The Southland Times

At a glance

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NZ Football governance crisis timeline:

❚ June 18: 12 Football Ferns players and one former staff member complain about the conduct of coach Andreas Heraf. ❚ June 20: An independen­t investigat­ion into the Football Ferns’ team environmen­t is launched.

❚ June 29: Chief executive Andy Martin resigns. ❚ July 6: Lawyer Phillipa Muir is appointed to lead the independen­t investigat­ion. Its scope is widened to consider the conduct and culture of NZ Football more broadly. ❚ July 31: Heraf resigns as Football Ferns coach and technical director. ❚ October 3: Muir review released. Heraf found to have engaged in ‘‘bullying behaviour’’; ExCo found to have been ‘‘too hands off’’. ❚ Week of October 3: ExCo member Jon Ormond resigns, calling the position of president Deryck Shaw ‘‘and potentiall­y the board itself’’ untenable. ❚ October 12: ExCo president Deryck Shaw resigns ‘‘to allow football to move forward’’. ❚ October 23: Northern Football chair Aimee Barwick writes to ExCo expressing no confidence. ❚ October 23: Six other federation chairs write to ExCo expressing a ‘‘low level of confidence’’ but giving their support ‘‘at this stage’’. ❚ November 1: Auckland Football chair Bob Patterson writes to ExCo expressing no confidence.

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