Previous Winners

Previous Winners 2021-02-10T06:15:12+00:00

The Central North Island Regional Schools’ Debating Championships have been held since 1990. In 1988 and 1989 there were two separate regional competitions, one for Hawkes Bay and the other for Taranaki / Manawatu. Since 2001 the winning team has received the Sir Michael Hardie Boys Cup for Central North Island Schools Debating, which is inscribed as follows:

The Sir Michael Hardie Boys Cup for Central North Island Schools’ Debating
Named for Sir Michael Hardie Boys
Governor-General of New Zealand and
Patron, NZ Schools’ Debating Council, 1996-2001

2020: Whanganui High School

2019: Whanganui High School

2018: Nga Tawa Diocesan School

2017: Freyberg High School

2016: Wanganui High School

2015: Wanganui High School

2014: Freyberg High School

2013: Wanganui High School

2012: Wanganui High School

2011: Wanganui High School

2010: Palmerston North Boys’ High School

2009: Palmerston North Boys’ High School

2008: Palmerston North Boys’ High School

2007: Nga Tawa Wellington Diocesan School for Girls

2006: Wanganui Collegiate School

2005: Palmerston North Boys’ High School

2004: Palmerston North Boys’ High School

2003: Wanganui Collegiate School

2002: Wanganui Collegiate School

2001: Palmerston North Boys’ High School

2000: Palmerston North Boys’ High School

If you know who won the Central North Island Regional Schools’ Debating Championships in any year before 2000 please contact the Council and we will add the information to the website.