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href=\"https:\/\/dancesportcanterbury.org.nz\/2023\/competitions\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Competitions<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/dancesportcanterbury.org.nz\/2023\/home\/about-us\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">About Us<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/dancesportcanterbury.org.nz\/2023\/documents\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Documents<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/dancesportcanterbury.org.nz\/2023\/contact-us\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Contact Us<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n\n\n<p><strong>Who are we ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are a voluntary incorporated society committed to promoting and enhancing dancesport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who do we represent ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We represent DanceSport Competitors and their supporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mission Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To promote DanceSport and to represent dancesport competitors and their supporters resident in the Canterbury region.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To organise and run dancesport competitions, to organise or support international training opportunities and to support Dancesport members with their dancing ambitions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To encourage a culture of DanceSport and work in conjunction with the WDSF (and its New Zealand representative, DanceSport New Zealand).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Incorporated 11 May 1965 as Canterbury Amateur 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