Sport NZ’s Head of Strategic Foresight Dave Adams challenges the sector to think about, and make sense of the future differently.

Understanding where we have come from helps us think about the future.

Experts have expressed concern about the effects of COVID-19 on people's mental health.

A report for Special Olympics NZ.

 A report for Badminton NZ

A report for Bowls NZ

A report for Equestrian Sports NZ

A report for Softball NZ

A report for Sport NZ

A report for Education Outdoors NZ

Understanding where we have come from helps us think about the future.

Identifies and challenges the assumptions we may hold for the play, active recreation and sport sector.

Reflections on the challenges of current approaches and the aspirations for the future of physical activity and wellbeing from a Māori perspective.

Highlights current concerns, signs of change, and how we can challenge our assumptions about the future. Identifies what we value in a preferred future.  

A report for Physical Education New Zealand

This report focuses on exploring possible futures and how certain strategies may play out in these.

Further understanding on the causes, barriers and implications of change, and a preferred future for physical activity in New Zealand.  

Examines what the future might look and feel like for Māori and how that future might be realised.

Example future scenario for community sport and recreation organisations.
Using the four-box approach.

The future of elite athlete classification

How the sport and recreation sector can mitigate climate change and adapt to its consequences.

Five characteristics (pou) were identified as key foundations to the working group’s preferred future. This report outlines these and summarises what they look like and how each can be applied.

Find out more about the significance of the futures work and preferred future.

Summaries all the reports connected to the futures work. Outlines key observations made through the working group discussions. 

Explores the critical dimensions of partnership. Provides a challenging, but immensely positive perspective, on how the work of partnership can be undertaken to ensure the preferred future can become a reality for all, not just some.  

Reflections on the challenges of current approaches and the aspirations for the future of physical activity and wellbeing from a Māori perspective. 

Examines what the future might look and feel like for Māori and how that future might be realised.

Highlights current concerns, signs of change, and how we can challenge our assumptions about the future. Identifies what we value in a preferred future.  

Further understanding on the causes, barriers and implications of change, and a preferred future for physical activity in New Zealand.  

Summarises all of the reports connected to the futures work. Outlines key observations made through the working group discussions.

Explores the critical dimensions of partnership and how this can be achieved to make sure the preferred future is a reality for all, not just some.