Regular Triathlon/Duathlon events in NZ in Jan?

Hi,

Planning the annual trip home and this year i want to do a tri - either Olympic or Ironman70.3 distance, or a duathlon if that's all i can find.

I've checked several online calendars which are pretty useless even for telling me events that happened in Jan 09. A good date would be 3rd or 10th Jan (first or second weekends).

Any ideas?

First weekend in Jan is usually Mount Maunganui Half Ironman. Entries sell out in one day. Is the premier half ironman in NZ. Whangamata Olympic Distance has been the weekend after in previous years.

Check the sites

http://www.halfironman.co.nz/main.cfm

and triathlon.org.nz

hey greenie...if you ever see vanessa raw at a tri in the uk, say hi to her for me

[jpg]http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00507/race-art_Ingear_507044a.jpg[/jpg]

[jpg]http://ritchienicholls.com/athletes/raw_main.jpg[/jpg]

oops

Well if she's returning to compete in Windsor next week I'm sure to rub shoulders with her at some point.

And maybe accidentally a bit of neoprene too.