Four teams from Hāwera High School recently competed in the Central North Island Debating Championships in Wanganui.
The mixed junior team - Matthew Finer, Rebecca Smythe and Ebony Kalin - was the runner up in the junior section, with Ebony named the best junior speaker.
Both senior teams won three of their five debates, and the Year 11 team - Jordan Dawson, Emmanuel Araba and Caleb Finer - showed the benefit of attending the year before.
The Senior B team - Tayla Steele, Jacob Kennedy and Shruti Reddy / Abraham Napitupulu - used a different combination on each day, with Shruti and Abraham competing on alternate days.
This team grew in leaps and bounds over the course of the weekend.