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SUMMARY:[Registration Opens] The 20th New Zealand Chinese Essay Competition 2026
DESCRIPTION:The New Zealand Chinese Essay Competition, proudly supported by the Chinese ambassador to New Zealand, has been organized by the Confucius Institute in Auckland since 2007.\nThis year’s Competition is sponsored by Industry and Commercial Bank of China (New Zealand) Limited.\n\nDownload Info sheet Registration Download past essays\n\n\nObjectives\n\nTo promote and encourage the use of the Chinese among the learners of Chinese in New Zealand;\nTo promote the knowledge of Chinese language and culture as an important resource in an increasingly multi-cultural and global environment;\nTo provide an opportunity for students of Chinese language to showcase their learning;\nTo inspire students to learn Chinese language by sharing their writings with fellow students.\n\nRequirements\n\nStyle of writing: Any format of ORIGINAL work\nTopic: Chinese Connects You and Me – 中文，连接你和我\n\nCategories\n\nCategory I – Secondary School Junior (Year 7-10): minimum 200 characters\nCategory II – Secondary School Senior (Year 11-13): minimum 300 characters\nCategory III – Tertiary Category: minimum 500 characters\n\nEligibility\nNon-Chinese Heritage Group:\n• New Zealand citizens or New Zealand permanent residents, and full-time registered students.\n• Mandarin or any Chinese dialect is not the home language spoken by either parent.\nChinese Heritage Group:\n• Full-time registered students born in New Zealand.\nJudging Criteria\n\nContent (idea, originality and creativity)\nLanguage (vocabulary and grammar)\nStructure (organization and style)\n\n* Machine or AI-assisted/generated content/translation is not acceptable and the decision of the judges is final.\nRegistration\n\nSchool Group Registration through your Chinese teacher;\nIndividual Registrations are also acceptable;\nRegistrations and submit the essays online at https://forms.gle/ve6ekeU7PvfZcyLM6\n\nTimetable\n\n\nAll registration and essay submission by 31 August 2026\n\n\nFinal results and awards will be announced by the end of September 2026\n\n\n
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