parkrun NZ stats June 28, 2025
parkrun NZ Attendance and Milestone Stats for June 28, 2025.
In New Zealand there were 56 parkruns with 6374 (-3185) parkrunners and 934 (-51) volunteers, plus any pending results.
In brief
425 (-309) people registered for parkrun this week
232 (-330) ran their first parkrun this week
711 (-552) achieved personal bests this week
78 (-2) people volunteered for the first time
The average finish time in New Zealand remains 32:21.
Milestones
11 parkrunners joined the J10 club
58 parkrunners joined the 25 club
28 parkrunners joined the 50 club
10 parkrunners joined the 100 club:
Ara Harakeke: Chris Kirk-Burnnand, Hilton Hickman
Barry Curtis: John Salter
Flaxmere: James Ranger
Foster: Donna Taylor
Hagley: Eileen Yee
Hamilton Lake: Paul Carter
Owairaka: Penny Hickey
Western Springs: Mike Godber
Whakatane Gardens: Michele Verry
4 parkrunners joined the 250 club:
Balclutha: Sue Hargest
Barry Curtis: Matthew Shallard
Hamilton Lake: Peter Hammington
Puarenga: Cate Alpe
2 parkrunners joined the 500 club:
Cornwall Park: Anita Parkinson, Richard Fox
* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.
Volunteer Milestones
v10: Matthew Valentine (Russell Park), Motthew Somerville (Waitangi)
v25: Jean Skilton (Ara Harakeke), Oliver Scarth (Balclutha), Gretchen Moriarty, Jimmy Barker, Joanna Vashi (Cornwall Park), Margaret Campbell (Gordon Spratt Reserve), Bruce Clark (Hamilton Lake), Alison Beath (Mangawhero River Walk), Lydia Brits (Northern Pathway), Tom Poole (Palmerston North), Matt McGrath (Russell Park), Cameron Hughes (Southern Path)
v50: Christopher Matthews (Barry Curtis), Bill Hunter, Daniela Sloval (Blenheim), Bronwyn Eeles, Gayleen Vashi, Stuart Eeles (Cornwall Park), Darren Myles (Flaxmere), Elizabeth Mead (Hobsonville Point), Karen Bell (Mangawhero River Walk)
v100: Sue Watson (Flaxmere)
* 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: Palmerston North (288), Waitangi (323), Hagley (431).
Smallest NZ parkruns: Lake2Lake Trail (17), Balclutha (13), South End Reserve (11).
Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:
4 parkruns had higher attendance
52 parkruns had lower attendance
The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was University of Waikato with a change of 22.
The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was University of Waikato with a change of 33%.
The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Te Awa with a change of -203.
The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Moana Point Reserve with a change of -84%.
Heavy rain and other wild weather led to a number of cancellations and low attendances. It’s also the first weekend of the school holidays.
See end of stats for attendances for all parkruns.
Attendance Records
0
NZ Anniversaries
Puarenga - 9
Cancellations
Blenheim - weather
Dunedin - weather
Hamilton Park - weather
Invercargill - course unsafe or blocked
Otago Central Rail Trail - weather
Queenstown - course unsafe or blocked
Future cancellations
August 2: Hagley, Lake2Lake Trail - venue unavailable
Averages
The average parkrun attendance this week was 114 (56 events).
In 2024 the average was 136 (49 events).
In 2023 the average was 106 (28 events).
In 2022 the average was 79 (37 events).
In 2021 the average was 84 (32 events).
There were no parkruns in June 2020.
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Attendances
Anderson 207
Ara Harakeke 63
Ashburton Domain 51
Balclutha 13
Barry Curtis 130
Blenheim 0
Broad Park 70
Cambridge NZ 103
Caroline Bay 114
Cornwall Park 229
Dunedin 0
East End 72
East Otago High School 27
Flaxmere 92
Foster 145
Gisborne 82
Gordon Carmichael Reserve 90
Gordon Spratt Reserve 81
Greytown Woodside Trail 55
Hagley 431
Halswell Quarry 49
Hamilton Lake 204
Hamilton Park 0
Hanmer Forest 22
Hobsonville Point 204
Invercargill 0
Kapiti Coast 111
Lake2Lake Trail 17
Lost Lagoon 31
Lower Hutt 170
Mangawhero River Walk, Ohakune 22
Millwater 244
Moana Point Reserve 18
Morrinsville Recreation Ground 52
Neale Park 85
Northern Pathway 77
Ōrākei Bay 214
Otago Central Rail Trail, Alexandra 0
Ōtaki River 37
Owairaka 166
Palmerston North 288
Pegasus 130
Porirua 99
Puarenga 84
Queenstown 0
Riverlution 195
Russell Park 53
Scarborough 118
Sherwood Reserve 94
South End Reserve 11
Southern Path 68
Taupō 80
Tauranga 120
Te Awa 70
Trentham Memorial 117
University of Waikato 88
Waitangi 323
Wanaka 52
Western Springs 192
Whakatane Gardens 27
Whanganui Riverbank 90
Whangarei 279