{"id":316827,"date":"2026-03-07T00:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/316827\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T00:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:35:12","slug":"track-stars-hits-our-screens-tonight-what-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/316827\/","title":{"rendered":"Track Stars hits our screens tonight. What is it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Track Stars featuring top athletes is on TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+<\/a> tonight. But what is it exactly? <\/p>\n

By Adriana Tobin<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a new event that\u2019s part of this year\u2019s New Zealand Track & Field Championships and is a collaboration between TVNZ and Athletics New Zealand. <\/p>\n

At the same time as our top athletes vie for national titles, a handful of our favourite celebrities will step out of their comfort zone for a chance to be crowned New Zealand\u2019s first Track Star. <\/p>\n

They\u2019ll compete in three celebrity events during the evening \u2013 the mixed celebrity 400m, mixed celebrity shot put and mixed celebrity 100m \u2013 which is bound to provide some interesting entertainment.<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s competing? <\/p>\n

In terms of the nationals, it\u2019s full of Olympic and Paralympic medallists, as well as some of our brightest talent<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Olympic gold medallist high jumper Hamish Kerr will be there, along with Paralympic 200m gold medallist Anna Grimaldi, and New Zealand\u2019s fastest man and woman, Tiaan Whelpton and Zoe Hobbs.<\/p>\n

\"NZ's<\/p>\n

NZ’s fastest woman Zoe Hobbs. (Source: TVNZ)<\/p>\n

And you might have heard of Sam Ruthe – the record-breaking teenager is competing in the 1500m. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s a real potpourri of individuals taking part in the celebrity events, including former Black Ferns captain Portia Woodman-Wickliffe, The Hits radio host Jono Pryer, award-winning actor Te Kohe Tuhaka, netballer Maia Wilson, former Tall Black Brook Ruscoe and actress Turia Schmidt-Peke.<\/p>\n

\"Sam<\/p>\n

Sam Ruthe and Sam Tanner. (Source: TVNZ)<\/p>\n

When is it? <\/p>\n

The action starts at 7pm at Auckland\u2019s Trust Arena and will wrap up at 9.30pm. <\/p>\n

For high jump lovers, catch gold medallist Kerr competing in the senior men\u2019s high jump at 7.25pm. <\/p>\n

Or if you\u2019re into your track, stick around until the end of the night to watch young gun Ruthe in the Senior Men 1500m at 9:35pm. <\/p>\n

Among it all our celebs will go head-to-head in the mixed celebrity 100m, 400m, and shot put events. <\/p>\n

8.01pm – Mixed Celebrity 400m <\/p>\n

8.42pm – Mixed Celebrity Shot Put <\/p>\n

9.06 – Mixed Celebrity 100m<\/p>\n

\"catch<\/p>\n

catch the action at home on TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+ from 7pm \u2013 9.45pm. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

Where to watch <\/p>\n

Fans in Auckland can soak up the atmosphere with free general admission tickets and premium grandstand seating. For a night in, catch the action at home on TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+<\/a> from 7pm \u2013 9.45pm to watch the coverage live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Track Stars featuring top athletes is on TVNZ 1 and TVNZ+ tonight. But what is it exactly? By…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[80515,51,5627,171710,111,43,139,577,69,45603,80276,171711],"class_list":["post-316827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-80515","tag-auckland","tag-cronulla-sharks","tag-mt-smart-stadium","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nrl","tag-nz","tag-rugby-league","tag-telstra-premiership","tag-vodafone-warriors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}