New Zealand Business and Parliament Trust 2019 Youth Parliament Competition Recipients Announced
18 July 2019
The New Zealand Business and Parliament Trust 2019 Youth Parliament Competition award recipients were announced at a Youth Parliament function. The competition provided an opportunity for 140 Youth Parliament participants (Youth MPs and Youth Press Gallery members) to win money towards their future study.
The overall recipient was Shine Wu (Youth MP), who received $2,500 for his essay on inspiring innovation by building Aotearoa’s new entrepreneurs.
The two runners-up, who each received $2,000, were William Wood (Youth MP), who created a video presentation on systemic generational poverty, and Fiona Wu (Youth Press Gallery), who wrote an essay structured around environment and sustainability issues.
Highly commended awards were also awarded to James Macey (Youth MP), Sophie Dixon (Youth Press Gallery), Kate Morris (Youth Press Gallery) and Shaneel Lal (Youth MP).
Find out more about the New Zealand Business and Parliament Trust 2019 Youth Parliament Competition.