Deb Hurdle

Experience

• 

  Nicola Mathers & Deb Hurdle

  May 1989 - Dec 1994

  Partner

  First all women legal practise in Wellington. Specialising in family law.

• 

  Sport NZ (formerly SPARC)

  Apr 1995 - Dec 2014

  Manager Recreation

  Oversee the implementation of the Recreation pillar of Sport NZ's strategic plan 2009-2015. Working with national sport & recreation organisations, government agencies, territorial authorities, regional sports trusts and outdoor recreation organisations. Manage Sport NZ's investment into recreation and outdoor recreation organisations.

• 

  Sport & Recreation New Zealand

  Jul 2006 - Oct 2009

  Manager Push Play, Marketing & Comms

  Push Play was New Zealand's national physical activity social marketing campign that ran from 1999 to 2009. I was involved with it from its inception, but only managed it on a full time dedicated basis between 2006 -2009. Prior to that I have been working at SPARC and formerly the Hillary Commission in a number of roles focussing on getting people active since 1995

• 

  Greater Wellington YMCA

  Aug 2009 - May 2015

  Board Member
• 

  Self employed

  Feb 2015 - now

  Sport & recreation contractor / project manager

  Coming from a legal background I have now been working in the sport and recreation sector for over 25 years. I started out at the Hillary Commission and transitioned from there to SPARC and into Sport and Recreation NZ. Throughout my nearly 20 years there I worked with the Active Recreation sector particularly national recreation organisations, local government and regional sports trusts. I managed a number of programmes including Push Play and Mission On, social marketing campaign encouraging more people to be more active. After a move to the Kapiti Coast in 2014 I’m now happily working from home continuing to work in the sport and recreation sector on a contract basis. This includes project and event management work, needs analysis and feasibility studies around facilities and artificial turfs and sport and active recreation strategy development. Show less