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Fostering understanding of gender and diversity inclusion

WEBRemoving barriers that limit rainbow or LGBTQIA students’ participation in sport and active recreation is essential to their long-term health and wellbeing.. This was the key focus of a recent workshop for sport leaders in West Auckland, led by Sport Waitākere and Unitec with support from Healthy Families Waitākere.

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WEBHealthy Active Learning is a joint initiative between Sport New Zealand and Te Whatu Ora Healthy NZ and the Ministry of Education assisting schools and kura to improve child and youth wellbeing through healthy eating and drinking, and quality physical activity. In Tāmaki Makaurau, Sport New Zealand invests in Aktive who partners with Sport

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Sport Waitākere

WEBAt Sport Waitākere, we help people lead better lives. We work alongside people in community and partners to explore the changes we can make together, so people can be healthy and happy throughout their lifetime. We build capability across our networks and partnerships, so more people have the ability to create transformative change in places

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Healthy Active Learning unlocks new opportunities for Henderson …

WEBHealthy Active Learning is a joint government initiative between Sport New Zealand, Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand and the Ministry of Education to improve the wellbeing of tamariki and rangatahi through heathy eating and drinking, and quality physical activity. The launch of Healthy Active Learning initially saw 20 West Auckland schools

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The ‘community of care’ improving the wellbeing of Sāmoan …

WEBThis article was developed in partnership with The Spinoff, check out the original here . An ambitious initiative in Sāmoan early childhood centres is improving the health and wellbeing of children, families and teachers across Auckland – with aspirations to extend nationwide.

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Hui Hub fosters valuable connections for West Auckland schools

WEBStrengthening schools’ wider community connections, sparking collaborations and sharing good practice are at the heart of a Sport Waitākere initiative, named the Hui Hub. The first Hui Hub took place in July 2021, bringing a range of community leaders and providers together with teaching teams from West Auckland schools to share their

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WEBAuckland’s only Regional Asian Ethnic Engagement initiative in play, active recreation and sport. ActivAsian is an Auckland-wide approach involving key delivery partners; CLM Community Sport, Harbour Sport, Sport Auckland & Sport Waitākere. At Sport Waitākere, we aim to listen, understand, and support Asian people's wellbeing and health by …

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Workshops support teachers to deliver better health and PE …

WEBEmpowering teachers around the health and PE curriculum has been the focus of two recent workshops in West Auckland. A Health Education Workshop, led by Sport Waitākere Healthy Active Learning Advisor Sophie Gibbins and held at Te Poi, highlighted the importance of including health education as part of a HPE (health and physical …

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Play reaches a whole new level

WEBTeachers from across West Auckland exercised their bodies and brains during Sport Waitākere’s recent Healthy Active Learning Opportunities (HALO) Day.. The event brought together 43 teachers from 24 Healthy Active Learning Schools for a day of professional learning and development focussed on re-energising health, PE, sport, …

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Women-only pool sessions changing lives in West Auckland

WEBCulturally-appropriate women-only pool sessions are providing multiple life-changing benefits for West Auckland women. Since mid-2019 the Whau Local Board has funded a Community Waitākere Community Developer, Shalema Wanden-Hannay, to facilitate and support the strengthening of community in New Windsor. This work led to the creation of …

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Sport Waitākere named finalist in NZ Sport and Recreation Awards …

WEBSport Waitākere is thrilled to have its kaupapa ‘Active Whakapapa’ named as a finalist in the Community Impact category of the NZ Sport and Recreation Awards.

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WEBThe role of the Business Manager at Sport Waitākere is to lead and anticipate the changes, optimise accountability of operations, and prioritise the effectiveness of our services through ICT continuous improvement, upskilling personnel, and …

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Breakfast of champions

WEBHealthy Active Learning’s holistic and collaborative approach in schools is supporting tamariki to be healthy and active through a raft of learner-led activities, woven through all aspects of the school environment.

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Aiga Jam gets tamariki active in West Auckland

WEBAiga Jam gets tamariki active in West Auckland. West Auckland students are leading the way in trialling Aiga Jam sessions in their school environments – and enjoying the benefits of being physically active and having fun at the same time. Aiga Jam is a model initially started for families back in 2017 when Sport Waitākere was looking at

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Traditional Māori games and music captivate tamariki

WEBSport Waitākere recently hosted a taonga tākaro (traditional Māori games) workshop which gave West Auckland’s tamariki the opportunity to connect with Te Ao Māori through games and music.

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Milestone reached in delivery of Tū Manawa funded projects

WEBSport Waitākere is delighted to be celebrating a major milestone that has benefited thousands of tamariki and rangatahi across West Auckland.

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WEBJarrod Walton Jarrod is a tax specialist with experience as a tax manager at KPMG Auckland, Jarrod joined Chapmans Chartered Accountants in 2008 and is now a partner at the firm. He was admitted to the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants in 2004 and has since become passionate about helping local business in West Auckland succeed.

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Sport NZ Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa Fund

WEBOver one million dollars for West Auckland community-based projects and programmes; Nearly triple the amount available in relation to previous years

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WEBSport Waitākere Annual Report 2016_17. Financial Statements 2019. THE AUCKLAND APPROACH. The Auckland Approach to community sport: co-creating a world-class sport system in communities across Tāmaki Makaurau. The Auckland Approach to Community Sport is a targeted, scalable community sport system. It’s about working together with a …

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