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Recreation Aotearoa Opens $1.5M Outdoor Education Support Fund
Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 11:07 am | Recreation Aotearoa
Recreation Aotearoa have opened applications to the new Outdoor Education Support Fund. Managed and delivered on behalf of Sport NZ, the $1.5M fund is aimed at outdoor education organsations experiencing short-term financial hardship due to the impacts ... More >>
Recreation Aotearoa CEO Receives Leadership Award
Friday, 25 June 2021, 6:25 am | Recreation Aotearoa
Recreation Aotearoa CEO Andrew Leslie was awarded the prestigious C.K Doig Leadership Award this week at the NZ Sport & Recreation Awards. The award is given to an individual in the sport and recreation sector who displays outstanding leadership ... More >>
Constant Supervision Saves Lives - Stay Poolsafe This Long Weekend
Friday, 5 February 2021, 7:09 am | Recreation Aotearoa
No matter how you say it, constant supervision saves lives. That is the theme of Recreation Aotearoa’s latest water safety video campaign. Featuring pool facility staff, including lifeguards and pool managers, the campaign uses different languages ... More >>
Te Mata Park Voted One Of The Best Parks In The World
Thursday, 10 December 2020, 8:10 am | Recreation Aotearoa
The votes are in for the world’s favourite Green Flag Award parks and one of the top ten is right here in Aotearoa! With over 50,000 votes cast, and in a year that has seen parks and green spaces serve a vital role for health and wellbeing worldwide, ... More >>
New Zealand Top Parks Of 2020 Announced
Monday, 30 November 2020, 11:51 am | Recreation Aotearoa
For many of us parks have been a haven during COVID-19. They have helped our communities remain healthy, active, and connected during the pandemic. Recreation Aotearoa are thrilled to announce that 24 parks across New Zealand, including two first time recipients, ... More >>
Start Planning For Get Outdoors Week
Friday, 6 November 2020, 9:29 am | Recreation Aotearoa
Now is the time to start planning your Get Outdoors Week activities! “Get Outdoors Week is only a week away, so now is the time to start thinking about where you’ll go and what you’ll do to get involved,” says Andrew Leslie, CEO of Recreation ... More >>
Grant Robertson And Mark Mitchell To Discuss Recreation In Election Special
Monday, 24 August 2020, 3:13 pm | Recreation Aotearoa
Recreation Aotearoa has announced a live online Q&A discussion with Minister of Sport and Recreation Grant Robertson and Opposition spokesperson Mark Mitchell. "We welcome anyone and everyone to tune in and hear from each ... More >>
Recreation Industry welcomes Relief Package
Thursday, 7 May 2020, 9:20 am | Recreation Aotearoa
Recreation Aotearoa has welcomed the $25 million relief package from Sport NZ to provide financial support for organisations in the play, active recreation and sport sector. "Today’s announcement is a welcome one for the New Zealand recreation ... More >>
Recreation Groups Support Calls For Safe Domestic Travel In Level 2
Friday, 1 May 2020, 11:40 am | Recreation Aotearoa
Recreation Aotearoa and the New Zealand Alpine Club (NZAC) both support calls today from the tourism sector to reduce restrictions around non-essential travel during COVID-19 Alert Level 2. As well as the impact on tourism, non-essential travels restrictions ... More >>
Keep Recreation In Your Bubble This Long Weekend
Thursday, 9 April 2020, 2:24 pm | Recreation Aotearoa
Stay home this Easter and save lives. Recreation Aotearoa and fellow recreational and outdoor agencies would like to remind people to continue playing their part in flattening the curve by keeping their long weekend activities within their bubble. ... More >>
EOTC, Outdoor Education And School Camps – COVID-19 Advice
Friday, 20 March 2020, 2:15 pm | Recreation Aotearoa
Outdoor providers and schools are monitoring daily updates to advice and conditions. At this time of unrest, we want to extend our allegiance to all our communities. We reach out to Auckland region as local council announce the two week closure of ... More >>
New Zealand’s Only Cemeteries And Crematoria Conference Coming This May
Wednesday, 4 March 2020, 4:22 pm | Recreation Aotearoa
The New Zealand Cemeteries and Crematoria Collective (NZCCC), in partnership with Recreation Aotearoa, are gearing up for New Zealand’s premier conference event for the cemetery and crematoria sector. Held in Rotorua 4 – 6 May , the 2020 New ... More >>
Parental Supervision at the Pool is Vital to Saving Lives
Friday, 10 January 2020, 1:40 pm | Recreation Aotearoa
We are at the time of the year when parents and caregivers are starting to return to work, however our children are still enjoying the summer, typically at the local swimming pool. Following an increase of pool incidents over the summer Recreation ... More >>
Recreation Awards 2019
Friday, 29 November 2019, 9:12 am | Recreation Aotearoa
This year some of Aotearoa’s top recreational providers and advocates were recognised at an awards dinner, held during the 2019 Recreation Conference in Hamilton. More >>
Climate Emergency could be the best thing in our lifetime
Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 2:20 pm | Recreation Aotearoa
“What if I told you the climate emergency will not only be the biggest and most disruptive, but also potentially the best thing that will ever happen in your lifetime?” More >>
New Zealand’s best parks and outdoor spaces of 2019/20
Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 10:38 am | Recreation Aotearoa
Recreation Aotearoa are thrilled to announce that there are 29 Green Flag Award® winning parks and open spaces in New Zealand this year. More >>
Lifeguards are not babysitters
Friday, 18 October 2019, 10:03 am | Recreation Aotearoa
Silver Fern Ameliaranne Ekenasio is reminding caregivers to keep an eye on their little ones at pools in the latest Poolsafe campaign. More >>
NZ’s Top Lifeguards Awarded
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 9:08 am | Recreation Aotearoa
The 2019 Aquatics Awards were held last night at the Waves Conference in Queenstown, and lifeguards from across Aotearoa were awarded for the incredible work they do in their communities. The annual Aquatics Industry Awards are organised by Recreation ... More >>
Recreation Aotearoa applauds Minister for preserving Waitaha
Wednesday, 28 August 2019, 5:15 pm | Recreation Aotearoa
Recreation Aotearoa has extended its thanks and congratulations to the Minister for the Environment, David Parker, for declining the application to construct a hydro-electric power scheme on the Waitaha River. “The Waitaha river and Morgan Gorge is an area ... More >>
Diversity and inclusion in Outdoor Recreation
Wednesday, 10 July 2019, 8:18 am | Recreation Aotearoa
Recreation Aotearoa are funding projects that promote diversity and inclusion in outdoor recreation, and applications are open now. One project supported in the last round of funding helped people who were new to Aotearoa to find friends, engage in ... More >>
