How To Contribute
If you are a sports/outdoor retailer, sports club, school, sporting event organiser or individual athlete and you wish to donate sports apparel and/or equipment, please send us a message.
Due to hygiene reasons and to eliminate waste from our end, we have certain requirements as to what we do and do not accept, so please refer to our Sports Gear Checklist.
Currently, we have a limited number of options for accepting sports gear.
Auckland
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Drop off at our storage facility in Auckland Central
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Small Gods Taproom (small items only)
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On occasion, we could arrange pickup
Outside of Auckland
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Courier to an Auckland address
Sporting Events
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Follow Athletes for Nature as affiliate events occasionally offer a drop-off point at their registration.
We endeavour to offer more drop-off locations; we welcome businesses and community groups that would like to assist with this.
Contributors
We are immensely grateful to every single individual who donates their preloved sports gear to this initiative. We exist because of the community that supports us.
We acknowledge the sports clubs, schools and businesses that donate their preloved gear, expired stock and returns, some of whom are ongoing.
Sports Clubs
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Beer Jerk Run Club (Athletes for Nature Affiliate)
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West Auckland AFC
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Onehunga Football Club
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Lacrosse NZ
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545 East Run Club
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Wolverines Sports Club
Events
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Totalsport
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Crater Rim Ultra (Athletes for Nature Affiliate)
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Blue Lake 24hr
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WUU2K
Schools
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St Cuthberts College
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Glendowie School
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Baradene College of The Sacred Heart
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Kio Kio School
Businesses
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Macpac (ongoing)
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FuelMe (ongoing)
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Compendium Ltd (Hydra Flask, Oofos)
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Auckland Film Studios
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Ripple (not-for-profit)
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Shoe Clinic
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Deloitte.
Students utilising our platform for their community projects
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Kristin School (2024)
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Takapuna Normal Intermediate School (2024)
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Northcote Intermediate School (2026)