Kiwisport

Kiwisport is a government funding initiative to promote sport for school-aged children.

Funding distribution for Kiwisport initiatives are a mixture of contestable and non-contestable processes and investment supports both short (1 year) and longer term projects (up to 3 years).

For more information on individual Regional Sports Trust timelines and the process for applying for funding please check the websites for the relevant Trusts –  list of RST's.

Kiwisport Update & Report

The KiwiSport initiatives, administered by Regional Sports Trusts around the country, are having a significant impact on the number of school-aged children accessing opportunities to play sport.

After the second year of funding more than 1.8 million participant sessions were delivered to 382,000 kids, and RSTs have approved $16 million worth of projects.  Community organisations, including schools and clubs, have also contributed $6 million to the total investment available.

Most projects are targeted at the primary school age group and are focussing on skill development.  Learn to swim initiatives have received the highest level of support to date ($1.44 million) but significant investment is also finding its way to smaller codes such as AFL, Orienteering and Waka Ama.

A report for the year ended 30 June 2011 can be downloaded here.

Kiwisport Report 2010-11 (PDF, 1 Mb)

Kiwisport in the Media

Kiwisport projects have been reported throughout the country, to read about these check out the Kiwisport Media Page