Arawa Park - Rotorua Racecourse

Arawa Park - Rotorua Racecourse Arawa Park Racecourse in Rotorua is a top quality racing centre and venue. Home to the Rotorua Cup. Get in touch for a comprehensive proposal.

The Club:
• Rotorua Racing Club is situated at the Arawa Park Racecourse, Fenton Street Rotorua. Rotorua Racing Club also plays host to the Rotorua Club, with reciprocal membership rights existing between the two clubs. Racing:
• Rotorua Racing Club plays host to a number of race days throughout the year, including the Interisland Summer Festival during the Christmas season. Watch our page or visi

t our website (http://arawapark.co.nz) for upcoming race dates. Events
• Throughout the year Arawa Park is the venue for a few different events other than equestrian, such as Model Railway and Truck display, Rebel Round Up and Tummy and Tots Expo. Arawa Park is also home to the RSA Welfare Office, Curtain Bank, Rotorua Senior Citizens Club and the Rotorua Club

Function Venue:
• We offer venue hire for events of all types and sizes, with full Bar Service available and a number of rooms of varying sizes. We cater for funerals, weddings, birthdays, training courses, annual dinners, dancing discotheque and other entertainment activities welcomed. Membership:
• Membership to the Rotorua Racing club entitles members to access membership facilities at all TRAC Racing Club venues in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty and as a NZ Clubs affiliate members have access to other associated clubs is also available.

We're racing Sunday (12 October) - our first of the new season and we are EXCITED.If you're keen to come along, we’ve go...
06/10/2025

We're racing Sunday (12 October) - our first of the new season and we are EXCITED.

If you're keen to come along, we’ve got:
An exciting 8-race card on offer including the Group 3 Sweynesse Stakes
Plenty of space to set up shop for the day including in the covered grandstand (rain showers don't need to cramp your style!)
You’re welcome to bring a picnic with your favourite raceday fare or, alternatively, make use of the food and beverage options available for purchase oncourse.
Entry is FREE for all so bring your family and friends

Join us for a day where fashion, fun and fast horses take centre stage 🐎

Join us on-course for our first feature meeting of the season, featuring the Gr.3 Sweynesse Stakes and the Staphanos Classic

🎄✨ In the thick of Christmas party planning? With the wish list growing by the day?Never fear, we’ve got the PERFECT end...
03/10/2025

🎄✨ In the thick of Christmas party planning? With the wish list growing by the day?

Never fear, we’ve got the PERFECT end-of-year celebration to take the stress out of festive season organising.

Join us Wednesday 3 December for our Twilight Christmas Raceday and snap up tickets to our Christmas Cracker package ($150pp) and consider the job DONE ✅

🍴 Delicious food
🥂 Flowing beverages
🏇 Thrilling twilight racing

All the boxes ticked. All that’s left is to gather your crew and book today.

Join us on course for our Twilight meeting this December

NEWS | Stakes Boost for Rotorua’s Group 3 Sweynesse StakesThe stakes have been raised for Rotorua’s premier spring sprin...
11/09/2025

NEWS | Stakes Boost for Rotorua’s Group 3 Sweynesse Stakes

The stakes have been raised for Rotorua’s premier spring sprint, with the Group 3 Sweynesse Stakes now carrying a $140,000 purse on Novara Park Stud Stakes Day.

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Keen to join us? Hospitality is on sale now for $120pp and general admission is free of charge. https://arawapark.co.nz/novara-park-stakes-day

The stakes have been raised for Rotorua’s premier spring sprint, with the Group 3 Sweynesse Stakes now carrying a $140,000 purse on Novara Park Stakes Day.

Fashion, friends, and fast horses come together at Novara Park Stud Stakes Day 🐎 💃Join us trackside on Sunday, 12 Octobe...
05/09/2025

Fashion, friends, and fast horses come together at Novara Park Stud Stakes Day 🐎 💃

Join us trackside on Sunday, 12 October 2025 to take in our first black type race of the season, the Group 3 Sweynesse Stakes.

It's free to attend or you can grab tickets into our Sponsors' Lounge for $120pp and enjoy exclusive access, lunch, drinks, and live entertainment.

And ladies...this is your moment to shine! Dress to impress for a chance to win a luxe hamper in the Best Dressed Women competition, judged in both the Members Area and Sponsors Lounge.

🔗 https://arawapark.co.nz/novara-park-stakes-day

We've loved having the Rotorua/Bay of Plenty Hunt oncourse today for their 90th annual raceday - what a milestone!Three ...
13/08/2025

We've loved having the Rotorua/Bay of Plenty Hunt oncourse today for their 90th annual raceday - what a milestone!

Three cheers for the days' winners too...🤩

Photo credit Race Images NZ

1 August is a pretty auspicious day! Not only does it mark the start of a brand-new racing season (boy are we excited!),...
31/07/2025

1 August is a pretty auspicious day! Not only does it mark the start of a brand-new racing season (boy are we excited!), it’s also the official birthday of our incredible equine athletes 🎉🐎

DID YOU KNOW? In the Southern Hemisphere, all thoroughbred horses celebrate their birthday on August 1st. This shared date helps group horses by age for racing and competition.

So here’s to them — hip, hip, hooray! 🥳

Gallery material 🥳Check out all the winners from our last raceday of the 2024/25 season. Thanks to all who joined us!Ima...
21/07/2025

Gallery material 🥳

Check out all the winners from our last raceday of the 2024/25 season. Thanks to all who joined us!

Images c/o Race Images NZ

20/07/2025
Everything’s lining up perfectly for our final raceday of the 2024/25 season – happening THIS Saturday!The fields are ou...
16/07/2025

Everything’s lining up perfectly for our final raceday of the 2024/25 season – happening THIS Saturday!

The fields are out: https://loveracing.nz/raceinfo/53432/meeting-overview.aspx ✅
The forecast is looking like a winter stunner ☀️
General admission? Still absolutely free 🎟️
And while the temps may be chilly, the racing will be hot 🔥

Don’t miss it – see you trackside this Saturday.

Santa’s in hibernation, but we’re not. 🎅 ✨Join us on Saturday 19 July for our Season Finale Raceday. It's racing with a ...
09/07/2025

Santa’s in hibernation, but we’re not. 🎅 ✨

Join us on Saturday 19 July for our Season Finale Raceday. It's racing with a mid-winter festive twist, all for the bargain price of $120pp - that's lunch and bevvies!

Come for the fun, stay for the Christmas pudding but be quick as hospitality will soon be going, going, gone!

Get oncourse for our final raceday of the season!

And that's us done and dusted at Farmers Day Races. A big congrats to all our winners today and their connections. Race ...
02/07/2025

And that's us done and dusted at Farmers Day Races. A big congrats to all our winners today and their connections.

Race 1, Campbell Infrastructure 1230
Sweetazme
T: Ray Fleming
J: Vinnie Colgan

Race 2, Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series
Pollyisacracker
T: Gavin Opie
J: Hayley Hassman

Race 3, Waitomo Fuels 1400
Mitonic
T: Allan Smith
J: Sam McNab

Race 4, McMillan Accountants 1560
Takeachance
T: Tracy Lomas
J: Lynsey Satherley

Race 5, AT Cook Contracting 1560
Jack In The Box
T: Diane Andersen
J: Elen Nicholas

Race 6, Arawa Park Hotel Rotorua 1560
Sulabella
T: Michelle Bradley
J: Bridget Grylls

Race 7, Greenlight Insurance Brokers 1400
Girls Light Up
T: Ben & Ryan Foote
J: Michael McNab

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274 Fenton Street, Glenholme
Rotorua
3010

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+6473482024

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