The runner-up team at the NZIER National Finals of the NZIER New Zealand Schools’ Debating Championships receives the New Zealand Universities’ Trophy, inscribed as follows:
The New Zealand Universities’ Trophy
Presented by the New Zealand Universities’ Debating Council in 1988
2021 – Hawke’s Bay
Edward (Ned) Brougham (Lindisfarne College)
Keelan Heesterman (Karamu High School)
Emilie Horsfall (Havelock North High School)
Coaches: Sam O’Grady, Brooke Kinajil-Moran & Frankie Gross
2020 – Auckland White
Friederike Voit (Rangitoto College)
Millie Caughey (St Cuthbert’s College)
Jack Sandelin (Auckland Grammar School)
Coaches: Grace Belworthy, Lucy Harrison, Harper Smith
2019 – Auckland Blue
Millie Caughey (St Cuthbert’s College)
Mitchell Palmer (Auckland Grammar School)
Kyus Rodger (Lynfield College)
Coach: Chris Ryan
2018 – Otago-Southland
Lydia Joseph (Columba College)
Bridget Scott (Columba College)
Sabrina Swerdloff (Otago Girls’ High School)
Coaches: Joe Ascroft & Emily Williams
2017 – Auckland White
Geneva Roy (Kings College)
Karan Kalsi (Lynfield College)
Piper Whitehead (Diocesan School for Girls)
Coaches: Hamish Saunders & Lucy Harrison
2016 – Auckland White
Geneva Roy (Kings College)
Karan Kalsi (Lynfield College)
Zachary Wong (Macleans College)
Coaches: Hamish Saunders & Lucy Harrison
2015 – Auckland White
Liam Rawlings (Westlake Boys’ High School)
Karan Kalsi (Lynfield College)
Sookyung Choi (St Cuthbert’s College)
Coaches: Edward Foley & James Penn
2014 – Auckland Blue
Hannah Schubert Jones (Diocesan School for Girls)
Harrison Fookes (Sacred Heart College)
Arun Prakash (St Kentigern College)
Coaches: Paul Smith & Lucy Harrison
2013 – Auckland Blue
James Rankin (Westlake Boys’ High School)
Andrew Winstanley (Auckland Grammar School)
Kayla Polamalu (St Mary’s College)
Coaches: Paul Smith & James Penn
2012 – Wellington Black
Oscar Shaw
Edward Foley (Wellington College)
Jemima Lomax-Sawyers
Coaches: Stephen Whittington, Duncan McLachlan
2011 – Auckland Blue
Nick Orr (Auckland Grammar School)
Frederick Thursfield (Kings College)
Ishika Jayasinghe (St Cuthbert’s College)
Coaches: Stephanie Thompson, Glenn Riddell
2010 – Auckland Blue
Nick Orr (Auckland Grammar School)
Jessica Storey (St Cuthbert’s College)
Frederick Thursfield (Kings College)
Coaches: Stephanie Thompson, Glenn Riddell
2009 – Wellington Gold
Nick Cross
Julia Wells
Jasmin Moran
Coaches: Kathy Scott-Dowell, Seb Templeton
2008 – Wellington Gold
Holly Jenkins
Julia Wells
Johanna McDavitt
Coaches: Clodagh O’Connor-McKenna, Kathy Scott-Dowell
2007 – Auckland Blue
Sam George
Sam Bookman
Stephanie Thompson
Coaches: Desley Horton, Glenn Riddell
2006 – Wellington Gold
Sam Ward
Sophie Hamer
Richard D’Ath
Coach: Stephen Whittington
2005 – Wellington Blue
Heath Hutton
Tim Duignan
Ioana Gordon-Smith
Coach: Ranald Clouston
2004 – Auckland Blue
Chris Foulkes
Hein Maung
David Merry
Coach: Jonathan Orpin
2003 – Waikato
Henry Clayton
David Koedyk
Elliot O’Brien
Coach: Jonathan Orpin
2002 – Canterbury Black
Jeremy Johnson
Julia Whitehead
Richard Flanagan
Coach: Hamish Flanagan
2001 – Canterbury Black
Jacob Mattingley
Jeremy Johnson
Jenna Rennie
Coach: Mark Bradley
2000 – Auckland White
James Townshend
Miwah Van
Paul Paterson
Coach: Hayden Ryan
1999 – Auckland
Isaac Hikaka
Warren Bangma
Jesse Wilson
Coach: Sacha Judd
1998 – Auckland
Francis Reid
Nikki Willis
Jesse Wilson
1997 – Canterbury Blue
Anna Pilbrow
Brian Cuddy
Hamish Flanagan
Coach: Nicholas Flanagan
1996 – Wellington Blue
Antonia Reid
Angela Ballantyne
Jonathan Walbridge
Coaches: Rachel Smithies and Don Stevens
1995 – Wellington
Sarah Barnett
Angela Ballantyne
Jonathan Walbridge
1994 – Canterbury/Auckland
Nicholas Flanagan
Julianne Platt
Hayden Ryan
1993 – Wellington Black
Hamish Finlay
Rowan Simpson
Jane Friel
Coach: Fyvie Murray
1992 – Wellington Gold
Jennifer Stevens
Mark Crofskey
Vina Araiti
Coach: Noeline Hannan
1991 – Wellington Green
Brendan Cash
Geoffrey Glynan
Richard Suhr
Coach: Fyvie Murray
1990 – Wellington
Brendan Cash
Elizabeth Hall
Richard Suhr
1989 – Canterbury
Imogen Dickie
Harriet Gray
Kendell Crossen
1988 – Canterbury
Julian Rayner
Andru Isac
Michael MacAskill