Upcoming NZ Campaigns: 

2026 World Championships: Duidburg, Germany 15-20 Sepetember

2027 Oceania Championship: New Zealand (likely Easter)

2026 World Championships coaching applications

​​​​​​​World Championships coaches:

Senior Men Head Coach Position Description

Senior Men Assistant Coach Position Description

U21 Women Team Coach Position Description

U21 Women Assistant Coach Position Description

NZ Coach Application Form

applicants will be interviewed by our appointments panel and then the successful candidates will appointed by the Executive Director and/or Board of Directors. 

World Championships managers:

We are also asking for Expressions of Interest for manager roles for the U21 Women and the Senior Men. 

Expression of Interest form

Managers Handbook: this resource is constantly updated however if give you an idea of what our managers do. 

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Applications to be completed and returned by email to the Executive Director at nzcpaexecdirector@gmail.com by 2nd October 2025

2024 World Championships Team Selections

Junior Paddle Ferns:

1 Hayley Austin

2 Hannah Hunt (vc)

3 Amy Alexander

4 Grace Henricksen

5 Kaitlyn Adams

6 Kayla Carne

7 Ellery Nielsen

8 Meaghan Broad (c)


Non traveling reserves 

Rebecca Davis

Sophia Coram-O'kane


Paddle Ferns:

1 Casey Hales

2 Klara Richter

3 Kate Blincoe (c)

4 Georgia Wheeler 

5 Tania Dugdale (vc)

6 Ava White

7 Alyssa Shepherd 

8 Emma Taylor


Non-travelling reserves:

Jessica Azevedo-Leader 

Julie Bolton 

Mya Mataki-Wilson 


Paddle Blacks:

1 Alex Lowen (Capt)
2 Connor Taylor
3 Rod McDonald
4 Phillip Massarotto
5 Anthony Massarotto
7 Marshall Norbitt
8 Liam Frost
10 Cole Hawkins (VC)


Non-travelling reserves:
Nick Martin
Jacob McLaughlin


Coach: Andrew Candy
Manager: Ainsley Massarotto


U21 Paddle Blacks:

1 Tyler Walters
2 Kai Alcock
3 Liam McEwan
4 Stevan Hamblyn
5 Luke Shepherd
6 Jack Brooks
7 Jadyn Field
8 Scott Gray
9 Tom Hawinkels

Coach: Oliver Morritt
Manager: Meryn Hinton

New Zealand Selected Teams - Oceania 2023

Paddle Blacks - Senior Men's A Team

Liam Frost

Alex Lowen

Anto Massarotto

Phil Massarotto

Marshall Norbitt

Connor Taylor

Josh Vivian

Paddle Ferns - Senior Women's Team

Jessica Azevedo-Leader

Casey Hales

Millie Hannam

Mya Mataki-Wilson

Alyssa Shepherd (c)

Georgia Wheeler

Ava White

Paddle Blacks - Senior Men's B Team

Joe Easley

James Gilroy

Canon Larsen

Nick Martin

Rod McDonald

Vincent Prigent

Matt Sawyer

Adriaan Steyn

Junior Paddle Blacks - U21 Men's A Team

Jago Alcock (C)

Kai Alcock

Jack Brookes

Jadyn Field

Scott Gray

Jacob McLaughlin

Luke Shepherd

Tyler Walters (VC)

Junior Paddle Ferns - U21 Women's A Team

Ellery Nielsen

Grace Henricksen

Hannah Hunt (VC)

Hayley Austin

Kaitlyn Adams

Meaghan Broad (C)

Rebecca Davis

Sophia Coram-O'Kane

Junior Paddle Blacks - U21 Men's B Team

​​​​​​​William Broderick

Reuben Brown

Ben Dunbar

Cameron Gemmell (VC)

Stevan Hamblyn (C)

Beau Heibner

Noah Jensen


Junior Paddle Ferns - U21 Women's B Team

Holly Andrews (C)

Jordan Dunford

Katie Donnelly

Lara Carson (VC)

Sophie Hazelwood

Sophie Tasker

Zoe Dunbar

Junior Paddle Blacks - U18 Men's A Team

Bowen Abraham

Thomas Bishop

Rylin Glenny

Sam Hawinkels

Tom Hawinkels (VC)

George Hunt

Liam McEwan (C)

Khan Smith

Junior Paddle Ferns - U18 Women's A Team

Amy Alexander (VC)

Charlotte Connell

Eila Donaghy

Abby Jacob

Elleanor King

Meg Ronberg

Jordy Thompson

Mackenzie True (C)

Junior Paddle Blacks - U18 Men's B Team

Oliver Arcus

Blaise Coulbeck

Alec Cresswell

Tobey Hughes

Ben Pettersson

Thomas Roberts

Liam Tane-Foulds

Brandon Weston

Junior Paddle Ferns - U18 Women's B Team​​​​​​​

Mikylah Stewart-Thomas (VC)

Holly McLaughlin

Annabelle Paddison

Seanna Bennitt

Sophia Pinkney

Annabel Koko-Price (C)

Elise Teddy

Tayla Hook

Master's A Team - 35+  (Competing in the Senior Men’s category)

Anthony Barendsen-Vernooij

Mike Cook

Jason Dalziell

James Mitchell

Karl Reece

Justin Tate

Mike Taylor (C)

Vet's Team - 45+

John Frost

Carl Massarotto (VC)

Greg Sawyer

Jeremy Hearn

Jan Adriaan Steyn

Aaron Vazey

Stacey Verner (C)

Peter Housiaux

Master's B Team - 35+ (Competing in the +45 Category but unable to medal)

Gavin Brunton

Jay Burgess (VC)

Cameron Butler (C)

Anthony Nicholls (VC)

Marchy Pang

Jonathan Persson

2023 Oceania Championships  and 2024 World Championships Coaching and Managers Team


NZCPA are pleased to announce our Coaching Team for 2023 Oceania and 2024 World Championships. 

Our head coaching staff are as follows:

  • Senior Women: Andrew McFadzean

  • Senior Men: Andy Candy

  • U21 Men: Oliver Morritt

  • U21 Women: Callum Wilde


  • They will be assisted in their roles by:

  • Senior Women Assistant Coach: Emma Sutherland

  • Senior Men Assistant Coach: TBC

  • U21 Men Assistant Coach: Carl Massarotto

  • U21 Women Assistant Coach: Hayley Cameron


Our U18 Oceania Coaching staff are as follows:

  • U18 women’s coach: Kate Blincoe

  • U18 assistant women’s coach: John Frost

  • U18 men’s coach: Ben Colman

  • U18 assistant men’s coach: Josh Gray


Our Masters/Vets Oceania Coaching staff are as follows:

  • Mens Vets Head Coach: Harry Dickons


NZCPA are pleased to announce our Managers Team for 2023 Oceania and 2024 World Championships. 

Our Senior teams managers are:

  • Senior Men manager: Ainsley Massarotto
  • Senior Women manager: Jannell Eade

Our U21 Managers are as follows:

  • U21M A team manager: Meryn Hinton
  • U21M B team manager: Tracey Brookes
  • U21W A team manager: Grainne Kelly
  • U21W B team manager: Laureen King

Our U18 Oceania Managers are as Follows:

  • U18M A team manager: Sharyn Heibner
  • U18M B team manager: Elizabeth Marama
  • U18W A team manager: Bronwyn Jensen
  • U18W B team manager:​​​​​​ Anna Hocquard

Our Master's and Vet's Oceania Managers are as follows:

  • Vet's manager: Paul Dickons

Closed Applications

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