The Great Forest Rogaine continues to evolve with record youth participation. More than 540 competitors took part in this year’s Great Forest Rogaine, reaffirming its place as one of New Zealand’s premier navigation and endurance events. Hosted by Orienteering Bay of Plenty (OBOP), the event once again brought together mountain bikers, rogainers, adventure racers, families […]

New Zealand’s most popular and one of the longest standing Rogaines is back for 2026! What is the 2026 GFR? The Great Forest Rogaine has several categories: 3 hour foot, 3 hour mtb and for 2026, we are introducing a new adventure category to replace the 6 hour mountain bike. This new category will be a combination of foot […]

Recent storms in the Bay of Plenty have made the original Middle Distance venue at Onepu unusable due to fallen trees and safety risks. So organisers have been working hard to secure a new location at Tui Ridge, where the Middle Distance event will now take place. This new venue change has rearranged the event […]

Hosted by Orienteering Bay of Plenty (OBOP) with support from Taupo Orienteering club, the 2026 NZMTBO Championships will be held close to Rotorua. This promises to be a fantastic weekend of competition, challenge, and fun for Mountain Bikers, Orienteers, and Adventure Racers of all abilities. We expect competitive fields that will suit experienced and competitive athletes. […]

The NZ MTBO Champs are planned for 16/17 May 2026 in Rotorua. There is currently a challenge extended to Australia to join the competition. We will release more information very soon on the NZMTBO Champs website. 

The Vegas Vindaloo MTBO Weekend is back for 2024!  One weekend, three events – Sprint, Long and Rogaine.  Tempt your tastebuds by giving MTB orienteering a go!  And great build up for anyone going to Australian MTBO Champs at end of October.  Events are targeted at individuals, but welcome to compete as team (particularly the rogaine).  […]

Want to experience a fantastic weekend of top level mountain bike orienteering?  The 2019 NZ MTB Orienteering Champs will be hosted in Rotorua, NZ’s MTBing mecca, on 9th and 10th November.

3-4 November 2018.  Middle, Sprint and Long distance events.  The Long distance will be an A Level event on our fantastic new Okareka Map.  “You have to run a top level event on this map” in the words of Nick Hahn, the mapper.