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Major Events

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Major Event Allocation Chart – Under revision

Updated Dec 2020		2021	2022	2023	2024	2025

	National Foot Championships	NW	NL	HB	CM	PP
	National Secondary School Championships	HB	CM	MB	WN	AK
	Queens Birthday Trials & ANZ test match)	PP	WN	CM+ WK	NL
	Tūāraki (Northern) Regional Championships	BP/TP (Lab W/e)	NW (Lab W/e)	CM+ WK	AK
	Pokapū (Central) Regional Championships	WN	HB	WN/ HV	HB
	Taitonga (Southern) Regional Championships	DN	PP	NL	PP	MB
NISSC	North Island Secondary Schools Championships	HV+ RK	AK	RK+ TA	NW
SISSC	South Island Secondary Schools Championships	MB	DN/SD	NL	MB
	Junior Camp	WN	NW	PP	TA/ RK	AK
	Labour Weekend (can be used for regional champs)	BP/TP NRC	NW NRC	PP	AK
	Oceania		PP

Confirmed [ XX ]

To be confirmed [ XX ]

Tūāraki (Northern) region
(NW, AK, CM, WK, TP, BP)

Pokapū (Central) region
(WN, HV, RK, TA, HB, WA)

Taitonga (Southern) region
(MB, NL, PP, DN, SD)

Major Events Allocation System Outline

Planning will be based on 3 regions:
– Northern – AK, NW, CM, TP, WK, BP
– Central – WN, HV, HB, RK, TA, WA
– Southern – NL, MB, PP, DN, SD

Every year in October, clubs will, via a representative/s, attend a regional planning meeting for setting and agreeing calendar. ONZ will setup the invite and work with clubs on agreeing to a suitable date. This would be a 2hr (approx.) meeting that could be run virtually (via video) or face to face where that is possible.

Major events; the Foot nationals, NZ SS Champs, and QB are divided across each of the three regions each year and rotated based on that (see calendar above).

The meeting will use the calendar above, and clubs will discuss and debate which clubs are best equipped to host the relevant event which is tagged for that region. Allocations will be decided at a minimum 4yrs in advance for Oceania, 3yrs in advance for Nationals, NZSS and QB, and 2yrs in advance for other events. Longer duration planning can happen, and these are minimum expectations.

The allocation of national’s sites/maps will balance finding the best possible quality locations, with practical requirements for clubs running the event. This will be done in accordance with the process set out in the ONZ O’ Rules for A level events.

In each meeting, the Event Liaison Officer and/or GM will attend and help facilitate the discussion. The discussion will allow clubs to discuss their current ability and willingness to hold specific events, so the complexities of who can handle what event can be dealt with at that regional level. It is also a chance in that meeting to discuss ways clubs could work together – co-hosting or sharing certain events. Again, the complexity of that can be dealt with in the regional meeting.

ONZ Events Listing

Orienteering NZ Events Listings provide further details about each of the major events. The events listings are maintained by the event organisers.

International Orienteering – Major and World Ranking Events

A full list of major international orienteering events and world ranking events (WRE) for each of the orienteering disciplines is maintained on the International Orienteering Federation website.