Festival of the Spoken Word at St Andrew’s College

St Andrew's College student Hannah Papali’i Taimalelagi Malietoa, Senior Prepared Speech winner and Overall Best Speaker of the Night at the Festival of the Spoken Word, with her mother Sharon Malietoa. — REGULUS // ISSUE 2 // AUGUST 2025

Some of St Andrew’s most talented young speakers impressed the audience and judges at the annual Festival of the Spoken Word with their hugely entertaining and well-crafted performances.

An outstanding speech by Hannah Papali'i Taimalelagi Malietoa (Year 12) earned her both the Senior Prepared Speech title, and Overall Best Speaker of the Night award. RuoLin (Lauren) Li won the Year 11 Prepared Speech category, and Daniel Officer (Year 13) was the winner of the Senior Impromptu competition.

St Andrew's College student RuoLin (Lauren) Li, Prepared Speech winner at the Festival of the Spoken Word. Hosted by the English Department, and held in The Green Library and Innovation Centre, the Senior final on Tuesday 10 June also featured Charlotte Currie (Year 9) and Thomas Ambury (Year 10), winners of the Junior Festival of the Spoken Word, held two weeks earlier.

St Andrew's College student Daniel Officer, Senior Impromptu Speech winner at the Festival of the Spoken Word. The evening was compered by Year 13 Cultural Captains, Miu Kim and Mookmanee (Mookee) Lee, with judges, Head of English at Avonside Girls’ High School, Laura Borrowdale, and Harry Waddington (OC 2021).

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Some of St Andrew’s most talented young speakers impressed the audience and judges at the annual Festival of the Spoken Word with their hugely entertaining and well-crafted performances.

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