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Administrative idiocy at its finest

OPINION: Is it really the role of Sport NZ to implement and enforce societal political government policy?

NBR columnist Martin Devlin speaks with Hamish McNicol.

Martin Devlin Tue, 20 Sep 2022

So the big bad Rugby Union’s now been roundly punished by Sport NZ which has withheld $280,000 in taxpayer funding because NZR failed to meet the 40% gender equity rules regarding female membership numbers on its board. This story first aired back in May when the blazing headlines said SNZ was

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Martin Devlin Tue, 20 Sep 2022
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