WaiBOP Football established a Women and Girls Advisory group in 2022 to help provide an avenue for the voice of those in the women and girls’ football space. The WaiBOP Football Board recently reviewed the purpose and structure of the Advisory Group, acknowledging the important role it plays.

In 2024, the WaiBOP Football board adopted a five-year Statement of Strategic Direction 2025-2030, including key objectives and performance indicators for WaiBOP Football to deliver on. WaiBOP Football have also recently developed a Gender Equity Strategy and Action Plan (due to be released in Q2). As a result, the board have established the Wāhine and Kōhine Advisory Group (WKAG) as a sub-committee of the WaiBOP Board, to support the delivery and outcomes of both fundamental documents. 

Due to the new structure of the WKAG, the terms of the members of the 2024 Advisory Group have now ended. The WaiBOP Football Board thank all those who served on the Advisory Group between 2022-2024 for your mahi and dedication to women and girls’ football.

With the new WKAG, the Board are now calling for nominations for club representatives. 

To make a nomination, please complete this form.

Nominations close 5pm, Friday 9 May 2025.

The Process

WaiBOP Football will seek nominations as detailed in the Terms of Reference here.

Nominations may be made by any member club or external stakeholder, including self-nominations.

An appointments committee made up of WaiBOP Football staff and Board members will recommend the appointments from among the nominees to the WaiBOP Football board.

The WaiBOP Football board will approve the final appointment/s based on the recommendations from the appointments committee. 

Appointments will be made having regard to:

• The desire to ensure there is geographical spread across the WaiBOP Football region.
• The desire to ensure there is experience across the range of the football/futsal community (e.g. senior, youth, junior, etc.)
• The roles and responsibilities of the WKAG and any particular skills or experience that may be useful in helping fulfil those roles and responsibilities.

The full Terms of Reference for the WKAG, including the Objectives and 2025 Work Programme can be accessed here.

If you have any questions about the WKAG or the nomination process, please contact Alida Shanks at alida.s@waibop.co.nz 

Article added: Wednesday 23 April 2025