On Thursday, August 1st, Connor, William, Kanoa, Noah, and Keira (from year nine) participated in the first round of the 2024 Aotearoa New Zealand Spelling Bee. 🐝


Students have several months to learn 50 words, and are then tested on 25 of these alongside another 25 unseen words in a school setting.  The results of the test papers nationally are then ranked, and the top 250 advance to one of the semi-finals in September before the top finalists head to Wellington in Early November. 

A great effort from these young people in showing Arahi through taking on responsibility and Awhinataka in setting aspirational goals!