JSANZ Speech Contest Winners

First place	Nathaniel Carter	University of Auckland
Second place	Taylor Marston	Auckland University of Technology
Third place	Anna Gan	Victoria University of Wellington

We would like to congratulate all of the participants and in particular, Nathaniel Carter, Taylor Marston and Anna Gan. Nathaniel will receive a return air ticket to Japan, and Taylor and Anna will receive Prezzy cards ($100 and $50), sponsored by the Sasakawa Fellowship Fund for Japanese Language Education and the Japan Foundation.

We hope the participants continue their Japanese learning journey with renewed motivation and enthusiasm, and wish them all the best for their future.

JSANZ would like to thank the participants, their teachers and the judges. JSANZ would also like to thank the Sasakawa Fellowship Fund for Japanese Language Education and the Japan Foundation for their generous financial support.

2016 JSANZ Tertiary Japanese Language Speech Contest

Name of the Finalist & Institution	Speech Title
Taylor Marston Auckland University of Technology	Club Menu, Rice and Pants
Anran Yu University of Auckland	Japan and Me
Nathaniel Carter University of Auckland	My Journey with Japanese
Mitchell Grout University of Waikato	My Experience in Japan
Michelle Musakwa Massey University	My Japan Trip
Sarah Lee Massey University	The reason why you should be in this world
Ieuan van der Peet University of Canterbury	Future Dreams
Zoe Alexander University of Canterbury	Different Ways of Communication
Anna Gan Victoria University of Wellington	My Parents as Immigrants
Joshua Lee Lamb Victoria University of Wellington	Let’s Keep on Failing!
Maya Takahashi University of Otago	Laughter
Shuichi Tanimura University of Otago	The Importance of Stress