Every week of Term 1, thousands of Auckland students grab a map and race the corridors, courtyards, and fields of a host school campus. No experience needed. Fast thinking beats fast legs, which is exactly why students love it.
The series runs across five zones for five weeks, building to the Sprint Championship in April.
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Your zone
Each zone races on its own weekday, after school, for five weeks. Host schools, timings, and results live on each zone's own page.
Thursdays, 18 Feb to 18 Mar 2027. 5 after-school sprints. Host schools announced closer to the season.
Zone pageMondays, 22 Feb to 22 Mar 2027. 5 after-school sprints. Host schools announced closer to the season.
Zone pageWednesdays, 17 Feb to 17 Mar 2027. 5 after-school sprints. Host schools announced closer to the season.
Zone pageTuesdays, 23 Feb to 23 Mar 2027. 5 after-school sprints. Host schools announced closer to the season.
Zone pageDelivered by Counties Manukau Orienteering Club. Details and results through your school and CMOC.
The finals. Top runners from every zone qualify, two races in one day, titles on the line. 2027: Saturday 3 or Sunday 4 April, day to be confirmed.
2026 championship resultsThe finals are on Saturday 3 or Sunday 4 April 2027. We'll confirm the day here. Entry is $30.
Control descriptions will be available on separate slips of paper at the finals. If you want them on your arm where you can read them on the run, a control description holder may help.
Looking for last season? The full 2026 archive: Northern, Western, Central, Eastern, or every PDF in the results hub.
For parents
One short email the night of your child's zone event: how the day went, next week's venue and parking, prizewinners, results, series scores, and one navigation tip you can actually use. Free, and gone from your inbox in two minutes.
Entries go through your school, not this website.
College students: your school enters via CollegeSport Auckland, for the whole series.
Year 7 and 8 students: your school enters through CollegeSport Auckland if it is one of the schools doing so in 2027, and otherwise through our registration form, event by event.
On the day: please don't arrive before 3:30pm. The race briefing is at 3:45pm and we strongly encourage every school to be there for it.
Sport coordinators: email callum@trailblazenz.com and we'll send you everything you need.
No orienteering experience at your school? Even better. Email us and we'll get you started.
Per student. Schools entering through CollegeSport Auckland pay once for the whole series, all five events in their zone. Schools entering through our registration form pay per event.
| Entering through | Western, Central, and Northern | Eastern |
|---|---|---|
| CollegeSport Auckland Years 7 to 13 | $75 for the series | $60 for the series |
| Our registration form Years 7 and 8 | $13.50 per event | $10 per event |
The fee includes a hire timing card. Students racing with their own SPORTident card pay $1.50 less per event, which is $7.50 off the series fee.
The Sprint Championship is $30.
Entries received after the cut-off are charged a $3 late fee.
No. We handle all mapping and course setting with the host schools.
Running shoes and a school shirt. We supply maps and timing.
Grades are split by year level and experience. Half the field each year is new to the sport. First-timers can go in pairs for the first two weeks, each with their own map and timing card.
Running shoes are all you need. For students who get hooked, these may help:own SPORTident SIAC chip·Str8 Evo thumb compass·VJ Lightspeed 2 shoesBrowse all orienteering gear