| 1965 |
Donna Awatere |
St Mary's College, Auckland |
| 1966 |
Pamela Bennett |
Te Awamutu College, Te Awamutu |
| 1967 |
Rawinia Paku |
Wairoa College, Wairoa |
| 1968 |
Raelene Beauchamp |
Hastings Girls' High School, Hastings |
| 1969 |
Poata Munro |
Hastings Girls' High School, Hastings |
| 1970 |
Philip Munro |
St Peter's Maori Boys' College, Auckland |
| 1971 |
No contest |
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| 1972 |
Margaret Mary Gordon |
St Mary's College, Gisborne |
| 1973 |
Prudence Kapua |
Rotorua Girls' High School, Rotorua |
| 1974 |
Robert Kerehoma |
Hato Paora College, Feilding |
| 1975 |
Len Maxwell |
Opotiki College, Opotiki |
| 1976 |
Kevin Wehipeihana |
Hato Paora College, Feilding |
| 1977 |
Lillian Hetet |
Tongariro High School, Turangi |
| 1978 |
John Waititi |
Gisborne Boys' High School, Gisborne |
| 1979 |
Aroaro Hond |
Fairfield College, Hamilton |
| 1980 |
Karen Hoko Te Moana |
Opotiki College, Opotiki |
| 1981 |
Dale Timms |
Ngaruawahia High School, Ngaruawahia |
| 1982 |
Kara Shortland |
Wairarapa College, Masterton |
| 1983 |
Margaret Edwards |
Hawera High School, Hawera |
| 1984 |
Keri Milne |
Manurewa High School, Manurewa |
| 1985 |
Marama Ormsby |
Wellington East Girls' College,
Wellington |
| 1986 |
Rebecca Davis |
Wanganui High School, Wanganui |
| 1987 |
Katie Paul |
Rotorua Lakes High School, Rotorua |
| 1988 |
Shane Heremaia |
Naenae College, Lower Hutt |
| 1989 |
Eugena Hapi |
Hastings Girls' High School, Hastings |
| 1990 |
Jeremy Lambert |
Hutt Valley Memorial
College,
Lower Hutt |
| 1991 |
Tajim Mohammed |
Kerikeri High School, Kerikeri |
| 1992 |
Wiremu Diamond |
Nga Tapuwae College, Mangere |
| 1993 |
Julian Wilcox |
Te Aute College, Pukehou |
| 1994 |
Wesley Hema |
Hillmorton High School, Christchurch |
| 1995 |
Parehuia Heke |
Rangitahi College, Murupara |
| 1996 |
Cushla Pou-Haereiti |
Kaitaia College, Kaitaia |
| 1997 |
Regan Pepere |
Dannevirke High School, Dannevirke |
| 1998 |
Kingi Kiriona |
Dannevirke High School, Dannevirke |
| 1999 |
Kingi Kiriona |
Dannevirke High School, Dannevirke |
| 2000 |
Hinurewa Poutu |
Mana Tamariki, Palmerston North |
| 2001 |
Jasmine Tūrei
Tūranga Merito |
Lytton High School, Gisborne
Rotorua Lakes High School, Rotorua |
| 2002 |
Tell Kuka |
Tauranga Boys' College, Tauranga |
| 2003 |
Makereta McGavock |
Te Wharekura o Rākaumanga, Huntly |
| 2004 |
Weronika Grace |
Te Kura Kaupapa Motuhake o Tāwhiuau, Murupara |
| 2005 |
Ngira Simmonds |
Dilworth School, Auckland |
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Former Governor-General Sir Bernard Fergusson, Lord Ballantrae, sponsored the first Korimako Speech Contest in 1965, with the express aim of encouraging a greater command and fluency in the use of spoken English among Māori secondary school pupils. He presented the Korimako Trophy, a carved man in Māori costume holding a taiaha, for the competition. The Korimako Trophy is now awarded to the student who gains the highest aggregate mark in both the prepared and impromptu sections of the Senior English competition. It is open to Māori secondary school students from Form 5 to Form 7.
