stats for attendances for all parkruns.

Attendance Records

Parrs Park - 163 (previous record 150 set October 25, 2025)

NZ Anniversaries

• Queenstown - 8

• Riverlution - 1

Cancellations

Raumanga Stream - Shortage of volunteers

Future cancellations

October 17: Caroline Bay - venue unavailable

Averages

The average parkrun attendance this week was 156 (73 events).

In 2025 the average was 147 (61 events).

In 2024 the average was 148 (48 events).

In 2023 the average was 115 (41 events).

In 2022 the average was 69 (35 events).

In 2021 the average was 108 (33 events).

There were no parkruns in June 2020.

See the Runs With a Barcode consolidated club report here.

If you’re not in the consolidated club results and you would like to be, log in to your parkrun profile and add Runs With A Barcode to your parkrun groups (you can belong to five).

For more stats click here. These include most events and age grade records. They’re supplied by a third party so may require checking at a later date.

You can join the facebook group here.

Attendances

Anderson 225

Ara Harakeke 70

Ashburton Domain 68

Balclutha 32

Barry Curtis 274

Blenheim 95

Broad Park 136

Cambridge NZ 97

Caroline Bay 184

Cornwall Park 344

Dunedin 282

East End 142

East Otago High School 13

Flaxmere 88

Foster 232

Gisborne 121

Gordon Carmichael Reserve 126

Gordon Spratt Reserve 133

Greytown Woodside Trail 50

Hagley 694

Halswell Quarry 101

Hamilton Lake 254

Hamilton Park 29

Hanmer Forest 36

Henley Lake 71

Hobsonville Point 316

Invercargill 324

Kapiti Coast 140

Karamu Stream 74

Lake Dunstan 57

Lake2Lake Trail 52

Lost Lagoon 27

Lower Hutt 322

Mandeville 54

Mangawhero River Walk, Ohakune 33

Millwater 307

Moana Point Reserve 35

Morrinsville Recreation Ground 45

Motueka Beach Reserve 97

Neale Park 197

Northern Pathway 96

Ōamaru Public Gardens 153

Ōpaheke Park 67

Ōrākei Bay 223

Ōroua River Walkway 41

Otago Central Rail Trail, Alexandra 89

Ōtaki River 63

Owairaka 289

Palmerston North 320

Parrs Park 163

Pegasus 138

Porirua 145

Puarenga 182

Queenstown 168

Raumanga Stream 0

Riverlution 416

Russell Park 64

Scarborough 180

Sherwood Reserve 114

South End Reserve 19

Southern Path 95

Taupō 111

Tauranga 190

Te Awa 85

Trentham Memorial 174

Tuff Crater Reserve 92

University of Waikato 103

Waitangi 481

Wanaka 138

Warkworth Showgrounds 60

Western Springs 261

Whakatane Gardens 74

Whanganui Riverbank 154

Whangarei 429

May 4, event #183, 36:52, token 73/109

There’s nothing like a late night parkrun panic to realise how much you are relying on a single event to go ahead.

For reasons unknown (ie poor holiday planning) we had planned on being in Osaka for Greenery Day, despite zero Osaka events hosting a special event in 2025. Never fear, Nara isn’t tooo far.

As it turned out we ended up staying in Nara instead of Osaka due to the generosity of my brother-in-in-law.

But the night before the parkrun Heijo kyuseki Rekishi koen parkrun posted to their facebook page that they may have to cancel due to the inclement weather.

Cue panic.

We were planning on meeting friends travelling in from Kyoto (Sarah, Matt and Hadley), as well as Aussie Darren, who had been based in Nara for his Japan trip.

Where was the nearest other event hosting a special day parkrun and would we be able to make it.

Answer: Osaka or Nagoya, and possibly.

There was heavy rain and strong winds the night before parkrun but parkrunday was met with perfect weather.

Roberta and I were picked up at 7.15am for the 15 minute drive by my brother-in-law Hayato.

He’s a runner but had never run parkrun before. He’d registered the night before over dinner.

On arriving at the car park we knew were in the right place - two Danish parkrunners were trying to work out how to pay for parking. And as we were paying ours a local volunteer walked past.

Every so often he would look back to make sure that we - and the others who had subsequently joined us - were keeping up. It was akin to the Pied Piper of Hamelin, with runners in similar parkrun attire instead of bewitched children.

This parkrun is held in Heijo Palace Ruins Historical Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and quite possibly one of the most stunning locations I’ve attended parkrun.

The park is a significant site in Japan, offering a glimpse into the ancient capital's history. It includes the ruins of Heijo Palace, which served as the imperial residence and government district during the Nara period (710-794AD) and was Japan’s first capital.

Heijo kyuseki Rekishi koen parkrun is a four-and-a-half lap parkrun around the now ruined, main ceremonial complex of the palace.

The start and finish are on opposite sides of the ruins, but everyone gathers at the meeting point for the important first timers’ welcome and event briefing before walking together to the start (like Futakotamagawa).

We had such an amazing greeting to parkrun. The run director was dressed in an inflatable dinosaur suit and there were lots of Star Wars references on display - for Greenery Day shares its day with Star Wars Day (May 4).

There were many visitors from overseas, some we knew, many we didn’t, and many photos were taken.

The run brief was delivered by two volunteers, first in Japanese and then English. There were visitors from Sunshine Beach parkrun in Kyoto, though the furthest travelled were those from Denmark and the UK.

Once the run brief was delivered we all walked to the other side of the ruins, near to the Suzakumon Gate, for another pre-run photo and the start.

This has to go down as one of the more memorable parkrun starts I’ve experienced.

Watch the parkrun video here.

It was a cooler day than the previous Saturday in Tokyo so I decided to give this one a crack at running.

Even though 4.5 laps of an almost square course could be construed as boring, it was anything but.

There were volunteers at different points taking photos, many runners and walkers either passing or being passed, and the iconic view of the Suzakumon Gate.

It was a bit breezy, which made for easier running in some parts, and less so in others.

The finish was in front of the Daigokumon Gate (South Gate), which served as the main entrance to the Daiichiji Daigokuden (Imperial Palace Hall).

After the finish we walked about 1.5km to Komeda’s for breakfast. This involved crossing the Kintetsu-Nara line and walking through the Suzakumon Gate.

We stayed parkrun fresh and explored Nara the rest of the day.

Nara is renowned for its deer - they are plentiful - and is also home to the bronze Buddha.

We returned to Nara city centre on a subsequent day. It’s definitely somewhere I would like to return to and explore further.

Need to know

• There are toilets at the gathering point.

• Cafe: We walked to Komeda’s Coffee, about 1.5km away from the finish.

• Launch date: September 3, 2022

Where to find

• Address: Heijo Palace Ruins History Park, Nijo Oji Minami, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, 630-8012.

• email: heijokyusekirekishikoen@parkrun.com

• Website: https://www.parkrun.jp/heijokyusekirekishikoen/

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This week we welcomed Warkworth Showgrounds parkrun to the parkrun New Zealand whānau. They had 177 finishers and 19 volunteers.

In brief

720 (-223) people registered for parkrun this week

499 (-288) completed their first parkrun this week

1274 (-736) achieved personal bests this week

90 (-13) volunteered for the first time this week

The average finish time in New Zealand increased to 32:45.

Milestones

32 parkrunners joined the J10 club

83 parkrunners joined the 25 club

52 parkrunners joined the 50 club

29 parkrunners joined the 100 club:

• Barry Curtis: Warwick Evenson

• Cornwall Park: Kim Carruthers, Maple Pan

• Dunedin: Ann Bixley

• East End: Jonathan Blake

• Foster: Pip Stevens

• Gordon Spratt Reserve: Aidan Crossman, Donna Officer, Marijan Trim

• Greytown Woodside Trail: Phil Cox

• Hagley: Benjamin Clark, Pauline Poore, Sabine Claus, Seeun Lee, Will Churchill

• Hobsonville Point: James Steel

• Lower Hutt: Sam Coombes

• Millwater: Richard Sievers

• Ōrākei Bay: Steven Colclough

• Otago Central Rail Trail: Sarah Grimes

• Owairaka: Rachel Thompson

• Puarenga: Rose Mansell

• Southern Path: Jerome Kloeg

• Taupō: Cam Asher

• University of Waikato: Scott Cantley

• Western Springs: Joey Faust

• Whangarei: Isla Elliott, Megan Elliott, Stephen Crow

4 parkrunners joined the 250 club:

• Anderson: Sarah Renwick

• Barry Curtis: Laurie Shedden

• Taupō: Debra Lynch

• Whangarei: Rex Carmichael

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

Volunteer Milestones

v10: Louie Gould (Cornwall Park), Joshua Padayachee (Hagley), Andrew Findlay, Lucian Ramos Lanegra (Ōrākei Bay), Piper Stevens (Palmerston North)

v25: Sharyn Robson (Anderson), Doro Mueller (Ara Harakeke), Isobel Gregson (Cornwall Park), Laura Bylsma (Dunedin), Donna Officer (Gordon Spratt Reserve), Mark Nihoniho (Hagley), Sarah Grimes (Otago Central Rail Trail), Lars Watt (Queenstown)

v50: Frank Wiemann (Cornwall Park), Karl Smith (Foster), Glyn Hodgson (Hamilton Lake), Michael Ashbrook, Tracey Elliott (Invercargill), Allan McLean (Otago Central Rail Trail), Debra Lynch (Taupō)

v250: Alison Moorcroft (Gisborne)

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

If you’re registered to an overseas parkrun but you reside and run in New Zealand and you achieve a milestone please let me know.

Attendance

Biggest New Zealand parkruns: Dunedin (342), Waitangi (381), Hagley (689).

Smallest NZ parkruns: South End Reserve (19), Moana Point Reserve (18), East Otago High School (15).

Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:

13 parkruns had higher attendance

58 parkruns had lower attendance

The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Scarborough with a change of 26.

The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Balclutha with a change of 54%.

The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Barry Curtis with a change of -135.

The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Hanmer Springs with a change of -78%.

See end of stats for attendances for all parkruns.

Attendance Records

0

NZ Anniversaries

0

Cancellations

Kapiti Coast - Weather

Future cancellations

June 13: Raumanga Stream - Shortage of volunteers

October 17: Caroline Bay - venue unavailable

Averages

The average parkrun attendance this week was 144 (73 events).

In 2025 the average was 121 (60 events).

In 2024 the average was 156 (48 events).

In 2023 the average was 126 (41 events).

In 2022 the average was 88 (37 events).

In 2021 the average was 122 (33 events).

There were no parkruns in June 2020.

See the Runs With a Barcode consolidated club report here.

If you’re not in the consolidated club results and you would like to be, log in to your parkrun profile and add Runs With A Barcode to your parkrun groups (you can belong to five).

For more stats click here. These include most events and age grade records. They’re supplied by a third party so may require checking at a later date.

You can join the facebook group here.

Attendances

Anderson 223

Ara Harakeke 84

Ashburton Domain 75

Balclutha 43

Barry Curtis 212

Blenheim 99

Broad Park 112

Cambridge NZ 108

Caroline Bay 170

Cornwall Park 292

Dunedin 342

East End 140

East Otago High School 15

Flaxmere 78

Foster 175

Gisborne 133

Gordon Carmichael Reserve 121

Gordon Spratt Reserve 136

Greytown Woodside Trail 42

Hagley 689

Halswell Quarry 87

Hamilton Lake 269

Hamilton Park 40

Hanmer Forest 30

Henley Lake 76

Hobsonville Point 318

Invercargill 309

Kapiti Coast 0

Karamu Stream 83

Lake Dunstan 58

Lake2Lake Trail 37

Lost Lagoon 27

Lower Hutt 274

Mandeville 28

Mangawhero River Walk, Ohakune 31

Millwater 333

Moana Point Reserve 18

Morrinsville Recreation Ground 48

Motueka Beach Reserve 97

Neale Park 148

Northern Pathway 75

Ōamaru Public Gardens 137

Ōpaheke Park 46

Ōrākei Bay 249

Ōroua River Walkway 38

Otago Central Rail Trail, Alexandra 80

Ōtaki River 83

Owairaka 254

Palmerston North 286

Parrs Park 105

Pegasus 131

Porirua 104

Puarenga 147

Queenstown 191

Raumanga Stream 63

Riverlution 324

Russell Park 76

Scarborough 214

Sherwood Reserve 104

South End Reserve 19

Southern Path 116

Taupō 153

Tauranga 163

Te Awa 39

Trentham Memorial 155

Tuff Crater Reserve 94

University of Waikato 111

Waitangi 381

Wanaka 116

Warkworth Showgrounds 177

Western Springs 254

Whakatane Gardens 73

Whanganui Riverbank 113

Whangarei 249