COVID-19 Updates – see the Exercise NZ COVID-19 page
December 2020
Steady exercising counts, ExerciseNZ says (15.12.20)
- Livenews
- Voxy
- New Zealand Today
- Global Foreign Affairs
- Daily Encourager
- Scoop
- Eminetra
November 2020
Exercise helps most Kiwis suffering from cancer (25.11.20)
- TV3 Interview
- MakeLemonade
- Livenews
- NewZealandToday
- GlobalForeignAffairs
- Newshub
- Agedplus
- Scoop
Exercise Industry Awards Winners Announced (21.11.20)
The best of the best NZ Exercise Awards Finalists named (11.11.20)
- Newzealandtoday.net
- Makelemonade.nz
- Linkedin.com
- Twitter.com
- foreignaffairs.co.nz
- fuseworksmedia.com
- Scoop.co.nz
- Australasian Leisure Management Magazine
October 2020
Growing evidence Gyms and Fitness Clubs are safe (1.10.20)
September 2020
Keeping gyms safe from Covid-19 (15.9.20)
Gym-goer with Covid-19 works at Jet Park Hotel quarantine facility (14.9.20)
Most gyms doing more than required to keep you safe (14.9.20)
August 2020
Coronavirus: Recovery from level 3 could be harder for Auckland gyms this time (27.8.20)
Proposed commercial rent laws not passed: No help for tenants (26.8.20)
- Sunlive
- Scoop
- Make Lemonade
- Global Foreign Affairs
- New Zealand Today
- The Works News
- Rotorua Now
- Australasian Leisure Management Magazine
July 2020
NZ helping countries prepare for life after covid (23.7.20)
Great news for NZ gyms, exercise facilities – survey (1.7.20)
- Sunlive
- Livenews
- New Zealand today
- Make Lemonade
- Linked in
- Global Foreign Affairs
- Australasian Leisure Management Magazine
- Scoop
June 2020
NZ Fitness Centres back to 70% activity levels (05.06.20)
Fitness Centres struggling to remain open (2.6.20)
- NewstalkZB (note this is a longer interview)
Some gyms expected to close due lower numbers (2.6.20)
May 2020
Gyms will be keeping members spread out during L2 (15.5.20)
Gyms ready to re-open with COVID-19 mitigation strategy (13.5.20)
Sport the focus of epidemic response committee (13.5.20)
Exercise Industry ready for alert level 2 – not business as usual (12.5.20)
- RadioNZ
- Livenews
- Newzealandtoday.net
- theworldnews.net
- Australasian Leisure Management Magazine
- makelemonade.nz
- Global.foreignaffairs.co.nz
- Linked In
- Scoop
- Stuff
- Radio Rhema
- Devdiscourse
- NZ Herald (link no longer active)
How gyms will operate under l2 Covid rules (8.5.20)
ExerciseNZ CE invited to speak at Parliaments Epidemic Response Committee. (8.5.20)
- Vimeo – Full replay of Richards section
- Australasian Leisure Management Magazine
- RadioNZ
- Livenews
- New Zealand today
- Scoop
- Make Lemonade
- Voxy
- Global Foreign Affairs
Sporting Bodies face difficult times (7.5.20)
April 2020
Commercial leases to be regulated (16.4.20)
- Livenews
- New Zealand Today
- Voxy
- Foreignaffairs
- Scoop
- Make Lemonade
Exercise experts producing NZ’s biggest online directory during lockdown (9.4.20)
- New Zealand Today
- Australasian Leisure Management
- Foreign Affairs
- 121 Home blog
- Make Lemonade
- Livenews
- Sunlive
80 percent of NZ trainers and exercise facilities operating online (1.4.20)
- New Zealand today
- Livenews
- Scoop
- Voxy
- Foreign Affairs
- Australasian Leisure Management
- Stuff
- Daily Encourager
- Make Lemonade
March 2020
How we stay fit has been shaken up during lockdown (31.3.20)
Alcohol and cigarettes can be delivered but not exercise equipment (27.3.20)
- makelemonade.nz
- KCNews.co.nz (Kapiti Coast)
- Australasian Leisure Management Magazine
- NewZealandtoday.net
- Makelemonade.nz
- Foreignaffairs.co.nz
- TVNZ
- Newstalk ZB (note this downloads an audio file to listen to the interview)
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Kiwis lock-down -day one- exercise never more important (26.3.20)
- Stuff.co.nz
- Stuff.co.nz
- Global.foreignaffairs.co.nz
- Livenews.co.nz
- Scoop.co.nz
- TVNZ Breakfast show
- Twitter.com
- Voxy.co.nz
- Linkedin.com
- Makelemonade.nz
- Sunlive.co.nz
Kiwis Trainers preparing for Government’s 3rd stage (22.3.20)
- MakeLemonade.co.nz
- livenews.co.nz
- Newzealandtoday.net
- Flipboard.com
- Voxy.co.nz
- Foreignaffairs.co.nz
Kiwis should keep up physical activity during the coronavirus pandemic (18.3.20)
- NewZealandtoday.net
- ForeignAffairs.co.nz
- Voxy.co.nz
- Scoop.co.nz
- Australasian Leisure Management Magazine
- Stuff.co.nz
- HealthyChristchurch.org.nz
- NZ Herald
- Dailyencourager.co.nz
- Makelemonade.nz
Woman’s day – Kiwi women fitter than men, (18.3.20)
January 2020
Getting Kiwi kids moving in 2020
Beddie calls for more New Zealanders to be active in 2020
Kiwis injuring themselves at the gym than any other sport
Government Schools and Whanau should help young kiwis get fitter
More Exercise Urged
- Rural Living Magazine (pg 31)
Exercise – Top sport in New Zealand – but too many kiwis are overweight
- Foreignaffairs.co.nz
- 121privatehomeblog.com
- Voxy.co.nz
- Scoop.co.nz
- livenews.co.nz
- nzcity.co.nz
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