$3.8M Of Regional Sporting Facilities Rate Funding Allocated
The council's Strategic & Commercial Projects Manager Phil Heatley says the GST exclusive sums will go to Ruakākā Wahitakaro and Northland Regional Volleyball Arena in the current financial year and to Sportsville Dargaville Stage Two in 2026-2027.
Stage One of Ruakākā Wahitakaro was a community centre completed in 2024. The estimated total project cost for Stage Two is $8.5M and will include a multi-sport indoor facility featuring two indoor courts and supporting meeting spaces. It will also include 'Northland's Home of Volleyball', a regional facility for volleyball providing training and competition opportunities and the ability to host regional, district and community events.
Mr Heatley says Sportsville Dargaville Stage One was completed in December 2018 and involved six multi-purpose outdoor courts with a supporting multi-sport facility.
"The estimated project cost of Stage Two is $9M and will include a multi-sport indoor facility featuring two indoor courts and supporting meeting spaces." "It is designed to provide opportunities for training and district competitions and the ability to host regional, district and community level events."
Mr Heatley says the NRC struck the targeted $14.07 plus GST Regional Sporting Facilities Rate (per SUIP/Rating Unit) in its 2024-2034 Long Term Plan to provide funding support to assist in the development of Northland sporting facilities that are of regional or district-wide benefit.
A working group made up of representatives from the NRC, Northland's three district council's and Sport Northland had recommended the funding for the 2024-2027 financial years. Regional councillors had confirmed the group's recommendation at a council meeting late last month.
"This will give those overseeing the projects a degree of certainty to plan and a platform to apply for third party funding."
Mr Heatley says potential recipient projects are identified through a regionwide consultation process, initially to inform 'Kokiri ai Te Waka Hourua', a strategy for play, active recreation and sport. The strategy was produced in partnership by the NRC, Sport Northland, Northland's three district councils and Sport New Zealand.
"A proposed project is presented to Sport Northland in the first instance, by a regional or district not-for-profit sporting focussed group, for consideration and prioritisation."
"Substantial work by the working group sees the prioritisation of regional sporting facility projects.
Mr Heatley says for this allocation, 16 projects had been in varying states of readiness with six being advanced enough to be able to be scored and benchmarked against council-approved criteria.
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