Worlds

Summer development culminates in victory at Western WSDC

This year the New Zealand Schools’ Debating Council ran a summer development programme consisting of sixteen year 11/12 students who attended the 2023 National Finals. The sixteen students were split into 3 teams: Northern (coached by Harper Smith and Sharuka Wikramanayake); Central (coached by Ailidh Leslie); Southern (coached by Tony Huang and Yeonwoo Sim). Council …

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Applications to coach the New Zealand Schools’ Debating Team now open

Deadline for applications now extended to 6pm on 10 March 2024! The New Zealand Schools’ Debating Council will be sending a team to the World Schools’ Debating Championships in Belgrade, Serbia between 16 July 2024 and 26 July 2024. The New Zealand Schools’ Debating Council is excited to open formal applications to: coach the team; …

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