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Compass Point – May 2024
Compass Point – May 2024
By Christo Peters - 31 May 2024 - News Item

Read this newsletter at http://eepurl.com/iQ4stw M e m b e r n e w s & v i e w s | M A Y 2 0 2 4Submissions welcome by the 20th of each month Jan – Nov. Email here U p d a t eNotes from the GMView from the ChairE v e […]

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Compass Point – April 2024
Compass Point – April 2024
By Christo Peters - 2 May 2024 - News Item

Read online at http://eepurl.com/iPd2CU M e m b e r n e w s & v i e w s | A P R I L 2 0 2 4 U p d a t eNotes from the GMView from the ChairE v e n t sKing’s birthday weekend | Entries closing soonAOC24 | Australian […]

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Compass Point – March 2024
Compass Point – March 2024
By Christo Peters - 25 Mar 2024 - News Item

Read online at http://eepurl.com/iMJUz6 M e m b e r n e w s & v i e w s | M A R C H 2 0 2 4 U p d a t eNotes from the GMView from the ChairE v e n t sJWOC contenders | Junior athletes to watch at NationalsANZAC […]

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Compass Point – February 2024
Compass Point – February 2024
By Christo Peters - 1 Mar 2024 - News Item

M e m b e r n e w s & v i e w s | F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 4 Read this content at http://eepurl.com/iLakdQ U p d a t eNotes from the GMView from the ChairE v e n t s2024 NZ O Champs – […]

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Compass Point – January 2024
Compass Point – January 2024
By Christo Peters - 5 Feb 2024 - News Item

Member news & views | JANUARY 2024 Read online at http://eepurl.com/iJrs2U UpdateNotes from the GMView from the ChairEvents2024 NZ O Champs – Nationals | Bay of Plenty2024 Katoa Po | TaupōWorld Orienteering Day2024 King’s Birthday | Golden Bay Event ReviewOceania Knock Out Sprints A chat with …Alistair Landels SportMoc’s new van revealAuckland school’s orienteeringONZ Board […]

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Compass Point – November / December 2023
Compass Point – November / December 2023
By Christo Peters - 10 Dec 2023 - News Item

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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Compass Point – June 2023
Compass Point – June 2023
By Christo Peters - 30 Jun 2023 - News Item

Read more at: https://mailchi.mp/orienteering.org.nz/compass-point-june-2023 M e m b e r n e w s & v i e w s | J U N E 2 0 2 3 U p d a t eNotes from the GMView from the Chair E v e n t R e vi e w2023 Hillary Challenge Finalists E […]

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Compass Point – April 2023
Compass Point – April 2023
By Christo Peters - 4 May 2023 - News Item

Member news & views | APRIL 2023 UpdateNotes from the GMView from the Chair Event ReviewUS JWOC trialsEaster 4 daysKiwis podium in UK JK2022 Southern Cross challenge Coming eventsKing’s Birthday & Tūāraki-Northern Regional ChampionshipsUniversity of Canterbury Orienteering Club’s UltralongHigh performanceHP news Sport2022 Orienteering New Zealand Award RecipientsEYOC, JWOC, and WOC Teams NamedIn memorium MTBOAlexandra MTBO […]

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PAPO Summer Coach –  Ewan Musgrave
PAPO Summer Coach – Ewan Musgrave
By Christo Peters - 31 Mar 2023 - News Item

When asked how he chose NZ, Ewan Musgrove says it was “almost a toss of a coin between Australia and New Zealand”. But the call to travel from he Highlands in Aberdeenshire in Scotland to the other side of the world was definitely strong. PAPO advertised the summer coach position late last year,  to see if […]

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Compass Point – September 2022
Compass Point – September 2022
By Christo Peters - 4 Oct 2022 - News Item

Member news & views   |   SEPTEMBER   2022Update  Notes from the GM View from the Chair Sport     Junior Camp Update – we urgently need a Camp Manager and Lead Coach U23 Entries close 14th October Non binary inclusion  Chat with Toby Scott High Performance update ONZ High Performance Hui World Schools Selection process update Event    reports   WUOC/ FISU MTB  orienteering   NZMTBO […]

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Greig Hamilton on the Barkley Marathons  
Greig Hamilton on the Barkley Marathons  
By Christo Peters - 2 Jul 2022 - Blog Post

If you think “Rip a page from a book” might make a change from SI Air, and maps with minimal or inaccurate vegetation could be fun, then the Barkley Marathon might be your event. It has worldwide notoriety, and a small hardy field of entrants in a ‘last man standing’ style-event that not many finish […]

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Compass Point – October 2021
Compass Point – October 2021
By Christo Peters - 31 Oct 2021 - News Item

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? […]

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Compass Point – September 2021
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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Interview with ONZ Chairperson Peter Swanson
Interview with ONZ Chairperson Peter Swanson
By Christo Peters - 29 Sep 2021 - News Item

This month Southland Orienteering Club’s (SOC’s) fantastic little newsletter featured an interview with ONZ’s Chairperson which was well worth sharing.  Thank you to Sally Duston for allowing us to share this great interview.  In the interview Peter shares insights into his involvement in Orienteering as well as ONZ’s structure.  Well worth a read!  Click here […]

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Compass Point – August 2021
Compass Point – August 2021
By Christo Peters - 5 Sep 2021 - News Item

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 […]

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Interview with Yvette Baker
Interview with Yvette Baker
By Christo Peters - 31 Aug 2021 - News Item

In June ONZ announced the Southern Cross team and staff which we had hoped would be travelling to Australia to compete in the Australian Schools Competition.  For the third year in a row, the team included members of the Baker family.  This year the coaching staff also included one of the Baker family.  For those […]

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Interview with ONZ Performance Leader Malcolm Ingham
Interview with ONZ Performance Leader Malcolm Ingham
By Christo Peters - 30 Jun 2021 - News Item

When did you first get involved in orienteering? In the mid-1970s I was studying at Cambridge University and had a friend at who was a British Junior Orienteering International who encouraged me to give it a try, so I did.  Up to then, although I had a physics teacher at school who was passionate about it, […]

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IOF interview with Tim Robertson – the first Kiwi to win a medal at WOC
IOF interview with Tim Robertson – the first Kiwi to win a medal at WOC
By Christo Peters - 3 Mar 2021 - News Item

IOF World Cup Event Director Per Forsberg interviews Tim Robertson on all things orienteering and the influence of Covid. To hear the interview click here

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Wairarapa Orienteers are coming out of hibernation.
Wairarapa Orienteers are coming out of hibernation.
By Christo Peters - 28 Feb 2021 - News Item

Wairarapa Orienteers stalwart Jim Barr describes his club as having been “in recess” for nearly a decade. During this time club members have continued to compete at various events around the country, but the club has not hosted events. On 6th December last year something changed.  The return of former member Brian Teahan, and with […]

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Good sport, and medical practise, with Doctor Tom
Good sport, and medical practise, with Doctor Tom
By Joolz - 26 Feb 2021 - Blog Post

Tom Reynolds talks about his own orienteering experiences, and medical orienteering practises, as well as sports governance.

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Talk with Christo Peters | ONZ General Manager
Talk with Christo Peters | ONZ General Manager
By Christo Peters - 23 Dec 2020 - Blog Post

Talk with Christo Peters | ONZ General Manager Christo (on the right) is a good sport. Not only has he taken on the GM position with gusto for Orienteering NZ, but he answered some of our not so serious questions as well: When did you start working for ONZ? Sept 2019 What other sports have you worked in/with prior to […]

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Nationals2019 – Q+A to Meet the Sprint Mapper, Planner and Controller
Nationals2019 – Q+A to Meet the Sprint Mapper, Planner and Controller
By PAPO - 19 Feb 2019 - Blog Post

Q+A with The Sprint Mapper, Planner, and Controller.

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