Archive for August, 2010
Nationals Media Coverage
There’s been a range of articles in regional and national newspapers following Nationals.
The Manawatu Standard did a profile on new NZ Team member Aric Shakur – to read it.
The Otago Daily Times also profiled the new NZ Team Captain, Kieran Bunn. for that.
A small article on p 2 of the Dominion Post the day after the final:
And finally a small article in The Press, also the day after the final.
Nationals 2010 Results
Here are the full list of results from Nationals 2010. Click here for a full report.
Winners: Wellington Black
James Gavey (Scots College)
Thomas Mitchell (Wellington College)
Duncan McLachlan (Wellington College)
Coaches: Clodagh O’Connor-McKenna and Stephen Whittington
Runners-Up: Auckland Blue
Nick Orr (Auckland Grammar School)
Jessica Storey (St Cuthbert’s College)
Frederick Thursfield (King’s College)
Coaches: Stephanie Thompson and Glenn Riddell
Highly Commended speakers:
Olivia Hall (St Cuthbert’s College)
Jessica Storey (St Cuthbert’s College)
Cameron Price (Napier Boys’ High School)
Rosemary Dixon Cup for the Most Promising Speaker:
Kimberley Savill (Nayland College)
2010 Russell McVeagh New Zealand Schools’ Debating Team:
Kieran Bunn (Logan Park High School)
Nick Orr (Auckland Grammar School)
Duncan McLachlan (Wellington College)
Aric Shakur (Palmerston North Boys’ High School)
Sophie Boot (Christchurch Girls’ High School)
Russell McVeagh Cup for the Best Speaker at the 2010 National Championships:
Kieran Bunn
Andrew Stockley Cup for the Captain of the 2010 Russell McVeagh New Zealand Schools’ Debating Team:
Kieran Bunn
And some photos (courtesy of the Office of the Governor-General)
And an article about the best speaker in the Otago Daily Times is
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Wellington wins New Zealand Schools Debating Champs
The final was the culmination of a weekend of debating between thirty six of New Zealand’s top secondary school students at Victoria University of Wellington.
Teams from Wellington, Auckland, Canterbury, Otago-Southland, Hawke’s Bay, Northland, Central North Island, Waikato and Nelson-Marlborough took part in five preliminary rounds of debates, confronting such issues as whether euthanasia should be legalised, whether tertiary education should be free, and if prisons should be privatised.
Students found out the topics and what side they were to argue only one hour before the debate.
The best five speakers at the tournament were named as members of the Russell McVeagh New Zealand Schools’ Debating Team, which will represent New Zealand at an international tournament in early 2011.
The Russell McVeagh New Zealand Schools’ Debating Championships have been held annually since 1988 and are recognised as the country’s most prestigious school debating competition. The Championships are sponsored by Russell McVeagh.
National Champs start today
Press release just issued
NZ’s top student debaters to confront alcohol law reform
Thirty six of New Zealand’s top secondary school debaters will gather in Wellington this weekend for the National Finals of the Russell McVeagh New Zealand Schools Debating Championships, hosted by Victoria University of Wellington.
Teams from Wellington, Auckland, Canterbury, Otago-Southland, Hawke’s Bay, Northland, Central North Island, Waikato and Nelson-Marlborough will take part in five preliminary rounds of debates over the weekend at Victoria University of Wellington’s Law School.
Students will only find out the topic and what side they are to argue one hour before the debate.
The Grand Final between the top two teams at the Championships will take place in the Legislative Council Chamber at Parliament on Monday 9 August at 10am, hosted by Hon Peter Dunne, and attended by the Governor-General.
The motion for the Grand Final is the highly topical “That we should ban all forms of alcohol advertising”
The New Zealand Drug Foundation and Alcohol Advisory Council are partnering with the Championships this year and the topic reflects their support of well-informed debate about drug issues in New Zealand.
Christopher Bishop, the President of the New Zealand Schools’ Debating Council which organises the tournament, said that the final topic should make for a great debate in a highly appropriate setting.
“The Law Commission’s report on alcohol use in New Zealand has kick-started a debate about our drinking culture and it will be fascinating to see what arguments New Zealand’s brightest young minds make for and against the motion”, he said.
Wellington are the defending champions.
The best five speakers at the tournament will be named as members of the Russell McVeagh New Zealand Schools’ Debating Team and represent New Zealand at an international tournament in early 2011.
The Russell McVeagh New Zealand Schools’ Debating Championships have been held annually since 1988 and are recognised as the country’s most prestigious school debating competition.
Members of the public and media are invited to watch the debating action at the Victoria University Law School this weekend. A full timetable of when and where the rounds are on can be found at www.debating.org.nz.
For more information, please contact the President of the Council, Christopher Bishop, on 027 683 8993 or president@debating.org.nz