Sport Waikato, alongside contributing author Robyn Cockburn (Lumin Consultancy), have renewed the Waikato Regional Active Spaces Plan which was presented and endorsed at the Waikato Mayoral Forum in March.

The Waikato Regional Active Spaces Plan is now available, with the resources providing a high-level strategic framework for play, active recreation, and sport facilities, including spaces and places planning and optimisation guidance across the region.

Its goal is to enhance the provision of opportunities to play and actively recreate across the Waikato with a focus on delivering a regional network of facilities, spaces and places enabling community participation.  

The 4th edition guides good stakeholder decision making and investment and focuses on collaboration, partnerships, and community hubs with a strong focus on wellbeing outcomes and a well-balanced network of facilities.

While increased investment into existing infrastructure is a focus of the Plan, across the Waikato region there are still significant gaps in the provision and quality of play, active recreation, and sport infrastructure to meet the needs of a region that is in population ‘growth mode’.

View the Waikato Regional Active Spaces Plan