News

Mon 14 Nov 2011: Sport and the General Election
We contacted the ACT, Green, Labour, Maori, Mana and National parties and asked them if they wished to give us a statement on their sport and recreation policies.
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Mon 14 Nov 2011: Five tips on Information Management for your club

For more information on tips about Information Management please read more.


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Mon 14 Nov 2011: Why are sport organisations so apprehensive of alliances?
It happens in business regularly, and even Emirates Team NZ decided to do it recently. When sales are down or costs increase, or there is a need to be more competitive, companies respond by consolidating and merging.
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Fri 21 Oct 2011: Coaching Kids Successfully: 100 Years of Motor Development Research
If you coach children or you want parents to better understand coaching philosophy, this article may assist.
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Fri 16 Sep 2011: Turning around low participation
Some years ago the Waitakere region was deemed to have low levels of participation in sport.  So what has Sport Waitakere been doing to change this?

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Fri 16 Sep 2011: 8M8S: Social sport in schools
8M8S in secondary schools is a social sport programme to encourage youth to grab their mates and try new sports.
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Thu 15 Sep 2011: Kiwisport: More kids and More opportunities
KiwiSport has funded 18 projects through the Local Contestable fund in Waitakere. These projects meet the KiwiSport outcomes of increasing participation, opportunities and skills of children aged 5-18yrs.
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Thu 15 Sep 2011: Teamer: A FREE text service
With the start of the summer sports season coming around very quickly here is an exciting FREE tool for coaches, managers and team organisers, which takes the headaches out of organising a sports team, not to mention saving sports volunteers a lot of time and money over the course of the year.
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Mon 11 Jul 2011: Ki o Rahi tournament 2011
25 teams from 20 schools descended upon the Trusts Stadium to compete for the title of Ki o Rahi School Champions of 2011.
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Mon 11 Jul 2011: My Team and Me: Netball New Zealand coach education programme
The support of KiwiSport Funding has meant Netball Auckland Waitakere are partnering with Netball Waitakere to deliver the My Team and Me coach education programme developed by Netball New Zealand.
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Mon 11 Jul 2011: Sportsground Preview 2011
Sportsground has grown rapidly to become the single largest provider of websites to Kiwi sport. With over 7,000 websites now adopted by sports organisations, clubs, schools and teams, Sportsground serves over one million page impressions per month.  Find out about Sportsground's direction for 2011...
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Wed 6 Jul 2011: Community Funding (ASB Community Trust & Auckland Council)

ASB Community Trust & Auckland council now have applications open for community funding in recreation and sport.  


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Wed 6 Jul 2011: Auckland Council Youth in Sport and Recreation Programming Initiative (YISPI)
If your organisation offers sport or recreation programmes or activities for young people (aged 0-18) anywhere across Auckland, then Auckland Council would like to know about it.

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Fri 3 Jun 2011: Club Development in Waitakere
A well managed club attracts and retains its members and providers an enhanced service to the community.
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Fri 3 Jun 2011: Wriggle & Rhyme programme wins 2011 NZ Sport & Recreation Award
The ‘Wriggle & Rhyme’ programme recently won the Project Collaboration Award at the 2011 NZ Sport & Recreation Awards.
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Fri 3 Jun 2011: Reaping the Benefits from KiwiSport Funding
Two Waitakere athletics clubs are celebrating the success of new programmes that were introduced over the past summer.
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Fri 3 Jun 2011: Unitec Students Making a Difference in Schools
A recent Unitec Student placement project, overseen by Janelle Nee at Sport Waitakere, has impressed a local Primary School Deputy Principal.
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Fri 3 Jun 2011: 8M8’s: Social Sport for Secondary Schools
An exciting new SPARC funded pilot project is running in St Dominic’s, Liston and Waitakere Colleges and aims to bring non-competitive sport experiences to Year 11 – 13 students who don’t currently play school or club sport.
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Fri 3 Jun 2011: Active Lives for Disabled People
Sport Waitakere is excited to be involved in a new initiative aimed at providing life skills and opportunities in sport and recreation for disabled people.
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Wed 18 May 2011: Great work being done in Waitakere Clubs
A lot of great work has been occurring with Waitakere Clubs working on improving their process and practises to ensure they are meeting the ever changing needs of their participants and community.
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