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.