Vaccination against COVID-19 will be required for participants competing in secondary school level sport from next year.
From January 10, 2022, all students and staff wanting to participate in sanctioned sporting competitions will require COVID-19 vaccinations, providing those affected the opportunity to get their jabs.
College Sport Association chief executive Mark Barlow insists the move has been met with "overwhelming support" from school principals across the Auckland region.
"While this follows School Sport NZ's approach, the CSA Board wanted to provide early assurance and direction to students and schools in Auckland," Barlow says.
"The health and safety of anyone involved with a sanctioned secondary school sport in Auckland is a primary obligation that CSA takes seriously."
The education sector has its own vaccine mandate for staff - including parent volunteers - who must be fully vaccinated by January 1, but there is no vaccine mandate for students over the age of 12.
Schools and kura must keep a register of vaccinated students, with any that won't disclose their status classed as unvaccinated.
Vaccine mandates have met with resistance in Auckland, with a group of protestors taking to the streets last weekend.
Unvaccinated are still able to access essential services, such as education.
