New Zealand Tag Referees Association

25/11/2025

Congratulations to the Following NZ and Australian Referees who have been selected to Referee at the Senior Oceania 6-7 December 2025:

Keven AhKen
Brandon Tasker
Nigel Williams
Hemz Ryan
David Millar
Maxine Godinet
Brent Newton
Ngaone Sefo
Oliver Broadhead
Wills Toelau
Colin Nepson Jnr
Andrew Pye
Ben Baker
Jamie Ball
Josh Ball
Lachlan Brooks
Robert Raymond
Taylor Ball
Tyrone Jr Okesene
Will Batchelor
Raymond Dent (Ref/ Assessor)
Willie Toelau (Director)
Karl Anthony Vasau (NZ Coordinator)
Simon Tasker (Assessor)
Chris Eagle (Assessor)
Angela Toelau
April Spencer

27/11/2024

Hi Team, congratulations to the following Referees and officials who have been selected to referee at the Pac6 NZTFI Tournament at Ngati Otara Park 6-8 December 2024:

REFEREES
1. Brent N
2. David M
3. Mina N
4. Brandon T
5. Chris E
6. Colin N
7. Oliver B
8. Sefo N
9. Nigel W
10. Dion G
11. Taura T
12. Abel M
13. Lau P
14. Ian C
15. Kevin A
16. Miss P

ASSESSORS:
1. Simon T
2. Brendan T

REFEREE ADMIN:
1. April
2. Lua

APPOINTEES:
1. Willie T
2. Karl V

All selected referees will receive their new White on-field uniform but must also bring their Pinks. Off field uniform for referees is your black shorts, teal off-field polo shirts, black track suit jacket and grey or black NZTFI hats. Roll call on the first day is 8am. If you have any questions or queries in regards to your selection please contact Karl Vasau (021859888) or myself (0211000618)

Willie Toelau
(NZTFI Referee Director)

27/11/2024

Referee Selections and details for Junior Nationals 13-15 December 2024 will be coming out this week - Karl Vasau (NZTFI Referee Coordinator)

19/11/2024

Change of venue for referee clinic this Saturday 23 November - Mangere East Rugby League 9am 👍👍👍

07/11/2024

Let’s see as many of our current and new referees attending as possible …

27/01/2024

Hi everyone … we are requiring another big number of referees for the Junior Oceania 8-10 March at Bruce Pulman … if you are keen to be considered please let me know - Karl NZTFI Referee Coordinator 021859888

08/01/2024

Hey guys … hope your Christmas and New Year celebrations were joyous and festive … time to start doing a few laps if you haven’t already done so because of these 2 bigs tournaments in March 2024 … details to follow …

05/12/2023

It was great having our Queensland OZTAG Referees attend the NZTFI Junior Tag Nationals 2023 held at Bruce Pullman Park.

Thank you to these two gentlemen Fatu & Ray for having the initiative as part of their referee development program to selecting Development referees to give them an experience to officiate in another country.

We do it all over again next weekend at the Senior Oceania Cup this time NSW OZTAG Referees have been invited along with Queensland.

02/09/2023

Congratulations to the class of 2023 1st-3rd Year Referees at the ARLRA Prize Giving Awards tonight at Alexander Park.
* Will Toelau
* Poriau Uamaki
* Sefo Ngaone
* Moses Ripia
* Gabriel Thompson

06/03/2022

Proposed International Tag Series Tournament November 11-13 2022 at Bruce Pulman Park, Takanini … The tournaments will run concurrently in Australia, NZ and Ireland hosting heritage nations and contingents within each country in an international tag series tournament. This was brought about by the ITF’s postponement of the 2021 Tag World Cup and continued issues with the Global covid crisis … watch this space 🤞👍👍

09/02/2022

06/01/2022

Happy New Year Everyone … here are the dates for the up coming Referee Clinics:

- Sunday 23 January
- Sunday 13 February
- Sunday 27 February
- Sunday 13 March

All Clinics are at Rowandale School and start at 8:30am-12pm

Referees who wish to be considered for selection at the Junior and Senior Nationals must attend at least 2 of these clinics.

Referees outside of Auckland who cannot make these need to attend a workshop their Regional Coordinator will hold (details to follow).

Any queries or questions please contact me (021859888) or Willie (0211000618)