Course
The 21km starts and finishes at The Stables on Poronui station: a flat paddock start, a 4km climb up Fletchers Road, about 7km through native beech forest, a steep descent into the Quarry, a Taharua River crossing on the Goose Flat Parade loop, then a final 1km of flat gravel road. Aid stations at 4.7km, 13km and 19.5km. Other options are 42.2km, 12km and 50km/30km MTB.
Key dates
- !RegistrationOpen now
- ★Race daySat 21 Nov 2026
About
Poronui Passage is a trail event on Poronui station in the Taharua Valley, about 40 minutes from Taupō in New Zealand's North Island. It offers a 42.2km marathon, a 21km half marathon run or walk, a 12km run or walk, and 50km and 30km mountain bike or eBike rides, on farm tracks, gravel roads, forestry roads and native bush trails.
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