2018 CORE INVESTMENT

High Performance Sport New Zealand WHO WE ARE

High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) leads the high performance sports system in New Zealand. We work in partnership with national sport organisations (NSOs), allocating resources to sports organisations and athletes and delivering world-leading support to impact performance.

WHAT WE DO

01. Lead a highly effective high performance system that ensures resources are targeted and prioritised to deliver performance outcomes. 02. Work in partnership to increase the stability and high performance capability of NSOs. 03. Partner with NSOs to build world-leading coaching and high performance programme leadership. 04. Deliver world-leading performance support for our athletes and coaches. 05. Enhance the daily training and competition environments. 06. Strengthen high performance athlete development systems. 07. Lead an integrated and robust innovation, technology and knowledge programme to drive increased performance.

OUR LOCATIONS

HPSNZ operates out of a network of world-class facilities around the country. At our facilities, athletes can train, use recovery areas, and get the performance support they need all under the one roof. Athletes access our network of training centres in , Cambridge, Karapiro, Wellington, , Dunedin and Wanaka.

2018 CORE INVESTMENT / HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORT NEW ZEALAND P.2 STRATEGIC HIGH PERFORMANCE INVESTMENT AND RESOURCE SUPPORT

HPSNZ ALLOCATES STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AND RESOURCE SUPPORT TO A BALANCED PORTFOLIO OF MEDAL CAPABLE SPORTS AND ATHLETES TO OPTIMISE SYSTEM OUTCOMES.

PRINCIPLES PRIORITIES

-Performance-based system which focuses on - Sports and athletes that are medal capable at HP processes and is accountable for outcomes. the (Summer and Winter). - Targeted and top down that prioritises - Sports and athletes that are gold medal capable resources to NSOs and Campaigns with at the (Summer and Winter). the greatest probability of success. - Non-Olympic invested sports that can - Tailored based on need and impact. win at World Championships. - B alances the aggregated NSO needs with system leadership responsibilities. - M aintains a rigour on priorities and resourcefulness. - E nables alignment and an integrated system approach. - S ports and campaigns ‘earn the right’ to investment.

2018 CORE INVESTMENT / HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORT NEW ZEALAND P.3 PRESS RELEASE: HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORT NEW ZEALAND RECONFIRMS CORE INVESTMENT FOR 2018

HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORT NEW ZEALAND (HPSNZ) RECONFIRMED THE $35 MILLION CORE INVESTMENT PROGRAMME FOR 2018 ANNOUNCED LAST DECEMBER AS THE ORGANISATION RE-SET FOR TOKYO 2020.

The investment represents the second year of either - Paralympics NZ will receive an additional $25k one- two or four-year funding agreements with National off investment to support the games delivery for Sport Organisations (NSOs), Paralympics NZ and the Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. the NZOC, providing support in the areas of high - In campaign sports, Men’s Softball will receive performance leadership, coaching, international an increase of $50k to support their preparation competition, training camps and pathway for the 2019 World Cup while Long track speed development for targeted and campaign sports. skating will receive a $20k one-off package to Confirming the announcement, HPSNZ acting support preparation for the men’s Chief Executive Pete Pfitzinger commented: at next year’s Winter Olympic Games. “Our investment philosophy is based on a - Following an increase for last year, performance driven approach. Key to the Shooters and Owen Robinson will success is a customised and balanced portfolio each receive $15k to support preparation for the that is wide enough to ensure we have enough and international coaching medal opportunities for conversion, but narrow while ’s is also set to receive enough to impact performance and increase $15k towards his Commonwealth Games doubles the probability of repeatable success.” preparation and his campaign to become World #1. The 2018 investment programme follows Outlining the investment allocations detailed performance reviews with 13 targeted Pfitzinger acknowledged: and campaign sports. Decisions are “ While a number of the decisions announced are based on four criteria: past performance; future part of the previous multi-year announcement, potential; quality of the individual sport’s high today’s decisions provide an opportunity to refine performance programme and campaigns; and and balance the aggregated needs of NSOs aspects of the individual sport context. with our system leadership responsibilities. Today’s announcement reaffirms the partner Our approach to investment is tailored based investment schedules confirmed last year, with on need and impact and fundamental to the a small number of changes. Cycling NZ and success is the shared partnership between Canoe Sprint NZ have their core investment HPSNZ and our system partners”. extended until 2020 and $340k of operational With the two-year funding agreements for many savings achieved by HPSNZ over the past NSOs set to conclude at the end of 2018, a new year will now be redistributed to sports: round of investment decisions will be announced - Cycling NZ receive an increase in December 2018 through to Tokyo 2020. in core funding of $200k.

2018 CORE INVESTMENT / HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORT NEW ZEALAND P.4 IT’S A LIFE TIME OF COMMITMENT, PASSION & DEDICATION.

NOT JUST WHAT HAPPENS ON RACE DAY.

2018 CORE INVESTMENT / HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORT NEW ZEALAND P.5 INVESTMENT CRITERIA

INVESTMENT CONSIDERATIONS ARE BASED ON FOUR INVESTMENT CRITERIA . THESE INCLUDE PAST PERFORMANCE; FUTURE POTENTIAL; QUALITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPORTS HIGH PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME AND CAMPAIGNS; AND ASPECTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL SPORT CONTEXT.

AST PERFORMAN 01. P CE

The National Sports Organisation’s (NSO’s) level of achievement against the agreed performance KPI’s in the Performance and Investment Schedules for the previous Investment Periods. If there was no Performance and Investment Schedule for the previous Investment Period, then recent performances of athletes/teams in Pinnacle Event.

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The level of maturity and 2 N sophistication of the HP Programme. . O The progression and trajectory F C The number of carded athletes. of the NSOs priority athletes U

towards the applicable Tier 1, T T Its previous HPSNZ Investment

U R history and performance against it. 2 or 3 outcomes (if a Targeted

HIGH PERFORMANCE R O Sport), or Campaign KPIs

Its total HPSNZ investment and E P SPORT NEW ZEALAND (if a Campaign Sport),

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The progress of the NSO against its HP Plan over the previous Investment Period. The content of the HP Strategic Plan and campaign plan/s for the next Investment Period, which must be clear and measurable. The need for an NSO to have quality HP processes and performance drivers including plans, leadership, coaching, systems, structure, culture that will enable it to achieve its goals and the agreed KPIs. This may be assessed as HPSNZ sees fit including through the Performance Review, observations, athlete/s results, staff movements, stability of the HP operations etc. 03 S . GN QU AI AL MP ITY CA OF ND HP PROGRAMME A

2018 CORE INVESTMENT / HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORT NEW ZEALAND P.6 CORE INVESTMENT BREAKDOWN

2018 INCREASE 2018 INCREASE SPORT 2017 2018 TOTAL COMMITTED NEW

$000 $000 $000 $000 TIER 1 5,100 0 0 5,100 Cycling 4,200 0 200 4,400 Yachting 3,700 100 0 3,800 Athletics 2,600 150 0 2,750 TIER 2 Equestrian 1,800 0 0 1,800 Canoe Racing 1,600 150 0 1,750 Netball 1,200 0 0 1,200 Rugby 7s - Women 1,100 100 0 1,200 Rugby 7s - Men 900 0 0 900 TIER 3 Hockey - Women 1,350 100 0 1,450 TARGETED OTHER Paralympics NZ (Including Games Delivery) 2,400 100 25 2,525 Snow Sports 2,050 0 0 2,050 New Zealand Olympic Committee 750 0 0 750 CAMPAIGN Swimming 900 0 0 900 Triathlon 750 0 0 750 Hockey - Men 700 0 0 700 Football - Women 500 0 0 500 Cricket 500 0 0 500 Rugby League** 500 0 0 500 Canoe Slalom 450 0 0 450 Softball - Men 250 0 50 300 Bowls 250 0 0 250 Surf Life Saving 225 0 0 225 Squash 175 0 15 190 Shooting (campaigns) 125 0 30 155 Softball - Women 100 50 0 150 Basketball 125 25 0 150 Gymsports / Trampoline (campaign) 115 0 0 115 Ice Sports (speedskating campaign) 0 0 20 20 Olympic Weightlifting 20 0 0 20 Boxing (campaign) 15 0 0 15 Gymsports / Women's Artistic Gymnastics Vault (campaign) 10 0 0 10 Surfing (campaign) 10 0 0 10 Beach Volleyball (campaign) 10 0 0 10 Wrestling (campaign) 10 0 0 10 SUB-TOTAL CORE INVESTMENT 34,940 775 340 35,605 Other Investment: Emerging Talent PEG’s 200 0 0 200 Other Investment: Medical Model 250 0 0 250 TOTAL OTHER INVESTMENT 450 0 0 450 TOTAL INVESTMENT 35,390 775 340 36,055

*Investment decisions previously made in December 2016. **Rugby League investment decision early 2018.

2018 CORE INVESTMENT / HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORT NEW ZEALAND P.7 2017 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

SUMMER OLYMPIC EVENTS MEDAL PERFORMANCES

ATHLETE/TEAM SPORT Discipline RANK / Rowing Men’s Double Sculls 1 / Brooke Donoghue Rowing Women’s Double Sculls 1 / Kerri Gowler Rowing Women’s Pair 1 Zoe McBride / Jackie Kiddle Rowing Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls 2

Ashlee Rowe / Ruby Tew / Georgia Perry / Kelsey Bevan / Kelsi Walters / / Lucy Spoors / Rowing Women’s Eight 3 Emma Dyke / Sam Bosworth

Jaime Hunter / Thomas Murray Rowing Men’s Pair 3 / Ethan Mitchel / Cycling Men’s Team Sprint 1 Cycling Men’s 2 / Aaron Gate / / Cycling Men’s Team Pursuit 2 / Nick Kergozou

Ethan Mitchell Cycling Men’s Individual Sprint 3 / / / Cycling Women’s Team Pursuit 3 /

Tom Walsh Athletics Men’s 1 / Sailing Women’s FX 3 / Caitlyn Ryan Canoe Sprint Women’s K2 500m 1 Lisa Carrington Canoe Sprint Women’s K1 200m 1 Lisa Carrington Canoe Sprint Women’s K1 500m 2 Lisa Carrington / Caitlyn Ryan / / Canoe Sprint Women’s K4 500m 3 New Zealand Rugby Sevens Women’s World Series 1

WINTER OLYMPIC EVENTS MEDAL PERFORMANCES

ATHLETE/TEAM SPORT Discipline RANK Zoi Synnott Sadowski Snow Sports Snowboard - Slopestyle - W 2 Jamie Prebble Snow Sports Ski-Cross - M 2 Peter Michael / Reyon Kay / Shane Dobbin Ice Sports Team Pursuit - M 2 Peter Michael Ice Sports 5000m - M 3

*Results through to 30 November 2017.

2018 CORE INVESTMENT / HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORT NEW ZEALAND P.8 2017 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

SUMMER PARALYMPIC EVENTS MEDAL PERFORMANCES

ATHLETE/TEAM SPORT Discipline RANK Stephen Hills Para Cycling T2 - Road Race 2 Stephen Hills Para Cycling T2 - Time Trial 3 William Stedman Para Athletics 800m T36 2 Para Athletics Javelin F46 2 Keegan Pitcher Para Athletics 800m T36 3 Keegan Pitcher Para Athletics 400m T36 3 Jessica Hamill Para Athletics Shot Put F34 3

WINTER PARALYMPIC EVENTS MEDAL PERFORMANCES

ATHLETE/TEAM SPORT Discipline RANK Corey Peters Para Alpine Ski - Super G (Sitting) 2 Corey Peters Para Alpine Ski - Downhill (Sitting) 2 Adam Hall Para Alpine Ski - Slalom (Standing) 3

NON-OLYMPIC EVENTS PERFORMANCES

ATHLETE/TEAM SPORT Discipline RANK Black Ferns Rugby Union Women's 15's 1 Black Sox Softball Men’s 1 & Amanda Landers-Murphy Squash Women’s Doubles 1 Joelle King & Paul Coll Squash Mixed Doubles 1 Paul Coll & Squash Men’s Doubles 2

*Due to September’s devastating earthquake in Mexico, the Para-Swimming team did not compete at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championship following the International Paralympic Committee’s decision to postpone the event.

2018 CORE INVESTMENT / HIGH PERFORMANCE SPORT NEW ZEALAND P.9 CONTACT

Media contacts:

PETE PFITZINGER Acting Chief Executive High Performance Sport New Zealand +64 21 900 422

ERIK-JAN KOERS GM Performance and Strategic Investment High Performance Sport New Zealand +64 21 730 823

PAUL FARRELL HPSNZ Communications Lead High Performance Sport New Zealand +64 21 242 5359