Sport New Zealand

National Aquatic and Indoor Sport & Active Recreation Facilities Strategies

Sport NZ wishes to develop National Facility Strategies for the future provision of Aquatic and Indoor Sport & Active Recreation Facilities. Whilst the strategies will be commissioned as one piece of work they will be separate strategies.
The strategies will address the participants’ needs for play, active recreation and sport (community level through to high performance).
The strategies will identify any gaps in future provision requirements (future state), having considered existing provision (current state), stakeholder engagement and consultation, provision guidelines developed as part of the project, the evidence collected and identification of future trends.

The strategies will give key decision makers clear direction and guidance on a local, regional and national level of patterns and trends, and providing the necessary evidence and supporting information on which to agree priority projects and base facility investment decisions. They may also identify and encourage opportunities to co-invest or share facilities.
The project will have to be mindful that we live in a constantly changing environment and will have to consider influencing factors including population changes, demographic fluctuations and future trends and needs of specific participants and activities.