A year 10 student from Marlborough Boys' College has been crowned New Zealand's top speller
A year 10 student from Marlborough Boys' College has been crowned New Zealand's top speller
3 November 2018
George Turner has won this year's Spelling Bee champion - triumphing over hundreds of students from more than 100 schools.
The 14 year old - who was runner-up in the national competition last year - takes home 5,000 dollars to put towards future education.
He won the competition by correctly spelling the word 'frankincense'.
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