Posts Tagged ‘soccer’
So it begins…
Copacabana ground to a standstill for an hour this morning for an Opening Parade full of colourful songs and dancing. Aotearoa isn’t really known for extroverted and emotional displays- so it was a largely stony-faced Kiwi team that marched along the seafront in a sea of screaming Norwegian Vikings, Nacho Libre Mexican wrestlers, Namibian singers [...]
Pair embarking on cup experience
What with everything else happening we forgot to share the latest piece by Charlie Gates in The Press. Tere and Paddy will also be joined on the trip from Christchurch by Gabor Radak from the City Mission. He’s the team’s Assistant Manager.
Street Football on Breakfast
Check out coverage of our Road to Rio (2010 Rio Homeless World Cup) on TV1′s Breakfast show with Paul Henry. Paul Henry’s bafflement as to why people are homeless in New Zealand is one of the key reasons for Street Football Aotearoa’s existence – to raise awareness and understanding of this issue. Until we have [...]
Volunteers raising funds for homeless footballers
June 23 Press Release – Downtown Community Ministry This week, not only are we celebrating the All Whites’ achievements at the football World Cup, but it is also Volunteer Awareness Week. New Zealand has a lesser-known football team fundraising to go to a different World Cup and this team is supported entirely by volunteers. The [...]
Street Football and Spanky
Listen to Steve’s chat with Spanky about Street Football Aotearoa and our ‘Road to Rio’ on Chistchurch’s RDU by clicking on the image below:
Homeless find hope in global game
Charlie Gates of The Press newspaper in Christchurch talks about New Zealand’s second shot at international football glory this year. Christchurch training is run in partnership with Christchurch City Mission. To read the story, click on the link here. To donate to the trust and help get the team to the Homeless World Cup, click [...]
Wellington is Streets ahead in Soccer
Kimberley Crayton-Brown of Newswire writes about the Street Soccer National Championships held in Wellington in November 2009. The tournament was held on the same day as the All Whites’ heroic victory over Bahrain that secured qualification for the 2010 World Cup. The Street Soccer competition, held earlier in the day on Queens Wharf and part [...]
Changing lives through football
Bruce Munro of the Otago Daily Times writes about the project run by our partner agency in Dunedin, PACT. The article was written in the run up to the Street Soccer National Championships held in Wellington in November 2009. To read the story, click on the link here or on the image below.
2008 Captain, Everitt Johnson & Norm Hewitt on Nine to Noon
Everitt & Norm talked to Kathryn Ryan in November 2008 shortly before the trip to Melbourne for the 2008 Homeless World Cup. Click on the image to hear the interview.
Tom and DCM’s Stephanie McIntyre on Nine to Noon
Street Football Aotearoa Trustee Tom Kelly and Stephanie McIntyre, Director of partner agency Downtown Community Ministry in Wellington, talk about Homelessness and the Homeless World Cup. They spoke to Kathryn Ryan on Radio New Zealand’s Nine to Noon show back in April 2008 at the start of our campaign to have a New Zealand Team [...]
