New Zealand Business and Parliament Trust Essay Competition

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For Youth Parliament 2007, the New Zealand Business and Parliament Trust (NZBPT) has again funded an essay competition with a first prize of $2000 and two runner-up prizes of $1000 each. The winners of the competition have been announced and you can view their essays below.

The competition was open to all youth participants (Youth MPs and Youth Press Gallery members) who attended Youth Parliament 2007.

Entrants were asked to submit an essay of no more than 800 words about their experience at Youth Parliament 2007, particularly what they learnt from that experience and took back to their communities.

Competition winners

The judges all commented on the high standard of the entries, with a record number received for this competition.

The high standard has been reinforced by the fact that there are two co-winners for this year’s competition, with only one point separating the runner-up from the two first-place winners.

The Trust extends its thanks to all of those who entered the competition and congratulates the prize winners.

The prize winners of the New Zealand Business & Parliament Trust 2007 Youth Parliament 2007 Essay Competition are:

Joint Winners ($2000 cash prize each)

Luke Craven of Tauranga, nominated as Youth MP by Rt Hon Winston Peters MP; and

Anna Meikle of Te Kuiti, nominated as Youth MP by Shane Ardern MP.

Runner-Up ($1000 cash prize)

Vincent Wylie of Wellington, nominated as Youth MP by Charles Chauvel MP.

Winning essays

You can view the essays of the three winners under related documents at the bottom of this page.

About the New Zealand Buisness and Parliament Trust (NZBPT)

The New Zealand Business and Parliament Trust is a charitable educational trust comprised of parliamentary and business members. It is not a lobbying organisation but its aims are to advance and encourage business understanding of Parliament and parliamentarians’ understanding of business.

For further information about the Trust, its programmes and membership visit their website at www.iabp.org/nz

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