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Rotorua marathon

Rotorua marathon

First held in 1965 with 16 competitors, the Rotorua marathon is now the biggest in New Zealand, and has several thousand participants. A circuit of the lake is almost exactly the marathon distance of 42 kilometres.

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Rotorua Marathon

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Malcolm McKinnon. 'Volcanic Plateau region', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 20-Dec-10
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/volcanic-plateau-region/14/2