News & Media
Additional investment to improve training facilities for Snow Sports athletes in lead up to Beijing
High Performance Sport NZ (HPSNZ) has continued a programme of strategic investment in training facilities for New Zealand’s Snow Sports athletes, today announcing an additional $306,000 for the benefit of both alpine and park and pipe athletes.
2024 Strategic Plan
Everybody in the high performance system – athletes, coaches and support staff – can inspire through their performances: from winning on the world stage in a way that makes us proud, to how they interact with each other and with the wider community as role models and ambassadors.
Michael Scott to step down as Chief Executive of High Performance Sport New Zealand
Michael Scott is stepping down as Chief Executive of High Performance Sport New Zealand after three years at the helm.
HSPNZ announces audit to ensure wellbeing best practice
High Performance Sport NZ (HPSNZ) has commissioned an independent audit of internal systems and processes to ensure it has a best practice framework for supporting the wellbeing of athletes, coaches and staff in the HP system.
New initiatives for female coaches and leaders in HP sport
High Performance Sport NZ (HPSNZ) has today launched the two main pillars of its $2.7 million Women in High Performance Sport pilot project which seeks to create the right environment and opportunities for far greater representation of women in high performance leadership and coaching positions.
Annette Purvis joins High Performance Sport NZ board
Annette Purvis has been appointed to the High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) Board of Directors as the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) nominee. She will take up her role this week.
2032 High Performance System Strategy
The 2032 HP System Strategy is a living roadmap that sets out what the High Performance Sport System as a whole in New Zealand needs to achieve between now and 2032 and how it will go about this. It provides a whole of system view and contains 12 workstreams that span the breadth of the New Zealand High Performance system.
Two new directors appointed to board of High Performance Sport NZ
Hetty Van Hale and Rowan Simpson have been appointed to the High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) Board of Directors. Their appointments were confirmed in April and both take up their roles from today.
Statements of Intent
Sport NZ Group Statements of Intent and Statement of Performance Expectations
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- Black Ferns Sevens stun Australia with 3 late tries to win New York Sevens
- Adam Hall claims slalom silver at Milano Cortina to equal medals record
- Coll wins colossal Australian Open final
- More World Cup success for Alice Robinson
- Zoi Sadowski-Synnott claims first win since 2026 Winter Olympics
- NZ team for world indoor athletics champs announced