2022 Annual Report

SPORT 

A U C K L A N D 

ANNUAL AL REPORT 

2022

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CONTENTS 

About us 

5 

Chair and CEO 

9 

Our year in review 

13 

Young people 

14 

Empowering our communities 

16 

Health and wellness 

32 

Aktive 

38 

Our team 

41 

Financials 

42 

P O Box 26599, Epsom, Auckland 1344 

info@sportauckland.co.nz 

www.sportauckland.co.nz 

(09) 623 7900 

Registered Charity Number CC23631 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 

Andrew Williams (Chair) 

Di Lasenby (Treasurer) 

Brendon O’Connor 

Gaye Bryham 

Mark Rice 

Kelly Williams 

Boaz Moala 

Junior Fiu

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about us 

Sport Auckland is a Regional Sports Trust that was established in 1992. We are a Registered Charity, CC23631. We are governed 

by a Volunteer Board. 

As a charitable trust our purpose is to inspire our communities to live healthy active lives. To achieve our purpose we support 

and deliver play, sport, active recreation, health and wellness initiatives directly into the community, for the community. With 

finite resources we prioritise our work focusing on areas of high deprivation; areas where there are large pockets of inactive 

communities; areas where there are large pockets of inequity; and areas of need. We specifically service local communities within 

Central, East and South East Auckland. 

We are guided in our work using the Locally Led, Insights, Physical Literacy and Te Whare Tapa Wha frameworks. Our stakeholders 

have told us they want more opportunities to be physically active and to be able to live healthy lives. They also would like our 

support, advice, education, funding guidance, and leadership opportunities that will enable them to grow, develop, respond and 

become sustainable. They would like us to advocate and influence on their behalf, for their needs. 

To deliver on our purpose for the benefit of our communities and to create a large substantive social impact, you will find us 

working with and through regional and local partners. 

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SPORT 

A U C K L A N D 

STRATEGIC 

2020 – 2024 

OUR PURPOSE 

To inspire our communities to live healthy active lifestyles 

Hei whakaawe i o tātou hapori kia whai i te ara o te hauo 

OUR FOCUS – To work in areas of need 

OUR CULTURE & VALUES 

E whakamana ana mātou i ētahi atu 

WE EMPOWER OTHERS 

Through listening to the needs of our whānau and 

community we are better informed to offer support 

to enable healthy active lifestyles. 

G 

OP 

fo 

a 

t 

Kua honoa mātou 

WE ARE CONNECTED 

Success is created when we listen, share 

knowledge and learn from our community 

members and each other. 

E ngākaunui ana mātou 

WE ARE PASSIONATE 

We are humbled and energised to support our whānau 

and community to live healthy active lifestyles. 

Ahakoa ko wai, he whānau kōtahi tātou 

WE EMBRACE DIVERSITY 

When we understand and embrace diverse and cultural 

differences we are better positioned to serve the needs 

of our whānau and communities. 


PLAN 

ra me te whakapakari tinana 

OAL 

INCREASED 

PORTUNITIES 

r quality play, sport and 

ctive recreation for our 

amariki and rangatahi 

GOAL 

BUILD 

COMMUNITY 

CAPABILITY 

Through partnering and 

supporting community 

organisations that provide 

quality play, sport and 

active recreation 

GOAL 

ENABLE HEALTHY 

LIFESTYLES 

By ensuring our Green 

Prescription and Active 

Families participants continue 

to live healthy active lifestyles 

beyond graduation 


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message from our ceo and chair 

Welcome to Sport Auckland’s 30th Annual Report. It was a mixed year for Aucklanders. A bit of the same old with the ubiquitous 

Covid very much prevalent in Auckland. It led to an unprecedented 100-day lockdown which was extremely challenging. It again, 

like last year, tested the resilience of Aucklanders. It was the Swiss-born British author and philosopher Alain de Botton who said: 

“A good half of the art of living is resilience”. 

One would have to muse then that Aucklanders have certainly experienced a good half of the art of living and more some over the 

last couple of years. If the long-term effects of resilience is to help build longevity and produce greater satisfaction with life then 

we Aucklanders have set ourselves up for some big successes to potentially come our way. 

We would have to acknowledge that this year we have taken a backward step toward being able to live healthy active lives. 

Hampered by lockdowns, the diminished opportunities to partake in physical activities and the cautiousness about throwing 

ourselves fully back into play, sport and active recreation once lockdowns were over, has taken a bit of a toll on our levels of 

physical activity. Not to mention the indentation on our wellbeing. But as we write this report, there are positive signs that show 

we are picking up on our physical activity once again. 

In part some of that positivity within our city has come about through the hosting of and participating in a couple of international 

events. Again, at the time of writing this report, the International Womens’ World Cups for both cricket and rugby have been 

successfully completed. And by the time the latter was completed a sense of euphoria had enveloped the country. You could not 

help but get mesmerised by both World Cups. Their flow-on effects sees us all wanting to get out and about, mixing, mingling and 

getting active again. It is hoped that the legacy of these events will have long term effects of increasing physical activity for all 

of us. The focus on and boost for female participation in play, sport and active recreation is phenomenal and long overdue. But 

rather than look in the rear vision mirror all the time bemoaning why this has taken so long, let us celebrate where we are today 

and future proof and capitalise on all the opportunities to keep this momentum in female participation going. And there is more 

still to come at the International level with the FIFA Womens World Cup arriving on our shores in 2023. 

On the back of such successes, Sport Auckland remains committed to its vision to inspire our communities to live healthy and 

active lifestyles and to play our part in increasing physical activity for all. 

“Once you are exercising regularly, the hardest thing is to stop it” – Erin Gray 

To achieve our vision and gain cut through for our communities we have landed on the strategy of working in geographical areas 

of need, focusing on addressing inactivity through the delivery of play, sport, active recreation and health and wellness initiatives. 

Implementation of this strategy becomes twofold. On the one hand our initiatives are centred on creating opportunities to live 

healthy active lifestyles for our community; and on the other hand our initiatives are centred on building and enhancing the 

system that will deliver those quality play, sport, active recreation and health & wellness opportunities for our community. This 

annual report records our journey in 2021-2022 toward nailing that strategy. 

This year we embarked on a piece of work, Ahu Whakamua, with our partners Aktive, Harbour Sport, Sport Waitakere and CLM 

Community Sport to help with strategy implementation. The intent of this work was to bring a transformational, future focused 

mindset to deliver a new and better service for our stakeholders. Leveraging off each other’s strengths and removing duplication 

and inefficiencies we have now embarked on a journey that hopefully can implement this better service to enable people to more 

easily live healthy active lifestyles. 

Throughout the year we distributed $1,045,836 of the Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa Funds into the community. 46% of those 

funds were distributed to Active Recreation initiatives, 47% to Sport initiatives and 7% to Play initiatives this year. We distributed 

funds to those who previously have missed out particularly in the areas of disability, women and girls, Maori, 

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Pasifika and Asian 

communities. The breadth and scope of the projects was pleasing to see. 

Play has become a large focus of ours as play has taken a massive backward step in the lives of so many of our young tamariki 

and whanau. Sport New Zealand define play as “allowing children to experience fun, joy and laughter in a way that is important to 

them. It’s also where they develop and practice life skills”. Play has no rules. It is spontaneous and can happen anywhere. It has 

limited or no adult involvement. We are working on our first Neighbourhood Play system in partnership with Sport New Zealand 

and Stanhope Road Primary School. The aim of the project is to understand how various urban systems impact tamariki’s play 


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opportunities and support the development of initiatives 

that contribute to more play opportunities. Next year we will 

be able to report back on our Neighbourhood Play Systems 

that will be delivered by our team in partnership with our 

communities. 

Our Healthy Active Learning team has worked extremely 

well alongside our partner schools to improve the wellbeing 

of our tamariki through healthy eating and drinking and 

quality physical activity. They have done an outstanding 

job especially when you consider the extended period of 

lockdown that the city has had to endure. And our work in the 

secondary school space has also seen some great initiatives 

come to fruition that has led to increased opportunities for 

our rangatahi in physical activity, active recreation and sport. 

The voice of our rangatahi is becoming more powerful now 

and school leaders and external providers need to take heed 

and provide offerings that the rangatahi are telling them they 

would like to participate in. 

With the support of Foundation North our ActivAsian and 

Pasifika programmes have gone from strength to strength as 

has the strong stakeholder relationships that we have built 

over the last couple of years. 

Auckland Council’s support has enabled our sector support 

work with clubs and community organisations to continue, at 

pace. The ability of our health check toolkit to prioritise areas 

of focus for clubs has been a success. It is interesting to see 

the number of clubs now using the “Working Together” 

framework with the intent to provide more local community 

sports hub that will better service future community needs. 

In recording our successes this year, we would like to 

acknowledge the support and backing of our key funders. 

A sincere thanks is extended to Aktive, Auckland Council, 

Howick Local Board, Foundation North, New Zealand 

Community Trust, Lion Foundation, ADHB and CMDHB. 

Without the support of these organisations we would not 

have been able to deliver our initiatives and intervention 

programmes to our communities. 

We would also like to acknowledge the strong partnerships 

we have with the Orākei, Waiheke Island, Maungakiekie- 

Tāmaki, Puketāpapa, Howick, Waitematā and Albert Eden 

Local Boards; and the Tāmaki, Roskill and Inner-City primary 

school cluster groups. 

Boards and the creation of Te Whatu Ora – Health NZ and 

Te Aka Whai Ora – Māori Health Authority will no doubt 

have some effect on us. It is pleasing to see that under the 

Government’s Health restructure there is a focus on a system 

that is people-centered, equitable, accessible and nationally 

cohesive. There is an emphasis on communities and having 

access to health care closer to home which augurs well for 

our Green Prescription and Active Families initiatives. 

We take this opportunity to thank Sarah Dunning, Sport New 

Zealand’s relationship manager for Auckland. While Sarah’s 

direct relationship is with Aktive, she works tirelessly on our 

behalf and always makes herself available to us for which we 

are sincerely indebted. 

As we come to the end of another financial year mention must 

be made of our fantastic “backroom” supporters. Again, we 

are indebted to the superb support from Softsource Ltd (IT), 

our website and CRM provider Sporty, and our motor vehicle 

fleet provider West City Auto Group. We sincerely thank you 

all for your continued support which enables us to get on 

with servicing our communities. We look forward to our ongoing 

relationships over the ensuring years. 

To our volunteer Board members who continue to provide 

us with strong governance and leadership we thank you all. 

The Board has been extremely committed to our mahi and 

kaupapa. They value all the work our staff have done this 

year and are appreciative of the support and partnerships 

we have forged within our communities. In return, the staff 

value their guidance and stewardship. 

On reflection we have had another outstanding year but 

are happy to challenge ourselves to do more, to look 

for continuous improvement and to continue to focus on 

inspiring our communities to live healthy active lifestyles. 

Andrew Williams, Chair 

Mike Elliott, Chief Executive 

In our Health and Wellbeing programme we would like 

to sincerely thank Tony Kake (CEO Papakura Marae) and 

Silao Vaisola-Sefo (CEO South Seas Healthcare) and their 

respective teams for their continued support and work in 

our Green Prescription space. We truly value this key joint 

venture partnership along with the strong support and sage 

advice we receive from our relationship managers, Leanne 

Catchpole (ADHB) and Nivedita Sharma Vij (CMDHB). Our 

graduates speak highly of the service received and the 

success our intervention programmes have had in changing, 

positively, their lifestyle habits. The changes in the Health 

space with the disestablishment of the 20 District Health 


our trustees work 

Our Board met 9 times during the year and the AGM was 

conducted on 7 December 2021. 

Junior Fiu participated in decisions via email but his heavy 

workload with New Zealand Police meant that he was not 

able to physically attend the Wednesday morning Board 

meetings. Unfortunately for us, this meant that Junior Fiu 

had to resign his position from the Board. 

TRUSTEE 

MEETINGS 

ATTENDED 

Andrew Williams - Chair 9 

Dianne Lasenby - Treasurer 8 

Gaye Bryham 9 

Brendon O’Connor 7 

Mark Rice (Dispensation for 5 

meetings) 

Kelly Williams 9 

Boaz Moala 8 

Junior Fiu (Resigned due to work 

commitments) 

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As part of their Governance role during this financial year the 

Board: 

• Set their annual workplan; 

• Approved and monitored the 2021-2022 annual 

budget; 

• Received and actioned the Management Letter 

from Auditors; 

• Held responsibility for the 2020-2024 Strategic 

Plan, revisted and refreshed Goal 3. 

• Managed and anticipated business risk; 

• Connected risk to strategy; 

• Managed the Health and Safety risks and overall 

Health and Wellbeing of staff; 

• Participated in Ahu Whakamua workstream with 

fellow Auckland Regional Sports Trusts; 

• Conducted the AGM on 7 December 2021; 

• Continued with the Good Governance Mark 

accreditation process; 

• Approved the deployment of $1,045,836 of 

Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa Funding into the 

community; 

• Received and approved End of Year Community 

Sport report from Aktive; 

• Oversight of Business Continuity Plans during 

Covid lockdown. 


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our year in review 

101 

kids engaged with 

our active families 

programme 

106,527 

opportunities for 

our tamariki 

5,110 

inactive adults 

engaged with green 

prescription (GRX) 

69,000 

PEOPLE REACHED 

THROUGH SOCIAL 

MEDIA (GRX) 

$1,045,836 

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invested in tu 

manawa active 

aotearoa projects 

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70 

tu manawa 

active aotearoa 

projects 

12% 

increase in green 

prescription self 

refferals 

3,911 

followers on 

social media 

supported 

aktive with the 

COVID-19 response 

for our community 

30 

schools engaged 

through our 

hal initiative 

1,174 

voice of 

rangathi 

responses 

138 

live online 

exercise 

classes 

3,432 

people engaged 

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with our maori and 

pasifika programme 

3 

good sports 

workshops 

2,476 

kids had water 

skills for life 

sessions (WSFL) 

year 3 

of GRx joint 

venture in 

south auckland 

tool 

co-designed and 

piloted health 

check tool 

14,749 

tamariki 

engaged in 

physical activity 

250 

joined our 

countdown to 

christmas challenge 

1,030 

pEOPLE engaged 

WITH our activasian 

programme 


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young people 

Our role within our school community is to inspire young people to live healthy and active lifestyles. This is achieved by ensuring 

our young people have quality experiences in sport, active recreation and play. Our Young People Team provides leadership, 

advice and expertise to primary and secondary schools within our clusters. We are able to bring our local insights and knowledge 

to partner with RSOs, Clubs and other community organisations for the good of our schools. Within our school clusters this year, 

14,749 tamariki received 106,527 physical activity opportunities. 

During the year, a key focus of our work with our younger tamariki has been in the ‘play’ space. We’ve worked to build our internal 

knowledge and capability to develop the community’s understanding of how to create and foster environments where tamariki 

have the time, space and permission to play. 

We identified a mixed understanding of play and how to create play opportunities within our schools as a result we supported 

schools to develop play policies and create 35 play activations. We also supported schools to develop Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa 

applications – 10 of which were successfully funded totalling $68,132. 

Following a co-design process, our Roskill cluster of schools agreed to leverage their successful Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa play 

application with that of their KiwiSport direct funds, to create a project designed to positively impact tamariki play opportunities. 

Partnering with Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and drawing on the expertise of Professor Scott Duncan and Dr. Charlotte 

Jellyman the ‘Puketāpapa Play Project’ was developed. The project, due for completion in 2023 has the potential to positively 

impact 3,500 students. 

106,527 

OPPORTUNITIES 

14,749 

TAMARIKI 


HEALTHY ACTIVE LEARNING 

Our Healthy Active Learning team have continued to support 30 primary and intermediate schools across our Sport Auckland 

communities to improve the wellbeing of all tamariki. We worked with our schools to enhance the quality of their physical activity 

and food and drink environments. 

As schools again navigated Covid lockdowns and restrictions, we provided support through online learning resources for tamariki 

and delivered webinars to staff to support with professional development; and to whānau to support with their wellbeing during 

this challenging time. 

A key focus of our mahi in 2022 has been to ensure we are building sustainable change within our schools. Through our advocacy, 

schools are recognising the necessity for the needs and interests of tamariki to be central in the design of their Health and Physical 

Education curriculum. Our professional development opportunities are increasing the confidence and capability of teachers to 

provide quality learning experiences for all tamariki in their class. 

“I just wanted to say a huge thanks for the suggestions you provided during my lesson yesterday…This was awesome as it 

provided me with the opportunity to really hone in on my kid’s skills and abilities.” – Teacher 

This year we were excited to see tamariki return to sport and have assisted schools and community clubs in Roskill and Tāmaki 

to provide quality, fun and inclusive sports experiences for our tamariki. We have been delighted to see participation increasing, 

especially amongst girls. 

“Girls’ grade encouraged more girls to participate under less perceived pressure from boys. This meant that we had a lot 

who were trying it out for the first time...and had a great time!” – School Sport Lead 

“Great venue, great organisation, you can tell the children were enjoying the day by how involved they were during their 

matches. The highlight was witnessing the girls’ grades, considering this is a new event for the cluster it was amazing to 

see so many girls teams entered.” – Teacher 

The initial phase of Healthy Active Learning draws to a close this year. However, we are delighted that funding has been secured 

to extend our partnership with our existing 30 schools until 2024. We will also be expanding our workforce and working alongside 

an additional 30 schools next year. 

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SCHOOLS 

“Thank you for taking the time out to 

produce quality resources which can be 

used at home,I like the way it linked to the 

paralympics and other contexts, a range of 

choice and control, catered for all abilities 

and year levels.” – Teacher 


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EMPOWERING OUR COMMUNITIES 

Sport Auckland is proudly facilitating the Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa Fund on behalf of Sport New 

Zealand within the Central Auckland and Howick areas. 

Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa provides funding for the delivery of activities for children and young people. This fund has a particular 

focus on groups who are less active, including girls and young women, disabled people and those living in higher deprivation 

communities. 

During the 2021-2022 year, the following organisations were successful in their application to our Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa 

Fund. 

ORGANISATION AMOUNT ORGANISATION AMOUNT 

Aotea Sport and Recreation Association $10,022 Lynfield College $16,643 

Auckland City Football Club $20,300 Marcellin College $8,617 

Auckland Girls Grammar School $60,000 Marist Eastern Junior Rugby Club $10,000 

Auckland United Football Club $25,000 Mass Sport Trust $29,850 

Auckland University Rugby Football Club $9,800 Mission Heights Junior College $14,025 

Baradene College $9,900 Mount Roskill Grammar School $57,500 

BMX Mountain Raiders Incorporated $74,200 Mt Roskill Intermediate $2,600 

Carlton Junior Rugby Club $7,953 NZ Healthy Lifestyle $7,155 

Chinese Postgraduate Society $2,880 NZ Secondary Schools Olympic Wrestling Assn $6,550 

Christ the King Catholic School (Owairaka) $10,000 One Tree Hill College $103,106 

Christ The King School $18,000 Our Lady Star of The Sea School $2,328 

Cornwall Districts Cricket and Sports Assn $7,057 Owairaka District School $8,896 

Counties Manukau Orienteering $4,800 Pakuranga Heights School $4,080 

East Skate Club Incorporated $40,633 Panama Road School $41,752 

East Volleyball Club $9,703 Panmure District School $20,950 

Eastern Suburbs Gymnastics Club $28,472 Panmure Pioneers Petanque Club $9,600 

Eden Roskill District Cricket Club $6,520 Remuera Golf Club $6,742 

Edgewater College $8,339 Riverhills School $20,000 

Ellerslie Cricket Club Inc $9,820 Riverina School $16,450 

Fencibles United Association Football Club $2,398 Royal Oak Primary School $8,710 

Girls Skate New Zealand $4,250 Selwyn College $9,190 

Grafton United Cricket Club $6,200 St Joseph's Catholic School (Onehunga) $10,000 

Gym Kids Ltd $4,350 St Mary's College (Ponsonby) $6,425 

Hay Park Primary $1,150 St Paul's College (Ponsonby) $7,399 

Howick College Secondary School $9,859 St Therese School $9,291 

Howick Golf Club $6,339 St Thomas's School (Auckland) $19,240 

Howick Gymnastics Club $10,560 Stanhope School $8,387 

Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club $6,110 TKKM School $50,146 

Howick Sea Scout Group $6,301 Tri Star Gymnastics $26,134 

Howick Softball Club (Fencibles) Inc $3,712 Uni-Mount Bohemian AFC Inc $30,400 

iEvent Ltd (t/a Synergy Sports) $9,718 Watersafe Auckland Inc (t/a Drowning 

Prevention Auckland) 

$8,660 

InZone Education Foundation $3,950 Young Life New Zealand Trust $17,595 

Ivory Fitness $9,119 


physical activity 

46+46+32+47+22+7 

2021 and 2022 

Active 

Sport 

Play 

Recreation 

TARGET GROUP 

75+76+16+19+9+5 

2021 and 2022 

High Women and 

Disability 

Deprivation Girls 

$1,045,836 

invested 

“It’s great having the chance 

to play a sport you’ve never 

played before. No pressure or 

expectations, just having fun” 

– Student 


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ACTIVE RECREATION 

“Active recreation is non-competitive physical activity for the purpose of wellbeing and enjoyment” Sport 

New Zealand, Active Recreation for Rangatahi Plan 

This year Sport Auckland worked with 5 schools to complete the “Voice of Rangatahi” (VoR) survey, which produced valuable 

insight from 1,174 responses. It highlighted the need for alternatives to traditional sport for our rangatahi. The trends from the last 

few years have shown ‘games’ and ‘playing with friends’ are of high importance to our rangatahi, therefore, solidifying the need 

for a broader physical activity offering. 

Our schools and communities are also showing increasing interest in active recreation opportunities based on the voice of students 

and the community, and Covid disruptions in sport. Examples of our work include: supporting active recreation opportunities 

is the assistance provided to East Skate Club to gather evidence of need and to foster relationships enabling the delivery of 

skateboarding opportunities to 2,850 students in high deprivation communities. We provided support to Howick Sea Scouts to 

reduce barriers by providing lighter equipment for female scouts, positively impacting 45 female participants. Our assistance has 

built the capability of community organisations to develop programmes driven by voice and need of their communities and to write 

successful future funding applications enabling further opportunities. 

To enhance our ability to identify active recreation for young people, Sport Auckland applied to the Sport New Zealand Active 

Recreation Fund for a ‘Rangatahi Recreation Advisor’ – our new employee will be onboard from September 2022 and will potentially 

impact 13,897 students in 11 schools. We see the role will add value to the school environment by facilitating relationships between 

active recreation organisations and schools while aligning with active recreation outcomes. 


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SECONDARY SCHOOLS 

Our Regional Sports Director’s (RSD) primary role is to advocate 

for the value of physical activity, active recreation and sport within 

our secondary schools and kura. 

This extends to ensure the schools and kura create a environment 

that supports and promotes quality experiences; and that 

tadministrators and coaches are confident and competent in 

creating quality experiences. 

This year’s highlights: 

• Supported, and advocated for, the successful application of 

One Tree Hill College and Mount Roskill Grammar School to 

the Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa fund for the continuation of 

their Sport Engagement Leads. 

• Supported the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) at Auckland Girls 

Grammar School to apply for and be successful in obtaining a 

Sport Engagement Lead through Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa 

funding. 

• Supported SLT at Auckland Girls Grammar School in the 

recruitment for a new Director of Sport. 

• Supported the Director of Sport at Baradene College to 

advocate for an increase in sports staff salaries to promote 

retention of quality staff. 

• Hosted a successful Sport Coordinator meeting at the 

beginning of 2022 with 10 schools in attendance. 

• Supported Lynfield College and Edgewater College to conduct 

a participation survey with students and from this commence 

a project based on student voice and using Tū Manawa Active 

Aotearoa funding. 

10 

schools 


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more girls with inclusive approach 

Girls at Waikōwhai Intermediate are claiming their turf with the establishment of their own lunchtime walkers’ group. When they 

said they liked walking with their friends but didn’t like getting changed into exercise gear to do it, the Wai-Walkers group was 

formed – an addition to the lunchtime runners’ group, made up mostly of boys. 

Waikōwhai realised it could be doing more to support its female students to be active through gathering student insights with 

Sport Auckland’s Healthy Active Learning team. The insight process included all 380 students completing a Physical Education 

survey, a girls-only focus group, conversations with teachers and students, a playground audit to see how play spaces were being 

used at break times, and the Healthy Active Learning team observing Health and Physical Education (HPE) lessons. 

In response, the Healthy Active Learning team helped the school to design a more inclusive and holistic HPE curriculum and 

physical activity environment. Professional Learning and Development, through teacher release funding, was then provided 

around it for teachers. 

Prior to Healthy Active Learning, teachers at Waikōwhai valued the role of Health and Physical Education as part of student’s 

education, but many say they felt they lacked the confidence delivering it and saw it primarily about teaching sport-skills. Now, one 

teacher says, they liked “the wellbeing focus and encouragement to be physically involved no matter the level of skills”. 

Healthy Active Learning Advisor at Sport Auckland Greg Burne says teachers and students who were less confident in HPE were 

now enjoying it. 

Sport New Zealand News Update 2022 

“We have seen a great example of this where a teacher set up a team challenge where 

students worked together to create a bridge using equipment from the PE shed” 

“The task fully engaged students who wouldn’t normally find PE enjoyable. Using varied 

contexts for learning can create an environment of inclusiveness in PE – and ultimately a 

greater chance of lifelong enjoyment of physical activity” 

“We take pride in saying that this is now the physical activity environment at Waikōwhai 

and it’s what makes Healthy Active Learning such a unique initiative, it’s a whole school 

approach” 


youth volleyball programme 

New Zealand Healthy Lifestyle Society delivers volleyball lessons in a school gym with the support of 

Sport Auckland and Tū Manawa funding. Their lessons aim to get Asian young people physically 

active and develop their interest in being active. 

As cited in New Zealand Healthy Lifestyle Society’s case study to Sport New Zealand – 

“New Zealand Healthy Lifestyle Society recognised that Asian young people face additional 

barriers to participating in sport compared to their peers. The barriers they identified were 

cost as well as cultural attitudes towards sport participation. They hoped to mitigate some 

of these barriers by making their Youth Volleyball Programme free to attend and delivered by 

Chinese coaches”. 

Tū Manawa funding enabled participation by covering the cost of equipment, venue hire and coaches. 

70+ Asian young people participated in this programme. Participants were 5-24 years of age and 60% were 

female and 96% were Chinese. 

“The Chinese-led programme created a comfortable environment for Chinese parents to bring their kids to join in. 

Whānau were glad to see their kids enthusiastic about the Youth Volleyball programme. They appreciated being able to 

have this opportunity to get their kids physically active” 

COACHING 

This year, we grew our coach developers’ network to 50 coaches, the network 

provides opportunities for coaches in our community to continue their 

development and engage with further learning and coaching opportunities. 

Through our work we promoted the Good Sports sine and philosophy with 

28 of our secondary schools and individually met with 5 to explore how they 

could positively influence their sporting environments. 

We also delivered 3 community Good Sports workshops reaching 50 parents. 

These actions will positively benefit rangatahi experience in their chosen 

sporting environments. 

We supported 39 secondary schools to ‘return to play’ after Covid restrictions 

and assisted them to create quality sporting environments for their rangatahi 

using Balance is Better and Good Sports principles. 17 of our primary schools 

used Balance is Better and Good Sports principles to re-evaluate their cluster 

events resulting in a calendar of events lead by student voice and ensuring 

more inclusive opportunities. 


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sector support webinars 

Disability and Inclusion 

This webinar was delivered in partnership with Halberg Foundation and Ellerslie Cricket Club, the forum covered what is disability 

and inclusion, what are different impairments, and advice for clubs to create more inclusive environments. Ellerslie Cricket Club 

shared their experiences, successes, and challenges of delivering a disability focussed project. 

We had 22 individuals from 17 different organisations attend our Disability and Inclusion webinar. 

Incorporated Societies Act 2022 

Sport Auckland sourced an expert in governance within the sport sector to de-mystify the complexities of this new legislation. We 

had 103 registrations and 67 attendees from 50+ organisations attend our Incorporated Societies Act 2022 webinar. Attendees 

voted the webinar was an 8.5/10 (excellent). 

Both webinars were recorded, and snippets have been shared and uploaded to Sport Auckland’s website for future viewing. These 

webinars also highlighted where some clubs may have gaps and we have started the process of supporting these organisations. 

“Must commend Sport Auckland and Craig. This has been hugely useful.” – Club 

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attendees 

“We wish to be as inclusive as 

possible, but we know there are 

barriers and are keen to know how 

we can bring some of those barriers 

down. This has been really useful, 

thanks for organising Sport Auckland.” 

– Club 


HEALTH CHECK TOOL 

Sport Auckland, in partnership with Aktive, CLM Community Sport, 

Harbour Sport and Sport Waitākere designed and tested a tool 

(‘Health Check Tool’) to help determine the health and capability of 

sport and recreation organisations. 

Sport Auckland selected 15 clubs to provide feedback on the Health 

Check Tool. Through the pilot phase of the tool, it became evident 

that some clubs need assistance in long term planning, financial 

and technology administration. We also found that some work is 

required for clubs to understand the language and interpret tool 

results. The wider rollout of the tool is planned for the coming 

financial year. 

The Health Check Tool has given Sport Auckland a clear pathway 

to work with volunteer-based organisations and has enabled 

focussed conversations; however, there is potential for the clubs to 

use the tool independently and enhance their own club capability. 

Examples of our Sector Support work where we 

assisted stakeholders: 

• Northern Region Football (Board Member): Success – merger 

of Auckland Football and Northern Football completed with 

national approval at New Zealand Football and Federations 

meeting; new Strategic Plan approved for 2022 to 2024. 

• ACA; Eden Roskill Districts Cricket Club: Success – Special 

General Meeting, new committee elected in time for cricket 

season. 

• Auckland Hockey; Auckland Badminton Association/Auckland 

Table Tennis; Howick Pakuranga Community Sports Club: 

Success – organisations progressed to stage 2. 

• Howick Local Board and Lloyd Elsmore Community Hub: 

Success – change of Trustees on the Trust and refocus of the 

project to be multi-sport hub. 

• Mt Eden Hockey Club: Success – plan for next 12 months, 

update constitution, refresh committee, strategic plan to grow 

membership and coaches. If no traction after 12 months, 

alternate plan is to investigate merger with other hockey clubs 

using the Working Together framework. 

• Ellerslie Sports Club: Success – Sport Auckland working on 

a new Trust Deed using template in the Act with a strategic 

planning session planned for 6 July 2022. 

“For a new committee of volunteers like we are, this was 

useful, since we are grappling in the dark for what we 

are supposed to address. This gives us a good direction 

of what we already have and where the gaps are so we 

can then prioritise what needs to be addressed first” – 

Committee Member, Club 


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our asian community 

This year, Sport Auckland co-designed 23 sport and active recreation opportunities to meet our Asian community’s needs. By 

collaborating with Asian leaders, clubs and schools; we engaged with 1,030 unique participants. 54% were Asian youth and 70% 

Asian female. We supported our participants to encourage a lifelong love of sport and active recreation. 

We developed the knowledge of Asian leaders and clubs by applying our “Central Auckland Chinese Community Sport Engagement 

Toolkit”, providing one-on-one consultation on insight gathering, project implementation, communication, marketing, and health 

and safety. During the reporting period, we delivered 8 capability-building workshops. 

We initiated and were involved in the research and report on “Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on the Physical Activity Level of 

Asian Communities across Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland” with the regional AcitvAsian team. This report provided valuable insights 

for the sport and recreation sector as New Zealand found itself dealing with changing norms due to the pandemic. The insights 

also guide Asian leaders to design quality experiences and opportunities that meet Asian community’s needs in central Auckland. 

Central Auckland Chinese Community Sport Engagement Toolkit 

What is the Toolkit? 

1,030 

As the Auckland population is becoming more diverse, it is important that our work in sport and recreation reflects the wider 

communities’ needs and contribute to a positive, diverse, and inclusive environment. This Toolkit is designed and developed 

by Sport Auckland’s ActivAsian team to be used in conjunction with Aktive’s resources. It aims to provide specific information 

on the Chinese community in a step-by-step guide. It is a resource for clubs, codes, and organisations to better engage ethnic 

communities especially the Chinese community in central Auckland. It can be tailored to meet specific needs. 

Who is this toolkit designed for? 

• Regional Sports Organisations 

• Sport clubs 

To engage the Chinese community in sport and active recreation, a Chinese Community Sport Engagement Process is detailed 

as below. This Process involves three steps: 

1. Understanding the Chinese community, 

2. Co-designing and implementation, 

3. Evaluation and improvement. 

UNIQUE 

PARTICIPANTS 



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Groups we worked with: 

• Ahoma 

• Auckland Council Connected Communities Team 

• Auckland Southern Volleyball Association 

• Auckland Youth Volleyball Association 

• East City Community Trust 

• Jimmel Holdings 

• Motten Volleyball 

• Poitarawhiti Tāmaki Makaurau Netball 

• Synergy Projects 

• West East Central Auckland Volleyball Association 

3,432 

PEOPLE 

We opened up access to facilities for delivery: 

• Auckland Netball Centre 

• Barfoot & Thompson Stadium 

• Dominion Road Primary 

• EFKS Mt Roskill 

• Jordan Recreation Centre 

• Netball Waitakere 

• Royal Oak Primary 

WE created a 

funding map 

“We love your 

funding map and are 

going to use it in our 

sessions” – Ministry 

of Pacific Peoples 


- 

MAORI AND PASIFIKA 

Sport Auckland’s Māori and Pasifika initiatives were funded by Foundation North. The initiatives connected to Foundation North’s 

focus areas of Whakauru mai | Social Inclusion, Hāpori awhina | Community Support and Hāpai te ōritetanga | Increased Equity. 

Our work here aimed to provide positive and diverse environments that embrace social inclusion in sport, active recreation and 

play for Māori and Pasifika communities, thus creating a sense of belonging for all. 

It became evident early in the initiative there was a need to bridge the gap of inequity and inequality of access for these communities. 

We found barriers such as language, cost, venue hire, equipment, and capability were inhibiting Māori and Pasifika participation 

in sport, active recreation, and play. 

We prioritised addressing these barriers by working alongside these communities to understand their needs and empowered 

them through resourcing and capability work. Through the process we identified areas where Sport Auckland could support Māori 

and Pasifika organisations, these included sharing knowledge of funding opportunities, volunteers, governance, structure and 

sustainability. Sport Auckland also assisted with securing venues and reducing or removing fees to participate. 

Faithful Lionz Volleyball Club NZ 

Here we highlight a community group who had a vision to 

create social inclusion for women and girls in volleyball. The 

group decided to break away from an established club, as they 

believed women were not given equal opportunities within the 

club. For example, court time and management of the club. 

Sport Auckland encouraged the group to understand their 

members and ask what the women want from a volleyball club. 

To achieve the best possible outcomes for their participants, 

this group drew on their own experience and networks, and 

surrounded themselves with other organisations. The newly 

formed club was a collaboration between Panmure PIC, 

Barfoot & Thompson Stadium and Sport Auckland. 

The club has grown since Sport Auckland’s initial financial 

support with venue costs and equipment. Fundraising has also 

helped the club pay for uniforms to create a sense of identity. 

Participants have embraced a ‘pay to play’ model which has 

reduced some concerns around membership fees and the 

group has found a suitable venue which has reduced the travel 

barrier for some women to participate. 

“For us, forming this volleyball club specifically for 

Pasifika women has given the opportunity for our ladies 

to be more active in the game. A lot of our ladies have 

been out of the game for so long due to having their 

own families… having a club that they feel safe, not 

judged and who welcome their families to join has 

given them confidence to get back into it and keep 

active!” 

“This programme has allowed women an opportunity 

away from their partners and children and it is a bonus 

that we have found a space in our region to allow this 

to happen” – President, Faithful Lionz Volleyball Club 


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health and wellness 

Our Health and Wellness team provide support for adults, rangatahi and tamariki who would like to become more active, improve 

their eating habits and adopt a healthier lifestyle. Over recent years, our Health and Wellness programmes have transformed to 

meet the changing needs of our communities. 

Disruptions caused by Covid, whilst challenging, have encouraged us to adapt our wellbeing programmes, particularly when 

Aucklanders were faced with realities of working and schooling from home, the closure of recreation and fitness centres and 

limited contact with friends and whanau. 

In striving to address the growing inequities, declining activity rates and increased time behind screens, we are proud of what has 

been achieved and we would like to acknowledge our participants and other providers we have worked alongside throughout this 

time. 

2021-2022 has been another successful year as we continue to act, be ambitious and create meaningful change to inspire our 

communities to live healthy and active lifestyles. 

5,110 

engaged 

adults 

“Thanks, I have been able to unlearn many bad 

habits like portion sizes, sleeping, mindset of 

food, just to name a few areas, and I have now 

learnt new habits that I implement in my daily 

life with my family. On week 6, I gained enough 

knowledge and confidence to join the gym so 

for me my health journey is only just getting 

started…” – GRx participant 

“Mental health has been the biggest 

change for me feeling much happier 

and really noticing the effect that being 

active has for me on my life. Wouldn’t 

have been done it without the kickstart 

and follow-up, need someone to hold me 

accountable!!” – GRx participant 

101 

engaged 

kids 

12%⬆ 

selF 

referrals 


staying active during a pandemic 

Over the summer months when our usual wellbeing 

programmes and exercise classes were unable to run 

due to Covid restrictions, we came up with creative 

ways to enable people to be active, enjoy the outdoors 

and maintain social contact safely. 

Throughout November and December, we delivered 

outdoor exercise sessions and walks each week at 

Mountford Park (Manurewa), Keith Haye Park (Mt Roskill) 

and Owairaka Domain (Mt Albert). For our tamariki and 

their whanau, we led bike and scooter sessions in 

Tāmaki. 

The outdoor classes were particularly popular in 

Manurewa so we continued each week through until 

April. 

Staying connected and empowering whanau 

and our communities with a variety of 

wellbeing innovations… 

• Wellbeing support through motivational text 

messages (SMS) 

• Kids Bake-along and activity sessions online to 

engage with our tamariki during Covid Alert Level 

3 and 4 

• 5-week Countdown to Christmas challenge 

• We now have a Green Prescription mobile app! 

• Auckland District Health Board (ADHB) workplace 

programme 

“I am enjoying the online sessions. I am not very good with 

technology but it was very easy to access these sessions. 

Thanks to the Green Prescription team to keep us active during 

lockdown!” – GRx participant 

“Lockdown has been a stressful time for everyone, and 

the exercise classes have been good to keep us active and 

motivated – Thank you!” – GRx participant 

countdown to christmas 

Leading up to Christmas we delivered a 5-week challenge (from 22nd 

November – 24th December) for any participants keen to join. Over 

250 participants across Auckland and Counties Manukau joined the 

challenge which involved: 

• “Monday Motivator” email 

• Healthy Eating focus/challenge 

• Physical activity challenge 

• Mindfulness and positive tips 

• Recipe of the week 

• Weekly prizes 

• Two motivational texts each week 

“Lovely to have your inspirational messages, but I think you have been 

spying on me to send this message - I have totally blown the sugar 

restrictions and have totally overdosed on sugar. Very timely message for 

me - but oh, how to actually stop it!! Thanks so much” – GRx participant 

“Thank you beautiful and dear People for your love and care with which 

you send us reminders along our journey…” – GRx participant 


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“I have lost 21kgs since my delivery. 

We are making the changes together 

as a family” – GRx Maternal 

participant 


health and wellness highlights 

599 

ADULTS GRADUATED 

GREEN PRESCRIPTIOn



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message from aktive 

It is my pleasure to acknowledge Sport Auckland’s mahi during the 2021- 

2022 financial year. 

With Sport Auckland’s purpose of “Inspiring our communities to live healthy 

active lives”, and Aktive’s vision of “Auckland – the world’s most active city 

| Tāmaki Makaurau – te tāone ngangahau rawa o te ao”, our kaupapa are 

aligned and focused in the same direction. 

Our aligned visions are underpinned by strategic priorities that look to 

help shape the future of play, active recreation and sport across Tāmaki 

Makaurau. Sport Auckland’s work added considerable value to these 

priorities during 2021-2022 which have made a positive impact on physical 

activity levels in Tāmaki Makaurau. We greatly value Sport Auckland’s local 

knowledge and collaborative approach to its mahi which supports the 

communities it serves. 

This year has seen Sport Auckland reconfirm its Communities of Activity: 

Glen Innes–Pt England (Maungakiekie–Tāmaki), Mt Wellington–Panmure 

(Maungakiekie–Tāmaki), Mt Roskill–Hillsborough (Puketāpapa), Flat Bush– 

Howick, Pakuranga (Howick), Inner City–Grey Lynn (Waitemata), where it 

will prioritise its support focus. 

Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa funding of $1,045,836 was distributed to 70 

successful applicants to support tamariki and rangatahi taking part in play, 

sport and active recreation – a great result given the COVID-19 challenges 

that were still evident at the start of the financial year. 

Supporting 30 primary and intermediate schools to improve the wellbeing 

of tamariki through healthy eating and drinking and quality physical activity 

as part of the Healthy Active Learning initiative was another highlight. This 

mahi has included supporting principals and school leaders to consider the 

benefits of quality Physical Education, play, sport and physical activity to 

enhancing strategic outcomes, supporting teachers to develop confidence 

and competence in their delivery of Physical Education and enhancing 

schools’ connection with local community organisations that provide 

healthy food and drink and physical activity opportunities for tamariki. 

Sport Auckland has had great success delivering Good Sports®, online and 

in person, to a variety of adult influencers (coaches, parents, teachers and 

sports administrators) and working with them to better understand quality 

youth sport experiences. 

Other milestones of note include Sport Auckland’s progression of a sports 

hub between the Glendowie Bowls Club, Glendowie Tennis Club and 

Bayside Westhaven Baseball Club and the commencement of an initiative 

to deliver a multi-sport hub at Mount Wellington War Memorial Park. 

Sport Auckland is a valued partner of Aktive; and we appreciate the 

commitment and contribution of Chair Andrew Williams, Chief Executive 

Mike Elliott, and the wider Sport Auckland Board and team. We look forward 

to continuing to work together to ensure a more active Tāmaki Makaurau 

for generations to come. 

Jennah Wootten, Chief Executive, Aktive 



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our TEAM 

Mike Elliott 

Chief Executive 

Angela Davies 

Accountant 

Tania Vaealiki 

Executive Assistant 

Scott Tibbutt 

General Manager 

Sam Bhattacharya 

Taylor Kamuhemu 

Caitlin Molloy 

Malo Sumich-Kainiu 

Scott van der Colk 

Sherry Xue 

Community Sport Advisors 

Vicky Mailei 

Regional Sports Director 

Barb Croawell 

Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa 

Administrator 

Matt Johnson 

Haree Titoko 

Healthy Active Learning Connectors 

Greg Burne 

Lynn Kilpatrick 

Healthy Active Learning Advisors 

Brooke Mitchell 

H&W Operations Manager 

Michael McCormack 

H&W Business Development 

Romeo Ah Fook 

Parita Dharmadhikari 

John Kaufusi 

Kavneet Kaur 

Adam Matthias 

Priyanka Nayak 

Jemi Sivagurunathan 

Healthy Lifestyle Advisors 

Vicki Goodburn 

Evette Johnson 

H&W Administration 


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FINANCIALS 


$3,037,883 

REVENUE 

$2,931,236 

EXPENSES 

$1,532,488 

NET ASSETS 


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financial statements 

Statement of Compliance and Responsibility 

For the year ended 30 June 2022 

Trustees Report 

The trustees of Sport Auckland (Trust) present this annual report, being the financial statements of the trust for the 

financial year ended 30 June 2022. 

Statement of responsibility 

The board and management accept responsibility for the preparation of the annual financial statements and 

judgements used in them, and hereby adopt the financial statements as presented. They also accept responsibility 

for establishing and maintaining a system of internal control designed to provide reasonable assurance as to the 

integrity and reliability of financial reporting. In the opinion of the board and management, the annual financial 

statements for the year ended 30 June 2022 fairly reflect the financial position, financial performance, and 

statement of cash flows of Sport Auckland. 

8 December 2022 

Andrew Williams, Chair, Sport Auckland 

Di Lasenby, Treasurer, Sport Auckland 


Statement of Comprehensive Revenue and Expense 


2022 2021 

Revenue from non-exchange transactions 

Aktive - Community Sport 1,143,157 1,219,210 

Auckland Council 176,420 152,616 

District Health Board 1,258,386 1,240,936 

Foundation North 181,052 319,043 

Gaming grants (Note 6) 80,759 44,971 

Programme Income 2,003 68,454 

2,841,777 3,045,230 

Revenue from exchange transactions 

Interest 10,890 7,673 

Sponsorship in kind (Note 14) 32,833 5,167 

Sports house recoveries 115,073 112,334 

Other revenue 37,310 0 

196,106 125,174 

TOTAL REVENUE 3,037,883 3,170,404 

Expense 

Audit (Note 7) 13,000 10,058 

Communication 30,249 39,737 

Depreciation (Note 10 and 11) 55,508 35,390 

Operating 137,477 127,249 

Programme costs 379,457 600,744 

Rent (Note 13) 229,222 228,903 

Staff 1,974,722 2,036,771 

Vehicle expenses and travel 43,720 52,360 

Vehicle lease (Note 13) 67,881 70,545 

TOTAL EXPENSE 2,931,236 3,201,757 

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE REVENUE 0 0 

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE REVENUE 106,647 (31,353) 


These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the notes to the financial statements 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets / Equity 



Accumulated comprehensive revenue and expense 

Opening balance 1,425,841 1,457,194 

Comprehensive revenue / (expense) for the year 106,647 (31,353) 

CLOSING BALANCE 1,532,488 1,425,841 

Statement of Financial Position 

As at 30 June 2022 


Current assets 

Cash and cash equivalents (Note 9) 2,486,753 2,320,708 

GST receivable 18,229 0 

Prepayments 19,720 27,305 

Receivables from exchange transactions 25,168 14,077 

Receivables from non-exchange transactions 283,735 277,015 

2,833,605 2,639,105 

Non-current assets 

Property, plant and equipment (Note 10) 13,507 34,546 

Intangible assets (Note 11) 55,811 83,191 

TOTAL ASSETS 2,902,923 2,756,842 

Current liabilities 

Accruals 76,477 91,605 

Employee entitlements 107,965 110,921 

Payables from exchange transactions 68,520 91,900 

GST payable 0 42,358 

Income in advance (Note 15) 465,766 393,766 

Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa (Note 16) 586,788 534,606 

Direct Fund (Note 16) 56,515 57,441 

KiwiSport (Note 16) 8,404 8,404 

TOTAL LIABILITIES 1,370,435 1,331,001 

NET ASSETS 1,532,488 1,425,841 

Equity 

Accumulated comprehensive revenue and expense 1,532,488 1,425,841 

TOTAL NET ASSETS 1,532,488 1,425,841 



Statement of Cash Flow 



Cash flows from operating activities 

Revenue from contracts and grants 2,862,201 2,654,701 

Cash receipts from other operating activities 70,147 95,208 

Interest received 10,890 7,673 

Net movement in KiwiSport funds 0 (454,016) 

Net movement in Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa funds 52,182 534,606 

Payments to suppliers and employees (2,761,698) (3,174,957) 

GST (60,587) 15,199 

173,135 (321,586) 

Cash flows from investing activities 

Payment for property plant and equipment, and intangibles (7,837) (104,384) 

Receipts for property plant and equipment, and intangibles 747 0 

NET CASH FLOWS 166,045 (425,970) 

Cash balances 

Cash and cash equivalents at 1 July 2021 2,320,708 2,746,678 

Cash and cash equivalents at 30 June 2022 (Note 9) 2,486,753 2,320,708 

NET CHANGE IN CASH FOR THE PERIOD 166,045 (425,970) 



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Notes to the Financial Statements 


1. Reporting entity 

The reporting entity is Sport Auckland (previous legal name, Auckland Central Sports Trust). Sport Auckland is a 

Charitable Trust incorporated under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957 and a registered Charity under the Charities Act 

2005. 

These financial statements and the accompanying notes summarise the financial results of activities carried out by 

Sport Auckland. 

These financial statements have been approved and were authorised for issue by the Board of Trustees on the date 

indicated on page 44. 

2. Statement of compliance 

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practice in New 

Zealand (“NZ GAAP”). They comply with Public Benefit Entity International Public Sector Accounting Standards 

(“PBE IPSAS”) and other applicable financial reporting standards as appropriate that have been authorised for use 

by the External Reporting Board for Not-For-Profit entities. For the purposes of complying with NZ GAAP, Sport 

Auckland is a public benefit not-for-profit entity and is eligible to apply Tier 2 Not-For-Profit PBE IPSAS on the basis 

that it does not have public accountability and it is not defined as large. 

The Board of Trustees has elected to report in accordance with Tier 2 Not-For-Profit PBE Accounting Standards and 

in doing so has taken advantage of all applicable Reduced Disclosure Regime (“RDR”) disclosure concessions. 

3. Changes in accounting policies 

There have been no changes in accounting policies. 

4. Summary of accounting policies 

The significant accounting policies used in the preparation of these financial statements as set out below have been 

applied in these financial statements. 

4.1 Basis of measurement 

The financial statements have been prepared on the basis of historical cost. 

4.2 Functional and presentational currency 

The financial statements are presented in New Zealand dollars ($), which is Sport Auckland’s functional currency. 

Amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar. 

4.3 Revenue 

Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefit or some potential benefit 

will flow to Sport Auckland and revenue can be reliably measured. Revenue is measured at the fair value of 

the consideration received or receivable, taking into account contractually defined terms of payment and 

excluding goods and services taxes or duties. The following specific recognition criteria must be met before 

revenue is recognised. 




REVENUE FROM NON-EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS 

• Aktive funding is received in instalments and is recognised as revenue to the extent the use or return conditions 

have been met. 

• Grant revenue includes grants given by trusts, central and local government organisations and is recognised 

in the Statement of Comprehensive Revenue and Expense when the conditions attached to the grant have 

been complied with. Where there are unfulfilled conditions attached to the grant, the amount relating to the 

unfulfilled condition is recognised as a liability and released to the Statement of Comprehensive Revenue and 

Expense as revenue when the conditions are fulfilled. If there are no conditions attached to the grant, revenue 

is recognised at the time the funds are received. 

REVENUE FROM EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS 

• Interest is recognised as it accrues using the effective interest method. The effective interest rate is the rate 

that exactly discounts the estimated future cash payments or receipts over the expected life of the financial 

instrument or a shorter period, where appropriate, to the net carrying amount of the financial asset or liability. 

• Sports House Recoveries are recognised in the period to which they relate. 

4.4 Financial instruments 

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when Sport Auckland becomes a party to the contractual 

provisions of the financial instrument. 

Sport Auckland derecognises a financial asset or, where applicable, a part of a financial asset or part of a group of 

similar financial assets when the rights to receive cash flows from the asset have expired or are waived, or Sport 

Auckland has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from the asset or has assumed an obligation to pay the 

received cash flows in full without material delay to a third party; and either: 

• Sport Auckland has transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset; or 

• Sport Auckland has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, but has 

transferred control of the asset. 

FINANCIAL ASSETS 

Financial assets within the scope of NFP PBE IPSAS 29 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement 

are classified as financial assets at fair value through surplus or deficit, loans and receivables, held-to-maturity 

investments or available-for-sale financial assets. The classifications of the financial assets are determined at initial 

recognition. 

The categorisation determines subsequent measurement and whether any resulting income and expense is 

recognised in surplus or deficit or in other comprehensive revenue and expenses. Sport Auckland’s financial 

assets are classified as either financial assets at fair value through surplus or deficit, or loans and receivables. 

Sport Auckland’s financial assets include: cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, receivables from 

non-exchange transactions, receivables from exchange transactions and investments. 

All financial assets except for those at fair value through surplus or deficit are subject to review for impairment at 

least at each reporting date. Financial assets are impaired when there is any objective evidence that a financial 

asset or group of financial assets is impaired. Different criteria to determine impairment are applied for each 

category of financial assets, which are described below. 


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• Financial assets at fair value through surplus or deficit include items that are either classified as held for 

trading or that meet certain conditions and are designated at fair value through surplus or deficit upon initial 

recognition. 

• Receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted 

in an active market. Sport Auckland’s cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, receivables from 

non-exchange transactions, receivables from exchange transactions and non-equity investments fall into this 

category of financial instruments. 

• Impairment of non-derivative financial assets - the trust assesses at the end of the reporting date whether 

there is objective evidence that a financial asset or a group of financial assets is impaired. A financial asset 

or a group of financial assets is impaired and impairment losses are incurred if there is objective evidence of 

impairment as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the asset (a ‘loss 

event’) and that loss event has an impact on the estimated future cash flows of the financial asset or the 

group of financial assets that can be reliably estimated. For financial assets carried at amortised cost, if there 

is objective evidence that an impairment loss on loans and receivables carried at amortised cost has been 

incurred, the amount of the loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the 

present value of the estimated future cash flows discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest 

rate. The carrying amount of the asset is reduced through the use of an allowance account. The amount of loss 

is recognised in the surplus or deficit for the reporting period. In determining whether there is any objective 

evidence of impairment, the Trust first assesses whether there is objective evidence of impairment of financial 

assets that are individually significant, and individually or collectively significant for financial assets that are 

not individually significant. If the Trust determines that there is no objective evidence of impairment for an 

individually assessed financial asset, it includes the asset in a group of financial assets with similar credit 

risk characteristics and collectively assesses them for impairment. Assets that are individually assessed for 

impairment and for which an impairment loss is or continues to be recognised are not included in a collective 

assessment for impairment. 

FINANCIAL LIABILITIES 

Sport Auckland’s financial liabilities include trade and other creditors (excluding GST and PAYE), employee 

entitlements, loans and borrowings and deferred income (in respect to grants whose conditions are yet to be 

complied with). 

All financial liabilities are initially recognised at fair value (plus transaction cost for financial liabilities not at fair 

value through surplus or deficit) and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest 

method except for financial liabilities at fair value through surplus or deficit. 

4.5 Cash and cash equivalents 

Cash and cash equivalents are short term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts 

of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. 

4.6 Property, plant and equipment 

Items of property, plant and equipment are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation, amortisation and 

impairment losses. Cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to the acquisition of the asset. Where 

an asset is acquired through a non-exchange transaction, its cost is measured at its fair value as at the date of 

acquisition. 




Depreciation and amortisation is charged on a straight line basis over the useful life of the asset. Depreciation and 

amortisation is charged at rates calculated to allocate the cost or valuation of the asset less any estimated residual 

value over its remaining useful life: 

• Furniture and fittings 6.45% - 11.11% 

• Office equipment 10.00% - 40.00% 

• Office improvements 11.11% - 33.33% 

• Intangible assets 10.00% - 40.00% 

Depreciation and amortisation methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed at each reporting date and 

are adjusted if there is a change in the expected pattern of consumption of the future economic benefits or service 

potential embodied in the asset. 

4.7 Leases 

Payments on operating lease agreements, where the lessor retains substantially the risk and rewards of ownership 

of an asset, are recognised as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. 

4.8 Employee benefits 

Liabilities for salaries and annual leave are recognised in surplus or deficit during the period in which the employee 

provided the related services. Liabilities for the associated benefits are measured at the amounts expected to be 

paid when the liabilities are settled. 

4.9 Income tax 

Due to its charitable status (Charities Services number CC23631), Sport Auckland is exempt from income tax. 

4.10 Goods and services tax (GST) 

Revenues and expenses are recognised net of the amount of GST except for receivables and payables, which are 

stated with the amount of GST included. 

The net amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the Inland Revenue Department is included as part of 

receivables or payables in the statement of financial position. 

4.11 Equity 

Equity is made up of the following components: 

Accumulated Comprehensive Revenue and Expense since Sport Auckland’s formation. 


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5. Significant accounting judgements, estimates and assumptions 

The preparation of Sport Auckland’s financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and 

assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities, and the accompanying 

disclosures, and the disclosure of contingent liabilities. Uncertainty about these assumptions and estimates could 

result in outcomes that require a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets or liabilities affected in 

future periods. 

JUDGEMENTS 

In the process of applying Sport Auckland’s accounting policies, management has made the following judgements, 

which have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements. 

OPERATING LEASE COMMITTMENTS 

Sport Auckland has entered into a number of vehicle leases and accounts for the contracts as operating leases. 

ESTIMATES AND ASSUMPTIONS 

The key assumptions concerning the future and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date, 

that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within 

the next financial year, are described below. Sport Auckland based its assumptions and estimates on parameters 

available when the financial statements were prepared. Existing circumstances and assumptions about future 

developments, however, may change due to market changes or circumstances arising beyond the control of Sport 

Auckland. Such changes are reflected in the assumptions when they occur. 

USEFUL LIVES AND RESIDUAL VALUES 

The useful lives and residual values of assets are assessed using the following indicators to determine potential 

future use and value from disposal: 

• The condition of the asset 

• The nature of the asset, its susceptibility and adaptability to changes in technology and processes 

• The nature of the processes in which the asset is deployed 

• Availability of funding to replace the asset 

• Changes in the market in relation to the asset 

The estimated useful lives of the asset classes held by Sport Auckland are listed in Note 4.6. 




6. Revenue from non-exchange transactions 

Gaming grants from non-exchange transactions recognised as revenue during the reporting period are made up of 

the following: 


Four Winds Foundation 0 8,400 

Lion Foundation 5,000 5,750 

New Zealand Community Trust 75,759 30,821 

TOTAL 80,759 44,971 

7. Auditor’s remuneration 

RSM Hayes Audit provides audit services to Sport Auckland. Total amount recognised as an audit expense is 

$13,000 (2021: $10,058). No non-audit services are provided by RSM Hayes Audit. 

8. Financial assets and financial liabilities 

Financial assets and financial liabilites include the following components: 


Financial assets (within statement of financial position) 

Cash and cash equivalents 2,486,753 2,320,708 

Receivables from exchange transactions 25,168 14,077 

TOTAL 2,511,921 2,334,785 

Financial liabilities (within statement of financial position) 

Accruals 76,477 91,605 

Payables from exchange transactions 68,519 91,900 

TOTAL 144,996 183,505 

9. Cash and cash equivalents 

Cash and cash equivalents include the following components: 


Cheque account 431,170 614,007 

Savings accounts 2,055,583 1,706,701 

TOTAL 2,486,753 2,320,708 


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10. Property, plant and equipment 

2022 

Furniture and 

fittings 

Office 

equipment 

Office 

improvements 

TOTAL 

Cost 163,828 95,416 665,888 925,133 

Additions 0 3,341 0 3,341 

Disposals 0 (3,122) 0 (3,122) 

Accumulated depreciation (163,158) (81,828) (665,888) (908,500) 

Net book value 670 12,837 0 13,507 

Depreciation charge 365 23,268 0 23,633 

2021 

Furniture and 

fittings 

Office 

equipment 

Office 

improvements 

TOTAL 

Cost 163,829 115,513 665,888 945,230 

Additions 0 10,771 0 10,771 

Disposals 0 (34,213) 0 (34,213) 

Accumulated depreciation (162,793) (58,560) (665,888) (887,241) 

Net book value 1,036 33,510 0 34,546 

Depreciation charge 365 23,231 1,281 24,967 

11. Intangible assets 

Intangible assets include Green Prescription database upgrade and CRM for Community Sport and Microsoft 365 

project. 


Cost 98,109 93,613 

Amortisation 42,298 10,423 

Net book value 55,811 83,191 

Amortisation 31,875 10,243 

12. Related party transactions 

Gaye Bryham is a board member of Sport Auckland and is also Deputy Head of School Sport and Recreation at 

Auckland University of Technology. All possible conflicts of interest are declared in regards to AUT projects. 




Dianne Lasenby is a board member of Sport Auckland and is also the Chief Executive of Auckland Netball. Auckland 

Netball receives money from KiwiSport which is distributed by Sport Auckland. 

Boaz Moala is the Centre Manager for Oranga Community Centre on behalf of Auckland Council. Sport Auckland 

receives funding from Auckland Council. All transactions with related parties were on normal commercial terms and 

none received any preferential treatment. 

Kelly Williams is a Senior Associate with Buddle Findlay. All possible conflicts of interest are declared if legal advice 

is sought. 


Revenue (excluding GST) 


TOTAL 176,420 152,616 

Expense (excluding GST) 


Auckland Netball 2,499 17,930 

TOTAL 10,932 25,911 

Payables (excluding GST) 

Auckland Council 1,930 811 

Auckland Netball 844 0 

TOTAL 2,774 811 

KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL 

The key management personnel, as defined by PBE IPSAS 20 Related Party Disclosures, are the members of 

the governing body. The Board of Trustees, Chief Executive Officer and Senior Management Team constitutes 

the governing body of Sport Auckland. The aggregate remuneration of key management personnel and 

the number of individuals, determined on a full-time equivalent basis, receiving remuneration is as follows: 


Total remuneration 489,572 483,518 

Number of persons 4.6 4.6 

AKTIVE AUCKLAND SPORT AND RECREATION’S FUNCTION 

Aktive Auckland Sport and Recreation was established in May 2013 to undertake a regional leadership role in 

promoting active and on-going participation in sport and recreation. As part of its role, Aktive is now the funding 

conduit for all Sport New Zealand funding. Hence funding previously received directly from Sport New Zealand, 

including KiwiSport, is now received from Aktive. This funding is to enable Sport Auckland to deliver various sport 

and recreation promotion and participation activities in the region. 


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13. Leases 


Not later than one year 287,909 60,831 

Later than one year and not later than five years 104,932 49,812 

Later than five years 0 0 

TOTAL 392,841 110,643 

The office lease is on a month by month basis since the expiry of the agreement and Sport Auckland is in the 

process of finalising a new agreement with the landlord. 

14. Sponsorship in kind 

Non-cash sponsorship received from West City Auto Group (motor vehicle) during the year totalled $6,000 (2021: 

$5,167) and $26,833 received from Sport New Zealand (people and culture (HR) pilot) (2021: $0); this has been 

included in the Statement of Comprehensive Revenue and Expenses at the equivalent market rate for goods of this 

nature. 

15. Income in advance 


Grants received in advance 465,766 393,766 

TOTAL 465,766 393,766 

16. Funds held on trust 


Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa 586,788 534,606 

Direct Fund 56,515 57,441 

KiwiSport 8,404 8,404 

TOTAL 651,707 600,541 

Sport New Zealand introduced the Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa fund during 2020. This funding is available for 

community-based programmes or projects delivering play, active recreation and sport experiences, which help 

our children and young people get active. Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa is distributed by Regional Sports Trusts with 

Sport Auckland contracting a variety of organisations to deliver the purpose of the fund. 




The KiwiSport Regional Partnership Fund was distributed by Regional Sports Trusts with Sport Auckland contracting 

Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Sports Organisations to deliver programmes within schools to children 

from year 1 to 13. 

Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa and KiwiSport funding is received by Sport Auckland in an ‘agent’ capacity as Sport 

Auckland cannot control the use of, or otherwise directly benefit from the funding in the pursuit of its objectives. 

Sport Auckland received a nominal amount towards the administration cost of the Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa Fund. 

The funds are accounted in the statement of financial position and will remain a liability (received in advance) until 

funds are distributed. 

17. Capital commitments 

There were no capital commitments at the reporting date (2021: $0). 

18. Contingent assets and liabilites 

There are no contingent assets for liabilities at the reporting date (2021: $0). 

19. Events after the reporting date 

There are no significant events post balance date (2021: The Board of Trustees and management are in the process 

of reviewing an offer to continue leasing office space at the Auckland Trotting Club. The total term of the new 

tenancy is nine years with rights of renewal in 2023 and 2026). 

20. Going concern 

The financial report has been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates continuity of normal business 

activities and the realisation of assets and the settlement of liabilities in the ordinary course of business. 


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Independent Auditor’s Report 

To the Trustees of Sport Auckland 

Opinion 

We have audited the financial statements of Sport Auckland, which comprise: 

• the statement of financial position as at 30 June 2022; 

• the statement of comprehensive revenue and expense for the year then ended; 

• the statement of changes in net assets/equity for the year then ended; 

• the statement of cash flow for the year then ended; and 

• the notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. 

In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements on pages 45 to 57 present fairly, in all material respects, 

the financial position of Sport Auckland as at 30 June 2022, and its financial performance and its cash flows for 

the year then ended in accordance with Public Benefit Entity Standards Reduced Disclosure Regime issued by 

the New Zealand Accounting Standards Board. 

Basis for opinion 

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (New Zealand) (ISAs (NZ)). 

Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of 

the financial statements section of our report. 

We are independent of the entity in accordance with Professional and Ethical Standard 1 International Code of 

Ethics for Assurance Practitioners (including International Independence Standards) (New Zealand) issued by 

the New Zealand Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, and we have fulfilled our other ethical 

responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is 

sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. 

Other than in our capacity as auditor we have no relationship with, or interests in, Sport Auckland. 

Other information 

The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the Annual Report 2022 

on pages 1 to 44 (but does not include the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon), which we 

obtained prior to the date of this auditor’s report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the 

other information and we do not express any form of audit opinion or assurance conclusion thereon. 

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information 

identified above and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the 

financial statements, or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, 

based on the work we have performed on the other information that we obtained prior to the date of this 

auditor’s report, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to 

report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. 


Responsibilities of the trustees for the financial statements 

The trustees are responsible, on behalf of Sport Auckland, for the preparation and fair presentation of the 

financial statements in accordance with Public Benefit Entity Standards Reduced Disclosure Regime, and for 

such internal control as those charged with governance determine is necessary to enable the preparation of 

financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. 

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible, on behalf of the Sport Auckland, for 

assessing the Sport Auckland’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related 

to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate 

the Sport Auckland or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. 

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements 

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free 

from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our 

opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in 

accordance with ISAs (NZ) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise 

from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be 

expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements. A 

further description of the auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located at the XRB’s 

website at: 

https://xrb.govt.nz/Site/assurance_standards/auditors-responsibilities/audit-report-8 

Who we report to 

This report is made solely to the trustees, as a body. Our audit has been undertaken so that we might state to 

the trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To 

the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than to Sport 

Auckland and the trustees as a body, for our work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. 

RSM Hayes Audit 8 December 2022 

Auckland 


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