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Orienteering NZ Compass Point
ONZ 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
ONZ 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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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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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 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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IOF Newsletter April 2017 Preview
IOF Newsletter – April 2017 – “There’s nothing like some good Kiwi-Aussie rivalry”
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 13 Apr 2017 - News Item

Lizzie Ingham would normally be on home ground this Easter, but the leader of the IOF FootO Athletes’ Commission is missing one of the highlights of the Oceania orienteering calendar.

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Have your say on proposed changes to topographic maps
LINZ Seeks Feedback on Changes to Maps
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 15 Nov 2016 - News Item

Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is seeking feedback on proposed changes to the price of its paper topographic maps as well as the way they are printed.

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ONZ
Orienteering NZ Compass Point e-Newsletter – October 2016
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 31 Oct 2016 - News Item

In this Issue: View from the Chair; ONZ Vacancies – NEW!; Consultation Feedback Update; High Performance Update;
Oceania and World Masters Champs Update;

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ONZ
Orienteering NZ Compass Point e-Newsletter – Aug/Sept 2016
By Catriona McBean - 4 Oct 2016 - News Item

View from the Chair; ONZ Appointments & Vacancies; Consulation Feedback; HP Update; Safety Management – we want your help.

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IOF News - September 2016
IOF Newsletter – September 2016 edition is here!
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 2 Sep 2016 - News Item

Covering topics like: Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2016, the first Belarusian WOC medalist; WOC Clinic helps smaller nations on their way; Great gathering of young leaders; WTOC: New Relay format brings medals to new nations; reports from the longest General Assembly ever.

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ONZ News
OrienteeringNZ e-Newsletter – Compass Point – July 2016
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 5 Aug 2016 - News Item

View from the Chair; ONZ Vacancies; Proposed Change to Secondary School Grades – Consultation; HP Update – JWOC Performances – Food for Thought; Are you interested in Safety Management? We Want your Help; Russian Doping Scandal – IOF Response; Camps – Applications close 31 July; AMP Scholarships Open;

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ONZ
Orienteering NZ Compass Point e-Newsletter – June 2016
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 30 Jun 2016 - News Item

View from the Chair; NZSS Team Announcement Date; ONZ Appointments & Vacancies; High Performance Update;
2016 Junior & Regional Squad Camps; 2017 World Masters Games & Oceania Updates & Call for Volunteers; IOF Environment Commission;

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ONZ
ONZ Orienteering NZ Compass Point e-Newsletter – May 2016
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 2 Jun 2016 - News Item

View from the Chair; Welcome to Tommy Hayes; Controller’s Clinic – Dunedin; ONZ Vacancies & Appointments; Travel Update – NZ Secondary Schools Team to Australia; Update from the Mapping Committee; World Orienteering Day 2016; 2017 World Masters Games & Oceania Updates; Calling Orienteering Volunteers;

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ONZ
Orienteering NZ Compass Point e-Newsletter – April 2016
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 28 Apr 2016 - News Item

The April e-Newsletter full of news and updates from OrienteeringNZ. Includes: This months “View from the Chair”; NZ representative orienteers; vacancies; NZ Secondary Schools Team – JWOC Exclusion Rationale; World Orienteering Day; WMG2017 & Oceania; Health & Safety;

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