 Round The Bays – This annual event is the result of the international running boom of the 1970s and 1980s, during which millions of people took up running.The Auckland Round the Bays Fun Run is one of the largest in the world, and was initiated by the Auckland Joggers Club in the early 1970s.The run is 8.4 km along Tamaki Drive, and follows the contours of the Waitemata Harbour, past Hobson Bay, Okahu Bay, Mission Bay, Kohimarama Beach, and finishing in St. Heliers Bay Reserve.