Peninsula & Plains Orienteers (PAPO) is the Canterbury Orienteering club. Based in Christchurch with members as far afield as: Timaru, Ashburton, Geraldine, Rangiora and Hanmer Springs. We are a friendly bunch of volunteers who aim to promote orienteering and encourage navigation using maps for fun and competition.
See Upcoming events for those events coming up soon or the Calendar for the full program for the year. These range from training and fun events to fully competitive events at the local and national level. The programme includes classic orienteering events, mountain bike orienteering (MTBO) and rogaines. Non-members are always welcome.
PAPO events will continue to be pre-entry as this simplifies the event organisation and allows participants to pay electronically. See each event page for the event entry link for that event.
PAPO welcomes orienteers from across New Zealand (and overseas!) to NZ National Orienteering Champs 2025 in Canterbury. NZOC 2025 will involve 4 events (Sprint, Middle, Long, Relay), one each day over Easter weekend, Fri 18th- Mon 21st April 2025.
The NZOC website has all the information on Nationals 2025: https://ochamps.nz
Saturday 30 November 2024
This year, we are extending our Xmas event to be a full weekend of sprints across Banks Peninsula. more infoSaturday 30 November 2024
This year, we are extending our Xmas event to be a full weekend of sprints across Banks Peninsula. more infoSunday 1 December 2024
This year, we are extending our Xmas event to be a full weekend of sprints across Banks Peninsula. more info17 September 2024
An embargo has been released for the New Zealand Orienteering Championship 2025 events to create maximum impact and competition. The 2025 Orienteering Nationals will be held at Easter from 18-21 April 2025 hosted by us - so you know it will be a great event! Pencil these dates in your... more info31 July 2024
Coaching and training is offered to all school-aged children at all levels. No booking required, just turn up with your running shoes, a compass if you have one and $2 for the map. Bring your own Sportident stick if you have one, otherwise we will lend you one (a Sportident... more info18 July 2024
The date for the 2024 PAPO AGM is Sunday 18th August. It will be held at 1pm at Lincoln Event Centre, 15 Meijer Drive, Lincoln. The observant will notice that Lincoln High is the location for the afternoon sprint that day! Bring your lunch along to eat during the AGM. more info