Hoops in Parks

Hoops in Parks is a collaborative partnership that was created by Basketball New Zealand and Hastings District Council, supported by Basketball Hawke’s Bay and Sport Hawke’s Bay – an extension to our successful Hoops in Schools programme. Like Hoops in Schools, Hoops in Parks is a programme to give communities more places to shoot hoops in their local communities, utilising existing council land and green space. A lack of suitable facilities (indoor and outdoor) remains one of basketball’s toughest barriers. Currently many local communities are unable to support the growth, as they do not have basketball backboards and courts in outdoor recreational areas to cater for the demand.

As well as providing more sustainable, long term participation opportunities for communities, Hoops in Parks is also providing another outlet to increase physical activity outside of a school setting, an ever-increasing concern for the well-being of our tamariki and rangatahi.

Basketball New Zealand’s vision is ‘a hoop in the heart of every community’ – Hoops in Parks is helping us achieve this.

Read more about our Flaxmere Pilot in a Case Study produced by Sport New Zealand here.