Today South Otago High School hosted the Otago Secondary School Pasifika Voices Speech Competition at Te Pou Ō Mata-Au.

It is a speech competition for Pacific Island students to showcase their oratory skills and be heard. 

There is a Junior Section (Year 9 & Year 10) and a Senior Section (Year 11-13). The languages that they spoke in were English, Samoan, Tongan, Fijian and Tuvaluan. The topics this year were: 

Junior Section: 

Empowering our Pacific students to succeed

Senior Section:

The importance our families play in our education. 

Representing our school in the Junior English Section were:

Lili Laban & Niutao Aniseko

Senior English:

Rose-mariah Talione Vasa Pene

Timaima Cakaurua

Junior Samoan:

Simon Maifala

Senior Samoan:

Amazing Failelei & Wilma Pautoatasi Pati

Wilma Pautoatasi Pati got 1st 

Amazing Failelei got 3rd 

Simon got 1st 

Niutao Aniseko got 2nd 

Well done and congratulations to everyone who participated and helped out!