Public feedback is now open on applicants from who have applied to coach or assistant coach regional teams in 2025.
The community feedback process is not concerned with a candidate’s skill but rather their conduct. In particular, the New Zealand Schools’ Debating Council are interested in any feedback members of the community may have with regard to the candidate’s past performance as a coach or judge of school students, or any other relevant concerns regarding their behaviour around children.
The applicants to coach or assistant coach regional teams are as follows:
Upper North Island
- Clara Ballantyne
- Eve French
- Giverny Miedema
- Grace Baylis
- Harry Aickin
- James Boland
- Jamie Pett
- Joe Howells
- Juan Koti
- Judy Fong
- Levi Pruden
- Luca Ririnui
- Melissa Connolly
- Ranudi Lelwala
- Robert Hoskins
- Tiana Mayo
- Tina Hille-Taylor
- Virginia Quartermain
- Zan Warren-Kazor
Lower North Island
- Becs Cadenhead
- Cara Homewood
- Ethan Foster
- Hollie Anderson
- Isobel Fraser
- Jack Turnbull
- Lucy Jessep
- North
- Oliver Gillespie
- Olivia Simpson
- Peter Gedye
- Peter Lang
- Riley Hoet
- Saad Aamir
- Sarah Mackenzie
- Sophie Crozier
- Xandi Cooke
South Island
- Abby Bowmar
- Cam Fraser
- Ethan Jackson
- Joni Lester
- Jordan Hannon
- Luke Wylie
- Rebecca Elder
- Sophie Bowmar
- Sylvie Kidd
Please email any relevant feedback to president@debating.org.nz by 6pm on Tuesday 11 February.
Please note that this is not an opportunity to provide general feedback about the applicants, as might be the case in respect of applications to be on a University adjudication core.