One of our goals at Waka Ama NZ has been to assist Clubs and Regions to align their constitutions to ours, to assist clubs who may be in need of updating their constitution thereby meeting today's legal standards/requirements and to assist those who may be forming new clubs by developing a Club Constitution template to aid them in this process.

Last year we completed the Regional Constitution template and that has been made available to all 6 Regions, three Regions so far have adopted the new Constitution, utilizing the template, and a fourth is in the process of doing so.

The Waka Ama New Zealand Club Constitution Template provides clubs with all the detail they require while also allowing for some flexibility in certain areas (text written in blue) so that clubs can express their unique identities. It is important to remember that this document It is not a prescription, it is a template, so clubs may make any changes they wish. However, we would advise that this document has been legally reviewed and any significant changes, other than the flexible areas in blue, should be reviewed by a lawyer to ensure the document remains sound.

Waka Ama New Zealand are happy to assist you with your process to update, amend or adopt a new club constitution. Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions and require any advice.