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News

Constitution clauses

11 October 2017 — Changes are coming in Incorporated Society law. In the meantime, all NSOs are required to have at the constitutional level a commitment to anti-doping and integrity in sport (match-fixing).

Legislative Checklist for Boards

12 September 2017 — As part of ongoing compliance and risk management, boards and senior management need to check regularly that the organisation is complying with relevant statutes.

Research

2017 Sport and Recreation Paid Workforce Survey

Earlier this year we repeated our survey of the sport and recreation sector paid workforce to reinforce our understanding of key workforce issues facing sector organisations.

16-Year Adult Participation Trends Report 1998-2014

Published by Sport NZ, the 16-Year Participation Trends Report 1998-2014 (Trends Report) provides insights into the rate of change in adult participation in sport and active recreation in New Zealand between 1998 and 2014.

Tools and resources

Sport Volunteer Payments

BDO clarify the tax obligations your organization has when making payments to volunteers.

Sport NZ Active Recreation Sector

Published in November 2016, the Future Proofing the Active Recreation Sector report was commissioned by Sport NZ on behalf of the active recreation sector to provide an overview of the sector, together with recommendations for a planning framework that can be utilised at a cross-government level and by active recreation organisations to achieve greater alignment and sustainability.

Guides

Nine steps to effective governance - building high-performing organisations

The 'Nine steps' publication and supporting material to help sport and not-for-pro?t organisations improve governance structures and processes.

Developing fundamental movement skills

These Developing Fundamental Movement Skills resources use play and simple activities to get kids involved in games.

Strategy and policy

Auckland Sport Sector Facility Priorities Plan

Aktive, Sport NZ and Auckland Council have worked with the sports sector to develop a coordinated and integrated approach for future sports facility provision in Auckland.

Waikato Regional Sport Facility Plan

The plan has collected a comprehensive set of facilities data that provide a robust basis for future decision making. It places emphasis on international, national, regional, and sub-regional assets, while also capturing some local level facility data.

Programmes and projects

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.

Sport in Education curriculum resources

Teaching and assessment resources in maths, english, PE and other subject areas using sport as a context to engage students.

Templates and examples

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.

FIFA U20 World Cup Leverage and Legacy Plan Progress Report

Leverage & Legacy – October 2014.

Case studies

Building capable organisations: The challenge for Cycling New Zealand

Sport NZ has a strong interest in ensuring the partners we invest in are capable and sustainable. We work with National Sports Organisations to build capability in the priority areas of leadership development, governance, financial management, systems and processes, commercialisation and IT. We also have tools which help our partners’ asses their strengths and weaknesses, and the challenges they face. This includes supporting sports to carrying out reviews when necessary. The following case study looks at a recent review carried out by the national body for cycling.

Christchurch earthquake and events in Canterbury

Presentation setting out the strategic needs of post-earthquake Canterbury, and how these are addressing by events. Includes a case study in the Secondary School Mud Run.

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.