2019 Awards Finalists
The finalists by category (in alphabetical order) are:
Commercial Partnership Award Finalists:
- Auckland Council and Downer
- New Zealand Football and McDonalds
- New Zealand Rugby and AIG
Community Impact Award Finalists:
- Aktive Auckland Sport & Recreation - Good Sports
- Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti - Waikirikiri Park Playground Project
- Sport Waitakere - Gear up our Schools
- Sport Whanganui - Community Bike Park
Event Excellence Award Finalists:
- AIMS Games - Anchor AIMS Games International Sporting Championships
- Basketball New Zealand - Tall Blacks v China (FIBA World Cup Qualifiers)
- Waka Ama New Zealand - 2018 Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Waka Ama Sprint Nationals
Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion Award Finalists:
- Harbour Sport - ActivAsian
- New Zealand Cricket - A game for all New Zealanders, A game for life
- Paralympics New Zealand - Excellence and Equity through Sport
- Sport Waikato - This is Me
Future Leaders Scholarship Finalists:
- Andrew Corkill - Sport Waikato
- Jan Rowsell - New Zealand Golf
- Michael Woodside - Sport Wellington
- Peter Caccioppoli - Auckland Council
- Sarah Murray - Wellington City Council
Winners will be announced at the Awards evening on Monday, 24 June 2019.