Below is the provisional team for the AUS-NZL Challenge taking part as part of the Oceania Championships 2025, 24-27 January in New Zealand. The team has been selected by the ONZ Senior Selection Panel in accordance with ONZ Selection Policy. Any concerns about selections should be raised to the Senior Selection Panel Convenor ( alistaircorywright@gmail.com […]

Updated 2 Jan 2025 with Google Sign-up Form The European Youth Orienteering Championships (EYOC) 2025 will be held in Brno, Czechia from 17th -21st July 2025. EYOC will consist of a Long distance race, an Individual Sprint, and a Forest Relay. Age classes are W16, M16, W18, M18. New Zealand is allowed to enter 4 athletes […]

Long Distance  Friday 7th February 2025 Waikaia Forest Conservation Area is stunning open native beech forest, steep in places, unique flora and fauna, with streams, rocky outcrops, cliffs and relics from gold mining days. Planner: Ann Bixley |  Controller: Matt Bixley  |  ONZ A-Grade Controller: Michael Croxford Middle Distance  Saturday 8th February 2025Mostly north of Whitecoomb Stream in open […]

We’re happy to let you know that after a fair bit of calculating, the Oceania crew has been able to reduce prices for younger orienteers. This makes it easier for families to attend as orienteering is a sport for everyone! Enjoy the NZ coastal forests in January 2025. Age New pricing 12 and under 50% of […]

The Nationals Bulletin is out! Peninsula and Plains Orienteers have the areas in the Bulletin to prepare for your travel and accommodation purposes. Also do check into the website for all the latest news, and there will be updates on the NZ champs facebook

Central Otago Orienteering / Dunedin are hosting the 2025 NZ MTBO Championships in Central Otago over the weekend of 1st / 2nd Feb. There will be a sprint in Alexandra on the morning of the 1st followed by middle distance on Matangi Station in the afternoon. The long distance will be in Naseby Forest on 2nd […]

Southland Orienteering Club would like to invite you to attend the 2025 Taitonga (Southern) Regional Championships The event takes place the week after Oceania so we are hoping that may attending Oceania may travel on to Waikaia for the Taitonga Championships. Bulletin One be found here and you can enter here. 

In version 1.1 of the “NZOC2025 Embargo Notice” Woodend Beach South has been added to the already embargoed areas. The embargo of the Woodend Beach South area is in place from the 22nd of November 2024. Please read the full version 1.1 embargo notice here

The end of the year is drawing nearer so Oceania have some dates for you to put in your calendar Sunday 17  November: Early bird prize draw. We’ve got two Str8 compasses left and will draw one for one random confirmed entry at 9pm on Sunday. (We’ve given two away already to happy orienteers on both […]

OF have released communications on how they are going to help to beat the heat at next year’s World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC)  in Girona, Spain.  This is something  Southern hemisphere clubs are well versed in, often in very remote areas, whilst not putting too many obstacles in the way of good competition. So it is […]

The World Orienteering Championships 2025 are scheduled to be held in Kuopio, Finland from 7-12 July 2025. WOC will consist of a Long race, a Middle race,  and a Forest Relay Selection CriteriaAs per the Orienteering NZ G1 Selection Policy the 2025 WOC team will be selected on the basis of For New Zealand based […]

The next AUS/NZ Challenge, will be held in conjunction with the Oceania Championships taking place near Palmerston North from 24-27 January, 2025. The Challenge will be contested across all 4 of the Oceania Events – Sprint, Middle, Long and Relay.  Three people will be selected for each race in each of the Classes below.  Anyone wishing to be […]

Map: Christchurch location (within 30min drive of Christchurch Airport)Planners: Nathan Borton / Jacob KnoefController: Joe Lynch Following on from NZ Orienteering Champs (NZOC), there will be a NSL (National Sprint League) knock-out sprint in Christchurch. This will be part of the leaderboard event in the 2024/25 season. This is an additional event that is not part of the NZOC […]

The weekend after Nationals (ANZAC weekend) will be the 2025 South Island Secondary schools The event doubles-up as the Otago champs with courses suitable for all ages. This is a spectacular time to make a trip south and be in the autumn colours.  For more information contact Dunedin Orienteering 

Time to get your entry (and shirt order) in! Entries close at midnight NZ time on Friday 3 January 2025 but shirt orders close earlier on Friday 20 December 2024.Head to: www.oceaniao.nz

A fantastic weekend of competition, challenge, and fun for mountain bikers, orienteers, and adventure racers of all abilities. Add in the rogaine on the Monday for more nav riding.  The 2025 NZ MTBO Championships will be hosted by Dunedin Orienteering and held in Central Otago over the weekend of 1st / 2nd February, with a […]

Bring your bike and allow time arrive in the South Island way before Nationals because the MTBO nationals is planned for the first weekend in February 2o25. The format will roughly be:  Alexandra for the middle, the sprint on Saturday, at Naseby for long on Sunday and a Rogaine on Monday. 

Four days of Oceania racing, a warm-up weekend and two training days are being prepared by orienteering clubs of the lower North Island. The  warm-up events are on 18-19 January in Taranaki, followed by training maps in the lead-up to the four official Oceania 2025 races from 24-27 January. Oceania 2025 is supported and sanctioned by both Orienteering […]

Waikaia! How fondly we all remember events from, it seems, the very distant past! Once regarded as the most technical O map in the country (no doubt that would be challenged now!)  it’s seen many a lost or baffled orienteer. Last used for Southern Orienteering Week in 2017 (though, if the memory serves well, Godzone […]

Explore the diverse Canterbury region of the South Island for Easter 2025. All the New Zealand nationals championship events will be within 90 minutes of Christchurch International Airport. Join us for challenging orienteering across a variety of terrain with newly mapped areas. The nationals website is undergoing small updates but in the meantime we also have brief […]

Join us in the summer of 2025 for an unforgettable orienteering adventure through the stunning sand dunes and pines of the Manawatū. Our races will challenge your navigation skills and decision-making across a variety of fast and intricate forest maps. Oceania 2025 events are designed to provide elite orienteers with ideal training and competition grounds […]

We are extremely pleased to announce that the final dates for Oceania 2025 have now been agreed on between ONZ and Orienteering Australia.  A huge thanks to Wellington and Red Kiwis members who have been working with land owners behind the scenes to find a way to gain access to the forests at a time […]