D'Arcy Waldegrave: Sportstalk host on the sports that lost out on High Performance Sport NZ funding boost

Olympic medal-winning sports have been given a boost in funding heading into the Los Angeles Games - but not everyone got lucky.

Rowing, Yachting, Athletics and Para Athletics, Cycling and Para Cycling, and Canoe Racing and Para Canoe are the Podium sports set for extra investment over the next four years.

However, Hockey New Zealand is looking at cuts to personnel and a reduction in Black Sticks fixtures after High Performance Sport NZ slashed the sport's funding by $1.4 million dollars annually.

Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Good afternoon. It is eighteen minutes after four news talks.
There'd be We've just spoken to Esports New Zealand. They've
missed out on funding from High Performance Sport in New Zealand.
Loads of feedback on that. By definition, let me guess,
it's not a sport. Not a sport. Darcy's here for
sports afterening. Well, actually no, here is the defense our darts.

(00:21):
A sport is stand up pistol shooting a sport. Neither
requires physical prowess. That's true, Darcy.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
There's a theory that says if you don't have to
change your shoes, it's not a sport.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
Okay, yeah, Or they don't even need to wear shoes,
do they They just sit on the couch.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
Well, they do whatever they want so they can do it. Look,
the thing is, it's a growth area in entertainment, sporttament
if you will. It's about the ability to it's the
best way. I remember when I was younger going to Wizards,
which is a people may remember that from way back
in eighties. It was a video game parlor christ Church,

(01:01):
it's the big thing. You want to do it? And
I was like, well, you know, Dad, can I have
some money because I need to go to Wizards because
my hand eye coordination is going to go through the roof.
I'll end up being a.

Speaker 1 (01:10):
Really good So we missing out though on something by
not funding it. Now, you know the problem with.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
The funding model that High Performance Sporting z has is
that it's based on we you successful last time. If
you were, we'll give you more money you can do
it again. But if you soiled the bed cheats last
time out in a Pinnacle event, we're going to take
your money off you because you weren't good enough. So
it's an interesting whip bash from behind or a carrot

(01:37):
out the front. Now with E sport, which has got
its own Olympic event coming up, there's no history. So
how I Performance Sporting Exeder would look at that? They go, well,
we don't know. And there's the argument whether it's a
sport or not, and that goes on and on because
apparently chess is a support as a sport.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
It's so well they say it is only moving your finger.
So who's missed out?

Speaker 2 (02:02):
Then?

Speaker 1 (02:02):
Based on the Paris.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
Hockey hockey have been smashed. They've lost one point four
million dollars of funding and a million of that's been
taken off the Wahana. The big thing here is it's
the trickle down because there's other sports that get funding,
but then they're quite elite anyway, snow sports are getting
a whole lot after what they've done globally. And I

(02:26):
think it's magnificent because I'm a snow junkie, not that
I've been up the mountain for so long because I'm
old and my knees gone.

Speaker 1 (02:31):
But you were saying they shouldn't get it because they're
largely rich people.

Speaker 2 (02:34):
Well no, no, no, What saying is that based on
what they had and what they've achieved, they do need
that money, but it doesn't affect a wider scale of people,
whereas hockey does.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
It's played by a lot more ye.

Speaker 2 (02:46):
Played by a lot of people down to a grassroots level.
I mean, did you play hockey when you're a younger woman?

Speaker 1 (02:51):
Noo? What it does to your your shins? No way,
you're beginning mean shin pads? Come on, man, now, are
we talking about this next interview or not?

Speaker 2 (02:58):
Well, I don't know what you do.

Speaker 1 (03:00):
Mitchell Santana has been made clause I.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
I'm very very pleased to him. He's a top bloke.
He's got a very dry sense of humor and he's
not afraid to use it. I think some people lose
that sense that he has when he's being interviewed. He's
so laid back, and even in the press conference today
is heid, I'm really excited by this. I look at that.
I am, because that's the way he with everything brilliant

(03:25):
and you can shoot him and he just look at
you and go, why did you do that? Hell?

Speaker 1 (03:29):
I mean Darcy will see tonight. Good to see it done.

Speaker 2 (03:32):
Matt Caleb Bly join us on the show tonight as well,
talking about who swapped from rugby to Lee Brilliant.

Speaker 1 (03:36):
Darcy Watergrave, host of Sports Talk seven o'clock tonight on
news Talk ZAB, someone says, good afternoon, Ryan, regarding esports,
I do believe the current Formula Champion Formula One champions
competitors hone their driving skills on a simulator. Yeah, but
then they go and do the real thing. That's different,
isn't that? Nine two nine two? It is twenty two
after four.

Speaker 2 (03:56):
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