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Thanks to the journalists who share the stories of our recipients. Spreading the word is an important part to helping us create sustainable systematic change for a better future.

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Sport is an undervalued part of our education. For many, it is sport that teaches us how to work with others, how to combine as a team to achieve a shared objective and how to persevere when things don't go our way. But this role of sport is under threat from a most unlikely source.

Watch The WaterBoy Founder/Director Thomas Nabbs speak at TEDx Ruakura in 2018.

Thomas discusses the importance of sport in our society, how some children do not have the opportunity to access sport & he identifies an ‘easy win’ to help our participation levels.

NZ in last place as sport is accused of dropping the ball on homophobic language

All Black Brad Weber says he regrets using anti-gay slurs in high school

Sport as self-development: Hamilton teens get a hand up through The Waterboy charity

The WaterBoy’s EveryBody’s Game Speaker Series Featured on The Project

All Blacks halfback Tawera Kerr-Barlow opens up about being guilty of 'gay slurs'

Five-year-old former refugee receives the gift of cricket

Solo nan of nine mokopuna receives support from charity

WaterBoy organisation aims to grow sports participation

The WaterBoy gives kids a sporting chance

STRONGER PEOPLE. STRONGER COMMUNITIES.

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THE WATERBOY IN THE MEDIA

Watch The WaterBoy Founder/Director Thomas Nabbs speak at TEDx Ruakura in 2018.

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