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'Good feedback': Sport Integrity Commission CEO on what NZ can learn from WADA audit

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 28 Jul 2026, 7:56pm
World anti-doping officials have told New Zealand's Sport Integrity Commission to take a harder approach to athletes not telling drug testers where they will be.
World anti-doping officials have told New Zealand's Sport Integrity Commission to take a harder approach to athletes not telling drug testers where they will be.

World anti-doping bosses have told Kiwi sports officials to take a harder line on New Zealand’s elite athletes in order to keep sport drug-free.

Montreal-based World Anti-Doping Agency officials travelled to Auckland in late September 2025 for its first full review of New Zealand’s anti-doping regime.

The audit found multiple errors in New Zealand’s anti-doping practices, including the nation's failure to keep track of some athletes in the elite Registered Testing Pool, meaning detailed and updated whereabouts information wasn’t on-hand for no-notice drug testing.

Sport Integrity Commission CEO Rebecca Rolls says this information is useful, and New Zealand can learn from the feedback.

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