{"id":490192,"date":"2026-02-19T13:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/490192\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T13:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:24:09","slug":"gisbornes-former-deputy-mayor-appointed-new-boxing-nz-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/490192\/","title":{"rendered":"Gisborne’s former deputy mayor appointed new Boxing NZ president"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former Gisborne deputy mayor has been appointed the new president of Boxing New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Josh Wharehinga replaces Cathy Meehan, who stood down earlier this month.<\/a><\/p>\n

It follows an investigation by 1News<\/a> which uncovered a Sport Integrity Commission investigation into Boxing New Zealand<\/a> and its head coach Billy Meehan.<\/p>\n

Despite multiple allegations against him, head coach Billy Meehan has remained in charge. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

The commission is investigating the organisation after complaints that include bullying, favouritism, drunken behaviour and inappropriate comments.<\/p>\n

Cathy Meehan said after nine months in the role as president she decided to step down to focus on supporting her husband and her family “during this challenging time”.<\/p>\n

“I will continue to respect the integrity of the ongoing investigation and will cooperate fully with all necessary processes so that the truth may be uncovered,” she said.<\/p>\n

Wharehinga, who is also a boxing referee and judge, served four terms on Gisborne\u2019s council and stepped away<\/a> from local government earlier this year to “concentrate on his business interests and reinvigorating boxing in Tair\u0101whiti”.<\/p>\n

Boxing New Zealand still would not comment on the Sport Integrity Commission investigation or Billy Meehan, who remains head coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former Gisborne deputy mayor has been appointed the new president of Boxing New Zealand. Josh Wharehinga replaces…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,38848,85],"class_list":["post-490192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-gisborne","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}