A new $2.15m fund has been launched aimed at minimising the barriers to sport and recreation so often experienced by children living in hardship.
The Active Me - Kia Tū fund is a two-year partnership between children's charity Variety and Sport New Zealand, and will assist 3000 young people aged between 4 and 18 to access play, recreation and sport opportunities.
Up to $300 will be available for each children for what they need - whether it's registration fees, shoes, uniforms or help with transport to get to events.
Variety will help identify which children are most in need - and the fund is currently only open to those in Northland and Auckland. Kathryn is joined by Sport NZ chief executive Raelene Castle and Susan Glasgow, chief executive of Variety.
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