Touch - the game for all!The sport of Touch is an integral part of the social fabric of New Zealand, and is arguably the most popular social team sport in New Zealand, certainly in the summer months. Touch New Zealand is an incorporated society registered with the Charities Commission. Head office is in Auckland however the sport is embedded across New Zealand and is overseen by our 19 Provincial Associations and 223 community Touch competitions. Key focus areas to be considered at all times are: • Health & Wellbeing • Community development through the medium of our sport • The development of positive social capital - “a form of economic and cultural capital in which social networks are central, transactions are marked by reciprocity, trust, and cooperation, and market agents (Touch NZ and our partners) produce goods and services not mainly for themselves, but for a common good” • A whanau centric approach – “‘Whānau Ora approach’ and ‘whānau-centred approach’ refer to a culturally grounded, holistic approach focused on improving the wellbeing of whānau as a group, as well as the individuals within the whānau.” • Education & advocacy
