The Kepler Challenge is a 60-kilometre alpine ultramarathon run on the Kepler Track inside Fiordland National Park, starting and finishing at the Lake Te Anau
Building a running season around a half marathon calendar is one of the most rewarding ways to see New Zealand while chasing the 21.1 km
The Tarawera Ultra-Trail is the best-known trail running event in New Zealand, drawing thousands of local and international runners to the forests, lakes and geothermal
A trail running calendar for New Zealand maps the country’s off-road races across the four seasons, so you can choose events that match your fitness,
The Emerson’s Dunedin Marathon is New Zealand’s great southern road race, run each spring around the sheltered waters of Otago Harbour and finishing in the
The Christchurch Marathon is New Zealand’s flattest and fastest big-city road race, run each autumn from Hagley Park in the heart of Ōtautahi Christchurch. The
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
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
The Queenstown Marathon is New Zealand’s most scenic big-city race, and the 2026 edition takes place on Saturday 14 November 2026 in Queenstown, Central Otago.
Wellington wears its reputation as New Zealand’s cultural capital through a calendar that rarely pauses. From wearable-art spectacle and craft-beer halls to free street festivals,