Young People
Physical Activity and Sport for Life
Providing leadership and support to those who work with young people in the sport and recreation sector.
Pre and Primary Schools
Pre-School
Providing training for Early Childhood educators to enable them to help 2-5-year-olds obtain physical literacy.
Primary School
School’s and Teacher’s Support (in Physical Education) – Practical Professional Development sessions to improve teaching PE
Secondary Schools
- Professional Development for Sports Coordinators
- Youth Programme support
- College Sport Auckland
- Harbour
Sport School Meetings - Volunteers in Schools
- School Sport Plans
Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa
Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa provides funding for programmes or projects delivering play, active recreation and sport experiences for tamariki and rangatahi.
School Sport - Student Volunteer
Recognising Sports Leaders in Schools. Nominate a candidate!
NZSSSC Census Student representation in school sport has been static.
Top 5 sports over the past year have been Football, Netball, Basketball, Volleyball and Rugby Union.
- In 2021, 45% of Harbour Secondary School Students pulled on their school colours for sport.
- Boys’ involvement stayed at 49% and girls’ involvement dropped 1% again in 2021, down from 42% in 2020 and 45% in 2019. This is an unfortunate trend that we are working with our schools on alongside Sport NZ and Aktive.
- Schools in the Harbour Region offered students the opportunity to represent their school in 62 out of the 84 sports recognised in the census. There were also notable rises in sports such as Skateboarding and Tag which do not feature as recognised sports on the census.
- Basketball climbed ahead to be the number 1 sport, followed by Football, Netball, Volleyball and Rugby Union. To see which sports round out the top 10 see our graphs below.
Basketball
Football
Netball
Volleyball
Rugby Union
Latest Resources and News
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2025 Tāmaki Makaurau School Sport & Active Recreation Conference
Join us for the 2025 Tāmaki Makaurau School Sport & Active Recreation Conference on Thursday 5 June! This year’s theme is Wellbeing for Impact – you’ll hear from a range of speakers and a Principals Panel, plus share good practice and enjoy networking...
Harbour Sport’s Principals Hui
Harbour Sport is pleased to host a Principals Hui on Friday, 6 June, bringing together principal leaders from primary schools involved in the Healthy Active Learning initiative and secondary school principals and deputy principals for this special event. We are...
Vacancy – Community Strength & Balance Manager – Harbour Sport
Lead a passionate team, own your space, and make a lasting difference in the lives of older adults across Tāmaki Makaurau.
June Volunteer of the Month
For June’s Volunteer of the Month award we have not one but two winners! The first of these is Julia Rudolph-Karena. This super volunteer has been offering her time in a variety of sports including Netball, Basketball and Touch for a number of years. She was an...
Vacancy – Healthy Lifestyle Advisor – Harbour Sport
Harbour Sport supports community development for sport and healthy lifestyles and strives to influence more people to participate in sport and physical activity. Our strategic focus is young people and targeted populations including Maori, Pasifika and East Asian....
AJHS students undertake BikeReady training
Across four weeks of June/July 2022, 332 Year 7 Albany Junior High School students took part in the BikeReady Programme funded by Waka Kotahi. BikeReady is New Zealand’s national cycle education system which aims to create a safer cycling network and equip students...
Benefits of long-term cycle training at Orewa College Case Study
Cycle skills training in schools achieves far more than students increasing in confidence and developing bike skills, awareness and knowledge for riding on road. It provides an avenue to reduce congestion, support school sustainability goals and according to Fleur...
Cycling Programme at Northcote Intermediate School
Harbour Sport delivered a Cycling programme to 213 students from Northcote Intermediate school. Cycling skills were initially learnt on the school grounds for approximately 3 hours, after which the children were confident to go out on the road. The Grade 2 training...
Harcourts Cooper and Co Shore to Shore GO
The Harcourts Cooper & Co Shore to Shore GO is a 5km fun run or walk completed with your school or on your own… Go the Distance …At a Distance… Our favourite fun run/ walk on the North Shore – supporting local schools in our community! Half of each entry fee is...
School Sport – Student Volunteer
SCHOOL SPORT VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH! School sports volunteers or ‘Sport Makers’ are a sport coordinators dream – whether it’s coaching a school team, blowing a whistle, organising uniforms or helping cook the sausages for the fundraising BBQ – they are all important...