Event Date: SATURDAY 15 november 2025

Event Base: Dickey Flat ADVENTURE CAMP, Waihi

PRE EVENT INFORMATION

Make sure you read your full Pre Event Information Email Here.

EVENT OPTIONS

Please Note: ALL Courses (with the exception of the Trail Tigers) are required to carry a torch or headlamp with them for some dark tunnel fun! This is a compulsory requirement and participants will not be allowed to start without it.

START TIMES

Compulsory event briefings will be held 10 minutes before the start of each event - please be at these!

Marathon – 7:30am
Half Marathon – 9:00am
Mid – 9:45am
Short – 10:30am
Trail Tigers - 12:30pm

Registration

PRE REGISTRATION - FRIDAY 14th November 2025

Date: Friday 14th November 2025
Location: Waihi Memorial RSA, Seddon Street, Waihi
Time 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Collect your race number (with timing chip), race pack and merchandise ordered at Friday’s registration.
Please ensure you have all compulsory gear with your for checking - No registrations will be issued without compulsory gear.
You may collect these for other people, you will need their full name and race category plus their compulsory gear.

REGISTRATION ON event day

You can also collect your race number and race pack etc on Saturday morning from 6:30am at the Dickey’s Flat Camp Ground event base (start/finish line).
Please head to the Registration Barn, registrations will be split alphabetically by surname e.g. A to G, H to O & P to Z.

Late Entries – Enter on the day

This event is likely to sell out - in which case, there will be no ‘on the day’ entries available.

DRIVING & PARKING

All events start and finish at Event Base which is located at Dickey Flat Adventure Camp, 111 Dickey Flat Road, Waikino, 3682

Parking will be available on private land next to the event base. Head to Dickey's Flat Campsite and our parking marshals will direct you from there.

Carpooling

There is no specific Carpoolers area for this event - as you are all right where you need to be!
However, as we like to try and minimise our impact on the environment, and car parking space is not infinite, we hugely appreciate any efforts to carpool to events. It is also a great way to meet new buddies that you already have a common interest with!

Cupless Event

As trail lovers we're keen to do our part to protect our beautiful planet and reduce the environmental impact of our events. As such this event will not include disposable cups at aid stations. We’ll have reusable silicone cups $5, and soft flasks $10, available for purchase at Registration. You can also bring your own hydration pack or water bottle to fill up.

Medals & PRIZE GIVING

All finishers in all categories will receive a finishers medal at the finish line.

Prizegiving will take place at the event base (Dickey Flat Adventure Camp) at 1.30pm. Join us as we crown the over-all race winners, male and female, for each of the race options.

Spot prizes will also be handed out at prizegiving, and you must be present to win! So grab a Speight's, kick back, and join us as we wrap up another great event.

All finishers in all distances will receive medals across the finish line.

TROPHIES

marathon:

1st Male/Female

half marathon:

1st Male/Female Walk
1st Male/Female Run

MID COURSE - 13.4km:

1st Male/Female Walk
1st Male/Female Run

SHORT COURSE - 8.2km:

1st Male/Female Walk
1st Male/Female Run

EVENT TEES

Stock is limited so be sure to nab yours soon - $50 EACH

AS Colour Staple Tee (Men) & Maple Tee (Woman) - Regular fit, Mid weight, 180 GSM, 100% combed cotton

Faded Black with white event logo and text on the front, and event logo only on the back

Purchase your tee through the online registration form when entering any distance.

If you have already entered and would like to purchase a tee you can do so through your confirmation email, which will take you back into the system to make other purchases.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE

KAURI DIEBACK DISEASE

We are very privileged to have access to some wonderful tracks through some amazing native bush around the Karangahake Gorge area. We also want to keep the bush that way!! The Kauri Dieback Disease is thought to be a soil-borne species that basically root's Kauri tress, and kills them. No good at all! So please ALL follow these steps below, and if you have been running or driving in area's known to have the disease (most areas of native bush) please be extra vigilant when washing your shoes, and car tyres!

Make sure shoes, tyres and equipment are clean of dirt before and after visiting kauri forest.
Clean shoes and any other equipment that comes into contact with soil after every visit, especially if moving between bush areas.
Keep to defined park tracks at all times. Any movement of soil around the roots of a tree has the potential to spread the disease.

Check out www.kauridieback.co.nz for more information on how you can help stop the spread.

Hygiene Procedures (SOP) for those working in Kauri areas (441k pdf)
Kauri PTA Q & A factsheet (214k pdf)
What you can do to help poster (175k pdf)

AGE CATEGORIES

Junior - Under 13
Teens - 13 to 19 years
Open - 20 to 39 years
Master - 40 to 49 years
Vet - 50 to 59 years
Legend - 60 to 69 years
Unstoppable - 70+ years

AGE limits

Short Course

Children aged 8 and under are not able to participate in this event distance without prior approval.
It is suggested children 11 and under run/walk with a parent or guardian.

Mid Course

Children aged 11 and under are not able to participate in this event distance without prior approval.

half marathon & marathon

Children aged 14 and under are not able to participate in this event distance without prior approval.

Measuring our Courses

Our courses are measured as accurately as we can. We get out on each course every year measuring the distances by running, and/or riding on our bikes.

WHY DOES MY GPS WATCH SHOW A DIFFERENT DISTANCE?

“The course was too short!” “The course was too long!” We’ve all heard it at every finish line. So why is there a difference between the course distance and your GPS watch? Which is correct, the course or your watch?

Unfortunately, GPS and your running watch are not entirely accurate. Let’s not blame the technology, let’s be honest, it’s pretty epic! Your little piece of technology on your wrist is picking up 20-30 satellites 20,000km up in the sky and telling you how fast you are running and where you are running, uploading that information to an app and showing you on a map!

Your recorded distance depends on a number of variables – speed you are moving, tree/building cover, geographical features (valleys, sides of hills, elevations), corners, and accuracy of your GPS location. Basically, when you are running, walking, or biking on one of our stunning courses, weaving around those single trails in the beautiful native forests, your device can take a more direct route due to loss of signal under tree cover and/or how often it communicates with the satellites.

Health & Safety

QUALWORX SAFETY CERTIFICATION

Trail Events NZ has a Safety Management System that has been audited and certified by Qualworx against the Safety Audit Standard for Adventure Activities.

Although this is not compulsory for us as we aren’t classed as an ‘adventure activity operator’, we do it voluntarily to make sure we keep our most important asset (YOU GUYS! 😊) as safe as we can!

Safety and Medical Providers - PEAK Safety

We have been using the safety services of Peak Safety for quite some time now – they really are top shelf! They have been in operation since 1996 (1 year longer than us!) so have a massive amount of experience to draw on; this combined with their absolute passion for the outdoors and everything safety really does make for a winning combination.

Not only do they offer a wide range of safety management services but they also run a large range of First Aid and Height Safety courses. If you or someone you know needs something in this department we highly recommend you get in touch with these guys first – very nice and very professional guys and girls! Learn more at peaksafety.co.nz

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