About Us & Our Board
| Our Mission: “To ensure more people are physically active at health and fitness centres in New Zealand. |
| Our Strategic Intent: For FitnessNZ to be the recognised source of expertise, information and standard setting in the fitness industry. This is achieved by facilitating and promoting membership growth of centres, and eliminating unfair practices in the industry by providing information, and setting and administering standards. ‘Fitness industry’ is used above in the broad sense of the word – meaning the industry that gyms, fitness centres and health clubs provide their services in... …… Our Key Roles: |
| Who runs Fitness New Zealand: Fitness New Zealand (FitnessNZ) is a non profit representative organisation, operating under an incorporated society membership structure. FitnessNZ’s members are organisations that exist within the health/fitness/exercise industry. The majority of which are organisations that operate fitness/exercise facilities (such as fitness centres and health clubs). FitnessNZ’s members are wide and diverse, and include commercial operators (e.g. Les Mills and Contours), non profit organisations (e.g. YMCA) and local government council facilities. FitnessNZ has over 250 members, which represents approximately 85% of the industry. FitnessNZ is governed by a board that is made up of elected representatives from the industry. Current board members include representatives from YMCA, and Health West (a PHO in West Auckland). Profiles of current board members can be found below. |
| International Partners: Fitness New Zealand is the international liaison partner in New Zealand for IHRSA (International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association) and also has close ties with Fitness Australia. Fitness New Zealand has an information sharing agreement in place with both organisations to ensure our partners are kept abreast of New Zealand issues, and just as importantly, members of Fitness New Zealand are kept informed of international issues and trends. |
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| From the CEO: I have had the pleasure of working with the team at Fitness New Zealand for over 3 years now, and during that time I have seen many changes come and go, both as a fitness centre owner and manager and also in my capacity within Fitness New Zealand at an industry level. What has remained consistent is that the issues that most fitness centres face are very similar and in discussions with others outside my centre, it is always nice to know “you are not alone”. Let’s face it, even the biggest Fitness Centre in New Zealand is, on the scale of things, a “small business”. As such we face the challenges of marketing, human resources, staff motivation, lease negotiations, legal issues, not to mention keeping up sales alone, without the support of a large parent company. Now of course that is not to say that being big is better, far from it, but the fact is in many ways fitness centres feel isolated as “stand alone entities”. As a member of Fitness New Zealand you needn’t feel like that. Be it information on Crèche regulations, advice on insurance or simply sharing a marketing idea, FNZ can help, with a wealth of knowledge, skills and experience (the Executive alone has over 50 years of combined experience in the health and fitness industry). We are here for you, and by joining us you give FNZ the ability to deal to industry related issues, so that that you can concentrate on what you do best …. running a fitness centre. Richard Beddie, CEO FitnessNZ |