Stage 1
“Inner Sounds”
Stage 1: Chapter 12 of One NZ GODZONE kicks off in the gateway to the Marlborough Sounds and the beautiful township of Picton. Three disciplines make up this stage with teams first kayaking out of Picton to Anikiwa, then trekking near Mt Olivier before descending down to Double Bay. Teams will have carried their packrafts from the start and will inflate them here for the paddle into Pelorus Sound and onward to the TA1 at Havelock. Teams will start hard and want to make as much of the daylight as possible. Navigating the Havelock Channel at night will be trickier, especially at low tide.
Stats
| Start | Finish | Distance | Ascent | Descent | Estimated Fast Time | Estimated Slow Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Picton Foreshore | Havelock | 31km | 400m | 400m | 4hr | 7hr |
| Start | Finish | Distance | Ascent | Descent | Estimated Fast Time | Estimated Slow Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Picton Foreshore | Havelock | 31km | 400m | 400m | 5hr | 7hr |
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Splits
| Rank | Team Name | Stage Finish Time | Stage Split | Time in TA at start of stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macpac NZ (1) | 2025-11-27 21:00:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 2 | the frontrunner Richmond (2) | 2025-11-27 20:45:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 3 | NELSON VETS GEARSHOP (3) | 2025-11-27 20:00:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 4 | Movember athletics club (4) | 2025-11-27 20:30:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 5 | vertigoats (5) | 2025-11-27 20:45:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 6 | Kinisi (6) | 2025-11-27 20:15:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 7 | Rab (7) | 2025-11-27 19:35:17 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 8 | Isabel Marlborough - KLT Bayleys (8) | 2025-11-27 19:45:06 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 9 | FEAR Youth (9) | 2025-11-27 19:45:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 10 | BDO Outward bounders (10) | 2025-11-27 20:45:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 11 | King country cockies (11) | 2025-11-27 21:00:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 12 | TEAM Hummingbird (12) | 2025-11-27 21:30:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 13 | Tiki Tour (13) | 2025-11-27 20:15:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 14 | Go Fence (14) | 2025-11-27 20:15:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 15 | Fuel me (15) | 2025-11-27 21:00:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 16 | Trek'n Travel (16) | 2025-11-27 20:45:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 17 | muppets (17) | 2025-11-27 22:00:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 18 | AWS Legal / Motueka High (18) | 2025-11-27 21:00:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 19 | Backcountry Studio (19) | 2025-11-27 20:30:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 20 | Kaikoura Adventure Race (Over 20) (20) | 2025-11-27 20:45:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| Rank | Team Name | Stage Finish Time | Stage Split | Time in TA at start of stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashvegas Battlers (50) | 2025-11-27 21:30:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 2 | Allan Scott Family Winemakers (51) | 2025-11-27 21:15:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 3 | Gizzy gully runners (52) | 2025-11-27 21:00:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 4 | Ferg's AEROs (53) | 2025-11-27 21:15:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 5 | True South (54) | 2025-11-27 21:15:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 6 | Kaikoura adventure u20 (55) | 2025-11-27 20:30:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 7 | Spring challenge (56) | 2025-11-27 21:45:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 8 | True West (57) | 2025-11-27 20:45:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 9 | SOUTHLAND TRI 6+6 (58) | 2025-11-27 21:00:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 10 | Coast to Coast (59) | 2025-11-27 21:15:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 11 | where are the bears (60) | 2025-11-27 21:00:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |
| 12 | Marokopa Munters (61) | 2025-11-27 20:45:00 | 00h 00m | 00h 00m | |