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OY – Waitarere Forest
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Event Date

Sun 06 Sep 2026

11am - 1pm

Hutt Valley
Central
Watchtower
Levin

Yes
05/09/2026
Yes - SPORTident
Event Location
Forest entrance on Waitarere Beach Rd
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Event Information

Postponed from 9 August

Event centre is at the old Firestation, a short walk inside the forest entrance off Waitarere Beach Rd. Park considerately on streets in vicinity of Forest Rd, Achilles Ave, and walk in 300m north.

OY event with 7 courses

Event summary

Course

# controls

Length km

Climb m

Loose Descriptions

Symbol/Text

Red Long

20

6.5

140

S

Red Medium

16

5.0

110

S

Red Short

15

3.6

80

S

Orange Long

16

4.4

100

S+T

Orange Short

13

3.5

80

S+T

Yellow

16

3.3

70

T

White

12

2.2

25

T

Last year and earlier this year strong winds have blown down many pine trees.  Recently many have been logged.  These areas, and unlogged individual fallen trees, have been mapped as dark green or striped dark green.

There are many old logging tracks that are not used as pathways and are not mapped.

Paths that pass through dark green areas are generally passable.

For yellow courses where a track bends and there is a nearby (logging) track, we have blocked the nearby track with branches to indicate not to go that way.

We recommend eye protection as there are many branches at head height. Please carry a whistle

Beware uneven ground, tree debris, and pine cones that can roll underfoot.

For white and yellow courses where a path is missing or obscure, we have indicated the recommended route either with tape (as noted in the course description on the map) or with ribbons hanging on tree branches.

The start and finish are within 100m of the event centre.

Pre-entry preferred. You may enter on the day but this will depend on map availability. Pre-entries close at midnight on Sat 5 September.

Entries at watchtower-oy-2026.lilregie.com

Contact Details
Simon Rea
ohv.org.nz




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