WOW what a busy July we have had – and we haven’t even had a Board meeting! Our athletes have been racing hard at the NZ Secondary School Champs (thanks PAPO for organising). We also have had athletes competing overseas in Genoa, Italy for WOC – check out Orienteering Wellington’s club post about one of the World Champs knock-out sprint semi-final […]

It’s pretty exciting with the international orienteering season kicking off. The second World Cup race took place over the weekend and saw our relay team finish 14th, just behind the Australian team.  Luckily overall our team ranking remains ahead of Australia. Auckland Orienteering Club hosted the Triple Crown & King’s Birthday Competition over the long weekend […]

It’s been so great connecting with many of you over the last month, at nationals, and also at the AGM on Wednesday. It’s always great to get your viewpoints and feedback and as I mentioned at the AGM, please get in touch with any of the Board, Christo (General Manager) or any of the ONZ […]

As I write this I should be packing for Nationals, I’m super excited about the weekend and look forward to seeing many of you there. The Board (and especially Christo and Joolz) have been busy pulling the annual report together for 2025 and it’s been such a pleasure to sit back and read over the […]

The Board have had a number of discussions over the last year about home school students and their keenness to be able to compete fully in School Sport New Zealand (SSNZ) sanctioned events. Of ONZ Our North Island, South Island and National Secondary School competitions are SSNZ sanctioned events. SSNZ changed their rules in November last year […]

I hope you all had some time to relax over the summer. The orienteering year is gearing up with evening summer series after work throughout the country. At our Board meeting a few days ago we signed off the Business Plan and budget for 2026. A main area of investment is in the schools and junior area […]

As we come to the end of the year and the winding down of events it’s a cool opportunity to reflect on the year. I hope you take some time to reflect on your own orienteering achievements and the contribution you have made to your club (or at a national level) – thankyou! Our junior and high […]

Looks like we’ve just punched through another month! We are in the thick of our regional championships. I had the pleasure of attending the Pokopū Champs last weekend near Whanganui, racing around in the beautiful forest maps of Knottingly and Koitiata. It was so neat to see two traditionally smaller clubs (Red Kiwis and Hutt Valley) come […]

I’ll start this month’s compass point update with how we finished our recent Board meeting with BEST WISHES to the Southern Cross and Pine Stars Teams heading over to Queensland shortly to compete against the Australians. In total the juniors heading over from New Zealand make up about a third of the field, including the […]

Over the last month there has been a lot of orienteering. We have had national teams competing at WOC, JWOC and EYOC, with a great contingent of people supporting them in person. Zefa, Tim and Joe all had exceptional runs in the WOC relay resulting in 9th – New Zealand’s best ever WOC relay result. […]

It seems crazy that we are halfway through the year already. The international competition season is underway with our representative athletes competing in the first World Cup races and JWOC races are imminent. Joolz is doing a great job of showcasing on social media our athletes who are over there. I wasn’t able to get up […]

Summer season has well and truly gone, and the fluctuating weather of autumn landed smack bang with the NZ Orienteering Champs. A MASSIVE thanks to PAPO and the many other volunteers who put on some great races at nationals. The complexity of mapping, technical course setting and event organisation all happens thanks to a large […]

Now we are only weeks away from Nationals in Christchurch – woohoo see some of you there. Our Board meeting for March will be in early April but as a Board in March we have considered the updated constitution and the 2024 annual report – wow we have some great figures in there showing the […]

It’s hard to believe we are almost into March! We have an exciting year ahead for orienteering, Nationals at Easter hosted by PAPO is just around the corner. Many of our athletes will also be getting into their training in preparation for summer orienteering in Europe. Our selectors have been busy choosing our international teams. A big […]

It’s hard to believe a year has gone by. The Board had a planning session in November to consider and develop the business plan for 2025. Much of our work will continue as an organisation but with an emphasis on some key items. These include: Please do engage with the draft business plan, we would […]

It’s been great getting back into ONZ stuff after a couple of months off with a newborn. It never ceases to amaze me the incredible people we have in our community who commit time and their professional skills to support our sport to improve and thrive. Our schools team are now in Australia for the Southern […]

We’ve kicked off the year with a bang with Oceania and a great set of sprints in Taranaki and Auckland. We had so many orienteers from around New Zealand competing it was so great so many people made the effort to travel. Auckland’s recent competitions are attracting huge numbers. All of these are reflected in our […]