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.
Tuesday 10 March 2026
Evening Sprint. Hansen Park & schools. more infoTuesday 17 March 2026
The Hillmorton High sprint has been rescheduled to March 17th. more infoSaturday 21 March 2026
Canty Champs 2026 will feature both Middle Distance and Long Distance on a new Mt Cass map created for Nationals 2025. more info17 February 2026
PAPO are organising two Navigation sessions especially for young people, but all are invited. This is an introduction to basic navigation skills for navigation sports like orienteering, adventure racing and rogaining. more info03 February 2026
Ideal for all school ages on Tuesdays. Registration from 5, start anytime from 5.30 -6.30pm during February to March 2026. And as a bonus we have free coaching for those who are new, curious, or just need a refresher? Come along from 5pm for coaching sessions covering map symbols &... more info21 October 2025
Learn to map for Orienteering Ever thought your Orienteering might improve if you learnt how mappers think? Or wondered if your 3D to 2D visualisation skills were as good as they could be? Or thought that making (very minor) changes to a map on which you are planning would save... more info