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27 February 2024
It’s Her Move

More young women are participating in physical activity in Auckland through co-creating with youth.  The Her Move Activities Club…

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09 January 2024
Harbour Sport leads by example in women and girls space

It was a set of brain teasers that got the Harbour Sport staff really contemplating gender equity.    And it was Emily Hodges, the…

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06 November 2023
NZ Cricket paves way for female leaders on and off the field

When Jess Davidson started work at Otago Cricket as their cricket development officer seven years ago, she was one of five females at…

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24 October 2023
Sport Canterbury looks inward to move forward

It started with pink dots popping up around the Sport Canterbury office.   It was subtle at first. Little stickers appearing in…

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21 September 2023
Climbing programme helps young women reach new heights

An Auckland climbing programme inspired by Sport New Zealand’s It’s My Move campaign is proving a hit with high school-age…

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31 July 2023
Bringing generations together in the great outdoors

Mother-daughter duo Julie and Bonnie Hansen had the time of their lives on a recent outdoor adventure day with a group of women and…

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04 May 2023
Volleyfest takes sport to the people

A locally-led volleyball programme getting more young Māori and Pasifika women active with their whānau and communities  The…

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20 April 2023
Kōhine Māia grows confidence and capability of Tasman teens

A Sport Tasman initiative empowering young women through whanaungatanga, collaboration and compassion 

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06 April 2023
Dirt is the word for MTB group getting young women active

Youth-focussed mountain biking non-profit WORD sets its sights high when it comes to gender equity

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09 March 2023
Young women say ‘yes’ to Cricket’s Yeah! Girls programme

Yeah! Girls is a New Zealand Cricket initiative designed to reverse decline in female involvement in the nation’s summer game

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22 February 2023
Igniting hope across diverse communities

Ignite Sport’s Fusion and Oho Ake programmes help give young women a fresh start. In some ways, the two Ignite Sport Trust (Ignite)…

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22 February 2023
Sport Waikato casts net far and wide to boost participation among teenage girls

Embracing co-design to break down barriers and get more teenage girls active.

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13 July 2022
Wāhine try adventurous water activities in new initiative

An Auckland-based programme that gives young women the chance to try adventurous water activities is breaking down barriers.  Wāhine…

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08 June 2022
Young skaters lead the way

The passion and leadership of a group of Gisborne rangatahi has been instrumental in the success of an initiative to get more young…

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10 July 2020
Commitment progress

In October 2018, the Prime Minister launched a government strategy for Women and Girls in Sport  and Active Recreation. On the same…

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10 July 2020
Developing and supporting women to be tomorrow's leaders

To celebrate one year on since launch, we are highlighting some of the actions taken by Sport NZ in response to the Government’s Women…

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10 July 2020
Te Tai-O-Aorere wahine

To celebrate one year since launch, we are highlighting some of the actions taken by Sport NZ in response to the Government’s Women…

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10 July 2020
Board gender diversity target

One of the actions taken by Sport NZ to address the inequities for women and girls in play, active recreation and sport was to support…

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09 July 2020
Women in leadership programme: Melissa Dawson

Melissa Dawson is the Brand and Communications Manager at Paralympics New Zealand and attended the SportNZ Women in Leadership…

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09 July 2020
Journeys: Empowering girls through adventures in the outdoor

Journeys, supported by Central Otago REAP, is a programme empowering young women to take on outdoor adventure pursuits in their local…

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09 July 2020
Women in leadership programme

Developing and supporting women to be tomorrow's great leaders The Sport NZ Women in Leadership Programme is designed for women…

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09 July 2020
Being board ready: A guide for women

A resource to assist women to better understand board roles and responsibilities, develop leadership skills, learn how to build…

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09 July 2020
Board gender diversity

Supporting good governance through board gender diversity  In October 2018, the Government launched its strategy for Women and Girls…

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07 July 2020
Young women’s activation fund

Learn more about the projects to help more young women get and stay active. The Young Women’s Activation fund was launched by Sport…

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07 July 2020
Innovations for young women

Sport NZ has committed to $3 million of contestable funding over three years to support projects designed to get more young women…

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15 June 2015
Governance Benchmarking Review 2014

This report summarises research involving 24 separate national and regional sports and recreation organisations. It repeated similar…

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