Sport and Recreation
The Royal New Zealand Navy places an emphasis on sporting activities and fitness training programmes for its personnel. It boasts many sporting events and facilities and hosts many sports clubs, most of these allow friends and family to join also. Sports facilities are available to both uniformed and civilian employees.
The Physical Training Instructors (PTIs), who are based at three gymnasiums at Devonport Naval Base, run Inter-Service, Inter-Ship and Inter-Unit sports, organise the Fleet Tabloid Sports and 'Round the Bays' events and mastermind the Sports Days programmes.
There is also adventure training available as part of the curriculum.
There are 2 squash courts, 4 netball courts, 4 tennis courts, a swimming pool and a rock-climbing wall on the Naval Base.