The prizegiving of the JSANZ Tertiary Japanese Language Speech Contest took place on Friday November 11, hosted by the School of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics of The University of Auckland.
Congratulatory addresses were given by Professor Martin East, Head, School of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics, The University of Auckland; Mr Hamada Shinichi, Consul-General of Japan; Mr Shimizu Yasumasa, Mitsubishi Corporation Auckland Branch and a director of Nisui-Kai (The Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Auckland Inc.) and Dr Penny Shino, JSANZ President.
Mr Shimizu presented the awards to the three prize winners: Rika Xiong (1st place, University of Auckland), Kitty Cheng (2nd place, University of Auckland) and Wen-Po Yeh (3rd place, IPU New Zealand, Palmerston North). Video recordings of the placeholders’ winning speeches were also played.
Warm congratulations again to the prizewinners for your superb effort and the sincerity, animation and exceptional skill of your presentations.
Sincere gratitude to the JSANZ Speech Contest Committee, Mori Michiyo (Chair), Minagawa Harumi and Naomi Collins. It is a complex event to organise, with many stages, and as usual you have done an exceptional job.
Finally JSANZ would like to acknowledge with thankful appreciation the hard work of the anonymous judges and the generosity of our sponsors, The Japan Foundation and Nisui-Kai (The Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Auckland Inc.).
Here is the link to the recording of the prizegiving: https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fauckland.au.panopto.com%2FPanopto%2FPages%2FViewer.aspx%3Fid%3Ddc5abe8b-d02d-4fdf-a32c-af4d000fc217&data=05%7C01%7Cp.a.shino%40massey.ac.nz%7C16a9db22f260483edeca08dac68df13a%7C388728e1bbd0437898dcf8682e644300%7C1%7C0%7C638040610207359738%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fyAvkz6ymZuVv0MhC5wPYOJdV%2F25R%2Bkw6aSc9ui8Jww%3D&reserved=0