Taupō / Pinelands marked a fantastic milestone in mid-September with a special 50th Anniversary celebration dinner for Taupō Orienteering. The evening featured a wonderful display of memorabilia. Jim Lewis unearthed very original relics – bucket controls that were 50 years old! Photos from the past were provided by various people including Simon Webbison, Mike Grayburn, […]

50 years is a long time to survive and thrive these days so to celebrate this momentous occasion Taupō Orienteering (Incorporating Pinelands Orienteering Club) have an open invitation to invite you to their 50th Anniversary Celebration dinner.  When: From 4.30 -6.30pm, 13 September 2025. St Andrews Church Lounge, 91 Titiraupenga Street  Cost: $45 (pay on the night ) but RSVP before […]

Around 450 Primary and Intermediate school students from ten schools in the Taupo and surrounding districts took part in an Orienteering Big Day Out with rogaining events at Owen Delany Park on 25th June. This was a suitable finishing finale to the series of in-school orienteering training sessions held by the Taupo Orienteering Club in […]

It is time to look at Taupō as it is this club’s 50th anniversary this year (29 April 2025). So the Taupō Orienteering Club plan to celebrate this in a low key way towards the end of the year and provide the opportunity as much as practical for past members to take part. The club […]

The Taupo Katoa Po event was the brainchild of Graham Teahan who was a member of the Taupō Orienteering Club in the late 1970’s and early 80’s. Graham had read about the Swedish night relay teams event called Budkavle and the Australian equivalent initiated by Bjorn Blomqstedt and suggested that the Taupo Club organise a […]