Read Getting Set for an Active Nation - Sport New Zealand

CONTENTS
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL ..................................................................................4
MEMBERSHIP OF THE MINISTERIAL TASKFORCE .............................................5
TERMS OF REFERENCE .......................................................................................6
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY........................................................................................9
PART 1 BACKGROUND TO THE MINISTERIAL TASKFORCE ......................................15
PART 2 THE HISTORICAL SHAPING OF RECREATION AND SPORT ...........................17
PART 3 OVERVIEW OF CURRENT ORGANISATIONS AND STRUCTURES ....................24
3.1 Introduction .................................................................................24
3.2 Central Government Agencies for Recreation and Sport.....................24
3.3 Other Government Agencies Involved in Recreation and Sport ...........27
3.4 Non-Government Agencies.............................................................29
3.5 Funding of the Recreation and Sport Sector .....................................33
3.6 Summary .....................................................................................35
PART 4 THE CASE FOR FUTURE INVESTMENT .......................................................36
4.1 Introduction .................................................................................36
4.2 Recreation and Sport and the Public Good .......................................36
4.3 The Economic Benefit of Recreation and Sport .................................45
4.4 The Cost of Doing Nothing .............................................................48
PART 5
ISSUES AND FINDINGS: THE NEED FOR CHANGE.......................................50
5.1 Introduction .................................................................................50
5.2 Vision and Delivery........................................................................50
5.3 National Recreation and Sport Organisations....................................51
5.4 Coaching......................................................................................52
5.5 Regional and Local Delivery............................................................52
5.6 Education.....................................................................................54
5.7 Grassroots Participation .................................................................55
5.8 Volunteers....................................................................................56
5.9 Central Government ......................................................................57
5.10Local Government .........................................................................57
5.11 The Outdoor Environment..............................................................58
5.12 Elite Sport ....................................................................................58
5.13 Funding .......................................................................................59
Ministerial Taskforce on Sport, Fitness & Leisure January 2001 page 2 of 153