The Puketāpapa Play Project is a collaboration between Sport Auckland, Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and the Roskill Schools Cluster that involves 11 primary schools. It’s a new play initiative that is the first of its kind in New Zealand. 

Auckland’s Stanhope Road School had an awesome Play Festival, during Play Week Aotearoa 7-13 November 2022, where tamariki, whānau, staff and the neighbourhood joined in lots of fun and activities.

A new process for play that involves ‘pods’ full of ‘loose parts’ is delivering an enriched learning opportunity for schools in the Wellington region. The pods have been introduced as another way for teachers to use physical activity – whether it be sport, PE or play – as a learning context.

In this Education Gazette article, find out about Our Lady of the Assumption, a Year 1–8 special character school in Ōtautahi Christchurch, which is transforming its approach to physical activity. Supported by its local Healthy Active Learning team, the school has made the most of other funding and resources available through Sport New Zealand to create an environment that is more holistic and inclusive for all ākonga.

Students from St James Primary, a Healthy Active Learning School, have been taking play and sport equipment home and getting active after school with whānau and friends, as part of Sport Canterbury’s SportStart Home initiative.