NZ Schools Debating

The official Twitter account of the New Zealand Schools' Debating Championships. Follow us for news of the regional and National Champs, and the NZ Team

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Team NZ advanced the octos in a 2-1 split win over Team Denmark. Now proposing against Team USA on the motion: THP a world where adult children take in their elderly parents rather than support them to live separately

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Team Aotearoa New Zealand win round 8 against Slovenia in a great debate! NZ now on 5/8 wins - stay tuned for the break announcement!

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Team New Zealand take a very close 2-1 win against an excellent Team Nepal in a high quality debate. Good luck to both teams heading into the final rounds tomorrow!

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Team NZ took a very close 1-2 loss to Team Canada in R5 - thanks to Canada for a great debate! One more round to go today!

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Team New Zealand take a hard-fought 2-1 win over Team Japan. Thanks to team Japan for a great debate! #wsdc2019

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Unfortunately Team NZ took a close 2-1 loss to Team Slovakia in round 2. Congratulations to Slovakia and thanks for a great debate. Prep for round 3 against Team Japan has now begun.

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Team New Zealand take a very close 2-1 win over Team Romania in round 1 of #wsdc2019

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Round 1 of #wsdc2019 about to kick off - stay tuned for updates!

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Had a practice debate with our friends from @NZSDC. Thanks for a great round!

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#wsdc2019 officially begins! Team Aotearoa New Zealand is ready and excited for the first 3 rounds tomorrow - wish us luck!

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The NZ Schools Debating Team 2019. Mitchell Palmer (Auckland Grammar), Grace Baylis (Macleans College), Will Price (Captain, Westlake Boys’), Harper Smith (Waikato Diocesan), Kyus Rodgers (Lynfield College). #nzsdc2019

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Congrats to Adam Muir @WellingtonColl, Isobel Scherf (Queen Margaret College) and Peter Lang @scotscollegenz

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The winners of the 2019 New Zealand Schools Debating Championships - Wellington!

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Grand Final of #nzsdc2019 is between Auckland (affirming) and Wellington (negating). Motion is ‘This House would only allow female lawmakers to vote on women’s health issues.’ Starts 2pm at @NZParliament

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Two close debates in the semis of #nzsdc2019 this morning. Auckland Blue defeated Waikato 2-1. And Wgtn Black defeated Auckland White by 2-1 as well. Motion was ‘This House believes capitalism has failed.’ Grand Final at @NZParliament at 2pm.

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The top four teams at #nzsdc2019 advancing to the semi-finals are (in order, by wins and then speaker points):
1. Auckland Blue 7 wins
2. Wgtn Black 5 wins
3. Auckland White 4 wins
4. Waikato 4 wins
Commiserations to Canterbury and Otago who also finished on 4 wins.

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The last round of #nzsdc is silent! Results released later tonight. Very exciting.

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After round 6 of #nzsdc2019
Auckland Blue 6
Wgtn Black 4
Auckland White 4
Otago 4
Waikato 3
Northland 3
Bay of Plenty 3
Canterbury 3
Wgtn Gold 2
Hawkes Bay 2
CNI 2
Kahurangi 0
(As before not ranked by speaker scores)

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Round 7 motion #nzsdc2019. ‘This House would punish sports teams for the behaviour of their fans.’

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Results from round six #nzsdc2019. Auckland White beats Northland. Otago beats Waikato. Canterbury beats Wgtn Gold. Auckland Blue beats Wgtn Black. BOP beats Hawkes Bay. CNI beats Kahurangi.