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2026 New Zealand 10km Road Championships

Event Information

Key event info:

• Date: Saturday 29 August 2026

• Location: Lake Rotomanu, New Plymouth

Individual Events:

• All entrants in Championship events must be registered members of Athletics New Zealand clubs on the day of the event and meet other eligibility criteria as outlined in the Athletics NZ Competitions regulations (see Regulation C17)

• Entrants in the Open 5km event do not need to be registered with an athletics club

• Entry fees increase at 11.59pm on 17 August and entries close at 11.59pm on 21 August

Shoes

U18, U20 and Senior athletes: competition shoes need to comply with World Athletics regulations under Technical Rule 5. Please be sure to check that your shoes are on the approved list for each event. You can check on the World Athletics website here. This list is updated regularly. Please note that any shoes bought before 1 January 2016 are deemed to meet the requirements of Technical Rule 5. Senior and Under 20 athletes will also need to complete a shoe declaration form via this link.

Dispensation

• If you want to apply for age group dispensation please complete the request form here

• On completion of the form the request will be submitted to the Athletics New Zealand Dispensation Panel. Once your request has been received you will be notified of the outcome within three working days.

• All dispensation requests must be submitted atleast 3 working days before the entries closing date