Welcome to the Rotary Club of Highbrook
Are you an established professional who wants to make positive changes in your community and the world? Our club members are dedicated people who share a passion for community service and friendship. Becoming a Rotarian connects you with a diverse group who share your drive to give back.
 
Join the 13th Annual Highbrook Fun Run & Walk!

Get moving and be part of a high-energy community event that brings Highbrook and East Tāmaki together. Proudly organised by the Rotary Club of Highbrook, this fun and inclusive evening welcomes individuals and teams of all abilities.

Last year, participants helped raise over $20,000 for local charities including the Middlemore Foundation and Tōtara Hospice. This year, let’s do even more.

Choose your challenge: 5km Walk | 5km Run | 10km Run

When: Wednesday 18 March 2026 – 5.30pm - warm up
Where: Highbrook Park, East Tāmaki

👉 Register now, bring your team, and be part of the fun.

Register Now Here!

Save the Date – Highbrook Fun Run 2026 | 18 March

 

Season’s greetings from the Highbrook Fun Run team.

We’re pleased to ask you to save the date for the Goodman Highbrook Fun Run 2026, taking place on Wednesday, 18 March 2026.

Last year, the event welcomed 480 participants across the 5km and 10km courses and raised over $21,000 for our charity partners:

  • Middlemore Foundation – $12,000
  • Totara Hospice – $3,000
  • Life Education Trust – $3,000
  • BBM (Butterbean) – $3,000

We’re already looking forward to building on this success in 2026 and hope your organisation will once again be part of it.

More details, including company entry information, will be shared in the new year. For now, we’d love you to mark the date in your calendar.

Wishing you a safe, relaxing, and enjoyable holiday season. We look forward to working with you in 2026.

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Testimonial from Life Education Trust - Beneficiary of Highbrook Fun Run Walk 2025
On behalf of Life Education Trust Counties Manukau, I extend our heartfelt thanks to the Rotary Club of Highbrook for your generous donation following your fun run. Your support empowers us to deliver vital health education to over 25,000 children across our region, helping them build a brighter, healthier future. We are truly inspired by your commitment to community and service, and your contribution makes a real difference. Thank you for being an invaluable partner in our mission to empower tamariki and rangatahi.
– Kelvin Ricketts Fundraising Manager
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Fun Run Walk 2025 - RESULTS
Thank you to all the participants, sponsors and volunteers who made the 2025 Fun Run Walk such a success. With over 480 runners and walkers enjoying the evening exercise and entertainment, we hope you all felt the joy of taking part. Please find a link to the results below 
 
Results Page
FUN RUN WALK 2025 - NOW OPEN
We are looking forward to hosting the 2025 event again this year on 12th March. The primary aim is to raise funds for Middlemore and other local charities by having a great evening event that is open for everyone to participate in.
 
We look for businesses in the Highbrook, East Tamaki and surrounding areas to support the event while giving them the chance to encourage team building and build local identity. 
 
We have a 5Km walk and Run and a 10Km Run, with individual and teams entries ( Teams of 4 in the same event).
 
Refer to the Fun Run Walk pages on this website for more information.
Register Here!
RYLA Breakfast 30th July 2024 - Fisher House 7.00 - 8.30am
Our club has sponsored 7 young people who completed the course early July. On Tuesday July 30th at a special Rotary breakfast meeting, we will have some of these young leaders tell us about their experience. It is the most amazing programme and something your organization may like to consider as part of your leadership training for next year. 
 
Details of the programme is at:  https://ryla.co.nz/
 
We would love to see you there if you are a local employer, HR  or training manager, or even some one interested in taking part. The course is open  21 - 28 year olds sponsored by a local club. 
 
If you have a young person in your company who could be a leader this maybe a chance for them and your organisation.
 
The breakfast is free but we have limited spaces. Please register by emailing us below and we will confirm:
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Highbrook Fun Run Walk 2024
We had another great event raising money for Middlemore Foundation, Totara Hospice, Life Education Trust and BBM. We had over 530 entrants and 440 completed the event. Thank you to all the sponsors , volunteers and participants who all contributed to another great event.
Results 2024
Please find below photos of the Highbrook 2024 Fun Run Walk, kindly donated by Business East Tamaki, great supporters of the event.
Fun Run Walk - 28th February 2024
We are now into the 11th annual Highbrook Fun Run Walk, raising money and awareness for local charities. The event is aimed at businesses in the Highbrook, East Tamaki and surrounding areas to encourage team building and build local identity.  It is, however, primarily a fun event that all can enter and have a good time and get satisfaction from taking part.
We have a 5Km walk and Run and a 10Km Run, with individual and teams entries ( Teams of 4 in the same event).
 
Refer to the Fun Run Walk pages on this website for more information.
 
 
REGISTER HERE!
Join us at the Movies and be one of the first to see Napoleon. Starring Joaquinn Phoenix and directed by Ridley Scott.
Fun Run Walk - 22nd March 2023 - RESULTS
Thank you to all who took part in the event, entrants, volunteers and of course sponsors. 
Please find the results below
RESULTS - Your time here!
FUN RUN WALK  -  2nd November 2022
We had a great afternoon on 2nd November with over 330 participants. Thank you to every one who took part and a special thank you to all the sponsors who helped raise money for the local charities.
Once we have the final figures we will post them here, but in the meantime please find the timings for all those who took part.
This site holds the results for all the Highbrook Fun Run Walks so you can compare how you have done!
FIND YOUR TIME HERE
Highbrook Rotary - Club Stories
Blankets for Middlemore 
Mary Ann has been feeling a certain bit of empathy with her girls at Wiri, even suggesting that they get off lightly compared with the lock down at Summerset.
This did not stop a transfer of goods to Middlemore in the middle of the day with guards watching. Well done Mary Ann!!
 
 
 
This was the hand over this morning to Sandra Geange CEO of M/m Foundation on the roadside outside Summerset's gate...
Blankets , Wriggle mats and 6 bags of hand knitted toddlers clothes from the knitting club here. - Mary Ann
Letters from supported charities
We have received many words of thanks from our donations and I will share the responses here:
 
Middlemore Foundation
 
 
details of the appeal that the money is going to can be found here
 
 
 
From Womens Refuge:
 
I have just received a phone call from Maria of WR who was almost in tears  about our offer of funding for them in “these trying times”.. I explained what we did & how we felt for them during this difficult period.. - Mary-Ann
 
Also from Maria
 
Dear Members
 
On behalf of South Auckland Family Refuge and the women and children who use our services, we would like to thank you for your monetary donation of $2,500.00 donated to our Refuge on the 14 April 2020.
 
We are overwhelmed by the generosity of people such as you who respond so magnificently to the needs of women and their children affected by family violence.
 
We would not be able to continue this much needed service without the support from the community.
 
Thank you once again
 
Kind Regards   Maria Peleti
 
Red Cross
 
Red Cross obviously made the right decision to not go ahead with our Street Appeal in March, but it did mean that we were unable to fundraise.
That’s why donations like this make such a difference – especially now more than ever.
 
Your donation goes to help fund the work we have been continuing to do throughout lockdown.
Deemed as essential services, our Meals on Meals service has been delivering around 11,000 meals a week, whilst our Migration programme has been providing regular check-ins with more than 350 former refugee families across Aotearoa.
We have also translated the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 messaging into 15 different languages.
 
Our Disaster Welfare Support Teams have been working in their communities, delivering medical supplies from pharmacies to vulnerable people.
Other actions of help include assisting helping health professionals at community-based assessment centres, sharing safety messages and providing resources to support emotional & social wellbeing. 
Whilst our Restoring Family Links service has been helping connect people internationally who have lost contact with family members due to COVID-19.
 
RED ( Rotarians Experiencing Distress)
 
Thank you so much for this, I think that's a great idea to redirect the money like that, we are very grateful.
 
Emergency Response Kits ( ERK's)
 
Thank you Ravinder – your donation to Rotary NZ World Community Service for 3 x ERKs will be very much appreciated.
 
Cyclone Harold has caused significant loss in the greater Pacific Islands recently and ERKs have been distributed in Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa and the Cook Islands. As we have positioned ERK stock in several Island locations, people most effected by the cyclone were receiving ERKs soon after the cyclone had passed. The smiling faces of the Islanders tell the story. We know that ERK donation monies are well spent.
 
ERK's In Vanuatu

CYCLONE HAROLD
EMERGENCY RESPONSE KITS (ERK s )
FIJI, TONGA, VANUATU

700 families; 3,500 men, women and children supported as at 22 April 2020

 
 
Donations needed to replenish stock.

Thanks to all those who have already responded

Internet Banking 03 1702 0192208 01 ref: 308
or go to www.rnzwcs.org
Rotary New Zealand World Community Service www.rnzwcs.org
Registered Charity CC26860
 
 
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Fun Run Sponsors
Posted on Nov 26, 2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
We are very pleased to have Goodman as our naming rights sponsor and are looking forward to our event on 19th February 2020.  Other sponsors for the event include EPS Foams, RSM , Wynyard Wood.
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Continuing Learning Centre Praisegiving
The Continuing  Learning Centre  at Tangaroa College is a specialist purpose built learning centre for teen parents. This CLC is one of 28 in NZ attached to designated High Schools.
This years Praise Giving is on the 28th November at 12pm.  All Welcome
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Reading Enrichment Programme
Posted by Stephen Passmore on Nov 26, 2019
Mary Ann France has recently represented the Club at a couple of prizegiving events for the Reading Enrichment Programme run by the Rotary Club of Penrose. The Club were gifted a large number books by the stationary supplies company ACCO who helped out with last years Fun Run and were keen to dispose of some surplus stock to a good cause. Peter Vale saw the opportunity and Mary Ann knew the channels. 
Mary Ann reported: 
 
" Each award recipient received one of “Peters journals” together with a Dictionary from RC Newmarket -a special badge & books from Scholastic. Each student had to stand at the microphone-read a short speech of thanks to the Vols. tutors and sponsors. As one of the donors I presented about 6 students with their bundles of goodies. The students were excellent-spoke beautifully and all mentioned the confidence they had gained in reading and speaking." 
 
The Reading Enrichment Programme is a literacy mentoring initiative started by the Rotary Club of Penrose and is run through several local schools. For more information on the programme click here
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Highbrook Fun Run - Goodmans
Posted by Stephen Passmore on Nov 10, 2019

Highbrook Fun Run 2020

The Highbrook Fun Run will take place on February 19th 2020. We are pleased to announce that Goodman are the key sponsor of the event and that preparations are underway. Reserve the date and get the team together from work for an enjoyable time with companies and individuals from the area. For more details contact  Stephen Passmore on passmore_nz@outlook.com
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Waipuna Conference Suites Highbrook Fun Run Walk 2019 - Registrations Open!
Posted by Zachary Wong on Oct 21, 2018
Registrations are open for the Waipuna Conference Suites Highbrook Fun Run Walk 2020! Register by 6 February to be in to win our earlybird prize!  Register on our Eventbrite page.
 
This is an annual event raising funds and awareness for local charities. It is aimed at companies and individuals in the Highbrook / East Tamaki area to encourage team building, encourage responsibility and to help build local identity. Most importantly it is a fun event that anyone of any ability can enter and get personal satisfaction. The event is run by the Rotary Club of Highbrook.
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Fun Run Sponsors