News

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.

Response whilst in lockdown- Oceania 2021

17 April 2020

We are with many other orienteers in lockdown at the moment, just waiting it out. Be easy on yourself, we are all in this together.

Virtual Course planning and Condes Course. Mon 13th April.

10 April 2020

For all of you who have set some self-improvement lockdown goals, we're here to help! To help you tick the "Learn a new skill" box we're holding an Orienteering course setting...

COVID-19 - Cancellation of all club events for 4 weeks

27 March 2020

Hi Everyone,No doubt you will be aware and preparing yourselves for the next 4 + weeks as the NZ will go into "Lock down" to combat the spread of the Corona virus,...

PAPO COVID-19 response

21 March 2020

The PAPO committee met on 19/3/2020 to discuss whether we should continue to hold events and if so what changes we should make to the events we hold.

Orienteering Training for 2020

29 February 2020

Orienteering training will be happening over the next few weekends up until Nationals at Easter. Great for those planning to go to Nationals and anyone looking to improve their orienteering.

2020 Summer Evening Sprint Series

31 January 2020

Race or walk around Christchurch’s schools and parks at the 2020 Summer Sprint Series. Short orienteering courses for beginners to experts.

Oceania 2021 - Bulletin Zero

31 January 2020

Oceania 2021 is a dedicated world-class map sporting event with multiple days to challenge you. Every day will be in a different terrain with a variety of unforgettable navigation experiences.