Juniors
Orienteering throughout the junior years is a great opportunity to build friendships with some fantastic people throughout the country and beyond. If lucky enough to make the New Zealand Junior World Orienteering Championships (“JWOC”) team, then you even get the chance to compete overseas and m...
News & Blog Posts - Juniors
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News Items
Compass Point – November 2019 - News updates including View from the Chair; Legends of Orienteering; High Performance; NZ MTBO Championships; Junior Camp - How it works; Newly Confirmed Events; PAPO's Yr 5-8 Camp;
Orienteering Training Camp (Years 5-8 at school) 21-23 Dec 2019 Registrations - PAPO will be hosting an orienteering training camp, for those in Years 5-8 at school, from 21st-23rd Dec 2019 in Christchurch. The camp will teach skills and have exercises catering from beginners to advanced (white to red level). The camp is two nights and three days based at Spencer Park holiday park.
Selection Announcement – ONZ JUNIOR CAMP 2019 (Updated) - The following Junior Orienteers have been selected to attend the Junior Camp in Pukekohe 15-20 December 2019.
2019 Orienteering NZ Junior Camp – Applications Reopened - We are reopening applications for the Junior Camp as we have a few spaces left, and we would like to give those that haven't applied a chance to take advantage of this opportunity to be selected.
2019 Junior and U23 Orienteering Training Camps Registrations Open - 2019 Junior Orienteering Training Camp Sunday 15 – Friday 20 December 2019 Location – Wesley College, Pukekohe Supported by Counties Manukau Orienteering Club Junior Camp Criteria Because of demand for the ONZ Junior Camp over the last few years that we have now put some limits on who can attend. This is so we […]
NZ Secondary School Champs 2019 Day2 – Long Distance Video - Video from Day 2 of the NZ Secondary Schools Orienteering Championships - Long Distance - held today in Woodhill Forest, Auckland
NZ Secondary School Champs 2019 Day1 – Relay Highlights Video - Highlights from day one - the Relay at the NZ Secondary Schools Orienteering Championships 2019 in Woodhill Forest, Auckland.
Reminder: Oceania 2019 Entries close 31 August 2019 - Entries for Oceania 2019 Carnival close 31st August 2019. Competition starts in New South Wales, Australia with the Oceania Sprint at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga on the afternoon of Saturday 28 September 2019 and concludes with the Oceania Middle in Victoria at Beechworth on the morning of Sunday 6 October 2019.
ONZ Compass Point – July 2019 - Latest news including - International Team Travel Policy Consultation; View from the Chair; Event Liaison Update; High Performance Update; Other News; GM Starting New Adventure;
ONZ Compass Point – June 2019 - News Updates from Orienteering NZ - including National Volunteer Week; ONZ General Manager applications invited; View from the Chair; Event Liaison Update; High Performance Update; WorkSafe NZ Policy Clarification; Sport NZ - Healthy Active Learning; Review of Walking Access Act 2008Blog Posts
NZ JWOC Team 2019 | Day 3 VLog – Ticks and Long Distances (Video) - Day 3 Video of the the New Zealand JWOC team's preparation and racing at JWOC 2019 in Silkeborg, Denmark. 
Introducing the New Zealand JWOC Team 2019 - Meet the NZ team heading to the Junior World Orienteering Champs 2019 being held in Silkeborg, Denmark 6-12 July 2019. Follow the team: NZ JWOC Team (Instagram) Elite NZ Orienteering (Facebook) ONZ Website JWOC Posts NZ JWOC Team Supporters (Facebook) Event Website: 2019 Junior World Orienteering Championships – Denmark 6-12 July 2019 Youngest to eldest, ladies before […]/arc-anglerfish-syd-prod-nzme.s3.amazonaws.com/public/RZLXNL3ISJA4LM5NTUXQWLWQUI.jpg "Local Focus: Kids loving cunning running (Video – NZ Herald)")
Local Focus: Kids loving cunning running (Video – NZ Herald) - Video - Orienteering engages youths' minds and bodies. Made with funding from NZ On Air. At this week's Hawke's Bay Schools Sprint Championship there were 267 entries.
JWOC 2019: Terrain and Old Maps available - Bulletins 1 and 2, Terrain and Old Maps available for JWOC 2019 being held in Denmark 6-12 July 2019. 
Notice for NZ participants attending Australian Relay Championships, Sunday 30th Sept 2018 - Jean Cory-Wright is coordinating all NZ teams for the Australian Relay Championships event on Sunday 30th Sept 2018. NZ participants are asked to contact Jean with additional details.
Clued-up kids get orienteering course back on track (Stuff Marlborough-Express) - Tattered markers on an orienteering course have received a much needed makeover thanks to a team of clued-up kids. Year 6 students at Grovetown School near Blenheim have given a new lease of life to the orienteering course at Mistletoe Bay Eco Village in the Marlborough Sounds.
Introducing the New Zealand JWOC Team 2018 - Meet the NZ team heading to the Junior World Orienteering Champs 2018 being held in Kecskemet, Hungary from 8-15 July 2018.
Orienteering: Bay siblings more than ready for worlds (NZ Herald – Hawke’s Bay Today) - If Will Tidswell's dedication is an indicator it's no surprise he will become the youngest Kiwi to compete at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Hungary in July. 
Orienteering Students to Defend North Island Champs Titles (Stuff) - Stuff Article - Pukekohe Intermediate School's best orienteering students are off to the North Island Secondary School Orienteering Championships in Levin this week.
The 26 students will be defending their 2017 titles for best overall boys and best over all school.
Their success was recently honoured with the Junior Team of the Year prize at the Counties Manukau Sport Franklin Junior Sports Awards and Volunteer Recognition Ceremony.
Callum Farmer earns U16 Sportsman of the Year prize at junior sports awards - Navigating unknown fields and running distances of up to 12 kilometres has earned a Pukekohe boy an accolade at this year's Counties Manukau Sport Franklin Junior Sports Awards and Volunteer Recognition Ceremony. Callum Farmer has been orienteering since he was year 7 and now at year 10, Callum is claiming awards and travelling parts of the world for the sport he loves
He claimed the Pak'n Save Pukekohe U16 Sportsman of the Year at the recent awards, which were held in Pukekohe, and said he was proud of his achievement. 
