Education and training

Learn how you can help keep play, active recreation and sport safe, fair and inclusive for all New Zealanders at every level and across systems.

We’ve got a suite of e-learning resources to help you understand important areas of Integrity such as child safeguarding, competition manipulation and anti-discrimination in the play, active recreation and sport sector. This learning is free and designed for anyone, at any level, who is involved in play, active recreation and sport, including coaches, administrators, parents, caregivers and whanau of participants.

Here you'll find the following types of learning:

Bite-sized learning modules that take no more than five minutes to complete and give you a foundation of the topic - available both on the Sport NZ website and Sport Tutor
Webinars and video featuring interviews with Integrity experts. Here you can watch previous webinars and utilise the key takeaways from each.
Deep-dive modules with case studies and quizzes to give you a solid understanding of various topics - these are housed on SportTutor to record your learning and allow you to pause and resume modules at your own pace.
Case studies so you can read about integrity in action. From grass roots to elite level sport and active recreation, these are stories of best practise.

Bite-sized modules

Take a few minutes to delve into some of our bite-sized modules which will provide a great starting point and takeaways to help you create a great environment for young people to enjoy physical activity in all forms.

2-5 minutes

Child safeguarding bite-sized learning series

How can you play your part to create a safe, positive environment for children taking part in active recreation and sport? This series of bite-sized learning is aimed at anyone working with or supporting children and will help you understand topics such as motivations of children, building trusted relationships, and understanding the different needs for ages and stages of development.

Child safeguarding bite-sized learning series

Webinars and videos

Watch these recorded webinars and videos to learn more about staying safe in sport and active recreation.

How the SRCMS can benefit you or your organisation

In this webinar, Sport and Recreation Complaints and Mediation Service (SRCMS) team leader Henry Moore explains how the independent service is being utilised by sport and active recreation organisations across the motu. From grass roots to elite level, the SRCMS supports and resolves integrity issues. In this webinar, gain insights and tips on how to use the service – no matter what level of sport or active recreation you’re at.

How the SRCMS can benefit you or your organisation now and into the future

Child safeguarding videos

When participating in sport or active recreation, children and young people should feel safe and supported. In this series, hear from child safeguarding expert Willow Duffy from Safeguarding Children on how to create fair, inclusive and safe sport and active recreation settings for all children and young people.

Child safe-guarding videos

Match-fixing

Andrew Scott-Howman talks about what match-fixing is and who it can impact, how to recognise it, the consequences of it, and what to do if you suspect something fishy is going on. Andrew is a Wellington-based barrister who has extensive experience advising, and working with, amateur and professional players and sporting organisations both in New Zealand and overseas.

Webinar Replay: Match-fixing in New Zealand competitions

Getting child safeguarding right

In this webinar, Sport NZ talks with Ruth Browning, Safeguarding Children NZ, and Joe Hitchcock, former CEO, Badminton New Zealand, on the importance of creating a child safe organisation and culture, and how every sports organisation can do their best to safeguard and protect the children in their community.

Webinar Replay:Getting child safeguarding right

SportTutor modules

Here you'll find in-depth learning modules covering a number of topics such as child safeguarding, anti-discrimination and competition manipulation with practical advice and considerations to apply to you, regardless of your involvement in supporting or providing recreation and sport opportunities.

You can sign up for a free SportTutor account if you don’t already have one. The modules include videos, case studies, and quizzes to help you gain a real understanding of the topics, and allow you to learn at your own pace. You can stop part way through a module and pick up where you left off when you login next time. We're available if you need any assistance so please reach out.

Check out the modules below, where you can link through to SportTutor and start learning.

20-30 minutes

Protecting Against Competition Manipulation

You may have heard of match-fixing, tanking, or having insider information. These are some ways someone can gain influence over the outcome of a game or competition, usually for financial or personal gain. We call this competition manipulation. Whatever your level of involvement in active recreation and sport, we all need to play a role in ensuring our competitions are fair and just. This module will give you a good start to understanding about competition manipulation and its implications.

Sport Tutor Integrity e-learning module

40-60 minutes

Child Protection in Play, Active Recreation and Sport

How do you identify the signs of potential abuse and neglect of tamariki and rangatahi and know what to do about it? Learn more and get some tools to help you in this module based on established e-learning from Safeguarding Children – a registered charity and leading provider of safeguarding and child protection education and guidance in New Zealand. This module is aimed at all those involved in the play, active recreation and sport – whether a volunteer or paid staff member - who have contact with tamariki and rangatahi.

Sport Tutor Integrity dashboard e-learning module

20-30 minutes

Inclusion: A Response to Discrimination

There are many ways someone can face discrimination, and the play, active recreation and sport sector isn’t exempt from people being treated unfairly on grounds such as race, sex, age or disability. Everyone should have access to quality experiences and full participation without facing prejudice in their chosen activity and roles in the sector. This module is aimed to help you understand what an inclusive, supportive and safe environment looks like and the impact of your actions.

Sport Tutor Integrity dashboard e-learning module

Case studies

The following articles showcase integrity in action across all levels of sport and active recreation.

It just takes one person to be brave enough

Tristram Johnston acknowledges child protection isn’t an easy topic for any organisation or individual to delve into.

Read more about how the South Canterbury Rugby Union club manager is mobilising the community to create safe practices and spaces for tamariki, rangatahi and adults.

It just takes one person to be brave enough to start the conversation

Policies driving change on/off court

Netball Wellington Centre Community Director Sue Geale says while safeguarding practices sit behind everything they do; she thought the organisation was as inclusive and supportive as it could be – that was until she and the organisation reflected on their current systems and policies.

Policies driving change on/off court

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