Oceania Sprint Knockout  | Sat 24 JanuaryIt was a flying start for the kiwis escaping NZ fickle summer weather for some warm sprint urban running in the NSW coastal area. The morning’s knockout qualification and quarter final sprints were based at St Peters College, Tuggerah, and the afternoon venue for the knockout semi-final and the […]

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 […]

Coaches in orienteering are leaders in developing our sport; they mentor, motivate, and pull a whole lot of their own experiences together to share. Orienteering coaches play a unique role as connectors and ambassadors, bringing inspiration, expertise, and humility to the sport. Here’s what Tane Cambridge, Nathan Borton, Briana Stevens, Gene Beveridge, Llew McGivern & Jean […]

The National Orienteering League is back. Reignited.The stakes have never been higher. For the first time, the top 3 of each series will secure automatic World Cup selection. But first, congratulate the 2025 podium placers. Over a punishing schedule of 8 forest tests and 5 sprint showdowns, New Zealand’s top orienteers will battle for the […]

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 […]

Orienteering announced the management team in July for Southern Cross this year including Managers: Susy Carryer, Lara Malloy, Kathryn Chrystal and the coaches: Tane Cambridge, Michael Croxford, Nathan Borton, We have spoken to a few  new orienteers jining the Southern cross leadership team this year: Kathryn Chrystal |  Manager  I started orienteering late only after my three girls (Sofia, Katelin […]

Around the same time O-Zone was in development, Nathan was working independently on a similar challenge to improve the analysis of orienteering results. That’s when Onalyst was born. As a data science student, Nathan saw huge potential in orienteering result data. He started experimenting with ways to predict team eligibility for events like the 2025 World Games. […]