- Bruce Zhang from Macleans 1 with an average speaker score of 74.67
- Mishti Saha from Lynfield 1 with an average speaker score of 74.17
- Cerisa Gu from St Cuthbert's 1 with an average speaker score of 74
- Manuia Fox-Romia from Mangere 1 with an average speaker score of 73.83
- Jacob Johnston from Kristin 7 with an average speaker score of 73.75
- Bella Chen from St Kents 1 with an average speaker score of 73.5
- Joshua Wang from Rangitoto 1 with an average speaker score of 73.25
- Lucy Yin from St Cuthbert's 1 with an average speaker score of 73.04
- Tony Chou from Auckland Grammar 1 with an average speaker score of 73
- Liam Zhao from St Kents 1 with an average speaker score of 72.58