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Embargo Notice – King’s Birthday Weekend 2023 – Counties Manukau/Waikato
By Michael Croxford - 23 Nov 2022 - News Item

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 […]

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Embargo Notice for Taitonga South Island Champs 2023 – Nelson/Tasman
By Michael Croxford - 22 Nov 2022 - News Item

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 […]

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NZ Secondary Schools Rogaine Champs 2022
NZSS Rogaine Champs 2022 – Entries Open to all Secondary Students, Years 7&8, and Public
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 9 Jun 2022 - News Item

The official 2022 New Zealand Secondary School Rogaine Championships will take place at Mangamingi, Taranaki on Saturday 16 July 2022. Entries close Friday 1 July 2022. Mangamingi, Taranaki is inland from Eltham, approximately an hour out of New Plymouth. The event is open to: All secondary school students (with 3 or 6 hour foot Rogaine […]

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2022 NZOC Embargo Update 3
By Michael Croxford - 3 Mar 2022 - News Item

The 2022 New Zealand Orienteering Championships will be held in the Nelson / Tasman over Easter weekend 15th – 18th April 2022 hosted by Nelson Orienteering Club The Embargo notice has been updated to version 3 (02/03/2022) with updated areas – Relay location moved from Rabbit Island East to West. The Embargo notice was previously […]

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NZOC 2022 – COVID Red Light Setting
By Michael Croxford - 3 Feb 2022 - News Item

Nelson Orienteering Club has delayed the close of early bird entries to the New Zealand Orienteering Champs until 11:59pm on Friday, 11th February 2022.   You can still enter with confidence of a full refund prior to then at: https://entero.co.nz/evento.php?eventName=NZOC2022   As with our local club events NOCs priorities are: That our volunteers feel safe […]

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Pokapū Central Champs - 27-28 November - Orienteering Wellington
Pokapū (Central) Regional Champs 2021 – Bulletin 1
By Christo Peters - 18 Nov 2021 - News Item

Kia ora, Orienteering Wellington is excited to announce the Pokapu Champs Saturday November 27th and Sunday November 28th 2021. We have two great sand dune maps in the Manawatu for your challenge and enjoyment; Hydrabad, a classic pine forest on sand dunes and a return to a freshly updated Manga Pirau map at Waikawa, predominantly […]

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Compass Point – September 2021
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 30 Sep 2021 - News Item

Member news & views | SEPTEMBER 2021 Update Note from the GM View from the Chair Sport Increased ONZ Focus on Sprint Orienteering High Performance update – World Cup round 2, Sweden Understanding our membership Club forum Updated ONZ guidelines for club events at level 2 Sports People Interview with ONZ Chair Peter Swanson Events […]

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Tūāraki North REgional Champs - 23 to 25 October 2021
TŪĀRAKI (NORTHERN) REGIONAL CHAMPS UPDATE – Going ahead at Labour Weekend assuming <=Level 2
By Christo Peters - 26 Sep 2021 - News Item

Orienteering Bay of Plenty and Taupo Orienteering Club are still planning to run the Tūāraki North Regional Champs at Labour Weekend 2021. The events will go ahead if Auckland and the rest of the Northern region are all in Level 2 or lower at the date of the event. The decision on whether to proceed […]

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High Performance News #79, July 2021
By Malcolm Ingham - 3 Aug 2021 - News Item

WOC2021 proved both exhilarating and frustrating for many in New Zealand. The latter through the inability to send athletes from home shores, the former because of Tim Robertson’s astounding success in winning a bronze in the sprint. Although mentioned below, I’d like to re-iterate here that, having seen the masses of documentation and regulations that […]

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Tūāraki (North) Regional Champs
By Christo Peters - 19 May 2021 - News Item

Taupo Orienteering Club and Orienteering Bay of Plenty would like to invite orienteers from the Northern Region, and other areas of New Zealand, to come and join us for a weekend of four fun and high quality orienteering events over Labour Weekend 2021. We cannot stress enough that accommodation will be at a premium in […]

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Compass Point – April 2021
By Christo Peters - 3 May 2021 - News Item

Update Note from the GM View from the Chair Sport National Orienteering Awards announced JWOC paper team named 2021-2025 ONZ Strategic Plan released – a new focus for our sport Sports People Interview with ONZ Council Member Tom Reynolds Events Queens Birthday Weekend – 5-7 June 2021 2021 Australian Champs NZ MTBO Champs Nationals round-up […]

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Compass Point – December 2020
By Christo Peters - 23 Dec 2020 - News Item

M e m b e r   n e w s   &   v i e w s   |   D E C E M B E R   2 0 2 0  U p d a t e Note from the GM View from the Chair   S p o r t    2020 Member survey results Forum response U23 […]

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Combines HANMER Rogaine Champs image
Be comfortable with being uncomfortable
By Joolz - 30 Nov 2020 - Blog Post

Two reports from the NZ Rogaine Champs in Hanmer Springs 2020. The first report is from Canterbury orienteer Greig Hamilton, who was in the top winning team with Chris Forne, and the following report is from an orienteering junior team, also from Canterbury: The event was held in Hanmer Springs, and this proved to be a great […]

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Compass Point – October 2020
By Joolz - 31 Oct 2020 - News Item

Member news & views S p o r t Notes from the GM View from the chair Nationals 2020 New Zealand Secondary School Team named Junior O camp What does a Convenor of Selectors do? Temu Rd quiz answer M a p p i n g Mapping committee Bulletin H i g h P e […]

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South head and location for Nationals 2021 event
Nationals 2021
By Joolz - 31 Oct 2020 - News Item

North West have some preliminary information on the Nationals events for Easter 2021. Three events will take place on South Head, north of Helensville, clustered around Leighton’s Farm, Wilson Road. Friday, 2 April: Sprint, on one of the three embargoed locations on the North Shore. Setter is Renee Beveridge, and controller Geoff Mead. All three remaining […]

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Happy Orienteering Wellington organisers
Successful 2020 National Orienteering Champs
By Joolz - 30 Oct 2020 - Blog Post

As a nation-wide event to celebrate high competition in a friendly environment Nationals 2020 ticked all the boxes. It was a very rocky journey to the start line for this event due to the global pandemic. After every successful event there are key learnings. The organisers will do a thorough debrief over the coming weeks […]

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Northern Orienteering Champs 2020
Orienteering NZ Northern Region Champs 7-8 Nov 2020 Entries Closing
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 28 Oct 2020 - News Item

The Orienteering NZ Northern Region Championships (previously known as the Auckland Champs) are being held in the Counties Manukau, South Auckland area on 7-8 November 2020. Including: A-Level Competition Events Orienteering NZ National League races! Event Information can be found at http://cmoc.co.nz/nroc-2020 and online entry is through the https://www.EnterO.co.nz website. CLOSING DATE for ENTRIES and PAYMENT […]

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North Island Secondary School Championships 2020
NISS 2020 Orienteering Championships Report
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 23 Oct 2020 - News Item

The North Island Secondary Schools (NISS) Orienteering event was held over the weekend of 16th and 17th October 2020.   Counties Manukau Orienteering Club (CMOC) hosted this secondary schools event and with everything that has been happening in 2020, and after two event postponements, the club was very excited for the participants to finally attend and […]

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North Island Secondary Schools Orienteering Champs 2020
Video: North Island Secondary Schools Orienteering Champs 2020 – Long Distance
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 22 Oct 2020 - News Item

Day Two of the North Island Secondary School (NISS) Orienteering Champs Long Distance event was out in Waiuku Forest, South Auckland. Commentary by Orienteering NZ’s Devon Beckman. https://youtu.be/NmTYi8netKo Video work by The Stream Shop on Sky Sport Next YouTube channel. Event hosted by Counties Manukau Club.

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NZOC 2020
Live tracking for ONZ Championships 2020
By Malcolm Ingham - 19 Oct 2020 - News Item

There will be live tracking of selected athletes in each of the three races at the ONZ Champs 2020. Tracking in the Long Distance will be of 10 athletes in W21E, in the Middle Distance it will be 10 of the M21E field. It is likely that in the sprint tracking will be of 5 […]

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NZOC 2020
Entries to NZOC 2020 close at midnight Friday!
By WgtnOC - 6 Oct 2020 - News Item

Entries for the NZ Orienteering Championships (‘Nationals’) close at 11.59pm Friday 9 October 2020. That’s just a few days left to get your entries in! So, here are a few of the things that you’ll need to know: Nationals will be a 3-day event (24-26 October) with long distance on Saturday, middle distance on Sunday, and […]

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NZOC 2020
Two weeks to enter the Nationals!
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 28 Sep 2020 - News Item

Two weeks to enter the Nationals! A week ago, we at Orienteering Wellington outlined our plans to proceed with the NZ National Orienteering Championships (‘Nationals’) and the criteria for making a decision. The Government has this week given clear direction that Auckland will still be in COVID-19 Alert Level 2 as of 30 September, with […]

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CMOC - North Island Secondary School Champs 2020
2020 North Island Secondary School Orienteering Champs – Event Postponed to 17th & 18th October
By Roger Woodroofe - 15 Sep 2020 - News Item

15 September 2020 After the Government’s announcement yesterday regarding the extension of level 2.5 for Auckland, it has been agreed that Counties Manukau Orienteering Club will postpone the North Island Secondary School Championships scheduled for 26/27/28 Sept 2020 to the backup date of 17th and 18th October 2020.   If further restrictions prevent this date being used […]

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2020 NZSSOC
2020 NZ Secondary School Orienteering Champs – Event Cancellation
By Roger Woodroofe - 15 Sep 2020 - News Item

15 September 2020 The Hawkes Bay Orienteering Club in association with Orienteering NZ have taken what we know will be a very disappointing decision for all the students and teams who have entered or intended entering our NZ Secondary Schools Orienteering Championships 8-10th October in Hawke’s Bay.  As indicated previously, this championship can only proceed […]

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Schools Start Orienteering
2020 North Island Secondary School Orienteering Champs Entries Open
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 24 Jul 2020 - News Item

The 2020 North Island Secondary School Orienteering Championships event will be run between Saturday 26th to Monday 28th September 2020. Details are now available and entries are open online. The 2020 NISS Orienteering Champs are officially sanctioned by the NZSSSC and include Years 7 and 8. The championships are being hosted by Counties Manukau Orienteering […]

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