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| info@motuchallenge.co.nz | |
| Opotiki, North Island, New Zealand | |
| http://www.motuchallenge.co.nz/ | |
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OPOTIKI’S Motu Challenge is one of the country's premier Multisport races, with over NZ$60,000 worth of prizes. It is regarded as the North Island’s Premium Multisport Event. Winners include Richard and Elina Ussher and Gordon Walker.
A gruelling but fun event held in and around Opotiki, in the Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand, the Motu has four stages: 65km Mountain Bike, 17km Run, 52km Road Cycle, and Multisport stage with a 27km Kayak, 8km Road Cycle and 3km Run to the finish.
Competitors, their supporters and the event's spectators enjoy rugged terrain and some of the finest scenery of any Multisport event in New Zealand. The race is run through native bush clad gorges, valleys and hills and down the Waioeka River. The Mountain Bike stage has been voted the best mountain bike section of any race in New Zealand.