Sport NZ, the government agency responsible for sport and recreation in New Zealand, has scrapped its guidelines on transgender inclusion in community sport following instructions from the government.
The principles, unveiled in 2022, stated that individuals should be able to participate based on their self-determined gender, and not as the sex they were assigned at birth.
They applied to organised sports taking place through clubs, schools, and events, but adoption was voluntary and left to the discretion of individual sporting codes.
In late 2024, more than 50 New Zealand Olympians and sports representatives signed an open letter saying the guidelines disrespected the principles of fairness and safety. Then-Minister for Sport Chris Bishop asked Sport NZ to “review and update” them….
NZ Government Directs Sport Authority to Drop Trans Inclusion Guidelines
