New Zealand Football Foundation Appoints Melanie Longdill as New CEO
The New Zealand Football Foundation (NZFF) has announced that Melanie Longdill has been appointed as the new CEO of the Foundation. An experienced sporting leader, Melanie assumed the role in April 2022. Melanie is a trained Sports Scientist. Having qualified in New Zealand, she led Diploma and Degree programmes at WINTEC and was head of strength... Read More
Football community projects receive grants from New Zealand Football Foundation
With the start of the Football season getting underway, the NZ Football Foundation is delighted to announce that a number of community projects will receive grants for the 2022 season. This year, the Foundation is providing grants for nine innovative projects, with funding valued at over $80,000 covering a wide range of initiatives. Grants Manager,... Read More
Young Footballer Gives Back with Help from the Football Foundation
Hao Xue is in Year 6 at Wellington’s Scots College. As part of his Primary Years Programme curriculum, this year he was tasked to inquire into one of his passions, find out about issues related to it, and then put his learning into action. Hao’s passion is football, and so that became his topic. When... Read More
Giving Back through Football Connect: Coach Amber Hearn
Amber Hearn is one of New Zealand’s greatest ever footballers. In her 125 appearances for the Football Ferns, she scored 54 goals, making her New Zealand’s leading goal scorer. These are statistics that speak for themselves. But to the children who participate in the Football Connect programme, run in partnership by the New Zealand Football... Read More
A Community Comes Together: Football Foundation supports Mainland Football and Canterbury Cricket’s Diversity and Inclusion Strategy
Under the bright South Island sunshine on a picturesque Ōtautahi Christchurch weekend, football brought communities together. Children came to the home of football, English Park, to partake in Mainland Football’s multi-ethnic communities festival, organised as part of the organisation’s wider mission to improve diversity and inclusion in sport in their region. In the weeks and... Read More
Football Connect: Football Foundation helps bring kids into football with Youthtown NZ.
A diverse range of objects are scattered across Papakura City Football Club’s McLennan Park. There are balloons and swiss balls, pool noodles and drink bottles, and a pile of brightly coloured footballs all the way from UEFA in Switzerland. These are the tools of the trade for Football Connect. Pool noodles are wielded by laughing... Read More
NZ Football Foundation extends grant application round.
The New Zealand Football Foundation is excited by the prospect of supporting innovative projects in the local football community through the provision of funding grants. The grant application round opened on August 1st. In light of the disruption caused by the recent Covid-19 outbreak and Level 4 lockdowns, the Foundation is extending its application round... Read More
NZ Football Foundation announces August grant application round
The New Zealand Football Foundation is excited by the prospect of increased engagement across local footballing communities through the provision of their 2021 funding round, which opens August 1st and ends August 31st. As sport and communities in New Zealand continue to rebuild and innovate following the COVID-19 pandemic disruption, the Foundation is set to... Read More
Vale – Sir Eion Edgar
Former New Zealand Football President, and Honorary Patron of the New Zealand Football Foundation Sir Eion Edgar, has died of pancreatic cancer aged 76. “Today is a sad day for Aotearoa,” said New Zealand Football CEO Andrew Pragnell. “Sir Eion’s vision and support has had and will continue to have a massive impact on football... Read More
More than just a game
We all know how Football can help make life-long friends, bridge gaps in society, and even halt a world war. Now the team at Māori Football Aotearoa are using the beautiful game to connect Māori communities and gather whanau, hapu and iwi together. In a recent partnership between the Māori Football Aotearoa, the New Zealand... Read More