Renown as being the best team building exercise of all time, the ultimate Team Relay has been described by participants as the most social and scenic event in New Zealand. Each year, around 4500 participants cover the 155km course. Peady Tai, former student of Opotiki College participated in the relay on the weekend and says that she’s been given the most difficult part of the relay.

Koinei te tau tekau ma whitu e tū ana te whakataetae ā rōpū o Taupo nui a Tia.  Kō atu i te wha mano, rima rau ngā kaitono ka uru ki roto ia tau, kotahi rau, rima tekau ma rima kiromita te roa o te whakataetae nei, he oma, eke paihikara, kauhoe ka puta ki roto.  I tēnei tau i uru tētahi o ngā tauira o mua i haere ki te kareti o Opotiki a Peady Tai, hei tāna i riro ki aia tētahi o ngā wāhanga uaua o tēnei whakataetae.