parkrun NZ stats June 21, 2025
parkrun NZ Attendance and Milestone Stats for June 21, 2025.
In New Zealand there were 62 parkruns with 9559 (+607) parkrunners and 985 (+45) volunteers, plus any pending results.
Congratulations to the team at Te Awa parkrun on their successful launch.
In brief
734 (+140) people registered for parkrun this week
562 (+106) ran their first parkrun this week
1263 (+85) achieved personal bests this week
80 (+15) people volunteered for the first time
The average finish time in New Zealand remains 32:21.
Milestones
24 parkrunners joined the J10 club
69 parkrunners joined the 25 club
40 parkrunners joined the 50 club
23 parkrunners joined the 100 club:
Anderson: Sarah McAllum
Ara Harakeke: Peter Jackson, Trevor Weaver
Broad Park: Holly Gemmell, Martin Faulkner
Cornwall Park: Jamie Rutledge
Dunedin: Heather Nelson, Matt Bixley
Foster: Dongho Park, Genevieve Jack
Gordon Carmichael Reserve: Ann Mitchell
Hagley: Ian Lothian, Mike Johnson, Phil Jack, Stephen Graham
Hamilton Lake: Ryan Jorgensen
Owairaka: Jess Hickey, Richard Edlington
Pegasus: Don Young, Mike Gibson
Southern Path: Raden Kumis
Taupō: Donald Patterson
Tauranga: Craig Gradon
5 parkrunners joined the 250 club:
Balclutha: Kate Taiaroa
Cambridge NZ: Henry Van de Wall
Kapiti Coast: Gerrie Greyling
Millwater: Kelley Robinson
Owairaka: Jeff Talbot
1 parkrunner joined the 500 club:
Lower Hutt: Simon Rea
* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.
Volunteer Milestones
v10: Emma Jack (Hobsonville Point)
v25: Ben Williams (Anderson), Aaron Kearney, Henry Van De Wall (Cambridge NZ), Julia Eyles (Dunedin), Marijan Trim (Gordon Spratt Reserve), Pavithran Devananthan (Hagley), Chris Holdaway (Mangawhero River Walk), Sue Hoskin (Otago Central Rail Trail), barbara Paulsen (South End Reserve)
v50: Tracey Sims (Blenheim), Jamie Rutledge (Cornwall Park), Anthony Emms (Hagley), Denyse Graham (Hamilton Lake), Margaret Johnstone (Invercargill), Peter MacKenzie (Palmerston North)
v100: Karen Andrews (Western Springs)
* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.
If you’re registered to an overseas parkrun but you reside and run in New Zealand and you achieve a milestone please let me know.
Attendance
Biggest New Zealand parkruns: Millwater (336), Palmerston North (342), Hagley (499).
Smallest NZ parkruns: Balclutha (32), East Otago High School (24), Hamilton Park (16).
Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:
41 parkruns had higher attendance
17 parkruns had lower attendance
Hamilton Park, East Otago High School and Halswell Quarry parkruns recorded the same attendance as the week prior.
The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Pegasus with a change of 92.
The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Moana Point Reserve with a change of 356%.
The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Riverlution with a change of -227.
The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Riverlution and Gordon Spratt Reserve with a change of -51%.
Friday was a public holiday in New Zealand (Matariki), which can account for the spike in numbers at domestic holiday hotspots such as the Coromandel Peninsula and Taupō.
See end of stats for attendances for all parkruns.
Attendance Records
0
NZ Anniversaries
Pegasus - 9
Flaxmere - 6
Mangawhero River Walk - 1
Cancellations
0
Future cancellations
August 2: Lake2Lake Trail - venue unavailable
Averages
The average parkrun attendance this week was 154.
In 2024 the average was 125 (49 events).
In 2023 the average was 110 (40 events).
In 2022 the average was 80 (36 events).
In 2021 the average was 84 (32 events)
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Attendances
Anderson 213
Ara Harakeke 62
Ashburton Domain 63
Balclutha 32
Barry Curtis 191
Blenheim 92
Broad Park 101
Cambridge NZ 110
Caroline Bay 144
Cornwall Park 310
Dunedin 240
East End 153
East Otago High School 24
Flaxmere 90
Foster 211
Gisborne 108
Gordon Carmichael Reserve 120
Gordon Spratt Reserve 95
Greytown Woodside Trail 75
Hagley 499
Halswell Quarry 60
Hamilton Lake 255
Hamilton Park 16
Hanmer Forest 55
Hobsonville Point 330
Invercargill 222
Kapiti Coast 137
Lake2Lake Trail 36
Lost Lagoon 75
Lower Hutt 236
Mangawhero River Walk, Ohakune 50
Millwater 336
Moana Point Reserve 114
Morrinsville Recreation Ground 68
Neale Park 192
Northern Pathway 99
Ōrākei Bay 266
Otago Central Rail Trail, Alexandra 47
Ōtaki River 51
Owairaka 206
Palmerston North 342
Pegasus 210
Porirua 109
Puarenga 146
Queenstown 126
Riverlution 216
Russell Park 65
Scarborough 148
Sherwood Reserve 134
South End Reserve 49
Southern Path 108
Taupō 268
Tauranga 194
Trentham Memorial 128
University of Waikato 66
Waitangi 327
Wanaka 115
Western Springs 283
Whakatane Gardens 55
Whanganui Riverbank 98
Whangarei 315