Aktive Summary Annual Report 2016/17

Summary Annual Report 

Whakarāpopototanga Pūrongo ā tau

CONTENTS 

02 Our Values 

04 Strategic Investment 

06 Message from Auckland Council and Sport New Zealand 

08 Message from the Chair and Chief Executive Officer 

10 Governance 

12 Our Performance 

39 Summary of Financials 

42 KiwiSport 2016/17 Regional Partnership Funds 

GUTSY 

Kia maia 

We make transparent, bold 

decisions in pursuit of our 

vision for Auckland. 

RELENTLESS 

Kia manawa piharau 

We have the passion 

and perseverance to 

achieve our goals. 

PLAY IT STRAIGHT 

Kia tākaro tōtika 

We deal with the facts, 

focus on solutions, 

and treat everyone 

fairly and with integrity. 

M 

E A 

GO HARD 

Kia kaha 

We work with intensity, 

urgency and vigour. 

TEAM UP 

Kia tū takitini 

We succeed by trusting 

and playing to each other’s 

distinctive strengths.

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VISION 2020 – He whakakitenga 2020 

Auckland – the world’s most active city. 

MISSION – Whainga Matua 

To collaborate, set direction and provide 

regional leadership for Auckland’s sport 

and recreation communities. 

Kia mahitahi, kia tau te aronga, kia kōkiri 

i ngā hākinakina me te mahi a Rēhia mo 

te rohe o Tāmaki Makaurau. 

MOVE

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STRATEGIC INVESTMENT 

Rautaki whakangao 

Strategically 

Aligned 

Investment 

On behalf of our key strategic funders (refer 

below), Aktive invested more than $10 million 

in 2016/17 for community sport delivery, 

strategic leadership and regional services 

into the Auckland sport and recreation sector. 

This investment is distributed at local 

and Auckland-wide levels into national, 

regional and local organisations. 

KEY STRATEGIC FUNDERS


Coach Evolve 

Targeted Populations 

NORTH 

$2,268,841 

CENTRAL 

$2,511,254 

Per Capita $6.55* 


$751,040** 

Indirect Investment 

Direct Investment $1,517,801 

Direct Investment $$1,659,327 


$851,906** 

$10,498,551 

Auckland Wide Investment 

Local Area 

Investment 

................................. 

SOUTH 

$3,742,266 

Direct Investment $2,220,020 


$1,522,246** 


$813,219** 

Direct Investment $1,162,992 


WEST 

$1,976,210 


Community Sport 

TLC (Talent, Leadership & Character) 

Coaching & Talent Development 

Leadership & Advocacy 

Greater Auckland Aquatic 

Action Plan 

*Per capita calculation based on 2013/14 population census data 

**Indirect investment is the value of ‘Auckland Wide Investment’ 

deployed in to local areas


MESSAGE FROM AUCKLAND COUNCIL 

He pānui nō te Kaunihera ō Tāmaki Makaurau 

Our goal is a world-class city where parks, leisure facilities, 

sports and recreation programmes are widely available to 

everyone. Whether it’s young children or seniors, social sport 

or clubs, or leisure and walks in parks, we want people to have 

access to a wide range of activities that contribute to healthy, 

active lifestyles. 

Auckland Council provides 43 leisure and recreation facilities 

and 240 sports parks from Rodney to Franklin, often partnering 

with community networks and sport and recreation organisations. 

In the past year, the council’s commitment has included five facility 

partnership projects, seven multi-sport partnerships, and a Regional 

Sport and Recreation Grants programme to support increased 

participation.The council has also completed 21 Local Board Sport 

and Recreation State of Play reports to help with decision-making 

at neighbourhood level. 

The council worked closely with Aktive - Auckland Sport & 

Recreation, and engaged with over 75 sports organisations, on 

developing the Auckland Sport Sector: Facilities Priorities Plan 

– a coordinated, integrated and sector-based approach for 

providing future sports facilities. 

The council has also worked with Aktive on the Community 

and School Partnership Project to improve access to sport 

and recreation facilities through greater sharing of school 

and community assets. 

Working with organisations like Aktive will help the council 

support Aucklanders to develop life-long leisure and sporting 

habits that benefit their physical and mental health. 

Stephen Town 

Chief Executive 

Auckland Council

MESSAGE FROM SPORT NEW ZEALAND 

He pānui nō Sport New Zealand 

Sport New Zealand is working hard to improve 

the quality of sport and recreation available to New 

Zealanders, particularly our young people. 

It’s our belief that quality is the key to young people 

getting active and staying active in a world of 

competing priorities and technologies. 

Aktive – Auckland Sport & Recreation is a key partner 

for Sport New Zealand, and one that shares our beliefs, 

commitment and approach. This is critical, with one 

third of our population living in Auckland. 

This year Aktive has taken major strides forward 

in its efforts to ensure quality opportunities are available 

for the people of Auckland, and that these opportunities 

reflect the dynamics and needs of Auckland’s 

many and varied communities. 

We believe The Auckland Approach to Community Sport 

is a game-changer. Launched by the Aktive group this year, 

this plan provides a uniform and integrated approach to the 

delivery of sport and recreation across the city’s sporting 

regions. It’s focussed on local solutions for local needs 

and will, we believe, get more investment to the 

grassroots and get more young Aucklanders active. 

I congratulate Aktive’s board and management 

on the steps they have taken this year to reposition 

the organisation for a more positive future for 

sport and recreation in our biggest city. 

Peter Miskimmin 

Chief Executive 

Sport New Zealand


Message 

from the Chair 

and CEO 

He pānui nō te Heamana 

me te Kaiwhakahaere Matua 

The 2016/17 year has seen significant steps by Aktive and its key 

delivery partners over this period – Harbour Sport, Sport Auckland, 

Counties Manukau Sport and Sport Waitakere – towards the 

shared vision for Auckland to be the world’s most active city. It 

can also be marked by three words – interesting, inspiring and 

invigorating. 

Raewyn Lovett 

Chair – Aktive 

A critical aspect of this vision has been completed and launched; 

namely, The Auckland Approach to Community Sport. Co-created 

with our Regional Sports Trust partners, Sport New Zealand, 

Auckland Council and health and education providers, the strategy 

represents a consistent and scalable community sport system. 

The focus is to provide Auckland a world-class community sports 

system. How? Put simply, community by community; a message 

that has been shared with various stakeholders including national 

and regional sports organisations. 

From a performance perspective, it is pleasing to note Sport 

New Zealand’s positive comments around the considerable 

commitment and effort to develop and roll out The Auckland 

Approach to Community Sport. This includes understanding 

that the result is a shared vision with aligned regional and local 

planning across Auckland for the very first time. Along with 

reference to the important strategic role Aktive plays in New 

Zealand’s sport system, Sport New Zealand’s annual review of 

Aktive has given us confidence and encouragement to progress 

Auckland-wide planning. 

This is boosted by an increase of $1.5 

million from up-stream funders, taking 

investment in Auckland to a new high 

of over $11 million*, and advancing all 

Sarah Sandley 

CEO – Aktive


parts of the system and partners. 

Making a tangible benefit for 

communities, we are committed to 

complete transparency to where this 

and all monies are spent, as shown 

in the funding allocation summary 

available on our website. 

Aktive’s Shared Services and Procurement continues to go 

from strength to strength, now having taken over $1 million 

back office savings out of the sector. This is money that can 

be and is reinvested back into the grass roots of sport and 

recreation. 

The launch of a new service for the sector, the Chairs’ 

Roundtable series, focuses on improving governance 

capability. There has also been strong progress with innovative 

programmes such as Good Sports, HERA – Everyday 

Goddess, TLC (Talent, Leadership & Character) and Coach 

Evolve, along with the ongoing facilitation of Sport New Zealand 

programmes Pathway to Podium and Performance Coach 

Advance. 

This performance has been acknowledged in the stakeholder 

survey of Aktive’s operations, noting greater access to 

resources, improved performance and increased sector 

support and collaboration as key highlights. We look forward to 

building on this with further engagement with our stakeholders. 

Partnerships are invaluable to the work of Aktive. We are 

pleased to have signed three Regional Sports Trusts to deliver 

The Auckland Approach to Community Sport – Harbour Sport, 

Sport Auckland and Sport Waitakere, now joined by CLM 

and College Sport who in 2017/18 will roll out the strategy for 

the benefit of the communities and high schools of Counties 

Manukau. We are working collaboratively with these partners to 

support them to empower their respective local communities. 

We also work closely with other partners on projects such as 

the ‘Believe You Can’ Leadership Day with iSport Foundation 

– we are proud that this event was recognised as joint winner 

of the New Zealand Recreation Association Outstanding Event 

Award 2016. Another significant partnership is the Greater 

Auckland Aquatic Action Plan (GAAAP) managed by Aktive and 

Water Safety New Zealand and funded by Sport New Zealand, 

Foundation North and Water Safety New Zealand. Since its 

inception in 2011, GAAAP has provided 840,000 free Swim 

& Survive lessons to 87,632 young people, targeted towards 

decile 1-6 schools. 

Aktive is privileged to have a seat 

on the advocacy groups OneVoice 

and Healthy Auckland Together 

(HAT). Our partnerships are further 

underpinned by working groups 

in the vital strategic focal areas of 

Young People, Spaces & Places, 

Targeted Populations, Sector 

Development, and Coaching & Talent 

Development, all backed by insights. 

Aktive is supported by strong, stable governance. This was 

further strengthened over this period with the Selection and 

Performance Committee’s appointment of David Tse as a 

new board member. The Board and Executive has also been 

supported by Subcommittees and the Aktive Māori Advisory 

Group, Coaching & Talent Development Advisory Group, 

Regional KiwiSport Advisory Group, Tertiary Advisory Group, 

Aquatics Advisory Group and project-specific steering groups 

for Good Sports and HERA – Everyday Goddess. These groups 

have helped to introduce a whole new series of connections 

across community and sporting organisations in Auckland. 

A crucial feature of Aktive is its 

people – a group small in number, 

but big on talent, expertise and 

commitment. We would like to 

acknowledge and thank them for 

all their hard work. We would also 

like to thank all our commercial 

partners from the past year – Holden, 

2Degrees, Fairfax Media, Simpson 

Grierson, Sheffield and Ricoh; as well 

as our sector partners – AUT, AUT 

Millennium Institute of Sport, Massey 

University, Unitec, Bruce Pulman Park 

and the iSPORT Foundation. Like 

us, these partners are committed to 

improving participation levels 

in Auckland. 

Furthermore, we would like to express sincere thanks to the 

up-stream stakeholders who show such confidence in Aktive 

and our approach to Auckland. These include Sport New 

Zealand, High Performance Sport New Zealand, Auckland 

Council, Water Safety New Zealand, Foundation North, the 

New Zealand Community Trust and the Lion Foundation. We 

would also like to recognise our much-valued delivery agents 

and sector partners – driving results in local communities is 

dependent on their input. Finally, we would like to acknowledge 

the Aktive Board for its strategic guidance – as always this is 

much appreciated and respected. 

*This figure covers investment into community 

sport programming and administration


GOVERNANCE 

Mana whakahaere 

Aktive is governed by a seven-member Board, chaired by 

Raewyn Lovett ONZM and supported by trustees Graham 

Child, Eru Lyndon, Peter Meehan, Helen Robinson, 

Jo Wiggins and David Tse who all bring a wealth of sport, 

business and governance experience to the table. 

An audit and risk subcommittee, chaired by Peter 

Meehan, meets on a bimonthly basis and a health & safety 

subcommittee, chaired by Jo Wiggins, and commercial 

subcommittee, chaired by Helen Robinson, meet quarterly. 

A step-change for Community Sport Strategy 

in Auckland 

There were two significant strategic developments approved 

by the Aktive Board in 2016/17. The first, following a review, 

was the decision to upweight Aktive’s capability in spaces and 

places, targeted populations and insights, with the addition of 

three new roles. 

The Board then oversaw the development of a signature 

new strategy to increase young Aucklanders’ participation 

and physical activity levels. Called The Auckland Approach 

to Community Sport, and co-designed with Regional Sports 

Trusts and the sector, it is Auckland’s unique response to 

addressing declining participation and physical activity levels. 

In a first, it has created an interlinking series of regional 

“blueprint” plans, informed by national and regional strategies 

and priorities for Young People, Spaces & Places, Coaching 

& Talent Development, Sector Development and Collaborative 

Advocacy. These regional plans are in turn informed by local 

Community of Activity plans, owned by Regional Sports Trusts 

and other delivery partners, which are heavily influenced by the 

input of the targeted communities themselves. 

This targeting of communities, the focus on listening to their 

needs and then building others’ capability to deliver sustainable 

initiatives, represents a step-change in how Aktive and its 

partners are increasing participation levels in Auckland. 

Risk 

Aktive’s Board takes seriously its obligation to identify 

and manage potential risk to the organisation and the wider 

sector. A risk register and a health and safety report form 

part of every meeting agenda. Aktive has taken a lead role in 

adopting and providing a health and safety policy that meets 

the requirements of the health and safety legislation, and in 

ensuring its delivery partners understand their obligations. 

Communication 

The Aktive Board believes in fostering relationships 

and engagement through transparent communication 

with stakeholders and delivery partners. 

Regular meetings are held with the chairs of Regional Sports 

Trusts and other providers, including reciprocal invitations to 

attend Board meetings. At a broader level, major stakeholders 

such as Sport New Zealand and Auckland Council regularly 

attend Aktive board meetings. Supplementing these two 

primary channels are one-on-one meetings with stakeholders 

along with the distribution of key stakeholder reports, papers 

and memoranda. 

Advisory Groups 

Aktive has a strategic priority to work collaboratively and 

align with a broad range of central government and regional 

stakeholders. Consistent with this, a number of advisory 

groups have been formed, with experts volunteering to serve 

as follows: 

Aktive Māori Advisory Group 

The past year has seen Aktive’s Māori Advisory Group (AMAG) 

go through a review of its Terms of Reference. New members 

joined with the appointments of Ayla Hoeta and Mace Ward to 

the group. As a Youth Innovator in the south Auckland area, 

Ayla brings a youthful perspective to AMAG, while Mace Ward, 

as General Manager of Auckland Council’s Parks Sport and 

Recreation division accepted an invitation to join as an 

ex-officio member. 

The past year has included overseeing the development of a 

plan to prepare Aktive for strategic planning in early 2018. A 

key platform for the plan is to grow the understanding of the 

important bi-cultural foundations of Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland 

in an increasingly multi-ethnic population. Three focus areas 

of the plan are to continue to support He Oranga Poutama 

delivering to its outcomes through the transition from Sport 

Waitakere to Aktive; strengthen workforce cultural competency 

of Aktive Group; and strengthen engagement and relationships 

with Māori entities to enable stronger strategic planning 

discussions. 

AMAG provided advice to the Sport Facilities Prioritisation 

project and appointed a member to the Auckland Investors’ 

Forum. This year also saw the fruition of its contribution 

to World Masters Games planning come to light in the 

contributions during key procedures, events and ceremonies 

of the games on the world stage. 

Eru Lyndon (Chair); Jamie Cook; Dane Tumahai; Diana 

Puketapu; Megan Tunks; Ayla Hoeta; Marty Rogers (ex-officio 

member); Mace Ward (ex-officio member). 

Coaching & Talent Development Advisory Group 

Andy Rogers, Sport New Zealand (formerly Aktive)(Chair); 

Andrew Eade, Sport New Zealand; Alex Chiet, Sport New 

Zealand; Craig Lewis, Lead to Succeed; Mike Stanley, AUT 

Millennium; Gaye Bryham, AUT University; Andrew Hewetson, 

Sport NZ (formerly Unitec); Paul Mackinnon, Hockey New 

Zealand (formerly Auckland Cricket). 

Tertiary Advisory Group 

Lesley Ferkins, AUT (Chair); Margot Bowes, University of 

Auckland; Trish Bradbury, Massey University; Sarah Anderson, 

UniSport; Graeme Sequeira, MIT; Debbie Curgenven, 

Aktive; Rakel Liew, Auckland Tourism Events & Economic 

Development (ATEED); Sue Emerson, Unitec; Trevor Meiklejohn, 

Unitec; Sarah Dunning, Sport New Zealand; Michelle Parsons, 

MIT; Gaye Bryham, AUT; Louis Rattray, University of Auckland; 

Rod Grove, Massey University. 

Regional KiwiSport Advisory Group 

Mike Stanley, AUT Millennium (Chair); Jim Lonergan, College 

Sport; Peter Caccioppoli, Auckland Council; Hamish Rogers, 

Aktive; Leanne Knox, Sport Auckland; Jenny Lim, Harbour 

Sport; David George, Sport Waitakere.


Steering Groups 

Operating in a similar fashion to advisory groups with a focus 

on a single piece of work, steering groups are crucial to 

maintaining a collaborative and aligned approach with a range 

of stakeholders. Currently, two steering groups draw on the 

input of the following experts: 

Good Sports 

Paul Strang, Aktive (Chair); Andy Rogers, Sport New Zealand; 

Roger Wood, Sport New Zealand; Kevin O’Leary, Harbour 

Sport; Simon Devoy, Auckland Rugby; Simon Walters, AUT; 

Trish Bradbury, Massey University. 

HERA – Everyday Goddess 

Chris Caws, Aktive (Chair); Leanne Knox, Sport Auckland; 

Jacqui Johnston, Aktive; Antonia Vai, Sport Waitakere; Joanne 

Macmillan, Auckland Council; Julie Patterson, Tennis New 

Zealand; Collette Amai, College Sport; Karen Laurie, Sport 

New Zealand. 

Trustees and Registered Interests 

Raewyn Lovett, Chair 

Partner: Duncan Cotterill 

Chair: Quotable Value Ltd, Dunedin Venues 

Management Ltd 

Director: Darroch Ltd, Quotable Value 

Australia Pty Ltd, CHT Healthcare 

Chair of Selectors: Triathlon New Zealand Ltd 

Trustee: Medicine Mondiale Trust 

Peter Meehan 

Director: PEDAL Properties Ltd 

Fellow: Financial Services Institute of 

Australasia 

Associate Fellow: New Zealand Institute 

of Management 

Board Member: Titirangi Golf Club 

Trustee: Meehan Family Trust 

Graham Child 

Chair: Cook Brothers International 

Director: World Masters Games 2017 Ltd, 

The Clubhouse NZ Ltd, Loaded Reports 

Ltd, Triquestra New Zealand Ltd, Sports 

Distributors NZ Ltd, NZ Think Ltd, 

Qualityarns NZ Ltd, Coldham Trustees Ltd 

Trustee: Alfriston School Board of Trustees 

Eru Lyndon 

Regional Commissioner (employee): 

Ministry of Social Development 

Trustee: Sport Northland, Lyndon 

Family Trust 

Council Member: North Tec 

Jo Wiggins 

Director: Morvern Group Ltd 

Trustee: NZCT Auckland Reference Group 

Consultant: Auckland Council 

David Tse 

Director of Sales and Marketing: 

NEC New Zealand Ltd 

Director: One Magpie Ltd, Voltage 

Trustee: David’s Family Trust, 

Anna’s Family Trust 

Advisory Board Member: New Zealand 

Asian Leaders 

Board Member: New Zealand Health IT 

Helen Robinson 

Chair: The Network for Learning Ltd (N4L), 

CLOUD M Ltd, Valens Group 

Executive Director: Organic Initiative Ltd 

Director: Auckland Tourism Events & Economic 

Development (ATEED), Fulbright NZ Ltd, 

NZ Defence Force, Penguin Consulting Ltd, 

KND Investments Ltd 

Trustee: Robinson Family Trust 

Family member working as intern at New Zealand 

Cricket

OUR PERFORMANCE 

Tō mātou mahi


M E 

A BIG 

PLAY 

Aktive works with and through a 

number of key partners to fund 

and deliver projects throughout 

Auckland communities. 

With a region as large, as populated and as culturally 

and geographically diverse as Auckland, this coordinated 

approach is crucial to get the best for, and out of, Auckland. 

Aktive continues to provide leadership for the entire Auckland 

sport and recreation sector while Regional Sports Trusts leverage 

their expertise and connections to deliver programmes and 

capability services to their communities. 

Aktive continues to make excellent progress in line with our 

strategic priorities – More Aucklanders More Active, Stakeholder 

Alignment and Sector Development, and Spaces & Places. 

The performance against our strategic priorities is summarised 

in the Statement of Service Performance on pages 14-17, then 

outlined in more detail in the sections that follow. 

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND PERFORMANCE 

More Aucklanders More Active 

With a particular focus on school aged children and 

low-participation communities, and an emphasis on 

introducing and supporting more coaches 

Stakeholder Alignment and Sector Development 

Especially shared services, coach development and 

supporting sporting codes’ capability development 

Spaces & Places 

Improving access to facilites and sports for all Aucklanders. 

“The Aktive team should be proud of its 

achievements in leading The Auckland 

Approach to Community Sport.” 

Sport New Zealand

SERVICE PERFORMANCE AGAINST STRATEGIC PLAN 

Rautaki Matua 

Strategic Priority 

Whainga 

Goals 

2017 Progress 

More 

Aucklanders 

More Active 

More of Auckland’s young people 

participating in sport and recreation 

The Auckland Approach to Community Sport prioritises young 

people aged 5-18, including young girls aged 10-18, young 

people of Māori, Samoan, Indian and Chinese ethnicities and 

from low socio-economic communities. 

He Oranga Poutama impacted directly on 15,627 participants of 

whom 36% were 5-12 year olds. 

The Harbour Sport ActivAsian programme has been expanded 

across Auckland. 

The Greater Auckland Aquatic Action Plan (GAAAP) delivered to 

young people years 3-6 in decile 1-6 schools: 

• 21,393 years 3-6 students benefited 

• 137,056 Swim & Survive lessons were delivered 

• 568 teachers received professional development. 

Since 2011 GAAAP has provided 840,000 free Swim & Survive 

lessons to 87,632 young people. 

“Believe You Can” Leadership Day won the New Zealand 

Recreation Association Outstanding Event Award with partner 

iSport. 650 students and 6,000 online participants took part. 

A Young People’s Manager was appointed, tasked with 

providing leadership for Auckland in the development of 

strategies and tactics to engage young people in more sport and 

physical activity. 

1,500 girls, aged 10-18 years have taken part in HERA - 

Everyday Goddess - an initiative aiming to increase girls’ 

participation in sport and recreation. 

Aktive Group granted $3,037,664.66 of KiwiSport funding to 

119 projects in Auckland benefiting 256,672 young people, 

52% male and 48% female. 

88% were 5-13 years of age and 12% 14-18 years of age. 

27,319 hours of delivery were provided. 

Engage with international cities 

that encourage active lifestyles 

Aktive in discussions to sign Auckland up as second city 

(behind London) in the international benchmark study “Active 

Citizens Worldwide.” 

More of Auckland’s adults 


$630,812 distributed by Aktive to Regional Sports Trusts 

for work with Targeted Population Groups to increase 

participation by Asian and Pasifika peoples. 

Expansion of AktivAsian across Auckland. 

$495,000 invested in 15 community organisations. 

More volunteers (coaches, officials) 


Harbour Sport, Sport Waitakere, Counties Manukau Sport 

and Sport Auckland ran volunteer recruitment and retention 

workshops for clubs. 

He Oranga Poutama volunteers increased from 101 to 327. 

300 new volunteer coaches and leaders recruited via student 

coaches, Good Sports and club development initiatives.


Rautaki Matua 


Whainga 

Goals 


More participation amongst 

priority ethnicities. Indian, 

Samoan, Young Girls, Māori, 

Chinese. 

Appointment of a Māori Engagement & Priority Populations Manager. 

15 new community provider initiatives targeting Indian and Samoan 

communities have started across the south, west and central areas 

of the region. 

HERA – Everyday Goddess targeting young girls 10-18 years has 

benefited from several Auckland Council facilities coming on board 

and offering targeted programmes. 

HERA - Everyday Goddess Facebook page and Instagram accounts 

created and HERA website now live www.heragirls.org.nz. 

Stakeholder 

alignment 

& sector 

development 

Added value as a result of 

Aktive and Regional Sports 

Trusts working collaboratively 

The combined Aktive Group (of Aktive and Regional Sports Trusts) 

achieved combined revenue growth of 47% to $14,626,278 

(projected) in 2016/17 compared to $9,940,721 in 2012/13. 

Shared Services across Aktive and 15 Regional Sports Trusts, 

National Sports Organisations, Regional Sports Organisations 

and clubs has led to greater than expected savings: the Aktive 

Group has seen reduction by almost a third in the ratio of 

the administration costs as a proportion of income since 

shared services was established and the wider group has seen 

over $1 million dollars to date of realisable savings to their 

operational costs. 

Increased focus on coach 

development 

Aktive, Harbour Sport, Sport Waitakere, Counties Manukau 

Sport and Sport Auckland offered a combined 460 

development opportunities, impacting 3,800 coaches and 

indirectly supporting 34,000 participants. 

146 organisations provided with Coaching & Talent 

Development support and resources. 

73 Good Sports Community Workshops delivered to 1,593 

attendees, including; coaches, parents, teachers and sport 

administrators. 

53 Good Sports Developers are now trained. 

17,731 people have accessed Good Sports messaging via 

social media. 

Improved regional sport and 

recreation capability 

Aktive held two Chairs Roundtable sessions with 

distinguished guest panellists, for National Sport 

Organisation and Regional Sport Organisation chairs. 

Two free one-day chairs leadership workshops were 

created with partner Sheffield. 

Regional Sports Trusts continued to provide support via 

seminar and workshop programs for Regional Sports 

Organisations and clubs, facilitating Regional Sports 

Organisations’ strategic planning processes. 

A Sector Development Regional Delivery Plan is in place 

as part of The Auckland Approach to Community Sport. 

Aktive demonstrates 

organisational excellence 

Aktive has made first steps to strengthen team cultural 

competency from a bi-cultural foundation in a growing multiethnic 

population environment. 

Annual performance reports to funders, including: Sport 

New Zealand, Water Safety New Zealand, Foundation North, 

NZCT, Auckland Council and The Lion Foundation have been 

well received, with positive impact evident. 

Respondents to Sport New Zealand Stakeholder Survey 

results rated Aktive’s performance as good, very good 

or excellent.

SERVICE PERFORMANCE AGAINST STRATEGIC PLAN 

Rautaki Matua 


Whainga 

Goals 


Sector is aligned to Sport New Zealand 

outcomes and Auckland Sport & 

Recreation Strategic Action Plan 

The Auckland Approach to Community Sport prioritises 

Young People aged 5-18 and Targeted Populations. 

Regional “blueprint” plans written for: 

• Collective Advocacy 

• Young People (schools and community) 

• Coaching & Talent Development 

• Sector Development 

• Spaces & Places. 

Strong alignment with Sport New Zealand and Auckland Sport & 

Recreation Strategic Action Plan outcomes. 

Aktive worked closely with National and Regional Sports 

Organisations in rugby, athletics, basketball and golf on wider 

Auckland strategies for community sport. 

Regional Facility Plans for hockey, tennis, rugby league and 

netball have also been supported. 

Alignment with broader central 

government and regional stakeholders 

(e.g. tertiary institutions, Ministry of 

Health, Ministry of Education) 

Aktive, part of Healthy Auckland Together alliance (with the 

Ministry of Health/District Health Board partners), has connected 

with Healthy Families Manukau-Manurewa-Papakura. Sport 

Waitakere is contracted for Healthy Families West and Central. 

The Community Schools Partnership project group links Council, 

Aktive and Ministry of Education. Aktive sits in the Funders 

Forum and OneVoice, and continues to work with a range of 

Advisory Groups including the Tertiary Sector and Aktive Māori 

Advisory Groups. 

Investment from NZCT, Foundation North, Auckland Council 

aligned to new community sport strategy The Auckland 

Approach to Community Sport. 

The Aktive Māori Advisory Group has strengthened connection 

and relationships with influential Māori strategic and delivery 

stakeholders.

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Rautaki Matua 


Whainga 

Goals 


Alignment with Auckland Council 

Aktive continues to work closely with Auckland Council, a 

key contributor to development of The Auckland Approach to 

Community Sport. 

Aktive has also partnered with Auckland Council on wide range 

of projects, including: 

• Community Schools Partnership Project 

• Auckland Sport & Recreation Strategic Action Plan refresh 

• Regional Facilities Plan 

• Auckland Plan 

• Funders Forum 

• OneVoice 

• HERA - Everyday Goddess 

• Targeted Populations Innovation and Development Fund 

• KiwiSport. 

HERA – Everyday Goddess targeting young girls 10-18 years 

has benefited from several Auckland Council facilities offering 

targeted programmes. 

Alignment with Auckland Council 

Māori Plan 

Aktive has maintained a watching brief to this as Auckland 

Council restructure impacted on its capacity to advance 

this area. 

Spaces 

& Places 

Improved access to facilities and 

spaces for all Aucklanders 

Aktive has led the sector in advocacy, and with practical 

facility development strategies and implementation. Sector 

engagement in the Auckland Sport Sector:Facility Priorities 

Plan and contribution to Community Schools Partnership 

project has unlocked access to school facilities for 

community use. 

Aktive chairs or is a member of several sporting codes’ 

Regional Facility Working Groups. Local projects are 

supported by Regional Sports Trusts in Local Board areas. 

A Spaces & Places Regional Delivery Plan is in place as part 

of The Auckland Approach to Community Sport.

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MORE AUCKLANDERS MORE ACTIVE 

To enable more Aucklanders to be more active, we need to 

achieve greater value for every dollar invested as well as 

attract greater investment into a sector that’s important to 

both the regional economy and New Zealand’s sport and 

recreation sector. 

Coordination and leadership from Aktive has not only brought 

more investment, but also more collaboration across the sector, 

with successful local projects rolled out into other parts of 

Auckland and successful region-wide initiatives launched to 

address issues and opportunities facing the entire region. 

Allocation of Investment Funds 

Aktive invested more than $10 million on behalf of its key 

strategic funders last year for community sport delivery, 

strategic leadership and regional service that reflects a number 

of interlinking strategies. These include the sector’s Auckland 

Sport & Recreation Strategic Action Plan, Sport New Zealand’s 

Community Sport strategy, Water Safety New Zealand’s Water 

Safety Sector Strategy and Aktive’s strategic plan. Aktive’s 

investment process ensures that delivery agents’ KPIs line up 

side by side to expand results on the ground. 

To follow are highlights of the work performed for Auckland’s 

communities and the sport and recreation sector 

by Aktive and our delivery partners in the 2016/17 year. 

“The formation of a partnership between 

New Zealand Rugby and Aktive has been 

a positive step in achieving our Wider 

Auckland goals. We now have the ability 

to make real advances in improving 

club capability and facility planning and 

strategy through collaboratively working 

together.” 

Mike Hester, New Zealand Rugby, 

Provincial Union Support Manager Greater Auckland 

HIGHLIGHTS FROM DELIVERY PARTNERS 

College Sport 

College Sport Auckland’s school membership increased by 

three schools in 2017, reaching a total of 110 membership 

schools. In the past year more than 65,000 students competed 

in College Sport Auckland one off tournaments or weekly 

competitions. 

Working closely with over 40 Regional Sport Organisations to 

deliver a range of sporting activities for Auckland Secondary 

School students, 2017 saw College Sport take over the running 

of Auckland Secondary Schools rugby in partnership with the 

Auckland Rugby Union. In 2018, we would like to extend this 

partnership to include Secondary School Rugby in the Counties 

Manukau and North Harbour Rugby Provincial Unions. 

At the core of College Sport Auckland is the intention 

‘to provide consistent quality sport competitions, events 

and leadership for the greater Auckland Secondary Schools. 

To embrace existing and new relationships to ensure the 

sporting experience is accessible, affordable and rewarding.’ 

One of the biggest challenges for schools is dealing with both 

the time and cost of transporting students across the wider 

Auckland region. With that in mind, we are looking at zonal 

competitions in the lower grades, while also developing wider 

Auckland competitions in the elite grades. 

A review of bylaws and sanctioned sports was carried out 

in the second part of 2016. As a guide, we now require a 

minimum of 20 schools or 200 competitors to be involved in 

the sporting activity for it to be sanctioned. We will continue 

to consult with schools and Regional Sport Organisations 

on an annual basis to decided if we sanction new sports 

or remove others. As a prelude to our bylaws, we have 

introduced an Integrity Statement that outlines the values 

we see as vital to sport in schools; honesty, respect and 

fair play. As part of our Strategic Plan, the board will now 

review bylaws on a three-year cycle and make changes 

based on robust evidence and data. We will continue to 

survey our members on any proposed bylaw changes. 

It has been great to work with Aktive, Auckland Council, 

Sport New Zealand and the Auckland Regional Sports 

Trusts on the Young People’s Plan for Auckland. Only 

through collaboration and partnership can we provide 

quality sporting opportunities and experiences for all our 

Auckland young people.


Counties Manukau 

The 2016/2017 year marked continual developments in 

the Counties Manukau area, with a firm focus to increase 

engagement in sport and recreation in people’s lives and local 

communities. 

Sport New Zealand research shows a 7.7% drop in national 

adult participation between 1998 and 2014. This decline was 

noticeably profound among Māori (down 8.8%) and Pasifika 

(down 11.4%), communities which are particularly concentrated 

in South Auckland. As such, the need for empowerment of 

the region and the people who live there to uptake sport and 

recreation is critical to work towards reversing these statistics. 

Aktive’s responsibility is to work with delivery partners to 

support them in building capability and developing key 

participation initiatives in local communities, including Counties 

Manukau. Given our responsibility for the investment of public 

funds through delivery partners, results are imperative. 

In the last three financial years, Aktive has significantly 

increased direct local investment resulting in an increase per 

capita investment in to the Counties Manukau area. Increases 

in investment have resulted in traction, encouraging results and 

success stories emerging from the region, including: 

• Eight out of 16 community providers that received Targeted 

Populations Group funding from Aktive ran initiatives in 

the Counties Manukau area, benefiting a number of local 

communities 

• 32 local sport and recreation organisations received funding 

through the local KiwiSport fund, totaling $998,336. Projects 

funded from previous years and 2016/2017 KiwiSport 

funding have supporting the following in Counties Manukau: 

- A total of 7,775 hours of delivery to a total of 336,693 

children aged 5-18 years 

- Of these children, 50% were male and 50% were female 

- 3% of delivery has been in secondary schools, with 97% 

in primary schools. 

• 2616 participants received 17,349 swimming lessons 

under GAAAP 

• 50 students involved in the Aktive-led Talent, Leadership, 

Character (TLC) programme, including players from 

Southern Cross Campus’ 1st XV Girls Rugby Team which 

went on to win the Auckland competition for the fourth year 

running 

• Delivery of 653 sessions of non-curriculum primary school 

sport in 28 schools in the region by Counties Manukau Sport 

• 15 Pathway to Podium athletes come from the Counties 

Manukau region 

• Through Counties Manukau Sport, 26 coaches club 

modules were delivered to 345 coaches, including 137 

new coaches 

• Several Counties Manukau organisations engaged as part 

of HERA – Everyday Goddess, including Papatoetoe High 

School, Otahuhu College and Papatoetoe Cricket, as well 

as a 12-week HERA – Everyday Goddess programme run at 

the Otahuhu Recreation Centre. 

With the roll out of The Auckland Approach to Community 

Sport strategy, we look forward to continuing to support the 

Counties Manukau area through our delivery partners. The 

new approach to sport and recreation brings to the forefront 

listening to local communities and working with them on local 

solutions to get more of their people active. 

345 

Coaches impacted 

through 26 Counties 

Manukau Sport 

Coaches Club modules 

15 

Pathway to Podium 

athletes come 

from the Counties 

Manukau Region 

2,616 

Participants received 

17,349 swimming 

lessons under GAAAP 

32 

Local sport and 

recreation organisations 

received funding through 

the local KiwSport fund


Harbour Sport 

With a vision of ‘a community physically active for life’, Harbour 

Sport is committed to supporting community development for 

sport and healthy lifestyles. With a strategic focus on young 

people, targeted populations, Maori, Pasifika and East Asians, 

Harbour Sport has been able to see some real changes in 

people’s lives and local communities as they become more 

active and engaged in sport and recreation. 

Harbour Sport was the winner of the New Zealand Secondary 

Schools Sports Council Innovation in School Award in 2017 

and the New Zealand Recreation Association Outstanding 

Community Recreation Programme in 2016 for SportSPasifik. 

SportSPasifik provides a multi faceted approach to servicing the 

Pasifika community. Through PolySports holiday programme, 

349 Pasifika children participated in fun games and activities 

and healthy eating nutritional messages. Through the Equip’d 

programme, a further 95 Pasifika teenage girls have participated 

in sports skills, fitness, mentoring and nutrition. NiuMovement 

provided for 10 families and 45 participants with whole family 

sessions including physical activity, exercise sessions and 

nutritional education. 

The ActivAsian volunteer programme encourages young 

people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to 

participate in sport through volunteering. This saw 180 people 

register and volunteer at 27 events. Weekly walks around the 

North Shore promote regular physical activity and introduce 

new migrants to parks, reserves and facilities, with an average 

of 30 participants per walk. Spike Spin Smash provides another 

opportunity through a weekly drop in social sport session 

targeted at secondary school students and young adults, 

averaging 40 participants per week. 

Ensuring primary school teachers have capability in providing 

high quality physical education and physical literacy sessions 

with fun, quality experiences will set young people up for a 

lifelong love of physical activity. Harbour Sport delivered to 

576 teachers and 62 student teachers. 

Through the Coach Sport Initiative (CSI), we have seen the 

power of quality coaching and the impact strong coaching 

leadership can have on improving sports participation and wider 

community links. CSI has delivered to 12 secondary schools 

and 15 primary schools, with five coaching leaders working 

in the community. There were 378 coaches developed with 

7,447 athletes impacted. 

Supporting sport and recreation organisations at a number 

of levels to deliver and maintain a quality sport system in our 

region is engendered by good governance, good practice 

and continuous improvement. Harbour Sport has worked 

with nine Regional Sport Organisations and a number 

of their clubs, focusing on strategic planning, volunteer 

management, organisational structure development and club 

capability. Identification and sharing of good practice ensures 

organisations take a holistic approach to foster and develop 

quality, sustainable programmes, strong partnerships and 

effective collaborations, benefitting the whole community. 

349 

Pasifika children 

participated in 

SportSPasifik’s fun 

games and activities 

180 

People registered 

and volunteered at 

27 ActivAsian events 

7,447 

Athletes were 

impacted and 378 

coaches developed 

through the 

Coach Sport 

Initiative


Sport Auckland 

This year was the second year of implementation of 

our 2015-2018 Strategic Plan. Against the backdrop of 

‘Inspiring our communities to live healthy active lifestyles’ 

we channelled our resources toward our communities 

with high needs. With a strong alignment to Sport New 

Zealand’s Community Sport Plan and the Aktive-led 

Auckland Approach to Community Sport, our work this 

year had an emphasis on developing strong links between 

schools and community organisations as we look to create 

accessible and regular opportunities for young people. 

Within these communities we have continued to deliver 

products and services with a focus particularly on targeted 

populations with low participation rates in physical activity 

and sport; in building community sport capability across our 

region; and delivering health and wellness programmes on 

behalf of the Auckland District Health Board and Counties 

Manakau District Health Board. 

We have had many successes along the way, including the 

opening of the Grey Lynn Pump Track project and the Skate 

Board project in Grey Lynn. 

Both of these community-led projects highlight the role 

Regional Sports Trusts play as change agents in our 

communities. Collaboration, alignment and partnering are 

key ingredients to our successes. With that in mind we were 

encouraged to receive the results of the Sport New Zealand 

stakeholder survey where 74% of our stakeholders felt we 

collaborate well and 76% felt that our overall performance 

as a partner was either good, very good or excellent. 

Our work directly, or indirectly, impacted on 20,000 primary 

school students and 29 secondary schools. We delivered 

Professional Development sessions to early childhood teachers 

and tertiary students, and over 10 club capability workshops 

were held for our stakeholders. In-depth capability build 

work was also conducted with 20 sporting organisations. 

Programmes such as TLC, Coach Evolve, HERA – Everyday 

Goddess, Good Sports, GAAAP and Growing Leaders were 

delivered to our communities; and Local Board submissions 

were made to our seven Local Boards’ Long Term Plans. We 

successfully led a joint tender with Auckland Council to the 

Auckland District Health Board for the Green Prescription and 

Active Families contracts. Over 11,300 Green Prescription 

referrals were serviced. 

We remain committed to our partnership with Aktive and look 

forward to continuing to deliver The Auckland Approach to 

Community Sport. Through this we can foster more 

locally-led and locally tailored community programmes aimed 

at increasing participation in physical activity and sport in our 

local communities. 

20,000 

Primary school students 

have been directly or 

indirectly impacted 

through our work 

10 

club capability 

workshops were held 

for our stakeholders 

11,300 

Green Prescription 

referrals were serviced


Sport Waitakere 

2016/2017 has seen great developments in the West 

Auckland region, from the redesign of our wider leadership 

programmes, exponential growth in KiwiSport delivery through 

to the successful delivery of multiple workshops for a variety of 

community groups. 

In the leadership space, Sport Waitakere redeveloped the 

existing Growing Leaders Programme to have a greater West 

Auckland focused approach. Now called ‘Nga Kaea Mo Apopo’ 

(Leaders of Tomorrow), the focus is on the core tenets of 

the ancestral leaders of West Auckland who are depicted on 

the Pou at Arataki visitor centre. Although the content of the 

existing Growing Leaders Programme hasn’t changed, the 

context within which it is delivered has evolved to be locally 

and culturally meaningful. 

KiwiSport has seen over 11,000 ‘Young Westies’ receiving 

quality sport and physical activity opportunities, which has 

leveraged in excess of $400,000 on top of the initial KiwiSport 

investment. Add to this a myriad of workshops and professional 

development opportunities, run in the community by the 

Healthy Families Waitakere team and Sport Waitakere, every 

corner of our region has been touched. 

Healthy Families Waitakere has shifted gear and ramped up 

activation of leadership in our community over this last year. We 

are extremely privileged to work alongside amazing community 

leaders, organisations and stakeholders to lead sustainable 

change across a variety of settings including early childhood, 

schools and kura, workplaces, sport clubs, pacific churches, 

marae and community settings. These collective approaches 

have led to many organisations prioritising healthy food and 

drink policies and guidelines, many schools promoting and 

supporting water as the best choice through improved policies 

and practices as well as drinking fountain infrastructure, and 

sports clubs exploring ways to provide greater community 

outcomes such as starting playgroups or family activity 

programmes in their facilities. 

Furthermore, Sport Waitakere has been key to the fast tracking 

of some long sought after facility development including 

Glenora Rugby League Club obtaining a long term lease ratified 

by Auckland Council and supporting the next stages of the 

redevelopment of the Waitemata Table Tennis facility at Parrs 

Park. Both of these projects have sat with the clubs without 

significant progress for over three years. With direct intervention 

and guidance from Sport Waitakere, both have now progressed 

substantially. 

Moving forward, the Communities of Activity aspect of The 

Auckland Approach to Community Sport will start to truly focus 

some of the work we do, and most importantly really drive 

positive local change in some of our areas which need it 

the most. 

Sport Waitakere looks forward to working with our community 

in the year ahead, and to continue striving for our vision of 

‘everyone connected, healthy and active.’ 

11,000 

‘Young Westies’ received 

quality sport and physical 

activity opportunities 

through KiwiSport


AUCKLAND WIDE PROGRAMMES 

He Oranga Poutama (HOP) is a Sport New Zealand intiative 

that promotes the development and implementation of physical 

recreation and sport in a way that is culturally appropriate to 

Māori. With continued support of Sport Waitakere (project lead), 

Aktive, Regional Sports Trusts, Auckland Council, Sport 

New Zealand, Mana Whenua, Iwi Leaders, Aktive Māori 

Advisory Group, Roopu Manaaki, Funders, Whānau, Hapū, 

Iwi and others, He Oranga Poutama ki Tāmaki continued to 

work to increase participation of Māori in sport and traditional 

physical recreation in the Auckland region. Significantly, a key 

five year reflection has recognised the significant contribution 

that He Oranga Poutama has had in the revitalisation of 

traditional Māori sports and games across Auckland. 

2016/17 highlights include: 

• 15,627 participants across 22 HOP ki Tāmaki activities 

• 36% of participants were aged 5 -12 years 

• 55% of activities were governed, 91% were managed and 

95% were delivered by Māori 

• 27% of activities used te reo Māori to build language 

among participants 

• Volunteers increased from 101 to 327.


15,627 

Participants took part 

across 22 HOP Ki 

Tāmaki activities 

95% 

Of activities were 

delivered by Māori 

27% 

Of activities used te reo 

Māori to build language 

among participants 

opposed to raising 

awareness


137,056 

Individual lessons 

were delivered 

21,393 

Students received 

GAAAP swimming 

lessons 

348 

Teachers received training 

and poolside support 

to deliver water safety 

education


Greater Auckland Aquatic Action Plan 

The Greater Auckland Aquatic Action Plan (GAAAP) is a 

collaborative project that coordinates professionally delivered 

swimming lessons to primary school children in the greater 

Auckland region, ensuring the development of fundamental 

swimming and water safety skills. GAAAP targets schools in 

decile 1-6 and children in years 3-6. 

2016/17 has seen Water Safety New Zealand roll out a new 

approach to teaching young New Zealanders water safety: 

Water Skills for Life. Water Skills For Life has a greater 

emphasis on teaching water safety skills prior to stroke and 

distance focused swimming skills, as well as exposure to a 

range of aquatic environments. Aktive has been working 

with Water Safety New Zealand, Swimming New Zealand 

and providers to roll out Water Skills For Life across all 

GAAAP Schools. 

Aktive is appreciative of the significant funding and 

administrative support given to GAAAP by Foundation North, 

Sport New Zealand’s KiwiSport, Water Safety New Zealand, 

Counties Manukau Sport, Harbour Sport, Sport Auckland 

and Sport Waitakere. 


• 137,056 individual lessons delivered 

• 21,393 students received GAAAP swimming lessons 

• 348 teachers received training and poolside support 

to deliver water safety education 

• 220 teachers upskilled in Water Skills For Life 

• $580,000 renewed investment from Foundation North 

and Water Safety New Zealand. 

“Many of our students would not 

be able to get this valuable learning 

opportunity if it was not for the funding 

and lessons at our school. Almost all 

our students have gained confidence 

in water and have learnt to keep afloat. 

The organisation of the lessons and the 

friendly instructors kept our students 

motivated and they are all keen and 

looking forward to future lessons. During 

our end of year trip to Parakai Pools we 

are seeing more students confidently 

going into the water.” 

Kamrul Jalil, Massey Primary School 

“Our aspiration at Water Safety New 

Zealand is that every New Zealand child 

has the opportunity to develop water 

safety knowledge and survival skills. 

Aktive plays a huge part in enabling 

this and is a valued Auckland partner in 

managing a coordinated approach to 

deliver the Greater Auckland Aquatic 

Action Plan (GAAAP). This gives us a 

wide reaching platform to deliver our 

Water Skills or Life initiative to 5-13 year 

old kids within the Auckland region. 

It’s a great partnership and we look 

forward to continuing our close 

relationship this year for the benefit of 

Kiwi kids and the wider community.” 

Jonty Mills, Chief Executive, Water Safety New Zealand


KiwiSport is a national initiative launched in 2009. 

It aims to: 

• Increase the number of school-aged children participating 

in organised sport – during school, after school and by 

strengthening links with sports club; 

• Increase the availability and accessibility of sport 

opportunities for all school-aged children to participate 

in organised sport; 

• Support children in developing skills that will enable 

them to participate effectively in organised sport. 

In Auckland in 2016/2017, Regional KiwiSport was 

administered by Aktive and Local KiwiSport was 

administered by Regional Sports Trusts. 

A total of $3,037,664.66 of KiwiSport funding was granted 

to 119 projects. The result was 27,319 hours of delivery 

benefitting 256,672 young people. Of this group, 88% were 

aged 5-13 years and 12% were aged 14-18 years.


$3,037,664.66 

Of KiwiSport funding 

granted to 119 projects 

256,672 

Young people benefitted 

from 27,319 hours of 

KiwiSport delivery


1,500 

Girls have been 

engaged in informal 

or formal sport 

and recreation 

opportunities through 

HERA - Everyday 

Goddess


Hera – Everyday Goddess is a pilot project with a holistic 

approach, aimed at empowering girls aged 10-18 years 

(previously 13-18 years) to become active for life in formal 

and informal sport and recreation. The project has a 

participant-led focus with the needs and wants of the 

participant at the centre of all activities. 

To empower girls, first there must be a shift in the approach 

that sport and recreation providers take to engaging girls. 

2017/16 saw the beginning of the curation of case studies 

and resources that will be made available to the sector as a 

tool kit to support the needed shift in thinking. 

The past year has seen HERA – Everyday Goddess 

support and connect organisations that are willing to listen 

and work with girls, including: Sisters of Shred, Massey 

Park Pools, Papatoetoe High School, Otahuhu College, 

SOUL, Green Bay College, College Sport Auckland, 

Counties Manukau Sport Coordinators, Police Fitness 

squads, iSPORT Foundation, Social Workers in secondary 

schools, Papatoetoe Cricket, Otahuhu Pool & Leisure 

Centre, Onboard Skate, Equip’d - Birkenhead College, 

Manurewa Football Club, New Zealand Rugby and the 

three provincial unions’ woman development officers. 

Aktive acknowledges the funding given by Sport New 

Zealand, NZCT and Auckland Council for this pilot project. 


• Supporting New Zealand’s first Hobbyhorse event held 

on Waiheke Island, driven by an 11 year old girl and fully 

participant led 

• 12 week HERA – Everyday Goddess programme run 

at Otahuhu Pool & Leisure Centre 

• Launch of HERA – Everyday Goddess website 

www.heragirls.org.nz 

• 1,500 girls have been engaged in informal or formal sport 

and recreation opportunities through HERA – Everyday 

Goddess. 

“I have been attending the HERA 

programme at Otahuhu Pool & Leisure 

Centre for six weeks now since first 

hearing about it through school. HERA 

has helped me become active with using 

the facilities services like the pools/ 

stadium and we have also been doing 

self-defense through Taekwon-Do.” 

HERA - Everyday Goddess Participant 

“Overall, I really love the HERA 

programme as its opening so many 

opportunities for me to experience new 

things. I look forward to Wednesdays 

and Saturdays when I attend the 

programme.” 

HERA - Everyday Goddess Participant


Good Sports is a pilot culture change project that seeks 

to educate key influencers in children’s sport - parents, 

coaches, teachers and sport administrators, on how to 

create positive sporting experiences, encourage life-long 

participation and ultimately a love of sport in children. 

Good Sports aims to achieve culture change in three ways: 

1 Train and support Good Sports Developers as change 

agents to deliver reflective Good Sports Community 

Workshops to adult influencers of children’s sport 

2 Develop sector and public resources that align to Good 

Sports philosophy 

3 Public messaging campaigns. 


• 73 Good Sports Community Workshops delivered 

• 1,593 attendees to Good Sports Community Workshops 

• 53 Good Sports Developers Courses attendees 

• 17,205 click throughs of Good Sports placed stuff.co.nz 

articles 

• 91% of attendees indicate in post-workshop surveys that 

the Good Sports Community Workshop has influenced 

‘a lot’ or ‘to some degree’ their view of the role of adults 

in children’s sport. 

“While my intention has always been to 

use Good Sports to support the Be A 

Sport programme, it has become way 

bigger than that. We have now started 

effecting the content of the coaches 

and junior programmes, the club/team 

cultures and the youth pathway.” 

Kirsty Sharp, Legacy Project Manager, 

New Zealand Rugby League


1,593 

Attendees to Good 

Sports Community 

Workshops 

73 

Good Sports 

Community 

Workshops 

delivered 

91% 

Of attendees indicate in 

post-workshop surveys 

that the Good Sports 

Community Workshop 

has influenced ‘alot’ or 

‘to some degree’ their 

view of the role of adults 

in children’s sport


STAKEHOLDER ALIGNMENT & SECTOR DEVELOPMENT 

Aktive continued its focus of regional leadership 

development through initiatives aimed at chairs of National 

and Regional Sport Organisations’ boards in Auckland. Two 

Chairs Roundtable sessions run in association with strategic 

partners Simpson Grierson and Sheffield, and with the 

support of Sport New Zealand, featured leading chairs and 

directors with sports experience. These were supported by 

bespoke Leadership in Sport courses, written by Sheffield, 

attended by 15 sports leaders. Legal issues for National 

Sport Organisations and Regional Sport Organisations were 

highlighted in a free legal clinic and seminar hosted and run 

by Simpson Grierson. 

The Auckland Approach to Community Sport Sector 

Development Regional Delivery Plan was created by a 

working group, involving Sport New Zealand, Auckland 

Council, National Sports Organisation and Regional Sport 

Organisation representatives, and Regional Sports Trust 

Partners. Implementation is now being directed by the 

Sector Development Action Group. 

The Aktive Sector Development team went from one 

to three positions, including one role part-funded by 

New Zealand Rugby, focused on club capability and 

facility development as part of its Wider Auckland Strategy, 

sitting in Aktive. That role is driving a capability improvement 

stream for rugby across Auckland. 

The Volunteer Action Plan project report was received in 

late 2016, and challenges us to devote specific resource 

to volunteering in sport, a project which will be continued 

in 2017/18. 

Regional Sports Trusts Partners continued to offer capability 

development at sub-regional level with direct one-on-one 

assistance and collective sessions on strategic planning, 

finance, sponsorship and volunteer management for 

Regional Sport Organisations and clubs. 

Back office alignment (shared services) 

The coordination of the shared services approach to 

administration across Aktive and the Regional Sports Trusts 

bore even more fruit, as expected, after the initial savings. 

The group has seen a reduction by almost a third in the ratio 

of the administration costs as a proportion of income since 

shared services was set up. 

A focus of efficiency and value for money sees the overall cost 

of Aktive’s administration run at just 6% of total income. 

Notably though, the value of the approach has been 

recognised by Regional and National Sport Organisations 

outside Aktive’s immediate sphere with 15 organisations 

now having utilised 51 different services within Aktive Shared 

Services and Procurement’s offering, enabling over $1 million 

to date of realisable savings to their operational costs – money 

able to be reinvested into sport at the grassroots. 

That success has been achieved through reduced duplication, 

improved economies of scale and increased buying power. 

Discussions are underway with a further 19 entities (including 

Regional and National Sport Organisations) to take advantage 

of Aktive Shared Service and Procurement in the 2017/18 

financial year. 

Coaching & Talent Development 

The Aktive Coaching & Talent Development team, in 

conjunction with its Regional Sports Trusts delivery partners, 

has continued to build a systematic approach to coach 

and athlete development delivery as part of The Auckland 

Approach to Community Sport. By engaging with sporting 

organisations, coaches, teachers, parents and athletes, 

a new co-designed Strategic Coaching plan is now in place 

until 2020. 

The plan primarily focuses on the needs of young people and 

ensures capability build across all three coaching communities 

– Foundation, Development and Performance, to drive and 

sustain positive behaviour change within local participation 

communities. In addition, a key focus of the coaching plan is 

to deliver initiatives that target young girls aged 10-18 years 

old, Māori, Pacific Island and Indian ethnicities within local 

communities in order to greater drive participation through 

quality experiences. 

Over the past year we can report that through the six 

programmes embedded within The Auckland Approach to 

Community Sport, 460 development opportunities were 

provided for 3,800 coaches, and directly and indirectly more 

than 34,000 sport participants experienced a more positive 

sporting environment as a result. It was also pleasing to note 

that, in its annual review, Sport New Zealand has rated the 

coaching system within Auckland as world class for a third 

consecutive year.


2016/17 programme highlights include: 

Student Leadership Day 

Winner: New Zealand Recreation Association (NZRA) 

Outstanding Event of the Year 2016 

The inaugural student leadership day delivered by Aktive in 

partnership with the iSPORT Foundation won the Outstanding 

Event of the Year category at the 2016 NZRA awards. 

Performance Coach Advance (PCA) 

PCA is a national Sport New Zealand programme aiming 

to advance the innovation, creativity and performance of 

outstanding coaches in the performance coaching community. 

Now into its fourth year, 77 coaches from 19 National Sport 

Organisations are currently on the two year programme. 

Several participating coaches are starting to take national or 

regional roles in a variety of sports: 

- Marcus Wheelhouse - Coach of Ryan Fox (Golf) 

- Kiri Wills - appointed Head Coach of the Northern Stars 

(Netball) 

- Bruce Hunter - currently with the High Performance 

Tri New Zealand team 

- Ian Bright - Rowing New Zealand U19 Coach and newly 

appointed Assistant Coach of the Auckland Rowing Regional 

Performance Centre 

- Josh Schmidt - Rowing New Zealand U21 Coach and newly 

appointed Assistant Coach of the Southern Rowing Regional 

Performance Centre. 

Coach Evolve 

Coach Evolve is a generic coach development programme 

delivered by Aktive and its Regional Sports Trusts delivery 

partners. The programme targets coaches working in 

the development community, with the aim of producing 

positive change in their coaching practices to enable quality 

experiences for participants. 

Through a consultation process with Regional Sports 

Organisations, 52 development coaches from 22 sports were 

identified as candidates for Coach Evolve. Over the past year, 

this group has benefited from four workshops and follow 

up forums where key coaching concepts were outlined and 

discussed. 

about the power of teamwork and the importance of moral and 

performance character. 

The third year of TLC has seen the addition of Glendowie 

College, taking the number of schools involved to nine, with 

a further 12 schools expressing an interest to join. Principals 

and senior leaders are recognising the opportunity that 

exists in genuine leadership and character development, 

and understanding that for many students sport is the ideal 

learning environment to teach these key qualities. 

Highlights include: 

• The TLC lead at Rutherford College being appointed as 

the Play.Sport Activator for the school 

• Onehunga High School has started to plan for a year 9/10 

TLC Class that will teach leadership and character; the class 

is to be linked to the curriculum and will start in 2018 

• Over 14,000 students have been impacted by TLC from 

nine schools. 11 TLC trainers have been developed, nine 

Principals, 175 sport coaches and 200 teachers and senior 

staff have been involved in the TLC programme. 

Pathway to Podium (P2P) 

P2P is a nationwide athlete development programme that 

grows capability in emerging athletes who are identified as 

potential future winners on the world stage. The goal of P2P is 

to accelerate the learning of these athletes to ensure they are 

better prepared for the demands of high performance sport. 

Auckland is the largest P2P hub in the country. 

Highlights include: 

• 96 athletes accessed 138 individual consults, 20 workshops 

and over 1,153 hours of strength and conditioning support 

• Since inception, 50 athletes have transitioned from the 

Auckland P2P programme into the High Performance Sport 

New Zealand’s carded athlete system 

• Partner Recognition Event to acknowledge the significant 

value partner support plays in the programme 

• In the Sport New Zealand end of year survey over 90% of 

athletes rated the value of the Auckland programme as high 

or extremely high. 

Talent, Leadership & Character (TLC) 

TLC is framework that uses sport to develop strong, resilient 

leaders of character who excel in sport, school and life. TLC 

supports teachers, coaches, students and whanau to learn


SPACES & PLACES 

Aktive led the sector’s engagement in the Auckland Sports 

Sector: Facilities Priorities Plan. The project involved eight 

workshops with the sector across the year in conjuction with 

Local Board and major facility sessions. The final report and 

the methodology for prioritising major investment in individual 

codes will help advise funding decisions by Auckland Council 

and other funding sources moving forward. 

Aktive with Auckland Council, Sport New Zealand and the 

Ministry of Education, is part of the Community and Sport 

Partnerships project to establish protocols and good practice 

around unlocking school facilities for community use. 

The project also looks to improve joint planning and 

investments for shared use. 

Late in the year work commenced on a second hugely 

important piece for Auckland, an Indoor Courts Facility Plan. 

Aktive again leads engagement with the major codes utilising 

indoor court space where a shortfall in capacity is hindering 

growth in participation. 

Aktive has facilitated, chaired or participated in Auckland 

community sport or facility planning and implementation, 

for Netball, Rugby, League, Golf, Basketball, Hockey and 

Tennis. In each, a planned approach to facility development 

to meet shortfall in capacity is underway. Aktive played a lead 

role in bringing to fruition an additional Facilities Fund for Rugby 

League, based on Auckland’s hosting of the NRL Nines, and 

bringing $1 million of untagged funding from the NRL 

for facilities in Auckland. 

Over the year The Auckland Approach to Community Sport 

Regional Delivery Plan for Spaces & Places was developed, 

and is now being implemented by an Action Group. 

“Aktive - Auckland Sport & Recreation 

has been an important part of our future 

planning for golf within Auckland. 

They have been a critical partner in 

bringing multiple stakeholders 

together and facilitating the 

development of our long-term 

approach, adding significant 

value right throughout 

the process.” 

Carl Fenton, Sector Relationship Manager, 

New Zealand Golf

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ADVOCACY 

Aktive continues to lead advocacy for overall funding for 

facility development in Auckland, as well as being involved in 

implementation strategies and advocacy for headline individual 

major projects. Regional Sports Trusts are also involved at 

Local Board level on individual projects and in various Reserves 

Master Plans, and in submitting in detail to Local Board Plans 

for their areas. 


• Submission to Auckland Council’s Annual Plan, advocating 

for preservation of the forecasted general rates rise of 3.5% 

with proceeds to be directed to sports facilities, rather 

than accept the windfall of projected savings to reduce the 

increase to 2.5% 

• Continued work with and support of sector advocacy 

groups OneVoice and Healthy Auckland Together, along with 

the Auckland Sports Coalition, which is to transition to an 

Organised Sport Advisory Group 

• A refresh of the Auckland Sport and Recreation Strategic 

Action Plan has been completed 

• Submissions on behalf of the sector to Government working 

groups and commissions looking to review the Gambling Act 

and the Incorporated Societies Act. 

• Managing and hosting with AUT a Mayoral Debate on sport 

and recreation matters, featuring the six leading candidates 

for the Auckland Mayoralty election 2016


SUMMARY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

For the year ended 30 June 2017 

These Summary Financial Statements (pages 39 to 41) are an extract from the full, 

audited financial statements that are available within the full annual report on the 

Aktive website, www.aktive.org.nz 

DIRECTORY AS AT 30 JUNE 2017 

Nature of business 

To collaborate, set direction and provide 

regional leadership for Auckland’s sport and 

recreation communities. 

Charities Commission 

Registration Number 

CC49335 

Physical Address 

Sport Central,Ground Floor 

Eden 4 Building,14-18 Normanby Road 

Mount Eden 

Auckland 1024 

New Zealand 

Postal Address 

P O Box 67088, Mount Eden 

Auckland 1349 

New Zealand 

Chief Executive Officer 

Dr Sarah Sandley 

Board of Trustees 

Graham Child 

Raewyn Lovett (Chair) 

Eru Lyndon 

Peter Meehan 

Helen Robinson 

David Tse (appointed 31/10/2016) 

Joanne Wiggins


STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE REVENUE AND EXPENSE 


Notes 2017 2016 

REVENUE 

Revenue from non-exchange transactions 

KiwiSport funding 2,833,262 2,688,483 

Sport New Zealand other funding 5,311,247 4,465,715 

Other grants / non exchange contract revenue 2 2,610,508 2,661,059 

Total Revenue from non-exchange transactions 10,755,018 9,815,257 

Revenue from exchange transactions 

Other operating revenue - rendering of services 411,934 456,933 

Interest Received 107,070 91,759 

Total Revenue from exchange transactions 519,004 548,692 

TOTAL REVENUE 11,274,022 10,363,949 

EXPENSES 

Employee and volunteer related costs 3 1,803,823 1,607,222 

Functions and events 208 1,631 

Grants and donations made 3 8,065,418 7,273,210 

Depreciation and amortisation 7 81,903 61,692 

Interest expense 11,213 11,005 

Other expenses 3 1,868,201 1,577,597 

TOTAL EXPENSES 11,830,767 10,532,357 

Surplus/(Deficit) for the Year (556,745) (168,408) 

Other Comprehensive Revenue and Expenses - - 

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE REVENUE AND EXPENSES (556,745) (168,408) 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS / EQUITY 


Notes 2017 2016 

NET ASSETS / EQUITY 

Accumulated comprehensive revenue and expense 

Current Year Surplus / (Deficit) (556,745) (168,408) 

Retained Earnings 963,790 1,132,198 

Total Accumulated comprehensive revenue and expense 407,045 963,790 

Reserve fund for continued operations 

Opening Balance 10 100,000 100,000 

Total Reserve fund for continued operations 100,000 100,000 

TOTAL NET ASSETS / EQUITY 507,045 1,063,790 

These financial statements should be read in conjuction with the following ‘Statement of Accounting Policies’ and ‘Note of the Financial Statements.’


STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 

As at 30 June 2017 

Notes 30 JUN 2017 30 JUN 2016 

ASSETS 

Current Assets 

Cash and cash equivalents 5 447,114 3,147,183 

Short term investments 6 3,141,972 617,532 

Receivables from exchange contracts 53,437 55,919 

Receivables from non-exchange contracts 1,057,540 637,000 

Prepayments 14,899 71,609 

Total Current Assets 4,714,961 4,529,243 

Non-Current Assets 

Property, Plant and Equipment 7 222,564 215,990 

Total Non-Current Assets 222,564 215,990 

TOTAL ASSETS 4,937,525 4,745,233 

LIABILITIES 

Current Liabilities 

Trade and other payables - from exchange contracts 710,146 465,548 

Employee benefits 62,422 52,332 

Loans and borrowings - short term portion 9 63,771 47,156 

Income in advance 8 3,524,906 3,041,759 

Total Current Liabilities 4,361,245 3,606,794 

Non-Current Liabilities 

Loans and borrowings 9 69,235 74,649 

Total Non-Current Liabilities 69,235 74,649 

Total Liabilities 4,430,480 3,681,443 

NET ASSETS 507,045 1,063,790 

EQUITY 

Accumulated comprehensive revenue and expense 407,045 963,790 

Reserve fund for continued operations 10 100,000 100,000 

TOTAL EQUITY 507,045 1,063,790 

These financial statements should be read in conjuction with the following ‘Statement of Accounting Policies’ and ‘Note of the Financial Statements.’


KIWISPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

For the year ended 30 June 2017


KIWISPORT 2016/2017 REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP FUND 

REGIONAL KIWISPORT FUNDING 

Aktive - Auckland Sport & Recreation 

Brought Forward Unallocated KiwiSport Funds 

KiwiSport Grants 29,317 

Interest/Other 0 

Total 29,317 

Additional funding in year 

KiwiSport Grants - September 2016 588,236 

Interest/Other allocations in year 0 

Total funds available for distribution in 2016/17 funding round 

617,533 (A) 

Application of above funds: 

New applications - granted and paid in year 153,050 

New applications - granted and payment due 331,753 

Total new applications funded (refer listing below) 

484,803 (B) 

Difference; unallocated funds carried forward (A) less (B) 132,750 

Application of KiwiSport funds 

Auckland Softball 47,500 

International Taekwon-Do New Zealand 69,200 

Netball Northern 103,983 

Parafed Auckland 59,100 

Swimming New Zealand 150,000 

Tennis Auckland 55,020 

Total of new applications funded 484,803


LOCAL KIWISPORT FUNDING 

Counties Manukau Sport 

Brought Forward Unallocated KiwiSport Funds (from Annual Accounts) 

KiwiSport Grants 256,953 

Interest/Other 14,960 

Total 271,913 



Interest/Other allocations in year 27,149 


1,167,631 (A) 





998,336 (B) 



AFF Franklin United 40,000 

AFL New Zealand 21,940 

Auckland Basketball Services and Counties Manukau Basketball 70,000 

Athletics New Zealand 9,940 

Auckland Softball Association 26,400 

Bucklands Beach Yacht Club 18,090 

Clevedon Tennis 8,800 

Counties Manukau Badminton 33,500 

Counties Manukau Cricket 44,300 

Counties Manukau Hockey 32,600 

Counties Manukau Orienteering Club (Inc) 31,000 

Counties Manukau Rugby League 45,000 

Counties Manukau Tennis 4,110 

Cycling New Zealand and Counties Manukau Sport 84,240 

Mangere Principals Association 144,440 

Mangere Otahuhu Primary Sport -32,970 

Manurewa Primary Sport -31,110 

Manurewa Principals Association 119,740 

Mountfort Park Water Polo Club 8,350 

New Zealand Flag Football 5,000 

Otara Rugby League Football Club 5,000 

Papakura Principals Group 102,500 

Papakura Netball Centre 31,000 

Papakura Primary Sport -8,730 

Papatoetoe Cricket Club 19,000 

Papatoetoe Gym Sports 20,700 

Papatoetoe S&C Charitable Trust 5,000 

Second Nature Charitable Trust 52,245 

SNAG Golf New Zealand 12,000 

Southern Districts Hockey Club 17,250 

Squash Auckland 14,400 

Te Puru Community Charitable Trust 12,000 

Touch New Zealand 32,600 




Harbour Sport 


KiwiSport Grants 0 


Total 0 



Interest/Other allocations in year 30,501 


570,806 (A) 


New applications - granted and paid in year 127,177 



467,527 (B) 



ActivAsian - Get Set Go 154,690 

AFL New Zealand Female Pathway Alignment 29,990 

Albany Senior High School 85,000 

Auckland Diving - Youth Participation 15,000 

Bowls North Harbour Collegiate Programme 15,000 

Coach Support Initiative Project 40,000 

Fast Fund - Sundry 3,000 

Inter Volleyball 22,000 

Kaipatiki Basketball 22,000 

Kumeu Junior Cricket 14,960 

North Shore Filipino - Spike/Spin/Smash 5,000 

Rodney Sport Development 6,908 

Schools Athletics Development Programme 15,083 

Secondary School - New Participants 7,000 

Tennis Northern Hot Shots 22,000 




Sport Auckland 




Total 190,937 





797,850 (A) 





765,601 (B) 






Athletics New Zealand 75,820 

Athletics New Zealand 17,820 

Auckland Basketball 34,070 

Auckland Football 10,000 

Auckland Hockey 49,490 

Auckland Hockey 21,100 

Auckland Lacrosse Association 18,154 

Auckland Netball 20,980 

Auckland Orienteering 1,560 

Auckland Orienteering 31,750 

Auckland Rugby League 2,500 



Baseball New Zealand 4,450 

Black Sands Triathlon Club 10,150 

Glendowie College 20,000 

Gym Kids 5,135 

International Taekwon-Do New Zealand 75,424 

Mt Roskill Grammar School 10,000 

Mt Roskill Grammar School 10,000 

North Harbour Volleyball 23,200 

North Harbour Volleyball 280 

OnBoard Skate Inc 23,400 

Onehunga High School 16,700 

Orakei Tennis Club 4,990 

Renaissance School of Dance 71,760 

SNAG Golf New Zealand 13,100 

St Paul’s College 14,000 

Tennis Auckland 20,510 


Tri Star Gymnastics 20,000 

Tri Star Gymnastics 55,920 

Western Springs Football Club 3,000 




Sport Waitakere 




Total 98,268 





435,428 (A) 


New applications - granted and paid in year 173,099 



321,398 (B) 



Blockhouse Bay Primary / Sport Waitakere 50,932 

Footsteps 2,500 

Green Bay High School / Sport Waitakere 42,823 

Kumeu Cricket Club 3,150 

Massey High School / Sport Waitakere 22,034 

Northern Football Federation 9,240 


Waitakere Regional Hokey Turf Trust 4,686 

Waitemata Rugby Football and Sports Club 24,800 

Waitemata Table Tennis 4,840 

YMCA - Massey Leisure Centre 3,540 

Total of new applications funded 173,099

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