By RNZ
Cycling New Zealand has confirmed the closure of four road and track regional performance hubs due to a funding shortfall.
Hubs in Auckland, Waikato, Christchurch and Invercargill will close from March 2022.
CNZ had picked up the "financial slack" for the hubs but outgoing chief executive Jacques Landry said the organisation had faced "many hurdles - one of the biggest being funding challenges" following the Tokyo Olympic Games.
"Some of this is a result of the way sport in New Zealand is funded - especially at the end of an Olympic cycle; some is due to Covid," Landry said.