Connecting youth through major sporting events
To create a lasting legacy for Aotearoa New Zealand, there were a number of ways for our schools and communities to be involved to help achieve outcomes in four key focus areas: 听
- Mana W膩hine (raising the profile of women and girls in sport and wider society)听
- Te Tangata (thriving communities)听
- Te Ao (enhancing our international relationships)听
- 艑hanga (economic growth).听听
The initiatives below transcend the FIFA Women鈥檚 World Cup 2023鈩� and can be incorporated into any work plan inside or outside the classroom! With more events in the works, watch this space!
Below you鈥檒l find a list of the initiatives available to schools, to help connect tamariki and rangatahi to sports events here in Aotearoa:听
Introducing Poi Tukua - a series of national projects that celebrates w膩hine (women) in sport, expresses national pride for M膩ori culture, and welcomes manuhiri (international visitors) to Aotearoa.听
Poi Tukua is a beautiful way to show to the world how we as a country support women鈥檚 sport more widely.听
Watch the video today and visit Eyeson.nz to learn more about how you and your school/community can learn how to make poi, how to use poi and the tikanga of this taonga.听
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K艒tuitui is a learning module to support 膩konga in years four through to eight to听develop their knowledge and skills鈥痶o connect to cultures other than their own, both in Aotearoa New Zealand and across the globe.听听
Using听the鈥疐IFA Women's World Cup 2023鈩⑩�痑s a context鈥痜or learning about culture and collective identity and听linked to Te ao tangata | Social sciences, K艒tuitui was developed by New Zealand Football and 爆料社区.
EQUALIZE was a free entry, gender-equity discussion series delivered in the four New Zealand FIFA Women鈥檚 World Cup host cities. EQUALIZE is designed to celebrate, challenge, and inspire current and future generations around the achievements, barriers faced, and pathways forward to girls and women in New Zealand and elsewhere. See below for all the stories from the amazing W膩hine Toa.
Fantails is a new programme giving girls aged 4 to 12 a chance to try football or futsal in a fun and safe environment. It鈥檚 designed to help girls make friends, encounter role models, improve their skills and movement competency, boost their confidence, and most importantly have fun!听听
Visit NZ Football鈥檚 website to听find a Fantails hub near your school.听听
New Zealand Football鈥檚 Kickin鈥� It brings together young females aged 13-19 years old for social football. Kickin' It hubs provide young women with a fun and safe environment to experience football or futsal with their friends and peers, in a smaller format (5v5, 7v7).
Aligned to 爆料社区鈥檚听'It鈥檚 My Move'听campaign, New Zealand Football want to lead and grow the movement towards more positive and inclusive experiences for young women in our communities.
Kickin' It Hubs will take place across Aotearoa from Term 3, 2023, find hubs .
GirlBoss New Zealand and the Ministry of Education have partnered to establish Make Your Move 鈥� an initiative that uses sport as a platform to encourage young women to explore careers in sports science, psychology, advanced medicine, surgery and other related fields. Make Your Move includes the GirlBoss Edge: Healthcare programme which saw 825 young women participate in a 10-day career accelerator online programme in April 2023. Follow Girlboss for future updates.
