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

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.

At the ONZ AGM on 26 March 2016 a new constitution was adopted. Within the new constitution was a new Council structure and voting process. As a result of the adoption of the new constitution, a vacancy on the Council is now available.

President’s Rant; 2016 AGM key business outcomes; ONZ Vacancies; 2016 ONZ Awards Winners; Missing National Championship Trophies; 2017 World Masters Games & Oceania Updates; Health & Safety Resources; Safe Sport for Children; and much more

A compilation annual of the MTBO pages that have appeared in The Australian Orienteer magazine in 2015 is available online.

The International Orienteering Federation Newsletter for March 2016 has been published and can be viewed online.

An online copy of the Orienteering NZ 2015 Annual Report has been published. A printed copy of the 2015 Annual Report will be provided to each club at the AGM.

News and updates from Orienteering NZ. Including update from President, Health & Safety information, World Masters Updates, articles of interest, and more.

The International Orienteering Federation publication “Inside Orienteering” is changing to an email newsletter to continue being an important source of information, enjoyment and inspiration. Subscribe Now.

The International Orienteering Federation has published its annual year book in full colour online and in-print – “Orienteering World” 2015.

The Orienteering NZ High Performance Plan for the 5 year period 2015-2019 has been published and is available online now.

The latest issue of the IOF publication Inside Orienteering is now available on the IOF website. It includes articles about the upcoming northern hemisphere SkiO Season, insight into the WOC organisation process, Daniel Hubmann’s favourite map, and much more.

The benefits of getting ONZ’s committee convenors together around a table were realised at a workshop held in Wellington during mid November. Whilst providing each convenor with the chance to highlight the goals and progress made by their respective committee, it also raised opportunities for interaction on common issues.

News and Updates From Orienteering NZ – So as Simon signs out, I guess that it is an opportunity for me to give you some idea of my thoughts and intentions going forward. After a few years as President of Wellington Orienteering Club…

The 2015 AGM documents have been published and are available online now.
The AGM will be held 7:30pm, Friday 3 April, Wesley College Dining Room, Wesley College, Paerata.

Presidents Piece; Nationals 2015; Orienteering AGM; JWOC Trials; 2015 NZ Schools Southern Cross Challenge Selection Notice; 2015 Team Appointments; Vacancies and more.

The International Orienteering Federations “Inside Orienteering” February 2015 issue is available online. Features: The story of the Czech TV man you see in photos running after orienteers. Orienteering in Egypt – one year on and more.

JWOC2014 and Australian Ultra-Long 2014 – Read full articles from the December 2014 issue of “The Australian Orienteer” Magazine.

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

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 […]

The IOF has announced a new issue of Scientific Journal of Orienteering, focusing on mapping, has been published by the visiting editor Laszlo Zentai. You can find all issues of the Scientific Journal of Orienteering here: http://orienteering.org/resources/publications/scientific-journal-of-orienteering/

All you need to do is spike those controls!!  “The Little Book of Orienteering Techniques”  Selling now in support of Ed Cory-Wright and the NZ junior team going to JWOC and representing New Zealand. The book has been written by Jean Cory-Wright who has competed in 10 world O champs and has coached both New Zealand and British teams and worked with Canterbury […]

As part of our strategic planning process it was identified that the NZOF brand was in need of a refresh, and consequently work has been undertaken in recent months to develop a new brand identity.  This work has resulted in a new name, logo, and strap line, which we hope will support efforts to promote […]

A redeveloped website has been identified as being hugely important for the orienteering community in New Zealand.  Over the past two years significant work has been undertaken scoping, designing, developing, and implementing the new national body website. This has now been launched and can be visited at www.orienteering.org.nz. We engaged with many people within the […]

The new April 2014 issue of Inside Orienteering is now available. You can find it here: http://orienteering.org/resources/publications/inside-orienteering/ In this issue: 5 Days of Italy Ski orienteering in Turkey North South East West: Portugal Danish Royals orienteering Club relays Underground orienteering New IOF Orienteering World Ranking News in brief Note: There is a small mistake in […]

The IOF Rules Commission has released new versions of the following documents: Emit Advice for Event Advisers and Controllers SPORTident Advice for Event Advisers and Controllers The documents now include more information about touch free systems. Both files can be uploaded from the IOF website at http://orienteering.org/foot-orienteering/event-advising/documents-for-event-advisers/