Taekwondo New Zealand Polices and documents
Taekwondo New Zealand will periodically review and update or add polices as required.
To read and review the policy document please click here (version 5.2 - updated 24th June 2025)
Policies detailed in this document include:
TNZ Disputes Resolution Policy
TNZ Code of Conduct
TNZ Safeguarding Policy (Personal and Social Safety)
TNZ Police Vetting Policy
TNZ Health and Safety Policy
TNZ Head Injury/Concussion Policy
TNZ Policy on Complying with Government Directives for Covid-19 and Any Other Pandemic/Serious Health Situation
TNZ Camps - Health and Safety Risk Assessment
TNZ Attending and Away Domestic Policy
TNZ Privacy Policy
TNZ Social Media Policy
TNZ Equipment Use Policy
TNZ National Team Selection Policy
TNZ Kukkiwon NZ Office Policy
TNZ Conflicts of Interest Policy
TNZ Board Organisational Policy
Club Membership of TNZ Policy
TNZ Anti-doping Policy
Taekwondo New Zealand Constitution
To view and download the current TNZ Constitution please click here (updated May 2024)
Please view this video (Club Membership update) to explain the 2024 updates to the TNZ Constitution
World Taekwondo Policies
In addition to the policies stated above Taekwondo New Zealand has resolved to also adopt the following policies by World Taekwondo.
WT Safeguarding Policy (As at December 5, 2019)
Everyone has the right to participate in taekwondo in a safe and inclusive environment. World Taekwondo (WT) is committed to develop and maintain a safe sport environment where all the people who are participating in taekwondo programs and activities can compete and work in an atmosphere free from all forms of harassment and abuse…… Read here
World Taekwondo Code of Ethics - (as At December 5, 2019)
World Taekwondo (“WT”) and its core Stakeholders (including Continental Unions, Member National Associations, Organizing Committees, and their officers and representatives) bear a special responsibility to safeguard the integrity and reputation of taekwondo worldwide and to propagate the sport together with the traditional taekwondo tenets and spirit reflecting, among other things, self-discipline, self-respect, and respect of others……Read here
Event Selection Documents
TNZ Athlete Selection Document for Oceania Olympic Qualifiers Event (Click here)
TNZ Selector Document for Oceania Olympic Qualifiers - Selection Panel (Click here)
Anti-doping and Taekwondo NZ - Committed to Clean Sport
Taekwondo New Zealand (TNZ) is committed to clean sport. We believe in protecting the health of our athletes, the integrity of our sport and the spirit of clean competition in which the best competitor succeeds. Clean athletes follow the anti-doping rules, know the health risks of doping, and understand the importance of testing to deter and detect doping and to protect clean athletes.
Information regarding World Taekwondo and it’s anti-doping polices can be found here World Taekwondo About Anti-Doping/Clean sport
TNZ Anti-Doping Information
(Please refer to Policy 18. TNZ Anti-doping Policy)
Taekwondo New Zealand (TNZ) and its members are committed to clean sport and wants to see clean athletes competing hard in clean competition, where the best competitors succeed. Clean athletes follow the anti-doping rules, know the health risks of doping, and value the high levels of integrity in sport in New Zealand.
Taekwondo New Zealand believes in protecting the health of our athletes, the integrity of the sport and the spirit of clean competition. We work in collaboration with the Sport Integrity Commission Te Kehu Raunui, our national anti-doping agency to:
promote a culture of clean sport;
educate members on clean sport rules, rights and responsibilities;
facilitate testing;
report doping and suspicious activity;
support athletes to compete clean.
The Anti-Doping Rules
Taekwondo New Zealand has adopted the NZ Sports Anti-Doping Rules (as authorised by the Integrity Sport and Recreation Act 2023), which means that the anti-doping rules apply to all Taekwondo New Zealand members, and their supporters, regardless of the level at which they compete. These rules also prohibit activities related to banned substances, such as possessing, purchasing or distributing banned substances and tampering with or evading the testing process.
If found in violation of the Rules – even by accident – there is risk of a sanction that can include a ban from all sport and disqualification of your results.
The fastest way to understand how the sports anti-doping rules apply to you is to do Clean Sport 101, Sport Integrity’s (previously Drug Free Sport New Zealand) quick and easy to understand online course.
For the Anti-Doping Rules please read, and for the PDF of the Sports Anti-doping rules 2025
The rule violations (a summary)
Presence of a prohibited substance, or its metabolites or markers, in an athlete’s sample;
Use or attempted use of a prohibited substance or method by an athlete;
Evasion of doping control or refusal to provide a sample;
Failure of Registered Testing Pool athlete to meet Whereabouts requirements three times within a 12-month period;
Tampering with any part of the doping control process by an athlete or other person*;
Possession of prohibited substances or methods by an athlete or support person;
Trafficking or attempted trafficking of a prohibited substance or method by an athlete or other person;
Administration or attempted administration of a prohibited substance or method by an athlete or other person;
Complicity with or attempt to cover up an anti-doping rule violation by an athlete or other person;
Knowing association by an athlete or other person with someone in a sporting capacity who has been found guilty of an anti-doping rule violation;
Discouragement of, or retaliation against someone for, reporting doping or suspected doping by an athlete or other person.
’Other person’ refers to a person, entity or organisation. See Sports Anti-Doping Rules for details.
Anti-doping 101
Athletes, coaches and other support personnel can learn key anti-doping basics by taking the e-learning course Clean Sport 101
For questions and help
You can contact the Sport Integrity Commission Te Kahu Raunui at any time for clean sport support, information, and educational resources. Phone 0800 378 437 email info@sportintegrity.org.nz or explore their website sportintegrity.nz
Prohibited Substances
Some substances and methods are banned in sport. Each year, the World Anti Doping Agency publishes a list of all those substances and methods in the WADA Prohibited List. Substances can be included on the list if they meet any two of the following criteria:
It has the potential to enhance sporting performance
It presents an actual or potential health risk to the athlete
It violates the spirit of sport
Read up on prohibited Substances
Medications
Even common medications can contain banned substances. Athletes need to check every medication before taking it. On the Global DRO to find out if it’s prohibited in sport.
Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs)
A therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) allows you to take a medication containing a banned substance if you need to do so for medical reasons.
Top athletes must apply for their TUE in advance, i.e. before they begin using any prohibited medications or methods. Other athletes can apply retroactively.
Learn more and find your TUE status
Testing
Testing is an important way of determining and detecting doping in sport. As an athlete, you should expect – and be prepared – to be tested. It may happen in or out of competition, and you may be asked to supply a urine sample, blood samples or both.
You can be tested at any time, anywhere and without any prior warning. Failing to complete a test when notified may lead to an anti-doping sanction.
Prepare for the testing process
Supplements
Supplements are a risk for all athletes. The Sport Integrity Commission Te Kahu Raunui don’t approve any supplements or their use because of this risk. Athletes can and do test positive because of contaminated supplements.
Nevertheless, many athletes choose to use supplements or are on a supplement programme. If that’s you, it’s important to make an informed decision. The Sport Integrity Commission Te Kahu Raunui Supplement Decision-Making Guide shows you ways you can minimise – but not eliminate – supplement risk.
Athlete Whereabouts
The Athlete Whereabouts programme is used worldwide. It protects every athlete’s right to clean sport through out-of-competition testing that can take place at any time, anywhere, and without notice. Athletes in a testing pool must update their Whereabouts every quarter to protect the integrity of sport and to stay within the Sports Anti-Doping Rules.
Get the Whereabouts info and deadlines
Athlete rights
The Athletes’ Anti-Doping Rights Act protects an athlete’s fundamental right to participate in clean sport, promoting health, fairness and equal opportunity for all athletes worldwide.
Learn your rights as an athlete
Speak Out
Speak Out is a way for anyone in sport to report doping concerns in confidence. You don’t need the full story. And get in touch even if it seems minor – they use every piece of information.
Phone the Sport Integrity Commission Te Kahu Raunui at 0800 378 437 or use their anonymous web form
Your TNZ contact for anti-doping matters
Email: comms@newzealandtaekwondo.co.nz
