Tania Hollis
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Interviewed as a guest
Episode 205
Dunedin parkrun's return after New Zealand's COVID-19 lockdown - the two-week countdown, volunteer prep and the emotional first morning back ('one of those smiles that makes your face hurt'); her parkrun origin story as a volunteer then first-timer at Rockingham parkrun in Western Australia; adventuring around WA including a seven-parkrun 'longest day' and the now-closed Heirisson Island in the Swan River; inheriting Dunedin parkrun from founding ED Emma Lawrence; the botanic gardens course and its 'Stairs of Despair'; lockdown life and keeping the community connected on Facebook; Dunedin adopting the Netherlands as its return-weekend country (orange kit, Dutch biscuits) and finishing with exactly 165 runners, the same as the last pre-lockdown event; and her trip to Kapiti Coast parkrun, with a pronunciation lesson on Whangarei.