Events blog

 

2025 Wily Weka - Cable Bay Adventure Park - through the eyes of three generations (6-hour event)

  • 31 August 2025

Wily Weka is an annual rogaine organised by Nelson Orienteering Club: this year's event saw nearly 300 people participating, with the youngest registered participant being 3 years old. In the blog below, three different teams in the 6-hour race talk about their approach to the challenge and their execution.

2024 Australian Orienteering Champship - NZ School Orienteering Team

  • 6 October 2024

Riley Croxford, Micah Dunn and Lani Murray talk about their experiences in Australia, as part of the New Zealand School's Orienteering team.

2024 European Youth Orienteering Champs

  • 27 June 2024

Eddie Swain, along with Tide Fa'avae, raced at the 2024 European Youth Orienteering Championship (22-24 June, Szczecin, Poland). Amelia Horne caught up with Eddie to learn more about his long distance race .

2023 Wily Weka - Cable Bay Adventure Park, Nelson - a debrief

  • 10 September 2023

The 2023 version of Wily Weka was held at the Cable Bay Adventure Park here in Nelson, and brilliantly organised by Daniel and Maegan Penney. This Rogaine came in a three and six hour version, with or without the use of mountain bikes...

 

First event of the Sumer Sprint Series, at Waimea schools: "Thanks muchly to all those who put the course together and did all the other bits, looking forward to next week."

  • Matt Wilson

Golden Bay Revisited 2025: "Thank you volunteers and land owners, this was truly a very beautiful place for an orienteering course."

  • Christer Casselsjö

Golden Bay Revisited 2025: "Thanks for an awesome weekend in some stunning locations! The kids had a blast, and we all enjoyed the extra challenge the maps provided. Thank you NOC!"

  • Kat Pickford

"Orienteering is a technical sport. The navigational skills required to move through the terrain at speed whilst rapidly interpreting a pseudo-subjective 2D canvas loosely representing the complex 3D environment, under oxygen debt, take years to refine and master. Many don’t, and even if you do, it is for only a fleeting moment. Herein lies the challenge and beauty of this sport."

  • Matt Ogden