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A free, weekly, timed 5k event 8am every Saturday morning. Everyone is welcome to walk, run or volunteer ☀️ Whakatū Nelson, NZ

05/10/2026

✨ Mana Tangata Monday ✨

We love to celebrate our Neale Park whānau!
So please this week let us introduce you to the wonderful Ian and Heather 🖤❤️

Well done Ian on reaching your 100 milestone this Saturday! 💯

As you’ll read these two are inspirational lifelong active community members, great travellers, so encouraging to our Neale Park crew…. and as they’re usually the first to arrive they kindly put the parkrun flags out pretty much every week!!! 😄👏

”Ian and Heather McNabb, Nelson locals, are very regular participants at the popular Neale Park parkrun ,since the inaugural first event back on 23rd November 2024. Very excited to finally get a local parkrun here in sunny Nelson, after visiting other parkruns around the country and overseas. Our first taste of parkrun was at Cairns in 2014, Hagley Park Christchurch , and Porirua in 2015.

Other parkruns we have been to ,Blenheim, Pegasus Chch, Ginninderra- Canberra, Wynyard - Tasmania, Lost Lagoon - Westport, Caroline Bay -Timaru, Motueka Beach Reserve, East End - New Plymouth, Flaxmere - Hastings.
We are both members of Waimea Harriers, and prior to that Trafalgar Harriers, Nelson City, spanning about 40 years.

This has given us both, but mainly Ian, a new lease of life, as he had more or less given up running about 5-6 years ago, he was doing power walking, but is now enjoying running again with the regulars on a Saturday morning at 8am, and of course the coffee to follow up with after each event at Founders Cafe, to exchange our stories with the regulars and also the newbies that turn up on the day.
This last Saturday was Ian's 100th parkrun, I am following behind with 87 under my belt,( I have volunteered more). The volunteer roles are great, and easy, you can still get involved on the day and feel part of the action.
Thank you to Ruth and Graeme Rogers for getting this wonderful event up and running in Nelson.”

Thank you right back at you Ian and Heather!! 🥰

03/10/2026

A decidedly average morning 🌧️ but rain or shine, parkrun is here for you Whakatū!

Big mihi to our wonderful volunteers for keeping parkrun shiny and safe, with a special shout out to the Athletics Nelson crew 🦺

It was too soggy for the volunteer whiteboard this morning 🫠 but please let us know if you are available for any spring volunteering 🥰

https://www.parkrun.co.nz/nealepark/futureroster/

01/10/2026

See you at parkrun tomorrow!
Same time, same place, same friendly crew
8am start 🌅 Neale Park

Our mates at Athletics Nelson will be helping out with volunteering 👏 and letting you know about the The Nelson Half coming up soon 👀

A weekly, free, flat and friendly 5km- as fast as you fancy- is just the training ticket we reckon!

https://nelsonhalfmarathon.co.nz

29/09/2026

The hottest invitation in town 🧡

Will you join us next parkrunday to celebrate parkrun’s 22nd birthday ? 🌳

26/09/2026

Ngā mihi nui everyone who joined us this morning at Neale Park to celebrate our 100th event!

A record *30* volunteers supported 270 parkrunners today 🙌 Huge appreciation for all 371 volunteers we’ve had giving back to our community so far.

We have so loved meeting nearly 5000 of you over the last 100 events. Stats are fun (for some!) but the thing that gets us out of bed every Saturday morning are the stories; what parkrun means to you, who you’ve met at Neale Park, and how you use it to connect with friends and whānau.

On to the next 100 Whakatū!! 🖤

📸 parkrun New Zealand Volunteer photography ambassador Allen Carbon

📝 Run report from Melanie Burt
https://www.parkrun.co.nz/nealepark/news/2026/09/27/event-100/

24/09/2026

Whoooop it’s our 100th parkrun this Saturday!!!!

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Grab your parkrun besties, and come dressed in black to celebrate this milestone with us!

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Free friendly 5km for all
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Your parkrun, your pace
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7:50 first timers, 7:55 briefing, 8am start
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Neale Park, North Rd, Whakatū Nelson
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20/09/2026

✨ Mana Tangata Monday ✨

An extra sparkly introduction this week for the one and only Julie Burt- a much loved and highly enthusiastic member of our Neale Park whānau! 🤩 She brings so much fun, great dress ups energy, and a lot of effort behind the scenes to our parkrun 👏 I couldn’t choose just one photo so more in the comments 😆

A little birdie (co-director Michael) tells us it’s a special big birthday for Julie this week 😍🥳 6️⃣0️⃣🎂 From all of us a huge happy birthday and thank you Julie for everything you do…and how colourfully you do it! 🌈

“My parkrun journey started for me with coming along to the very first Neale Park parkrun with my husband Michael, and our dog Jet. We didn’t know anything about parkrun at that stage as Michael’s boss at the time had suggested he should go along as he did the Hagley Park parkrun in Christchurch. That first week Michael ran and I went to suss out what this parkrun business was all about. That first week showed us that Jet would need to stay at home, as she didn’t appreciate the other dogs that were well behaved and not grumpy.

The second week, I managed to walk about half the course and by the third week, I walked a full parkrun course of five kilometres. I never imagined at the start that I would manage to jog any of the course with having Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia. I had also had spinal surgery in 2023, but jog it, I did. I started off with jogging just some of it and always jogging from the junction to the finish line, to being able to jog the whole five kilometres. This has been a huge achievement for me.

I have managed quite a few different parkruns in the South Island including Hanmer Forest, the inaugural Motueka Beach Reserve, Hagley Park, Riverlution, Blenheim, Broad Park, Dunedin, Halswell Quarry, Lost Lagoon, Pegasus and Scarborough where I managed to get my Personal Best of 37m 13s. I have walked/jogged 67 parkruns @12 locations and I have volunteered 72 times @ three locations for 66 volunteer credits. I really enjoy this chance to give back and to make it fun by dressing up in parkrun appropriate costumes, like the cone when I’m marshalling. I think I have the parkrun bug (addiction), and enjoy the new friendships that have developed through parkrun.” ❤️

19/09/2026

Event Number #99 19/9/2026

In celebration of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Run Director - Graeme started the day with a Karakia, and taught those of us present our Mauī from our Matau.

Fittingly 199 parkrunners and parkwalkers joined us today for our 99th event. In a notable milestone, which sneaked through somewhat unexpectedly, our 190th participant today, was also the 20000th finisher at Neale Park parkrun since we began. Our all time average is over 200 people per week. 🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♂️🚶🏽‍♂️🚶🏽‍♀️

🦺🦺🦺Ngā mihi to our 21 Volunteers today who helped the event happen. We are overwhelmed every week by the number of you who are willing to help.

🙏🙏🙏Nau mai haere mai to our 31 new attendees at Neale Park today. 11 of you completed your first ever parkrun.

🏆 Me whakanui i a koe, ka tika to those 34 people achieving a new Personal Best time in good running conditions this morning.

♠♣🖤 Next week is our Event Number 💯. parkrun recognises 100 milestone with Black so join us in rolling out your best Black and accessorise yourself to celebrate!

Well done today to our 4 Junior parkrunners who all completed their 10th event milestone -
🤍🤍🤍 Emma Bernsdorf Solly, Jack Brooks, Isabel Charman, Lia Tovey.

📸Thank you to visiting parkrunner Sophia Kapsalis for providing some before and after photos of the day, and partner Daniel Wilkinson for writing our report- enjoy your north island parkrun tour!!

https://www.parkrun.co.nz/nealepark/news/2026/09/20/run-report-event-99/

17/09/2026

Ata mārie koutou! 👋

We’d love to see you at pakaoma tomorrow for a free friendly 5km for all the whānau, and to celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori here in our beautiful Whakatū ❤️

Ka kite koe apopo! 🌅

7:50 first timers kōrero
7:55 quick whānau hui
8am “toru, rua, tahi….pakaoma!!!!”

12/09/2026

Event #98. The sun was out ☀️ and the wind 🌬 helped parkrunners for half the run. It didn't help so much in the other direction though🤔. It wasn't enough to stop 22 parkrunners earning a new PB🏆. Well done!

We were joined by 19 people 🙏 who were new to Neale Park today. 9 of them were first timers at any parkrun. Welcome to the parkrun family.

🦺🦺🦺As always our Volunteers make parkrun happen, thanks to the 23 of them who made the day great.

Milestones were earned today by -

25 💜💜 Helen Lucre
50 ❤️❤️ Tim Landymore 🎂 & Paula Haines Bellamy

Milestones take time to earn and we love to recognise them. So feel free to tell us at or before briefing when you earn one. ✅️✅️✅️

We look forward to seeing you all next week at event #99.

Address

Neale Park, North Road
Nelson
7010

Website

https://www.parkrun.co.nz/nealepark/

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