With a number of changes to Alert Level 2 operating from midday today, in particular the number for mass gatherings rising to 100, Sport NZ have updated their guidelines to sport sector.

The guidelines provide useful advice and schools should consider these within the framework of the Ministry of Education guidelines to schools to help inform approaches to school sport.

The new guidelines for community sport allow for groups of 100 or fewer to come together without the need for physical distancing, but with contact tracing and public hygiene measures in place. This number must include participants, spectators, officials and coaches. However variations of this rule apply to allow for more than one gathering to take place and spectators to be treated differently, provided that groups are kept separated. This information is important for interschool and community based school sport.

The full Sport NZ guidelines can be found here and guidelines for high level guidance for mass gatherings in community sport which will also be helpful for schools can be found https://sportnz.org.nz/covid-19/sector-advice/mass-gathering-guidance/?mc_cid=e81e8dc4a9&mc_eid=52d3beaa2a

Article added: Thursday 28 May 2020