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Dale Timms 1981
DALE TIMMS winner of the 1981 National Korimako Speech Competition.
Former Ngaruawahia High School student The Korimako Speech Contest is a
Dale Timms is a man of many words. competition for Maaori secondary school students
When he stands before an audience the words and involved a prepared and an impromptu speech.
flow like water. He is a magnetic, exciting speaker, Dale, who was 17 when he won the contest. chose
and his audience is spellbound. the topic ‘A world without oil’ for his three-minute
Dale’s ability to make speeches has earned impromptu speech.
him national recognition. As Ngaruawahia high His five-minute prepared speech was entitled
School’s head boy Dale, who grew up in Glen ‘We will live like brothers or we will die together
Massey, took top honours in the Korimako speech like fools’.
contest in 1981. Earlier in 1981 Dale won another national
Dale represented the Waikato in that contest oratory contest organised by the Jaycees.
after earlier winning the regional competition in a (Dale’s National Korimako winning speech
final held at Ngaruawahia High School. can be read on the following pages)
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