The Jones Family supports causes such as women's movements, people working in low socio-economic areas and or those trying to improve the outcomes of others with little thought of themselves.

The Canterbury Sports Foundation is committed to providing financial assistance for emerging talented athletes within Canterbury. Over the years the emphasis of the Foundation has altered marginally and now has a concentration on the production of quality coaching at all levels of sport, but particularly at the junior level. The overall theme of the development of sport has however, remained unaltered.

Tony Hall is a Foundation Partner of CSDA. His contribution has been a critical factor in launching the Tātai Whetū Waitaha Athlete Support Programme. Tony is a former New Zealand Olympic Committee & NZOC selection panel member, former Chancellor at Lincoln University, Founding Director of Community Colleges NZ and held governance roles in education, business and sport.

Heartland Bank’s roots stretch back to 1875, when the Ashburton Permanent Building & Investment Society was formed. These days, Heartland is on a mission to improve the lives of Kiwis by making money work for them.

Heartland Bank supports its local communities through the Heartland Trust, Heartland’s registered charitable trust which is independent from but closely supported by Heartland. It was established to support organisations who are dedicated to helping young New Zealanders unlock their true potential.

Forsyth Barr offers a world-class team of advisers right here in New Zealand, delivering innovative financial services and investment opportunities, supported by award-winning local and global research.

Since 1936 New Zealanders have put their trust in Forsyth Barr’s ability to help them grow and manage their wealth. Forsyth Barr are proud of what they have achieved for their clients during that time and remain a NZ and staff-owned, independent business.

The Mainland Foundation is a non-profit organisation that was established to distribute the funds generated from their gaming venues. The Foundation maintains an open and equitable funding regime that enables non-profit organisations.

The Christchurch City Council is the local government authority for Christchurch in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority elected to represent the 392,100 people of Christchurch. Since October 2013, the Mayor of Christchurch is Lianne Dalziel, who succeeded Bob Parker.

Pub Charity Limited distributes grants to worthy community organisations all over New Zealand through the funds raised in gaming machines hosted in our member hotels and taverns.

We first began raising donations funds for New Zealand communities in 1987. That’s 30 years of excellent partnerships with our venues, 30 years of great entertainment for our players and 30 years supporting communities all over New Zealand.

The Dr Tom Anderson Memorial Trust was formed in 1978 to commemorate the pioneering work of Dr Tom Anderson in Sports Medicine in New Zealand, and most particularly in Canterbury. The Trust supports projects which can be clearly identified as a facet of sports medicine and in particular, sports medicine education.

Back in 2017, Chris and Tarina recognised that Cantabrians were still suffering the aftermath of the Canterbury earthquakes and wanted to be part of doing something ‘positive and uplifting’ for our beautiful city of Ōtautahi. At a time when business owners were being asked to be brave and invest in the new look, new feel CBD, they decided that opening a health and fitness centre was a good way to support whānau to prioritise their health during the rebuild phase.

“Good health is a gift”, and part of our kaupapa is to bring the gift of health to the people of Christchurch while engaging in the concept of ‘koha’. 

Xyst is a multi-discipline sport, parks and recreation consultancy firm based in New Zealand with offices also in Australia.

Xyst exists to create superior parks, public open spaces and sports facilities to improve the health and wellbeing of our communities by supporting local government and other agencies with sustainable planning and management of parks, open spaces and public facilities to create better towns and cities for people to live and play.