\u201cThe wellbeing of athletes is our top priority and creating a safe environment is a core responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic Committee,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
The NZOC, which is responsible for selecting New Zealand teams and support staff for the Games, is separate from Boxing NZ.<\/p>\n
Boxing support staff appointments were finalised today after the naming of the New Zealand team on June 12.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is important to note that Mr Meehan is not being precluded from future opportunities,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny consideration of future appointments to NZ teams can be made once the investigation has concluded and its findings are known.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for Boxing NZ said Meehan remained in his role as head coach while the inquiry continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoxing NZ has worked through the usual process with NZOC for support staff selection for its Commonwealth Games team,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe process is now for NZOC to confirm its appointments when they are made.\u201d<\/p>\n
The organisation is itself under scrutiny after complaints about its culture and governance.<\/p>\n
Commonwealth Games medallist Tasmyn Benny told RNZ misogyny and bullying were rife within Boxing NZ, particularly under Meehan\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n
Benny has publicly criticised the sports association, describing it as a \u201cboys\u2019 club\u201d where complaints were difficult to raise.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t really go to Boxing NZ because it\u2019s all made of his family and friends. They\u2019re all in the same circle,\u201d she told RNZ.<\/p>\n
Meehan\u2019s wife, Cathy Meehan, was the president of Boxing NZ when the probe began but stepped down earlier this year.<\/p>\n
The investigation is six months past its expected completion date.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, the Sport Integrity Commission told the Herald it would not comment on the specifics of the Boxing NZ inquiry but said it was progressing as quickly as it could.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile we do not believe it is appropriate for us to publicly discuss the investigation involving Boxing NZ, we are comfortable that our investigation team have acted appropriately and as promptly as can be reasonably expected, in all the circumstances that exist in this matter,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe wellbeing of athletes is our top priority and creating a safe environment is a core responsibility of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[46224,62412,73488,703,39321,49,48,1172,4138,1103,14396,6527,28461,4818,266312,21351,8074,55681,124495,82,2341,154393,3904,2547,9911],"class_list":["post-742483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-allegations","tag-amid","tag-billy","tag-boxing","tag-bullying","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-coach","tag-commonwealth","tag-games","tag-head","tag-into","tag-investigation","tag-left","tag-meehan","tag-nz","tag-off","tag-ongoing","tag-probe","tag-sports","tag-team","tag-travelling","tag-will","tag-with","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}