Sports Minister to outline detail on NZ National Sailing Centre



5:54 AM Fri 11 Jun 2010 GMT
'Flags flying in the breeze at Takapuna Beach on the Final day of the 2008 RS:X World Championships' Richard Gladwell Click Here to view large photo
The Minister of Sport and Recreation, Murray McCully will outline the details on a new National Ocean Sports Centre on Monday afternoon. Today the NZ Prime Minister, John Key, announced a raft of Government spending initiatives on High Performance Sport, this morning at the Millennium Centre, on Auckland's North Shore. The increase will cover an annual spending increase of $20million per year, along with the announcement of several cornerstone projects and infrastructure to support the development of Olympic sports. Planned for the northern end of Takapuna Beach, close to the Takapuna Boating Club, the national Ocean Sports centre will become ...


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