New Zealand Orienteering Federation

New Zealand Orienteering Federation
Sport	Orienteering
Jurisdiction	New Zealand
Founded	1973
Affiliation	IOF
Regional affiliation	Oceania
President	Simon Addison
Official website
www.nzorienteering.com

New Zealand Orienteering Federation is the national Orienteering Association in New Zealand. It is recognized as the orienteering association for New Zealand by the International Orienteering Federation, of which it is a member.^[1]

In addition to the traditional foot orienteering, the NZ Orienteering Federation also organizes Mountain bike orienteering, Ski orienteering and Rogaining.^[2]

History

The New Zealand Orienteering Federation joined the International Orienteering Federation in 1974, and New Zealand participated in the World Orienteering Championships first time in 1976.^[3]

References

↑ "IOF Member Federations". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
↑ "Orienteering In New Zealand". Retrieved 2008-11-07.
↑ Knut Berglia, Tom-Erik Brohaug, Kristoffer Staver, Kaare Thuesen, Torgeir Strandhagen, ed. (1987). Orienteringsidretten i Norge gjennom 90 år (in Norwegian). Norges Orienteringsforbund. p. 278.

National Members of the International Orienteering Federation

Full Members

Australia
Austria
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Chinese Taipei
Colombia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Great Britain
Hong Kong
Hungary
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Netherlands
New Zealand
North Korea
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United States

Provisional Members

Argentina Chile Cuba Ecuador Georgia Greece India Indonesia Jamaica Kenya Kyrgyzstan Macedonia Malaysia Mozambique Pakistan Panama Puerto Rico Somalia Thailand Uruguay Venezuela

Sports governing bodies in New Zealand (NZL)

Summer Olympic Sports	Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Beach volleyball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating (Figure, Speed & Short Track) Ice Hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing Alpine Cross Country Nordic Combined Freestyle Jumping Snowboarding

Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Gliding Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water ski Wushu

Paralympics and Disabled Sports

Others Sports	Australian League Football American Football Gaelic Games Rugby Union Rugby League Fish and Game New Zealand

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