Race Unity Speech Awards

The annual secondary schools Race Unity Speech Awards were held in March and April 2011. Year 12 student Lepau Feau, from Sacred Heart College, Auckland, took out the top spot.

Read Lepau’s speech.

The runners-up and their winning speeches are listed below:

The Race Unity Speech Award offers school students in Years 11,12 and 13 the chance to share a $1500 top prize with their school. The award was initiated in 2001 by the New Zealand Baha’i Community to commemorate Race Relations Day, and is supported by the Human Rights Commission, the New Zealand Police and the Office of Ethnic Affairs.

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