Now his team - all multisport athletes and most in their 30s, will compete against international winners in the world championships in Australia later this year.
They will also win product and money - Mr Moore wasn't sure how much.
The race is pure adventure. No one knows the course until the morning it begins. The four team members have to include at least one woman and they have to finish together and navigate without using GPS.
It's a nonstop affair, day and night, with the right gear provided at the start of each new stage.
This year's course was a big loop through the top of the south.
It started at Kaiteriteri, and went inland through the Richmond Ranges to the Nelson Lakes National Park, Murchison, the Matakitaki River and Mount Owen.
It ended with a 35km sea kayak paddle along Abel Tasman National Park.
"It was a great course, a beautiful course, a real diverse range of mountains and rivers," Mr Moore said.
Team members enjoyed racing together, but the race had its moments.
The first two days were wet and cold and they raced all of the first night, using head torches for light.
Sometimes they had only 5-10 metres of visibility in the mist of mountain ridges.
Mr Moore and fellow navigator Chris Forne navigated using compass, maps and altimeter.
They carried a tent and only put it up once, for two hours' sleep.
They had a total of five and a half hours' sleep during the whole race.
They ate cold freeze dried meals, gels and muesli bars.
Yesterday there were some teams that still hadn't finished. Mr Moore was at home, resting.
He said he was "quite weary" by the end of the race, and it would take him a month to get back to normal.