Lake Dunstan parkrun

29/05/2026

Join us tomorrow for our King's Birthday weekend parkrun, the final autumn parkrun for this year. 🍁🍂👑

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 yummy goodies. ☕️🍰

29/05/2026

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27/05/2026

Hooray, we have a full roster for this weekend! Huge thanks to all our volunteers who have stepped up. 🥰
And only two more sleeps to parkrunday! 🤩🤗

27/05/2026

We all have our own story as to why we go to parkrun whether it be to run it, walk it, volunteer or support friends or family. There are so many different stories but with all one simple theme - community, support & social connection. It's changed so many people's lives, health and mental wellbeing for the better.

Read how parkrun has shaped this amazing man's life. 😍🥰

This weekend, Darren Wood will become the first person ever to join the 1,000 walk/run milestone club 💛

That’s 5,000k covered over 22 years, a milestone that would still take around 19 years to achieve even with perfect attendance every Saturday 🤯

Darren tells us more about his journey 👉 parkrun.me/76zkv

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26/05/2026

If any parkrunners out there are keen for an additional challenge, the Lake Dunstan Marathon includes both Half Marathon and 10km events. All events finish at the Heritage Precinct, Cromwell.

Another way of enjoying the fabulous Lake Dunstan Trail!

Save The Date: Sunday 30th August 2026 😊

EXCITING UPDATE!
The Lake Dunstan Trail Marathon has added a Half Marathon & 10km distance for 2026

🚤 Half marathon starts with a boat ride across the lake before heading over Hugo Bridge
🍇 10km starts at Carrick Winery and runs into Cromwell

Perfect if you’ve been wanting to do the event but weren’t quite sold on the full marathon...

Numbers are capped, and entries are open, so to secure your spot sign up ASAP

Sign up now: www.lakedunstantrailmarathon.com

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26/05/2026

We require the following high viz hero volunteers for this coming Saturday please. 🙏

NB: ✅ denotes position now filled

🦺 Event Day Course Check - ✅
🦺 Finish Tokens ✅️
🦺 Timekeeper x 1
🦺 Barcode Scanners x 2 - ✅
🦺 Course Marshals x 1
🦺 Tail Walker - ✅

Non-essential:
* Photographer
* Report Writer

If you can help at all, please comment below or email us [email protected]

Thanks!

25/05/2026

So good! 🥰

This past parkrunday, we saw 72 events taking place all across the country! Thank you to everyone who joined us 🌳

Here's how the numbers shaped up ⬇️
📌 72 events
💜 1,231 volunteers!
😁 11,617 finishers
😮 607 people doing their first-ever parkrun

📸 Thank you to Volunteer Photography Ambassador, Ricardo Zucchetto, for this lovely photo from Raumanga Stream parkrun 📍

25/05/2026

🤩 Thankful Tuesday 🙏😍

Event #25 💜
59 finishers • 14 volunteers

Today we celebrate the 14 superstar volunteers 🦺 on Saturday 23rd May 2026 who braved chilly & foggy conditions once again and helped make our first milestone event a big success. Thank you all so much for your valued contribution! 🥳🥰 Also a huge shout out to Jenny Blance on her first time ever volunteer! So proud of the job you all did. 🥰🙏

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

🌱 First Timers (v1)
Jenny - v1

🌟 Second Time Back (v2)
Zama - v2

📈 Gaining Momentum (v3)
Barbara - v3

🔁 Settling In (v4 to v10)
Brenda - v5
Tracy - v6
Chris - v8
Lyzanne - v9

🎯 Steady Legends (v11 - v25)
Jill - v13
Cliff - v14
Fiona - v15
Andrew - v16
Wendy - v19

🎖️ Seasoned Regulars (v26 - v50)
Ben - v28

🔥 Core Crew (v51 - v99)
None this week

🏆 Veterans (v101 to v250)
Nicki - v156

Our weekly parkrun events 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 #26 on 30th May and throughout June. Comment below or email us at [email protected]

Let's share the love - we couldn't do it without them. 🥰

23/05/2026

Photo credits - Barbara Young (Volunteer Course Marshal)

23/05/2026

Event #25 💜💜

Photo and video credits - Nicki Carter (Run Director)

23/05/2026

Start of event #25 😍