Welcome to USNZ’s Policy pages. The following links will take you to a range of policies and governance documents that determine how the organisation operates:

• Constitution & Strategy
• Governance Policies
• Competition Policies
• Disciplinary Committee

Constitution & Strategy

Constitution

USNZ Constitution (.pdf, 178k, last amended October 2007)

Please note that USNZ’s General Meeting on Saturday 30 June 2007  approved a wide range of Constitutional changes which have been included in the downloadable document above. The changes had all been approved by USNZ’s solicitors, Izard Weston, prior to the General Meeting.

Strategic Plan

• Strategic Plan 2010-2014 (.pdf, 679k)

Annual Plan

The following are USNZ’s Governance Policies as approved by the USNZ Board:

1) GOVN 001 - Standing Orders (.pdf, 194k)
2) GOVN 002 - Sports Council Operation Policy (.pdf, 127k)
3) GOVN 003 - NZ Universities Blues Policy (.pdf, 157k)
4) GOVN 004 - Finance Commission Policy (.pdf, 113k)
5) GOVN 005 - Maori Participation in Sport Policy (.pdf, 107k)
6) GOVN 006 - Finance & Office Policies (.pdf, 158k)
7) GOVN 007 - Public Relations Policy (.pdf, 107k)
8 ) GOVN 008 - Board Governance Policy (.pdf, 122k)

Competition Policies

The following are USNZ’s Competition Policies as approved by the USNZ Board on 11 February 2006:

1) COMP 001 - Eligibility & Participation Policy (.pdf, 145k)
2) COMP 002 - Awards and Points Scoring Policy (.pdf, 160k)
3) COMP 003 - Event Bond Policy (.pdf, 131k)
4) COMP 004 - Sports Disputes Policy (.pdf, 192k)
- Sports Disputes Incident Form
-Sports Disputes Appeals Form
5) COMP 005 - Disciplinary Policy (.pdf, 190k)
6)COMP 006 - Harassment Policy (.pdf, 180k)
7) COMP 007 - Full Code of Behaviour (.pdf, 128k)

Disciplinary Policies

The USNZ Disciplinary Committee meets as necessary to consider alleged breaches of the USNZ Disciplinary Policy