NZSDC is delighted to announce who has been appointed as coaches of regional teams in 2026! Congratulations to all appointees.
Henderson Reeves Northland: Giverny Miedema & Ranudi Lelwala
Kayes Fletcher Walker Counties Manukau: Eve French (Assistant Coaches, Yuval Sela & Joel Challis)
Bankside Chambers Auckland Blue: Judy Fong & Levi Pruden (Assistant Coach, Nicholas Lum)
Bankside Chambers Auckland White: Virginia Quartermain & Sumner Hancock (Assistant Coach, Matthew Zheng)
Waikato: Tina Hille-Taylor & Jamie Pett (Assistant Coach, Riley Mitchell)
Bay of Plenty: Melissa Connolly & Zan Warren-Kazor (Assistant Coach, Alan Chen)
Sainsbury Logan & Williams Hawke’s Bay: Theo Masseurs & Peter Gedye (Assistant Coach, Stella Bloomfield)
Central North Island: Sophie Crozier, Cara Homewood, & Isobel Fraser
Wellington Gold: Lucy Jessep & Saad Aamir
Wellington Black: Georgia Barclay, Sophie Land, & Julia Randerson
Kahurangi-Marlborough: Ollie Gillespie & Jack Turnbull
Canterbury: Luke Wylie & North (Assistant Coach, Sam Allan)
Otago: Jordan Hannon & Ethan Jackson
Mee & Henry Law Southland: Sylvie Kidd & Rebecca Elder
These coaches will be training their teams in advance of the National Finals of the New Zealand Schools' Debating Championships, which will be held in Wellington on 22 to 25 May 2026.