3 May 2025

The speech competition aiming to improve race relations

From Saturday Morning, 7:51 am on 3 May 2025
Students at the Otago regional Race Unity Speech competition.

Students at the Otago regional Race Unity Speech competition. Photo: Supplied

The Race Unity Speech Awards are on this weekend in Auckland.

They're a platform for senior high school students from around the motu to express their ideas on how to improve race relations in Aotearoa.

The competition is now in its 25th year and the theme this year is "Ocean of Diversity".

Its creator Bev Watson and one of the competitors Tanyn Wood from Mt Aspiring College in Wanaka speak to Mihi.