New Zealand Schools' Debating

King’s College win Auckland Regionals

NZSDC — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:03:41 +0000

King’s College defeated Kristin School in the final of the largest ever Auckland Regional Champs over the weekend. Full report to follow.

Hastings Girls’ High win Hawke’s Bay Regionals

NZSDC — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:02:03 +0000

Hastings Girls’ High School defeated Karamu High in the Grand Final of the Hawke’s Bay Regional Champs, held at Karamu last weekend. Raphael van Workum from Karamu was the best speaker. Full report to come.

John McGlashan beat St Hilda’s to win Otago title

NZSDC — Sun, 06 May 2012 12:27:51 +0000

John McGlashan College in Dunedin emerged as winners of the Otago-Southland regional tournament for 02012, beating St Hilda’s Collegiate 2 in the Grand Final. Full report to follow.

John Paul II High win Kahurangi-Marlborough Regionals

NZSDC — Sun, 06 May 2012 12:26:06 +0000

John Paul II High School has won the Kahurangi-Marlborough Regional Debating Champs, defeating defending champs Nayland College in the Grand Final. Full report to come.

Kerikeri High School win Northland Regionals

NZSDC — Sun, 06 May 2012 12:18:26 +0000

Kerikeri High School continuned their domination of the Northland region, emerging victorious on home soil in Kerikeri last weekend. Full report to come.

Wellington College retain Wellington Regionals title

NZSDC — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 07:21:08 +0000

Wellington College defeated Queen Margaret College in the Grand Final of the Wellington Regional Schools Debating Championships this afternoon, retaining their title from 2011. Ashna Basu from Queen Margaret was the best speaker. Read the report.

Regionals 2012 Information

NZSDC — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:47:09 +0000

All schools in New Zealand will soon be sent the 2012 NZ Schools Debating Brochure which contains information on the nine Russell McVeagh regional tournaments that will be held around New Zealand in April and May.

You can download a copy of the brochure here.

The dates of the regional tournaments are below. Please note that the brochure that has been sent to schools has two errors – it lists Wellington has occuring on 5/6 May, when the correct date is 31 March/1 April (as below). It also has Northland as occurring over two days, when in fact it is just on Sunday 29 April.

Northland
29 April at Kerikeri High School.
Contact: Corrine Marti

Kahurangi / Marlborough
28/29 April at Nayland College
Contact: Max Harris and Kimberley Savill

Wellington
31 March and 1 April at Wellington College
Contact: Stephen Whittington and Duncan McLachlan

Otago / Southland
4/5 May at Otago Boys’ High School
Contact: Kurt Purdon

Auckland
12/13 May at St Kentigern College
Contact: Stephanie Thompson

Hawke’s Bay
12/13 May at Karamu High School
Contact: Jodie O’Neill and Cameron Price

Canterbury
19/20 May at a venue TBA
Contact: Sean Maskill

Central North Island
26/27 May at Palmerston North Boys’ High School
Contact: Aric Shakur

Waikato
27 May at Waikato University
Contact: Joshua Baxter

New Zealand loses Quarter-Final

NZSDC — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:30:55 +0000

The Russell McVeagh New Zealand Schools’ Debating team narrowly lost to England in the quarter-finals of the World Schools’ Debating Championships. New Zealand affirmed the motion that “This House believes that the gay rights movement should ‘out’ gay celebrities.” In a 3-2 decision, in a debate descibed as of exceptional quality and excruciatingly close, New Zealand unfortunately lost.

Well done to all the team members – Nick Orr, Ed Foley, Rayhan Langdana, Thomas Simpson, and James Penn – for their performance at Worlds. Also well done to the two coaches - Clodagh O’Connor-McKenna and Udayan Mukherjee.

The grand final will take place this evening between Scotland and Wales.

New Zealand through to Quarter-Finals

NZSDC — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:22:15 +0000

New Zealand defeated Hong Kong in a 2-1 split decision, opposing the motion that “This House would create schools to teach endangered indigenous languages.”

They face England in the quarter-finals. The result should be coming out about 11 PM this evening.

Good luck!

New Zealand through to Octo-Finals

NZSDC — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:11:31 +0000

The Russell McVeagh New Zealand Schools’ Debating Team is through to the octo-finals, after winning all eight preliminary rounds.

The final day saw them beat Swaziland in a 2-1 split decision, proposing that “This House believes that developing countries should be allowed to use child labour.” They also beat Greece in a 3-0 decision, negating the motion that “This House would entrench legally actonable socio-economic rights.”

New Zealand is one of three teams to reamin unbeaten – along with South Africa and Singapore. I am unsure precisely where they have finished, but it will be either 2nd or 3rd, meaning they will face either 15th or 14th placed respectively in their Octo-Final.

Update: New Zealand break third, and will face Hong Kong in the Octo-Final. The result for this debate should come through around 4 AM on Wednesday (New Zealand time).