New Zealand Spaces and Places Framework
New Zealand Spaces and Places Framework
For Play, Active Recreation and Sport 2024
What is the New Zealand Spaces and Places Framework?
A set of 10 interrelated principles to guide strategic and robust decision-making and smart investment in play, active recreation and sport spaces and places and a seven-step plan for people making decisions about spaces and places.
Who is it for?
The framework has been developed by Sport NZ for anyone planning or making decisions about spaces and places for physical activity.
The guiding principles
The 10 Principles provide guidance to all those involved in planning, developing, funding, and managing active environments and facilities. By using this framework, spaces and places will be well-used, sustainable, universally accessible and seen as good value investment by those who fund their development, ongoing maintenance and use.
The seven stages in the lifecycle of Spaces and Places
The life cycle of spaces and places is broken down into seven stages to build understanding of the steps required to ensure quality opportunities and experiences are delivered.
Find out more
Find out how to use this framework and apply the principles and lifecycle stages to your work plans and processes in framework document below.
