Tāraitia a Anamata | Create the Future
Northern Region Football (NRF) is excited to formalise a partnership with New Zealand Football Foundation (NZFF) and Māori Football Aotearoa (MFA) working alongside Papakura City FC (PCFC) and neighbouring low decile primary schools Park Estate School and Edmund Hillary School. The growing relationship comes off the back of ongoing talks with Dr. Michele Cox (NZFF),... Read More
Community Football Projects Receive Funding Boost
The New Zealand Football Foundation is delighted to announce six new grant distributions following the latest round of grant applications aimed at making an impactful contribution to the New Zealand football community. Over $66,000 will be distributed across the six applications which will support a wide range of initiatives from all over the country at different... Read More
Hearn believes Football Connect can make a difference
Recently, the New Zealand Football Foundation in conjunction with Youthtown successfully completed a trial of its Football Connect programme, which is aimed to provide children who are unable to financially participate in Football at a club or holiday programme, the opportunity to fall in love with the beautiful game. Football Connect brought together 23 boys... Read More
Jale proud to be helping kids love the game
Football Fern, Grace Jale, has just finished helping the New Zealand Football Foundation and Youthtown deliver what she believes could be a life changing experience for children in our community. Recently, the New Zealand Football Foundation in conjunction with Youthtown successfully completed a trial of its Football Connect programme, which is aimed to provide children... Read More
Shaw proud to support Football Foundation
Growing up in a rural area, Deryck Shaw was an avid sportsman. He participated in quite a few different sports including hockey, rugby, rugby league, badminton, running, volleyball, and squash. But as his career unfolded and his family grew, Deryck developed a new passion… football. While he played football at university, his involvement really started... Read More
Football Foundation Launch Women’s Starting Line Up
The New Zealand Football Foundation have launched their Women’s Starting Line Up, a donation concept targeted at supporting specifically the female game across the country. The Starting Line Up concept was created in 2017 to recognise the amazing people who have supported the New Zealand Football Foundation with generous donations of at least $20,000. New... Read More
WaiBOP Multi-Sport Junior Programme
WaiBOP Football is pleased to announce the launch of the Multi-Sport Junior Programme supported by NZ Football Foundation. WaiBOP Football will partner with leading sports codes (Football, Futsal, Athletics Waikato Bay of Plenty and Netball Hamilton and Tauranga) over a 12-week period to entice more junior boys and girls (5-9 year-olds) into sport. The programme... Read More
A simple idea has created a future for football in New Zealand
Back in 2010 after the All Whites secured their place at the World Cup in South Africa, Sir Eion Edgar laid out his idea for setting aside some of the funds received from the tournament in a separate entity. New Zealand Football took that idea back to their board who decided to ensure the sports... Read More
From Tawa AFC to Norway. The CJ Bott Journey so far…
In the last three years, CJ Bott has ticked off a few massive milestones for a young player coming out of Wellington’s Tawa AFC. Her journey starts at primary school where she had the options of joining the school choir or kicking a ball with her brother on the courts. Bott admits that singing is... Read More
Nelsen believes the Football Foundation is key to the sports future
Former All White captain and arguably one of New Zealand’s best ever Footballer’s Ryan Nelsen is proud to see the legacy of the historic 2010 All Whites campaign helping foster the next generation of players and is helping cement the sports future in New Zealand. Nelsen led the All Whites to the World Cup in... Read More