News

Festival for orienteers of the future

13 September 2019

Sunday is for sleep-ins! Start times have been put back an hour for Sunday. Actually, the controller for the event has decided to do this in the interests of children's...

Schools orienteering training - Ideal for beginners and learners

4 August 2019

Events are on different evenings to help avoid clashing with other after-school activities. Make sure you sign up (as a school or individual) so we can provide enough maps.

Canterbury Champs + MTBO: register your interest for accommodation

3 August 2019

Canterbury Champs + MTBO – Canterbury Show Weekend – 15-17 November 2019 – register your interest for accommodation.

Here's your AGM invite & vote for your PAPO event of the year

26 July 2019

28 July OY event cancelled - new MTBO date

19 July 2019

Some re-jigging of events. The Woodend OY had to be cancelled due to some new mapping taking place. We appreciate using the forests, but for orienteers they are ever-changing terrain.

PAPO Junior Travel Fund -applications open now

18 June 2019

MTBO - McLeans Island

12 June 2019

Checkout our next event - a MTBO on Sunday 30 June 2019

NZ Secondary Schools Rogaine Champs

12 June 2019

Date: Saturday 13 July 2019, 3 or 6 Hours Foot Rogaine,

Results for Montgomery Spur

31 May 2019

Kia ora,

Compass point newsletter -Orienteering NZ

26 May 2019

Heres the latest Compass point newsletter for you to catch up on the O news in NZ.

New Zealand Orienteering Championships 2019 programme & start lists

18 April 2019

The comprehensive NZOC 2019 programme and Start Lists are now available for the New Zealand Orienteering Championships 2019.

Behind the scenes – last two weeks to enter nationals

15 March 2019

Listen to two of our very respected orienteers talk about one of the most technical days for the NZ Orienteering Nationals this coming Easter.

Have you chosen your task for Nationals? - In search of Volunteers

27 February 2019

We are after volunteers to help run the Orienteering Nationals at Easter (Apr 19-22) in Oamaru this year.

Summer Sprint Series...

30 January 2019

Click here for more information.

Get your entry in

11 December 2018

Planning next year's adventures? Entries have opened for the NZ Orienteering Nationals - Easter 2019. If you are into testing your map nav skills and competing with the very best...

Canterbury Champs event details

28 November 2018

Final event details and directions for the Canterbury Champs weekend have been loaded onto the event pages.

Canterbury Champs entries open

14 November 2018

You can now find the start times for Saturday's MIDDLE here:  coc-2018-middle-starttimes-v3.pdf

Orienteering Nationals 2019

17 October 2018

PAPO is proud to host the 2019 Orienteering Nationals at Easter. There will be four NZ Orienteering Championship events: sprint, long distance, middle and the relay. Not only are we excited about...

Programme for Canterbury Schools Orienteering 2018

13 September 2018

Programme and start lists have been published for this weekend. Start lists are at the base of the event page as well: