Sarah Wong, from Diocesan School for Girls in Auckland, is all smiles after she wins the NZ Spelling Bee competition held in Wellington. 'Stalactite' was the winning word for Sarah Wong, who has been crowned the 2019 New Zealand Spelling Bee champion. READ MORE:* Secondary students compete for the title of NZ's best speller* Live: New Zealand's top pupils buzz for national Spelling Bee title* My encounter with a young Spelling Bee champ* Hamilton student Hayley Sharpe keeps cool to earn spot in spelling bee finalA black belt in karate, she was also a finalist in the 2018 New Zealand Spelling Bee final. Spelling Bee founder Janet Lucas said she was thrilled with the standard of competition. ROBERT KITCHIN/STUFF Amelia Kennedy-Moffat, from St Oran's College in Lower Hutt, gives herself the thumbs up after spelling a word correctly.

Source: Stuff November 02, 2019 22:41 UTC