Owairaka Athletics is a family friendly athletics club that trains at the Lovelock Track in Mount Roskill, Auckland. The club was founded in 1943, and its history includes Arthur Lydiard, who joined within a few years and started the club's harrier section. The club says its athletes went on to lead the world in middle and long distance running.
The club caters for all ages and abilities. Its junior programme is for children from 3 to 15 and runs from October to March, with age-specific activities that become more specialised as children progress. Over the winter months there are road and cross country squads, and the sprint squad trains all year. The senior programme runs from social to competitive, with regular club events and club nights for anyone who wants to come along for a run. The club is on Strava, and visitors can come along on a training night.