New Zealand Figure Skating Championships

New Zealand Figure Skating Championships
Status	Active
Genre	National championships
Frequency	Annual
Country	New Zealand
Inaugurated	1939
Organised by	New Zealand Ice Figure Skating Association

The New Zealand Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition organised by to the New Zealand Ice Figure Skating Association to crown the national champions of New Zealand. The first New Zealand Championships were held in 1939 on the Manorburn Dam in Central Otago. No competitions were held from 1940 to 1945 due to World War II. The championships were cancelled in 1992 when a snowstorm damaged the arena where the competition was to have taken place, and again in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. Ricky Cockerill and Ivan McDonald are tied for winning the most New Zealand Championship titles in men's singles (with seven each), while Gay Le Comte and Alexandra Rout are tied for winning the most titles in women's singles (with six each). McDonald holds the record in pair skating (with seven), although not all with the same partner, and also holds the record in ice dance (with nine); again, not all with the same partner.

History

The first New Zealand Championships were held in 1939 on the Manorburn Dam in Central Otago; Alex W. Robertson won the men's event and Sadie Cameron won the women's event. ^[1] No competitions were held from 1940 to 1945 due to World War II, ^[1] and when they returned in 1946, events in pair skating and ice dance were introduced. ^[2] Championships were conducted on frozen lakes on the South Island until 1952, when the Centaurus Ice Rink in Christchurch opened. ^[3] The first indoor rink on the North Island opened in 1964 in Wellington.

The championships remained uninterrupted until 1992, when a snowstorm damaged the Alpine Ice Sports Centre in Christchurch, collapsing the roof and leaving the New Zealand Ice Figure Skating Association without a venue. ^[4] The championships were again cancelled in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[5]

The New Zealand Ice Figure Skating Association frequently sent a contingent of skaters to Australia to compete at the Australian Figure Skating Championships. ^{[6] [7]} Tristan Thode finished in first place in the men's event at the 2007 Australian Championships, ^[8] and Alexandra Rout finished in first place in the women's event at the 2008 Australian Championships. ^[9] The reverse is also true: many skaters from Australia have also traveled to New Zealand to compete in the New Zealand Championships. ^[10] While a guest skater from another country may be able to finish in first place and win the gold medal in a New Zealand event, they do not receive the title of New Zealand Champion; that honor goes to the highest-scoring New Zealand skater. ^{[11] [12]}

Senior medalists

Men’s singles

Men's event medalists

Season	Location	Gold [3]	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1939–40	Manorburn Dam	Alex W. Robertson	Bertil Hjelstrom	Graham Rivers	[1]
1940–46	No competitions due to World War II
1946–47	Lake Tekapo	Brian Tufnail [2]
1947–48	Oturehua	Ronald Hosking	J.J. O'Kane & Brian Tufnail (tie)	No other competitors	[13]
1948–49	Lake Tekapo	Thomas Grigg	Brian Tufnail		[14]
1949–50			D.H. Grigg		[15]
1950–51					[16]
1951–52	Cromwell			Jack Lyttle	[17]
1952–53	Christchurch	Jack Lyttle	Thomas Grigg	No other competitors	[18]
1953–54	Manorburn Dam	Thomas Grigg	Jack Lyttle		[19]
1954–55	Christchurch	John Dowling	Ivan McDonald	J. Gillies	[20]
1955–56				Kees Stikkelman	[21]
1956–57	Lake Tekapo	Ivan McDonald
1957–58	Lake Ida	John Dowling	Ivan McDonald	Donald Hewinson	[22]
1958–59	Christchurch			Kees Stikkelman	[23]
1959–60	Manorburn Dam	Ivan McDonald
1960–61	Christchurch
1961–62	Manorburn Dam
1962–63	Christchurch		No other competitors		[24]
1963–64
1964–65		Gerry Glover	No other competitors		[25]
1965–66	Arrowtown		Murray Herriott	No other competitors	[26]
1966–67	Christchurch	Ivan McDonald		Charles Sparrow	[27]
1967–68	Manorburn Dam	Murray Herriott [a]	No other competitors		[28]
1968–69	Christchurch	Murray Herriott			[29]
1969–70	Lake Tekapo				[30]
1970–75	No men's competitors				[3]
1975–76	Christchurch	Richard Bates	John Walkingshaw	No other competitors	[31]
1976–77		Brian Meek (Australia)	Richard Bates [b]	Grant Walker	[11]
1977–78	Auckland	John Walkingshaw
1978–79	Invercargill		No other competitors		[7]
1979–80	Christchurch		Bruce Cochrane	No other competitors	[32]
1980–81	Manorburn Dam		No other competitors		[33]
1981–82	Auckland	Robin Smedley (Australia)	John Walkingshaw [c]	Bruce Cochrane
1982–83	Invercargill	John Walkingshaw	No other competitors		[34]
1983–85	No men's competitors				[3]
1985–86	Auckland	Christopher Blong	No other competitors		[35]
1986–87	Christchurch				[36]
1987–88	Auckland	Stephen Carr (Australia)	Christopher Blong [d]	No other competitors	[12]
1988–89	Christchurch	No men's competitors			[3]
1989–90	Auckland	Christopher Blong	No other competitors		[37]
1990–91	Christchurch				[38]
1991–92	Auckland				[39]
1992–93	Christchurch	Competition cancelled			[4]
1993–98	No men's competitors				[3]
1998–99		Ricky Cockerill
1999–2000	Queenstown		No other competitors		[40]
2000–01	Auckland		Dino Quattrocecere (South Africa)	Simon Thode	[41]
2001–02	Christchurch		No other competitors		[42]
2002–03	Gore				[43]
2003–04	Auckland		Tristan Thode	Joel Watson	[44]
2004–05	Queenstown		Joel Watson	Tristan Thode	[45]
2005–06	Dunedin	Tristan Thode		Mathieu Wilson	[46]
2006–07	Auckland	Joel Watson	Tristan Thode		[47]
2007–08	Christchurch	Tristan Thode	Joel Watson		[48]
2008–09	Gore		Mathieu Wilson	Cameron Hems	[49]
2009–10	Auckland	Cameron Hems	No other competitors		[50]
2010–11	Dunedin				[51]
2011–12	Gore		Chris Boyd	No other competitors	[52]
2012–13	Auckland		No other competitors		[53]
2013–14	Dunedin	Mathieu Wilson			[54]
2014–17	No men's competitors
2017–18	Dunedin	Brian Lee	Michael Durham	No other competitors	[55]
2018–19	Auckland		No other competitors		[56]
2019–20	Gore				[57]
2020–21	Dunedin	Douglas Gerber			[58]
2021–22	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[5]
2022–23	Auckland	Douglas Gerber	No other competitors		[59]
2023–25	No men's competitors
2025–26	Auckland	Dwayne Li	No other competitors		[60]

1. While Murray Herriott was the only competitor in the men's event in 1967, he was not awarded the title of New Zealand Champion. ^[28]
2. Richard Bates was named the 1976 New Zealand Champion since Brian Meek, the first-place finisher, was a guest skater from Australia.
3. John Walkingshaw was named the 1981 New Zealand Champion since Robin Smedley, the first-place finisher, was a guest skater from Australia.
4. Christopher Blong was named the 1987 New Zealand Champion since Stephen Carr, the first-place finisher, was a guest skater from Australia.

Women's singles

Women's event medalists

Season	Location	Gold [3]	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1939–40	Manorburn Dam	Sadie Cameron	Noel O'Kane	Ms. N. Hall	[1]
1940–46	No competitions due to World War II
1946–47	Lake Tekapo	Janet Richards [2]
1947–48	Oturehua	Penelope Barker	Corinne Gilkison	Ms. P. Wanklyn	[13]
1948–49	Lake Tekapo	Corinne Gilkison	Susan Grigg	Shirley Buchanan	[14]
1949–50		Shirley Buchanan	Rosemary Murray	Susan Grigg	[15]
1950–51				No other competitors	[16]
1951–52	Cromwell	Joy Stewart	Shirley Buchanan	Susan Grigg	[17]
1952–53	Christchurch		Susan Grigg	No other competitors	[18]
1953–54	Manorburn Dam	Susan Grigg	Mrs. M.G. Brown		[19]
1954–55	Christchurch	Lynne Withey	Rona Dickson	Dawn Murray	[20]
1955–56				Lynne McDonald	[61]
1956–57	Lake Tekapo	Rona Dickson
1957–58	Lake Ida	Joan Walker	Lynne Withey	Pamela Morey	[22]
1958–59	Christchurch		Lynne McDonald		[23]
1959–60	Manorburn Dam	Lynne McDonald
1960–61	Christchurch	Sandra Jack
1961–62	Manorburn Dam & Lake Tekapo		Wendy Grafton	No other competitors	[62]
1962–63	Christchurch	Wendy Grafton	Sandra Jack	Susan McClea	[24]
1963–64
1964–65		Shirley Bayne	Susan McClea	No other competitors	[25]
1965–66	Arrowtown	Wendy Grafton	Ms. D. White	Lesley Anderson	[26]
1966–67	Christchurch		Susan Hoseit		[63]
1967–68	Manorburn Dam	Susan Hoseit	Lesley Anderson	Ms. C. Besley	[28]
1968–69	Christchurch	Jeanne Wyatt	No other competitors		[29]
1969–70	Lake Tekapo	Jeanne Begej	Valerie Smith	No other competitors	[30]
1970–71	Manorburn Dam	Gay Le Comte	Valerie Gunn	Valerie Smith	[64]
1971–72	Christchurch			Petricia Browne	[65]
1972–73			Ann Brennock	Valerie Gunn	[66]
1973–74	Invercargill		No other competitors		[67]
1974–75	Auckland				[68]
1975–76	Christchurch		Janna Greene	Katie Symmonds	[31]
1976–77		Margaret Doolan (Australia) [a]	No other competitors		[11]
1977–78	Auckland	Katie Symmonds	Karen Adam	No other competitors	[69]
1978–79	Invercargill		Vanessa Lewis	Ann Brennock-Tranter	[7]
1979–80	Christchurch	Denyse Adam	Kathy Lindsay	Vanessa Lewis	[32]
1980–81	Manorburn Dam		Glynis Crompton	No other competitors	[33]
1981–82	Auckland		Kathy Lindsay	Liane Telling
1982–83	Invercargill	Kathy Lindsay	Denyse Adam	No other competitors	[34]
1983–84	Christchurch	Denyse Adam	No other competitors		[70]
1984–85	Auckland		Jane Clifford	No other competitors	[71]
1985–86	Manorburn Dam	Jane Clifford	No other competitors		[35]
1986–87	Christchurch	Carey Shepherd			[72]
1987–88	Auckland	Rosanna Blong	Carey Shepherd	Justine Brownlee	[12]
1988–89	Christchurch	Justine Brownlee		No other competitors	[73]
1989–90	Auckland	Rosanna Blong			[37]
1990–91	Christchurch		Sheryl Everson		[38]
1991–92	Auckland		Heather Nye	Sheryl Everson	[39]
1992–93	Christchurch	Competition cancelled			[4]
1993–94		Heather Nye	Sheryl Everson	Kim MacDonald	[74]
1994–95
1995–96	Auckland		Rachel Fisher	Beverley Chamberlain	[75]
1996–97		Rachel Fisher
1997–98		Philippa Rawlins		Imelda-Rose Hegerty
1998–99		Imelda-Rose Hegerty
1999–2000	Queenstown		No other competitors		[40]
2000–01	Auckland	Dirke O'Brien Baker	Zoe Bradfort (Australia)	Imelda-Rose Hegerty	[41]
2001–02	Christchurch	Imelda-Rose Hegerty	No other competitors		[42]
2002–03	Gore		Aslihan Aydin (Turkey)	Kirsten Mather (Australia)	[43]
2003–04	Auckland	Sarah-Yvonne Prytula (Australia)	Aslihan Aydin [b]	No other competitors	[44]
2004–05	Queenstown	Morgan Figgins	Vicky Kuo	Rachel Fisher	[45]
2005–06	Dunedin			Aslihan Aydin	[46]
2006–07	Auckland		Caitlin Haynes	No other competitors	[47]
2007–08	Christchurch	Alexandra Rout	Morgan Figgins	Caitlin Haynes	[48]
2008–09	Gore			No other competitors	[49]
2009–10	Auckland		Caitlyn Paul	Elizabeth O'Neill	[50]
2010–11	Dunedin	Samantha Waugh	Morgan Figgins	Laura Mills	[51]
2011–12	Gore	Morgan Figgins	Millie Campbell	Melissa Morris	[52]
2012–13	Auckland		Melissa Morris	Elizabeth O'Neill	[53]
2013–14	Dunedin	Sarah MacGibbon	Kayla Doig (Australia)		[54]
2014–15		Alexandra Rout	Morgan Templeton	Jessinta Martin (Australia)	[76]
2015–16	Auckland		Sarah MacGibbon	No other competitors	[77]
2016–17	Christchurch		Preeya Laud	Sarah MacGibbon	[78]
2017–18	Dunedin	Brooke Tamepo	Isabella Bardua	Sarah Cullen (Australia)	[55]
2018–19	Auckland	Isabella Bardua	Brooke Tamepo	Jennifer Toms (Australia)	[56]
2019–20	Gore	Jocelyn Hong		Sarah MacGibbon	[57]
2020–21	Dunedin	Ruth Xu	No other competitors		[58]
2021–22	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[5]
2022–23	Auckland	Jocelyn Hong	Ruth Xu	Danielle Gebser	[59]
2023–24	Dunedin	Dani Gebser	Ella Smith	No other competitors	[79]
2024–25	Christchurch	Petra Lahti	Mirika Armstrong	Cordelia Shi	[80]
2025–26	Auckland		Cordelia Shi	Mirika Armstrong	[60]

1. Margaret Doolan was not named the 1976 New Zealand Champion since she was a guest skater from Australia.
2. Aslihan Aydin was named the 2003 New Zealand Champion since Sarah-Yvonne Prytula, the first-place finisher, was a guest skater from Australia. Aydin had competed the year before as a guest skater from Turkey.

Pairs

Pairs event medalists

Season	Location	Gold [3]	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1946–47	Lake Tekapo	Janet Richards Brian Tufnail [2]
1947–48	Oturehua	Corinne Gilkison Brian Tufnail	Ms. P. Wanklyn Ronald Hosking	Penelope Barker Thomas Grigg	[13]
1948–49	Lake Tekapo		No other competitors		[14]
1949–50		Rosemary Murray Thomas Grigg			[15]
1950–51	Lake Ida	Shirley Buchanan Thomas Grigg	Mrs. Allchurch Mr. A.H. Allchurch	No other competitors	[81]
1951–52	Cromwell	Joy Stewart & Thomas Grigg	No other competitors		[17]
1952–53	Christchurch	Shirley Buchanan Thomas Grigg			[18]
1953–54	Manorburn Dam	Susan Grigg Tom Grigg	Lynne McDonald Ivan McDonald	No other competitors	[19]
1954–55	Christchurch	Lynne McDonald Ivan McDonald	Lynne Withey John Dowling		[20]
1955–56				Dawn Murray R. Mangos	[61]
1956–57	Lake Tekapo
1957–58	Lake Ida	Lynne Withey John Dowling	Lynne McDonald Ivan McDonald	Pamela Morey Donald Hewinson	[22]
1958–59	Manorburn Dam	Lynne McDonald Ivan McDonald	Anne Dowling John Dowling	No other competitors	[82]
1959–60					[83]
1960–61	Christchurch	Anne Dowling John Dowling
1961–62	Manorburn Dam	Wendy Grafton Ivan McDonald	No other competitors
1962–63	Christchurch				[24]
1963–64		Shirley Bayne Gerry Glover
1964–65			No other competitors		[25]
1965–66	Arrowtown	Lesley Anderson Leslie Coxon			[26]
1966–67	Christchurch	Edwina Sloman Bill Hewison (Australia)	Lesley Anderson Leslie Coxon [a]	Ms. S. Rowe Mr. T. Rowe	[63]
1967–68	Manorburn Dam	Judy Farr Leslie Coxon
1968–69	Christchurch		Petricia Browne Kelvin Nicolle	No other competitors	[29]
1969–70	Lake Tekapo	Petricia Browne Kelvin Nicolle	No other competitors
1970–71	Manorburn Dam	No pairs competitors			[3]
1971–72	Christchurch	Ms. R. Loader Kelvin Nicolle	No other competitors		[65]
1972–74	No pairs competitors				[3]
1974–75	Auckland	Julie Clarke Grant Walker	Katie Symmonds Mr. D. McDonald	No other competitors	[68]
1975–76	Christchurch	Ann Brennock Alan Brennock	Julie Clarke Grant Walker		[31]
1976–77		Julie Clarke Grant Walker	Ann Brennock Alan Brennock	Pauline McDonald Manuel de Lira	[11]
1977–78	Auckland	Ann Brennock Alan Brennock
1978–2010	No pairs competitors				[3]
2010–11	Dunedin	Ariel Nadas Grant Howie	No other competitors		[51]
2011–12	Gore				[52]
2012–26	No pairs competitors since 2011–12

1. Lesley Anderson and Leslie Coxon were named the 1966 New Zealand Champions since Edwina Sloman and Bill Hewison, the first-place finishers, were guest skaters from Australia.

Ice dance

Ice dance event medalists

Season	Location	Gold [3]	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1946–47	Lake Tekapo	Janet Richards Brian Tufnail [2]
1947–48	Oturehua	Corinne Gilkison Brian Tufnail	Penelope Barker Ronald Hosking	Ms. P. Wanklyn Thomas Grigg	[13]
1948–49	Lake Tekapo		Ms. Trott Keith Butters	No other competitors	[14]
1949–50		Susan Grigg Keith Butters	No other competitors		[15]
1950–51	Lake Ida	Shirley Buchanan Thomas Grigg	Susan Grigg Keith Butters	No other competitors	[81]
1951–52	Cromwell	Joy Stewart Thomas Grigg	Ms. J. Moore Mr. J. Mercer	Susan Grigg Mr. D.H. Grigg	[17]
1952–53	Christchurch	Susan Grigg Thomas Grigg	No other competitors		[18]
1953–54	Manorburn Dam		Lynne McDonald Ivan McDonald	No other competitors	[19]
1954–55	Christchurch	Rona Dickson Kees Stikkelman		Ms. C. Adie Jack Lyttle	[20]
1955–56		Lynne McDonald Ivan McDonald	Rona Dickson Kees Stikkelman	Dawn Murray Mr. R. Mangos	[21]
1956–57	Lake Tekapo
1957–58	Lake Ida		Lynne Withey John Dowling	Pamela Morey Donald Hewinson	[22]
1958–59	Manorburn Dam	Anne Dowling John Dowling	Lynne McDonald Ivan McDonald	No other competitors	[82]
1959–60					[83]
1960–61	Christchurch
1961–62	Manorburn Dam	Wendy Grafton Ivan McDonald	R. Stevens Cees Stikkleman	No other competitors
1962–63	Christchurch		Pamela Hewinson Donald Hewinson		[24]
1963–64
1964–65		Lesley Anderson Leslie Coxon	No other competitors		[25]
1965–66	Arrowtown	Wendy Grafton Gerry Glover	Lesley Anderson Leslie Coxon	No other competitors	[26]
1966–67	Christchurch	Wendy Grafton Ivan McDonald			[27]
1967–68	Manorburn Dam	No ice dance competitors			[3]
1968–69	Christchurch	Christine Besley Ivan McDonald	Ms. Wyatt Mr. A. Mauger	No other competitors	[29]
1969–70	Lake Tekapo	Pamela Hewinson Donald Hewinson	No other competitors		[30]
1970–71	Manorburn Dam	No ice dance competitors			[3]
1971–72	Christchurch	Christine Wadsworth Ivan McDonald	Petricia Browne Kelvin Nicolle	Ann Brennock Alan Brennock	[65]
1972–73	Cromwell	Wendy Grafton Ivan McDonald	Ann Brennock Alan Brennock	No other competitors	[66]
1973–74	Invercargill	Ann Brennock Alan Brennock
1974–75	Auckland		Katie Symmonds Mr. D. McDonald	No other competitors	[68]
1975–76	Christchurch	Janna Greene Alan Wild	Pamela Hewinson Kelvin Nicolle	Ann Brennock Alan Brennock	[31]
1976–77			Ann Brennock Alan Brennock	Pamela Hewinson Kelvin Nicolle	[11]
1977–78	Auckland	Ann Brennock Alan Brennock
1978–79	Invercargill		Pamela Hewinson Kelvin Nicolle	No other competitors	[7]
1979–80	Christchurch		No other competitors		[84]
1980–81	Manorburn Dam				[33]
1981–84	No ice dance competitors				[3]
1984–85	Auckland	Clare Shave Chris Laurie	Jane Mentink Mike Day	No other competitors	[85]
1985–86	Manorburn Dam	Denise Borcoski Kelvin Nicolle	No other competitors		[86]
1986–87	Christchurch				[36]
1987–97	No ice dance competitors				[3]
1997–98		Kirsty MacDonald Christopher Street
1998–2000	No ice dance competitors
2000–01	Auckland	Rebecca Khoo Evgeni Borounov (Australia) [a]	No other competitors		[41]
2001–13	No ice dance competitors
2013–14	Dunedin	Ayesha Campbell Shane Speden	No other competitors		[54]
2014–21	No ice dance competitors
2021–22	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[5]
2022–23	Auckland	Charlotte Lafond-Fournier Richard Kam	Isabelle Guise Ethan Alday	No other competitors	[59]
2023–26	No ice dance competitors

1. While Rebecca Khoo and Evgeni Borounov were the only competitors at the 2000 New Zealand Championships, they were not named the New Zealand Champions since they were guest skaters from Australia.

Junior medalists

Men's singles

Junior men's event medalists

Season	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1999–2000	Queenstown	Simon Thode	No other competitors		[40]
2000–01	Auckland	Tristan Thode			[41]
2001–02	Christchurch				[42]
2002–03	Gore		Joel Watson	No other competitors	[43]
2003–04	Auckland	Joel Watson	Robert McNamara (Australia)	Mathieu Wilson	[44]
2004–05	Queenstown		Mathieu Wilson	Cameron Fletcher (Australia)	[45]
2005–06	Dunedin	Mathieu Wilson	No other competitors		[46]
2006–07	Auckland		Cameron Hems	No other competitors	[47]
2007–08	Christchurch	Cameron Hems	Grant Howie		[48]
2008–09	Gore		No other competitors		[49]
2009–10	Auckland		Brad McLachlan (Australia)	Chris Boyd	[50]
2010–11	Dunedin	Chris Boyd	No other competitors		[51]
2011–12	Gore	No junior men's competitors			[52]
2012–13	Auckland	Darian Kaptich (Australia)	Thomas Woodbridge [a]	No other competitors	[53]
2013–14	Dunedin	Michael Durham	Daniel Cheuk		[54]
2014–15			Brian Lee	Thomas Woodbridge	[76]
2015–16	Auckland			No other competitors	[77]
2016–17	Christchurch		Harrison Bain		[78]
2017–18	Dunedin	Brian Lee		Connor McIver	[55]
2018–19	Auckland	Harrison Bain	No other competitors		[56]
2019–20	Gore	Douglas Gerber	Harrison Bain	Connor McIver	[57]
2020–21	Dunedin	No junior men's competitors			[58]
2021–22	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[5]
2022–23	Auckland	Dwayne Li	No other competitors		[59]
2023–24	Dunedin		Stepan Kadlcik	Blake Barraclough	[79]
2024–25	Christchurch			No other competitors	[80]
2025–26	Auckland	No junior men's competitors			[60]

1. Thomas Woodbridge was named the 2012 New Zealand Junior Champion since Darian Kaptich, the first-place finisher, was a guest skater from Australia.

Women's singles

Junior women's event medalists

Season	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1999–2000	Queenstown	Nina McKenzie	No other competitors		[40]
2000–01	Auckland	No junior women's competitors			[41]
2001–02	Christchurch	Charlotte Dawson	No other competitors		[42]
2002–03	Gore	Vicky Kuo	Ilona Voboril (Germany)	Michelle Cahill	[43]
2003–04	Auckland	Morgan Figgins	Jacinta Greenwood (Australia)	Dee Pulman	[44]
2004–05	Queenstown		Dee Pulman	Vicky Kuo	[45]
2005–06	Dunedin		Olivia Van Asperen (Australia)	Elizabeth O'Neill	[46]
2006–07	Auckland		Alexandra Rout	Laura Mills	[47]
2007–08	Christchurch	Alexandra Rout	Kyl Jade Betteridge (Australia)	Elizabeth O'Neill	[48]
2008–09	Gore		Samantha Waugh	Laura Mills	[49]
2009–10	Auckland		Sydnee Knight (Australia)	Taylor Dean (Australia)	[50]
2010–11	Dunedin	Madelaine Parker	Jessie Park	Samantha Waugh	[51]
2011–12	Gore		Iyrin Quigley	Jessie Park	[52]
2012–13	Auckland	Brin Berge	Jessie Park	Sarah MacGibbon	[53]
2013–14	Dunedin	Madelaine Parker	Tracy Danbrook	Preeya Laud	[54]
2014–15		Tracy Danbrook	Brooke Tamepo		[76]
2015–16	Auckland	Brooke Tamepo	Tracy Danbrook	Christina Floka	[77]
2016–17	Christchurch			Zara Anthony-Whigham	[78]
2017–18	Dunedin	Nicola Korck	Jocelyn Hong	Pei-Lin Lee	[55]
2018–19	Auckland	Jocelyn Hong	Lelin Wang	Ella Smith	[56]
2019–20	Gore	Ruth Xu	Dani Gebser	Lelin Wang	[57]
2020–21	Dunedin	Dani Gebser	Mirika Armstrong	Ella Smith	[58]
2021–22	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[5]
2022–23	Auckland	Misaki Joe	Cara Tang	Mirika Armstrong	[59]
2023–24	Dunedin	Renee Tsai	Mirika Armstrong	Misaki Joe	[79]
2024–25	Christchurch		Cara Tang		[80]
2025–26	Auckland		Nicca Wu	Cara Tang	[60]

Pairs

Junior pairs event medalists

Season	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1999–2008	No junior pairs competitors
2008–09	Gore	Morgan Figgins Grant Howie	No other competitors		[49]
2009–26	No junior pairs competitors since 2008–09

Ice dance

Junior ice dance event medalists

Season	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1999–2009	No junior ice dance competitors
2009–10	Auckland	Ayesha Campbell Shane Speden	No other competitors		[50]
2010–11	Dunedin		Anne-Sophie Shogimen Dominic Shogimen	No other competitors	[51]
2011–12	Gore		No other competitors		[52]
2012–13	Auckland				[53]
2013–14	Dunedin	No junior ice dance competitors			[54]
2014–15		Anja Noetzel-Hayward Connor McIver	Claudia Riley Patrick Costley	Amelia Prowse Sean Jones	[76]
2015–16	Auckland	No junior ice dance competitors			[77]
2016–17	Christchurch	Varshana Schelling Liam McIver	No other competitors		[78]
2017–18	Dunedin				[55]
2018–21	No junior ice dance competitors
2021–22	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[5]
2022–23	Auckland	Lucienne Holtz Tim Bradfield	No other competitors		[59]
2023–24	Dunedin	Gemma Pickering Benji Pickering			[79]
2024–26	No junior ice dance competitors

Records

Records

Discipline	Most championship titles
	Skater(s)	No.	Years	Ref.
Men's singles	Ricky Cockerill	7	1998/99 – 2004/05	[87]
	Ivan McDonald		1956/57; 1959/60 – 1963/64; 1966/67
Women's singles	Gay Le Comte	6	1970/71 – 1975/76	[31]
	Alexandra Rout		2007/08 – 2009/10; 2014/15 – 2016/17	[88]
Pairs	Ivan McDonald [a]	7	1954/55 – 1956/57; 1958/59 – 1959/60; 1961/62 – 1962/63
Ice dance	Ivan McDonald [b]	9	1955/56 – 1957/58; 1961/62 – 1963/64; 1968/69; 971/72 – 1972/73

1. Ivan McDonald won five championship titles in pair skating while partnered with Lynne McDonald (1954/55–1956/57; 1958/59–1959/60) and two with Wendy Grafton (1961/62–1962/63).
2. Ivan McDonald won three championship titles in ice dance while partnered with Lynne McDonald (1955/56–1957/58; 1958/59–1959/60), four with Wendy Grafton (1961/62–1963/64; 1972/73), one with Christine Besley (1968/69), and one with Christine Wadsworth (1971/72).

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External links

• New Zealand Ice Figure Skating Association
• History of the New Zealand Ice Skating Association (1937–1987)
• New Zealand National Championships at Skating Scores