Overview
Recreation is one of Sport New Zealand’s five key priorities under the Sport NZ Strategic Plan 2009-2015:
We want a healthy, sustainable and co-ordinated recreation sector delivering quality opportunities that get more New Zealanders participating.
Recreation includes a range of leisure, cultural or sporting activities, undertaken in natural, heritage, rural and urban open space and outdoors.
It offers New Zealanders opportunities for improved mental and physical wellbeing, education gains, social development, economic prospects (employment, business investment, marketing opportunities), building national identity and understanding our environment.
Strategic direction
Sport NZ is guided by the Outdoor Recreation Strategy 2009-2015. The strategy recognises the contribution that outdoor recreation makes to the nation’s health and wellbeing, and social, education, conservation, cultural, environment and economic outcomes, especially when large numbers of people participate in the many and varied activities available across the full spectrum of outdoor recreation settings.
The Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Recreation Council plays a crucial role in advising Sport NZ on strategic investment decisions relating to outdoor recreation.
In this section
Sport NZ Hillary Expedition
Get periodic updates from the eight teams selected for 2010/2011 Sport NZ Hillary Expedition grants.
Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Recreation Council
TheSir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Recreation Council plays a crucial role in advising Sport NZ on strategic investment decisions relating to outdoor recreation.
Outdoor Recreation Research Agenda
Sport NZ has now completed an Outdoor Recreation Research Agenda to support the implementation of the Outdoor Recreation Strategy.
Outdoor Recreation Research Stocktake
In 2009, Sport NZ awarded a Research Grant to Dr Kay Booth to complete a stocktake and gap analysis of New Zealand outdoor recreation research.