Events blog

 

2026 - Orienteering in Europe

  • 30 August 2026

Tide and Zefa Fa'avae talk about their recent European orienteering experiences: World Cup, Jukola, O-Festivalen and JWOC...

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...

 

Halloween Vampire Rogaine, Friday night, 30 October '26: "Always such a fun event. A huge thank you to all those volunteers who made it happen. Lots of laughs were had!!!"

  • Jessica Carroll

Taitonga South Island Orienteering Championship: "Thanks Nelson Club & volunteers for a fabulous weekend ;-) "

  • Christina Freeman

Taitonga South Island Orienteering Champs: "Thank you so much to all the organisers! Again, we had so much fun over the past three days! Some challenging navigation and most of all, wonderful nature and landscapes!"

  • Maud Molloy

Club Event, Tahuna, Sunday 11 October '26: "Great course! Thanks Martin, Thomas & Katie!"

  • Emma Caigou-Gray

MTBO Silvan Forest Mountain Bike Park, Sunday 20 September '26: "Was lots of fun! Thanks for the work put into it." 

  • Ashleigh Twist Milmine

Wily Weka - Nelson's Backyard: "Such an epic day, despite the rain, thanks so much to the organisers for all the hours that went in (pre and post the event!)."

  • Katrina Schmahl

Wily Weka 2026: "Brilliant event, a great vibe and satisfied competitors. A HUGE WELL DONE!"

  • Marcus Swain

Wily Weka - Nelson's Backyard: "We've adjusted point values based on a highly complex weighted algorithm to inflict the most annoyance to competitors."

  • Dave Quested (planner) / Darron Jones (controller)

Club Event Rabbit Island/Moturoa, 9 August '26: "Thank you very much for an awesome event. We enjoyed our first family orienteering outing and will be back!"

  • Lauren Mekalick

NOCturnal-3, Tahuna  Port Hills, 22 July 2026: "Thank you ... a very cool event and thank you for making it soo very accessible and affordable for all. The MapRun app is brilliant."

  • Tracey Castleton