Anyone who is a financial member of WENZ Inc may (as either an individual or as part of a group/committee) organise a training/coaching day or competition in their local area.

Please note that for this event to be covered by our public liability and indemnity insurance and subject to all the other benefits of being a member of WENZ Inc., your event must be accredited with (run on behalf of) WENZ Inc.

WENZ affiliated events are required to follow the Health & Safety requirements which we have condensed into a Health & Safety Toolkit.  Within this Toolkit is a form that must be sent to the WENZ Inc Health & Safety Coordinator, to register your event prior to the start of the event in order to be eligible for coverage under the WENZ insurance policy.  Your event will then be added to our Event Register and the checklist confirms that your event is compliant with WENZ Inc guidelines, policies and procedures

Please see the Member Resources page (Members Only) for the Event Organiser Handbook and the latest versions of forms to facilitate your event.

WENZ Accredited Judges

The following table shows available judges information.

Judge	Area	EOH	Flatwork	Email
Sarah Blackburn	Canterbury	Y	Y	mail@blackburnequitation.co.nz
Belinda Rodriguez	Canterbury	Y	Y	belinda.rodriguez.nz@gmail.com
Vic Nelson	South Canterbury	Y	Y	vicnelson@hotmail.com
Maggie Lees	Bay of Plenty	Y		4maggielees@gmail.com
Kelly Pitts	Marlborough		Y	kel_bailey@hotmail.com
Lucy Scott	Manawatu	Y		lucyscottworkingeq@gmail.com
Betty Whyte	Marlborough	Y	Y	abwhyte@xtra.co.nz
Maree McAteer	Northland	Y	Y	mareemcateer2013@gmail.com
Emma Kay	Franklin	Y	Y	emma@essentiequine.com
Rosalie Haddock	Franklin	Y	Y	huntoverfarm@xtra.co.nz
Kim Cram	Auckland	Y	Y	kimfalkenhaug@yahoo.co.nz
Jody Hartstone	Waikato	Y	Y	jody@hartstoneequestrian.com
Paulina Mudgway	Kapiti	Y	Y	kapitiworkingequitation@gmail.com
David Jackson	Franklin	Y	Y	Davidjackson1@xtra.co.nz
Phillipa Fourie	Franklin	Y		philippa.fourie@xtra.co.nz
Melanie Creed	Auckland	Y	Y	starlight@inorbit.com
Jo Bard	Waikato	Y	Y	jo.bard16@gmail.com

Notes for Judges

A learner judge – shadow judging or writing at a minimum of three WE competitions per year. If you are interested in being added to our Learner judges list and being included in all communication re. Education and clinics, please email us at workingeqnz@gmail.com.

An Accredited judge – judging at a minimum of three WE competitions per year and having passed accreditation exams. One of the judging occasions may include shadow judging or writing for a senior judge.

All judges must pay the WENZ membership fee annually, and successfully complete an open rulebook test within a minimum score of 90%. Attendance of a WENZ Judges Education Clinic (in person or online) and successful completion of a Judge Examination at a minimum of every 24 months is also required.

All WENZ judges must adhere to the WENZ Code of Conduct, all WENZ policies, rules and regulations, the current approved versions of the WENZ WE Rulebook, and the FEI Code of Conduct for the Welfare of the Horse applying it to all WENZ activities.