About Us

Active kids are connected and capable, happy and engaged, and are learning a load of life-long skills.

We all benefit when our communities are active but a great many of our community face some challenges with doing so. For individuals this includes the cost of fees to play, transport to/from practices and games and the cost of having the right sport gear. For our schools and community groups, the cost of sport gear for the PE shed can be significant.

Here at REPLAY, along with our collaborative network, our goal is to help reduce this barrier and increase the opportunity for particpation levels by connecting (new and gently used) donated sports gear to those in our community who need it.

Our values

One purpose

Reconnecting as much as gear as possible into the hands of those that need it to enable physical activity

Recipient wellbeing

Priority is to reconnect gear to enable physical activity, respecting the reasons for many who need a hand accessing gear of their own.

Collaboration is key

Our collaborators and partners help us do what we do, effectively and efficiently.

Community is everything

Raising awareness of the benefits of passing on sport gear, we can only do what we do with the donatons we receive

How it all started

REPLAY began in February 2017, founded by the McLean Family in Palmerston North. An overdue clean up in their garage resulted in a large amount of sport gear that was no longer needed, but still good enough to be used again.

Aware first hand of the many benefits to having active kids, the McLean’s knew this gear could be of some beneficial use to others. A few phone calls later, the gear was passed onto one of the local schools, in need of all sorts of items for their well used, but depleted PE shed.

What followed, after checking in with friends, neighbours and the local sporting community, was more sport gear, new and used, that could be reconnected out in the community. This was the start of REPLAY.

Now, nearly 8 years later, over 52,000 pieces of sport equipment including balls, boots, bats, sticks, shin pads, sneakers have been gratefully donated from families, sport organisations, businesses and sport teams.

With the partner organisations we collaborate with, we are NZ wide, receiving and reconnecting gear, from our base here in the Manawatu.

REPLAY became a registered charitable entity (REPLAY NZ Charitable Trust) in 2021, and is 100% voluntary run by a small dedicated team.

Today, the REPLAY goal remains the same – reconnecting sport gear to help those that need a hand accessing gear of their own to enable participation in their sport, play and active recreation.

Denise McLean

Denise heads the REPLAY team from her base in the Manawatu, with the support of an experienced Trust Board and key stakeholders. “Connecting & collaborating with like minded people and organisations to help our communities thrive” is the highlight of her work with REPLAY. Denise, along with husband Andrew, has two teenage daughters. She has a background in Marketing, has worked as a Professional Tennis Coach, and has been heavily involved with active youth through her own children’s involvement in various sports. Denise is of Ngai Tahu (Ōtakou) descent.