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Regional Alignments
Active New Zealand and the Regional Trusts must rationalise the number of
Trust regions. Any change must ensure all geographic areas are served and
encourage alliances to ensure resource use is maximised. Regions must be
supported through a contract with Active New Zealand for each region’s core
work. A maximum of ten contracts shall exist. The Taskforce notes that this
approach will involve multiple Trusts in some regions. The proposed
rationalisation mirrors the Taskforce recommendations on regional recreation
and sport boundaries.
A proposed regional structure is:
Region
Northland
Auckland
Waikato
Bay of Plenty
Eastland & Hawkes Bay
Central Districts
Wellington
Tasman
Canterbury
Otago & Southland
Regional recreation and sport strategy in
1999-00 led by
Sport Northland
Sport North Harbour, Sport Auckland, Sport
Waitakere, Sport Counties-Manukau
Sport Waikato
Sport Bay of Plenty
Sport Eastland, Sport Hawkes Bay
Sport Taranaki, Sport Wanganui, Sport
Manawatu
Sport Wellington
Sport Tasman
Sport Canterbury/Westland
Sport Otago, Sport Southland
6.10 National Recreation and Sport Organisations
National Recreation and Sport Organisations have principal responsibility for the future
good of their respective activities at all levels. National Recreation and Sport
Organisations must be reinforced as the primary partners for Active New Zealand in
the delivery of national recreational and sporting opportunities. Under some
circumstances, further steps may need to be taken to protect and preserve the special
position of National Recreation and Sport Organisations.
Increasing the funding pool to National Recreation and Sport Organisations is only part
of the answer. National Recreation and Sport Organisations must be accountable for
funding received and clearly show how they have effectively achieved outcomes. No
recreation or sport organisation can automatically expect to be a recipient of public
funds without demonstrating a responsiveness to community needs, the ability to
deliver the best possible quality and value for money, and continuous improvement
with all allocations based on proven need. Infrastructure improvement is necessary
for most recreation and sport bodies and funding should be tagged to initiatives that
generate maximum public benefit.
Ministerial Taskforce on Sport, Fitness & Leisure January 2001 page 89 of 153