Meeting minutes - 24 September 09 (PDF, 128 Kb) - Sport New ...

Minutes
Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Recreation Council
Meeting: 24 September 2009, 9.00am–4.00pm
SPARC Offices, Ground floor 86 Customhouse Quay, Wellington
Action Who When
Develop a brief paper on Snow Sports NZ
and the model they used to operate it,
how they operate now and where they are
going.
Invite SSNZ to next meeting
Letter of thanks for attending to WSNZ,
MSC and WAC
Invite MoE to next meeting
Draft letter of support for Snow Farm
application.
Paper on partner selection for investment,
investigating options including, but not
limited to:
Investigate activity based groupings
Assessment of organisations against
ability to impact on strategy and
capability
RL / SPARC
RL
RL
RL
November meeting
10 October
Source draft trend data from DOC DOC 16 September
(followed up with
DOC, still waiting)
Provide an update on budget to Hillary
Council
Hillary Council would like SPARC to
meet for a briefing from the Cycle
Advisory Group within Min of Tourism
(Ray Salter)
RL
RL
By 24 September

Topic
Apologies
Conflict of interest
Outcome
No apologies received
Stu confirmed he had been appointed to Sector Advisory
Group.
Annie re-confirmed her association with the NZMSC given
MSC were due to present on the day.
Minutes of 11 August
meeting
The minutes of the meeting held on 11 August were
confirmed as a true and accurate record
Moved Paul Wilson/ Seconded Rob Greenaway
Water Safety New
Zealand
Alan Muir and Matt Claridge spoke about the role of WSNZ.
Made up of member organisations. Est. 1949. Last 20 years
a standalone government organisation. Drowning deaths are
trending down over last 20 years against participation and
population growth
Some emerging trends in regard to age related incidents
and sharp increase in recreation downing (up to 60% of
total).
Focus on Education and Water Safety. Learn to Swim is a
major issue within schools.
Drowning prevention strategy guides WSNZ work with
government. Still unsure of Hillary Council’s role but are
interested in working with the Council.
Discussion around what defines the sector.
Walking Access
Commission
Mark Neeson and Kay Booth spoke about the WAC. The
purpose of the NZ Walking Access Commission is to provide:
“free, certain, enduring, and practical walking access to the
outdoors (including around the coast and lakes, along
rivers, and to public resources) so that the public can enjoy
the outdoors.”
Walking access primary focus, but also interested in
motorised access and other interest groups gaining access.
WAC Strategy is being released for public consultation next
week.
Releasing rights and responsibilities code
Planned activities:
Draft strategy and code
Biannual newsletters
National and regional forums

Topic
Mountain Safety
Council
General Business
Outcome
Contestable fund
Ongoing consultation with stakeholders
Public access mapping system
Dispute resolution
SPARC offered their support and expertise in the
establishment of contestable investment and tribunal
schemes.
Daryl Carpenter presented on the role of the NZMSC, and
the shift over the last few years to a sector-centric
approach.
The membership of MSC includes several government
agencies as well as a large number of NGOs
Daryl also spoke about ONZ being now located at MSC
Nicky Sherriff, Roger Wood and Peter Miskimmin joined the
meeting. A paper was tabled to enable a discussion around
the various organisations, the different scope of
organisations and what is required in the sector.
It was agreed that further information would be presented
to the Council at the November meeting to help inform the
recommendations they wish to make to the SPARC Board
on support for the Outdoor Recreation sector.
Stu to talk to DH about requirement to attend NZRA
conference.
Discussion about Snow Farm. PW declared conflict of
interest. The Snow Farm Trust would like a letter of support
for the maintaining of this opportunity.
Next Meeting
10 Nov 9am – 4.00pm Wellington