Lake Dunstan parkrun

18/06/2026

High performance athletes enjoying the benefits of parkrun. 🥰

18/06/2026

Volunteer Call Out 🙏

Needing the following volunteer roles filled for this Saturday if anyone can help please.

✅️ Denotes position now filled

Essential:
* Finish Tokens
* Course Marshals x 2 ✅️
* Second Timekeeper ✅️

Non-essential:
* parkwalker
* Report Writer
* Photographer

Comment below or email us at [email protected]

Thank you! 🤗

16/06/2026

🤩 Thankful Tuesday 🙏😍

Event #28
57 finishers • 13 volunteers

Today we celebrate the 13 superstar volunteers 🦺 on Saturday 13th June 2026 who helped our event run so smoothly once again. Thank you all so much for your valued contribution! 🥳🥰

Hit the like button and give a round of applause for these fabulous humans. 👏✨🤩🦺

🌱 First Timers (v1)
None this week

🌟 Second Time Back (v2)
Emma - v2
Ian - v2
Lorene - v2

📈 Gaining Momentum (v3)
None this week

🔁 Settling In (v4 to v10)
Karen - v5
Tracy - v7
Bruce - v8
Rachael K - v10

🎯 Steady Legends (v11 - v25)
Jill - v14
Cliff - v16
Fiona - v17
Wendy - v21

🎖️ Seasoned Regulars (v26 - v50)
Ben - v31

🔥 Core Crew (v51 - v99)
None this week

🏆 Veterans (v101 to v250)
Nicki - v159

Our weekly parkrun events simply cannot happen without a willing team of volunteers and some parkruns have been forced to cancel events due to insufficient core team members. Tasks are simple, easy to learn and very rewarding. There are a number of roles you can undertake and also get to walk or run the course itself, earning yourself both a volunteer credit and a parkrun credit. It's also really important to share the load so that our regular volunteers get a chance to complete the event too. There will always be support on hand to show you want to do and we encourage everyone to give it a go. 🥰

If you'd love to volunteer, tell your friends, bring along your family or chat to the Run Director on the day. Give back even 3 times a year and you help keep our event safe. We still have a few spaces on the roster for our next event #29 on 20th June and event #30 on 27th June. Comment below or email us at [email protected]

Let's share the love - we couldn't do it without them. ❤️🧡💛💜💚💙🩷🩵🩶🤍

15/06/2026

🥳 Milestone Monday 🥳

Today we celebrate another two of our parkrun locals who reached the first significant milestone of their respective parkrun journeys on Saturday 🤩

✨ Pete de Joux completed his 25th parkrun! 💜 Like several others, he joined the parkrun family at our inaugural event in November 2025 and has now run our course 21 times. He has also completed other parkrun courses in Alexandra, Christchurch and Timaru. He volunteers as well, helping out with Event Day Course Check and being a Course Marshal. Congratulations Pete - a fantastic achievement and we look forward to seeing you sporting your well earned milestone t-shirt in due course! 🥳💜

✨ Congratulations also to Rachael Klahn who completed her 10th volunteer stint undertaking Tail Walker duties on Saturday. Huge thanks for your valuable contribution and your ever cheery smile Rachael! 🥳🦺🦺

📷 If you reach a milestone, please make sure you see our Run Director for a photo or send a photo to us. 😊 We love sharing and celebrating your achievements. 🤩

15/06/2026

Event #28 saw 57 finishers crossing the line, including 8 first time visitors. 3 of those were completing their first ever parkrun so a big warm welcome to Sophia Kimpton, Zoe Scoones and Louise Scoones. Our visitors came from Queenstown, Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin. We hope you enjoyed your morning with us and look forward to welcoming you back again real soon. 🤗

We also had 21 participants achieving a shiny new PB, one 25th parkrun milestone 💜 and one of our wonderful high viz heroes reaching an unofficial volunteer milestone. Congratulations everyone! 🥳🤩

Fastest male finishers:
#1 Connor Bryce - 19.14
#2 Peter Legget - 19.15
#3 Dan Kirkman - 20.17

Fastest female finishers:
#4 Jessi Cook - 20.32
#5 Kerry Ash - 21.03
#10 Gen Norman - 24.09

Huge thanks as always to our 13 high viz heroes for making it all happen. 🙏🦺

Only 5 more sleeps till event #29. 😁

13/06/2026

12/06/2026

Your invitation has arrived ✉️

Join us this weekend for the biggest parkrun celebration yet: one million events delivered 🎊

Register for free at https://www.parkrun.co.nz/

Bring your family, friends or colleagues. Meet at Alpha Street Reserve near the children's playground and don't forget your barcode!

🦺 8.40am - Volunteer Briefing
📢 8.50am - First Timers Welcome
📢 8.55am - General Briefing
💥 9am - 3, 2, 1 parkrun!

9.30am onwards - Forage Cafe for hot drinks and sweet treats ☕️🍰

09/06/2026

How good is this! 🥰 Why not come along this weekend and be part of this magic milestone!

1 million parkrun events. Sounds crazy, right? 🤯

This weekend, we’ll hit that incredible milestone.

A million events delivered shows parkrun is more than a 5k or 2k. It’s shared mornings, encouragement, and a community that turns up week after week.

Thanks a million 🫶

🌳

08/06/2026

Photos courtesy of Loes St. Ather, first time visitor from Ōrākei Bay parkrun giving a lovely perspective of our lakeside course. Thanks so much Loes and glad you enjoyed your morning with us. We hope you will visit us again real soon! 🥰