Look out for the Nationals Bulletin coming out very soon in early November. Peninsula and Plains Orienteers are just sorting out final logistics for some competition areas. In the meantime keep your eye on the website and follow the updates on facebook

Open entries for the Junior Camp close tonight (31 Oct) and at the time of publication, the camp is close to compacity with a handful of places remaining. Once full, all registrations received from the 1st November will be put onto a waiting list and will be considered in order received if we have the ability to […]

What? This is a parent-led 3 day residential orienteering training camp at the start of the summer holiday.Who? All keen young orienteers, of any level / experience, up to and including yr 8 (yr 4 and below should be accompanied by a parent).Continue reading…

The ONZ High Performance Training Camp is aimed at athletes in the 17.5 and over age range who have a serious ambition to represent New Zealand on the international stage (e.g. JWOC, WUOC, WOC) over the next few years. It is designed to help prepare athletes physically, technically and psychologically and involves both physical and […]

300 athletes from 32 nations have come together for the last World Cup this year on similar terrain for WOC 2025. These forested areas presented real challenges with sparse features and dense undergrowth.  Long distance – Thursday 26 September 2024 After numerous sprint and urban events, the team were happy to transition to Nordic forest […]

The South Island School Champs incorporating the Canterbury School Champs was held recently on a sunny weekend in Christchurch with teams travelling from the far south as Invercargill right up to Nelson in the North. The first day involved a fun sprint course which took competitors though a primary school, park surrounds and some forested and […]

The  Zespri AIMS Games School Sporting Championships introduced orienteering as a new sport for year 7 & 8 students. So a growing number of young adventurers tried orienteering for the first time, testing their spatial awareness and practicing using landmarks and maps to get around. Locals were surprised at the numbers entered as it was double […]

Counties Manukau Orienteering Club (CMOC) is looking forward to hosting the Tūāraki-North and Auckland Regional Championships 2024 over Labour Weekend, with three challenging and enjoyable events for orienteers from around the North Island and further afield. Please read the latest Bulletin . More details and information here:  Entries close: at 11:59pm on Monday 14 October 2024. Enter […]

Entries are now open for the Junior Camp! This year’s camp takes place in the New Plymouth. Entries will be open for the month of October.  All registrations are time-stamped so late entries will go onto a waiting list. To be eligible, students must be in years 9-13 and be regularly running red-level (or high […]

What? This is a parent-led 4 day residential orienteering training camp at the start of the summer holiday. Who? All keen young orienteers, of any level / experience, up to and including yr 8 (yr 4 and below should be accompanied by a parent). When? Starting approx 2pm Thursday 19 December, ending around 3pm, Sunday […]

The 2024 Junior Camp website is up-and-running and has key dates and information on it. Please follow the link below for all this information: Junior Camp Website

In late 2021 / early 2022 sprint WOC, specifically WOC2024, was named as an event that ONZ could target to really make a mark on the world stage. WOC2022 was thought of as a stage on the way to that goal, although visa and covid problems rather upset the apple cart for that one. Even in […]

What a successful JWOC. The anticipation was high beforehand, and Zefa Fa’avae winning  2nd place in the long event is our best ever placing in the forest terrain for the Junior World Orienteering Championships long event. It follows in the footsteps of Matt Ogden’s golden medal win in the forest terrain for the middle event […]

New Zealanders thinking of coming to the Australian Championships being held at Armidale on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales at the end of September might be interested in also attending the Queensland Orienteering Championships being held on the preceding weekend, 21/22 September.This two day event will be held just north of Stanthorpe on […]

With the deadline passing for appeals for this year’s Southern Cross Teams, ONZ is happy to officially confirm teams and management below. Participants will each be invoiced the first of three involves for the trip this week. A second invoice will be sent closer to departure, with a final invoice after the trip’s return to […]

Sprint – 1 JuneTim tackled a challenging map in the individual sprint race with composure, pushing hard to secure 7th place. The race began with a highly technical garden section and a steep hill, descending into the older town buildings. Amber noted similarities to the Wellington Botanic Gardens map at the start, while Laura appreciated […]

From June 22nd to 24th, fourteen young New Zealand athletes travelled to Poland to participate in the European Youth Orienteering Championships. On Saturday, June 22nd, the competition kicked off with the long-distance event. Rachel Baker and Tide Fa’avae both achieved commendable results, placing 18th and 20th respectively in the W18 category. Eddie Swain led the […]

King’s Birthday Weekend saw over 450 participants tackle the ‘Middle’ event at Canaan Downs, in tricky, highly technical terrain. Planner Amelia Horne and controller Calum Coombs had made most of the rolling farmland and moderate to fast open beech forest with intricate karst topography, numerous tomos and marble rock outcrops, resulting in a lot of […]

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