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Rotorua Marathon: Course, Entry and Race-Day Guide
The Rotorua Marathon is New Zealand’s oldest and most storied road marathon, a single 42.2-kilometre lap of Lake Rotorua first run in 1965. Now branded
Harriet Lockwood
April 7, 2026
The Rotorua Marathon is New Zealand’s oldest and most storied road marathon, a single 42.2-kilometre lap of Lake Rotorua first run in 1965. Now branded
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New Zealand packs an extraordinary range of landscapes into a single 42.195-kilometre distance: you can cross a city harbour bridge in Auckland, trace a volcanic