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INTER<br />
TIVE<br />
AKTIVE’S E-MAGAZINE<br />
TŪ MANAWA<br />
ACTIVE AOTEAROA<br />
SHOWCASE<br />
2020-<strong>2024</strong> Wrap<br />
<strong>2024</strong>-2028 Next Steps
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CONTENTS<br />
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03 Kia Ora and welcome ><br />
05 Let’s Talk Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active<br />
Aotearoa 2020-<strong>2024</strong> ><br />
07 Case Studies ><br />
08 Junky Monkeys ><br />
11 New Zealand Police ><br />
14 Circability Trust ><br />
17 Bowls Auckland ><br />
20 Roll on Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active<br />
Aotearoa <strong>2024</strong>-2028 ><br />
22 Application process update ><br />
23 Here to help ><br />
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KIA ORA<br />
Welcome to the latest issue of <strong>InterAktive</strong>, which sees us<br />
celebrate four years of Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa, look<br />
at the difference it’s making in communities and share the<br />
details for the next phase of this funding, including how to<br />
make an application.<br />
With Jennah Wootten<br />
Chief Executive Aktive<br />
Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active<br />
Aotearoa is an activation<br />
fund provided by Sport New Zealand that<br />
supports tamariki (aged 5 to 11 years)<br />
and rangatahi (aged 12 to 18 years),<br />
particularly those that are less active, to<br />
access quality play, active recreation, or<br />
sport opportunities of their choice in their<br />
community or school and kura.<br />
The meaning behind the words is<br />
Tū – ‘to stand’ and <strong>Manawa</strong> –<br />
‘breath.’<br />
In the context of play, active recreation<br />
and sport, the name calls all New Zealanders<br />
to live Sport New Zealand’s vision - ‘Every<br />
Body Active.’ In Tāmaki Makaurau, the fund<br />
is carefully and proudly managed, on Sport<br />
New Zealand’s behalf, by Aktive, CLM<br />
Community Sport, Harbour Sport, Sport<br />
Auckland and Sport Waitākere.<br />
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KIA ORA AND WELCOME<br />
Since its introduction in July 2020,<br />
Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa has benefited<br />
many communities across Tāmaki Makaurau.<br />
In this issue of <strong>InterAktive</strong>, we share key<br />
numbers from 2020 - <strong>2024</strong> and some<br />
interesting and very different case studies<br />
which showcase the impact of this funding.<br />
We also share details around the next<br />
phase of Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa,<br />
including the introduction of a registration<br />
form to make the application process<br />
easier and a multi-year funding option.<br />
As we look to the next phase of Tū <strong>Manawa</strong><br />
Active Aotearoa funding, there is a clear<br />
connection with Aktive’s <strong>2024</strong>-2028<br />
Strategic Plan >. Our mahi continues to<br />
be underpinned by an equity approach<br />
to ensure our investment and efforts are<br />
centred on people and communities that<br />
are missing out, specifically tamariki and<br />
rangatahi who are under-active or where<br />
historic inequities exist.<br />
Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa will continue<br />
to make an encouraging difference and<br />
represents a significant opportunity<br />
for community organisations to have<br />
a positive impact on the wellbeing of<br />
tamariki and rangatahi through the<br />
provision of quality sport and physical<br />
activity opportunities.<br />
We again thank Sport New Zealand for<br />
its vision and support of this unique fund,<br />
and acknowledge our partners CLM<br />
Community Sport, Harbour Sport, Sport<br />
Auckland and Sport Waitākere who help<br />
bring Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa to life<br />
across Auckland. As we often say, we are<br />
stronger and can achieve more for Tāmaki<br />
Makaurau and Aucklanders when we work<br />
with others.<br />
Ngā mihi<br />
Jennah Wootten<br />
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LET’S SHOWCASE<br />
TŪ MANAWA ACTIVE AOTEAROA<br />
2020-<strong>2024</strong><br />
From its launch in July 2020 to June<br />
<strong>2024</strong>, Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa was<br />
all about providing quality opportunities<br />
that were accessible and creating a lifelong<br />
love of being active.<br />
This saw us welcome applications from a wide<br />
range of organisations that provide play, active<br />
recreation and sport opportunities for tamariki<br />
and rangatahi, particularly for those that are<br />
less active. These groups included:<br />
• Children and young people in higher<br />
deprivation communities<br />
• Girls and young women (aged 5 to 24 years)<br />
• Disabled children and young people (aged 5<br />
to 18 years).<br />
TŪ MANAWA ACTIVE AOTEAROA<br />
2020-<strong>2024</strong> SNAPSHOT<br />
$20,569,448.00<br />
distributed across Tāmaki Makaurau<br />
1,258 approved projects<br />
Over 560,000<br />
participants<br />
Over 500 organisations supported<br />
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LET’S SHOWCASE TŪ MANAWA ACTIVE AOTEAROA 2020-<strong>2024</strong><br />
Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa<br />
2020-<strong>2024</strong> in action<br />
Click here to see how Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active<br />
Aotearoa made a positive difference across<br />
communities in Auckland over this period ><br />
Participants<br />
Let’s have a closer look at our Tū <strong>Manawa</strong><br />
Active Aotearoa 2020-<strong>2024</strong> participants*:<br />
Tamariki<br />
401,354<br />
Rangatahi<br />
227,269<br />
Young women and girls<br />
(aged 5 to 24 years)<br />
75,508<br />
Disabled tamariki<br />
and/or rangatahi<br />
97,820<br />
Māori<br />
206,617<br />
DELIVERY<br />
These participants were involved<br />
in a range of delivery activities:<br />
Play<br />
189<br />
15%<br />
Active<br />
Recreation<br />
628<br />
50%<br />
Sport<br />
441<br />
35%<br />
*These figures are based on expected participant numbers.<br />
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CASE STUDIES<br />
Some of our Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa 2020-<strong>2024</strong><br />
funded organisations have shared their experience<br />
JUNKY MONKEYS ><br />
NEW ZEALAND POLICE ><br />
CIRCABILITY TRUST ><br />
BOWLS AUCKLAND ><br />
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PLAYING WITH JUNK<br />
IN TĀMAKI MAKAURAU<br />
TŪ MANAWA ACTIVE AOTEAROA<br />
CASE STUDY:<br />
JUNKY MONKEYS<br />
In today’s world of highly structured<br />
learning and technology-driven<br />
entertainment, fostering creativity<br />
and imagination in children through<br />
free play is more crucial than ever.<br />
The team at Junky Monkeys is on a mission<br />
to make this a reality across Tāmaki Makaurau<br />
Auckland, with support from Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active<br />
Aotearoa funding and Aktive to help young<br />
people play with…junk.<br />
Junk play involves using every day, discarded<br />
objects – known as ‘loose parts’ – to inspire<br />
imaginative play, offering a refreshing balance<br />
to the structured activities and screen time that<br />
dominate many children’s lives.<br />
Children have been discovering and playing<br />
with discarded junk for centuries. However,<br />
the term ‘loose parts’ was coined by architect<br />
Simon Nicholson in the 1970s. While designing<br />
a playground, Nicholson established that<br />
incorporating more open-ended resources<br />
provided greater opportunities for creativity,<br />
innovation, and problem-solving skills.<br />
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Junky Monkeys has been running open-ended<br />
play experiences in schools and community<br />
events and supporting schools in activating their<br />
own loose parts programmes since 2017.<br />
Kate Webber, a director and play coach at<br />
Junky Monkeys, says her organisation provides<br />
opportunities for rangatahi and tamariki to play<br />
“like kids used to play, before screens and busy<br />
schedules got in the way.”<br />
Think back to climbing trees, making go-carts,<br />
building huts, having stick fights, and creating<br />
make-believe shops. It’s the kind of play that is<br />
active, creative, and collaborative.<br />
Loose parts can include anything from natural<br />
materials like rocks, shells and branches, to<br />
household items (empty boxes and fabric scraps)<br />
or building materials (wood, PVC pipes and<br />
tiles). There are no limits – it’s all about letting<br />
imaginations run free.<br />
Kate says kids spend their time in the Kickstarter<br />
programme free playing. “Lots of kids build huts<br />
or enclosures or get dressed up and pretend<br />
to be anything from soldiers to insurance sales<br />
people.”<br />
“We’re an open-ended programme,” says Kate.<br />
“We don’t say, ‘you’ve got to do this, or you got<br />
to make that.’ We really want the kids to have<br />
the freedom to move around when and where<br />
they want. Our number one rule is creating an<br />
open space that the kids can have fun in.”<br />
Junky Monkeys offers schools and community<br />
groups the opportunity to take part in oneoff<br />
play days, or a ‘Kickstarter’ programme for<br />
schools that are ready to kickstart their own<br />
loose parts offering or breathe life into the one<br />
they already have.<br />
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“The feedback we receive through the school<br />
community is that the kids have had such a great<br />
day at school, and they’ve been talking about<br />
Junky Monkeys non-stop since our sessions,<br />
which is great.”<br />
Aktive supported Junky Monkeys through the<br />
process of applying for funding through Tū<br />
<strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa, including encouraging<br />
the organisation to extend the programme from<br />
one-off play days which it previously funded to<br />
introducing the Kickstarter programme to more<br />
schools.<br />
The kids also take part in ‘risky’ play, Kate<br />
continues. “There are lots of benefits to risky play.<br />
[Society has] gone a bit too far in stopping our<br />
kids taking safe risks, so they don’t know what a<br />
good risk is versus a bad risk.<br />
“We’re creating a safe environment for them to<br />
take little risks, so that when they get older, they<br />
can recognise those physical cues of a good risk<br />
versus a bad risk.”<br />
Funding through Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa<br />
was provided via Aktive and has allowed Junky<br />
Monkeys to extend its Kickstarter programme<br />
across Auckland. This funding has allowed the<br />
organisation to visit 20 schools across Auckland<br />
and run sessions for around 6,000 kids.<br />
Kate says: “[Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa funding]<br />
has allowed us to go to schools that haven’t<br />
been able to afford for us to run the programme<br />
and helped us go back to schools that have had<br />
sessions previously and want to embed their own<br />
loose play programmes.”<br />
“I’m crossing my fingers that we might be able<br />
to get more funding to keep it going for some<br />
schools in the future and introduce [loose parts<br />
play] to new schools. I’m really grateful for what<br />
Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa and Aktive have<br />
enabled us to do.”<br />
Junky Monkeys works with teachers to help<br />
them prepare for the programme, providing<br />
support and advice so the programme runs<br />
smoothly on the day, and resources to help<br />
teachers implement loose parts play in their<br />
schools and keep the momentum going on<br />
their own.<br />
“The majority of kids adore the programme,” says<br />
Kate. “We get lots of them asking ‘are you coming<br />
back tomorrow? Can you come back every day?’<br />
They get so much creative freedom, and it’s<br />
outside the norm of sitting in a classroom.”<br />
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BACK IN THE GAME<br />
EMPOWERING YOUTH<br />
THROUGH SPORT<br />
TŪ MANAWA ACTIVE AOTEAROA<br />
CASE STUDY:<br />
NZ POLICE<br />
Sport is a powerful way of helping<br />
young people to realise their potential,<br />
giving them a positive outlet to use<br />
their energy and time.<br />
Inspector Aron McKeown, Waitematā Youth<br />
and Community Manager, NZ Police knows this<br />
better than most.<br />
Aron has spent the last two years leading the<br />
Waitematā District response to ‘at risk’ youth,<br />
where he’s seen the power of sport and<br />
recreation in preventing crime and reducing<br />
reoffending first-hand.<br />
“Many young people in Auckland and across<br />
New Zealand, particularly those in socioeconomically<br />
disadvantaged areas, face challenges<br />
that increase their risk of engaging in criminal<br />
activities,” says Aron. “They have limited<br />
opportunities, and a lack of positive role models.”<br />
“I’ve always been a really big advocate for getting<br />
kids back into sport. It teaches important skills<br />
like discipline, teamwork, and perseverance. By<br />
being involved, young people are less likely to<br />
get into trouble, and more likely to build strong<br />
relationships and a healthy lifestyle.”<br />
To help harness the positive benefits of sport,<br />
NZ Police has formed an innovative partnership<br />
with Aktive and Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa,<br />
promoting sports participation to help young<br />
people develop themselves and stay out of trouble.<br />
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This initiative sees NZ Police in partnership<br />
with iwi, the community and other government<br />
agencies working directly with at-risk youth<br />
and their whānau who have recently offended<br />
to identify opportunities for them to become<br />
involved in sport.<br />
A successful application to Aktive for funding<br />
through Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa, has seen<br />
Aktive helping administer the funding on NZ<br />
Police’s behalf. Aron says this funding has been<br />
used to pay fees or provide the gear young<br />
people need to take part in sport.<br />
“We have to listen to what the whānau needs are<br />
and meet those needs as best we can. Listening<br />
creates trust and respect: we have amazing<br />
stories from sergeants who have told us that<br />
previously whānau didn’t want anything to do<br />
with them, and now they’re being invited into<br />
their homes.”<br />
The programme has provided participants with<br />
skills to be physically active, improved their<br />
access to culture and language, and improved<br />
their confidence and sense of belonging in their<br />
communities.<br />
“We’re in a really cool space to be able to identify<br />
youth that desperately need support, that aren’t<br />
being picked up by anybody else,” says Aron.<br />
“It doesn’t take much to give young people a<br />
mouthguard, a rugby ball and pay their fees – it<br />
has a great impact on their whānau too, who<br />
often get involved as well.”<br />
The role of whānau in this programme is vital<br />
Aron continues, with NZ Police working with<br />
whānau to identify what activities will have the<br />
biggest positive impact for their rangatahi.<br />
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The results are impressive: since the programme<br />
was founded in 2022, 45 young people have<br />
been assisted to take part in sports including<br />
waka ama, equestrian, kick boxing, basketball,<br />
football, boxing and rugby. To date, 82% of<br />
these participants haven’t re-offended.<br />
One of many success stories created through this<br />
programme has seen NZ Police working with a<br />
start-up programme to help reduce offending,<br />
based around gym sessions run by mentors and<br />
NZ Police youth aid officers.<br />
“We started with eight high risk young people,<br />
one of which was facing over 40 active charges<br />
in the Youth Court including serious offending,”<br />
says Aron. “The [young people] have been on the<br />
program for five months now and none of them<br />
have reoffended.<br />
“Several of them have re-engaged in school and<br />
joined the school rugby team. The funding has<br />
been invaluable to support the programme and<br />
the [young people] into a more positive lifestyle,<br />
away from anti-social behaviour and crime.<br />
“The figures speak for themselves and the stories<br />
like these, of which there are many, speak for<br />
themselves.”<br />
Aron concludes that “If Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active<br />
Aotearoa funding wasn’t there, we’d have real<br />
trouble getting these kids back into sport. This<br />
programme has transformed lives and built<br />
healthier, more resilient communities.”<br />
“It’s empowered at-risk youth to reach their full<br />
potential and contribute to society, and we would<br />
love to expand this initiative New Zealand wide.<br />
We’re empowering young people through sport,<br />
getting them back in the game.”<br />
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A SOCIAL CIRCUS<br />
FOR EVERYONE<br />
TŪ MANAWA ACTIVE AOTEAROA<br />
CASE STUDY:<br />
CIRCABILITY TRUST<br />
The magic of the circus has captivated<br />
audiences, young and old, for<br />
generations. That magic has now<br />
extended across Tāmaki Makaurau<br />
Auckland and other regions thanks to<br />
a world-leading circus play programme<br />
that encourages active play and the joy<br />
of discovery for all.<br />
Since 2012, Circability Trust has been using<br />
circus arts for social good, spreading the<br />
enchantment of the circus across schools and<br />
community organisations in Auckland, Northland,<br />
Bay of Plenty and Canterbury.<br />
Circability Trust uses traditional and adapted<br />
circus props to engage students of all abilities<br />
in fun, inclusive activities that build confidence,<br />
teamwork, and a love for physical activity.<br />
Benefits for participants include fitness, health,<br />
strength, balance, and coordination.<br />
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Activities include object manipulation (such<br />
as juggling, spinning plates, poi), body balance<br />
(unicycle, tightrope walking, rollabola), and the<br />
art of performing. Cultural inclusivity is also a<br />
priority, with tutors incorporating Matauranga<br />
Māori and starting and finishing classes with<br />
karakia.<br />
Thomas says that after settling on a programme<br />
– which can be changed at short notice to<br />
suit the “mood of the room” on the day –<br />
experienced tutors and facilitators teach classes<br />
using a “three step process.”<br />
“We start with the individual, with everybody<br />
learning the same activity and seeing how others<br />
are doing it. Then [young people] team up with<br />
somebody, working in a small group. And then in<br />
the end, we do something as a whole – playing,<br />
engaging, and performing as a group.”<br />
With support from Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa<br />
and Aktive, the Circability Trust’s programmes<br />
have been able to reach an even wider audience<br />
of budding circus performers.<br />
Thanks to this support, Circability has been<br />
able to work with a range of disabled and nondisabled<br />
school age students, from primary<br />
through to high school. Classes have also been<br />
held in schools in low decile areas or areas of<br />
financial or social deprivation.<br />
Activities are designed to be accessible, making it<br />
possible for every participant to achieve success.<br />
Classes are about inspiring fun and laughter, and<br />
encouraging young people to try new things<br />
in a safe, supportive environment.<br />
Mark Williams, Circability Auckland’s Hub<br />
Manager, says Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa and<br />
Aktive’s support has helped the Trust “deliver ten<br />
sessions in schools each week for the first two<br />
terms of the school year, ramping up to 14 per<br />
week in the second half of <strong>2024</strong>. We’ve been<br />
able to do more thanks to this help.”<br />
Thomas Hinz, Circability Trust’s Programme<br />
Director, describes the Trust’s work as being a<br />
“social circus” where tutors tailor activities to the<br />
needs and abilities of participants.<br />
“First, we identify the social needs of the people<br />
we’re teaching, which are different for each<br />
group. Then we match those needs with the best<br />
activities to create a programme that will benefit<br />
[the student] most, as well as their communities.”<br />
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This support has also helped Circability Trust to<br />
develop training and employment opportunities<br />
for individuals who are passionate about social<br />
circus – particularly those with lived experience<br />
in disability and high needs communities.<br />
“We match our circus tutors with community<br />
engagement facilitators, who are people coming<br />
out of our classes that we can see are born<br />
performers,” adds Thomas. “They have lived<br />
experience with the groups we’re working with,<br />
and they’re also passionate about making things<br />
work. We thought, ‘why not create a pathway for<br />
them to join our team?’, so that’s what we did.”<br />
Thomas says the feedback from the Circability<br />
Trust’s programmes have been “amazing. Our<br />
hope is that kids gain an increased love of being<br />
active, become healthier, stronger, and fitter,<br />
and are more receptive to trying other forms of<br />
activity or exercise beyond our programmes.<br />
“The purpose is for participants to have an<br />
opportunity to be active through play, in a fun,<br />
non-competitive, yet challenging way.”<br />
Circability Trust’s commitment to inclusivity<br />
and adaptability means that every participant,<br />
regardless of their background or abilities, feels<br />
valued and capable. This approach not only<br />
builds physical skills, but also fosters a sense of<br />
community and belonging – proving that the<br />
magic of the circus can transform lives and create<br />
lasting positive change.<br />
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RANGATAHI ROLL UP!<br />
ON AND OFF-GREEN<br />
EXPERIENCES<br />
IN TĀMAKI MAKAURAU<br />
TŪ MANAWA ACTIVE AOTEAROA<br />
CASE STUDY:<br />
BOWLS AUCKLAND<br />
Getting involved in sport and recreation<br />
helps young people stay active and<br />
connected with others in their<br />
community, which is important for their<br />
health and happiness. Sometimes kids<br />
might not know what opportunities are<br />
out there though – unless they get to try<br />
something new.<br />
This is a challenge that Bowls Auckland has<br />
eagerly accepted, rolling out opportunities for<br />
rangatahi to take aim, find their balance, and join<br />
in the game of bowls through its Rangatahi Roll<br />
Up! Programme, with support from Tū <strong>Manawa</strong><br />
Active Aotearoa and Aktive.<br />
Rangatahi Roll Up! offers quality on and offgreen<br />
lawn bowls experiences for rangatahi<br />
across Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, says<br />
Leah Chan, Bowls Auckland’s Club Partner -<br />
Engagement.<br />
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“Bowls is a sport for everyone. We introduced<br />
this programme to get secondary school-aged<br />
children involved in bowls either during school<br />
or after school, showing them something that is<br />
different.<br />
“We’re trying to change the perception of bowls,<br />
which isn’t a mainstream sport currently, so that<br />
the next generation [of bowlers] come through.”<br />
Thie fun and impactful programme includes<br />
interactive taster sessions to introduce bowls in a<br />
social atmosphere, organised during lunch breaks,<br />
during PE lessons or after school hours. Sessions<br />
can take place on school grounds or at local<br />
bowling clubs, based on preference.<br />
Bowls Auckland works with its member clubs<br />
to deliver Rangatahi Roll Up!, says Leah. “Not<br />
all clubs possess the resources to engage with<br />
schools. Our mission is to support all our clubs,<br />
whether to fill a gap to create connections and<br />
deliver opportunities or to support clubs who<br />
already run a programme.”<br />
Leah says the Rangatahi Roll Up! programme<br />
has been very well received. “Schools have been<br />
surprised that bowls is a sport that is coming into<br />
schools, but we’ve been received really well.”<br />
Each 45 minute session provides a broad<br />
introduction to bowls with all necessary<br />
equipment provided, with rangatahi able to come<br />
and go as they please. Bowls Auckland also leaves<br />
behind tools for teachers to keep the students<br />
interested and involved.<br />
“Students can come along at lunch time and<br />
try bowls in the hall or on the courts at school.<br />
We modify the equipment to suit the venue. Kids<br />
can come and have a roll-up and see how the<br />
bowls work.”<br />
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Leah says that Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa<br />
support has enabled Bowls Auckland to run<br />
Rangatahi Roll Up! on a bigger scale. “We’ve been<br />
able to hire an activator to have another pair of<br />
hands on the ground to see more students, and<br />
purchase equipment, which has helped us as well.”<br />
According to Leah, the feedback from rangatahi<br />
taking part in Rangatahi Roll Up! has been very<br />
positive. “They say that they don’t know why they<br />
haven’t heard of it before, especially the schools<br />
who haven’t participated previously. You’re not<br />
gonna get super sweaty and go back to class like<br />
feeling super-hot. It’s much more casual.”<br />
Bowls Auckland applied for support through<br />
Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa, working with Aktive<br />
to secure funding to help expand the programme<br />
to more schools, says Leah. “We worked through<br />
the application process together, and got great<br />
support [from Aktive] to make sure we were<br />
providing the information needed to get funding.”<br />
Bowls Auckland aims to engage 5,000 students<br />
across Auckland in <strong>2024</strong> – a big step up from<br />
previous years – and is already well down the<br />
path to achieving this goal.<br />
“In 2023, we saw about 700 kids across our<br />
programme and engagement that our clubs<br />
are doing. This year, we’ve already seen 2,500<br />
kids take part. In term one of this year, we had<br />
sessions almost every day of the week, so we’re<br />
making great progress.”<br />
Bowls Auckland’s next step is to look at how<br />
it can best support people with disabilities to<br />
take part, Leah continues. “We want to make<br />
sure every young person in Auckland has<br />
opportunities to try bowls, and hopefully find<br />
their place at a local bowling club.”<br />
“I think Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa is a great<br />
funding pool that can help organisations across<br />
Auckland to get people involved [in sport and<br />
recreation]. If you’re looking to do something<br />
across the Auckland region, Aktive can support you,<br />
or if you’re looking to do something in one part of<br />
Auckland [Aktive’s system build partners] can help.”<br />
“We wouldn’t have been able to run Rangatahi<br />
Roll Up! to the scale we have without their<br />
support of Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa and<br />
Aktive, and we’re looking forward to continue to<br />
work together to get more rangatahi involved.”<br />
“We have a secondary schools pairs day, which<br />
is an annual day where rangatahi plays as pairs<br />
in five ends each. In 2022 we had 18 pairs, but<br />
that’s risen to 75 pairs taking part this year. The<br />
kids are coming from across south, central, east<br />
and west Auckland.”<br />
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ROLL ON<br />
TŪ MANAWA ACTIVE AOTEAROA<br />
<strong>2024</strong>-2028<br />
Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa has evolved over<br />
the years and the <strong>2024</strong>-2028 period sees some<br />
exciting changes set to benefit communities even<br />
further.<br />
Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa<br />
<strong>2024</strong>-2028 overview<br />
Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active Aotearoa <strong>2024</strong>-2028 is<br />
an activation fund that supports tamariki and<br />
rangatahi, particularly those that are less active,<br />
to access quality play, active recreation, or sport<br />
opportunities of their choice in their community<br />
or school and kura.<br />
Priority groups<br />
This fund supports sport and physical activity<br />
opportunities for all tamariki and rangatahi but<br />
particularly aims to address challenges of access<br />
for those that are less active. For the <strong>2024</strong>-<br />
2028 period, Sport New Zealand is focusing on<br />
two priority groups that are less active:<br />
• Girls and young women (aged 5 to 18 years)<br />
• Disabled tamariki and rangatahi (aged 5 to 18<br />
years); and including those in schools up to the<br />
age of 21 years.<br />
In addition to Sport New Zealand priority<br />
groups, Aktive is focused on supporting<br />
tamariki and rangatahi who are underactive<br />
or where historic inequities exist. This sees us<br />
working with and for tamariki and rangatahi<br />
who are:<br />
• Māori<br />
• living in low socio-economic areas<br />
• disabled<br />
• young women and girls<br />
• from Pacific, Indian and Asian communities<br />
• from the Rainbow community.<br />
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ROLL ON TŪ MANAWA ACTIVE AOTEAROA 2020-<strong>2024</strong><br />
Keen to understand the types of funding<br />
available?<br />
• Fast fund (Central, East, North, South, or West):<br />
up to a maximum of $10,000<br />
• Local Fund (Central, East, North, South, or West):<br />
over $10,000 and up to a maximum of<br />
$50,000<br />
• Regional Fund (Auckland Wide): over $10,000<br />
and up to a maximum of $50,000.<br />
A <strong>2024</strong>-2025 snapshot<br />
For the first year of the <strong>2024</strong>-2028 period<br />
(from 1 July <strong>2024</strong> to 30 June 2025), Aktive,<br />
CLM Community Sport, Harbour Sport, Sport<br />
Auckland and Sport Waitākere have $5,142,362<br />
to distribute across Tāmaki Makaurau.<br />
Fund details<br />
This funding split by area is as follows:<br />
Area<br />
Distribution<br />
Auckland Wide $989,271<br />
South $1,697,785<br />
North $531,312<br />
Central/East $1,021,716<br />
West $902,279<br />
Thinking about applying for Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active<br />
Aotearoa funding but not sure which region of<br />
Tāmaki Makaurau you should apply under?<br />
• Aktive (Auckland Wide) is responsible for<br />
projects that are delivered in more than one<br />
of the below regions<br />
• CLM Community Sport (South) is responsible<br />
for projects delivered only in Counties<br />
Manukau (excluding Howick – Pakuranga)<br />
• Harbour Sport (North) is responsible for projects<br />
delivered only in the North Harbour area<br />
• Sport Auckland (Central/East) is responsible<br />
for projects delivered only in central<br />
Auckland and the Howick community<br />
• Sport Waitākere (West) is responsible for<br />
projects delivered only in West Auckland.<br />
For <strong>2024</strong>-2025, Aktive, CLM Community<br />
Sport, Harbour Sport, Sport Auckland and<br />
Sport Waitākere will accept applications for<br />
multi-year funding (maximum of two-years).<br />
Here are the guidelines:<br />
• Multi-year funding is available in <strong>2024</strong>-2025<br />
(up to 30 June 2025)<br />
• Applications for multi-year funding will be<br />
reviewed using the same assessment criteria as<br />
single-year funding<br />
• If an application is not approved for multi-year<br />
funding it may be approved for single year<br />
• Applications for Fast Fund (under $10k) are not<br />
eligible for multi-year funding<br />
• Applications for multi-year funding must<br />
include a budget that outlines the cost for<br />
two-years of delivery<br />
• Applications for multi-year funding are for a<br />
maximum of two-years (24-months) from the<br />
start date identified in the application.<br />
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ROLL ON TŪ MANAWA ACTIVE AOTEAROA 2020-<strong>2024</strong><br />
<strong>2024</strong>-2025 round dates<br />
Fund Type Opening Date Closing Date<br />
Fast Funds 5 <strong>Aug</strong>ust <strong>2024</strong> Closes when funds are<br />
exhausted for each area<br />
Round One<br />
- Local and Regional Funds<br />
Round Two<br />
- Local and Regional Funds<br />
19 <strong>Aug</strong>ust <strong>2024</strong> 16 September <strong>2024</strong><br />
1 March 2025 31 March 2025<br />
APPLICATION PROCESS<br />
UPDATE<br />
We’re keen to make the<br />
application process as<br />
simple as possible!<br />
Organisations wanting<br />
to apply for Tū <strong>Manawa</strong><br />
Active Aotearoa will<br />
first need to submit a<br />
registration form.<br />
By submitting a registration form, each<br />
organisation will be sent a unique application<br />
link to be able to apply for Tū <strong>Manawa</strong> Active<br />
Aotearoa funding. The link will mean the<br />
application form will auto-save for up to 20<br />
days from when it is first opened. This means<br />
if you accidentally close the web browser,<br />
the information you have inputted will have<br />
automatically saved.<br />
CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT<br />
A REGISTRATION FORM ><br />
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HERE TO HELP<br />
For regional enquiries, please email funding@aktive.org.nz ><br />
For local enquiries, please contact:<br />
• CLM Community Sport (South) ><br />
• Harbour Sport (North) ><br />
• Sport Auckland (Central/East) ><br />
• Sport Waitākere (West) ><br />
We also have some tools that may assist with your application:<br />
• Sector Support toolkits ><br />
• Understanding Evidence of Need ><br />
Further information is available on our website ><br />
aktive.org.nz @AktiveAuckland Aktive-Auckland Aktive_akl<br />
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