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The principal governing legislation of Sport NZ is the Sport and Recreation New Zealand Act 2002. As a Crown entity, it is responsible to the Minister of Sport and Recreation via its board of directors. Section 8 of the Act sets out the functions of Sport New Zealand as the following: [1]
Sport New Zealand is the main government agency responsible for governing sport and recreation in New Zealand. It was established in 2003 by the Sport and Recreation New Zealand Act 2002, consolidating three agencies into one, and was known as Sport and Recreation New Zealand (SPARC) until February 2012.
Sky Sport 1 is the original Sky Television sport channel in New Zealand. It was first introduced in 1990 as Sky Sport on the Sky UHF service. When Sky Sport began it operated between the hours of noon and around midnight, and occasionally screened live sports events outside these hours.
TVNZ Sport is a division of TVNZ which airs many of the sports telecasts in New Zealand. TVNZ Sport broadcasts programs like The Championships, Wimbledon, Commonwealth Games, and the America's Cup. TVNZ Sport was originally known as One Sport and later 1 Sport. It was renamed due to sports being broadcast on TVNZ 1, TVNZ Duke and TVNZ+.
The Games are organised by the Winter Games New Zealand Trust with the support of the Government of New Zealand, Sport and Recreation New Zealand and the New Zealand Olympic Committee. [ 1 ] The inaugural New Zealand Winter Games was held in August 2009 in Dunedin , Queenstown , Wānaka , and Naseby , which are all situated in the Otago region ...
Athletics New Zealand (ANZ) is the national governing body for athletics in New Zealand. This includes responsibility for Track and field , cross country running , road running and racewalking . [ 1 ]
New Zealand Football (Māori: Whutupaoro o Aotearoa) is the governing body for the sport of association football in New Zealand. It oversees the seven New Zealand Football federations, as well as the New Zealand men's national football team (nicknamed the "All Whites"), the national junior and women's teams (nicknamed the "Football Ferns"), the men's and women's national Leagues New Zealand ...
New Zealand Olympic medallists' success for New Zealand at the Olympics is often considered to be notable due to the relatively small population of the country (5.34 million as of June 2024). Being located in the remote South Pacific , New Zealanders needed to endure long sea voyages to attend the early Olympics.