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Change of heart revitalises top orienteer (Newsroom)
Change of heart revitalises top orienteer (Newsroom)
By Joolz Moore (ONZ Editor) - 20 May 2022 - Blog Post

Cardiac arrest and open heart surgery haven’t slowed down top Kiwi orienteer Lizzie Ingham, who’s on her way to her yet another world championship, Merryn Anderson writes.

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GODZone 2022
GODZone 2022
By Christo Peters - 31 Mar 2022 - Blog Post

A few insights from many of our orienteers who were participating on what is considered one of the toughest GODZone events. Craig Pelvin | Godwits: 1. How do you prepare for GODZone? Training. As a team all with jobs and families this required a lot of juggling and full team ended up only being a couple of weekends […]

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Lake Kereta | NWOC double-header weekend
By Christo Peters - 31 Mar 2022 - Blog Post

After the success of Nationals 2021 and the camping options at Leighton’s Farm, NWOC wanted to put on a 2-day weekend with maps and camping all in close proximity. The old Wilson Road map, once owned by Rob and Marquita, had been nicely growing away over the last 20 years and with local contacts, permission […]

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World MTBO Masters 2021
World Masters MTBO Champs  |  Portugal, Oct 2021
By Christo Peters - 31 Mar 2022 - Blog Post

At the end of the European summer last year we were fortunate to have the World MastersMTBO Champs go ahead. It was touch and go for a bit given the rising Covid numbers at the time, and a bunch of additional restrictions were put in to keep the Masters competitors separate from the Juniors who […]

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View from the Chair – March 2022
By Christo Peters - 31 Mar 2022 - Blog Post

Well, after 2 years of avoiding Covid like the plague (sorry), it is finally here amongst us. Certainly in my immediate family there have been several cases in recent days and weeks, including one of our boys currently, so I am writing this mid isolation. I hope for those of you also dealing with this, […]

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HP News #85 – January 2022
By Malcolm Ingham - 1 Feb 2022 - News Item

A promising start to 2022 with the successful not-Oceania Championships (reported below) has, perhaps predictably, descended into uncertainty with the outbreak of the omicron variant of Covid leading to cancellation of both the Super City Sprints and the Northern Champs. However, there are some positive signs both in terms of planning ahead – notably a […]

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2022 01 January Compass Point Banner
Compass Point – January 2022
By Christo Peters - 31 Jan 2022 - News Item

Update Foreword from the GM I hope that everyone was able to have some time off over Christmas/New Year and that those who attended the ‘not the’ Oceania Championships survived the gruelling long! In this issue we review the ‘not’ Oceania Event, ask members for their feedback on ONZ’s priorities for 2022, and we interview […]

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Orienteering NZ Compass Point
Compass Point – June 2021
By Christo Peters - 30 Jun 2021 - News Item
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Tim WOC Medal
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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Orienteering NZ Compass Point
Compass Point – October 2020
By Joolz - 31 Oct 2020 - News Item

Member news & views S p o r t Notes from the GM View from the chair Nationals 2020 New Zealand Secondary School Team named Junior O camp What does a Convenor of Selectors do? Temu Rd quiz answer M a p p i n g Mapping committee Bulletin H i g h P e […]

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Compass Point - Orienteering New Zeland's Member Newsletter
Compass Point – August 2020
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 31 Aug 2020 - News Item

GM’s Foreword Hi all, Welcome to the August issue of Compass Point. Orienteering continues to try and function in difficult times. The escalation of Covid19 levels from the level one we were quickly used to has definitely made things more challenging. Tomorrow [Mon 31 Aug 2020] all of New Zealand will be at level 2 […]

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Orienteering NZ - Find Your Adventure
ONZ Compass Point – February 2020
By Christo Peters - 28 Feb 2020 - News Item

In this issue: View from the Chair; Club Spotlight – Hawkes Bay Orienteering; Vote 2020 – A call for ONZ Council Nominations; High Performance News; Mapping Update; Large events that are rapidly looming

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Orienteering NZ - Find Your Adventure
ONZ Compass Point – January 2020
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 20 Jan 2020 - News Item

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

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Orienteering Event to Raise Funds for Geraldine High School (Stuff)
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 28 Mar 2019 - Blog Post

Students from Geraldine High School are set to participate in the Geraldine Rogaine Autumn Muster.An event which will see people plotting a route during a race throughout a South Canterbury town will help raise funds for its high school.The Geraldine High School’s PTA has organised another Rogaine Autumn Muster which will take place this Sunday.

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ONZ
ONZ Compass Point – March 2019
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 8 Mar 2019 - News Item

March Monthly eNewsletter including: View from the chair; AGM & Club Forum Notice; Council Elections; High Performance Update; Event Liaison Update; Have your Say!; Risk Management Question; And other news

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IOF Website
The IOF relaunches official website at orienteering.sport
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 28 Feb 2019 - News Item

The International Orienteering Federation has re-launched its official website and rebranded to new address orienteering.sport.

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ONZ
ONZ Compass Point – November/December 2018
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 4 Dec 2018 - News Item

Orienteering NZ News, Updates, and with the end of the year approaching fast, its timely to have a look at what’s happened in 2018.

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Keep Kauri Standing
Tracks and reserves on Auckland’s North Shore to close because of kauri dieback disease
By Catriona McBean - 5 Sep 2018 - News Item

More Auckland walking tracks are closing to prevent the spread of kauri dieback disease. Auckland Council and Kaipātiki Local Board announced a number of “vulnerable” tracks and reserves would close in the Kaipātiki area from Monday. The closures come after it was confirmed that kauri dieback had infected trees in Kauri Park and Muriel Fisher Reserve in […]

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OBOP invites you to Vindaloo MTBO weekend and the Central District champs 2018
By Erin Swanson - 24 Aug 2018 - Blog Post

Vindaloo MTBO Weekend 2018 Orienteering Bay of Plenty (OBOP) is running the Vegas Vindaloo Mountain Bike Orienteering (MTBO) Weekend on 29-30 September 2018. MTBO Sprint, MTBO Long and MTBO Rogaine on the fantastic trails around Rotorua. Central Districts Foot Orienteering Championships 2018 OBOP is also resurrecting the Central Districts Foot Orienteering Champs on 3-4 November […]

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Tim Robertson - NZ Herald
Tim Robertson won silver in the World Orienteering Championship sprint in Latvia (NZ Herald)
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 6 Aug 2018 - Blog Post

Kiwi orienteering star Tim Robertson claimed New Zealand’s first ever medal at a World Orienteering Championships on Sunday in Latvia. In a historic performance in which the 22-year-old led at every split time, Robertson was ahead by 0.7 seconds at the final pre-warning before being edged out of the gold medal by Switzerland’s Daniel Hubmann by a slim 1.1 seconds to take silver.

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Orienteering NZ Compass Point e-Newsletter – July 2018
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 28 Jul 2018 - News Item

In this issue: View from the Chair; ONZ Policy Updates; Team Staff Vacancy – Pinestars Manager; Introducing the Council – Alison Comer; HP Update; Event Liaison Update; WANTED: Quality areas for NZ Champs; Active NZ Participation Survey Results; STILL LOST: National Championship Trophies;

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Insight: Sport is a volunteer’s game (Hawkes Bay Today)
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 25 Jun 2018 - Blog Post

A Hawke’s Bay Orienteering club member, Amron has been drawing and constructing maps voluntarily for the past 10 years and for him, volunteers were essential for sport in the region.

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Source: The Post - Kurtis
Kurtis contributes to Kiwi’s win (The Post)
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 12 Jun 2018 - Blog Post

On Queen’s Birthday weekend, 2 to 4 June, as the rain hammered much of the North Island and many of us crawled a little deeper under the duvet, Kurtis was traipsing through mud and bush in the depths of West Auckland, as he continued challenging his body in the sport of orienteering.

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Orienteering Students to Defend North Island Champs Titles (Stuff)
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 23 Apr 2018 - Blog Post

Stuff Article – Pukekohe Intermediate School’s best orienteering students are off to the North Island Secondary School Orienteering Championships in Levin this week.
The 26 students will be defending their 2017 titles for best overall boys and best over all school.
Their success was recently honoured with the Junior Team of the Year prize at the Counties Manukau Sport Franklin Junior Sports Awards and Volunteer Recognition Ceremony.

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ONZ
Orienteering NZ Compass Point eNewsletter – April-May 2017
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 1 Jun 2017 - News Item

in this Issue: View from the Chair; ONZ New Vacancies!; 2016 ONZ Award Recipients; Oceania & Auckland World Masters Games; New Mapping Standard; High Performance Update

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