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HIBS wins Senior Certificate 2015
The Senior Certificate grade final for the Rennie Cup was held at Parliament on Thursday 10 September. The topic was: That Western media should refuse to publish images of Mohammed Hutt International Boys’ School affirmed the motion and Wellington East Girls’ negated. The debate was a good one. HIBS were declared the victors in a […]
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Wellington East Girls’ College wins Junior Premier Grade
The Junior Premier Grand Final was held at Parliament last night hosted by Chris Bishop MP, and President of the Wellington Speaking Union. The topic was: That we should refuse to hold major sports events in countries with poor human rights records St Catherine’s College (Sophia Zandi, Kaira Scheck and Catharina Lee) affirmed the motion. […]
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Wellington High School wins Premier A 2015
The Premier A Grand Final for the Henning Cup was held last night at Parliament hosted by Chris Bishop MP. The topic for the final was: That if the technology to erase memories were invented, this House would destroy it After a great debate, the winning team was the affirmative, Wellington High School: Winners Wellington […]
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Stockley Cup and Dunsheath Plate 2015
This years Stokley Cup and Dunsheath Plate were both held at Marsden last week. With 20 speeches over the course of the night we had a great turn out and a terrific competition. As ever, speeches were very diverse, with topics ranging from international relations, to child care and, weather we all live inside the Matrix. […]
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2015 Adjudication and Coaching Workshops
The 2015 Wellington Speaking Union Adjudication and Coaching Workshops are coming up! These are a great opportunity for all those involved in debating around Wellington to brush up on their skills with help from very experienced debaters. The Adjudication Workshop run by Julia Wells will be held on Monday 9th March at 7pm at Hutt Valley High School. This is open […]
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Prem B Champions – Wellington East
On Tuesday the 23rd of September, at the Wellington City Council Chambers (101 Wakefield Street). Wellington East and Kapiti went head to head on the motion that “this house would legalise commercial surrogacy”. In what was considered a close and excellent debate by the audience and judges alike, Wellington East managed to successfully affirm the motion and […]
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Premier B Grand Final
I would like to start by congratulating both Wellington East Girls’ College and Kapiti College for winning their semi finals and making it to the grand final for 2014. The grand final will take place on Tuesday the 23rd of September, at the Wellington City Council Chambers (101 Wakefield Street). Doors will open at 6:30pm […]
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Premier A Champions are St Patrick’s College, Kilbirnie
Congratulations to St Patrick’s College on winning Premier A for 2013. This is the first time that St Patrick’s has won Premier A since 2000, and their success is testament to years of hard work by the team and their supporters. The debate was of the highest quality, and enjoyed by adjudicators and audience alike. Thanks to […]
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Premier A Grand Final
Congratulations to Wellington Girls’ College and St Patrick’s College Kilbirnie for making the Grand Final of Premier A for 2014. The Grand Final will be held on Tuesday 2 September, in the Theatrette of Parliament. The debate will start at 7pm sharp, with doors open from 6.30pm. The motion for the Grand Final is: This house supports the partition of Iraq into 3 states for the […]
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Stockley Cup and Dunsheath Plate 2014
The Stockley Cup and Dunsheath Plate Public Speaking competitions were held on Monday 23 June at Samuel Marsden Collegiate, with nine speakers competing in the junior section for the Dunsheath Plate, and thirteen speakers in the senior section for the Stockley Cup. The competition grows every year, with this year’s being the largest Stockley Cup and Dunsheath […]