‘Woolly Wedge’ wins day
A group of Dunedin school pupils is on a mission to save the New Zealand wool industry ‘‘one doorstop at a time’’.
Under the Door Enterprises, from Kavanagh College, created a firm producing and selling woollen doorstops called ‘‘Woolly Wedge’’.
Celebrating their win after the Young Enterprise Scheme’s Otago Regional Final are Under the Door Enterprise team members (from top) Hayley Anderson (17) , Amy Hook (18), Mitchell Stewart (17), and Te Kahui Mariu-Boreham (18), all of Dunedin’s Kavanagh College.
The group, made up of 10 year 13 pupils from the school’s agribusiness class, had been building its business through the Young Enterprise Scheme (Yes) and on Tuesday night it was named the Otago regional winner for 2021.
Each won a $1000 scholarship to the University of Otago and flight vouchers from Air New Zealand.
Bayfield High School’s Abalro Health, which was last year’s winners, placed second and Otago Boys High School’s Maimoa came third.
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