New Zealand Spelling Bee

The calibre of the students in the final this year was outstanding. 

We had three excellent runners-up, who all made it to the final round. Pictured here with winner George Turner, the runners-up were (left to right):

?Year 9 student Luca Holloway of Kavanagh College, Dunedin
?Year 10 student Ben White of Trident High School, Whakatane
?Year 10 Christchurch student Bernadette Barrett (home-schooled)

A huge congratulations to these outstanding students!