Sport Whanganui

A warm (and slightly belated!) welcome to Sarah Whitworth, who joined the Green Prescription team at Sport Whanganui earlier this year💚

Sarah has quickly become a valued part of the Sport Whanganui whānau. We're incredibly grateful for the quiet support she has brought to Deb and the wider team over the past few months.

Recently, Sarah introduced chair-based exercise classes which have proved so popular we've added extra sessions to meet demand!

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Green Prescription (GRx) is a free programme that supports people to improve their health and wellbeing through physical activity, with personalised support to help them get started and stay active. Ask your GP, nurse or health provider to make a referral or contact our team to get started today.

Edit - Snoopy has been found and is back with us.

Thank you to everyone who responded fast and a massive thank you to Megan Geertson who found Snoopy and looked after him.

🚨MISSING DOG - PLEASE HELP US FIND SNOOPY🚨
Snoopy, our much-loved Sport Whanganui receptionist, has gone for a wander!

We are currently looking for him and would really appreciate help from our community. If you have seen Snoopy, please send us a message through Facebook.

If you find him, please bring him safely to the Sport Whanganui office.

Please share this post and help us bring Snoopy home! 🐾

He aituā, he mamae, he poroporoaki

Kua hinga tētahi totara o te wao nui a Tāne. Nō ngā rangi tata nei i tae mai te rongo, kua mate tērā o ō tātou matua a Darren Wallace.

E mahara iho ana ki āna mahi nui hei kaimahi ki Sport Whanganui, hei kaiwaiata me te ringapuoro, hei kaipara anō hoki i ngā hākinakina hauporo me te whiu kōpere.

He mihi aroha tēnei ki te whānau whānui e noho ana i raro i te kapua pouri i tēnei wā.

It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of our friend and colleague, Darren Wallace, peacefully at home.

Darren had worked alongside his partner, Deb, as part of the Sport Whanganui Green Prescription team since 2022. As the Green Prescription Kaiāwhina, Darren supported clients to achieve their health goals through one-on-one coaching and mentoring, leading initiatives such as Active Teens programmes and kaumātua fitness classes. He also worked with community organisations like Te Oranganui supporting tāngata whai ora, or those in need of care or going through treatment processes in mental health.

Darren will be forever remembered by our team for his warmth, positive energy and his deep knowledge and enthusiasm for sport and music. He and Deb were an incredibly special part of our Sport Whanganui whānau and our team is wrapped around Deb supporting her throughout this journey.

Those wishing to share a memory of Darren or send a message to his whānau can email Sport Whanganui, who will pass on all messages to Deb.

Darren will be farewelled at St. Mary's at 10am on Thursday, 27 August.

We extend our love and condolences to Darren's whānau, the Sport Whanganui Green Prescription community, former colleagues and the many people whose lives Darren positively impacted through his manaakitanga and friendship.

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Kaua e mate wheke, mate ururoa.

The octopus are renowned for their lack of resistance when being captured, however a hammerhead shark will fight bitterly to the end. This is a commonly used whakatauki to encourage someone not to give up, no matter how hard the struggle is.

Darren embodied this proverb to the fullest and continues to encourage all of us to keep fighting.

Hoki wairua atū rā e te matua. Haere atu rā ki te kainga tūturu mō tātou i te tangata, nō reira haere, moe mai, kāti.

Winter Wonderfest Whanganui is officially underway!
You will see a few of our team at the Mitre 10 MEGA Whanganui Ladies Night tonight and if you are looking for fun ways to be active during the festival, you will find plenty!
Choose from cardio classes, strength & endurance classes, intro pilates, the Good Trash Ride and even an Abba hoedown!
And of course, head along to the next Women Who Lead with Women's Network Whanganui.

Winter Wonderfest Whanganui WINTER WONDERFEST: CONNECT * EMPOWER * INSPIRE *

Join the celebration of our tenth annual winter festival in our awesome Whanganui town!