Otago-Southland Rotary four-way speech competition — Logan Park High School

Connor Seddon says delivering an award-winning speech is all about timing. The Logan Park High School 17-year-old recently won the Otago-Southland Rotary four-way speech competition.

Connor won with his speech about the stereotypes that teenagers are frequently tarred with.

''People see teens as rude, violent and lazy.

''It's unfair that these stereotypes are spread broadly across all teenagers."

He was up against top speakers from Timaru, Invercargill, Central Otago and Dunedin.

Connor was also recently named Best Speaker at the Otago Model United Nations Assembly in Dunedin, and has been selected with fellow Logan Park High School pupil Oscar McNoe to go to Wellington for the New Zealand Model United Nations Assembly in June.