38370 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister for Sport and Recreation

38370 (2025). Camilla Belich to the Minister for Sport and Recreation: Since 27 November 2023, what is the total sum, if any, spent on wages for any contractors and consultants who have been previously employed in a different capacity at any ministries, agencies and/or departments for which the Minister is responsible, broken down by month, as at 4 August 2025?

Hon Mark Mitchell: The Integrity Sport and Recreation Act 2023 (Act) disestablished Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ) on 30 June 2024 and established the 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. The DFSNZ Chief Executive was appointed in 2023 to a role on an international advisory group for the World Anti-Doping Agency. The World Anti-Doping Agency would not allow an alternative to be appointed for the Commission and the former DFSNZ Chief Executive was engaged temporarily on a contract basis to fulfil this international role from October 2024 to February 2025. The total cost of that engagement was $17,718.75. Sport New Zealand has no spend on contractors and consultants who have been previously employed in a different capacity since 27 November 2023. Details for High Performance Sport New Zealand contractors are attached.