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Fiona Mather
GM Athlete Performance Support
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TOUR OF AUT MILLENNIUM
CHRISTOPHER LUXON, ERICA STANFORD & SIMON WATTS
TIME:
1430PM - 1530PM
DATE:
Thursday 2 November 2023
LOCATION:
AUT Mil ennium, 17 Antares Place, Mairangi Bay
Run plan
14:30pm
Arrival of Dignitaries:
Christopher Luxon:
MP for Botany and Leader of the National Party
Erica Stanford:
MP for East Coast Bays
Simon Watts:
MP for North Shore
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Christopher Luxon, Erica Stanford & Simon Watts arrive at the Sir Owen
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National Aquatic Centre at AUT Mil ennium.
Drop off outside the entrance to the Aquatic Centre.
Diplomatic Vehicles will be directed towards the stadium entry, where parking bays
wil be reserved. (After the tour, the delegation wil exit from the Sports Hall – to the
back of the facility) .
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Delegation to be met by:
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Mike Stanley, CEO AUT Millennium and Honorary President of the NZ Olympic
Committee welcomes the dignitaries & does the introductions;
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Damon Salesa, Vice Chancellor of AUT, Chair of AUT Millennium Trust;
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Steve Tew, Director of High Performance, High Performance Sport NZ;
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Nicki Nicol, Chief Executive NZ Olympic Committee
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14:33pm
Poolside Tour of the Sir Owen Glenn National Aquatic Centre, showing the key
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Mike Stanley to share technology & other aspects of the facility, public/private
funding of the project and mixed usage. Swimmers may be training / public aquatic
activity in the pool, during the visit.
14:40pm
Delegation depart Sir Owen Glenn National Aquatic Centre for the National
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• Walking route from Pool to National Training Centre, walking through the public
concourse. Café customers and general public will be in the area.
Mike Stanley & Damon Salesa will discuss AUT Millennium’s partnerships, key
stakeholders, education, research and programmes (including community usage,
facilities, school programmes, learn to swim, health and fitness gym) as the group
walks to the end of the concourse to enter the AUT Labs along the Sports Hal
walkway.
14:45pm
Tour of AUT SPRINZ Labs
Damon Salesa to introduce AUT Staff member Dr Kelly Sheerin who will
demonstrate equipment and discuss research projects currently underway in the
Biomechanics Lab. Kelly will then introduce Alyssa-Joy Spence who wil represent the
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Strength and Conditioning Lab before lastly introducing Prof. Andy Kilding who will
represent the Exercise Physiology Lab. Each lab will take approx. 4min to present.
15:00pm
Delegation depart AUT SPRINZ Labs on Level 1, walk down internal stairs (1 flight)
into HPSNZ Performance Gym and Medical Centre
Tour of the HPSNZ performance training gym and medical centre
15:01pm
Steve Tew introduces HPSNZ Staff to the delegation, noting it wil be business as
usual with the HPSNZ gym facilitating training for some athletes.
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15:02pm
Meet and greet with athletes in the HPSNZ Performance Gym
Athletes are introduced (please see the list below).
Dr Bruce Hamilton (HPSNZ Director of Performance Health) will be in
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Medical Centre.
HPSNZ GYM ATHLETES AND STAFF
Athletes available for an informal conversation in the HPSNZ Gym somewhere between 2.30pm and
3.15pm:
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• Eliza McCartney (Athletics)
• Luuka Jones (Canoe Slalom)
• George Gautrey (Yachting)
• Liam Stone (Diving)
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• Corbin Hart (Para Canoe)
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Athletes with specific gym sessions booked in the HPSNZ gym at that time:
• Connor Bell (Athletics)
• Mitch Joynt (Para Athletics)
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HPSNZ staff in the medical/gym areas:
• Eddie Kohlhase, Head of Performance Partnerships
• Dr Bruce Hamilton, Director of Performance Health
• Rachael Ward, Manager of Performance Health Operations
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• Simon Chatterton, Senior Strength and Conditioning Practitioner
15:15pm
Media Stand Up (Hosts and Athletes are not required to join)
Area identified for stand-up area will be marked with orange cones in the Sports Hall
15:30pm
At the conclusion of the media stand-up, Mike Stanley wil guide towards the exit
doors from the Sports Hal and the host group wil farewel the dignitaries.
15:32pm
Christopher Luxon, Erica Stanford & Simon Watts depart AUT Mil ennium
Diplomatic Vehicles will be waiting outside the Sports Hal exit doors for pick up.
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KEY VISIT CONTACTS
Louise Rich
AUT Mil ennium
0210319395
Eddie Kohlhase
HPSNZ, Head of Performance Partnerships
Scott Crawford
AUT SPRINZ, Business Development Manager
Amy Malcolm
AUT, Head of Vice Chancellors Office
MEDIA ENQUIRIES
Main contact:
Rhiannon King, AUT Millennium Marketing Manager
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Parking:
Parking is available in our main carpark
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Please enter your vehicle registration in the parking machines to receive
your first 90 minutes free, $2 per hour thereafter.
Upon arrival:
Our marketing team will be at main reception from 2pm to accompany
media to the AUT Millennium Sports Hall on the lower ground floor.
Stand-up area:
This has been selected and marked out in the Sports Hall
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