| SPONSORS The New Zealand Vegemite Spelling Bee 2011 is grateful for the support of all the individuals and organisations who have generously donated their time, expertise and resources to ensure the success of this event. If you wouls like information on sponsorship opportunities, please email info@spellingbee.co.nz |
VEGEMITE - MAJOR SPONSOR Vegemite, the popular black, yeast-based spread, is the major sponsor of the New Zealand Spelling Bee. "We are delighted to be supporting New Zealand's Spelling Bee with our number one spread Vegemite," says Kraft Food's sales and marketing manager Karen Wheelahan. "There are strong synergies between the two brands. Vegemite is loaded with vitamins and minerals, especially Vitamin B, great for vitality and keeping minds bright and attentive. "The New Zealand Vegemite Spelling Bee's focus is to challenge these young minds, extending their spelling and vocabulary skills," she says. Kraft Foods Australia is a subsidiary of Kraft Foods, the largest branded food and beverage company in the United States and the second largest worldwide. Kraft Foods market many leading food brands in Australia, including Vegemite, Kraft cheese, Kraft Peanut Butter, Maxwell House coffee, Oreo cookies, Ritz biscuits, Captain's Table crackers, Philadelphia cream cheese, and Toblerone chocolates. www.vegemite.com.au/vegemite/page?siteid=vegemiteprd&locale=auen1&PagecRef=1 |
THE NEW ZEALAND LISTENER The New Zealand Listener is the country's only national, weekly current affairs and entertainment magazine. It covers the political, cultural and literary life of the country, as well as carrying television and radio programme listings for the main national broadcasters. It is an iconic and much-loved magazine title whose journalistic credibility has been unchallenged since it was launched nearly 70 years ago. As well as supporting the New Zealand National Spelling Bee, the Listener is offering six 12 month subscriptions as prizes. These will be awarded to the teacher at each of the five regional competitions with the most spellers entered and the National Spelling Champion. Pamela Stirling, Editor of the New Zealand Listener, says it is pleased to support the event, which she describes as both educationally stimulating and a compelling form of entertainment. www.nzlistener.co.nz |
ZM - NEW ZEALAND'S YOUNG ADULT MUSIC STATION ZM Is proud to support THE sporting event of the year! We are looking forward to seeing all the top spellers battling it out for the title!! ZM is New Zealand's young adult music station playing only the best of Today's Hit Music. In 18 markets throughout the country, ZM reaches over 380,000 listeners every week. Spontaneous, energetic, and interactive, with the hottest contests, the latest promotions, and only today's best music - you need ZM. www.zmonline.com |
FRANKLIN ELECTRONIC PUBLISHERS Franklin Electronic Publishers is a world leader in electronic handheld information, having sold more than 37 million electronic books since 1986. Current titles available directly or through partners number more than 26,000 in sixteen languages covering Learning, Language Learning, Travel, Spiritual and Leisure. The Company also licenses its underlying technology to an array of partners including Adobe, Sun Microsystems and Ademco (a division of Honeywell). Franklin also distributes ROLODEX® Electronics branded organisers and SEIKO branded reference products. Franklin's products are available at 43,000 retail outlets worldwide. The organisation's unique strength is in compressing vast amounts of information; making it accessible and understandable to 'the average person'. www.franklinelectronics.com.au www.kipmcgrath.co.nz |
SUPPORTERS OF THE NEW ZEALAND VEGEMITE SPELLING BEE 2011 |
THE NEW ZEALAND DICTIONARY CENTRE The New Zealand Dictionary Centre is a proud supporter of the New Zealand Vegemite Spelling Bee. The New Zealand Dictionary Centre was established in July 1997 by Victoria University of Wellington and Oxford University Press with the purposes of: • maintaining and developing a database of New Zealand English vocabulary • conducting research on various aspects of language in New Zealand • compiling and publishing dictionaries and related educational materials. It aims to provide a focal point nationally and internationally for New Zealand lexicography. www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/research/nzdc/index.htm |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Oxford University Press is a proud supporter of the New Zealand Vegemite Spelling Bee. Oxford University Press is one of the oldest publishing enterprises in the world, as well as one of the largest. Its imprint carries authority; its standards of book production are high, and its range of interests is wide. It is committed to the dissemination of knowledge: all its surplus is devoted to publishing works that further scholarship and education, and to sustaining the research on which some of these books are based. Oxford University Press is synonymous across the globe with authoritative language reference, and has been proudly making New Zealand dictionaries for New Zealanders with the editorial and lexicographical expertise of the New Zealand Dictionary Centre based at the Victoria University, Wellington since 1997. |