In New Zealand there were 59 parkruns with 9967 (+310) parkrunners and 960 (+37) volunteers, plus any pending results.

In our attendance figures this week we had 100 at Halswell Quarry, 200 at Foster and Puarenga, 300 at Lower Hutt and 400 at Palmerston North.

In brief

843 (+9) people registered for parkrun this week

610 (+41) ran their first parkrun this week

1488 (+141) achieved personal bests this week

79 (+9) people volunteered for the first time

The average finish time in New Zealand remains 32:19.

Milestones

26 parkrunners joined the J10 club

89 parkrunners joined the 25 club

36 parkrunners joined the 50 club

16 parkrunners joined the 100 club:

• Anderson: Cameron Lee

• Barry Curtis: Bruce Bower

• Cambridge: Vivian McAvoy

• Cornwall Park: Jonathan Cowley, Patrick Steuart

• East End: Esther Cameron

• Hamilton Lake: Glyn Hodgson

• Hobsonville Point: Charlotte George

• Kapiti Coast: Carl Rankin

• Neale Park: Scott Wallace

• Puarenga: Robbie Hammond

• University of Waikato: Samantha Foster

• Whakatane Gardens: Janis Robb

• Whangarei: Elijah Nielsen, Grant Loveridge, Roger Winton

3 parkrunners joined the 250 club:

• Ara Harakeke: Dennis Bloomfield

• Cornwall Park: Karen Moase

• Scarborough: Alan Monnox

* parkrun name denotes where parkrunner is registered.

Volunteer Milestones

v10: Dana Lee (Hagley), Olivia Milner, Olivia Turner (Invercargill)

v25: Selina Chan (Barry Curtis), Sharyn Bungard (Dunedin), Jonathan Landreth (East End), Sarah Betteridge (Hagley), Greer Nakaroti (Halswell Quarry), Leah Kim (Hobsonville Point), Sue Walker (Lower Hutt), Steven Colclough (Ōrākei Bay), Gavin Morphett (Queenstown), David Brown (Southern Path)

v50: Dennis Bloomfield, Harry Sharma (Ara Harakeke), Jo Zervos (Broad Park), Leon Miyahara (Dunedin), Rich Aveyard (Gordon Spratt Reserve), Lucy Kibblewhite (Hamilton Lake), Sheldon Beckett (Invercargill), Jay Gregory (Lower Hutt)

v100: Agnes Sefo (Barry Curtis)

v250: Claire Taylor (Millwater)

* 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 (400), Waitangi (447), Hagley (607).

Smallest NZ parkruns: Hamilton Park (27), Mangawhero River Walk (11), South End Reserve (7).

Of the New Zealand parkruns that took place both last week and this week:

26 parkruns had higher attendance

29 parkruns had lower attendance

The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Ōrākei Bay with a change of 130.

The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Hamilton Park with a change of 59%.

The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Hagley with a change of -137.

The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Mangawhero River Walk with a change of -48%.

See end of stats for attendances for all parkruns.

There was torrential rain in parts of the North Island from Thursday to Friday night which may have affected attendances. There was also an event in the Tauranga catchment.

Attendance Records

0

NZ Anniversaries

• Gisborne - 7

• Ōrākei Bay and Otago Central Rail Trail - 1

Cancellations

0

Known cancellations

• May 17: Anderson parkrun - venue unavailable (Hawkes Bay Marathon)

Averages

The average parkrun attendance this week was 169.

In 2024 the average was 153 (48 events).

In 2023 the average was 109 (41 events).

In 2022 the average was 79 (37 events).

In 2021 the average was 116 (32 events).

There were no parkruns in May 2020.

See the Runs With a Barcode consolidated club report here.

If you’re not in the consolidated club results and you would like to be, log in to your parkrun profile and add Runs With A Barcode to your parkrun groups (you can belong to five).

For more stats click here. These include most events and age grade records. They’re supplied by a third party so may require checking at a later date.

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Attendances

Anderson 222

Ara Harakeke 72

Ashburton Domain 68

Balclutha 40

Barry Curtis 205

Blenheim 63

Broad Park 179

Cambridge NZ 122

Caroline Bay 124

Cornwall Park 366

Dunedin 340

East End 164

East Otago High School 29

Flaxmere 97

Foster 200

Gisborne 97

Gordon Carmichael Reserve 93

Gordon Spratt Reserve 89

Greytown Woodside Trail 60

Hagley 607

Halswell Quarry 100

Hamilton Lake 349

Hamilton Park 27

Hanmer Forest 66

Hobsonville Point 336

Invercargill 312

Kapiti Coast 134

Lake2Lake Trail 30

Lower Hutt 300

Mangawhero River Walk, Ohakune 11

Millwater 366

Moana Point Reserve 42

Morrinsville Recreation Ground 69

Neale Park 174

Northern Pathway 111

Ōrākei Bay 378

Otago Central Rail Trail, Alexandra 124

Ōtaki River 37

Owairaka 199

Palmerston North 400

Pegasus 156

Porirua 161

Puarenga 200

Queenstown 167

Russell Park 68

Scarborough 209

Sherwood Reserve 145

South End Reserve 7

Southern Path 121

Taupō 147

Tauranga 135

Trentham Memorial 145

University of Waikato 147

Waitangi 447

Wanaka 137

Western Springs 256

Whakatane Gardens 65

Whanganui Riverbank 143

Whangarei 309