Race Unity Speech Awards
MIT are proud to sponsor and host these speech awards that give a platform for senior high school students to express their ideas on how we can improve race relations and the rest of Aotearoa a chance to listen to the leaders of tomorrow.
The Speech Awards are a platform for senior high school students to express their ideas on how we can improve race relations in Aotearoa and gives eloquent and thoughtful young people a chance to speak their minds and the rest of New Zealand a chance to listen to the leaders of tomorrow. The Speech Awards are held in support of Race Relations Day (21 March), and the topic for the Speech Awards is often aligned with the theme for Race Relations Day.
MIT are proud sponsors of the Speech Awards and host the Auckland heats, semis and finals at Ngā Kete Wānanga Marae.
Theme for 2022
Nga? matimati no? te ringa kotahi Fingers of one hand
We are wonderfully diverse, yet there is only one race: the human race. This is not just a biological fact. The well-being and progress of all parts of humanity are inextricably linked, like the fingers of one hand. In this vision of the human race, everyone has their own role to play in the eradication of racial prejudice and injustice and the establishment of true unity.