Age requirements
Participants are required to have attained the ages as follows:
- Full Marathon – Eighteen.
- Half Marathon Run and Walk – Sixteen.
- Ten Kilometre Run and Walk – Twelve.
- Five Kilometre Run and Walk – open to any age but any participant under the age of twelve must be accompanied by an adult.
Privacy Waiver
The organisers and sponsors reserve the right to use photographs of the participants and the information supplied in the entry forms for the purposes of the promotion and administration of the event at no charge.
Race Rules
- Participants must keep to the side of the road unless they are crossing the road at an official crossing point and keep left in single file on the harbour walk/cycle path. Please be considerate of other competitors at all times.
- Participants are expected to familiarise themselves with course of the event they have entered prior to the start of the event.
- The following are not permitted apart from one exception – see point 4
a. roller skates, skateboards, prams, strollers, bicycles, tricycles, or pets etc
b. supporters on bicycles, scooters or in vehicles etc, or who are not entered in the event - Strollers/pushchairs are allowed in the 5 km fun run/walk. The person sitting in the stroller/pushchair must be entered in the event, as well as the person pushing the stroller/pushchair i.e. every person on the course must have an entry.
- Participants must display their race number on their front at all times, failure to do so will result in elimination from the race and no recorded result
- Participants in the walking events must not run all or any part of the event.
Failure to abide by the above rules may lead to disqualification.
Use of Listening Devices
The organisers strongly advise participants not to use listening devices for safety reasons.
Course Closure
- The course will close at 1pm on Race Day. The course will no longer be supervised after that time.
- The organisers will attempt to assist any participants still on the course at this time to the finish line, however it is primarily the participants’ responsibility to make their own arrangements
Acknowledgement
- Entry fees are non-refundable.
- Transfers – participants may wish to transfer their entry to
a. A shorter or longer event (an additional charge to account for the longer event fee will be incurred)
b. Someone else if for whatever reason the participant can no longer take part
Transfers can be done by logging in to the entry site and clicking the “Transfer” button on the top right of the page.
NB Transfers after online entries have closed will incur an administration charge. - Participants agree
a. To abide by the Race Rules
b. That they enter at their own risk
c. To follow the directions of the Race Marshals
d. That the organisers shall not be held liable for any injury to participants or related persons or any damage to property which occurs before, during or after the event
e. That the decision of the Race Director will be final, including any matter not provided for above in these rules. - Event Cancellation Policy:
The following details only apply if the event is cancelled due to a pandemic or any unforeseen issues
a. All entrants will be contacted by email with instructions regarding refunding or transferring to the 2026 Emerson’s Dunedin Marathon.
b. The instructions will be:
– If the entrant requests a refund by email, the entrant will receive a 75% refund of their entry fee. The close-off date for applying for a refund by email to info@dunedinmarathon.co.nz will be 30 November 2025
– If a refund request is not received by the Dunedin Marathon by the close off date, the entrant will be transferred to the 2026 Emerson’s Dunedin Marathon in the event equivalent to the one entered in 2025. Entrants transferred to the 2026 Emerson’s Dunedin Marathon must adhere to the race rules, terms and conditions set for the 2025 Emerson’s Dunedin Marathon.
If an entrant is transferred to the 2026 Emerson’s Dunedin Marathon and the 2026 event did take place, but the entrant was unable to participate, there will not be an option to transfer to a subsequent Emerson’s Dunedin Marathon, regardless of the reason for not being able to participate. However the marathon committee will consider exceptional circumstances on a case by case basis.
Note 1: Injury, temporary illnesses or date clashes are not considered to be exceptional circumstances.
Note 2: During the online registration period, any entrant has the option to transfer their entry to someone else.
– Merchandise orders will be fully refunded if the event is cancelled prior to 1 September 2025, otherwise all merchandise orders will be completed.