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24 October 2025

How to formally adopt the Integrity Code: sector webinars

Find out what your organisation needs to do - and when - to formally adopt the Integrity Code.
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21 October 2025

Two-time Olympic champion calls for responsible supplement use in new video

The Sport Integrity Commission Te Kahu Raunui and High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) have teamed up with Paris 2024 Olympic double gold medallist Alicia Hoskin to advocate for responsible supplement use in a new educational video
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10 October 2025

Three big Prohibited List changes for 2026

Find out three of the big changes to the 2026 Prohibited List, which details all the substances and methods that are banned in sport. The 2026 Prohibited List comes into force on 1 January 2026.
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12 September 2025

Sport Integrity Commission Te Kahu Raunui seeks athletes for new Athlete Advisory Group

The Sport Integrity Commission Te Kahu Raunui is establishing its first Athlete Advisory Group (AAG) - and expressions of interest are now open.
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08 September 2025

Child Safeguarding Week 2025: Digital safeguarding in sport and recreation

This week, 8-14 September, in Aotearoa New Zealand is Child Safeguarding Week 2025. The Sport Integrity Commission Te Kahu Raunui is honing in on the importance of safeguarding our digital spaces in sport and recreation.
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28 August 2025

NZ Esports Federation first sport to adopt Integrity Code

In a significant milestone for Aotearoa New Zealand’s sport and recreation sector, the NZ Esports Federation has become the first national sporting organisation to formally adopt the Code of Integrity for Sport and Recreation.
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11 July 2025

CAS appeal decision reinforces consistent application of the Sports Anti-Doping Rules

A Court of Arbitration for Sport appeal by the Sport Integrity Commission Te Kahu Raunui has confirmed the importance of applying the Sports Anti-Doping Rules as intended.
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04 July 2025

Athlete sanctioned for two years for stimulant use

The Sports Tribunal of New Zealand has banned a boxing athlete from all sport for two years for the possession and use of phentermine, a stimulant that is banned in sporting competitions.
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01 July 2025

Squash athlete sanctioned for cocaine use

The Sports Tribunal of New Zealand has banned a squash athlete from the sport for one month after a positive test for cocaine.
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03 June 2025

Don Mackinnon named in King's Birthday Honours List 2025

The Commission's board chair Don Mackinnon has been made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit CNZM.
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