Orienteering is a sport for individuals and families of all ages using a map to navigate to locations — a great way to discover new parts of a reserve/park or points of interest.
A permanent orienteering course is a fixed orienteering course available for anyone to try or practice orienteering at any time of the year.
In partnership with Kapiti Coast District Council, Waikanae Park has two course options of different difficulty and distance. Or you can set yourself a time limit and see how many control points you can visit. With this map you can also design your own courses. There is no cost to download a course and have a go.
There are 24 control points consisting of wooden posts with a small orange/white plate. This has the control code number, and a letter to record.
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Map |
Difficulty (with link to download) |
Approx Length |
Number of controls |
Guide time |
Results in future (MapRun) |
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1 |
0.8km |
6 |
10-15min |
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2 |
Easy (Yellow) – near tracks and paths but further between controls |
2.2km |
9 |
20–40min |
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3 |
Base map for use with a time limit, or to design your own course |
24 | Suggest 20 or 30min | ||
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We want to know if you like these maps and courses! Contact us with a 'General' enquiry mentioning "Waikanae Park permanent course" in the subject and let us know the name of your group (e.g. "Smith family"), the number of people in it, which course you did and when, and any other comments. We'll try and reply with a suggestion about the next club event in the Greater Wellington area that we think would be good for you.