Capital Zone Basketball Trust
History
Capital Zone Basketball is a charitable trust, established in 2016, to support local Basketball Associations across the Greater Wellington Region and in particular to assist in utilising basketball as a medium and pathway for youth development.
We want to make sure everybody, from all walks of life, has the chance to experience the enjoyment of getting on the basketball court!
Capital Zone Basketball Trust exists to enable access for participation and create pathways to achieve potential while contributing to community values and allowing our tamariki and rangatahi a chance to enjoy a life-long love for movement through basketball.
Charitable Trust Board
The Trust is governed by a Board of Trustees that has been incorporated as Trustee Board under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957.
Deed of Trust
The activities of the Trust are governed by a Deed of Trust that specifies its purpose as;
Respect and implementing the dual heritage of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi)
To support local Basketball Associations (Kapiti, Porirua, Wellington, Hutt Valley, Wairarapa) to foster, promote and support the playing of basketball in the Greater Wellington Region.
Establish programmes and services that promote the all-round well-being of predominantly, but not exclusively to young people and children.
Encourage participation in the sport of Basketball in the Greater Wellington Region as an amateur game which provides health, recreation, and other community benefits for all New Zealanders.
Fund via sponsorship, donations and all other appropriate means the development of basketball within the Greater Wellington Region.
To partner with other organisations, that in doing so, will enhance the delivery of the Trust’s aims and objectives.
To carry out other such charitable purposes within New Zealand, as the Trustees shall determine.