Hamilton Boys' High School student Christopher Jury is the 2009 New Zealand Vegemite Spelling Bee Champion. He won the title by correctly spelling the word, iterative. Christopher represented New Zealand at the 2009 Scripps Spelling Bee in Washington DC on 27-28 May 2009.
Aidan Brock, Scots College, Wellington was runner up and Amanda Tan, Rangitoto College, Auckland was third.

NEW ZEALAND VEGEMITE SPELLING BEE - 2010

The New Zealand Vegemite Spelling Bee is a spelling competition which is open to all New Zealand Year 9 students. The competition includes five regional competitions and the final. All are held in the first term of the New Zealand school year. The prize for the overall winner is a trip of a lifetime to the USA to represent New Zealand at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington.

 

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