The Great New Zealand Santa Run - Kerikeri

Get your Xmas cheer on and enter The Great New Zealand Santa Run in the Kerikeri Domain and help Kiwi Kids overcome any obstacle.

A fun 3km run/walk event with the first 80 adult entries receiving a free Santa suit and children a free Santa Hat.

All proceeds will go towards delivering the Kiwi Can programme in 11 low decile Far North Schools reaching over 850 tamariki.

• First 80 adult entries receives a free Santa suit as part of their entry fee. 
• Kids under 13 will get a Santa hat.
• The courses are kept easy so everyone can finish with minimal training and are highly visible for maximum impact.
• Prizes for best dressed, and past years there have been awesome outfits including elves, Rudolph and other festive characters.
• Santa suits are adult one size fits all sizing.   
• Santa suits are collected on the event day.

Online entries close at 7pm Wednesday 2nd December after that it is entry at the venue at $30 per adult and $12 per child.

Registration/collection Santa Suits from 5.45pm

Race safety briefing - 6.15pm

Warm up - 6.25pm

Race starts - 6.30pm

Prize giving once everyone has finished approx: 7pm

Event cancellation – This event will go ahead in most weather so please dress appropriately to the conditions. If poor weather makes it unsafe to proceed with the event, participants will be notified by email by 12 noon on the day. If the event is cancelled due to extreme weather or other factors outside of the event directors control, entry fees will not be refunded.

The Graeme Dingle Foundation is a leader in positive child and youth development building resilience and self-belief in New Zealand’s young people.

The Graeme Dingle Foundations objective is to have NZ’s young people transition through their sequenced programmes from age 5 through to 18 as a transformational journey that sets them up with a strong platform for adult life and a career. Their proven programmes include Kiwi Can, Stars, Career Navigator, Project K and MYND.

Sir Graeme Dingle, co-founder of the Graeme Dingle Foundation says  “My plan is to make New Zealand the best place in the world for young people and their families by 2050 and I will do everything in my power to ensure that this happens.” he says.

The Foundation uses the great outdoors; fun and safe experiential learning; inspirational classroom leaders and world-class mentors to help NZ’s young people keep on track, learn good values and set goals for the future.

To learn more about the Graeme Dingle Foundation go to www.dinglefoundation.org.nz.