News

Going ahead at Godley with Level 2 procedures

27 February 2021

The orienteering event at Godley Head for Sunday 28th February is going ahead following ONZ level 2 procedures following tonight’s government announcement.  Auckland will be at Alert Level 3 and...

Burnside Evening sprint postponed to March

16 February 2021

The first summer evening sprint event at Burnside scheduled for 16th February has been postponed due to the Covid Level 2 restrictions now in place in Christchurch.

Southern O Week Programmes

8 January 2021

The programmes for all Southern O week events have been uploaded ready for you to download. There is an individual programme for each day's event.

Southern O week

11 December 2020

Our controllers were out at Le Bons today soaking up the sun by the beach. We are looking forward to seeing you out here next month.

MTBO & Crocodile XC trails

22 November 2020

The tracks are open this morning. The tracks have been so dry any small amounts of rain should dry out quickly.

Entry extended for Canterbury Champs and South Island Champs

31 October 2020

We have extended the closure date for the Canterbury Champs and the Taitonga / South Island Champs to midnight Sunday 1 November due to the enquiries and demand we have...

Summer O camp for Juniors 5-8

19 October 2020

Juniors in school years from 5-8 are invited to an orienteering training camp in Nelson, Friday 19th evening – Monday 21st afternoon December.

South Island and Canterbury Champs

18 October 2020

There are plenty of technical map challenges to keep you occupied on the Canterbury long weekend coming up soon. Entries are now open to the Canterbury champs and South Island / Taitonga...

Southern O 2021

1 October 2020

Peninsula and Plains Orienteers, as well as Nelson and Marlborough Orienteering Clubs are excited to be inviting orienteers from around NZ to enjoy a series of high-quality orienteering events in January.

Oceania NZ 2022

30 September 2020

Yes, Oceania has moved along a year! Wow, and what a year it has been so far. Current restrictions at the New Zealand border are very tight in response to COVID-19.

Start times & info for Schools Orienteering Weekend

10 September 2020

The programme and start times are all uploaded. There is lots of information about the school orienteering weekend in the programme, so read and share with all participants.

Van Asch School training- now at Barnett Park on Wed 2 September

1 September 2020

We apologise for yet another last minute change. The latest change is a swap in venue for this training session.  The location change we were not able to control.

Training leads up to Schools Festival

26 August 2020

If you have always wanted to give orienteering a go, or want to try a few short courses and get in  practise, these small training events enable you to get...

Covid-19 update - `16.08.2020

16 August 2020

Membership is due

24 July 2020

Do you like orienteering with us and coming to our events? Please do join us as a member! If you have been to more than a few events it makes...

AGM

24 July 2020

We will be acknowledging and thanking all our members who have volunteered to put on events, and presenting the financials from the past year amongst other things. All committee and non...

Rogaine wintery wonderland

22 June 2020

Fresh news from the planner and controller of the Heights of Winter, a wintery adventure is in the works.

Post lockdown events

2 June 2020

Suffering from OWS – Orienteering Withdrawal Syndrome? PAPO will be resuming events on the calendar, starting with the postponed Leithfield event on 14th June, followed by the Heights of Winter...

NZ-wide quiz map

4 May 2020

Test yourselves on our national NZ 'Guess the Map' quiz by our brilliant Quiz Master and Club Captain Briana.