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New Zealand Masters Track & Field

The NZ Masters National Track & Field Championships are held every year in late February or early March, apart from the first three which were held over the easter weekend (exceptions are noted below in table). They were first held in 1975 in Christchurch. Hosting rotates between the eleven centres of the country.

Unlike the winter harrier events, Athletics New Zealand championships do not provide for masters. Masters can enter the ANZ Championships but only if they meet the qualifying threshold for senior athletes.

The NZ Masters Track & Field Championships are open to entry for all members with no qualifying performance thresholds. As with all masters championships, there is a high level of camaraderie.

From 2015 a new standard programme has been developed that allows the championship to run from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. The main difference to previous years is the relocation of the throws pentathlon from Monday to Sunday.

Those championships known to me to have taken place on grass tracks are marked [G].

Standard Championship Events

Sprints
60m 100m 200m 400m
Middle & Distance
800m 1500m 3000m 5000m 10000m
Barriers
Short Hurdles Long Hurdles Steeples
Walks
1500m Track Walk 3000m Track Walk 5000m Track Walk 10km Road Walk

Jumps

Long High Triple Pole Vault
Throws
Shot Put Javelin Discus Hammer Weight
Combined Events
Pentathlon Throws Pentathlon

Championships

# Year Host Centre Location Photos
50 2024 Canterbury Christchurch  
49 2023 Wellington Wellington  
48 2022 not held due to Covid
47 2021 Taranaki Inglewood  
46 2020 Hawke's Bay / Gisborne Hastings All
45 2019 Canterbury Timaru

Day1
Day2
Day3

44 2018 Northland Whangarei All
43 2017 Tasman Nelson Day1 Day2 Day3 Dinner
42 2016 Otago Dunedin All Dinner
41 2015 Waikato / Bay of Plenty Tauranga Track: Day1 Day2 Day3
Field: Day1 Day2 Day3
Dinner
40 2014 Southland Invercargill Day1 Day2 Day3
39 2013 Wellington Wellington Day1 Day2 Day3
38 2012 Auckland Auckland  
37 2011 Hawke's Bay / Gisborne Hastings  
36 2010 Canterbury Christchurch  
35 2009 Waikato / Bay of Plenty Tauranga  
34 2008 Taranaki Inglewood  
33 2007 Canterbury Christchurch  
32 2006 Manawatu/Wanganui Wanganui  
31 2005 Otago Dunedin  
30 2004 Waikato / Bay of Plenty Hamilton  
29 2003 Southland Invercargill  
28 2002 Wellington Wellington  
27 2001 Hawke's Bay / Gisborne Hastings  
26 2000 Auckland Papakura  
25 1999 Canterbury Christchurch  
24 1998
(Nov'97)
Manawatu/Wanganui Wanganui  
23 1997 Otago Dunedin  
22 1996 Waikato / Bay of Plenty Hamilton  
21 1995 Southland Invercargill  
20 1994 Wellington Wellington  
19 1993 Auckland Auckland  
18 1992 Canterbury Christchurch  
17 1991 Hawke's Bay / Gisborne Hastings  
16 1990 Otago Dunedin  
15 1989 Waikato / Bay of Plenty Hamilton  
14 1988 Canterbury Christchurch  
13 1987 Wellington Wellington  
12 1986 Auckland Auckland  
11 1985 Otago Dunedin  
10 1984 Wellington Wellington  
9 1983 Hawke's Bay / Gisborne Napier [G]  
8 1982 Southland Invercargill  
7 1981
(Dec'80)
Waikato / Bay of Plenty Hamilton  
6 1980 Canterbury Christchurch  
5 1979 Auckland Auckland  
4 1978 Tasman Blenheim [G]  
3 1977 Wellington Wellington  
2 1976 Waikato / Bay of Plenty Hamilton  
1 1975 Canterbury Christchurch  

  

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  Last Updated 22 December 2023