Aktive Annual Report 2013-2014
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8 <strong>Aktive</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2013</strong>/<strong>2014</strong><br />
MESSAGE FROM THE<br />
CHAIR AND CEO<br />
He pänui nö te Heamana me<br />
te Kaiwhakahaere Matua<br />
<strong>Aktive</strong> – Auckland Sport & Recreation, has been established<br />
in a region of opportunity.<br />
Auckland is growing, diverse and with a sport and recreation<br />
sector that contributes $1.6 billion per annum to its GDP.<br />
Our new organisation capitalises on 12,000 employees and<br />
212,000 volunteers working in more than 2,000 formal and<br />
informal settings.<br />
For all that, we are faced with the challenges of a complex<br />
sector grappling with structural and economic issues, declining<br />
activity and participation rates, and rising levels of obesity.<br />
<strong>Aktive</strong> is Auckland’s own response to these issues.<br />
Our vision is for Auckland to become the “world’s most active<br />
city”. We will achieve this by encouraging more Aucklanders<br />
to be more active, providing stakeholder alignment and sector<br />
development services, promoting and celebrating sporting<br />
excellence and helping Aucklanders to access better spaces<br />
and places.<br />
We were formed in agreement with Auckland’s four RSTs<br />
(Harbour Sport, Sport Waitakere, Counties Manukau Sports<br />
Foundation and Sport Auckland), Sport New Zealand and<br />
Auckland Council, all of whom have generously invested time,<br />
money and resources in to our establishment. We have received<br />
wide-ranging support from national and regional sporting<br />
organisations, tertiary institutions and other sector organisations.<br />
The establishment board, which was chaired by Sir John<br />
Wells and included the chairs of the regional sports trusts<br />
(RSTs) and independent members from the sector, oversaw<br />
the formation of <strong>Aktive</strong>. Following the selection of a CEO and<br />
the appointment of the permanent board in October <strong>2013</strong>, the<br />
organisation immediately embarked on strategic planning which<br />
involved wide sector and stakeholder consultation.<br />
We are now building a staffing structure to deliver against our<br />
strategies. Three senior leadership roles were in place by<br />
June 30 <strong>2014</strong>, supplemented by three transferred roles from<br />
the former Greater Auckland Coaching Unit and two new<br />
Pathway to Podium roles.<br />
<strong>Aktive</strong> is a major funder of sport in Auckland, investing more<br />
than $7m last year through our local RST, College Sport and<br />
sporting code partners. Our funding levels will change in<br />
<strong>2014</strong>/15 as we take on responsibility for Auckland Council<br />
and Water Safety New Zealand funding for community<br />
delivery, along with the existing Sport New Zealand and other<br />
major funders’ investment. Our investment is results-focused<br />
and includes reducing the cost of the sector’s back office<br />
through our shared services function.<br />
<strong>Aktive</strong> is a major funder of sport<br />
in Auckland, investing more than<br />
$7m last year through our local<br />
RST, College Sport and sporting<br />
code partners.<br />
Sarah Sandley<br />
CEO – <strong>Aktive</strong>
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