"The Emperor" Australasian Championship was organised by NZRA on 11-12 February near Waikaia, on New Zealand's south island. There were 92 controls set on a 300 sq km mixture of open hills and farmland flats with pockets of native vegetation and scrub, on the most detailed map produced for a New Zealand rogaine. The weather was fine with cloud at night obscuring the full moon, and fortunately expected rain held off until the next day.
Clear winners were Greig Hamilton and Chris Forne from New Zealand, with Australians David Baldwin, Julie Quinn and Gill Fowler second, then New Zealand's Phil Wood and Ange West in third place.

Winners of the open categories were:

• Greig Hamilton, Chris Forne (NZL) - 1st Mens Open
• Tamsin Barnes (AUS), Janet Musker (NZL) - 1st Womens Open (also 1st Womens Veteran)
• David Baldwin, Julie Quinn, Gill Fowler (AUS) - 1st Mixed Open

Other Australian category placegetters:

• Coleen Mock, Colin Mock - 1st Mixed Ultra Veteran, 3rd Mixed Super Veteran
• Don Baker, Vic Sedunary - 1st Mens Ultra Veteran
• Mike Hotchkis, Walter Kelemen - 2nd Mens Super Veteran
• Marina Honey, Stephen Honey - 2nd Mixed Super Veteran
• Sue Clarke, Nihal Danis - 2nd Womens Super Veteran
• Andrew Baker, Kevin Humphrey - 3rd Mens Veteran
• Andrew Smith, Toni Bachvarova - 3rd Mixed Veteran

The results are now available on the NZRA website.

Entries for the 2017 World Rogaining Championship are now open. Enter before 14 December to maximise your chance of getting in. There won't be a WRC in 2018 so this will be the last opportunity to compete with the world's best for a while.

The WRC 2017 will be held on 18–19 August 2017 in Rāzna National Park. The website is at www.wrc2017.rogaining.lv

The list of pre-qualified entrants is available at http://pqe.rogaining.org/qualified.html

WARA hosted the 37th Australian Rogaining Championship and fourth Australasian Championship at Nannup on 17-18 September 2016. There were 315 competitors in 124 teams. Paul Williams and David Symons from WA won overall, followed by Gill Fowler and Joel Mackay from NSW, then David Baldwin and Julie Quinn from ACT. Andre Morkel and Tim Sikma were only 5 minutes behind, with the top 4 teams well clear of the field.

Winners of the open categories were:

• Paul Williams, David Symons (WA), First Mens
• Gill Fowler, Joel Mackay (NSW), First Mixed
• Tamsin Barnes (Qld), Janet Musker (WA), First Women

The results are now available on the ARA website.