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Distance Mushing NZ

A sled dog sports club who aims to educate & encourage people who are interested in distance mushing (dryland) in New Zealand.

We welcome people who enjoy spending time on the trail with the care and well being of their dogs being their main priority.

23/10/2026

JOIN our lineup! Our entries for the 2026 Soap Stars close on Sunday 8pm.
We want your dogs!
-Young sled dogs
-Old sled dogs
-Rainbow bridge sled dogs
Entering is easy, send us a pic of your athlete with a short bio and you are in!

Check out these pics of last years Stars.

10/10/2026

IT. IS. TIME.
Calling all you outstanding dogs!
Entries are NOW open!
Get your human to enter you asap in our annual Soap Star competition. All they need to do is send a picture of you with a short bio to this FB page.
This time next week we will present all the entrants on our FB page for everyone to vote on. The 6 dogs with the highest votes gets their own bar of soap!
Easy as!
Check out these awesome pics of previous winners

19/09/2026

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1987990708553598/

03/09/2026

YEP. DMNZ are pleased to announce that the Southern Sled Dog Challenge 2027 is happening! Please follow our event page for updates going forward.

15/08/2026

Thank you to Glen from Canada Goose (NZ) for sponsoring our Best Kept Team Award. Our well deserved award winner Tessi is going to put the gloves to good use when she heads to Norway next year!

15/08/2026

This time last Saturday we were at our Southern Sled Dog Challenge finisher's dinner. We are incredibly fortunate to have such wonderful support from our sponsors, and as such, can provide our participants with generous finishers packs.
We also have some very special prizes to award:

BEST KEPT TEAM: Chosen by our vet Gemma Neave, this award was given to TESSI FRANZEN

MOST OUTSTANDING DOG: Kindly Donated by Pawtrax Siberian Husky Kennel & Chosen by our event crew, this award goes to the amazing EKKO (Owned by Christina Rock).

RED LANTERN (Rig class) TESSI FRANZEN

RED L:ANTERN (bikejor/canicross class) VIKKI SMITH

14/08/2026

We want to give a big shoutout to the rest of the crew! To John (checkpoint manager), Gemma (vet), Marie (timekeeper), Moira (checkpoint manager) and last but definitely not least Ilona (event coordinator). Without you, this event would not happen. THANK YOU!

13/08/2026

We are running a bit behind with our event posts (sorry) due to being very busy.
Next crew member up is Mike Bathgate. Mike put his hand up to be our Event Trail Boss and we are very grateful. He has lots of experience running dogs in the Northern Hemisphere and he has invaluable knowledge. He aced the TB position this year and we couldn't be happier!

11/08/2026

To see our friend acknowledged makes our day! Congratulations Aliy!

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https://distancemushingnz.wixsite.com/dmnz-events

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