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Community Netball Advisory – Monday 23 August 2021

COVID-19 Update

 

Dear Centres

 

In line with the Government announcement today the following COVID-19 restrictions are in place all of New Zealand will remain at COVID-19 Alert Level 4.

 

Auckland will remain in Alert Level 4 until 11:59pm Tuesday 31st August

The rest of New Zealand will remain in Alert Level 4 until 11:59pm Friday 27th August

 

Please note that this advisory is current as of 23 August 2021 and is subject to change due to government guidelines.

  

What does this mean? 

 

Participation in Netball at COVID-19 Alert level 4 is not permitted

 

All Netball activity for Netball Centres in New Zealand remains postponed.

Netball New Zealand (NNZ) guidelines

  • No organised Netball activity.
  • All events and competitions postponed, on hold or cancelled.
  • All trainings, programmes, activities on hold – (except on an individual basis or within designated bubble or online)
  • All workshops and meetings to be conducted online.
  • NNZ, Zone and Centre offices and facilities closed.
  • All staff and volunteers work from home.

  

Centres are responsible for the compliance of all Ministry guidelines. Failure to meet these guidelines could have a serious impact on the health of your community and result in your Centre being shut down.

 

Domestic Competition information

The following competitions have been cancelled.

  • Regional Secondary School Championships - South Island Secondary Schools, Lower North Island Secondary Schools and Upper North Island Secondary Schools. (See press release here)
  • AIMS Games.

An update on the Fuji Xerox NZ Secondary Schools Netball Championships due to played at Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua from October 12-15 will be provided as soon as possible.

 

What does Return to Play look like as we move down levels?

Return to Play – Level 2

Understandably there have been questions around NNZ’s endorsement of competitions in the current and future environment. 

For clarity Netball participation is guided first and foremost by the Government COVID-19 Alert Level guidelines. 

When New Zealand or specified regions within NZ return to COVID-19 Level 2, Netball participation is permitted if the below requirements are met.

To deliver Netball at Level 2 – all Centres must meet the following requirements.

  1. Have an up-to-date Pandemic Plan 

https://sportnz.org.nz/covid-19/sector-advice/sector-templates/

  1. Have a COVID-19 -Level 2 - Event & Activity Health and Safety Plan (attached)
  2. Have processes in place to ensure you can confidently meet all government Contact Tracing, Gatherings, Health & Sanitation and Workplace guideline requirements.

 

Detailed Level 2 guidelines, templates and planning tools can be found at the following link on the NNZ website.

 

https://www.netballnz.co.nz/useful-info/resource-library/return-to-play 

 

Financial support for Centres with paid staff affected by lockdown

To support organisations during the current Level 4 lockdown the Government has activated the following financial support for businesses:

  • The Wage Subsidy Scheme (WSS) is available nationally when there is a regional or national move to Alert Levels 3 and 4 for a period of seven days and helps eligible businesses keep paying staff and protect jobs. The rates have been raised to reflect increased wage costs.
  • The Resurgence Support Payment (RSP) is a payment to help support businesses or organisations with a 30% reduction of revenue due to a COVID-19 alert level increase to level 2 or higher. This is available to eligible firms at the same time as the WSS.

The criteria for these payments are expected to be the same as for previous lockdowns. Charities, not-for-profit organisations and incorporated societies are expected to be eligible for this assistance, provided they meet the other eligibility requirements.

Further information about these payments will shortly be available on the Work and Income website for the Wage Subsidy Scheme and the Inland Revenue website for the Resurgence Support Payment.

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We will be in touch with further updates as soon as possible.

 

For any queries, please contact your Zone Community Netball or Relationship Manager.

 

Take care everyone.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Ruth

 

Ruth Stanley

Head of Community Netball

Netball New Zealand


Article added: Monday 23 August 2021

 

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