Rawhiti Community

Proudly Eastern

Based in New Brighton and serving Christchurch's East, we're proud of our rich and varied culture. It's what makes us unique, and what makes us tick.

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Stronger Together

We believe that a fit and active community is a healthy and strong one. We're helping to foster that in the east by uniting our clubs, inspiring our kids, and supporting our people.

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Welcome to Eastern Community Sport and Recreation Inc.
Please contact us for any information.

Our aim has always been to serve the eastern suburbs in the most effective way possible, celebrating our strengths and working together to overcome the challenges.

Our collective success is plain for all to see – there is a groundswell of support for the clubs, events and programmes we support and deliver, and our community continues to embrace the healthy, active life we promote.

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check out our current programmes and activations

Eastern Community Sport and Recreation are committed to providing programmes and initiatives in the greater New Brighton & Shirley area that really matter and meet needs within our community.

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Rawhiti Oscar

Need Afterschool Care? Our Oscar and Winz Certified programme based in New Brighton is aimed to serve the needs of working parents of the area.

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Rawhiti Holiday Programme

The School Holidays are just around the corner! Let Eastern Sport entertain your child these holidays!

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Eastern Junior Touch

Eastern Junior Touch Module

The junior touch module runs from October to March. So register your team and come and enjoy a fantastic season of touch!

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Pre-School Programmes

Physical Education in a pre-school setting

The Pre-school programme is aimed to develop motor skills, coordination and healthy habits for children in the New Brighton area.

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Events

I ❤ New Brighton

I ❤ New Brighton is an annual event held in Thompson Park to celebrate life in Brighton and the fantastic spirit of the community.

Eastern Community Sport and Recreation is on the organising committee and is responsible for the “Active Zone” which gives the opportunity for local sports clubs to run have a go activities in order to connect local kids with local sports clubs.

The event has been extremely successful with the annual event being held on Waitangi Day Monday attracting 5000 people to Thompson Park.
We will back on 7th February 2022.

Projects

Cool stuff we have done

$2 Pool

The “$2 Pool” arose from a need for the children of the New Brighton area to have access to a swimming pool. We received funding to operate over the summer months with a full time Manager for the 3 years whilst Tairoa QEII was being built.

We operated outside of school hours – and full time over weekends and during the school holidays. The “$2 Pool” attracted over 8000 visits.

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