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1st September 2026 to 30th November 2026
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Challenge yourself to one of NZ’s toughest Ultramarathon, Trail Marathon or 22km Trail Run/Walk
The 2027 Hunua Hillbilly, on Saturday, March 20th is unapologetically tough.
Come and join a beautifully brutal trail journey through the Hunua Ranges’ stunning native bush and experience an event like no other!
Tackle the original 60km Ultramarathon, a course which demands some serious respect! Or take on the Marathon or 22km course options which still deliver a fair share of challenge of their own, plus plenty single trail bliss!
Make a whole weekend of it with camping options, post event dinner and the Hunua Hillbilly Hoedown. This promises to be a very special event with very limited numbers.
Here's where this challenge can help - it will motivate you to run the trails, and the more grunty the trail, the more points you score - and you could win a free entry to the event!
Complete any trail from our trail running directory during the three month challenge period and you're earning points on the leaderboard. Simple.
How to earn Challenge Points:
What's the Grunt Factor? Find out here...
View the Hunua Hillbilly trail
We have three free entries to give away, valid for any distance and worth up to $960!
Entries are already open, so don’t hold off entering. If you’ve already entered and then win, we’ll happily arrange a refund — or you can gift your free entry to a running buddy.
And remember, Wild Things VIPs get 10% off entry with their VIP Discount.
The Hunua Hillbilly event info
All trails are included in this challenge.
No worries — you can join a Wild Challenge at any time while it's running.
When you join, we'll automatically award any challenge points you've earned since the challenge started, so you won't miss out just because you joined late.
If you've only just connected Strava or Garmin, we'll sync your last three months of activities too, so eligible activities can still count towards the challenge.
Connect your Strava or Garmin account to Wild Things and we'll automatically sync your activities and add any that qualify to the challenge.
You don't need to add activities manually — just get out there and do your thing! Each challenge has its own criteria for earning points, so check the challenge details above to see what counts.
If you use both Strava and Garmin, you can connect both — we won't create duplicate activities.
Absolutely. You can join as many Wild Challenges as you like, and the same activity can earn points across multiple challenges if it meets the criteria for each one.
We usually draw challenge winners a few days after the challenge finishes. We wait at least 2–3 days to allow any late activities to sync from Strava or Garmin before finalising the results.
If you're a winner, we'll get in touch with you directly.
Yes. Wild Challenges are exclusively for Wild Things VIP members. Become a VIP and you can join any of our current challenges, earn points and be in to win some epic prizes.
No worries — you can join a Wild Challenge at any time while it's running.
When you join, we'll automatically award any challenge points you've earned since the challenge started, so you won't miss out just because you joined late.
If you've only just connected Strava or Garmin, we'll sync your last three months of activities too, so eligible activities can still count towards the challenge.
Connect your Strava or Garmin account to Wild Things and we'll automatically sync your activities and add any that qualify to the challenge.
You don't need to add activities manually — just get out there and do your thing! Each challenge has its own criteria for earning points, so check the challenge details above to see what counts.
If you use both Strava and Garmin, you can connect both — we won't create duplicate activities.
Absolutely. You can join as many Wild Challenges as you like, and the same activity can earn points across multiple challenges if it meets the criteria for each one.
We usually draw challenge winners a few days after the challenge finishes. We wait at least 2–3 days to allow any late activities to sync from Strava or Garmin before finalising the results.
If you're a winner, we'll get in touch with you directly.
Yes. Wild Challenges are exclusively for Wild Things VIP members. Become a VIP and you can join any of our current challenges, earn points and be in to win some epic prizes.
