Rising Star of the Year 2025

No. 1

• Whippet
  Arjuna Rebel Rebel (Libby Clarke) (50)
• Bull Terrier
  Bramble Gangstas Advocate at Lojo (P Graham & L Prendergast) (50)

No. 2

• German Shepherd Dog
  Oakway Reality Check (R & L Halliwell) (20)
• Irish Setter
  NZ Ch Lanascol Let The Music Play (Carolyn Cederman) (20)
• Bichon Frise
  Joyau Eyes Are On Me (Anne Batiste) (20)
• Boxer
  Kadence Stash DaBling (Aynsley Downie) (20)
• Welsh Corgi (Cardigan)
  Copperleaf Wish On A Star (Pamela J Hickey) (20)
• French Bulldog
  Frenwhip Hit The Jackpot (Andrea Walden & Donna Tolladay) (20)
• Great Dane
  Chieftainess Acadian at Lapsewood (Gary Withers) (20)
• Portuguese Water Dog
  Templegate Sargent Pepper (Scott Sandford) (20)
• Afghan Hound
  NZ Ch Black Velvet At Farrah (Tracy Locke) (20)
• Dachshund (Miniature Smooth Haired)
  Malachi Step Aside Boys (L Bray) (20)
• Tibetan Spaniel
  Ktrio Try N Rain On My Thunda (Jane Burke) (20)

No. 3

• Whippet
  Arcon Taste Of Diamonds (Anita Henderson) (5)
• Basset Hound
  Bayparque Knuckle Bones (Erika Watson) (5)
• Basset Hound
  Bayparque Jolly Judge (Jill Brooker) (5)
• Dachshund (Miniature Long Haired)
  Misty Dale Milady Splashback at Malachi (L Bray & R Williams) (5)
• Rottweiler
  Waitiro Sub Zero (Cathy Duder) (5)
• Australian Shepherd
  Am Gr Ch Ukulunga's Watermelon Moonshine Of Sublime (Imp USA) (B Falconer) (5)
• Weimaraner
  Waldwieze Girl Gone Wild at Weizwaze (Julie Rumsey) (5)
• Rhodesian Ridgeback
  NZ Ch Usakose Do What You Do Do Well At Jahari (Y Burroughs) (5)
• Rhodesian Ridgeback
  Jahari A Star Is Born (Yvette Burroughs) (5)
• Samoyed
  NZ Ch Kalisa Holding Out For A Hero (E Clausen & J Kernohan) (5)
• Samoyed
  NZ Ch Kalisa Holding Onto The Light (E Clausen & J Kernohan) (5)
• Dachshund (Miniature Long Haired)
  NZ Ch Misty Dale Midnite Gambler (Robyn Williams) (5)
• Jack Russell Terrier
  Lynmar It's Just Got Spirit (Linda C Strongman) (5)
• Xoloitzcuintle (Standard)
  Amasa The Black Knight at Koruridge (Elizabeth and Tivon Coles) (5)
• Bulldog
  Sivadbullys Lil Rascal (B Davis & N Davis) (5)
• Rottweiler
  NZ Ch Amajah Red Rose (Sharlene Storey) (5)
• Rottweiler
  Runciman Born To Reign (Mary Pearce) (5)
• Collie (Rough)
  NZ Ch Pembrokehill Made You Look (Claire Bish) (5)
• French Bulldog
  NZ Ch Frenwhip Love In A Photograph (Andrea Walden) (5)
• Labrador Retriever
  Croftsway Times Square (Julie Bedford) (5)
• Tibetan Spaniel
  Jenang Autumn Khyssiz (Janet McAleer) (5)
• Cairn Terrier
  Oakway Dreams From Heaven (R & L Halliwell) (5)
• Basset Hound
  NZ Ch Bayparque Hide N Seek (Lonay Price) (5)
• Boxer
  Kadence Stryke It (Aynsley Downie) (5)
• Japanese Spitz
  Albra Love Her Madly (Bianka Mawkes) (5)
• Cairn Terrier
  Oakway Anythings Possible (Lenore Halliwell) (5)
• White Swiss Shepherd Dog
  Saffioraire Gives You Hell with Eishund (AI) (Imp Aust) (Nathalie Sperling) (5)
• Fox Terrier (Wire)
  Evahill Vino Rosso (Jude Campbell) (5)