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2019 past winners

A record number of entries have been submitted in 2019. We received so many well-written essays, poems, narratives, stories, letters, informative slides, cute drawings, creative posters, smart and educational videos, a song that has been performed in front of a whole class, action projects…and Scratch coding projects! The creativity of the students is very impressive! It made the judging process hard, but we have selected the top 10 best projects.

Overall (People’s Choice Award) Winner 2019

Sophie Weenink Smith

from Nelson College for Girls.

Top 10 projects 2019

Sakyia O’Keeffe

(Year 4) from Tawhiti School.


Ani Abraham

(Year 8) from Timatanga Community School.


Rajeev, Regan and Jerry

(Year 6) from Sunnyhills School.


Sophie Weenink Smith

(Year 9) from Nelson College for Girls.

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Read about Sophie's project here.


Muskaan Hammarsal

(Year 5) from Black Sheep Animal Sanctuary.

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Read the full letter here.


Hector Williams

(Year 7) from St Joseph Pukekohe.

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Check Hector's project on animal testing.


Alisa Elshout & Emily Deng

(year 10) from Samuel Marsden College.

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Check their website.


Harmann Mahey

(Year 7) from Mission Heights Junior College.

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Kate Freeman

(Year 8) from Berkley Normal Middle School.

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Palak Chadha

(Year 12) from Botany Downs Secondary College.

Read Palak's poem.

Runner-up projects 2019

Sarah Briston

(Year 8) from Berkley Normal Middle School.

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Lauren Pryor

(Year 7) from Berkley Normal Middle School.

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Newlands Intermediate School

(Year 8)

To view the video, click here.


Timatanga Community School

(Year 8)

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Mission Heights Junior College

(Year 8) from Ellerslie School.

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Baverstock Oaks Primary School

(Year 6)

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Bucklands Beach Intermediate

(year 7)

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Devon Intermediate School

(Year 7)

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Parkvale Primary

(Year 6)

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St Joseph Pukekohe

(Year 8)

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Shotover Primary

(Year 6)