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New Zealand Power Lifting Federation v Mark Mete
Overview: Anti-doping – ephedrine – athlete admitted taking ephedrine pills to manage asthma – issue over which anti-doping rules applied – NZPF agreed at 2004 AGM to replace their old constitution and NZPF anti-doping rules with a new constitution and the IPF international federation anti-doping rules (which incorporated WADA code) – NZPF and IPF rules set…
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New Zealand Rugby League v Lawrence Erihe
Overview: Anti-doping – ephedrine – specified substance – defendant unable to identify how ephedrine came to be in his system – defendant not able to discharge his onus to establish that he did not take the substance for performance enhancing reasons – defendant unable to establish no significant fault or negligence – 2 years’ ineligibility imposed.
