These were meant to be conducted in confidence with HPSNZ employees Carter, Eddie Kohlhase and Paul Smith, and collated anonymously. Underlying that is a conclusion the high performance system requires scrutiny as to whether it protects the welfare of athletes, coaches and staff. "I will be working with High Performance Sport New Zealand [HPSNZ] to ensure the lessons of the report are acted on," he said. "We need athlete welfare to be central to the success of our high performance programmes. High Performance Sport New Zealand also got a serve for their lack of action, despite sufficient knowledge of the issues at hand.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 15, 2018 19:18 UTC