Dates:  Junior Camp – Arrive Mon 14th Dec (pm), depart  Fri 18th Dec (am)  Youth Camp – Arrive Fri 18th Dec (pm), depart Sun 20th Dec (am)  Location:  Teapot Valley, 200 Teapot Valley Road, Brightwater, Nelson More information will be released in the next month

Camp Information Dates: Monday 14 December 2026 (arrival from 3pm) – Friday 18 December 2026 (10am departure)Venue: Teapot Valley Christian Camp, Brightwater, Tasman. 2026 ONZ Junior Camp Lead Coach Position Description: For the Lead Coach in particular, the following will apply Applications close: Friday 15 August 2026 email to gm@orienteering.org.nz 

Junior Camp 2025 was the largest since Covid, with 69 young people, 13 junior coaches, and a dedicated team of adult helpers filling Houghton’s Bush Camp to capacity. Participants were kept busy from the very start with a wide range of orienteering activities around camp, in Woodhill Forest and at local sprint venues. The number […]

Senior Selection PanelA reminder that there is a position open on the Selection Panel. If you are curious about a selectors role, ONZ interviewed Al Cory-Wright over 5 years ago about what a selector convenor does! Have a read here. The Selection Panel terms of reference can be found here. Please email our GM if […]

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   

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 […]

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 […]

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The 2024 Junior Camp (Year 9-13) is being hosted by Orienteering Taranaki and is taking place in New Plymouth between Fri 13th and Wed 18th December 2024. Orienteering New Zealand would like to invite applications for the Junior Camp Manager position. This position is are voluntary in nature, although position holders will be reimbursed for their airfares (if outside New Plymouth), […]

Read at https://mailchi.mp/orienteering.org.nz/compass-point-2023-11 Member news & views | NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2023 UpdateNotes from the GMView from the ChairsSarah O’Sullivan – Incoming Board ChairPeter Swanson – View after 5yrs as Chair. Events2024 NZ O Champs – Nationals | Bay of Plenty2024 Katoa Po | Taupō2024 King’s Birthday | Golden BayWMOC24 | Finland Event ReviewNavigating the […]

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The Lower North Island/Central regional training camp was based in the Wairarapa, giving the group opportunities to work on establishing and extending fundamental techniques on a wide variety of terrain. Coaching from Briana Steven, Joe Lynch, Kaia Jorgensen and Simon Teesdale allowed us to break the group into three cohorts based on experience and skills […]

Update Note from the GM View from the Chair Sport Junior Camp cancelled, regional camps to take its place. High Performance update – NZ HiPOs – Scotland 2024 campaign We need a new Event Liaison Officer – could this be you? ONZ fixed term Marketing, Communications and Promotions Advisor. Will vaccinations become mandatory in orienteering? […]

Member news & views  |  AUGUST 2021 Update Note from the GM  View from the Chair Sport Junior Camp Registrations now open Orienteering and Covid – a brief look at things in the UK High performance update – World Cup Event Two Understanding our membership Club forum New club/school resources launched Do orienteers improve with age? Sports People Interview […]

Junior Camp entries have now closed. It is extremely unlikely that additional participants will be added to the camp as we received 98 registrations. Should a number of individuals withdraw, new places will be offered based on the order late applications are received. Applications for late entries can be made here. Change of dateThe recent […]

Member news and views Update Note from the GM View from the Chair Sport No New Zealand-based Team at WOC, but still a bronze! The Southern Cross Challenge has been cancelled – what now? Junior Camp Update High performance update Events NZSS Champs Round-up Oceania Update ONZ Updates What is your national Council up to […]

The 2021 annual Orienteering NZ Junior Orienteering Training Camp (Junior Camp) will take place in Masterton this year with students staying at St Matthews Collegiate between December 12th and 17th 2021.  We ask parents to be patient while we appoint this year’s head coach and manager.  We also ask parents not to book flights or […]

The 2021 Junior camp is open to all secondary school (Year 9-13) members that are regularly running orange or red courses. There is no cap on numbers to it is quite possible that numbers may well exceed previous years when a maximum of 80 participants were able to attend. If this is the case in […]

We are excited to announce that Wellington Orienteering Club will host this year’s Junior Camp. Wellington President Paul Teesdale-Spittle confirmed the news this week. ONZ will now work with Wellington’s Junior Camp Liaison Jane Harding to start to confirm the venue and other key details. Once the key details have been confirmed, ONZ will be […]

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Not many countries around the world could have a gathering this big and also safely accommodate them to participate in intensive sport coaching. In NZ, we are lucky enough for 2020 to have ended well with 80 orienteering juniors testing their running and map skills in hot weather on a variety of terrain in the […]

Here is the most up-to-date list of attendees for this year’s Junior Camp.  With eighty places available, there is a waiting list as we wait for confirmation from a number of attendees.  Invoices and a request for travel details will be sent out as soon shorty (when final places are confirmed).  

Year 5-8 Orienteers are invited to an orienteering training camp in Nelson, Friday 18th evening – Monday 21st  afternoon December 2020. Orienteering coaching will be available for all abilities from beginner to experienced. There will also be a chance to enjoy swimming in the beautiful Nelson rivers and beaches. Cost for accommodation, food and maps $185 […]

ONZ asked parents of Junior Camp attendees to hold off purchasing travel until Monday 12th October when a decision would be made about the camp going ahead in regard to Covid. With all of NZ at level one, we are all go and are now asking parents who enrolled their children in the camp by […]

Entries for Junior Camp Re-opened until this Friday 16th Oct 2020! Since applications closed, ONZ has moved to finalise the list of attendees. A handful of those who registered are now unable to attend due to other commitments. Despite receiving a number of emails from clubs and parents asking for their son/daughter to be included […]

The reemergence of Covid-19 in the community in August and subsequent escalation of alert levels has created uncertainty regarding many of our marque events. This update provides the most up-to-date information about these key events to provide a degree of clarity for the Orienteering Community.