The BWB Team is delighted to announce the winners of our inaugural BWB History Essay Competition.
It was great to see students making use of backlist titles and the BWB Collections.
The essays explored topics ranging from the 1981 Springbok tour to New Zealand’s occupation of Samoa and the Dawn Raids.
Congratulations to the following students:
National Winner: Kent Cheng, Pakuranga College, “Chinese Migration to 19th and early 20th century New Zealand”.
Prize winners:
Kent Cheng, Pakuranga College (Year 13)
Anathasia Hay, Aquinas College (Year 13)
Eden Li, Westlake Boys High School (Year 12)
Aaminah Ali, Pakuranga College (Year 11)
Angela Liao, Pakuranga College (Year 11)
Winners received $100 worth of BWB Books. The National Winner will also receive advice on how to craft their work for publication.
BWB looks forward to reading the essay entries submitted next year!