The Charities Amendment Act 2023 outlines changes to the Charities Act 2005 and what this means for organisations. Check out the…

The Sport NZ suite of governance policies (Board Charter) has been updated.

Recent changes in approach in the Policy Governance framework have been reflected in an updated charter.

A Governance and Organisational Review is underway across Sport New Zealand (Sport NZ) and High Performance Sport New Zealand …

Directors have correctly been focussed on the very short term. In some cases, that has meant survival thinking with serious…

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…

Culture starts in the boardroom. The setting and oversight of the organisation’s ethical framework is core board work. In a world of…

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

Resources associated with the publication Nine Steps to Effective Governance.

The resources for meetings associated with the publication Nine Steps to Effective Governance.

Sport New Zealand hosts a learning management platform www.sporttutor.nz. Governance 101 A high-quality, interactive, online training…

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

The resources associated with the publications Nine Steps to Effective Governance and The Role of the Board Chair.

A concise version of the 'Nine Steps to Effective Governance' Framework

The only externally accredited governance development programme of its kind focused on play, active recreation and sport.

A major research report looking at how value is measured in the non-profit sector in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Sport NZ response and its findings and recommendation to the report from AUT can be found here.

As part of ongoing compliance and risk management, boards and senior management need to check regularly that the organisation is…

This is a new comprehensive guide for organisational risk management.

The Governance Framework requirement for fixed tenure has generated considerable debate.

The Governance Framework suggests that an organisation should have a generic whistle blowing policy allowing staff and volunteers to…

The governance quality standard for sport and recreation in New Zealand was launched today.

Sport New Zealand is delighted to announce that the new introduction to governance course is live on the SportTutor learning platform.

The final form of the governance framework for sport and recreation in New Zealand has been released.

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

Publications and other resources about effective board leadership.

An excel template to help board gather the information they require.

The business plan takes the strategic outcome and related measures

Simple table-based template outlining sections of a strategic plan.

Eight-step communications planning framework.

Study looking at governance models, governance capability-building activities and sector-wide governance.

Toolkit guides organisations through a five-step process for managing organisational risk.

The 'Nine steps' publication and supporting material to help sport and not-for-profit organisations improve governance structures

Governance information websites, email newsletters and resources.

Online community for sports organisations to advertise for board members and get help with their governance recruitment process.

Online Governance Evaluation System to help in the evaluation and development of boards of sport and recreation organisations.

The strategic process is considered in detail with a range of experts providing different perspectives.