Counties Manukau Sport is a charitable sports trust based on Weymouth Road in Manurewa, set up in 1991 by the councils then serving south and east Auckland: Manukau City, Papakura District and Franklin District. It works across schools, early childhood centres, clubs, marae, disability groups, Māori organisations, local boards and businesses to grow sport and physical activity across the region. Its programmes include Find Your Field of Dreams and Primary Sport, and it says its work reaches beyond sport into social and economic development. The trust says it reached 29,716 people in one year across its seven areas, through schools, community events and one-on-one work with young people. It serves a population of more than 550,000 across several local boards, and it describes itself as an advocate for fair access to sport resources. Our pick for community sport in south and east Auckland.