Sport Tasman Kaikoura

*Kaikōura residents only*

Play week competition!

Play Week Aotearoa 2025 is all about celebrating the value play brings to tamariki, whānau and communities across Aotearoa. Play gives us freedom and chances to take risks. It’s how our tamariki build a life-long love of being active, make sense of the world around them, get creative, build friendships, and learn skills.

Be part of Play Week and watch your tamariki thrive!

KAIKOURA INTERSCHOOL TOUCH TOURNAMENT

If your child is interested in competing in a 6 week touch tournament starting on the 20th of February please contact/register through your school.

This tournament is for year 3 - 13 students.

Kiwi Surf Experience’s water safety surfing programme that consists of 3 surf lessons and one stand up paddle boarding (SUP) session.

We have 7 spots for 10-13yr olds and 11 spots for 14-18yr olds available.

If your child is interested in being apart of this awesome programme please email [email protected] to secure your spot.

This programme is for local tamariki and rangatahi with minimal surfing experience.

Touch rugby in school delivery, referee upskilling workshops and interschool competition with Te Wai Pounamu Touch.

Student touch referee upskilling workshop registration:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe4ZqBBa849_dvp-8su5XjZ7XBPee4kIj_jK0l6V-Ss14spQg/viewform

Adult/community referee upskilling workshop registration:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBQ-RgsdiT6t7duIvdGTQVvc0W91epxSiX4bXGektkMVFn7A/viewform

If you have any questions please email [email protected]

Registrations close Friday the 13th of September.

All ages are welcome!

Huge thank you to Dave Lyons and his team at Kiwi Surf Experience Kaikoura these Tamariki had an awesome time on Saturday, not only did they gain knowledge from these brilliant instructors but also got to surf next to pods of dolphins who wanted to show the Tamariki their flips and tricks. For anyone here in the community who wants to better their surfing skills or gain more knowledge I highly recommend getting in contact with Dave they did a great job with these Tamariki. Thank you again Dave!

2024 Seaweek

Huge thank you to Kaikoura Kayaks, Matt and Kim and your amazing crew! What an incredible opportunity for these Rangatahi, was such an awesome experience! Highly recommend!

Fantastic evening for our Seaweek quiz night last night. Thank you to all the teams - we hope you enjoyed yourself and a HUGE thank you to Laura at the Emporium Brewing for hosting this Seaweek event! Brilliant food and venue - can not recommend this place enough!

Also would like to thank The $tockroom Kaikōura for sponsoring all of our spot prizes, Kevin Heays for being our brilliant quiz master, the Kaikoura Water Zone Committee for sponsoring the kai for the night, Jodie Hoggard and her daughter Rosie Hoggard for helping out, thanks to you all the night ran smoothly!

ITS BACK - TŪ MANAWA FUNDING opens on the 12th of Feb.

Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa provides funding for programmes or projects that activate and deliver play, active recreation and sport experiences for tamariki and rangatahi.

Aligned with our vision of “Equitable participation opportunities and experiences so all young people have equal opportunities to be physically active,” we are interested in programmes or projects that aim to address inequity and provide equal opportunities for young people to be physically active. Our 2024 priorities will be towards:
- Tamariki and Rangatahi in lower socioeconomic (higher deprivation) communities
- Girls and young women (5-18 years)
- Māori tamariki and rangatahi
- Disabled tamariki and rangatahi

If you have a project idea in mind, we have a three-step process for you to follow.

Step 1: Read up all about the Tū Manawa Fund on our website https://www.sporttasman.org.nz/Funding/tu-manawa-2

Step 2: Contact one of the Sport Tasman team listed on our Tū Manawa page (using the above link) to kōrero/talk about your project to see how it aligns.

Step 3: After talking to one of the Sport Tasman team, and if they think your project sounds great, submit your application.

We can't wait to hear about all the project ideas.

Please email [email protected] if you are interested as there are limited spots available.