Waitangi parkrun

07/10/2026

** Thank you, everyone! We are all sorted! 🧡 **

Hope everyone successfully got through the hump day! Only three more sleeps till our favourite day of the week — parkrun day! 🤩 Maybe this week feels so good that you can help us too? We are after 3 marshals 🦺 Please ping us if you are available to volunteer. We can get you on the closer spots if you are with kids in tow or nursing an injury 😊 Just let us know. Thank you!

05/10/2026

Big thank you to Brendan Ng for the latest event’s run report ✒️ Brendan happened to celebrate his own birthday on the same day, so it was very fitting that he wrote about his perspective on the significance of one’s birthday 😊 Happy belated birthday, Brendan! 🥳

Waitangi parkrun #182 – 3 October 2026 Posted on October 5, 2026 by waitangi Happy 22nd Birthday parkrun!! It was a wet celebration (and a little bit chilly), but there were still 341 of us out there to celebrate 22 years of parkrun. For the uninitiated, parkrun started back in 2004, on October 2n...

03/10/2026

Did you join us for our famous quarterly parkswim this morning? 😅 We can certainly all praise Wellington for its excellent good days, but it’s on a day like today that true Wellingtonians make themselves known. They get to enjoy waterfront all to themselves. They get to relive their childhood through a little bit of puddle hopping with an added bonus of feeling like you just went for a swim without actually dipping your toes into the ocean. What’s not to love? Surely, a lot of you would agree, otherwise we have no idea what brought 341 of you to the park this morning 😂 It can’t be just the parkrun, right? Although, it was fun to celebrate 22nd year of this gig, we’d like to believe that getting together to experience wild nature of rainy Wellington southerly got to have something in it that brings us all together week after week 😉

Going back to the recap, we’d like to start with expressing our deepest gratitude for our fantastic team of 27 volunteers who helped to deliver this morning’s event: Sarah Pirikahu (RD), Jane Loughnan, Ellan Young, Floro Astronomia, Barry Hodges, Daniel Boyce, Emily Lowe, Michael McCallum, Jacob McDonald, Chris Mead, Evelyn O'Brien, Rosie Percival, Rod Deverson, Meghan Sandle, Mao Deguchi, Tee Akavi, Jan Cadwallender, Charlotte De Vos, Alex McCracken, Liz Morrison, Matthew Somerville, Brendan Ng, Klare Braye, Darren Clark, Kylie Marwood, Walter Somerville, and Yuliya Bozhko 🧡🦺🧡

Most of them got very cold and wet hanging out exposed to the elements, and they definitely deserve your thank-yous and a round of applause 👏 Our youngest (6y.o.) volunteer this morning also completed his v25 milestone! Awesome work, Matthew! Purple t-shirt well earned 💜

Today’s parkrun milestones also included:

💜 Tamaki Murakami, Bo Suh, Noelle Finnigan, Ann Stephen, and Mark Koopal — 25th parkrun

❤️ Matt Watts — 50th parkrun

🖤 Bethany Fiedler and Tessa Haanen —100th parkrun

🩵 Nicholas Rooney — 200th parkrun

Warm welcome to the 17 complete first timers to the parkrun and 49 visitors who probably ended up here on school holidays and had no other choice than persevere and get their parkrun fix in our windy capital 😂 Of course, Wellington is no Fiji or Rarotonga, but it has its moments if you really, really look for them 👀

Your full results are available here https://www.parkrun.co.nz/waitangi/results/182/

Next week’s weather is currently looking much better (we keep saying this after every single parkswim 😅), so please show your appreciation for today’s volunteers by offering to help us next Saturday. A lot of roles are still available https://www.parkrun.co.nz/waitangi/volunteer/futureroster/ and they need to be filled in before the next event. The truth is that no matter how horrible the weather gets, if 341 people still show up, we hope some of you will care enough as to help us make it happen week after week 😊

See you all next week! 👋

01/10/2026

Have you checked your calendars today? 📅 October has arrived, team! 🥳 Which means that spring is well and truly here and we are really looking forward to this fun filled month.

This Saturday, October 3rd, we are celebrating parkrun’s 22nd birthday 🥳 Bring a friend, wear a tutu, walk, jog, sprint. Join us however feels right for you. We’d love to see you there. The weather might be less than ideal, but do not let it dampen your mood. We’ll be there and we are excited to welcome everyone! 🎉

On October 17th, we’d like to invite you to a World Iron Awareness Week event at Waitangi parkrun. We’ll have a fun morning with music, burgers (generously supplied by Beef + Lamb New Zealand), and goodie bags. We will have registered dietitians Julia and Katrina joining us to chat to people about their iron needs. And did we mention burgers for breakfast? 😂🍔 You definitely don’t want to miss this one 😋 Find more information about World Iron Awareness Week here http://www.ironweek.co.nz/

Next, on Labour weekend, October 24th, Wellington Scottish Athletics Club runners are coming back for the first paced event of this spring. Your choice to do your own parkrun or join one of the pacers to work on that PB you’ve been thinking about. Absolutely optional, as always, but a lot of fun too 😉

And last, but not least, we have not one, but two new parkruns starting in Wellington region this October 🤩 How exciting is that? Queen Elizabeth parkrun, Kapiti Coast is kicking off this weekend. Gums Loop parkrun in Wainuiomata is starting this month too with the trial run on October 11th for anyone interested. If you are not local to those areas, please hold off visiting them on their very first event. The teams would like to settle in and break in their gear 😁 But with Waitangi parkrun cancellation coming up on November 7th, it might be something fun for you to plan if you are desperate for a parkrun fix 😊

Phew, that’s all on our list 😅 We’ll remind about these events again closer to the date. Enjoy the last day of your work week and hopefully see you on Saturday!

29/09/2026

Who is joining us to celebrate parkrun’s 22nd birthday this weekend? 🥳🍾 We’ll be there! And hopefully, sunshine will be there too ☀️

What if you are not running this Saturday? Or resting for Road Relays? Or maybe simply would like something to do while school activities are out? 😊 Yes, please, you can definitely join us! We still need 3 marshals and 3 barcode scanners this week if you can spare a bit of your time and hang out with us as a part of great volunteer crew 😁 Just let us know!

Hope to see you all bright and early on Saturday! 🎉

The hottest invitation in town 🧡

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

27/09/2026

Big thank you to Winston O’Brien for the latest event run report 😊✒️ We couldn’t agree more that parkrun is perfect school holiday activity for kids. If you are still not sure if your kiddo can do the whole 5km, let them do the half or join us on a volunteer team. It’s a much fun as running the full course 😉

Waitangi parkrun #181 – 26 September 2026 Posted on September 27, 2026 by waitangi Run number 181 Total number of runners 565 Weather report: 10 degrees, light northerly wind, sunny, perfect parkrun conditions. School is out and so are the kids. Kids in prams, on bikes, on scooters, walking, and r...

26/09/2026

It was the last Saturday of September. Calm and sunny morning. Barely a cloud in the sky ☀️ Fantastic conditions for the 565 parkrunners and parkwalkers who came over to the waterfront to stretch their legs. It was also a great day to welcome 32 first timers to parkrun and 51 visitors from all over the place: Thailand, Florida, Ireland, Whangarei, Hamilton, and Nelson, just to name a few 😊 The waterfront was absolutely buzzing with parkrun activity today! 🐝

Quite a bit of milestones to mention this morning:

💜 Simon Holmes (one of our lovely scanners) celebrated his v25. Thank you, Simon, for being a regular volunteer at Waitangi parkrun 😊

💜 Zavier Patel, Sergiu Postica, Gwyn Bareta, Jon Saunders, Kate Chaston, Aileen McCarthy, Steph Shewan, Tony Allen, Marilyn Cattermole, and Han Some — ten people reaching 25th milestone on the same day! What are the chances?! 😁 Apparently, pretty high, according to ChatGPT, but who cares about what AI thinks. Awesome work, guys! 🙌

❤️ Ruth James, Caitlin Van Der Peet, and Rosie Percival — 50 is under your belt now 💪 Well done!

🖤 Nick McKevitt, Judy Alexander, and Raewyn Macgregor — a great group of people achieving a great milestone 😎

💚 Roisin Downey came in with a full-on party (friends and hats included) to celebrate finishing her 250th parkrun 🥳 What a great way to mark the occasion 🤩

To look at your full results, please, head this way https://www.parkrun.co.nz/waitangi/results/181/

Big thank you to our 28 volunteers making today’s event happen: Sarah Pirikahu (RD), Jane Loughnan, Matthew Somerville, Walter Somerville, Floro Astronomia, Ann King, Emma Bassett, Simon Holmes, Ellie Johnson, Emily Lowe, Jacob McDonald, Chris Mead, Joseph Peacock, Carlos Ruan, Sarah Fountain, Karen Baker, Victoria Mahony, Barry Hodges, Ann Kendon, Clare Wall, Helena Woods, Ellan Young, Christine Jones, Michele Lutton, Nikola King, Winston O'Brien, Graham Jenson, and Yuliya Bozhko 🧡🦺🧡

We have some fun events planned for October. The most sure way not to miss them is to give us a hand one of those Saturdays 😉 It’s super easy and earns a lot of kudos from your fellow parkrunners. Just check out the roster here
https://www.parkrun.co.nz/waitangi/futureroster/ and let us know if you are available to help.

We hope the rest of your weekend goes well. See you all next week! 👋

24/09/2026

It's so nice to be able to say that all required roles are filled for our event this coming Saturday 😊 Thank you everyone who offered to give us a hand early! Let's hope we can get this momentum going 😁

With school holidays kicking off this weekend, we thought it also pays to share the roster for our upcoming weeks 😉 If you are looking for a fun activity to do with your kids, look no further. Volunteering with young ones is super easy. It keeps them busy for an hour and they earn their very own volunteer credits working towards milestones. How awesome is that? 😊 Under 11s still need to be with their parent/carer, but older kids can do their roles independently if they want to.

If you are looking for a specific role, our roster is always up to date over here https://www.parkrun.co.nz/waitangi/futureroster/ or you can reach out with any questions to [email protected]

Thanks again everyone for helping us make parkrun a fun and safe place to be week after week. We really appreciate every bit of help we get! And remember, there is always room for more volunteers. Even if the roster looks busy, you can always ping us and we'll find a spot for you 😉 After all, the more the merrier 😁

21/09/2026

Ngā mihi, Hinano Andrews, for this fantastic run report rounding off this year's Te Wiki o te Reo Māori (Māori Language Week) ✒️🧡 Hinano put together some useful phrases for you if you'd like to keep practicing your te reo beyond just this week. We also wanted to say big thank you to Hinano for taking an initiative with writing the posts last week. Even though she doesn't like sharing her knowledge via the loudspeaker, we think she is tino skillful with using her kupu in writing 😁

19/09/2026