23 Aug 2018

NZ sport 'not broken' despite complaints

From Morning Report, 8:37 am on 23 August 2018

Sport New Zealand maintain the country's sports system isn't broken despite a growing list of complaints from top athletes in cycling, rowing and hockey. Hockey is the latest to announce it's carrying out a review of it's high performance programme in the wake of complaints over Black Sticks women's coach Mark Hager and the environment within in the side. The chief executive of Sport New Zealand Peter Miskimmin - himself a former New Zealand hockey international - told sports editor Stephen Hewson the world of elite sport is changing.