discussed on day three of the International Working Group on Women and Sport World Conference in Auckland, New

Zealand.

Gender equality was discussed by a panel featuring former New Zealand Olympic Committee chief executive

Four-time Olympic ice hockey medallist with the United States Angela Ruggiero was among the speakers on the second day of the International Working Group on Women and Sport (IWG) World Conference on Women and Sport in Auckland.

November 15, 2022Reflecting on the conference so far group chief executive of High Performance Sport New

Zealand Raelene Castle said: "The vision to bring together the cricket, rugby, IWG World Conference

series of interactive workshops plus speeches from Kereyn Smith, who served as chief executive of the New

Zealand Olympic Committee from 2011 until 2021, and Annamarie Phelps, vice-chairman of the British Olympic

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has unveiled its first "Olympic House", which is a part of a

New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson was the main speaker on the opening day of the International

people at Tāmaki Makaurau in Auckland, with a further 500 joining virtually.Robertson spoke about how New

Zealand can continue to support the growth of women’s sport.During his speech Robertson talked of "leveraging

Commonwealth Bank has become an official supporter of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and vowed to provide investment into women's football.

With 64 games taking place in Australia and New Zealand, the FIFA Women's World Cup is the biggest women's

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has entered a six-year sponsorship agreement with Australian equipment supplier Sting.

marketing, digital and merchandising rights at its events.It said that the partnership forms part of its new

gives me great pleasure to welcome Sting to the global boxing family as we look ahead to an exciting new

respectively.It has also worked with the boxing national governing bodies in Australia, Canada, Italy, New

Zealand and United States.Concern over financial stability was one of the factors which led to the IBA

Commonwealth Games Federation vice-president Kereyn Smith and British Olympic Association vice-chair Annamarie Phelps are among the featured speakers at the World Conference on Women and Sport.

and Sport yet, with 1,200 in-person attendees and 500 virtual participants confirmed.Grant Robertson, New

Zealand Olympic Committee for 11 years before departing in 2021.Long before that, Smith was one of the

@wispaotearoa)"We're thrilled to confirm such a high-powered line-up of speakers for IWG 2022," IWG New

Zealand secretary general Rachel Froggatt said."

Hon Grant Robertson made women and girls in sport his number one priority when he became New Zealand

The New Zealand Sambo Federation (NZSF) is looking at schools to improve the development of the sport

having been founded 18 months ago.Athletes missed out last year due to COVD-19 quarantine measures in New

Zealand, which were in place for incoming citizens.However, they were able to compete at the Asian Sambo

Zealand."

Zealand high schools."

[In five years] I can see New Zealand helping to build the referee and coach courses in the region, develop

Greg Barclay has been re-elected International Cricket Council (ICC) chair unopposed following Tavengwa Mukuhlani's withdrawal from the race.

small nations, but ultimately withdrew.Barclay, who formerly led both International Rugby League and New

Zealand Cricket, was unanimously re-elected for another two-year term which will be his second."

New Zealand won their sixth Women's Rugby World Cup by beating England 34-31 in a dramatic final at Eden

ensured victory for the hosts.The final saw a world-record crowd of 42,579 for a women’s fixture.New Zealand

Zealand.Then, New Zealand responded to a maul try from Marlie Packer with Leti-I'iga scoring her first

How was that New Zealand?!" ??An iconic interview from @rubytui as she gets Eden Park rocking! ??

Zealand ahead for the first time in the final.Cokayne then completed her hat-trick before New Zealand

as New Zealand were crowned champions.

Fernando Aguerre has been unanimously re-elected as President of the International Surfing Association (ISA) a year after seeing the sport make its Olympic debut in Tokyo.

General Meeting (AGM), Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), praised the "new

In addition to the re-election of Aguerre, Barbara Kendall of New Zealand was re-elected as an ISA vice-president

 These included the approval of four new ISA Member Federations from Egypt, Mauritius, Mozambique

the total ISA Membership now to 113.The ratification of the ISA Athletes Commission, who elected four new

report of the President on Paris 2024 qualification and quotas, opportunities at Los Angeles 2028 for new

England thrashed India by 10 wickets to reach the Men's T20 World Cup final at the Adelaide Oval.

unbeaten on 86 from 47 balls while Buttler finished with 80 from 49.They will now face Pakistan - who beat New

Zealand in the other semi-final - in the final on Sunday (November 13) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.Earlier

Pakistan are through to the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's T20 World Cup final after they beat New

Zealand by seven wickets with five balls remaining in front of a vocal Pakistani crowd.

New Zealand had won the toss and posted 152 for 4 thanks largely to a fourth-wicket partnership of 68

who struck 46 and Daryl Mitchell, who made an unbeaten 53.Some tight Pakistan bowling made sure the New

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has elected its 10 members to its 2023 National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO) Expert Advisory Group, with two representatives for each continent.

I would like to extend our congratulations to the ten new members of WADA's NADO Expert Advisory Group

Holmlund Lauesen.Finally, Nicholas Barnes of Drug Free Sport Fiji and Nick Paterson from Drug Free Sport New

Zealand are the Oceania representatives.

second place, respectively, in the International Basketball Federation Polynesian Cup in Kaitaia in New

Zealand.