Robertson confirmed the government is also working on putting together a recovery package for sport, which will offer more medium-term solutions to an industry that has been brought to its knees by the pandemic. NZ Rugby followed suit this week in announcing it was axing all provincial competitions below the Mitre 10 Cup and Farah Palmer Cup level. Cameron Spencer The rolling over of high performance sport funding to next year allows Olympic sports to plan their preparations for the Tokyo Games, which will now be staged in July 2021. As part of the immediate financial support for national sport and recreation organisations, Sport NZ's new four-year investment plan has been deferred so that current levels of investment remain through to 30 June 2021. In addition, Robertson says Sport NZ partners will not be obliged to continue to plow resources into Sport NZ-led initiatives, so they can focus on "keeping their wheels turning".

Source: Stuff April 02, 2020 15:56 UTC