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am not sure about North Harbour Sport...it was difficult to get information because of the language barrier...Even $1000 per year would be great’). In general, the observations were politely put but it was also obvious that there was some frustration in terms of getting across the requirements of their respective communities. v. Cultural Interests All the respondents noted that particular sports were part of their respective cultural heritages and that they were interested in continuing these sporting activities because this also helped maintain their cultural heritage. In some cases, this meant sports that were largely unknown in New Zealand. But elsewhere, a basketball or hockey tournament could be used to bring the community together and to celebrate its culture. This produced slightly different expectations about the role of sport in the life of the community, expectations that appeared not to be understood in terms of some of the approaches made to sporting organisation for (as an example) funding. A number of comments suggested that this cultural aspect to sports was not understood or respected by the sports bodies approached. This might reflect communication issues as much as anything else. vi. RSOs or Local Councils A number of the comments from these representatives suggested that they saw local authorities as the natural place to go to for advice or support for sporting activities. This might reflect the role of local authorities in the countries of origin. But having identified the local council as a body to approach to ask for support, the result was often frustrating. We need people to inform the Council of what goes on [in our community] and what we need to maintain our sporting activities...but we cannot get anyone who can speak Chinese. The respondent noted that other services, such as WINZ or the police, were able to accommodate such language requirements; why couldn’t councils – or sporting organisations? 49
Comments and Suggestions The respondents made a number of suggestions as part of these interviews. They included: • Bilingual coaches and administrators to explain the benefits of sports, the rules or how to improve performance; • Facilities and programmes that recognised the cultural requirements and inclinations of the communities, including deals that might be for families and/or communities; • Facilities or coaching at discounted rates that would encourage entry level participation • Better communication between sporting organisations or councils and ethnic and immigrant communities. Those spoken to were keen for this to happen and to take part; • Co-ordinators to help with particular communities and to work with ethnic or immigrant communities to secure funding for their activities • More recognition that immigrant communities are busy working to settle in New Zealand and that sport might need to be organised to recognise this • Recognition that there are important cultural and religious issues for these communities and that sports organisations as well as coaches and administrators need (a) to understand these cultural differences to some degree and (b) to respect them. There is often an impression that there is only one way to do something and the local people involved do not want to change something to recognise what is important for an ethnic or immigrant community. 50
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