The 2015 Race Unity Speech Awards are a national speech contest for students in years 11, 12 and 13 organised in partnership with the Human Rights Commission, Office of Ethnic Affairs, Bahai Community and sponsored by New Zealand Police. The speech contests are held to observe New Zealand Race Relations Day. There are prizes for the school and winners: winners receive $2000 shared equally with their schools.
All regional winners also travel to Auckland to participate in the national finals and youth conference (costs fully funded). Attendance at any of the regional heats are open to the public. The Tauranga event is at 7pm on 26 March 2015 at Tauranga Coastguard, 27 Keith Allen Drive, Sulphur Point.
This year’s topic is “Big Change Starts Small - Itiiti Rearea, Kahika Teitei, Ka Taea: the smallest bellbird is able to climb to the heights of the tallest Kahika tree.” For further details see http://www.raceunity.co.nz/
To view 2013’s speech winner, Naomi Kumar from Hamilton, and 2014's winner, Thai An from Auckland, go to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIO8L8IoRto
http://youtu.be/bml81aVETK0
All regional winners also travel to Auckland to participate in the national finals and youth conference (costs fully funded). Attendance at any of the regional heats are open to the public. The Tauranga event is at 7pm on 26 March 2015 at Tauranga Coastguard, 27 Keith Allen Drive, Sulphur Point.
This year’s topic is “Big Change Starts Small - Itiiti Rearea, Kahika Teitei, Ka Taea: the smallest bellbird is able to climb to the heights of the tallest Kahika tree.” For further details see http://www.raceunity.co.nz/
To view 2013’s speech winner, Naomi Kumar from Hamilton, and 2014's winner, Thai An from Auckland, go to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIO8L8IoRto
http://youtu.be/bml81aVETK0
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