Sport in Aotearoa/New Zealand Society, 2nd Edition | AU/NZ

Chris Collins is Chief Executive at the Eastern Institute of Technology, a large public sector tertiary education institution based in Hawke¿s Bay. He has wide experience in sport, both as a participant, senior level coach, in governance, senior management and as an academic. His undergraduate study was in Physical Education at Otago University, with post graduate studies being completed at Victoria University Recreation Administration. He spent 17 years employed in the University sector, at Victoria and Massey University, before taking up executive roles in the Institute of Technology sector in 2002. At Massey University he served as the University¿s Director or Sport and Recreation, responsible for facility development, staffing, facilities and programmes, and for a while also concurrently headed the University¿s sport management and coaching academic programme, before moving into senior management roles heading student services and as Regional Registrar. Prior to his current CEO role, he was the General Manager and Dean of Health, Science and Technology, at UCOL. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the New Zealand Academy of Sport ¿ Central, and the Regional Indoor Sport and Events Centre Trust in Hawke¿s Bay. He was co-editor of two previous texts on sport management, has contributed chapters to several other academic publications, and is Editor of the companion text Sport in New Zealand Society, which was first published in 2000.