King’s reigned supreme to take out the Dunedin Schools Debating (DSD) finals in September. King’s 1, consisting of John Warman, Ben Hawke and Cam Fraser, topped off a remarkable year for Debating at King’s after winning regionals at the other major 3v3s Tournament earlier this year.

The format included 30 minutes preparation without research to present three, 7 minute speeches and a brief four minute reply. King’s broke third to the semi-finals after winning five out of the seven in-rounds, with motions varying from 'the public or private ownership of prisons' to 'sports teams being accountable for their fans behaviour'.

In the semi-finals, King’s toppled Columba College 1 negating the motion ‘This house believes that strong dictatorships are better than weak democracies’ in a narrow 2-1 split. In the finals, King’s cemented their domination with a unanimous victory over Otago Girls' High School 1, affirming the motion 'THR the recreational ownership of pets'.