The 22nd Massey University Japanese Speech Contest took place last Thursday 22 September. The venue this year was Freyberg High School. 29 students in 4 categories delivered diverse and entertaining speeches.
Winners were: Noah Macdermid, Awatapu College (Cat.1), Nhung Le, Awatapu College (Cat.2), Callum Goacher, PN Boys’ High School (Cat.3) and Rosalie Alter-Shaw, Awatapu (Open). The competition was sponsored by the Japan Foundation and the Sasakawa Fellowship Fund for Japanese Language Education, and supported by the Embassy of Japan, ILEP (International Languages Exchanges and Pathways), the School of Humanities, Massey University and Massey University’s volunteer students. Judges were Ms Akiko Harada, National Language Advisor, Japanese, and Dr Penny Shino, Japanese Programme, School of Humanities, Massey University.
