Women in Sport Aotearoa

29/08/2026

🩷We're building something bigger, together💜

WISPA is Aotearoa's champion for gender equity in sport. Signing up to join our membership is your way to stand with women and girls in sport, wherever you sit in the game.

Players, coaches, volunteers, parents, leaders, supporters - you're all welcome! The bigger our whānau, the stronger our voice.

And it's free to join!

Join us - https://women-in-sport-aotearoa-membership.subscribepage.io/

20/08/2026

✨Closing the coaching gap behind NZ’s women-led medal haul✨

Women won most of NZ’s medals in Glasgow, but only five coaches were female. High performance sport must fix the gap, says WISPA Board Member, Dr Sarah Leberman.

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Women won most of NZ’s medals in Glasgow, but only five coaches were female. High performance sport must fix the gap, says Dr Sarah Leberman

Women in Sport Aotearoa

16/08/2026

📣 We're on the hunt for TWO new board members!

Help lead WISPA into its next chapter - including our 10-year anniversary in March 2027🎉

This is a working board: Our members govern and get stuck in.

We're especially keen to hear from people with finance, board chair or governance-leadership experience (our board elects its Chair and Deputy Chair from among its members after the AGM), and we'd love strengths in areas like fundraising, legal, and networks across the sport, government and community sectors. Most of all, we're looking for people who share our commitment to gender equity and to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Open to people of all genders. Know someone perfect? Tag them below💜

Link for the position description and Expression of Interest form
🔗 https://www.wispainsighthub.org/insight/join-our-board

Applications close Friday 4 September

30/07/2026

💜Ngā Wāhine Hākinakina o Aotearoa, Women in Sport Aotearoa (WISPA), in partnership with InsideOUT Kōaro and with funding from the Clare Foundation, is excited to launch the Transgender Inclusion in Community Sport Toolkit – a practical, evidence-based resource to help sports organisations across Aotearoa create welcoming spaces for transgender, non-binary and gender diverse people.💜

The Toolkit is a free resource for national, regional and local sports organisations, clubs, teams and competitions.

It was codesigned by WISPA and InsideOUT Kōaro, drawing on research, lived experience and case studies from the Aotearoa sport sector.

Its purpose is simple – to help clubs and organisations take a practical, inclusive approach so that everyone, regardless of gender, can take part in and benefit from community sport.

🔗Link to the Toolkit https://www.wispainsighthub.org/insight/transgender-inclusion-in-community-sport-toolkit
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26/07/2026

✨"As Matariki invites us to reflect on the past, celebrate the present and look towards the future, there’s one question worth asking ourselves: What kind of tīpuna do we want to be remembered as?"✨

WISPA Board member Vanessa Mill (Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi), reflects on what she has learnt sharing, teaching, learning and, most importantly, playing Taonga Tākaro – traditional Māori games – with thousands of people across Aotearoa. The revitalisation of Taonga Tākaro led by wāhine Māori offers a blueprint to reshape inclusive leadership in sport and challenge our obsession with winning.

The revitalisation of Taonga Tākaro led by wāhine Māori offers a blueprint to reshape inclusive leadership in sport, writes Vanessa Mill

29/06/2026

🩷Where to watch women's sport this week!💜

⚽️Auckland United are the two-time defending OFC Women's Champions League champions and won their opening match 11–1 on Saturday. They play Tuesday in their second match.

🏉Super Rugby Aupiki is on this weekend and the Warriors get their season underway with a home game at FMG Stadium in Hamilton against the Bulldogs.

🏐Looking ahead our Silver Ferns, athletics squad, Black Ferns 7s, and more are deep in prep for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, which kick off 23 July. Big weeks ahead for NZ wāhine in sport!

19/06/2026

There's lots on this weekend!

On Saturday we have:
🩷Match 3 of the T20 World Cup for the White Ferns at 5.30am, live on Sky Sport NZ
💜Round 2 of Super Rugby Aupiki with Chiefs Manawa v The Blues at 2pm on Sky Sport and live at FMG Stadium, Hamilton.
🩷FIH semi final for the Vantage Black Sticks vs USA, 6.30pm at the Harbour Hockey Centre in Albany, Auckland or on TVNZ+.

And on Sunday there's more!
💜 The second match of Round 2 for Super Rugby Aupiki with Hurricanes Poua v Matatū at Maidstone Park, Upper Hutt and live on Sky Sport.
🩷 ANZ Premiership Elimination Final between Southern Steel and Mainland Tactix at ILT Stadium in Southland and live on TV2 & TVNZ+.

01/06/2026

💗WHERE TO WATCH WOMEN'S SPORT THIS WEEK!💜

The spotlight is on netball and football this week, with Round 9 of the ANZ Premiership and the Football Ferns playing two friendlies.

Make sure you check out what's coming up - next week we have Super Rugby Aupiki, the T20 Cricket World Cup, FIH Nations Cup for hockey, plus the crunchy end of the ANZ Premiership!

Plus, while you're here, we're looking for WISPA Sport Spotters! We think visibility of women's sport matters, but we need a hand keeping across everything!

So we’re putting together a small, informal WhatsApp group of people who follow women’s sport closely and want to help make sure great things happening around the country don’t fly under the radar.

There’s no formal commitment - just a space to share things you come across that may be worth elevating through WISPA channels.

If you're interested, DM us or email [email protected] and we'll add you to the group!

17/05/2026

🩷💜WHERE TO WATCH WOMEN'S SPORT 💜🩷

So much sport coming up this week!

Athletics New Zealand are competing at the Oceania Athletics Championships in Darwin, the World Surf Pro League continues in Raglan, Lydia Ko sits in 4th at the Kroger Queen City Championship, the White Ferns' England tour continues with the T20 Internationals, there is ANZ Premiership action in Dunedin and Auckland and live on TV2 and TVNZ+, and the Ford Football Ferns U-20s are in Australia in two warm up matches ahead of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in September this year.

Phheewwww!😍

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