Projects Undertaken

We’re proud to have completed numerous projects in the areas of needs and feasibilities, spaces and places, strategy and operational support, and people and programmes.

• Tatua Reserve Sports Hub Business Case - See Project Summary →
• Tapawera Community Centre Feasibility (Tasman District Council) - See Project Summary →
• Manawatū Courts Feasibility (Manawatū District Council)
• Auckland Indoor Rollersports Regional Facility Update Report (Mount Wellington Roller Sports Club)
• Inner City East “Bumping Space” (Inner City East Revitalisation Group)
• Cricket Clubrooms Feasibility Study (Cheviot Cricket Club) - See Project Summary →
• Timaru Velodrome Feasibility (Cycling South Canterbury)
• Bowls Warkworth Feasibility (Warkworth Bowling Club) - See Project Summary →
• Kaikoura Netball Courts Feasibility (Sport Tasman)
• Regional Badminton Facility Feasibility and Business Case (Tauranga District Council)
• Netball Facility Business Case (Auckland Netball)
• Motueka Pool Feasibility (Tasman District Council)
• Turangi Community Facility Feasibility and Business Case (Taupō District Council)
• Raetihi Pool Options and Feasibility Study (Ruapehu District Council)
• Taupo Squash Facility Feasibility (Taupo Squash Club) - See Project Summary →
• Christchurch Velodrome Feasibility Study (Canterbury Track Cycling Inc.)
• Southbrook Sports Facility Feasibility (Waimakariri District Council)
• Palmerston North Turf Feasibility (Palmerston North City Council)
• Snow Sports Dryland Training Facility (Snow Sports New Zealand) - See Project Summary →
• Netsal Indoor Courts Study (Netsal Ltd)
• Marlborough Turf Feasibility (Marlborough District Council)
• Sefton Community Hall (North Canterbury) - See Project Summary →
• Recreation Centre Upgrade (YMCA of Invercargill)
• A&P Pavilion, Blenheim (Marlborough District Council)
• Combined Community Facility (Waiau Community)
• Investigation of Potential New Pool (Edgeware Community)
• Functional Design Brief (Lincoln University) - Opened June 2021 - See Project Summary →
• Investigation of Future Facility Options for Sports (Sport Canterbury)
• Omihi Hall Rebuild (Omihi Hall Trust) - Opened 2018 - See Project Summary →
• Multi-use Artificial Turf Development - (Nelson City Council)
• Major Event Feasibility, World Para Champs - (Christchurch Inc)
• Phillipstown Community Hub - (PCCCCT)
• Community Facilities Study, Pegasus-Ravenswood - (Waimakariri District Council)
• Combined Sports Facility - (B.o.P Badminton Association)
• Needs Assessment for an additional Artificial Turf (Palmerston North CC)
• Needs Analysis for the Future of the Recreation Centre (Lincoln University)
• Investigation of Future Facility Options for Sports (Sport Canterbury) - See Project Summary →
• Community Facility Network Plan (Waimakariri District Council) - See Project Summary →
• Northland Aquatic Facilities Plan (Sport Northland) - See Project Summary →
• He rā ki tua, Horizons Region Spaces and Places Plan for Sport and Recreation (Sport Manawatū) - See Project Summary →
• Palmerston North Aquatics Strategy (Palmerston North City Council)
• Coastal Otago Sub-regional Spaces and Places Plan (Sport Otago)
• Kāpiti Sports Field Demand Analysis (Kāpiti Coast District Council)
• Henderson-Massey Local Board Regional Sport Facilities Plan (Auckland Council)
• Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Regional Sports Facilities Plan (Auckland Council) - See Project Summary →
• Hamilton Aquatics and Indoor Court Review (Sport Waikato)
• Southland Spaces and Places Strategy (Active Southland) - See Project Summary →
• Play, Active Recreation and Sports Strategy (Rotorua District Council)
• Hokitika Sport and Recreation Facilities Plan (Westland District Council)
• Rotorua Golf Facilities Strategy (Sport Bay of Plenty) - See Project Summary →
• Blake Park Master Plan (Tauranga City Council)
• Southland Sports Fields Strategy (Active Southland)
• Play, Active Recreation and Sports Spaces and Places Plan (Selwyn District Council)
• Whangārei Indoor and Outdoor Courts Plan (Whangārei District Council) - See Project Summary →
• Palmerston North Sports Facility Plan Review (Palmerston North City Council)
• Aorangi Golf Facilities Plan (Timaru District Council)
• Auckland Diamond Sports Plan (Aktive)
• Kōkiri ai Te Waka Hourua - Northland Play, Active Recreation & Sport Strategy (Sport Northland) - See Project Summary →
• Lancaster Park Re-development - Spatial Plan (Christchurch City Council) - Construction Underway - See Project summary →
• Aquatics Facilities Strategy (Nelson City Council) - See Project Summary →
• West Coast Spaces and Places Plan (Sport Canterbury / Sport Tasman)
• Canterbury Spaces and Places Plan (Sport Canterbury) - See Project summary →
• Regional Facilities Plan (Mainland Football) - See Project Summary →
• Regional Facilities Plan (Canterbury Cricket)
• Community Facilities Strategy (Kapiti District Council) - See Project Summary →
• Regional Facilities Plan - (Canterbury Rugby)
• Aquatics Facilities Strategy - (Waimakariri District Council)
• Regional Sporting Park Master Plan - (Timaru District Council)
• Sports Facilities Plan - (Waimakariri District Council)
• Sports Facilities Plan (Marlborough District Council)
• RST Network Strengthen and Adapt Project (Sport New Zealand)
• Tauranga Indoor Courts Displacement Options (Tauranga City Council)
• Selwyn Sports Participation Updates (Selwyn District Council) - See Project Summary →
• Aorangi Park Indoor Courts - Functional Design Brief (Timaru District Council)
• Mount Maunganui Campground Review (Tauranga City Council) - See Project Summary →
• Christchurch Community Cricket Review (Sport Canterbury)
• Community Organisation Strategic Review (Te Whare Roimata)
• Aquatic Leisure and Demand Modelling (Auckland Council)
• Community Centres Strategic Plan (Tauranga City Council)
• Financial Assessment of Proposed Artificial Turf (Palmerston North CC) - See Project Summary →
• Supporting Procurement Process for Indoor Courts (Selwyn District Council) - Opened May 2021
• Preliminary Investigations for Regional Hub (HPSNZ)
• Strategic Review of a Facilities Fund (Major Funder) - See Project Summary →
• Strategic Facilities Review (Nelson City Council)
• Operational Review (NCSPRT) - Stadium Opened August 2021
• Sector Scan - (Major Funder)
• Visioning Excercise for Water Sports Hub - (Canterbury Water Sports)
• Play in the City Business Case (Invercargill City Council) - See Project Summary →
• Tauranga Youth Space Feasibility (Tauranga City Council) - See Project Summary →
• Investigation of Student Social Spaces (Lincoln University) - Opened 2020
• Pricing Strategy Review (Bay Venues Ltd)
• Operating Model Review (Lincoln University Recreation Centre) - Opened June 2021

Project Summaries

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Snow Sports New Zealand Dryland Training Facility

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Sporting Organisation

Snow Sports New Zealand Dryland Training Facility

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Sporting Organisation

Snow Sports New Zealand (SSNZ) engaged RSL to undertake a feasibility study to determine the potential for developing a dry slope facility for snow sports athletes.

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Sporting Organisation

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Community Group

Bowls Warkworth Feasibility Study

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Community Group

Bowls Warkworth commissioned a feasibility study to determine the need, scope, and financial costs for the development of a new bowls and community facility.

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Community Group

The Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Sport and Active Recreation Plan

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government

The Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Sport and Active Recreation Plan

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government

The Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Sport and Active Recreation Plan aimed to provide a targeted and aligned approach to facility planning and investment. 

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government

Strategy & Operational Support

Local Government

Selwyn District Sports Participation

Strategy & Operational Support

Local Government

Selwyn District Council (SDC) has for several years collected participation data from key sports.

Strategy & Operational Support

Local Government

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Sporting Organisation

Taupō Squash Club Feasibility Study

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Sporting Organisation

Taupō Squash Club (TSC) commissioned Recreation Sport and Leisure Consultancy (RSL) to undertake an independent feasibility study on the development of a new facility In Taupō.

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Sporting Organisation

Cheviot Cricket Club Pavilion Feasibility Study

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Sporting Organisation

Cheviot Cricket Club Pavilion Feasibility Study

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Sporting Organisation

The Cheviot Cricket Club is a small amateur cricket club based at the Cheviot Hills Reserve in Cheviot, North Canterbury.

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Sporting Organisation

Whangārei Indoor and Outdoor Courts Strategy

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government

Whangārei Indoor and Outdoor Courts Strategy

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government

Whangārei District Council (WDC) identified the need to develop a strategy for the future provision of indoor and outdoor sports courts. RSL Consultancy worked with a project steering group consisting of representatives from both WDC and Sport Northland.

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government

Northland Aquatic Facilities Plan

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government

The purpose of this Strategy was to identify the current and future aquatic facility needs for Te Tai Tokerau. The development of this Strategy was a key recommendation from Kōkiri ai Te Waka Hourua; the regional play, active recreation and sport strategy which was developed in 2021. The Strategy included aquatic facilities that have community access or school pools.

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government

Spaces & Places Plans

Sporting Organisation

He rā ki tua

Spaces & Places Plans

Sporting Organisation

He rā ki tua, the refreshed Horizons Region Spaces and Places Plan for Sport and Recreation, represents a significant step forward in how partners lead, collaborate on, and advocate for the quality planning and provision of spaces and places across the Horizons region.

Spaces & Places Plans

Sporting Organisation

Spaces & Places Plans

WDC Community Facility Network Plan

Spaces & Places Plans

Waimakariri District Council commissioned RSL to develop a Community Facility Network Plan that would provide a framework to guide community facility decision-making over the following 20 years.

Spaces & Places Plans

Tapawera Community Centre Feasibility Study

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Community Group

Tapawera Community Centre Feasibility Study

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Community Group

Tasman District Council and Tapawera Connect jointly engaged Recreation Sport and Leisure Consultancy to investigate the feasibility of a new multi-use community centre for Tapawera following a strong level of previous support in the community for a new community facility.

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Community Group

Tauranga City Council Youth Space Feasibility Study Project

People & Programmes

Local Government

Tauranga City Council Youth Space Feasibility Study Project

People & Programmes

Local Government

RSL was commissioned to undertake a feasibility study to understand the need for a youth centre, or network of centres, as a proactive response to supporting rangatahi across Tauranga City.

People & Programmes

Local Government

Invercargill Play in the City Business Case

People & Programmes

Local Government

Invercargill Play in the City Business Case

People & Programmes

Local Government

RSL Consultancy partnered with a design firm to develop a business case which explored the concept of Play in the City and enabled Invercargill City Council (ICC) to consider a range of options for investment in urban play in Invercargill.

People & Programmes

Local Government

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government, Sporting Organisation, Community Group

Rotorua Golf Strategy

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government, Sporting Organisation, Community Group

This strategy for golf facilities in the Rotorua District identifies an optimal network of golf facilities that will ensure that golf in the district is fit for purpose and ready to meet the golfing challenges and opportunities ahead.

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government, Sporting Organisation, Community Group

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government, Community Group

Southland Spaces and Places Strategy

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government, Community Group

We worked collaboratively with local, regional and national organisations to review the previous spaces and places strategy.

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government, Community Group

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government, Sporting Organisation

Blake Park Future State Report

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government, Sporting Organisation

In 2021 Tauranga City Council commissioned RSL to provide high level options for the future state of Blake Park, a significant sporting hub site for Tauranga City which is under significant demand pressures.

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government, Sporting Organisation

Holiday Park and Campground Management Review

Strategy & Operational Support

Local Government

Holiday Park and Campground Management Review

Strategy & Operational Support

Local Government

After Bay Venues Ltd (CCO) of Tauranga City Council expressed an interest in taking over the management of this Council-run Holiday Park, Tauranga City Council requested RSL to provide an independent review.

Strategy & Operational Support

Local Government

Tatua Reserve Sports Hub Business Case 2022

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Sporting Organisation, Local Government

Tatua Reserve Sports Hub Business Case 2022

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Sporting Organisation, Local Government

After completing a needs and feasibility study in 2021, RSL was engaged by the Bay of Plenty Badminton Association (BOPBA) to develop a business case, following Better Business Case (BBC) protocols.

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Sporting Organisation, Local Government

Kōkiri ai Te Waka Hourua - Northland Play, Active Recreation and Sport Strategy

Spaces & Places Plans

Sporting Organisation, Local Government

Kōkiri ai Te Waka Hourua - Northland Play, Active Recreation and Sport Strategy

Spaces & Places Plans

Sporting Organisation, Local Government

In the development of this Regional Strategy, an expanded version of a standard strategic planning approach was used. This methodology provided a robust planning approach, in line with industry good practice. It also ensured alignment across the multiple plans being developed. This resulted in reliable, highly usable documents.

Spaces & Places Plans

Sporting Organisation, Local Government

Strategy & Operational Support

Strategic Funding Review - Major Funder

Strategy & Operational Support

RSL Consultancy was approached to undertake a strategic review for a major community funder’s facilities investment (The Fund).

Strategy & Operational Support

Financial Assessment of Proposed Artificial Turf (PNCC)

Strategy & Operational Support

Local Government

Financial Assessment of Proposed Artificial Turf (PNCC)

Strategy & Operational Support

Local Government

RSL Consultancy was engaged by Palmerston North City Council (PNCC) to provide an independent assessment on the financial implications for PNCC on the development of a second multi-use artificial turf.

Strategy & Operational Support

Local Government

Community Facilities Strategy - Kāpiti Coast District Council

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government

Community Facilities Strategy - Kāpiti Coast District Council

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government

In a previous consultancy, we lead the development of a Community Facilities Strategy for the Kāpiti Coast that factored in a wide range of asset classes, ranging from libraries to pools, and from meeting spaces to sports fields.

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government

Spaces & Places Plans, People & Programmes

Sporting Organisation

Mainland Football Facilities Plan

Spaces & Places Plans, People & Programmes

Sporting Organisation

The provision of competition and practise facilities is a critical factor to help football remain a strong, vibrant sport. RSL Consultancy was engaged to develop a forward-thinking facilities plan outlining the future requirements of the sport.

Spaces & Places Plans, People & Programmes

Sporting Organisation

Nelson City Council Aquatic Facilities Strategy

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government

Nelson City Council Aquatic Facilities Strategy

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government

RSL was engaged by the Nelson City Council to lead the development of an Aquatic Facilities Strategy. This was the first time such a strategy had been undertaken by the Council.

Spaces & Places Plans

Local Government

Lancaster Park Re-development – Spatial Plan

Spaces & Places Plans

Sporting Organisation

Lancaster Park Re-development – Spatial Plan

Spaces & Places Plans

Sporting Organisation

Even with some of the biggest facilities, it is the small things that count. With this project in mind, this was reflected in how older members of the community were keen to see the traditional rose gardens returned to Lancaster Park.

Spaces & Places Plans

Sporting Organisation

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Community Group

Sefton Community Hall

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Community Group

There has been a Sefton Hall in one form or another on the current site since 1888. The current hall was built in 1961 and had served the Sefton community well for 50 years when it was damaged in the 2010/11 Canterbury Earthquakes.

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Community Group

Lincoln University – Recreation Centre Upgrade

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Education

Lincoln University – Recreation Centre Upgrade

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Education

Several years after the Canterbury earthquakes and several reports later, Lincoln University engaged RSL Consultancy to provide recommendations on the future of the Recreation Centre.

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Education

Omihi Hall Re-Build – Feasibility Study, Omihi Hall Trust

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Community Group

Omihi Hall Re-Build – Feasibility Study, Omihi Hall Trust

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Community Group

After the tragic loss of the Omihi Hall in North Canterbury to fire in 2015, we worked with the Omihi Hall Trust Committee (the same set of families who formed the Trust in the 1920’s) to look at what viable solutions were on offer to provide a community hub.

Needs/Feasibility Studies

Community Group

Spaces & Places Plans

Sporting Organisation

Sport Canterbury Spaces and Places Plan

Spaces & Places Plans

Sporting Organisation

The plan identified the key strategic priorities for sports facilities to then be used as placeholders in the relevant long-term plans. The plan will help in ongoing cross boundary discussions and includes key principles, criteria and prioritisation across the majority of sporting codes.

Spaces & Places Plans

Sporting Organisation

"Richard Lindsay's experience and insight delivers significant value to recreation and sport projects. He can contribute to international sporting facility planning or a local community pool and walkway development. His approach is particularly refreshing and engaging connecting to the range of stakeholders that contribute to this work. Whether your need is a detailed objective report or a philosophical discussion over a cup of tea I fully endorse Richard's capabilities."

David Bailey – Recreation Services Manager – Christchurch City Council
"When it comes to consulting within the sport and recreations sector, it’s hard to go past Richard Lindsay. With over 20 years professional experience working in local and central government, combined with his working knowledge and understanding of both the sport and recreation systems, he’s an asset to any consultancy project. From facility development, to the formulation of strategy, or policy review, he’s done it all. His cost effective and pragmatic approach, combined with a customer focused, relatable manner makes him an asset to our sector."

Julyan Falloon – Chief Executive, Sport Canterbury
"Richard is a passionate, committed, articulate and knowledgeable professional who will add value to any project. I thoroughly enjoy working with him and would not hesitate to work with him again if the opportunity arose."

Alison Law, Parks And Recreation Manager, Kāpiti Coast District Council
“I must say it is a pleasure to work with a consultancy that is knowledgeable and able to deliver appropriate solutions in a timely manner.”

Bill Steans, Parks and Recreation Manager, Timaru District Council

Projects Undertaken

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"Richard is a passionate, committed, articulate and knowledgeable professional who will add value to any project. I thoroughly enjoy working with him and would not hesitate to work with him again if the opportunity arose."

“I must say it is a pleasure to work with a consultancy that is knowledgeable and able to deliver appropriate solutions in a timely manner.”