Manawatū Race Unity speech award winner for 2019 Shaye Whitehira talks with 2018 winner Zoha Shuaib about what made her speech stand out from the rest. Denouncing racism is the overriding message in this year's race unity speech competition. The speech topic was speaking for justice and working for unity, and Shaye, 16, spoke about the effect white privilege and white supremacy have in New Zealand. READ MORE: Manawatū students set to speak up for race unityWARWICK SMITH/STUFF Shaye Witehira, of Manukura, won the competition. There were seven entries, with three from Palmerston North Boys' High School and three from Palmerston North Girls' High School.

Source: Stuff April 16, 2019 22:18 UTC