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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]
The New Zealand Hockey Federation (also known as Hockey New Zealand) administers the sport in New Zealand, and had 48,174 registered players in the 2013 winter, of which 52.8 percent were female and 47.2 percent were male. [16] The New Zealand men's national team and women's national team are both known as the "Black Sticks".
The Commission's mandate and functions include developing New Zealand's first sporting "Code of Integrity for Sport and Recreation" and investigating breaches of that code. The Commission also serves as a complaint and dispute resolution service. It also succeeds Drug Free Sport New Zealand as the country's national anti-doping agency. [3] [4]
The following is a list of stadiums in New Zealand, ordered by capacity.. Stadiums with a capacity of 10,000 or larger are included. It can be difficult to determine the exact capacity of a stadium as many have different capacities for different kinds of events (for example, concerts and sporting events) and they may be able to temporarily expand their capacity on special occasions.
The Minister for Sport and Recreation is a minister in the New Zealand Government appointed by the Prime Minister to be in charge of Sport New Zealand. The current Minister for Sport and Recreation is Chris Bishop. [2]
Some notable sports facilities include an indoor-outdoor swimming pool, an international-quality athletics track, a sports stadium, and venues for rugby, netball, cricket, golf, tennis, badminton, soccer, and many other sports. The council also operates a library and a theatre. Papakura also has a number of skate parks, and a skate bowl.
The following is a list of indoor arenas in New Zealand. Most of the arenas in this list have multiple uses such as individual sports, team sports as well as cultural events and political events. The arenas in the table are ranked by capacity; the arenas with the highest capacities are listed first.
Bryndwr had a population of 9,288 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 219 people (2.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 288 people (3.2%) since the 2006 census. There were 3,303 households, comprising 4,626 males and 4,665 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.99 males per female, with 1,698 people (18.3%) aged under 15 years ...