Annual Report 2019_20

Our Green Prescription team went through a
stringent DHB audit process at the beginning of
2020 and the fact that they passed with flying
colours is a testament to the close bond and high
level of professionalism of that team along with the
excellent leadership from Jason Edmonds and
Sarah Chieng.
ACC have recently announced that our Strength
and Balance programme will be funded for a
further eighteen months from the beginning of
2020 which is great news for our older community.
I wish to thank each of our delivery partners across
the city led by Sarah Sandley (Aktive), Mike Elliott
(Sport Auckland), Craig Carter (CLM), Lynette Adams
(Sport Waitakere) and Russell Preston (Counties
Manukau Sport). Each of them is a pleasure to deal
with and it continues to be a help to me that they
all freely share their knowledge and expertise as
longer serving members of the RST community in
the greater Auckland region.
I also wish to acknowledge the fine contribution
made by the staff Senior Leadership team of
Richard Casutt, Lisa Price, Laurinda Howarth, Jason
Edmonds, Kerri Moran, Paula McGregor, Miguel
Gallardo and Kylie McGrigor. Their leadership and
connectedness to the various teams within our
staff and to the community as a whole as we have
continuously moved in and out of the various Covid
19 Lockdown levels throughout the year has been
the key to the organisation weathering the difficult
times we have faced in a changed world.
My sincere thanks go to the Board of Harbour
Sport, led by an excellent Chair in Malcolm Allan.
Malcolm has continued to do a fine job in polishing
the governance side of our organisation and has
led the Board through the Sport NZ Governance
101 process and really established a sound and
connected relationship with the Harbour Sport
staff, particularly in these difficult times for the
world. Unfortunately, due to work and family
commitments, Former Black Stick Olympian Beth
Smith stepped away from the Board during the
year and was replaced as Deputy Chair in June by
Bridget Leonard who has filled the role very
capably. I also wish to sincerely thank the other
Board members, Patrick Gale, Paul Seo, Leah
Lazarus and James Kemp for their guidance and
support.
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James has done a fine job as Chair of the Audit, Risk
and Finance Committee and has been a great
source of help and advice to Lisa Price through the
transitional process with the monthly accounts.
Each member of the Board has made a valued
contribution to the organisation through the recent
difficult times and have collectively been a strong
and constant presence as we support the Harbour
Sports Council to undertake a much needed and
long overdue review of sports administration and
funding in the greater Auckland region. Recently,
the above members were joined by Ana Aitcheson,
Bevan Miles and Maria Sopoaga who will each bring
a varied skill set. We are fortunate to have a Board
that is a very diverse one with a wide range of skills,
community connections and passion for the work
we do.
Finally, I am proud of the Harbour Sport Staff who
have continued to set a very high standard in
delivery to our communities throughout the most
challenging year professionally and personally the
world has faced for several generations. The fact
that our organisation has had virtually no staff
turnover for the period covered by this annual
report speaks volumes for our organisation?s
culture and the passion for their role that each
member of Harbour Sport brings to their work. We
enjoy significant diversity throughout our
organisation which just adds to the ability to deliver
our many and varied key community initiatives.
To the Board and Staff at Harbour Sport,
congratulations on a job well done in 2019/20.
We have a great deal of activity going on and 2021
will bring a new Strategic Plan for the future along
with some anticipated challenges caused by the
ongoing effects of the Covid 19 global pandemic.
However, there is also a lot of enjoyment and
collective camaraderie amongst us and long may
that continue. You are all making a difference to
many people?s lives in our region and you should
be proud of that. It is a pleasure and a privilege to
work with each of you.
Lets?all look forward to a happy, healthy and active
2020 / 21 year!
Kia pai te oranga o te iwi e tenei ra
Let the wellness of the people begin today.
Mike Bishop
Chief Executive