What We Do

We reconnect new and used donated sport gear to kiwi kids that need a hand accessing gear of their own – including individuals, families, community groups and schools.

From large bulk gear donations we receive from our national sporting organisations, to a pair of boots or a hockey stick donated from our community into one of our collection bins, we take great care and effort to ensure these items are reconnected to where they are needed.

We reconnect gear, across the following initiatives, via an extensive network we have built up over the last 8 years.

replay Sport Gear Connect®

A lot of the sport, active and play gear we gratefully receive is reconnected across our Active Communities initiative to reach tamariki and rangatahi, community groups, schools and various initiatives supporting active youth. Pending what sport code is needed, we put together crates of gear or bags of balls for reconnection back out into the community.

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Items re-connected

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different organisations

Early Childhood sector

Reconnecting play based gear to the ECE’s, every piece helps grow the Under 5 developing brain

School PE shed supply

Reconnecting sport gear into primary school PE sheds – active kids, active learners

Mental Health sector

Reconnecting gear to help those helping our youth with mental health challenges

Clubs & Sport Teams

Gear to help set up community sport teams, vital to connecting parts of our community

Play Trailers

Reconnecting sport gear onto Play Trailers around NZ, tonnes of play for a tonne of active, capable, happy kids

Libraries & Youth Spaces

Reconnecting gear for our tamariki and rangatahi to connect with each other and learn new skills

Physical Challenges

Assisting the Halberg Foundation with some of their athletes who are keen to be active

Community Engagement

Reconnecting sport balls to help with the amazing work going on in our communities

replay Balls into our Schools®

Our primary schools love receiving sport balls – for the physical play they provide during break time and teacher led classroom sessions. Receivng a supply of sports balls also helps some of our schools to allocate funds otherwise spent on sport gear to other areas of their school. To date, we have donated over 2500 sports balls to various schools round Aotearoa.

replay Boot Connect®

Of all the items we receive, two items that are always needed for our tamariki and rangatahi, whanau and communities are boots and sneakers. Not having either, or in some cases both, is one big barrier we often hear as to why children aren’t able to participate. We are always grateful when these items are donated and are super grateful to local businesses in this space, like Shoe Clinic in Palmerston North, who pass on a tonne of sneakers every year to help our communities.

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pairs of boots reconnected

School Sport Teams

We are grateful for the boots kindly donated, each pair makes a HUGE difference to those that receive them

Kids Helping Kids

Each pair of boots is sorted by sprigs, cleaned, collated, ready to go out again, love our REPLAY volunteers!

Multi Cultural Sport Teams

Multi-cultural community groups in our regions LOVE their sport – children and families connecting

School Students – PE class

Reconnecting over 80 pairs of brand new Adidas sneakers (thank you FIFA World Cup!)

Active Wahine

Activating this wonderful group of Wahine – all booted up, ready to go, out there for their kids

Just one pair for one person

One pair of sneakers or boots for one person, so many benefits – one donation, tonnes of good

replay Shoe Connect®

Of all the items we receive, two items that are always needed for our tamariki and rangatahi, whanau and communities are boots and sneakers. Not having either, or in some cases both, is one big barrier we often hear as to why children aren’t able to participate. We are always grateful when these items are donated and are super grateful to local businesses in this space, like Shoe Clinic in Palmerston North, who pass on a tonne of sneakers every year to help our communities.

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pairs of sneakers reconnected

Community Support

The great team at Shoe Clinic in Palmerston North, passing on their 30-day return shoes, so grateful

Community Groups

Helping community groups such as Achilles with sneakers for their athletes and Guides

replay Active Me®

For an individual who needs, for the season ahead, several pieces of sport gear so they can effectively participate in their sport, especially when they are part of a team. We top up and put together a drawstring bag of what is needed (such as a pair of boots, shin pads and a mouthguard), then connect this to the recipient via a teacher or sport coach. We have helped over 1200 children with our replay Active Me® initiative.