The 2022 Oceania Orienteering Championships is a week long international orienteering extravaganza in January 2022, based in Canterbury, New Zealand. We expect to also have warm-up events and follow-on event areas others parts of the south island.

Hosted by Peninsula & Plains Orienteering Club, renowned for producing high quality orienteering events across the South Island. Covering all disciplines (sprint, middle, long and relay) and including the Australia / New Zealand Challenge.

Entries open: September 2021

Qualifier event: WOC | World champs | Including Pinestars competition

Below is the tentative program to be confirmed.

• FRI 7: Sprint Relay  |  Nelson
• SAT 8: Knock-out sprint for elites with warm up event  |  Blenheim
• SUN 9: Travel to Christchurch
• MON 10: Oceania Sprint Distance Championships  |  Christchurch
• TUE 11: Oceania Long Distance Championships  |  North Canterbury
• WED 12: Rest day or get out and explore
• THU 13: Oceania Middle Distance Championships |  Castle Hill area
• FRI 14: Oceania Relay Championships |  Leithfield
• SAT 15: Follow-on event  |  North Otago
• SUN 16: Follow-on event  |  North Otago