It was a huge turnout for the 2026 Orienteering Big Day Out with a  large increase in participation in spite of an initial postponement due to bad weather. Over 600 Primary and Intermediate school students from eight schools in the Taupo and surrounding districts took part in an orienteering big day out with rogaining events […]

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 […]

On behalf of Orienteering Bay of Plenty and Taupo Orienteering and, hosts of the Tūāraki NorthRegional Orienteering Championships 2025, we advise the following embargoes applying tocompetition areas. An embargo restricts athletes access to competition areas prior to the competition taking place, toensure unfair advantage is not gained by people visiting the area prior to competition. […]

The 45th Katoa Po and Explorer events took place from the night of March 8th to 9th, 2025, under perfect cool and clear weather. The new/old map, Hoanga/Ngahiwi featured steep terrain, cliffs, and native bush that challenged competitors, especially in the dark. Around 120 competitors took part in the relay, 40 in the Explorer, and […]

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 […]

Planning for next year’s premier Night relay and the Katoa Po and Explorer weekend is well under way. The event will be held on two farms near Reporoa – one of which has not been used before and which contains a small but wonderful section of native bush which contains 3 very old, large native […]

A series of introductory orienteering sessions held mainly within schools has just been completed over term 2 for 13 schools in Taupo and surrounding areas. This is a good increase from 8 schools who took part in these sessions in 2023. Two of the new schools were Kura for which we made school maps with […]

Have you planned your trip to Taupō?  The 44th 2024 Katoa Po entry dates are getting closer! This challenge is appropriate to all levels of skills and fitness and ideal for keen school teams to test their navigation skills, before heading for events like the Hillary Challenge (with trials in winter and a competitive school event in September (run by […]