The Orienteering New Zealand Update Newsletter for August-September 2014 is available for download now!

The 2014 World MTBO Championships were a highly successful event for New Zealand, with Marquita Gelderman winning gold in both the Sprint and Middle Distance in W40 and Tim Robertson winning gold in the Middle Distance in M20 (Juniors) in addition to a silver in the Sprint Distance in M20. The first day of competition […]

Download the OrienteeringNZ Update June-July 2014 (PDF 392KB) including the following: Discussion Documents (update) Policy Updates Fundraising Events Policy 2010 (Rescinded 2014) Miscellaneous Policies and By-Laws (Updated 2014) NZ Secondary Schools Orienteering Championships NZ Secondary Schools Rogaine Championships World Masters Games 2017 Sport Programme Announced Orienteering NZ Vacancies NZ Schools Team Manager NZ Schools Team Coach High Performance […]

I just thought I would do a blog to let people know what I am actually doing while I am away for four months! I am currently writing in Melbourne airport after finally escaping the worries of trying to fit my bike and four months’ worth of gear into my 30kg and 7kg carry on […]

The OrienteeringNZ Update May 2014 is available now. (PDF 482KB) including: New logo, website and emails launched Thanks to Wellington for hosting the Nationals at Easter Nationals E21 Results Full Results In memory of John Davies (1940 – 2014) Rebranding to Orienteering NZ Website Information for Clubs Discussion Document – Weekday Schools Levy Policy (feedback by […]

The New Zealand team to challenge Australia at the MTBO Challenge held in Alice Springs 14–16 June are: Men Greg Barbour (Taranaki) Alister Metherell (PAPO) Michael Wood (Hutt Valley) Joe Sheriff (Southland) Chris Gelderman (North West) M Open Sprint & Middle – Greg M40 Long – Greg M50 – Alister M60 – Michael & Joe […]

 Selection Notice: Mountain Bike Orienteering – World Cup Events 17-20 July, Skane, Sweden All riders wishing to be considered for selection to the New Zealand Team to compete in round 2 of the MTBO World Cup should notify the MTBO High Performance Coordinator, Rob Garden, by 16 May 2014. Notification should be by email to rgmg@xtra.co.nz […]

Biaystok, Poland, 23-30 August 2014 All riders wishing to be considered for selection to the New Zealand Team to compete in the World MTBO Championships or the Junior World MTBO Championships should notify the MTBO High Performance Coordinator, Rob Garden, by 16 May 2014. Notification should be by email to rgmg@xtra.co.nz or to 45 Slater Road, RD 1, […]

Alice Springs, Australia 14-16 June 2014 All riders wishing to be considered for selection to the New Zealand Team to compete against Australia in the up-coming ANZ MTBO Challenge should notify the MTBO High Performance Coordinator, Rob Garden, by 16 May 2014. Notification should be by email to rgmg@xtra.co.nz or to 45 Slater Road, RD 1, […]

Silva Service to NZ Orienteering Derek Morrison (Hawke’s Bay) has received the Silva Service to NZ Orienteering, joining a highly prestigious list of recipients before him.  The award is our premier service award, honoring an individual who has contributed in a most deserving manner to the development of orienteering in New Zealand.  Derek has been […]

Kiwis may ride in the World MTBO Champs in Poland. The open, masters and junior champs are being run between 24-31 August 2014 at Bialystok, Poland. The likelihood is that we’ll have a couple of masters and a junior. Anyone can enter the masters but the federation must endorse open and junior riders. If you […]

New Zealand has won the Aust-NZ MTBO Challenge, for the 5th time in a row. Over three events within the W2W MTBO Carnival just concluded, NZ won 9, 7.5 and 8 of the 10.5 classes contested. (W70 was included as half a class under a special arrangement that recognised both countries could only field a […]