About SPARC
At SPARC (Sport & Recreation New Zealand) we're dedicated to getting New Zealanders enjoying and excelling through sport and recreation.
Over the next six years, we will focus on providing opportunities for New Zealanders to participate in recreation every day and getting more New Zealanders winning on the world stage.
We invest more than $70 million each year to achieve our vision, which is:
Everyone. Every day. Enjoying and excelling through sport and recreation.
To achieve this we have identified five priority areas:
- Young New Zealanders (0-18 years)
- Grassroots Sport
- Recreation
- Partner Capability
- High Performance
What we do
Lead
- Advocacy, facilitation and bringing the sector together.
- Providing research, identifying and sharing good practice.
Invest
- Investing in partners to deliver results.
Enable
- Building the capability of our partners – systems, processes and tools.
- Providing experts and research.
- Providing sector training and development opportunities.
Find out more about what we do in our key documents and reports.
People at SPARC
Meet the key people who work at SPARC and the key people we work with - our board members and Te Roopu Manaaki, our Maori Advisory Committee.
News
Keep up with the play with our latest press releases and upcoming events.
FAQs
Get the answers to frequently asked questions about SPARC.
Minister/government
Find out how SPARC was formed and what our role is as a Crown agency, and read about the Minister for Sport and Recreation.
Vacancies
Find out about current job opportunities at SPARC and in sport around New Zealand.
Contacts
Find out where we're located and how to get in touch with SPARC.
Commonwealth Games photo: Chris Skelton
Updated | 31 Jul 2009.
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