Adjudicators for 2020

International Guest Adjudicator – Karen Hardy -England
How fortunate are we in New Zealand to have the wonderful and talented Karen Hardy! This year due to COVID-19 we are unable to have the full international line of guest adjudicators we had invited. But one of our invited international judges just happens to live in New Zealand and we couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome Karen to the New Zealand Open.
- World Masters Professional Latin Champion.
- International Professional Latin Champion.
- United Kingdom Professional Latin Champion.
- British National Champion and many more worldwide titles to her name.
Multi award winner for her services to dance
IDTA & ISTD Qualified, Adjudicator, Winner of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, TV Personality, Inspirational Guest Speaker…& Mum of Two!!
New Zealand Adjudicators
Every year we have highly qualified and experienced adjudicators and this year is no different. We have a wonderful line up including many past champions across all three styles of dance.
Erica | Gunn | Auckland |
Murray | Bootten | Wellington |
D’Artagnan | Kennedy | Auckland |
Michael | Jonson | Hamilton |
Amanda | Allen | Auckland |
Michael | Birnie | Dunedin |
Stephanie | Bootten-Baines | Wellington |
Artur | Chizhan | Auckland |
Graeme | Davidson | Auckland |
Kiel | De Buisson | New Plymouth |
Min | Fang | Auckland |
Ricky | Hancock | Auckland |
Candy | Lane QSM | Auckland |
Viktoria | Morgan | Auckland |
Paul | Mullany | Nelson |
Michael | Nicholas | Auckland |
George | Nichols | Wellington |
Sharan | Phillips | Christchurch |
Phillip | Porter | Wellington |
Gene | Song | Auckland |
Shirley | Wall | Palmerston North |
Chairman of Adjudicators | ||
Doug | Pouwhare | Hamilton |

