- Sport and Recreation New Zealand
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SPARC Agency overview Formed 2003 Jurisdiction New Zealand Headquarters 86 Customhouse Quay, Wellington, New Zealand
41°17′26″S 174°46′56″E / 41.290589°S 174.782154°EAgency executive Peter Miskimmin, CEO Website SPARC Sport and Recreation New Zealand (SPARC) is the New Zealand government body responsible for community sport and recreation programs. It was formed on 1 January 2003 and took over the functions of the Hillary Commission, the New Zealand Sports Foundation and the policy arm of the Office of Tourism and Sport.[1] From 2012, it will be known as Sport New Zealand.
The SPARC vision aims:
- to be the most active nation.
- to be winning consistently in events that matter to New Zealand.
- to achieve this by having the most effective sport and recreation systems.
References
- ^ "Who we are and what we do". SPARC. http://www.sparc.org.nz/en-nz/About-SPARC/Who-we-are/. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
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