This year’s Katoa Po was held for the first time since 1994 on the Ōpepe farm . The weather did look a bit dubious earlier in the week but turned out to be fine on the day. Around 175 competitors took part in the events over the weekend with camping in a nice sheltered gully. […]

The 46th Katoa Po promises a full weekend of orienteering and social activities for all in 2026. This year it will be based on an iconic map from the past Ōpepe which is around 10Km from Taupō and has been completely remapped. This area is rolling farmland incised with intricate gullies, and patches of grazed […]

The 45th Katoa Po and Explorer events took place from the night of March 8th to 9th, 2025, under perfect cool and clear weather. The new/old map, Hoanga/Ngahiwi featured steep terrain, cliffs, and native bush that challenged competitors, especially in the dark. Around 120 competitors took part in the relay, 40 in the Explorer, and […]

The Katoa Po Explorer is a teams rogaine event that has been designed for rogainers and adventure racers of all ages wanting to practise their night navigation and teamwork. The 45th Katoa Po promises a full weekend of orienteering and social activities for all in 2025. This year it will be based near Reporoa, at Hoanga (last […]

The Taupo Katoa Po event was the brainchild of Graham Teahan who was a member of the Taupō Orienteering Club in the late 1970’s and early 80’s. Graham had read about the Swedish night relay teams event called Budkavle and the Australian equivalent initiated by Bjorn Blomqstedt and suggested that the Taupo Club organise a […]

Planning for next year’s premier Night relay and the Katoa Po and Explorer weekend is well under way. The event will be held on two farms near Reporoa – one of which has not been used before and which contains a small but wonderful section of native bush which contains 3 very old, large native […]

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Team entries are in and Explorer entries will close soon on Sunday 3 March. We are reviving a facebook event page to keep you up-to-date with news this year. 2024 Katoa Po has just under 150 competitors. It is less than last year’s record which was combined with National sprints organised by Malcolm Ingham. We are happy with the […]

Have you planned your trip to Taupō?  The 44th 2024 Katoa Po entry dates are getting closer! This challenge is appropriate to all levels of skills and fitness and ideal for keen school teams to test their navigation skills, before heading for events like the Hillary Challenge (with trials in winter and a competitive school event in September (run by […]

The 44th 2024 Katoa Po  weekend at  Taupo with the Club relay and explorer will continue with the tradition of challenge appropriate to all levels of skills and fitness. The Katoa Po night relay, Explorer and Sunday morning rogaine will have a wide variety of terrain with typical Taupo farmland as well as a variety […]

A night nav relay race for all ages   Katoa Po is one of New Zealand’s longest running orienteering events. Started in 1981, it’s seen teams from all of New Zealand do battle over Taupō’s unique volcanic terrains in the thick of night. One of the highlights of the event is the age restrictions placed on different […]

In this issue: View from the Chair; Legends – Bunny Rathbone; Peter Snell the Orienteer; 40th Katoa Po Event; Rogaine Update; 2020 Council Nominations;

The premier night orienteering competition in New Zealand. 2019 is going to be another classic so bring your tent, your cow bell and your club spirit for this event!

The iconic 37th Katoa Po event will be held on the upgraded and expanded Whakaipo Bay map close to Taupo.

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Make sure you have Katoa Po on your calendar for 12th -13th March 2016! This year the classic weekend event is on a brand new map, which is located up behind Reporoa dairy factory – so we are out of the Taupo gullies.

Preliminary details have been put on the event page for the Katoa Po relay as well as the warmup event on  Saturday afternoon and the mini rogaine on Sunday morning. All the events are on a new map – Hoanga and Milky way half way between Taupo and Rotorua.   The web page with entry […]