Havelock North High School team wins SPARC Get2Go Challenge 2007
Wednesday 19 December, 2007
After several days of outdoor action and team adventure, eight students from Havelock North High School are celebrating their victory at the 2007 SPARC Get2Go Challenge. The SPARC Get2Go Challenge grand final event took place at the Sir Edmund Hillary...
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SPARC Chief Executive Nick Hill Resigns
Thursday 13 December, 2007
SPARC (Sport & Recreation New Zealand) Chief Executive Nick Hill announced today that he is resigning from his role, effective 28 March 2008. Hill, SPARC’s first and only chief executive since the organisation’s formation in 2002, is planning to return...
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Top Get2Go regional teams prepare for Great Barrier Island Final
Thursday 06 December, 2007
Outdoor team adventure and action are on the agenda for Year 9 and 10 students preparing for the SPARC Get2Go Challenge grand final on Great Barrier Island next week. Teams of eight students from 10 North Island schools will spend the week participatin...
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SPARC Announces Physical Activity Guidelines for Children and Young People
Thursday 06 December, 2007
SPARC (Sport & Recreation New Zealand) today announced newly adopted physical activity guidelines for children and young people (ages 5-18). Most notably, the guidelines recommend that throughout each day, children and young people need at least 60...
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2007 SPARC Sir Terry McLean National Sports Journalism Awards
Wednesday 05 December, 2007
New Zealand’s top sports journalists and photographers were recognised at the 2007 Sir Terry McLean National Sports Journalism Awards Dinner in Auckland tonight. The Awards, sponsored by SPARC, attracted around 260 past and present media and sporting...
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SPARC Announces $4.9 Million Investment In High Performance Sport
Friday 23 November, 2007
Ongoing Commitment to Winter Sports, Canoeing Highlight Package. SPARC (Sport & Recreation New Zealand) today announced that it will invest $4.9 million in the high performance projects of 15 different sports in 2008 and beyond. SPARC received...
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Awards Especially Relevant when Asthma Still Number 1 reason for Hospital Admissions for Children
Tuesday 20 November, 2007
A world champion gymnast and a woman who has swum Cook Strait—both who have bad asthma—were among the Asthma and Respiratory Supreme Achievers presented with trophies by the Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, at Government House in Wellington...
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Duo to Tackle Peak in Patagonia through SPARC’s Hillary Expedition
Thursday 08 November, 2007
Two Kiwi climbers are preparing to take on one of the most daunting areas in the world this month, when they will attempt to make the first ascent of a remote, unnamed rocky peak in the middle of the Northern Patagonian icecap in the Aisen Province,...
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Whangarei Achiever Wins National Award
Wednesday 17 October, 2007
Casina (Sien) Van Der Veeken of Whangarei has won the Sport & Recreation New Zealand (SPARC) Medal at Osteoporosis New Zealand’s annual You Deserve A Medal Awards, presented at Parliament recently. The awards are open to all New Zealanders aged 65 year...
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SPARC makes it easier than ever to get more active, more often
Friday 14 September, 2007
Amid mounting evidence to support the case that physical activity is a critical component of a healthy lifestyle, SPARC (Sport & Recreation New Zealand) has kicked off the second year of its Push Play Nation campaign. The seven-week campaign concludes...
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