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Sport Integrity Commission
The Sport Integrity Commission (Te Kahu Raunui) is an independent New Zealand Crown entity which focuses on upholding the integrity of the sport and recreation system, protecting the wellbeing of its participants, and applying the World Anti-Doping Code. It is the successor to an earlier organisation called Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ). Legislation establishing the Sports Integrity Commission was passed on 16 August 2023, with the organisation launching on 1 July 2024.
The commission was established following a report released in April 2022 by the [Sport] Integrity Working Group (IWG). In the report the IWG recommended the creation of a new independent organisation that the existing DFSNZ would be folded into. Along with the introduction of a set of minimum standards in sport and recreation.
The Integrity Sport and Recreation Act 2023 set out the following responsibilities for the commission:
Drug Free Sport New Zealand produced annual reports, ceasing upon its disestablishment in 2024. Since then the Sport Integrity Commission has published several documents, notably including a statement of intent for the period 2024–2028. The commission was budgeted $10.628 million NZD in Crown funding for its services 2024/2025.
The formation of the Sports Integrity Commission was prompted by a sustained series of sporting integrity failures and consequential review processes through the 2010s, both national and international, that revealed institutional shortcomings in the handling of integrity concerns.
Drug Free Sport New Zealand was established as an independent Crown entity, under the New Zealand Sports and Drug Agency Act 1994 passed by New Zealand’s Fourth National Government.
On 12 October 2018 the Heron Review, conducted by Michael Heron, confirmed reported instances of bullying, inappropriate relationships, and drinking within Cycling New Zealand’s (CNZ) high performance programme. The review placed responsibility for the incidents primarily on CNZ, but noted that High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) placed too much trust in CNZ to resolve known issues. In the same year investigations into reports of misconduct were also undertaken in New Zealand’s national football and hockey programmes. These domestic troubles took place against a backdrop of a slew of international sporting integrity failures in the surrounding decade, with high profile cases of doping, financial impropriety, and sexual abuse.
On 6 December 2018 Stephen Cottrell published a review, Elite Athletes’ Rights and Welfare, commissioned by Sport New Zealand (Sport NZ). Cottrell confirmed evidence of a growing problem in New Zealand elite sport to do with a lack of focus on elite athletes rights and welfare. The review encouraged immediate action from the sports organisations to address the issue before it became a crisis. The report also suggested Sport NZ and HPSNZ take a leadership role in this process, amongst other recommendations.
Sport Integrity Commission
The Sport Integrity Commission (Te Kahu Raunui) is an independent New Zealand Crown entity which focuses on upholding the integrity of the sport and recreation system, protecting the wellbeing of its participants, and applying the World Anti-Doping Code. It is the successor to an earlier organisation called Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ). Legislation establishing the Sports Integrity Commission was passed on 16 August 2023, with the organisation launching on 1 July 2024.
The commission was established following a report released in April 2022 by the [Sport] Integrity Working Group (IWG). In the report the IWG recommended the creation of a new independent organisation that the existing DFSNZ would be folded into. Along with the introduction of a set of minimum standards in sport and recreation.
The Integrity Sport and Recreation Act 2023 set out the following responsibilities for the commission:
Drug Free Sport New Zealand produced annual reports, ceasing upon its disestablishment in 2024. Since then the Sport Integrity Commission has published several documents, notably including a statement of intent for the period 2024–2028. The commission was budgeted $10.628 million NZD in Crown funding for its services 2024/2025.
The formation of the Sports Integrity Commission was prompted by a sustained series of sporting integrity failures and consequential review processes through the 2010s, both national and international, that revealed institutional shortcomings in the handling of integrity concerns.
Drug Free Sport New Zealand was established as an independent Crown entity, under the New Zealand Sports and Drug Agency Act 1994 passed by New Zealand’s Fourth National Government.
On 12 October 2018 the Heron Review, conducted by Michael Heron, confirmed reported instances of bullying, inappropriate relationships, and drinking within Cycling New Zealand’s (CNZ) high performance programme. The review placed responsibility for the incidents primarily on CNZ, but noted that High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) placed too much trust in CNZ to resolve known issues. In the same year investigations into reports of misconduct were also undertaken in New Zealand’s national football and hockey programmes. These domestic troubles took place against a backdrop of a slew of international sporting integrity failures in the surrounding decade, with high profile cases of doping, financial impropriety, and sexual abuse.
On 6 December 2018 Stephen Cottrell published a review, Elite Athletes’ Rights and Welfare, commissioned by Sport New Zealand (Sport NZ). Cottrell confirmed evidence of a growing problem in New Zealand elite sport to do with a lack of focus on elite athletes rights and welfare. The review encouraged immediate action from the sports organisations to address the issue before it became a crisis. The report also suggested Sport NZ and HPSNZ take a leadership role in this process, amongst other recommendations.