Chapter 11 of One NZ GODZONE will go down in the history books as a magical event where the highlights just kept on coming, perfectly balancing the tough times which can make expedition racing so rewarding. Fiordland and Southland served up a technically challenging course and stunning backdrop to the 12 stage route that saw
New Zealand’s preeminent adventure race One New Zealand GODZONE has announced the twelfth chapter of the largest expedition race in the world for February next year. GODZONE Chapter 12 will be held from 29th February – 9th March 2024 in an as yet undisclosed New Zealand location. “We are thrilled to announce that Chapter 12
Where are the Bears have the honour of being the lucky last full course team to cross the One New Zealand GODZONE finish line at 2am this morning (Friday) as a fully ranked team. There were plenty of Jimmys Pies and beers to cheer them in after their long nine day odyssey around the 580km
A big stage for the latter part of the race, the Takitimu Mountain trek will be a memorable one for teams who traversed through the high peaks and towering cliff faces. They had to make an early decision on their route selection to Telford Hut and most teams chose to go high and gain altitude
The first team in the Pursuit category came across the One New Zealand GODZONE finish line this afternoon after putting in a stellar performance throughout the race. Team Kolmarden Adventures were thrilled to take the win with Swedes Christer Casselsjo, Mats Rojgard and Magnus Blomgren congratulating their Kiwi team member Bridget Dick at the finish
Australian team Thought Sports represented at Chapter 11 taking out the official One New Zealand GODZONE International Trophy. The experienced team of Rob Preston, Katheryn Preston, Tim Boots and Robbie Hunt completed the race in just under five days having duelled constantly with team Tiki Tour for third place. The Australians eventually settled for fifth
All the finish line fever was on hype today for Day six of One New Zealand GODZONE as the first wave of teams had the Riverton end game in their sights.
Team No Idea crossed the One New Zealand GODZONE finish line in Riverton just after 1.30 pm today, ending a ding-dong battle for second place with Team Tiki Tour. Will Hand (28) from Nelson, Will Adlam (26) from New Plymouth, Amy Mannering (29) from Nelson and Shaun Palmer (25) from Christchurch were thrilled to take
One of the world’s most acclaimed adventure racing teams has wrapped up two decades of racing by winning New Zealand’s premiere expedition race, One New Zealand GODZONE, in Riverton this evening. (Monday 27th Feb) Adventure racing world champions Nathan Fa’avae, Sophie Hart, Stu Lynch and Chris Forne of Team Avaya crossed the Taramea Bay GODZONE
As the One New Zealand GODZONE leading team Avaya arrived at TA8 early this morning, mid pack teams were approaching the Takitimu Mountain Range from the other side – including Thomas Slee of team Hags whose parents run the high country station the course goes through. A very warm, sunny Southland day was on the
One New Zealand GODZONE Team Tiki Tour completed a solid trek over the Takitimu Mountain range today arriving at Pleasant Valley TA8 just before 4pm to hold onto their current third position on the full course. The team have put up progressive performance since day one of Chapter 11 showing their strength and tenacity to
Current second place team No Idea are sticking closely to their game plan of running their own race and getting onto the One New Zealand GODZONE podium. The team arrived into TA8 Pleasant Valley off the 50km Takitimu Mountain traverse just after 12.30pm today. They were tracking six hours behind leaders Avaya and looked pretty
The Oreti River ‘put in’ for GODZONE’S Stage 10 kayak has been moved down river to the contingency TA9 due to extremely low water flows at the top of the river. TA9 has moved from Dipton Flat and is now located on the outskirts of Winton in Southland – some 20kms down stream. This means
The early bird catches the worm. Team Avaya were first off the 50km Takitimu Mountain traverse this morning and into GODZONE TA8 Pleasant Valley having a laugh and a joke with the waiting media team. Listen to Nathan Fa’avae talk – all focused on their execution of what’s coming up rather than looking back at
World champion adventure racers Nathan Fa’avae, Sophie Hart, Stu Lynch and Chris Forne of Team Avaya are executing an exhilarating performance at One New Zealand GODZONE to hold onto their first-place position as the race enters its fifth day. The team has spent the last 24 hours traversing the high reaches of the Takitimu Mountain
A game of two halves at One New Zealand GODZONE on Day four as lead teams cranked racing up an notch it felt like racing was really on. Meanwhile some tired bodies and broken feet further back in the field with the teams keeping on moving forward.
Three teams in the Pursuit category have held strong to their current front of field placings on day four of One New Zealand GODZONE. Kolmarden Adventures, are in first place, ‘Trek n Travel’ from Cambridge and Tauranga in second and ‘Perfect Strangers ‘ from Amberley. Kolmarden Adventures team captain Christer Casselsjo, Mats Rojgard and Magnus
Day four of One New Zealand GODZONE is a pretty landscape of lakes, tarns, native forests along with some big meaty New Zealand hill country for teams to tackle as the field spreads far and wide across the 580km course. It’s 69 hours since the race clock went off back on Thursday afternoon and some
Avaya versus No Idea as the One New Zealand GODZONE TA6 transition at Thicket Burn in Fiordland becomes an interesting tussle point between these two adventure racing teams. A first glimpse of older experienced heads versus young guns that is sure to continue throughout the upcoming few days as these leading teams head into the
