New Zealand Schools’ Debating

Here are the results of the debates held today.

ROUND FOUR: Hastings, Tuesday 15 February at 11am

Prepared Debate: This House believes central banks should be directly elected by the people

USA A v Canada West
USA B v India
New Zealand Development v Australia
Canada East v Malaysia
New Zealand v South Korea

ROUND FIVE: Napier, Tuesday 15 February at 2pm

Prepared Debate: This House believes China should abolish restrictions on the number of children a family is allowed to have

Australia v USA B
Canada East v South Korea
Canada West v India
Malaysia v New Zealand
USA A v New Zealand Development

And here’s the leaderboard after five rounds:

New Zealand 5
Australia 5
Canada East 3
Canada West 3
India 3
New Zealand Development 2
USA A 2
USA B 1
Malaysia 0
South Korea 1

Here are the results of round 3 of the Tour, held in Palmerston North this afternoon.

This House believes university students should pay the full costs of their education

USA B v Canada West at Palmerston North Boys’ High School
Canada East v New Zealand at Palmerston North Boys’ High School
New Zealand Development v Malaysia at St Peter’s College
USA A v India at St Peter’s College
Australia v South Korea at St Peter’s College

Here’s the leaderboard after three rounds:

New Zealand 3
Australia 3
Canada East 2
New Zealand Development 2
India 2
USA B 1
USA A 1
Canada West 1
Malaysia 0
South Korea 0

Here are the details for tomorrow’s debates:

ROUND FOUR: Hastings, Tuesday 15 February at 11am

Format of debate: Prepared – This House believes central banks should be directly elected by the people

USA A v Canada West at Lindisfarne College
USA B v India at Lindisfarne College
New Zealand Development v Australia at St John’s College
Canada East v Malaysia at St John’s College
New Zealand v South Korea at St John’s College

All debates will start at 11am.

ROUND FIVE: Napier, Tuesday 15 February at 2pm

Format of debate: Prepared – This House believes China should abolish restrictions on the number of children a family is allowed to have

Australia v USA B at Napier Boys’ High School
Canada East v South Korea at Napier Boys’ High School
Canada West v India at Napier Boys’ High School
Malaysia v New Zealand at Napier Boys’ High School
USA A v New Zealand Development at Napier Boys’ High School

All debates will start at 2pm.

Here are the results from Round Two this morning, held in Wellington.

South Korea v USA B at Samuel Marsden Collegiate School
New Zealand Development v Canada East at Samuel Marsden Collegiate School
Malaysia v USA A at Wellington College
India v Australia at Wellington College
Canada West v New Zealand at Wellington College

Here’s the leaderboard after two rounds.

New Zealand 2
Australia 2
Canada East 2
India 1
New Zealand Development 1
USA B 1
USA A 1
Canada West 0
Malaysia 0
South Korea 0

The teams are now on their way to Palmerston North for round three.

Here are some photos from the start of the International Tour.

Here are the results from Round One of the International Tour, held in Wellington this morning. Winners in bold below.

Topic: This House would require as many hours of women’s sport on television as men’s sport

South Korea v New Zealand Development
New Zealand v USA B
Canada West v Australia
USA A v Canada East
Malaysia v India

Leaderboard after round one:

New Zealand 1
Australia 1
Canada East 1
India 1
New Zealand Development 1
USA B 0
Canada West 0
USA A 0
Malaysia 0
South Korea 0

If you’re interested in going along to watch the debates on the International Tour, here are the details of where each round is being held.

Results from each round will be available on this website soon after the round is finished.

ROUND ONE: Wellington, Sunday 13 February at 11am

Format of debate: Impromptu

South Korea v New Zealand Development
New Zealand v USA B
Canada West v Australia
USA A v Canada East
Malaysia v India

All debates will be held at Scots College. Preparation for the teams will start at 10am and the debates will start at 11am.

ROUND TWO: Wellington, Monday 14 February at 9.30am

Format of Debate: Prepared topic – This House believes that Wikileaks is good for the world

South Korea v USA B at Samuel Marsden Collegiate School
New Zealand Development v Canada East at Samuel Marsden Collegiate School
Malaysia v USA A at Wellington College
India v Australia at Wellington College
Canada West v New Zealand at Wellington College

All debates will start at 9.30am.

ROUND THREE: Palmerston North, Monday 14 February at 2.30pm

Format of debate: Impromptu

USA B v Canada West at Palmerston North Boys’ High School
Canada East v New Zealand at Palmerston North Boys’ High School
New Zealand Development v Malaysia at St Peter’s College
USA A v India at St Peter’s College
Australia v South Korea at St Peter’s College

Preparation for the teams will start at 1.30pm and the debates will start at 2.30pm.

ROUND FOUR: Hastings, Tuesday 15 February at 11am

Format of debate: Prepared – This House believes central banks should be directly elected by the people

USA A v Canada West at Lindisfarne College
USA B v India at Lindisfarne College
New Zealand Development v Australia at St John’s College
Canada East v Malaysia at St John’s College
New Zealand v South Korea at St John’s College

All debates will start at 11am.

ROUND FIVE: Napier, Tuesday 15 February at 2pm

Format of debate: Prepared – This House believes China should abolish restrictions on the number of children a family is allowed to have

Australia v USA B at Napier Boys’ High School
Canada East v South Korea at Napier Boys’ High School
Canada West v India at Napier Boys’ High School
Malaysia v New Zealand at Napier Boys’ High School
USA A v New Zealand Development at Napier Boys’ High School

All debates will start at 2pm.

ROUND SIX: Rotorua/Tauranga, Wednesday 16 February at 1pm.

Format of debate: Impromptu

Canada West v Malaysia at John Paul College
South Korea v USA A at Rotorua Girls’ High School
India v Canada East at John Paul College
New Zealand v Australia at Rotorua Boys’ High School
USA B v New Zealand Development at Mokoia Intermediate

Preparation for the teams will start at 12pm and the debates will start at 1pm.

ROUND SEVEN: Hamilton, Thursday 17 February at 1pm

Format of debate: Impromptu

Canada East v USA B at Hillcrest High School
India v New Zealand at St John’s College
Australia v USA A at Hamilton Boys’ High School
Malaysia v South Korea at Sacred Heart Girls’ College
New Zealand Development v Canada West at St Paul’s Collegiate

Preparation for the teams will start at 12pm and the debates will start at 1pm.

ROUND EIGHT: Whangarei, Friday 18 February at 11am

Format of debate: Prepared – This House would ban the solitary confinement of prisoners

USA B v Malaysia at Whangarei Girls’ High School
India v New Zealand Development at Whangarei Girls’ High School
New Zealand v USA A at Whangarei Girls’ High School
South Korea v Canada West at Whangarei Girls’ High School
Australia v Canada East at Whangarei Girls’ High School

All debates will start at 11am.

SEMI-FINALS: Auckland, Saturday 19 February at time TBC (morning)

Format of debate: Impromptu

Semi-final one will be at St Cuthbert’s College.

Semi-final two will be at King’s College.

GRAND FINAL: Auckland, Saturday 19 February at time TBC (late afternoon)

Format of debate: Impromptu

The Grand Final is at St Kentigern College.

In two weeks time ten teams from six countries will descend on New Zealand for the Russell McVeagh International Schools Debating Tour. The teams participating in the Tour are:

• New Zealand
• New Zealand Development
• Australia
• Canada West
• Canada East
• USA
• USA B
• India
• Malaysia
• South Korea

Between Sunday February 13 and Saturday February 19 there will be eight rounds of WSDC-style debates, as well as semi-finals and a Grand Final. The rounds will be taking place in Wellington, Palmerston North, Napier, Hastings, Rotorua, Hamilton, Whangarei and Auckland.

A detailed itinerary will be placed here in the next few days for those who would like to go along and watch.

The Council is looking for suitably qualified adjudicators from New Zealand to come on the Russell McVeagh International Tour for its duration. This is a great opportunity for up and coming adjudicators/coaches around the country to get some international judging experience!

Adjudicators need to be available from Saturday February 12 until Sunday February 20. Accommodation, transport and most meals will be provided on the tour (including formal opening and closing dinners), as well as some social events (such as luging in Rotorua).

The registration fee for New Zealand adjudicators is $250. We would like it to be free, but this is just not financially possible.

The Council will, however, meet the transport costs of getting judges to and from Wellington/Auckland for the tour

Adjudicators need to have experience at judging debates in the World Schools-style, command respect as an adjudicator, and be able to deliver adjudications in front of large school audiences

To apply, please send a short adjudication/debating CV to the President of the Council ([email protected]) by 5pm on Saturday December 11. Please also include a short blurb as to why you are interested in judging on the Tour. Appointments will be made early the following week

The New Zealand Schools’ Debating Council is pleased to announce that Ivan ah Sam will be the Chief Adjudicator of the Russell McVeagh International Tour in February 2011.

Ivan is an extremely experienced schools’ adjudicator in both Australia and abroad. He recently judged up to and including the semi-finals of WSDC in Qatar and has been a regular judge of schools debating in New South Wales. He was a Deputy Chief Adjudicator of the 2009 World Universities’ Debating Champs and has also been Chief Adjudicator at a number of other competitions.

Ivan has also had an exceptional university debating career, which has included winning the Australasian Intervarsity Debating Champs (where he was also named best speaker) and reaching the semi-finals of the World Universities’ Champs (where he was also a top 10 speaker).

The New Zealand Schools’ Debating Council is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Hind to coach the Russell McVeagh New Zealand Schools’ Debating Team 2010.

Steve was the captain of the Australian Schools’ Debating Team which won the 2005 World Schools’ Debating Championships. Since then he has gone on to be one of the world’s best university debaters. Earlier this year he won the 2010 World Universities’ Debating Championships for Sydney University and ranked as the 2nd best speaker in the world. He has won the Australasian Intervarsity Debating Champs (2008), along with a range of other university tournaments.

Steve was the coach of the New South Wales Schools Team in 2010, and for the last four years has coached the NSW Combined GPS Team which were champions in 2007 and 2008. He has been the Sydney Grammar School Senior A Coach since 2007. The team won the GPS competition in 2007, 2009 and 2010.

Clodagh O’Connor-McKenna and Stephen Whittington have been appointed to coach the NZ Development Team.

Wellington Regional teams coached by Clodagh won the New Zealand Schools’ Debating Champs in 2010, 2009 and 2007; with another team being runner-up in 2008. She coached the New Zealand Schools’ Debating Team at the 2010 World Champs where the team made the quarter-finals. Clodagh is a former winner of Nationals herself (2004), and a very succesful university debater.

Stephen Whittington co-coached the winning Wellington team at Nationals in 2010; and a Wellington team coached by him were runners-up in 2006. Stephen is one of New Zealand’s best ever university debaters, having won the Australasian Intervarsity Debating Champs (and twice been a runner-up), reached the semi-finals of the World Universities Champs, and won a range of New Zealand tournaments.

The Council is delighted with these high-quality appointments and wish both teams every success on the International Tour.