Nau mai haere mai, and a warm welcome to Oceania Orienteering Championships 2025, hosted in Aoteoroa New Zealand by Orienteering Wellington and the orienteering clubs of the lower North Island. Oceania 2025 is supported and sanctioned by both Orienteering New Zealand and the International Orienteering Federation. We are please to announce that Bulletin One for […] The post Oceania 2025 Bulletin one first appeared on Orienteering New Zealand ..read more

The third round of the 2024 World Cup will be held in Mor, Hungary 17th-20th August 2024, and will consist of a Middle Race, a Long Race, and a Forest Relay. Selectors have chosen the following team to represent New Zealand at the event: Men Zefa Fa-avae Toby Scott Tim Robertson Women Kaia Joergensen A […] The post World Cup 3 Team Named first appeared on Orienteering New Zealand ..read more

The New Zealand Junior orienteering team showed they can compete with the best in the world in navigation and terrain running at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Czechia last week. Zefa Fa’avae, son of the world famous adventure racer Nathan Fa’avae, ran a near-perfect race to take the silver medal in the long distance […] The post New Zealand sets records in Czechia at the Junior World Orienteering Championships  first appeared on Orienteering New Zealand ..read more

Everyone intending to enter the Oceania Orienteering Championships 24-27 January 2025 needs to be aware of the embargoes in place for the event. Embargoes are areas that are out of bounds to competitors prior to the events, and cover the areas being used in the competition. This prevents unfair prior knowledge being gained about the […] The post Oceania NZ 2025 Embargoes first appeared on Orienteering New Zealand ..read more

View this content here: https://mailchi.mp/orienteering.org.nz/compass-point-june-2024 M e m b e r n e w s & v i e w s | J U N E 2 0 2 4Submissions welcome by the 20th of each month Jan - Nov. Email here (mailto:editor@orienteering.org.nz?subject=Compass%20Point%20submission)U p d a t e* Notes from the GM* View from the […] The post Compass Point – June 2024 first appeared on Orienteering New Zealand ..read more

With the deadline passing for appeals for this year’s Southern Cross Teams, ONZ is happy to officially confirm teams and management below. Participants will each be invoiced the first of three involves for the trip this week. A second invoice will be sent closer to departure, with a final invoice after the trip’s return to […] The post Southern Cross Teams are now official first appeared on Orienteering New Zealand ..read more

The Board met last week and health and safety has been a focus, especially with a couple of recent serious incidents at events we will be sharing the learnings from reviewing these. Spoiler alert…the clubs on the ground had excellent responses and are great examples of good practice to share. At the Board level we’ve had […] The post View from the Chair | June 2024 first appeared on Orienteering New Zealand ..read more

Sprint – 1 JuneTim tackled a challenging map in the individual sprint race with composure, pushing hard to secure 7th place. The race began with a highly technical garden section and a steep hill, descending into the older town buildings. Amber noted similarities to the Wellington Botanic Gardens map at the start, while Laura appreciated […] The post World Cup |Round Two, Genoa Italy | 1-2 June  first appeared on Orienteering New Zealand ..read more

From June 22nd to 24th, fourteen young New Zealand athletes travelled to Poland to participate in the European Youth Orienteering Championships. On Saturday, June 22nd, the competition kicked off with the long-distance event. Rachel Baker and Tide Fa’avae both achieved commendable results, placing 18th and 20th respectively in the W18 category. Eddie Swain led the […] The post EYOC  |Szcezecin, Poland | 22-24 June  first appeared on Orienteering New Zealand ..read more

King’s Birthday Weekend saw over 450 participants tackle the ‘Middle’ event at Canaan Downs, in tricky, highly technical terrain. Planner Amelia Horne and controller Calum Coombs had made most of the rolling farmland and moderate to fast open beech forest with intricate karst topography, numerous tomos and marble rock outcrops, resulting in a lot of […] The post King’s Birthday Weekend| Nelson Orienteering Club first appeared on Orienteering New Zealand ..read more