New Zealand Figure Skating Championships
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The New Zealand Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship
Figure skating competition
-International:* International competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union. These competitions are held using ISU rules; skaters are entered by their respective national skating federations....

 held annually to determine the national champions of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles
Single skating
Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, ladies singles
Single skating
Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, pair skating
Pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

, and ice dancing
Ice dancing
Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

, though not all disciplines have been held in every year due to a lack of entries.

Skaters compete from the Juvenile level to Senior. It is organized by the New Zealand Ice Skating Association (NZISA).

Men

Men's Medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze
1940 Manorburn Dam  A. W. Robertson 
1941-
1946
not held
1947 Brian Tufnail 
1948 Ronald Hosken 
1949 Tom Grigg 
1950 Tom Grigg 
1951 Tom Grigg 
1952 Tom Grigg 
1953 Jack Lyttle 
1954 Tom Grigg 
1955 John Dowling 
1956 John Dowling 
1957 Ivan McDonald 
1958 John Dowling 
1959 John Dowling 
1960 Ivan McDonald 
1961 Ivan McDonald 
1962 Ivan McDonald 
1963 Ivan McDonald 
1964 Ivan McDonald 
1965 Gerry Glover 
1966 Gerry Glover 
1967 Ivan McDonald 
1968 not contested
1969 Murray Herriott 
1970 Murray Herriott 
1971-
1976
not contested
1977 Richard Bates 
1978 John Walkingshaw 
1979 John Walkingshaw 
1980 John Walkingshaw 
1981 John Walkingshaw 
1982 John Walkingshaw 
1983 John Walkingshaw 
1984-
1985
not contested
1986 Christopher Blong 
1987 Christopher Blong 
1988 Christopher Blong 
1989 not contested
1990 Christopher Blong 
1991 Christopher Blong 
1992 Christopher Blong 
1993-
1998
not contested
1999 Ricky Cockerill
Ricky Cockerill
-Biography:Ricky Cockerill is a retired New Zealand figure skater. He is a seven time consecutive New Zealand Figure Skating National Champion....

 
2000 Queenstown
Queenstown, New Zealand
Queenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has spectacular views of nearby mountains....

 
Ricky Cockerill
Ricky Cockerill
-Biography:Ricky Cockerill is a retired New Zealand figure skater. He is a seven time consecutive New Zealand Figure Skating National Champion....

 
No other competitors
2001 Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
Ricky Cockerill
Ricky Cockerill
-Biography:Ricky Cockerill is a retired New Zealand figure skater. He is a seven time consecutive New Zealand Figure Skating National Champion....

 
Simon Thode  No other competitors
2002 Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
Ricky Cockerill
Ricky Cockerill
-Biography:Ricky Cockerill is a retired New Zealand figure skater. He is a seven time consecutive New Zealand Figure Skating National Champion....

 
No other competitors
2003 Gore
Gore, New Zealand
Gore is a town, surrounding borough, and district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand.-Geography:The Gore District has a land area of 1,251.62 km² and a resident population of...

 
Ricky Cockerill
Ricky Cockerill
-Biography:Ricky Cockerill is a retired New Zealand figure skater. He is a seven time consecutive New Zealand Figure Skating National Champion....

 
No other competitors
2004 Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
Ricky Cockerill
Ricky Cockerill
-Biography:Ricky Cockerill is a retired New Zealand figure skater. He is a seven time consecutive New Zealand Figure Skating National Champion....

 
Tristan Thode
Tristan Thode
Tristan Thode is a New Zealander figure skater. He is a three-time New Zealand national champion. Thode's older brother Simon Thode is also an elite senior-level figure skater.-Competitive highlights:...

 
Joel Watson
Joel Watson
Joel Watson is a New Zealander figure skater. He is the 2006-2007 New Zealand national champion.-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level; QR = Qualifying Round-References:* -External links:...

2005 Queenstown
Queenstown, New Zealand
Queenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has spectacular views of nearby mountains....

 
Ricky Cockerill
Ricky Cockerill
-Biography:Ricky Cockerill is a retired New Zealand figure skater. He is a seven time consecutive New Zealand Figure Skating National Champion....

Joel Watson
Joel Watson
Joel Watson is a New Zealander figure skater. He is the 2006-2007 New Zealand national champion.-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level; QR = Qualifying Round-References:* -External links:...

 
Tristan Thode
Tristan Thode
Tristan Thode is a New Zealander figure skater. He is a three-time New Zealand national champion. Thode's older brother Simon Thode is also an elite senior-level figure skater.-Competitive highlights:...

2006 Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

 
Tristan Thode
Tristan Thode
Tristan Thode is a New Zealander figure skater. He is a three-time New Zealand national champion. Thode's older brother Simon Thode is also an elite senior-level figure skater.-Competitive highlights:...

 
Joel Watson
Joel Watson
Joel Watson is a New Zealander figure skater. He is the 2006-2007 New Zealand national champion.-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level; QR = Qualifying Round-References:* -External links:...

 
Mathieu Wilson
Mathieu Wilson
Mathieu Wilson is a New Zealander figure skater. He is a three time New Zealand national bronze medalist and the 2009 silver medalist.-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level; N = Novice level...

2007 Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
Joel Watson
Joel Watson
Joel Watson is a New Zealander figure skater. He is the 2006-2007 New Zealand national champion.-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level; QR = Qualifying Round-References:* -External links:...

 
Tristan Thode
Tristan Thode
Tristan Thode is a New Zealander figure skater. He is a three-time New Zealand national champion. Thode's older brother Simon Thode is also an elite senior-level figure skater.-Competitive highlights:...

 
Mathieu Wilson
Mathieu Wilson
Mathieu Wilson is a New Zealander figure skater. He is a three time New Zealand national bronze medalist and the 2009 silver medalist.-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level; N = Novice level...

2008 Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
Tristan Thode
Tristan Thode
Tristan Thode is a New Zealander figure skater. He is a three-time New Zealand national champion. Thode's older brother Simon Thode is also an elite senior-level figure skater.-Competitive highlights:...

 
Joel Watson
Joel Watson
Joel Watson is a New Zealander figure skater. He is the 2006-2007 New Zealand national champion.-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level; QR = Qualifying Round-References:* -External links:...

 
Mathieu Wilson
Mathieu Wilson
Mathieu Wilson is a New Zealander figure skater. He is a three time New Zealand national bronze medalist and the 2009 silver medalist.-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level; N = Novice level...

2009 Gore
Gore, New Zealand
Gore is a town, surrounding borough, and district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand.-Geography:The Gore District has a land area of 1,251.62 km² and a resident population of...

 
Tristan Thode
Tristan Thode
Tristan Thode is a New Zealander figure skater. He is a three-time New Zealand national champion. Thode's older brother Simon Thode is also an elite senior-level figure skater.-Competitive highlights:...

 
Mathieu Wilson
Mathieu Wilson
Mathieu Wilson is a New Zealander figure skater. He is a three time New Zealand national bronze medalist and the 2009 silver medalist.-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level; N = Novice level...

 
Cameron Hems
2010 Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
Cameron Hems  No other competitors
2011 Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

 
Cameron Hems  No other competitors
2012 Gore
Gore, New Zealand
Gore is a town, surrounding borough, and district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand.-Geography:The Gore District has a land area of 1,251.62 km² and a resident population of...

 

Ladies

Ladies Medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze
1940 Manorburn Dam  Sadie Cameron 
1941-
1946
not held
1947 Janet Richards 
1948 Penelope Barker
1949 Corinne Gilkison 
1950 Shirley Buchanan 
1951 Shirley Buchanan 
1952 Joy Stewart 
1953 Joy Stewart 
1954 Susan Grigg 
1955 Lynne Withey 
1956 Lynne Withey 
1957 Rona Dickson 
1958 Joan Walker 
1959 Joan Walker 
1960 Lynne McDonald 
1961 Sandra Jack 
1962 Sandra Jack 
1963 Wendy Grafton 
1964 Wendy Grafton 
1965 Shirley Bayne 
1966 Wendy Grafton 
1967 Wendy Grafton 
1968 Susan Hoseit 
1969 Jeanne Wyatt 
1970 Jeanne Begej 
1971 Gay Le Comte 
1972 Gay Le Comte 
1973 Gay Le Comte 
1974 Gay Le Comte 
1975 Gay Le Comte 
1976 Gay Le Comte 
1977 not contested
1978 Katie Symmonds 
1979 Katie Symmonds 
1980 Denyse Adam 
1981 Denyse Adam 
1982 Denyse Adam 
1983 Kathy Lindsay 
1984 Denyse Adam 
1985 Denyse Adam 
1986 Jane Clifford 
1987 Carey Shepherd 
1988 Rosanna Blong 
1989 Justine Brownlee 
1990 Rosanna Blong 
1991 Rosanna Blong 
1992 Rosanna Blong 
1993 not contested
1994 Heather Nye 
1995 Heather Nye 
1996 Heather Nye 
1997 Rachel Fisher 
1998 Philippa Rawlins 
1999 Imelda-Rose Hegerty 
2000 Queenstown
Queenstown, New Zealand
Queenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has spectacular views of nearby mountains....

 
Imelda-Rose Hegerty  no other competitors
2001 Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
Dirke O'Brien Baker  Imelda-Rose Hegerty  no other competitors
2002 Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
Imelda-Rose Hegerty  no other competitors
2003 Gore
Gore, New Zealand
Gore is a town, surrounding borough, and district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand.-Geography:The Gore District has a land area of 1,251.62 km² and a resident population of...

 
Imelda-Rose Hegerty  no other competitors
2004 Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
Aslihan Aydin  no other competitors
2005 Queenstown
Queenstown, New Zealand
Queenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has spectacular views of nearby mountains....

 
Morgan Figgins
Morgan Figgins
Morgan Figgins New Zealand figure skater. She is the four time New Zealand national champion and four time New Zealand junior national champion. She currently resides in Dunedin, New Zealand, coaches part time at the Dunedin ice rink...

 
Vicky Kuo  Rachel Fisher
2006 Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

 
Morgan Figgins
Morgan Figgins
Morgan Figgins New Zealand figure skater. She is the four time New Zealand national champion and four time New Zealand junior national champion. She currently resides in Dunedin, New Zealand, coaches part time at the Dunedin ice rink...

 
Vicky Kuo  Aslihan Aydin
2007 Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
Morgan Figgins
Morgan Figgins
Morgan Figgins New Zealand figure skater. She is the four time New Zealand national champion and four time New Zealand junior national champion. She currently resides in Dunedin, New Zealand, coaches part time at the Dunedin ice rink...

 
Caitlin Haynes  no other competitors
2008 Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

 
Alexandra Rout
Alexandra Rout
Alexandra "Allie" Rout is a New Zealander figure skater. She is the 2008-2010 New Zealand national champion.In her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut at the Croatia Cup, she placed 7th with a score of 115.17 points....

 
Morgan Figgins
Morgan Figgins
Morgan Figgins New Zealand figure skater. She is the four time New Zealand national champion and four time New Zealand junior national champion. She currently resides in Dunedin, New Zealand, coaches part time at the Dunedin ice rink...

 
Caitlin Haynes
2009 Gore
Gore, New Zealand
Gore is a town, surrounding borough, and district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand.-Geography:The Gore District has a land area of 1,251.62 km² and a resident population of...

 
Alexandra Rout
Alexandra Rout
Alexandra "Allie" Rout is a New Zealander figure skater. She is the 2008-2010 New Zealand national champion.In her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut at the Croatia Cup, she placed 7th with a score of 115.17 points....

 
Morgan Figgins
Morgan Figgins
Morgan Figgins New Zealand figure skater. She is the four time New Zealand national champion and four time New Zealand junior national champion. She currently resides in Dunedin, New Zealand, coaches part time at the Dunedin ice rink...

 
No other competitors
2010 Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 
Alexandra Rout
Alexandra Rout
Alexandra "Allie" Rout is a New Zealander figure skater. She is the 2008-2010 New Zealand national champion.In her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut at the Croatia Cup, she placed 7th with a score of 115.17 points....

 
Caitlyn Paul  Elizabeth O'Neill
2011 Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

 
Samantha Waugh  Morgan Figgins
Morgan Figgins
Morgan Figgins New Zealand figure skater. She is the four time New Zealand national champion and four time New Zealand junior national champion. She currently resides in Dunedin, New Zealand, coaches part time at the Dunedin ice rink...

 
Laura Mills
2012 Gore
Gore, New Zealand
Gore is a town, surrounding borough, and district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand.-Geography:The Gore District has a land area of 1,251.62 km² and a resident population of...

 

Pairs

Pairs Medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze
1947 Brian Tufnail / Janet Richards 
1948 Brian Tufnail / Corinne Gilkison 
1949 Brian Tufnail / Corinne Gilkison 
1950 Tom Grigg / Rosemary Murray 
1951 Tom Grigg / Shirley Buchanan 
1952 Tom Grigg / Joy Stewart 
1953 Tom Grigg / Shirley Buchanan 
1954 Tom Grigg / Susan Grigg 
1955 Ivan McDonald / Lynn McDonald 
1956 Ivan McDonald / Lynn McDonald 
1957 Ivan McDonald / Lynn McDonald 
1958 John Dowling / Lynne Withey 
1959 Ivan McDonald / Lynn McDonald 
1960 Ivan McDonald / Lynn McDonald 
1961 John Dowling / Ann Dowling 
1962 Ivan McDonald / Wendy Grafton 
1963 Ivan McDonald / Wendy Grafton 
1964 Gerry Glover / Shirley Bayne 
1965 Gerry Glover / Shirley Bayne 
1966 Leslie Coxon / Lesley Anderson 
1967 Leslie Coxon / Lesley Anderson 
1968 Leslie Coxon / Judy Farr 
1969 Leslie Coxon / Judy Farr 
1970 Kelvin Nicolle / Petricia Browne 
1971-
1974
No Pairs Competition Held
1975 Grant Walker / Julie Clarke 
1976 Alan Brennock / Ann Brennock 
1977 Grant Walker / Julie Clarke 
1978 Alan Brennock / Ann Brennock 
1979-
2010
No Pairs Competition Held
2011 Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...

 
Ariel Nadas / Grant Howie  No other competitors
2012 Gore
Gore, New Zealand
Gore is a town, surrounding borough, and district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand.-Geography:The Gore District has a land area of 1,251.62 km² and a resident population of...

 

Ice Dancing

Ice Dancing Medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze
1947 Brian Tufnail / Janet Richards 
1948 Brian Tufnail / Corinne Gilkison 
1949 Brian Tufnail / Corinne Gilkison 
1950 Keith Butters / Sue Grigg 
1954 Tom Grigg / Shirley Buchanan 
1952 Tom Grigg / Joy Stewart 
1953 Tom Grigg / Sue Grigg 
1954 Tom Grigg / Sue Grigg 
1955 Keese Stikkelman / Rona Dickson 
1956 Ivan McDonald / Lynn McDonald 
1957 Ivan McDonald / Lynn McDonald 
1958 Ivan McDonald / Lynn McDonald 
1959 John Dowling / Ann Dowling 
1960 John Dowling / Ann Dowling 
1961 John Dowling / Ann Dowling 
1962 Ivan McDonald / Wendy Grafton 
1963 Ivan McDonald / Wendy Grafton 
1964 Ivan McDonald / Wendy Grafton 
1965 No Ice Dancing Competition Held
1966 Gerry Glover / Wendy Grafton 
1967 Ivan McDonald / Wendy Grafton 
1968 No Ice Dancing Competition Held
1969 Ivan McDonald / Christine Besley 
1970 Don Hewinson / Pamela Hewinson 
1971 No Ice Dancing Competition Held
1972 Ivan McDonald / Christine Wadsworth 
1973 Ivan McDonald / Wendy Grafton 
1974 Alan Brennock / Ann Brennock 
1975 Alan Brennock / Ann Brennock 
1976 Alan Wild / Janna Greene 
1977 Alan Wild / Janna Greene 
1978 Alan Brennock / Ann Brennock 
1979 Alan Brennock / Ann Tranter 
1980 Alan Brennock / Ann Tranter 
1981 Alan Brennock / Ann Tranter 
1982-
1984
No Ice Dancing Competition Held
1985 Chris Laurie / Clare Shave 
1986 No Ice Dancing Competition Held
1987 Kelvin Nicolle / Denise Borcoskie 
1988-
1997
No Ice Dancing Competition Held
1998 Kirsty McDonald / Christopher Street 
1999-
2011
No Ice Dancing Competition Held
2012 Gore
Gore, New Zealand
Gore is a town, surrounding borough, and district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand.-Geography:The Gore District has a land area of 1,251.62 km² and a resident population of...


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