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Talent Identification and Development
Friday, 28 February 2003, 9:08 am | SPARC
Scotland’s central sports organisation – sportscotland – commissioned the University of Edinburgh to review current practises, academia and international thinking in talent identification and development. Their report, published in 2002, highlighted ... More >>
Sports Disputes Tribunal Members Announced
Friday, 21 February 2003, 3:00 pm | SPARC
Two Queens Counsel and the 2002 captain of the Black Ferns are among the seven Sports Disputes Tribunal members announced by SPARC (Sport and Recreation New Zealand) today. More >>
SPARC and Ministry of Education Join Forces
Friday, 21 February 2003, 2:43 pm | SPARC
A pilot scheme to help increase physical activity in young people was launched today. The joint initiative by SPARC and the Ministry of Education focuses on providing additional support to 16 primary schools in New Zealand. More >>
Sports Disputes Tribunal Members Announced
Friday, 21 February 2003, 9:29 am | SPARC
Black Fern Farah Palmer and Queens Counsel Kit Toogood QC are among the seven Sports Disputes Tribunal members announced by SPARC (Sport and Recreation New Zealand) today. More >>
Pero Cameron Continues to Lead Off The Court
Friday, 21 February 2003, 9:26 am | SPARC
Pero Cameron, captain of New Zealand's most successful basketball team, has won the SPARC Leadership Award at the 'Say When' sports awards held in Auckland tonight. More >>
Employers Asked to be Bike-Wise
Wednesday, 19 February 2003, 9:02 am | SPARC
Trevor Mallard, Minister for Sport and Recreation today launched the SPARC Cycle Friendly Employer Guide at the Bike to Work Day breakfast in Civic Square. More >>
Swimming NZ Gets SPARC Funding
Friday, 31 January 2003, 7:43 pm | SPARC
Swimming New Zealand receives $450,000 SPARC funding SPARC today confirmed its funding support for Swimming New Zealand for 2003 will be $450,000 in cash, plus significantly more in support services. More >>
Sports Disputes Tribunal Chair Announced
Friday, 13 December 2002, 12:25 am | SPARC
Rt Hon E W (Ted) Thomas DCNZM QC has been appointed chair of the Sports Disputes Tribunal being set up by SPARC (Sport and Recreation New Zealand). More >>
New Zealand's Top Sporting Brains Get Together
Wednesday, 4 December 2002, 3:50 pm | SPARC
Some of New Zealand's top brains in elite sport will get together tomorrow when the New Zealand Academy of Sport (SPARC's high performance network) hosts the performance sports seminar in Auckland. More >>
Study to better measure physical activity
Tuesday, 3 December 2002, 4:45 pm | SPARC
SPARC and the Ministry of Health announced today that Auckland UniServices (University of Auckland) is undertaking a study to assess the effectiveness of a new questionnaire to measure physical activity among New Zealand adults. More >>
Young Sporting Stars Honoured
Friday, 22 November 2002, 4:37 pm | SPARC
Auckland teenager Terenzo Bozzone has hit the headlines again today when he won the multisport category in the national SPARC Future Champion Awards. More >>
70 teams vie for $100,000 SPARC Hillary Exp. Fund
Tuesday, 19 November 2002, 2:05 pm | SPARC
Applications for the $100,000 SPARC Hillary Expedition have closed, with over 70 teams putting forward proposals for consideration. More >>
SPARC Adopts Hi-tech Approach
Tuesday, 12 November 2002, 2:47 pm | SPARC
Sport and Recreation New Zealand (SPARC) announced today that it is using Microsoft's latest .NET technology to motivate New Zealanders into becoming more active. More >>
Marc Hinton takes tops at Sport Journo Awarda
Monday, 4 November 2002, 10:07 am | SPARC
Sunday Star Times Reporter Marc Hinton, who won the award in 2000 has again been named Sports Journalist of the Year, at the SPARC sponsored 2002 Sir Terry McLean National Sports Journalism Awards. The awards were held at Wairakei Resort in Taupo. More >>
More adult Kiwis Are Getting Off the Couch!
Monday, 4 November 2002, 8:55 am | SPARC
It appears a worrying trending is developing - fewer young New Zealanders are keeping active. It's National Push Play Day on Friday this week, and SPARC has released its latest research that shows adult New Zealanders are more active than they were three ... More >>
Counting Down to Push Play Day
Friday, 1 November 2002, 3:45 pm | SPARC
Friday 8 November is Push Play Day and Nick Hill, CEO of SPARC is asking all New Zealanders "to get active for 30 minutes on National Push Play Day. " More >>
SPARC Legislation Passed
Friday, 11 October 2002, 6:20 pm | SPARC
Legislation entitled the Sport and Recreation New Zealand Bill was passed in the house today. More >>
Sports Disputes Tribunal to be in action 2003
Thursday, 10 October 2002, 2:18 pm | SPARC
SPARC (Sport and Recreation New Zealand) has begun the process to set up a Sports Disputes Tribunal to provide an independent forum for sportspeople to resolve disputes. More >>
The Sparc Hillary Expedition - How to apply
Thursday, 26 September 2002, 2:03 pm | SPARC
The purpose of the Expedition is to facilitate inspiring adventures for outdoor physical activities. Preference will be given to teams, but the panel may consider an outstanding individual applicant. While preference will be given to teams comprising predominantly ... More >>
$100,000 SPARC - Hillary Expedition Launched
Thursday, 26 September 2002, 2:00 pm | SPARC
The search is on for a team of adventurers willing and able to tackle some of the world's toughest outdoor challenges with a $100,000 expedition fund announced today by SPARC (Sport and Recreation New Zealand). More >>
