Laps At The Lakes

10/09/2026

Thanks to Lily Paulsen, a regular No Code Events participant, for the wonderful article in The Coromandel Informer.

Laps At The Lakes returned to Pāuanui with another fantastic day of fitness, community spirit, and personal achievement.

Held at the beautiful Lakes Resort Golf & Country Club, the event challenged participants to complete as many 5.5km laps as they wished over six or 12 hours. Whether running, walking, competing, or simply enjoying the experience, everyone was encouraged to challenge themselves at their own pace and raise funds for I Am Hope.

Find out more in our link

06/09/2026

💚 A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE LAKES RESORT – PĀUANUI

There are plenty of people who help make Laps at the Lakes what it is, but there’s one pretty important piece of the puzzle we simply couldn’t do without.

The Lakes Resort – Pāuanui.

For one day each year, we’re incredibly lucky to be given access to this beautiful golf course and allowed to send a bunch of runners and walkers around its paths for 6 or 12 hours.

These paths aren’t normally open to the public. This really is a once-a-year opportunity, and it’s a privilege we certainly don’t take for granted.

On Saturday, more than 120 weapons took to the loop and collectively covered over 3,000km beneath an absolutely glorious Pāuanui spring sky. ☀️

And the course looked bloody magnificent.

That’s even more impressive when you consider the damage the team has had to overcome following the severe flooding that dumped hundreds of tonnes of silt across the back nine. The amount of work that has clearly gone into bringing the course back is massive, and it was awesome to see it looking so good on Saturday.

So to the owners, management, grounds crew and everyone behind The Lakes Resort - Pāuanui...thank you.

Thank you for trusting us with your course.
Thank you for welcoming our slightly unusual little event.
And thank you for allowing 120+ people to spend a day finding out just how far they could go.

Laps at the Lakes simply doesn’t happen without you.

We’re bloody grateful. 💚

Work hard. Stay humble. And look after the places that allow us to do what we love.

05/09/2026

What a day!...and who better to capture it than Luke at Chilled Edge Photography.

Get amongst these pics team...tag away and be sure to get in touch with Luke if you can't find yourself or are keen on purchasing a clean image.

Peace ✌️

04/09/2026

Course Marking *and sponsors product sampling* complete.

See you all tomorrow legends 🤙🏽

03/09/2026

EVENT HQ - HOW IT WORKS

Here’s a little look at how you’ll move through Event HQ each lap on Saturday.

As you approach the clubhouse, you’ll head up the path, up the stairs and around the deck, where you’ll find your Lap Board waiting for you. Grab that trusty permanent marker, tick another one off…and try not to think too hard about how many are still to come.

From there, you’ll continue anti-clockwise around the carpark, down the northern side of the clubhouse and then head straight back out to begin your next lap.

⛺ CREWS / AID STATIONS:
The entire carpark is available for crew setups - cars, gazebos, chairs, tables, food, emotional-support snacks…whatever your little slice of ultra-running paradise requires.

There are no allocated spots, so setup is simply first in, first served. Please just be mindful of those around you and make sure we keep plenty of room for runners to safely move through.

Simple as that.

Run. Tick. Eat. Drink. Question your life choices. Repeat.

See you Saturday. 🤘🔥

www.lapsatthelakes.co.nz

01/09/2026

What is 'Laps at the Lakes'?

This took 3 times longer than it was meant to...but it's filled with bloody good intel.

See ya Saturday!

www.lapsatthelakes.co.nz

31/08/2026

Some businesses chuck a logo on an event.

Others genuinely get behind it.

❤️ Grand Mercure Puka Park Resort Pāuanui are the latter.

These absolute legends have backed No Code Events for a long time now. Different events. Different ideas. Same answer whenever they can help:

“Yep. We’re in.”

And once again, they’ve come to the party for Laps at the Lakes with one hell of a prize.

🏡 Two nights for two in one of their beautiful chalets.
🥐 Breakfast included.
🌴 Right here in Pāuanui.

It is, without question, one of the prizes people froth over the most.

But this post isn't really about the prize.

It's about saying thank you.

Small events like ours don't happen in isolation. They happen because local businesses, volunteers, landowners and bloody good humans decide they're worth backing.

Grand Mercure Puka Park Resort have done exactly that for us, over and over again.

So before somebody gets to enjoy two nights of absolute luxury after flogging themselves around a golf course for 6 or 12 hours...We just wanted to give some love to the people making it possible.

Grand Mercure Puku Park Pāuanui - you bloody legends. ❤️

Thanks for continuing to back our crazy little ideas.

No Code loves ya.

30/08/2026

☀️ SIX DAYS OUT ☀️

Now, we know better than to trust a long-range forecast in New Zealand.

We also know better than to upset the weather gods by getting too excited…

Buuuuuut LOOK AT SATURDAY. 👀☀️

17 degrees. Sunshine. No little rain cloud lurking in the corner.

If that holds, the Lakes are going to be looking bloody magnificent next weekend.

So nobody move.
Nobody wash their car.
Nobody make outdoor plans.
And for the love of all things holy, nobody mention the weather again.

See you Saturday, Lappers.

6 hours. 12 hours. One glorious little loop.

☀️🤞 STAY...RIGHT...THERE.

www.lapsatthelakes.co.nz