Annual Report 2021

Sport Auckland remains a committed partner to the collective
we are in with Aktive, Harbour Sport, Sport Waitakere and
CLM Community Sport. Aktive plays a significant role for
our Trust as they continue to be one of our key funders as
well as a cornerstone partner under the Auckland Approach
to Community Sport. Our Board has a very strong, healthy
working relationship with the Aktive Board and we thank
their Chair, Graham Child, for his continued trust and support
of us.
Earlier this year we bid farewell to Aktive’s inaugural CEO,
Dr Sarah Sandley, and we take this opportunity to sincerely
acknowledge and thank Sarah for the significant contribution
she made for our sector in Auckland since Aktive’s inception
in 2013. Jennah Wootten has been appointed to succeed
Sarah as Aktive’s new CEO and we look forward to working
closely with Jennah over the coming years.
We would like to acknowledge the support we have
received throughout the year from Sarah Dunning. Sarah
is Aktive’s Sport New Zealand Relationship Manager but
always gives her time to our whole collective Group. Sarah’s
strategic thinking, intel and sage advice has been very much
appreciated by us all here in Auckland.
This year, on behalf of Sport New Zealand and Aktive, we
were entrusted to be one of the distributors of the new Tū
Manawa Active Aotearoa Fund. It was really pleasing to see
that we deployed all our allocated $997,969 this year into
our community for the benefit of our tamariki and rangatahi.
It was also pleasing to see the variety of organisations
who stepped up and delivered the play, sport and active
recreation initiatives within our communities. We
look forward to continuing these partnerships and
oversight of the fund in the Central and South
East regions of Auckland again during the 2021-
2022 financial year.
Our sincere thanks are also extended to our IT
support company Softsource Ltd, our website
provider Sporty and West City Auto Group.
Soft Source helped us enormously this year
to upgrade our information technology and
move our business to Microsoft 365. Likewise,
Sporty have been a fantastic supporter and
web provider of ours for many years now
and 2021 saw them look after the build and
hosting of our first ever Customer Relationship
Management (CRM) system. It has been a breath
of fresh air. West City Auto Group have been our
motor vehicle supplier for several years now and
continue to look after our fleet requirements while
providing us with an excellent on-going service. We thank
all three organisations for what they do for us to keep our
charitable work on-going. Nothing is ever a problem when
dealing with these three valued partners.
And so ends another extraordinary financial year in Sport
Auckland’s history. Throughout the remainder of this Annual
Report, you will see exactly what we have achieved. The team
has done some amazing work in the spaces of Health and
Wellness, Sector Support, KoriKori (Young People), Healthy
Active Learning, Youth Sports, ActivAsian and Pasifika
work. We have worked with sports organisations, churches,
schools, community organisations, community health
partners and Local Boards. We look back and reflect on this
work, in partnership and collaboration with our stakeholders
and communities, with a great sense of pride. And we look
forward to continuing our servant leadership role on behalf
of our communities. Through our collaboration, partnering
and alignment with all our funders and stakeholders we have
helped over 28,000 Aucklanders this year and eagerly look
forward to working with everyone again to ensure there is
equal opportunity for all, to live healthy active lives.
Kia Kaha, Arohanui
Andrew Williams, Chair
Mike Elliott, CEO
our trustees work
During this financial year two Trustees, Chad Paraone and Mace Ward,
tendered their resignations due to their increasing work commitments. At
the time of their resignations (21 October 2020); our Chair thanked both
for their service and dedication to their Trustee roles on behalf of Sport
Auckland and wished them both well for the future.
Three new Trustees joined the Board on 24 February 2021, being Kelly
Williams, Boaz Moala and Junior Fiu. Junior Fiu was granted a dispensation
for the meetings held in March, May and June due to a change in his work
conditions and Mark Rice was granted dispensation for 3 meetings.
The Board met 8 times during the year and the AGM was conducted on 24
February 2021.
TRUSTEE
MEETINGS
ATTENDED
Andrew Williams - Chair 8
Dianne Lasenby - Treasurer 6
Gaye Bryham 7
Brendon O’Connor 7
Mark Rice (Dispensation for 3 meetings) 5
Chad Paraone (Resigned 21 October 2020) 3
Mace Ward (Resigned 21 October 2020) 4
Kelly Williams (Appointed 24 February 2021) 4
Boaz Moala (Appointed 24 February 2021) 3
Junior Fiu (Dispensation for 3 meetings) 1
As part of their Governance role during this financial year the Board:
• Set their annual workplan;
• Approved the 2020-2021 annual budget;
• Received and actioned the Management Letter from Auditors;
• Held responsibility for the 2020-2024 Strategic Plan;
• Managed and anticipated business risk;
• Connected risk to strategy;
• Managed the Health and Safety risks and overall Health and
Wellbeing of staff;
• Held oversight of the Business Continuity Plan (BCP) during
lockdowns;
• Conducted the AGM on 24 February 2021;
• Continued with the Good Governance Mark accreditation
process;
• Appointed 3 new Trustees to the Board;
• Approved the deployment of $997,969 of Tū Manawa Active
Aotearoa Funding into the community;
• Approved the capital expenditure on the Information Technology
upgrade and new CRM system;
• Approved the investment of $40,000 from Reserves back into
two community projects as part of the Working Together Fund;
• Approved the Work From Home policy and updated Motor Vehicle
policy.
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