
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.