Read Getting Set for an Active Nation - Sport New Zealand

Part 3
OVERVIEW OF CURRENT ORGANISATIONS AND STRUCTURES
3.1 Introduction
Recreation and sport makes a unique contribution to New Zealand society. A mix of
national, regional and local organisations deliver a range of physical activity
experiences to millions of New Zealanders the length and breadth of the country,
winter and summer, year in and year out. This part of the report describes the current
nature and focus of the institutional arrangements that lead and support the
recreational and sporting experiences of New Zealanders and outlines the various
funding and policy agencies in the year 2000.
3.2 Central Government Agencies for Recreation and Sport
Government involvement in recreation and sport is currently provided for under the
Sport, Fitness and Leisure Act 1987 (amended 1992) and the New Zealand Sports
Drug Agency Act 1994. These two Acts established the most significant government
agencies to manage specific aspects, and direct funding and resources in the sport,
fitness and leisure sector.
3.2.1 Hillary Commission for Sport, Fitness and Leisure
The Sport, Fitness and Leisure Act 1987, established the Hillary Commission for
Sport, Fitness and Leisure “to promote and develop sport, fitness and leisure
among New Zealanders”. The Act empowers the Minister for Sport, Fitness and
Leisure to appoint members to the Board of the Hillary Commission. The
Commission employs 36 staff in its Wellington headquarters.
The Hillary Commission is funded by the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board,
receiving 20% of annual Lotto profits, which granted $27.08 million in the
1999/00 year to the Commission for general programmes and $3.81 million for
high performance sport. In the 2000/01 year the Government granted $1
million for the Prime Minister’s Sport Education Scholarships and in late June
2000 committed, in a one-off payment of $16 million, the equivalent of four
years funding to ensure continuity of support for high performance sport. The
Commission provides grants to regional sports trusts and national governing
bodies and subcontracts the New Zealand Sports Foundation to deliver high
performance sport outputs and Territorial Local Authorities to administer grants
to local community sport, fitness and leisure organisations.
The activities of the Hillary Commission are set out in an annual Statement of
Intent with a Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Minister for
Sport, Fitness and Leisure. The Office of Tourism and Sport provides advice to
the Minister on the performance of the Hillary Commission measured against
the Statement of Intent and the Memorandum of Understanding.
Ministerial Taskforce on Sport, Fitness & Leisure January 2001 page 24 of 153