24555 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Sport and Recreation

24555 (2025). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Sport and Recreation: How many redundancy processes have been initiated, if any, in the Minister’s departments, agencies, crown entities and any other bodies that the Minister is responsible for, if any, as at 22 May 2025, since 27 November 2023, and how much was the total cost in New Zealand dollar terms, if any?

Hon Mark Mitchell: Sport New Zealand Group have no redundancy process initiated as at 22 May 2025 and there have been no related costs. I refer the member to response to WPQ 24556 (2025) for previous years. The Sport Integrity commission initiated one redundancy process. The Integrity Sport and Recreation Act 2023 (Act) disestablished Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ) on 30 June 2024 and established the Sport Integrity Commission Te Kahu Raunui (Commission) on 1 July 2024. The Act transferred all DFSNZ employees to the Commission except for the Chief Executive who was made redundant on 30 June 2024. One redundancy payment was made totalling $71,786 (gross).