Planning is well underway and courses are being fine tuned for the Tūāraki North Champs, coming up on 7 – 8 November. A reminder that early entries close 12 October. This is an event not to miss, with highlights being:  Enter now here 

A reminder that Standard entries will close just before midnight Friday 3rd October. Late entries will close Sunday 12th October.   The middle and long are respectively on Knottingley and Koitiata, but different parts to those used at Oceania. So complex sand-dunes for both. Koitiata (aka Turakina Beach) in particular is an area that was essentially not touched at Oceania […]

Welcome to the 2026 Oceania Sprint Championships, set on the stunning Central Coast of NSW with World Ranking races. Spectators can watch Oceania’s top athletes compete for a WOC spot, then run the same challenging sprint terrain. With three brand-new maps, fast-paced racing, and local beaches and cafés nearby, enjoy a free beach score event and […]

Get your entries in for the 2025 Junior Camp asap. It is based at Houghtons Bush Camp, Murawai, hosted by Auckland Orienteering Club from Thursday 11 and Tuesday 16 December. Enter through the ONZ Website here   

This year the Auckland Orienteering Club hosted the 2025 New Zealand Secondary Schools Orienteering Championships. It opened with a sprint on an inner-city school campus, and then Long Distance and Relay events followed in the iconic Woodhill Forest.  Watch it on Māori Active YouTube

As we build up to this year’s Junior Camp, we are now asking for applications for this year’s Lead Coach.   The 2025 Junior Camp (Year 9-13) is being hosted by Auckland Orienteering Club and is being run out of Houghton’s Bush Camp in Muriwai between Thu 11th and Thu 15th December 2025. Orienteering New Zealand would like to invite applications for the Junior Camp […]

The creation of the new Technical and Mapping Committee has produced an opportunity for up to two mappers to join the committee that oversees the technical standards of our sport. The key requirements for these positions are: Promote mapping standards and best practice for orienteering mapping in NZ. 

The primary topic for this year’s club forum is to gain member feedback on the strategic direction for the national body and sport from 2026-2030. The Board have had an initial session around strategic goals to form a starting point in this discussion. It is now up to members to let us know what you do […]

The ONZ Board has begun the process of preparing a new strategic plan for the sport and national body, for the period 2026-2030. As a first step, an initial strategic direction document has been drafted by the Board, informed by recent years interactions with clubs and members through forums and member surveys. We now seek […]

Saturday 6 December -Wednesday 10 December, Auckland Applications open to those aged at least 17.5 who have completed year 13 at high school by the time of the camp. This is a high performance camp open to orienteers competing or aspiring to compete at JWOC, World Cup, and WOC and participants must be selected to […]

New Zealand and Australia will  compete in an Elite Test Match as part of the Australian Orienteering Championships 27th September – 5th October in Brisbane. The NZ Senior Selection panel has named the following team: W21E Renee Beveridge (all races) Kaia Joergensen (all races) Lara Molloy (all races) M21E Nathan Borton (all races) Tane Cambridge […]

Sprint Orienteering has developed a great deal in Belgium, and this year is the first time the country has ever hosted a World Cup. We expect some excitement around this event after Belgian runner Yannick Michiels has become newly crowned World Games sprint champion. Yannick lives in the area around the World cup events and was […]

The Aims games is the largest junior sporting event in Australasia and kicks off in Tauranga very soon. The AIMS Games Trust started as a strategic partnership between the four founding intermediate schools (Otumoetai Intermediate, Mount Maunganui Intermediate, Tauranga Intermediate and Te Puke Intermediate), Sport Bay of Plenty and Tauranga City Council. Advisory Trustees from Sport […]

Orienteering BOP and the Taupō Orienteering Club are delighted to announce that entries are now open for the Tūāraki (Northern) Regional Champs, taking place in and around Rotorua and Taupō on 8–9 November 2025. We are excited to showcase some amazing courses and terrain, including a resurrection of the famous Ōpepe map, and an exciting […]

Saturday 25 Oct – Middle Distance:  Knottingly – Santoft ForestMature coastal pine forest, mainly open and runnable with  subtle topography Saturday 25 Oct (evening) – Night Sprint: Victoria Esplanade – Palmerston NorthPublic park Sunday 26 OctLong Distance: Koitiata – Santoft Forest  Mature coastal pine forest, mainly open and runnable with  subtle topography Sunday 27 OctSprint: Pit […]

We are pleased to confirm that the 2025 Junior Camp will take place at Houghtons Bush Camp, Murawai, Auckland between Thu 11 and Tue 16 December. The camp is being hosted by Auckland Orienteering Club.  The Junior Camp is open to students studying in years 9-13. Students in year 8 and below are not eligible […]

If you haven’t been to O-Ringen before, it is the world’s largest multi-day orienteering event, held annually in July in Sweden. It features five stages of orienteering races, each on a different map. It’s a truly iconic experience for orienteers of all ages and levels as you are in amongst the largest orienteering competition globally. Here is a brief run-down […]

This is the 7th time that orienteering is represented in the 12th edition of The World Games. In 2025, 80 athletes from 24 Federations participated, assisted by 32 team coaches. The IOF with IWGA and local organisers worked extensively on providing well-organised, exciting competitions. Middle event  |  Friday 8 August – Racing in 35°C heat  After a spectacular opening […]

Orienteering announced the management team in July for Southern Cross this year including Managers: Susy Carryer, Lara Malloy, Kathryn Chrystal and the coaches: Tane Cambridge, Michael Croxford, Nathan Borton, We have spoken to a few  new orienteers jining the Southern cross leadership team this year: Kathryn Chrystal |  Manager  I started orienteering late only after my three girls (Sofia, Katelin […]

IOF is hosting a FootO Event Advisers’ Clinic in Brisbane as part of the Australian Schools Championships on the 3rd of October. This clinic is aimed at experienced controllers who are looking to further develop their skills. The programme will cover: • Foot Orienteering competition rules• ISOM 2017-2 and ISSprOM 2019-2 mapping standard• Control description• […]

Orienteering BOP and the Taupō Orienteering Club are delighted to announce that entries are now open for the Tūāraki North Regional Champs, taking place in and around Rotorua and Taupō on 8–9 November 2025. We are excited to showcase some amazing courses and terrain, including a resurrection of the famous Ōpepe map, and an exciting […]

(1) ONZ Sprint Distance – Friday 3 April 2026 – Rathkeale College, Willow Park Drive, Masterton All building and grounds at Rathkeale College are embargoed to all orienteers until the day of the event. Exception is for genuine educational purposes. (2) ONZ Middle Distance – Saturday 4 April 2026 – Rewanui Forest Park, Blairlogie The […]

World Orienteering Champs 2025 |  Kuopio, FinlandA very successful WOC from the NZ team with a few NZ records in the history book from the men’s team. It was also exciting to see our junior step up into competing on the world stage.  WOC Qualification rounds: Zefa the boss, Tim seals it, Rachel is smooth & […]

Sprint relay  – NZL team 2 just pips team 1!JWOC kicked off in Levico Terme, a picturesque spa town on the shores of the Lake Levico. The town was buzzing with excitement as residents prepared to host the event, proudly displaying orienteering flags on balconies and street signs in anticipation of the races. The terrain […]

Sprint – St Cuthbert’s CollegeThe sprint event turned into a true test – even for the hardy Blunt umbrellas – as torrential rain, wild winds, and saturated conditions made for a challenging day. Despite the weather, 13 marshals were stationed around the course, joined by many dedicated club and family members who braved the elements […]

The 2025 edition of European Youth Orienteering Champs took the NZ Team to the Czech Republic and the Moravian Karst area north of Brno. A committed support crew were there to help Jenni and Carsten, who ably managed and coached the team so soon after their WOC commitments. While we could have expected temperatures up […]

The World Games started in 1981 as multi-sport events for sports and disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games. Orienteering first appeared in 2001. In 2025 we have our largest NZ team attending the World Games in Chengdu, China. You can watch the orienteering action from 8–11 August 2025 all free of charge.  […]

Nationals 2026 planning is underway. The event is being brought to you by the Orienteering Hutt Valley, Orienteering Wellington, Red Kiwis, and the Wairarapa Orienteering Club, with Orienteering Wellington as the leading the organisation.The weekend will contain the usual Sprint, Middle, Long, and Relay events. All will be based in the Wairarapa, with new maps […]

The 19th World Rogaine Championship were held the 1st weekend of July in the of the tourist path northern Spanish town of Quintanar de la Sierra. With Europe in a heatwave the temperatures could have been brutal but were a somewhat pleasant high 20s and forest cover for about 80% of the very hilly and […]

Callllum Wishart  has accepted the technical supports role within Orienteering NZ so it is time to talk to Callum and find out more about him: 1. What is your earliest orienteering memory?I remember running around Cornwall Park and getting lost in the fairy garden – Hopefully I’ve improved since then! 2. What is one orienteering event you […]