{"id":412488,"date":"2026-05-05T06:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/412488\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T06:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:49:08","slug":"new-zealand-football-nominated-for-cultural-competence-award-at-diversity-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/412488\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Football nominated for cultural competence award at Diversity Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhile we still have work to do, we strive to deliver a game that authentically reflects the unique cultural identity of Aotearoa and showcases it to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NewNew Zealand Football has been nominated for the Cultural Competence Award at the 2026 Diversity Awards NZ. Photo \/ Photosport<\/p>\n

NZ Football has tried to make football the most inclusive sport in the country by implementing a range of initiatives, such as an iwi-led Call to the Field” which has been introduced to welcome teams at international matches.<\/p>\n

Te reo M\u0101ori and Te Tiriti workshops have seen 90% of staff participate with regular waiata and karakia also introduced, while targeted programmes have helped to increase participation for M\u0101ori, with numbers up 9% from 2024.<\/p>\n

The organisation has also partnered with M\u0101ori Football Aotearoa to support programmes and events, its statutes were changed to include Te Tiriti commitments into organisational decision-making and te ao M\u0101ori are a key factor in NZ Football\u2019s strategy and values. <\/p>\n

The winners will be announced this evening as part of the Whiria Ng\u0101 Kaha Workplace Inclusion Aotearoa conference in Auckland. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWhile we still have work to do, we strive to deliver a game that authentically reflects the unique…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2246,1975,2346,10779,212089,24181,11840,5213,2082,661,117,111,43,139,7562,44095,69,2847,4989,7565,213,80],"class_list":["post-412488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-2246","tag-at","tag-award","tag-awards","tag-competence","tag-cultural","tag-diversity","tag-football","tag-for","tag-major","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nominated","tag-nomination","tag-nz","tag-only","tag-organisation","tag-receive","tag-sports","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}