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.
Saturday 13 June 2026
Heights of Winter 12hr / 6hr rogaine more infoSunday 28 June 2026
A range of orienteering courses available, with something to suit everyone, from beginners to experts. It includes easy courses for those who are new to the sport and would like to give it a go. All welcome! Event suitable for the whole family. more info23 April 2026
Peninsula and Plains Orienteers welcomes all Year 7–13 students from all over New Zealand. You are invited to four epic days of navigation sport in Canterbury from Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 July 2026 for the NZ Secondary Schools Orienteering Champs. more info03 April 2026
Club member Rob Wayne has died. He passed away last Thursday 26th March, following an unsurvivable brain bleed 2 days prior. The club extends its condolences to Ria, his wife, and to his son, David. 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 info