... Assistance

Each province has a Referee Education Officer dedicated to assist rugby referees. They also provide a variety of refereeing resources and facilitate free referee courses.

What is a Referee Education Officer?

Referee Education Officer Contact Details

What is a Referee Education Officer?

A Referee Education Officer covers a number of provincial areas to provide education and support for community rugby referees. Their primary role is to promote and implement initiatives that increase referee recruitment, retention, training and education of referees.

The Referee Education Officer roles were created in 2001 as part of the New Zealand Rugby Union's implementation of the Referee Education Programme.

Referee Education Officer Contact Details

Click on your province below to view the contact details for the Referee Education Officer in your area:

Auckland

Bay of Plenty

Buller

Canterbury

Counties Manukau

East Coast

Hawkes Bay

Horowhenua Kapiti

King Country
Western / Eastern

Manawatu

Mid Canterbury

North Harbour

North Otago

Northland

Otago

Poverty Bay

Rugby Southland

South Canterbury

Taranaki

Thames Valley

Tasman
(Nelson and Marlborough)

Waikato

Wanganui

Wairarapa Bush

Wellington

West Coast

Northland / North Harbour

Ray Garrett
Phone: (09) 447 2111
Cellphone:  (0275) 715 583
Email:  ray@harbourrugby.co.nz

Auckland

Paul van Etten
Phone: (09) 815 5173
Cellphone:  (027) 683 9411
Email:  paul.vanetten@aucklandrugby.co.nz

Counties Manukau / Thames Valley

Kerry Petrie
Cellphone: (0274) 390 456
Email:  Kerry.petrie@steelers.co.nz

Waikato / Western King Country

Blair Collier
Phone: (07) 839 5675
Cellphone:  (021) 220 4234
Email:  blairc@mooloo.co.nz

Bay of Plenty / Eastern King Country

Matt Peters
Phone: (07) 574 2037
Cellphone:  (0294) 878 429
Email:  matt@boprugby.co.nz

Hawkes Bay / Poverty Bay / East Coast

Greg Davey
Phone: (06) 844 3334
Cellphone: (021) 244 2077
Email: greg.davey@xtra.co.nz

Taranaki / Wanganui / Manawatu

Eugene Skerrett
Phone: : (06) 357 2633
Email:
eugene.skerrett@manawaturugby.co.nz

Wellington / Wairarapa Bush / Horowhenua Kapiti

David Walsh
Cellphone: (021) 898 098
Email: david.walsh@wrfu.co.nz

Tasman / Buller / West Coast

Please contact:

Tasman Rugby Union
Phone: (03) 548 7030
Email:  enquiries@tasmanrugby.co.nz

Canterbury

Lyndon McKendry
Phone: (03) 379 8300 extn 713
Cellphone:  (027) 201 7586
Email:  Lyndon.mckendry@crfu.co.nz

Allan Stead
Phone: (03) 379 8300 x714
Cellphone:  (027) 240 8281
Email:  allan.stead@crfu.co.nz

Mid Canterbury / South Canterbury

Charlie Kelland
Phone: (03) 308 8718
Cellphone:  (027) 222 9338
Email:  reo.mcrugby@xtra.co.nz

North Otago / Otago

Please contact:

Otago Rugby Football Union
Phone: (03) 466 4010
Email:  orfu@orfu.co.nz

Southland

Tony Kelly
Phone: (03) 216 8694
Cellphone:  (027) 212 6867
Email: tonyk@rugbysouthland.co.nz