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Tag : Rogaining
Combines HANMER Rogaine Champs image
Be comfortable with being uncomfortable
By Joolz - 30 Nov 2020 - Blog Post

Two reports from the NZ Rogaine Champs in Hanmer Springs 2020. The first report is from Canterbury orienteer Greig Hamilton, who was in the top winning team with Chris Forne, and the following report is from an orienteering junior team, also from Canterbury: The event was held in Hanmer Springs, and this proved to be a great […]

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Leg by Leg #10: Riverhead Rogaine
By Gene Beveridge (ONZ Training Coordinator) - 1 Nov 2020 - Blog Post

Leg by Leg is where a guest takes us through a recent orienteering course in detail. We’ll discover what they found most challenging and how they handled, or didn’t handle, these challenges. We aim to cover all levels of experience in the series. Race 1 of the Rogaine Series was on 01/11/2020. The guest is […]

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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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HP News #55 – July 2019
By Malcolm Ingham - 1 Aug 2019 - News Item

July is the traditionally busy month in world orienteering although this year the later date for WOC has made things a little less congested. Nervertheless, JWOC, WMTBOC, O-Ringen and World Rogaine Champs have all fallen within it. Having been in east of Canada for when JWOC was on I found it quite hard to follow […]

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Great Forest Rogaine
OBOP Great Forest Rogaine – 27 July 2019
By Erin Swanson - 9 Jun 2019 - Blog Post

The popular Rotorua based Great Forest Rogaine is back on 27 July 2019.  The event offers 3 and 6 hour foot and mountain bike (MTB) options.  This year for the first time there is an e-bike category. The event appeals to all levels of rogainers, and the pizza afterwards is always very popular.  Get together […]

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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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Orienteering NZ Compass Point e-Newsletter – August 2018
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 9 Sep 2018 - News Item

In this issue: View from the Chair; ONZ Policy Updates; Junior Camp & U23 Camp Registrations OPEN; HP Update; Event Liaison Update; WANTED:  Quality areas for NZ Champs; STILL LOST:  National Championship Trophies;

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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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Great Forest Rogaine
Great Forest Rogaine & NZSS Rogaine Champs
By Erin Swanson - 19 May 2018 - Blog Post

The Great Forest Rogaine and NZ Secondary School Rogaine Champs are taking place in Rotorua on Saturday 28th July 2018.  3 and 6 hour Foot and MTB options.  For all the info and to enter check out www.obop.org.nz.

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Challenge puts the ‘fun’ in fundraising (Stuff)
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 2 May 2018 - Blog Post

Nelson Central School’s orienteering fundraiser is back. Designed for all ages and abilities, the Central Challenge is a unique fundraiser involving teamwork, exercise and cunning, but above all it’s about fun.
Event organiser Janja Heathfield was excited to see it run again for its second year.

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Orienteering NZ Compass Point e-Newsletter – August 2017
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 31 Aug 2017 - News Item

What’s in this Issue: View from the Chair; ONZ Committee Appointments; ONZ Survey; Anti-Match-Fixing and Sports Betting Policy; High Performance Update;

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Rogaine Planning Preview
Route Planning in Rogaining (Thomas Reynolds)
By Thomas Reynolds - 2 Aug 2017 - Blog Post

Rogaining, or score events, add some different challenges from traditional orienteering. Not only do you have to find the controls, but you have to decided which order to collect them. Planning a good route can be helpful in terms of controlling the difficulty of navigation, making the most of your strengths and maximising points for a given distance. There are a few key things to think about when sitting down to plan a rogaine. Here’s my take on a good process to approach planning a rogaine route.

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Students Looking at Rogaine Map
Taranaki rogaine competition attracts more than 700 high school students (Stuff – Taranaki Daily News)
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 17 Mar 2017 - Blog Post

Not all of the competitors at the rogaine champs were there to win some just wanted to make friends.

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Two Double Headers in Top of the South
By Michael Croxford - 11 Mar 2017 - News Item

Marlborough and Nelson Orienteering Clubs are each hosting a weekend of orienteering in the lead up to Oceania 2017. On Saturday 25 March 2017, Marlborough Orienteering Club (MOC) will host the first of the Top of the South OYs, known as the Pelorus Challenge, at Pine Valley Adventure Camp on the northern bank of the Wairau River. […]

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ONZ
Orienteering NZ Compass Point e-Newsletter – February 2017 
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 23 Feb 2017 - News Item

View from the Chair; ONZ Council Vacancies – Election Results; ONZ Appointments & Vacancies; Notice of Annual General Meeting; WMG and Oceania 2017; IOF Event Advisors Clinic; ONZ Award Nominations OPEN; World Orienteering Day Ambassadors wanted

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Rogaining Chile
Llama Rogaine Chile – April 2017 (Foot or Mountain Bike)
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 21 Dec 2016 - Blog Post

LLama Rogaining Chile 2017 invite participants to their Rogaining event on April 1, 2017 in Chile. 3 hour, 6 hour and 12 hour options. MTB or on Foot. See website for more details.

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Rogaine
NZ Rules of Rogaining Proposed Changes – Request for Comment
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 20 Dec 2016 - News Item

ONZ is seeking feedback and comment no later than 1 February 2017 on the proposed Rogaine Rule Changes.

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Orienteering NZ Mapping Bulletin 3 – 17 Nov 2016
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 17 Nov 2016 - Blog Post

includes: IOF Mapping Commission Vacancy; ONZ Mapping Wiki; LINZ seeks feedback on changes to maps; PAPO is seeking a sand dune mapper.

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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 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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TWALK50-2016
Tane Cambridge Blog: 50th TWALK – 2016
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 12 Jun 2016 - Blog Post

Tane Cambridge has posted a blog about TWALK #50 (2016) on his personal website blog.

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Godzone2016-winners
Congratulations to Chris Forne and his Yealands team who won GodZone 2016
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 11 Apr 2016 - Blog Post

Congratulations to the winners of GODZone 2016 – Team Yealands. Several orienteers competed in various teams in the adventure race that included map navigation legs and an elite level foot orienteering course set by Nelson Orienteering Club.

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Spirited Women – All Women’s Adventure Race
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 11 Apr 2016 - Blog Post

Some cool coverage of the Spirited Women’s Adventure Race held in Rotorua last weekend. The race involved several orienteers and included a Rogaine stage around the Redwoods.

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ONZ News
Vacancies: Orienteering NZ National Coaching Co-ordinator and Event Liaison
By ONZ Online Coordinator - Roger Woodroofe - 7 Dec 2015 - News Item

Orienteering NZ invites applications for the following two vacancies: Orienteering NZ Event Liaison & Orienteering NZ National Coaching Co-ordinator. Applications close 31 December 2015.

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29th Annual Winter Classic – 8th November, 2015
By WgtnOC - 3 Sep 2015 - News Item

Come and explore a new map on the wild, beautiful East Harbour. Navigate in places you never knew existed. Run or walk on areas with incredible vistas, with rock detail, native bush and a lighthouse. Courses suitable for beginners to experts. Bring the kids, adventure with friends or compete with the best.

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