Official App Coming Soon
Documents & Resources
The New Zealand Aquatics Collective is committed to ensuring that a diverse range of participants continue to enjoy our sports for years to come and to provide a safe environment in which to do so.
Police Vetting
The New Zealand Aquatics Collective is committed to eliminating discrimination, harassment, child abuse and other forms of inappropriate behaviour from our sport.
Coming Soon
Anti-Match Fixing and Sports Betting
Maintaining the fundamental character of sporting competition as an honest test of skill and ability to prevent Match-Fixing from undermining the integrity of the aquatic disciplines.
International Travel
Ensuring the health and safety of our international representatives when traveling outside of Aotearoa.
Coming Soon
Sports New Zealand Initiatives
Initiatives provided by SportsNZ to assist in protecting and up-skilling of the Aquatic sector.
Balance is Better is about creating quality experiences for all young people to keep them active and in the game.
Good Sport
Good Sports is a culture change initiative aiming to create positive sporting experiences for children by educating and supporting the key adult influencers in youth sport – in particular, parents.
Diversity and Inclusion
Promoting and championing the importance of diversity and inclusion, including women and girls, people with a disability and all ethnicities is a core strategic priority for Sport NZ.
Anti-doping
Doping in sport is both unhealthy to the individual and contrary to the law and ethics of sport. Sport NZ fully supports the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)/the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the International Olympic Committee (IOC), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ) against the use of banned substances and methods used to gain an unfair advantage.
Match-fixing
Sport should always be a fair contest. Around the world, sport is increasingly being targeted by criminals seeking to make money through match-fixing and other illegal and unethical gambling activities. This infiltration damages the reputation of sport and undermines its value.
Anti-corruption
Corruption has no place in New Zealand society and organisations have a duty to ensure they are fair and transparent in their day to day dealings and maintain adequate records and compliance with legislation. Corruption in any form has the potential to affect the integrity, growth, development and reputation of the New Zealand sport and active recreation system.
Regulatory Focus Areas
Integrity Framework
Safeguarding Focus Areas
Organizational Culture
Providers and organisations have the duty to ensure that their participants enjoy a safe and fair environment. Whilst maintaining integrity is a collective responsibility, organisational culture starts from the top. A healthy organisational culture is one which promotes the themes of the Integrity Framework and provides safeguarding and protective measures to all participants equally though best practice governance principles.
Member Protection
Every person involved in play, active recreation and sport has the right to be treated with respect and fairness, and to be safe and protected from abuse. Providers have a responsibility to ensure that everyone involved in their activities is aware of their legal and ethical rights and responsibilities.
Child Safeguarding
Tamariki and rangatahi have the right to participate in in an environment that is safe, supportive and protective, and where they are encouraged to remain active, enjoy what they are doing and be free from physical and emotional harm. This will increase the chances of instilling a lifelong love of participation and remaining active.
Anti-discrimination
Every person has the right to participate in play, active recreation and sport within a welcoming and inclusive environment, and to be treated with respect, empathy and positive regard. The Integrity Framework has a responsibility to promote anti-discrimination of all participants – irrespective of age, ability, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, political belief or socio-economic status.