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Soccer's Heritage: Shaping New Zealand's Soccer Clubs and Nurturing Young Talents

The history of soccer is a tale of passion, dedication, and a relentless pursuit of excellence. This beautiful game has left an indelible mark on New Zealand's children and soccer clubs. It has provided countless kids with a platform to develop not only their soccer skills but also the values and character traits that will serve them well throughout their lives.

When to Begin Your Child's Karate Journey in New Zealand

Karate remains a beneficial pursuit. It helps them stay physically fit, mentally sharp, and provides a platform to continually enhance their martial arts skills.

A little girl doing a karate kick with confidence!

Combat sports for kids

Are your children fascinated by martial arts films? Have you caught them doing a karate chop in the backyard? If so, a combat sport could be the perfect kids activity for them! They build strenght and self esteem with less risk of injury than team sports.

Bagpipe for kids

Let your kids connect with other cultures by playing bagpipes! Bagpipes are musical instruments that use enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. They are traditionally used to provide music for dances and funerals. Get your outdoorsy kids to play this loud instrument!

Get on the road to cycle around New Zealand!

Cycling for Kids

Get your kids into the cycling world, a very versatile sport! In New Zealand there are many ways kids can get involved in cycling both competitively and for leisure.

Karate for your Kids

Looking for activities for kids that exercise mind, body and spirit? Why not try karate! With its emphasis on self improvement and non aggression, it is a great activity for kids and adults alike!

Plenty of activities are provided at YMCAs!

Ymca for Kids

Let your kids develop their potential while helping the community! The YMCA is a worldwide not for profit association dedicated to helping young and disadvantaged people of all ages to maximise their potential and learn new skills.

Touch rugby is much safer sports than usual rugby for you and your kids

Touch Rugby for your Kids

A low risk way to play rugby for boys and girls! Touch rugby, also known as touch football is a form of rugby that has been around since the 1950s.

Your child will love being part of a team

Basketball for Kids

Whether its competitive or just for fun, basketball is a great sport to enjoy with friends and family.

Scouts develops friendship and achievements

Scouts for Kids

Are you in search of a kids' activity that will promote your child's mental, social, and physical development? How about the Scouts? The first Boy Scouts organisation was founded in England as a way to teach boys survival skills, hard work, and comradeship. The first New Zealand Boy Scout camp was started in 1908, and Scouts New Zealand is now a national movement and community institution, which provides a wide range of camps and activities for children of all ages.

Aim for the sky! NZ is famous for producing world-class netballers

Netball for Kids

The perfect safe sport for your kids, especially if you have a daughter! Your kids will have a lot of fun playing this derivative of basketball, which focuses more on technique than physical condition.

Aikido for Kids

For a positive, life enhancing experience, why not take your kids to Aikido? If your kids need to learn to relax, Aikido might be for them!

Baseball for Kids

If your kids are team sports players who are looking for something new, they might like to try baseball. Baseball can be a fabulous activity for kids with energy to burn. It's a relatively simple game, played with a bat and a ball between two opposing teams. Teams take turns to hit the ball and try to run around a diamond shaped course before the ball is caught and returned by the opposing team. The team with the most 'runs' at the end wins the game.

Aquatic Centres for Kids

For fun and fitness why not get your kids to your local aquatic centre this summer? Aquatic centres, sometimes known as leisure centres, are common throughout New Zealand and they provide an opportunity for parents and kids to enjoy a vast array of water based activities for kids from swimming lessons to pool parties. Aquatic centres usually feature a swimming pool as their main attraction and are often a venue for sporting activities such as swimming carnivals and water polo.

Swimming for Kids

A great sport for your kids' physical development. It is also really important to learn how to swim well, as it can be very useful for their safety while taking part water sports.

MARTIAL ARTS IMPROVE YOUR ATTENTION SPAN

A new study shows that Martial Arts has positive benefits for improving your attention span and alertness. Something in today’s ‘no patience’ society is sorely needed. A large part of Martial Arts training is developing your mental acuity as well as your physical strength.

Kids Who Participate In the ARTS develop

What more could you ask for?

Petting Zoos for Kids

Do your children love animals? Then why not take them to a petting zoo? A petting zoo is a collection of domestic and farm animals that kids can feed and stroke. Sometimes they are located at zoos and other times they are mobile, often travelling to locations for parties or to schools, fetes, showgrounds and other events where fun activities for kids are required.

The Fun of Play Centres for Kids

Fueling Creativity and Imagination With imaginative themes and captivating setups, Play Centres act as a catalyst for sparking creativity and imagination in children.

Percussions For Kids

Let your kids develop their sense of rhythm with percussion instruments! Anything that can be struck or banged can be a percussion instrument - the only limit is your kid’s imagination!