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Does sports funding need a rethink? Basketball NZ head weighs in

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Publish Date
Tue, 8 Jul 2025, 8:24pm

Does sports funding need a rethink? Basketball NZ head weighs in

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 8 Jul 2025, 8:24pm

It was one of the great sporting storylines of the weekend - the junior Tall Blacks managed to punch above their weight and finish fourth in the U19 Basketball World Cip.

But it didn't come cheap. Each of the players had to stump up $5000 to cover the cost of the tournament.

Basketball NZ acting CEO Belinda Edwards spoke to Elliott Smith on Sportstalk about whether our system for funding sport in NZ needs a re-think.

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