Sprint event  |  The Taitonga South Island Champs began with an evening sprint in Geraldine which gave runners a rare chance to run in a town centre map but also included parklands and a secondary school. Running conditions were perfect in the cool evening air allowing competitors to ease into the hotter days awaiting them in Tekapo. The […]

We were fortunate at the Under 23 Camp, held over the last week, to have three “guest” presentations. First up, last wednesday evening, was a talk from Tracey Lambrechs of Drug Free Sport New Zealand on the dos, donts, expectations, and responsibilities of athletes with regard to doping in sport. A big emphasis here on […]

Combining orienteering training with an athletics event proved to be a big success for the under 23 camp. Many are keen to keep this going, and build a culture with a local athletics club with another camp in the future. It is a also technique used in European cities as there are often combined sports […]

The Junior World Orienteering Championships 2023 will be held in Baia Mare, Romania from 1-9 July 2023. JWOC will consist of individual sprint, middle, and long distance races, a sprint relay and a forest relay. Selection Criteria As per the Orienteering NZ G1 Selection Policy the 2023 JWOC team will be selected primarily on the […]

The World Orienteering Championships 2023 are scheduled to be held in Flims Laax, Switzerland from 11-16 July 2023. WOC will consist of an individual middle and long distance races, and a forest relay. Selection CriteriaAs per the Orienteering NZ G1 Selection Policy the 2023 WOC team will be selected on the basis ofFor New Zealand […]

Entries now open for Taitonga SIOC2023.  Please distribute it widely.  The weather report is already promising sun! Enter via event website Event Details: Saturday morning 28 January – Middle – To kickstart the weekend, the ‘devil is in the detail’ setting and controlling of Amelia Horn and Nelson club president Matt Ogden results in a technical, […]

The highlight of November has been the rescheduled JWOC forest races in Portugal. Although only 2 of the original New Zealand team made the return trip to Europe their dedication was rewarded through producing the best Kiwi results for a number of years. Later in the month the final regional championships of the year saw […]

Hi everyone, Link to Club Forum the summary document Many thanks for your participation in the Club Forum last night. It was a fantastic discussion, some great comments and valuable insights into the direction of the sport and what we could be focused on. My one disappointment was that we could have done with a […]

Counties Manukau Orienteering Club and Orienteering Waikato formally invite you to attend an exciting weekend of orienteering at King’s Birthday in June 2023. The events also incorporate the Tūāraki-Northern Regional Championships for 2023. Saturday 3 June – Sprint Distance – Waikato University, Hamilton Sunday 4 June – Long Distance – Waiuku Forest South Monday 5 […]

The Nelson Orienteering club team has preparations for SIOC2023 well underway. Mapping is nearly done on all the areas and an experienced team of setters and controllers is in place. We’re looking forward to offering all of our fellow kiwi-orienteers, and hopefully some overseas old and new friends now travel is no longer restricted, a […]

The 2023 Taitonga South Island Orienteering Champs (SIOC) will be held in the Nelson / Tasman area during the last weekend of January 2023 on Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 January, hosted by Nelson Orienteering Club. The Embargo Notice, accessible via the link, applies to all SIOC 2023 events. Anyone found breaking this embargo or […]

This year we are keen to hear from members on the direction of our sport to understand what you see as priorities for Orienteering New Zealand in the year ahead. This information from this can then be fed into the Council’s business planning session in December, ensuring what Council and GM set as priorities, are aligned with […]

The second round of the 2022 NOL (National Orienteering League) took place in brilliant sunny weather at Tekapo. The fields were largely restricted to South islanders but produced some interesting racing. Unfortunately, after winning the NSL (National Sprint League) sprint on Friday, Matt Ogden was struck by a non-Covid bug and the much anticipated battle […]

A reminder that the ONZ Club Forum will take place on Thursday 24th November at 7:30pm. The forum is used to discuss some of the wider topics being faced by our sport and is open to all orienteers. The agenda will be circulated closer to the event to all those who have registered. We have […]

The Junior Training Camp will be held at Houghton’s Bush Camp in Muriwai, Auckland, from Wednesday 14 to Monday 19 December 2022. In September, ONZ opened entries for the camp with only a limited number able to attend due to the size of the accommodation. Those who applied have been emailed an offer of a […]

Zefa Fa’avae has produced New Zealand’s best result in a JWOC middle distance for 6 years, finishing 17th in the latest edition, run in Portugal overnight. This was the first time that the JWOC middle distance has been run as a straight final without qualification and Zefa’s time of 26:38 was just over 2 and […]

In direct response to our survey earlier this year, it was clear that we can offer more information in advance for the Katoa Po weekend. The 2023 Katoa Po and explorer weekend in Taupō  is going to be a blockbuster!  Katoa Po night relay and Explorer have included a wide variety of terrain with typical Taupō farmland […]

We had a quick catch-up with Nathan Fa’avae after the NZ team’s epic winning race in the world adventure racing champs in Paraguay. It was a hard win but Chris Forne’s night navigation was the clincher and pulled them into front position.   Overall the biggest highlight from the ARWC race was ? When I look back […]

North West Club was the host Club for Tūāraki Northern Regional & Auckland Champs 2022 over Labour Weekend. And what a weekend it was – after weeks of planning and preparation, beautiful spring weather was the icing on the cake and set the backdrop for 3 intense days of orienteering.Woodhill Forest affords a variety of terrain […]

Orienteering Wairarapa have created a massive comprehensive club feature as a celebration of 40 years for their club. To lead into the document we have pulled out a few club details, but our few questions for each club were considered too ‘mundane’ for them. The competition is now on for the most comprehensive club profile, and Orienteering Wairarapa have […]

Florian represented the Swiss National Elite Orienteering Team and he is a member of the Norwegian association “IL Tyrving” in Oslo. He has won three medals (gold, silver and bronze) during his years competing at JWOC – the Bronze in the Middle in 2012 at the same time as when Matt Ogden won a Gold. Florian Schneider, […]

The team of Zefa Fa’avae and Kaia Joergensen with NZ team leader Jenni Adams have been training each day for the last few days in Portugal. Jenni says ” it has been nice running at a pleasant temperature compared to July. It’s a good temperature, quite mild, [and] hasn’t been rainy until a bit today. Most […]

Although October has been relatively quiet on the competitive front, at least between the final round of the World Cup at the beginning of the month and Labour Weekend, it has seen quite a bit of behind-the-scenes activity. There was a long HP Zoom meeting involving 30-40 people at which Florian Schneider talked through his […]

Following the recent confirmation of the Sprint event location as part of the NZ MTBO Champs, an updated embargo notice is now issued. The following embargo conditions apply to venues being used for the NZ Champs: Cougar Park (Long Distance Champs) – the main riding area at Cougar Park is embargoed from 14/07/2022 and may not […]

Orienteers in school year 5-8 are invited to a training camp in Rotorua, 17th – 20th December 2022. Cost for accommodation, food and maps $250 Travel to Rotorua is extra, and some activities may have an additional cost – these will be optional and costs will be advised to participants closer to the camp. Closing date for […]

A new re-jig of the National Orienteering League (NOL) and National Sprint League (NSL) points system is about to ramp-up in energy into a sports class leader table. Malcolm has a table attached with current scaling right now, based on past performance, but a new NOL and NSL season will start this weekend at the […]

Selection Announcement – Availability ANZ Challenge (Oceania Championships) Tasmania, 6 – 12 January 2023 Saturday 7 January Oceania Sprint Championships Monday 9 January Oceania Long Championships Wednesday 11 January Oceania Middle Championships Thursday 12 January Oceania Relay Championships Australia New Zealand Challenge. For 2023, New Zealand will challenge Australia in the 4 Oceania Championships races, in […]

We are still looking to fill the position of Lead Coach for the Junior Camp. However, we have significantly reduced the scope of this role.  Thankfully, JWOC and former Junior Camp Lead Coach Briana Stevens has offered to help set the training activities, a key task for the Lead Coach. We are also close to […]

Traditionally coaches for the Junior Camp have been attendees at the U23 Camp held in the same region in the week prior. This has worked well in the past and ONZ has paid up to $200 per coach as a contribution towards their airfares as well as a $150 Koha for coaching for the week.   […]

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