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Get ready for another year of fun, adventure, and discovery! Come explore some of Central Otago’s most iconic vistas while supporting a great cause. This year’s event isn’t just about navigation and teamwork — it’s also a chance to learn about our unique environment.
🌿 Along the way, you’ll encounter threatened dryland native species, and we’ll share a few fascinating facts to help you appreciate the incredible biodiversity of our region.
🎉 And that’s not all — there’ll be loads of spot prizes, a delicious bake sale, and a BBQ sizzling with your favourites to keep you fuelled and smiling throughout the day!
📅 Date: 14th September
📍 Location: Flat Top Hill Conservation area
🎯 All ages and skill levels welcome!
Whether you’re a seasoned rogainer or a first-timer, this is a great opportunity to get outdoors and challenge yourself in our beautiful backyard.
Schedule on the day
09:00 – 4hr event registration opens
09:50 – 4hr briefing (compulsory)
10:00 – 4hr starts
10:30 – 2hr event registration opens
11:20 – 2hr briefing (Compulsory)
11:30 – 2hr event start
13:30 – 2hr finish
14:00 – 4hr finish
14:30 – Prizegiving
Any further questions, please email: [email protected]
Rogaining is the sport of long distance cross-country navigation. The championship rogaine is a continuous twenty four hour event. Teamwork, endurance, strategy and map reading are features of the sport. Rogaining originated in Australia, where the sport can be traced to the creation of the rules in 1968 and the first intervarsity 24 hour score orienteering competition in 1969.
The objective of rogaining is to collect the highest score by finding checkpoints within a set time limit. Teams of two to five members travel entirely on foot, navigating with the aid of a topographic map and analogue compass. Teams select their own order of visiting checkpoints, in terrain that varies from open countryside to hilly forest. The classic rogaine includes both day and night navigation.
Teams travel at their own pace, and anyone from children to grandparents can experience the personal satisfaction that comes from cross-country navigation at individual levels of competition and comfort.
Rogaining aims to support and encourage people to develop respect for and enjoyment of rural and forest environments; and to encourage the development of navigational skills, self reliance, general fitness, and the ability to work in a team.
