Results

Prizes sponsored by:

Earth Sea Sky Clothing – vouchers 

Orana Wildlife Park – Family and Adult passes

Gordon Harris Art Supplies – vouchers 

Ara Institute – donation to purchase prizes

Trees for Canterbury – vouchers and a tree for all competitors

Eco Action Nursery Trust – plants for competitors

Rosetta Brown, Art Tutor – vouchers for art lesson and art folio

The videos are on the S4P YouTube Channel and sound recordings are available on the Plains FM website. Photos from the 2022 competition are on the S4P NZ Facebook page.

Prepared Speech

Year 7-8

• First: Finlay Smith (Sumner Primary School)
• Second equal: Aashman Chandratreya (Cobham Intermediate)
• Second equal: Blair Rayner (Cobham Intermediate)
• Highly Commended: Evie Ryan (Heaton Intermediate)

Year 9-11

Only one entry but considered a very good performance and worthy of showcasing:

• Alex Gibson (Burnside High)

Open (Year 12 – Age 24)

Only one entry and in the end Lizzie was unable to attend on the day due to school choir commitments. Her video-ed speech was shown on the day at the senior showcase:

• Lizzie Jessop (Rangi Ruru)

Spoken Word

Years 7-8

• First: Lily Rumball (Sumner School)
• Second: Saori Cassidy (Governors Bay)
• Highly Commended:
  Alyssa Huang (Halswell School)
  Melissa Irvine (Heaton Intermediate)
  Ashlyn Taffs (Beckenham School)

Years 9-11

No entries

Open (Year 12 – Age 24)

Only one entry but considered a very good performance and worthy of showcasing:

• Kate Simcock (St Andrews College)

Impromptu Drama

Three teams entered but due to illness only two available to perform on the day. The audience decided to award the prize pool as follows:

• First: Heaton Intermediate/ He Tīwai Mātauranga
• Second: Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery

Visual Art

The winning entries will travel as an exhibition around 6 of the Christchurch City Libraries for the next 6 weeks. Photographs of all the finalists are currently on the S4P NZ Facebook site where people can vote for their favourite. The artwork with the most ‘Likes’ will receive a reward.

Years 7-8

• First: Zach Burns (Chisnallwood Intermediate)
• Second: Eva Naysmith (Governor’s Bay School Te Kura o Ōhinetahi)
• Highly Commended:
  Lillie England & Piper McErlane (Rolleston Te Ahu Kaikōmako School)
  Izzie MacDonald (Governor’s Bay School Te Kura o Ōhinetahi)
  Amelie De Luca (Rangi Ruru Girls’ School)

Years 9-11

There were very few entries in this section, which was disappointing but both artworks demonstrated excellent artistic skills. The judge felt he could not award a 1st place as the brief was not apparent in the actual artworks.

• Second equal: Chloe Yu (Rangi Ruru Girls’s School)
• Second equal: Millie Brickwood (Rangi Ruru Girls’ School)

Open (Year 12 – Age 24)

• First: Fletcher Phelan and Aleisha Neary (Ara Institute)
• Second: Samantha Dryden (Lincoln University)
• Highly Commended:
  Oshadha Perera (Southland Boys’ High School)
  Lottie Blake-Manson (Rangi Ruru Girls’ School)

Short Video

This category was only introduced this year and is yet to gain traction. We had two entries with one standing out as a clear winner.

Years 7-8

No entries

Years 9-11

• First: River Rappers video and words (Christchurch Rudolf Steiner School)

Open (Year 12 – Age 24)

• Highly Commended: Oshadha Perera (Southland Boys’ High School)

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