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Draft:Jon Nabbs

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  • Comment: I think still BLP1E concerns. If he does that run across New Zealand that'd help, but so far it seems too early to draw conclusions grapesurgeon (talk) 16:24, 4 September 2026 (UTC)
  • Comment: The coverage of the subjects seems to solely surround the one cross canada run, which would mean this subject fails WP:BLP1E Sulfurboy (talk) 04:06, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

Jonathan Ihaka Forsyth "Jon" Nabbs (born 29 August, 1990) is a New Zealand expedition athlete and charity fundraiser.[1][2] He is best known for completing a 7,351 km solo, unsupported run across Canada from 2023 to 2024 to raise funds for pediatric oncology research. He has also co-authored a book on youth mental health and depression recovery.

Early life

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Nabbs is from Kaipaki in the Waikato region.[3] He attended St Paul's Collegiate School in Hamilton from 2004 to 2008 and later studied at the University of Canterbury, where he was present during the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes.[3][4]

He is one of three sons of lawyer Brian Nabbs and Margaret Forsyth, a former Silver Fern, Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic netball coach, and Hamilton city councillor.[5] Brian Nabbs died of skin cancer in 2020, and Forsyth died of bowel cancer in 2021.[6][7] Prior to undertaking expeditions, Nabbs was a farmer in Waikato and had run competitively since the age of 16, completing several ultramarathons, including the Tarawera by UTMB 100 km event.[4][8]

Canada Expedition (2023–2024)

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Between 3 May 2023 and 2 March 2024, Nabbs ran the 7,351 km breadth of Canada solo and unsupported, traveling from St. John's, Newfoundland to Victoria, British Columbia.[4][9] Fewer than ten people had historically completed an unsupported, solo run across the country.[10][11]

The expedition included visits to children's hospital oncology wards en route, and raised over CA$100,000 for paediatric oncology research charities in Canada and New Zealand.[2][12] Nabbs ran the majority of the distance in a Superman costume.[8]

The 305-day expedition required navigating winter conditions that reached temperatures as low as −53°C (−63°F) near Calgary, Alberta.[13][14]

The run was documented by Vancouver-based 5 Yard Productions in the documentary film Race Be Run, by filmmakers Prabhjit Sabharwal and Richard Carey.[1] The film premiered jointly at Doc Edge and the New Zealand Mountain Film Festival in 2026,[15] received a special mention in the Best New Zealand Short category at the Doc Edge Awards 2026,[16] and won the Documentary Short category at the New Zealand Independent Film Festival 2026.[17]

New Zealand (2021 and 2024)

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Nabbs has twice covered the geographic length of New Zealand on foot.

Between 7 December, 2021, and 3 March, 2022, he walked the 3,012Km length of the Te Araroa Trail.[18]

Between 13 May and 17 June 2024, he ran the 2,031 km length of New Zealand, from Bluff to Cape Reinga, in a Guinness World Record attempt for Fastest Crossing of New Zealand on Foot (male).[19][20][21]

Nabbs's recorded time was 35 days, 8 hours, 38 minutes and 1 second. The run raised funds for New Zealand and Canadian paediatric oncology research charities, and included visits to Starship Children's Hospital and the Child Cancer Foundation of New Zealand.[19]

The attempt fell short of Guinness World Records's documentation and record-keeping requirements to officiate the attempt.

Mental health advocacy and writing

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Outside of expeditions, Nabbs has been active in youth mental health work. In 2012, he met Eve Macfarlane through competitive rowing.[22] Having each experienced and recovered from depression, the pair compiled first-person accounts from 20 young New Zealanders, describing how they recovered and stay well, published as How We Got Happy: Stories of Health, Hope and Happiness from 20 Young Kiwis who Beat Depression (David Bateman Ltd, 2021).[23][24][25] The project was run through the Skywalker Charitable Trust and endorsed by the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, to which all proceeds were directed.[26] In 2020, he delivered a talk on the subject at TEDxRuakura.[27]

References

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  1. 1 2 Mather, Mike (18 July 2026). "Losing both parents to cancer would likely be crushing for most people. For Jonathan Nabbs, it galvanised him into a cross-Canada quest". Waikato Times. p. 6 – via PressReader. Jonathan Nabbs ran the 8000km width of Canada – braving heavy traffic, bears, and a brutally cold winter – to raise money for cancer research.
  2. 1 2 "New Zealand man finishes 305-day solo cross-country run for cancer research". Times Colonist. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
  3. 1 2 Tanirau, Katrina (19 June 2018). "New book to share stories about how depressed got happy again". Stuff. Retrieved 2026-09-18. Jono is a 27-year-old from Kaipaki.
  4. 1 2 3 Block, George (27 May 2023). "Former Kiwi farmer in epic 8000km run across Canada to raise money for cancer research". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2026-09-18 – via Newstalk ZB.
  5. ↑ Mather, Mike (18 July 2026). "Losing both parents to cancer would likely be crushing for most people. For Jonathan Nabbs, it galvanised him into a cross-Canada quest". Waikato Times. p. 6 – via PressReader. Nabbs, who originally hails from Cambridge, is one of the three sons of lawyer Brian Nabbs and former Silver Fern, Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic coach and Hamilton city councillor Margaret Forsyth.
  6. ↑ Potenteau, D. (9 February 2024). "New Zealander nearing end of cross-Canada run to raise money for kids' cancer care". Global News. Retrieved 2026-09-22. His dad died from skin cancer in 2020, then his mom to bowel cancer in 2021.
  7. ↑ McFadden, Suzanne (17 November 2023). "Silver Fern son's 8000km cancer journey". Newsroom. Retrieved 2026-09-22. Nabbs lost his mum... to bowel cancer in May 2021. Just 16 months earlier, his dad... had died from skin cancer.
  8. 1 2 Milne, Keeley (3 March 2024). "Kiwi superhero completes 305-day cross-Canada run for children's cancer research". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
  9. ↑ Barlow, Emily (3 April 2024). "The Kiwi Who Has Run a Marathon a Day Across Canada for Cancer". Explore Magazine. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
  10. ↑ Block, George (27 May 2023). "Former Kiwi farmer in epic 8000km run across Canada to raise money for cancer research". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2026-09-18 – via Newstalk ZB. Only seven people, none of them Kiwis, have ever completed the run.
  11. ↑ McFadden, Suzanne (17 November 2023). "Silver Fern son's 8000km cancer journey". Newsroom. Retrieved 2026-09-22. No other Kiwi has run across the country on their own, and only seven other runners have conquered it solo.
  12. ↑ Nadeau, Shirley (15 August 2023). "New Zealander crossing Canada for child cancer patients". The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
  13. ↑ Carey, Charlie; Lloyd, Mike (29 February 2024). "New Zealander runs across Canada to raise money for cancer research, stops in Vancouver to honour Terry Fox". CityNews Vancouver. Retrieved 2026-09-22. To see -53°C in Calgary around the New Year, that was something else.
  14. ↑ Mather, Mike (18 July 2026). "Losing both parents to cancer would likely be crushing for most people. For Jonathan Nabbs, it galvanised him into a cross-Canada quest". Waikato Times. p. 6 – via PressReader. How cold? 'It got down to -53C on the coldest day.'
  15. ↑ "Race Be Run". NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
  16. ↑ "Race Be Run". Doc Edge. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
  17. ↑ "Winners". New Zealand Independent Film Festival. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
  18. ↑ McFadden, Suzanne (17 November 2023). "Silver Fern son's 8000km cancer journey". Newsroom. Retrieved 2026-09-22. Last year, Nabbs ran the length of New Zealand, the 3000km of Te Araroa Trail, in memory of his parents.
  19. 1 2 Chris Chang (Interviewer) (18 June 2024). "Length of New Zealand crossing". Breakfast. Auckland, New Zealand. Event occurs at 07:56 NZST. TVNZ 1. ...Jon Nabbs, crossing the finish line just yesterday, breaking the world record for the fastest man to cross the country on foot...
  20. ↑ "Long Distance Runner Jon Nabbs Just Finished 35-day Run From Bluff To Cape Reinga Benefitting Child Cancer Foundation". Scoop. Retrieved 2026-09-22.
  21. ↑ "Ultra-runner Jon Nabbs on his next mission: NZ in 27 days". RNZ. 2024-05-13. Retrieved 2026-09-22. Jon set off from Bluff this morning with an aim of making it to Cape Reinga in the next 27 days.
  22. ↑ Tanirau, Katrina (19 June 2018). "New book to share stories about how depressed got happy again". Stuff. Retrieved 2026-09-18. Eve Macfarlane and Jonathan (Jono) Nabbs are two friends who met through competitive rowing in 2012.
  23. ↑ Hilary Barry, Jeremy Wells (presenters) (2021-10-07). Behind the Pages of How We Got Happy. Seven Sharp. TVNZ. Retrieved 2026-09-21.
  24. ↑ Nabbs, Jonathan; Macfarlane, Eve (2021). How We Got Happy: Stories of Health, Hope and Happiness from 20 Young Kiwis who Beat Depression. David Bateman Ltd. ISBN 978-1988538662.
  25. ↑ Wilson, Libby (2 July 2020). "Dancing alone and bach escapes: young adults share how they faced depression". Stuff. Retrieved 2026-09-18. How We Got Happy might be a book about depression, but doesn't focus on it. Instead, it features 20 young Kiwis sharing their journeys from the bottom of the bell curve up, and their wellness tools.
  26. ↑ Wilson, Libby (2 July 2020). "Dancing alone and bach escapes: young adults share how they faced depression". Stuff. Retrieved 2026-09-18. All proceeds from their efforts will go to the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand.
  27. ↑ "Lessons on happiness from depression's ground zero". TED.com. TED. 2020. Retrieved 2026-09-21.

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