NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS FOR 2020
Congratulations to all our national semi-finalists!
This year there are 22 national semi-finalists, drawn from 13 regions around the country. They will participate in one of 3 national semi-finals, with 7 or 8 students in each one. Two students from each of the semi-finals will go through to the national final on Sunday 17 May.
The national semi-finals will be held at 7pm on Monday 11, Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 May and will be livestreamed through YouTube www.youtube.com/RaceUnity and Facebook Live www.facebook.com/raceunityaotearoa/live_videos
The students in each of the 3 national semi-finals are listed here in order of speaking:
7pm Monday 11 May
| Region | Student | Year | School | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waikato | Sarah Navruz | 13 | St Paul’s Collegiate | ||
| Lower North Island | Jess Jenkins | 13 | Tawa College | ||
| Taranaki | Brooke Hyland | 12 | New Plymouth Girls' High School | ||
| Upper South Island | Frederick Duncan | 12 | Marlborough Boys College | ||
| Auckland | Olivia Pearce | 12 | Diocesan School for Girls | ||
| Lower North Island | Lucia Tui Bernards | 11 | Tawa College | ||
| Gisborne | Hannah Veitch | 13 | Gisborne Girls High School | ||
7pm TUESDAY 12 May
| Region | Student | Year | School | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland | Reiven Zamora | 13 | Howick College | ||
| Central South Island | Pieta Prouting | 12 | Craighead Diocesan School | ||
| Hawkes Bay | Ondre Hapuku-Lambert | 13 | Karamu High School | ||
| Auckland | Zoe Aurora Belaunzaran Consejo | 12 | Avondale College | ||
| Manawatu/Whanganui | Shaye Witehira | 13 | MANUKURA | ||
| Hawkes Bay | Ethin Templeton | 12 | Karamu High School | ||
| Waikato | Gretel Muir | 12 | St Paul’s Collegiate | ||
7pm WEDNESDAY 13 May
| Region | Student | Year | School | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland | Calem Todd | 13 | Sacred Heart College | ||
| North Canterbury | Gabrielle Sheldon | 13 | Papanui High School | ||
| Northland | Gemma Harrison | 12 | Kaitaia College | ||
| Manawatu/Whanganui | Jacob Waugh | 11 | Palmerston North Boys' High School | ||
| Auckland | Jagjot Kaur | 13 | Macleans College | ||
| Otago | Jen Marsh | 13 | Otago Girls' High School | ||
| Tauranga | Ngariki Tamainu | 13 | Tauranga Girls College | ||
| Auckland | Tilomai Justine Toleafoa-Stanley | 12 | Papatoetoe High School | ||