A big day for sporting organisations today.

High Performance Sport NZ has donned its Santa hat and announced which sports will get funding for the next four years.

Basketball got a big dollop of money, but equestrian sports didn’t fear so well.

They’ve had their annual funding cut by $258,000.

Equestrian Sports New Zealand chief executive Julian Bowden joined Heather du Plessis-Allan.

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