Annual Report 2019_20

CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S REPORT
Harbour Sport has
continued to be a key
community connecter
during the strange times
that have enveloped the
world during the past 10
months because of the
onset of the deadly Covid
19 virus.
We have managed to
remain in touch with, and delivering to the
community, either physically as the Lockdown
stages allowed, or via Teams, Zoom, emails and
phone to ensure that those that need us are being
appropriately catered for.
Despite the trials and tribulations caused by Covid
19 and fact that community sport and recreation
was badly affected and in some cases completely
shut down, our team have continued to work hard
to achieve the Harbour Sport strategic vision of
having a community that is physically active for life.
Our stated strategic focus of working closely with
young people and targeted populations including,
Maori, Pasifika and Asian remain key priorities
along with providing advocacy, expertise,
investment and support to the community in a
wider sense. We also continue working alongside
our older and less able community members
through our Green Prescription and Strength and
Balance programmes. In January this year along
with our Auckland RST partners, Harbour Sport
rolled out the new Healthy Active Learning pilot
programme which is a joint initiative between the
Ministries of Health and Education and Sport New
Zealand HAL will provide all schools and early
learning settings with new resources ranging from
new guidelines to health promotion staff and
physical activity advisors.
The community remains at the heart of everything
Harbour Sport does. We work closely with the local
people and are cognisant of the changing
demographics of our region across all aspects of
what we deliver.
We enjoy strong and enduring commercial
partnerships with our vehicle provider, Honda and
principally with Joe Bond at Honda New Zealand
and Frans Labuschagne at Honda North Shore.
They are great supporters of our organisation.
Massey University are also strong, long term
supporters and Rod Grove is the key to that.
Martin Cooper, Louisa Loughran, Hiria Kayes and
the team at Harcourts Cooper and Co are also
fantastic commercial partners. Martin continues to
maintain a wide range of partnerships across the
North Shore and his passion for the region is
always greatly appreciated. O?Neill?s have also
continued as our official apparel partner
throughout 2020 and we are very pleased to have
them on board.
The likes of Sports Distributors, Tass Print, CUBE,
The Hits and Shoe Science are all very proactive
partners whose generosity enable us to widen our
community reach considerably.
We have also received much needed grant funding
from the following Gaming Trusts and we thank
them sincerely:
The Lion Foundation, NZ Community Trust, Blue
Sky Trust, Birkenhead Licencing Trust, North and
South Trust and Four Winds Foundation.
In addition, we receive generous ongoing funding
from Foundation North which is specifically
targeted at key initiatives within our ActivAsian and
Pasifika programmes, our key contact Audry
McLaren is a pleasure to deal with.
My thanks also go to the Waitemata District Health
Board and ACC whose ongoing faith in our
organisation to deliver key programmes in the
community we value and appreciate.
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