After a couple of very muddy years at Western Reserve, Orewa, Metro Park in Millwater has played host to the Hibiscus Half Marathon (formerly Run Orewa) since 2024. This superb sports facility features enormous flat playing fields, providing a perfect blank canvas upon which we can build our event base.

Metro Park is an enormous multi-sport facility near the Millwater exit of the northern motorway. The main event space is roughly the size of two cricket fields and - try as we might - the event footprint only occupies about 20% of the available space. That means there's plenty of room to spread out, soak up the sun and get yourself ready to run. The grass fields and surrounding concrete paths are ideal for warm-ups and - in addition to the event portaloos - you'll find well-appointed public toilets and changing rooms at either end of the fields.

Let's get ready to run with the coasters!

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