Triathlon New Zealand
Who we are:Triathlon New Zealand is the national governing body for the sports of triathlon, duathlon, aquathon and multisport – we are a non-profit incorporated society. Based in Newmarket, Auckland, Tri NZ is made up of a team of 17 staff and many passionate volunteers and supporters. We carry out activities and events on a nationwide basis.
Objectives:
1. To allow people to easily be involved in the sport and inspire them to participate for life
2. To allow more Kiwis become triathlon fans and are give the inspiration to participate
3. To have World Champion heroes
4. To become a world class National Sporting organisation
What we do:
- Promote the sport as a whole through our media program including a TV show and regular press and radio activity
- Carry out development programs for Youth, Coaching and Referees, including looking after the competition rules and developing safety and fairness standards across all events
- We own and deliver some key events including a National Triathlon Series and a National Duathlon Series
- Deliver a High Performance program, supporting our elite athletes to win on the world stage
- Host National Championship events and select teams to represent New Zealand at elite and age-group World Champs
- Develop participation pathways for all spectators and fans, competitors, athletes, coaches and technical officials to ensure all New Zealanders have transparent pathways to participate at their desired level in the sport
- Advocate for the sport in local and central government, work with the International Triathlon Union and other key stakeholders
Mission:
To inspire Kiwis to participate in achieving more - together.
Vision:
To fulfill triathlons participation potential.
Values:
Inspiring Success Together
Inspiring:
We instil pride and a deep sense of achievement and well being by encouraging people to realise their true potential.
Success:
We stay ahead of the game through our passion to be better than before. We not only embrace success, we are a positive catalyst for it.
Together:
We are dedicated to bringing people together. By encouraging participation in all that we do, we build enduring relationships and earn trust from our partners.
Our key messages are built around a single organising idea, Inspiring Success Together, and through this we hope to lower barriers and encourage more people into our sport.
What this means is that we will position Tri NZ around a simple, single idea in the market – with the ultimate outcome of fulfilling triathlons participation potential.
