Being a part of the Active & Well programme and adopting a more physically active life has proved a winner for Margaret Sweeney more...

Classic Hits 98.6 ZHFM is Waikato's local station that will keep you feeling young. more...

Sport Waikato has identified young people (aged 0-18), physical activity, grassroots sport and leadership as priority areas for the next three years. more...

We are pleased to announce that recently Sport Waikato received confirmation of acceptance from SPARC on our KiwiSport Regional Partnership Fund (RPF) investment plan. The RPF will be used to meet the needs of our Waikato communities in getting more young people involved in organised sport. more...

Nominations are now open for the 2010 SPARC Volunteer Coach Awards to help recognise some of the 70,000 parents, grandparents, teachers, and community minded people acting as volunteer coaches throughout the country more...

Welcome to the inaugural Sport Waikato newsletter, where we continue to keep you well informed and connected on opportunities for you to participate, train and upskill in all areas of sport and physical activity. It’s our job to offer support and make it easy for you to get involved. We work alongside our regional sporting organisations and physical activity providers, not to duplicate the service, but to align smartly, be effective and to ensure that sport and activity has a foundation that is flexible, open to change and, above all, sustainable. more...

Most recently I worked at the University of Waikato as Project Administrator for an Education Research and also Financial Services Officer for the Financial Services Team. However, I have worked within the Tertiary Education sector for the past 8 years in various capacities. I am excited to be working as the Youth Teams Administrator as I love to see youth realise their potential and strive for the best more...

Born in South Africa, I moved to NZ eight years ago. My passion for teaching kids started with coaching tennis and since then I have completed my degree in sport and exercise science and have been a personal trainer and exercise consultant for the Uleisure gym more...

I’m from Hamilton. I spent four years in Dunedin gaining a Bachelor in Physical Education and then spent two years in Wellington working for Wellington crickets and the New Zealand Racing Board. I also have a graduate diploma in teaching from the University of Waikato more...

I hail from the land of Oz but have been living in New Zealand for nearly five years. I moved first to the ‘Deep South” for a position as Regional Manager at Hockey Southland and after I finished that contract I moved to Waikato and had a change in environments working in sustainability as Regional Manager for Sustainable Business Network. more...

I grew up in sunny Napier and moved to the Waikato to study. I was studying to become a teacher but took up a role at Configure Express as a personal trainer and at Waikato Dio as a Kapahaka tutor, which is what I’ve been doing for the last three years… and now I’m here. more...

Background: Post Graduate student at Wintec and a part time gym instructor. What does your role involve? I work with Team Energize – we change lives (of primary school children and their teachers) more...

Visique Optometrists and Energize have given Waikato school children the chance to meet Dan Vettori, our much loved captain of the BlackCaps! more...

Children across North Waikato got a taste of basketball recently with the Hoops Dreams Roadshow more...

SportsForce Hockey Development Officer and Waikato Hockey Regional Development Manager. Background: I have played hockey for 30 years and coached many teams at various levels. I previously worked as a recruiting officer, among other things, in the Air Force more...

The SportsForce programme, unique to the Waikato, continues to help make sport happen. The key to its success - the dedicated team of SportsForce development officers, said Sport Waikato sport development manager Graeme Olorenshaw more...

20-26 June is all about the volunteer and we turned the spotlight on the vital contribution they make to communities more...

Sport Opportunity Advisor. Background: Before I joined the Sport Waikato team I was an athlete and student. What does your role involve? It’s all about getting more people with disabilities more active, more often, for longer more...

The Waikato Pistons recently put their weight behind a new basketball league for people with supported learning needs. Halberg Trust Sport Opportunity Adviser Dave McCalman said the new league gave people with an intellectual disability the chance to get into the sport and was really excited that it had the support and guidance of the 2009 NBL champions more...

Hamilton Community Health Coach. Background: I was a full-time athlete for six years travelling the globe. I then become a personal trainer for a year before landing the ultimate job at Sport Waikato. What does your role involve? I work in the Hamilton Community running a range of programmes like Get Cooking, Swim 4 Health and Women’s only exercise classes more...

February was all about the bike across the Waikato as cycling was promoted across the country as part of Bike Wise month. In Hamilton close to 1000 people, both young and old, casual cyclists and the serious guys, rocked up on a Sunday afternoon for the V8 Circuit Cycle. Led by Hamilton Mayor Bob Simcock and Sport Waikato chief executive Matthew Cooper, the ride took off from Pitt Straight on Mill Street and finished in Hinemoa Park more...

The Active Communities team has been out in Hamilton encouraging people to push play in their lunch break and after work. The team led walks after work on Tuesdays and during lunch time on Wednesdays. Part of the Push Play promotion the Tuesday evening walks took in a different route around Hamilton more...

Under Fives Advisor & District Coordinator Team Leader. Background: Prior to Sport Waikato, amongst other things, I’ve taught at primary and intermediate level and managed an Early Childhood Centre, sold medical insurance, been a weight loss counselor and spent seven years at home with my two kids more...

Earlier this year Sport Waikato celebrated more than 20 years of supporting parents with infant movement advice with a new-look KiwiBaby manual. The KiwiBaby manual has been available free for parents since 1990, and was designed to be “a simple guide to beneficial, suitable and safe movement for the first 12 months.” more...

A new ‘Swim for Heath’ workshop is getting Waipa people with health problems in the pool and moving. The eight week programme facilitated by Sport Waikato, is targeted to people with diabetes, arthritis, heart disease or who are overweight more...

The Sport Waikato team in Taupo discovered cycling to work is the way to go. To celebrate Bike Wise month the staff in Taupo pledged to cycle to and from work each day more...

District Coordinator. Background: Before working at Sport Waikato I was completing my final semester of study at the University of Hawaii at Hilo aka. Basking in the Hawaiian sun and sipping on pinacaladas! more...

The Waikato region has been awarded the rights to host the 2011 Mitsubishi Motors PNZ National Championships in November of next year. more...

Sport Waikato has launched a quarterly newsletter covering what's been going on across the organisation. more...

Nominations are now open for the 2010 SPARC Volunteer Coach Awards to help recognise some of the 70,000 parents, grandparents, teachers, and community minded people acting as volunteer coaches throughout the country. more...

Sport Waikato has identified young people (aged 0-18), physical activity, grassroots sport and leadership as priority areas for the next three years. more...

Click here to view photos of the Red Mile event held 18 Feb 2010 at Memorial Park... more...

Click here to read the 2010 Sport Waikato Annual Report more...

Sport Waikato is the proud winner of two awards in the 2009 Westpac Waikato Business Excellence Awards. more...

Click to see the nominees from all district awards around the region, beginning with the Thames-Coromandel Hauraki District Sports Awards on Wednesday 11 November 2009. more...

Sport and Recreation New Zealand Chief Executive Peter Miskimmin presented at Brian Perry Sports House this morning on SPARC's strategic direction and details around KiwiSport. more...

Sporting heroes and local dignitaries will gather in Hamilton on Monday to celebrate 1111 New Zealand Olympians. more...

The innovative Brian Perry Sports House was celebrated at major New Zealand property awards last night. more...

The success of Waikato’s innovative Project Energize was again highlighted last night winning the project collaboration award at the inaugural New Zealand Sport and Recreation awards held in Hamilton. more...