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Marching Southland hear their participants’ voice

18 July 2019 — A Southland sports organisation has been so thrilled with the results from a workshop held to gauge the voice of its participants, that it has decided to consult further with its participants on some initiatives.

The director tenure debate

11 June 2019 — The Governance Framework requirement for fixed tenure has generated considerable debate.

ResourceType

McCaw leadership recognised through award

Richie McCaw has been honoured at the 51st Westpac Halberg Awards with the All Blacks captain receiving the Sport New Zealand Leadership Award.

Case studies

Tamaki Touched Case Study

Working alongside local communities to achieve positive outcomes through sport and recreation

Maraefit Case Study

Increasing physical activity opportunities through a marae-centric initiative

Tools and resources

Young People Profile

A resource to help organisations better understand the experiences and needs of young people

Girls and Young Women Profile

A resource to help organisations better understand the experiences and needs of girls and young women

Research

Highlights from our Locally Led evaluation report

Locally Led is one of the three approaches promoted by Sport NZ to create better quality experiences for participants.

Secondary Age Review (2019)

This research looks into secondary school aged young people’s participation in sport and active recreation, and current and future enablers and barriers to this participation.

Programmes and projects

Growing Coaches facilitators' programme guide and resources

Information for facilitators about programme delivery, and information about the principles, strategies and philosophies of coaching.

Play, sport and physical activity for young people

Play.sport is a project supporting teachers, schools, parents and community organisations to improve the quality of young people’s experiences of play, physical education, physical activity and sport.

Strategy and policy

National Aquatic Facilities Strategy

The National Facilities Strategy for Aquatic Sports aims to provide a framework for developing future facilities which are appropriately scaled and located to meet the needs of users: locally, regionally, nationally or internationally.

Bowls National Facilities Strategy

Bowls in New Zealand, like many other sports, is in transition. This transition affects the very foundation on which the sport was built, membership.

Templates and examples

Board reporting tool x

A template designed to reflect the key information required by boards for the majority of organisations.

Financial Reporting Guidelines & Templates

The following high level guidance has been provided to assist your organisation comply with the new financial reporting standards for Charities. Entities must comply with this framework for periods starting on or after 1 April 2015.

Guides

Running secondary school sport

Practical information and resources to help sport staff in secondary schools to plan, manage and organise school sports.

Healthy Eating in Active Schools

Resource identifying the benefits for schools of healthy eating. Discusses ways to establish a school community that encourages healthy eating.

Presentations

Seb Coe on young people and sport, anti-doping and more (video)

British politician and former champion athlete Lord Sebastian Coe shares his views on inspiring young people to take up sport and the barriers they face, sports integrity issues such as doping, and other subjects.

Ideas into action

Presentation from the Secondary Schools Forum (2009) on the theme that sport and recreation provides explicit learning contexts within secondary school curricula.