Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa (Sport NZ, via Regional Sports Trusts)

Dates

The next dates are not published yet. We add them when they are.

What it funds

• Play, active recreation and sport for tamariki and rangatahi aged 5 to 18
• Programme delivery, venue or equipment hire
• Delivery staff and coaches
• Kaupapa Māori pathway

What it will not fund

• Capital infrastructure
• Administration and ongoing costs
• Representative teams
• Retrospective programmes
• Individuals

Good to know

Apply to your own Regional Sports Trust, not Sport NZ, and show evidence young people asked for the activity. Each trust sets its own dates.

Run separately by 14 Regional Sports Trusts; most have a major round mid-year and smaller fast-fund rounds, some are rolling.

Checklist

What Tū Manawa says you need:

• Legal status
• Evidence young people want the activity
• Re-registration under the Incorporated Societies Act 2022 (incorporated societies)

Common things funders ask for, worth having ready:

• What exactly is the money for, and when will you spend it?
• How much do you need, and do you have quotes under three months old?
• Who benefits, and how many people?
• Your legal name, registration number and bank account in the group's name.
• A committee or board decision approving the application (some funders want a signed resolution).
• Your latest financial statements or annual return.
• Other funders you have applied to for the same thing.

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Sources

What we relied on, in the funder's own words.

• Tū Manawa Active Aotearoa provides funding for the delivery of play, active recreation and sport activities for tamariki and rangatahi aged 5-18 years.sportnz.org.nz/funding/sport-nz-programmes-and-funding/tu-manawa-active-aotearoa · read 17 October 2026
• go to your Regional Sports Trust's website to applysportnz.org.nz/funding/sport-nz-programmes-and-funding/tu-manawa-active-aotearoa · read 17 October 2026
• Please note, funded entities must have legal statussportnz.org.nz/funding/sport-nz-programmes-and-funding/tu-manawa-active-aotearoa · read 17 October 2026
• project or programme delivery (for example, venue or equipment hire, participant transport to your activity)sportnz.org.nz/funding/sport-nz-programmes-and-funding/tu-manawa-active-aotearoa · read 17 October 2026
• staff that will deliver the programme, where they are not already funded from other sources.sportnz.org.nz/funding/sport-nz-programmes-and-funding/tu-manawa-active-aotearoa · read 17 October 2026
• Fast Fund November: 2nd November - 25th November 2026 (for applications up to $10,000)sportcanterbury.org.nz/funding/tu-manawa-active-aotearoa · read 17 October 2026
• Administration and ongoing costs (for example, rent, internet or power)sportcanterbury.org.nz/funding/tu-manawa-active-aotearoa · read 17 October 2026
• Capital infrastructure (for example, facility development or playgrounds)sportcanterbury.org.nz/funding/tu-manawa-active-aotearoa · read 17 October 2026

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