Our Story
Our New Zealand journey started almost 20 years ago in a one person office on the North Shore in Auckland. Our initial purpose was to help schools by providing quality sporting, active play and fitness equipment at reasonable prices.
Since 2002, the HART Sport brand has grown exponentially. Today, our team works from modern offices and warehousing in Rosedale. We have over 30,000 customers made up of schools, sporting clubs, businesses, fitness centres, government organisations and thousands of everyday people who love to use HART at home, on the weekend or with friends & family. PLAY ON!
Our driving purpose as a brand is to help people stay active. Being active and playing sport has gone hand in hand with growing up in New Zealand. Whether you play sport at an elite level or just at the local park, pool or schoolyard, sport defines our national character. Sport connects us and unites us. We take pride in our sport, our teams and achievements in it. HART Sport believes in facilitating and supporting all New Zealanders in all their sporting and fitness endeavours. Whether you compete at a professional level, stay active simply to stay fit, are learning a sport for the first time, or about to start your health & fitness journey - we have all the equipment you need in one place for you to PLAY ON!
Our range has been developed by our professional team who live and breathe all things sport & fitness. Our products are made with quality & durability in mind. When you buy from HART Sport, you are buying directly from people who understand the value and support our products provide. Our range of innovative products are designed for you to get the most out of its intended purpose. We make it easy for our customers to get product information, order and receive products through our website and catalogue. We don’t want you to miss out, which is why we try our best to have high stock availability and a distribution system to get your orders to you fast - no matter where you are.
HART Sport is committed to ethical sourcing and the highest standards of integrity. We work closely with our international suppliers to ensure all business is conducted in accordance with international obligations as established by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). This includes the prohibiting of child labour. We are careful to ensure that where products are sourced in low wage countries that the workers are respected and valued as set out in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
All our suppliers must comply with applicable laws including environmental sustainability. We achieve this by regularly visiting and inspecting factories, obtaining written undertakings from our suppliers and reviewing independent audit results. This is an ongoing commitment from HART Sport. We feel that it is important for our customers to know every effort has been made to ensure that HART Sport products have been manufactured with the highest standards of ethical values.
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