Joynt Scroll 2026

1. Round 1This house, as the child of a famous star baseball player, would choose to pursue a professional baseball career.Practise this motion
2. Round 1This house would reintroduce Russia and Belarus to international sporting events.Practise this motion
3. Round 1This house believes public sports facilities should prioritise emerging sports (e.g. pickleball, futsal) over traditional sports (e.g. tennis, football).Practise this motion
4. Round 2This house believes that universities should invest in regional studies of other countries (e.g. its politics, economics, culture) at the expense of language studies.Practise this motion
5. Round 2This house regrets the narrative of travelling to "find yourself".Practise this motion
6. Round 2This house regrets the narrative that climate change is apocalyptic in nature.Practise this motion
7. Round 3This house, as the Philippines, would abandon its policy of assertive transparency in the South China Sea.Practise this motion
8. Round 3This house, as Anthropic, would agree to give the US military unrestricted access to its AI models.Practise this motion
9. Round 3This house, as Eritrea, would restore Ethiopia’s free access to Port Assab.Practise this motion
10. Round 4Assuming it is possible, this house would implement the Sibyl System.Practise this motion
11. Round 4This house would introduce night courts.Practise this motion
12. Round 4This House believes that offenders who pursue an unmeritorious appeal should have their sentence uplifted.Practise this motion
13. Round 5This house, as the creator of a popular AI model that generates music, would introduce a "walled garden" for your model.Practise this motion
14. Round 5This house prefers film and TV adaptations taking large scale creative liberties over being faithful to the source material.Practise this motion
15. Round 5This house would require streaming services with a significant number of subscribers in New Zealand to spend a certain portion of their total New Zealand revenue on producing local originals.Practise this motion
16. Round 6This house would allow drug treatment specialists to prescribe prohibited drugs (eg methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine).Practise this motion
17. Round 6This house opposes subscription-based primary healthcare.Practise this motion
18. Round 6This house believes that healthcare research institutions should prioritise field experiments over laboratory experiments.Practise this motion
19. SemifinalsThis house would cap the interest rates on credit cards.Practise this motion
20. SemifinalsThis house regrets the glorification of the FIRE Movement.Practise this motion
21. SemifinalsThis house, as Estée Lauder, would pursue growth by acquiring Puig rather than organically.Practise this motion
22. Grand FinalThis house believes that it is in the interests of Peru to abolish the ability for a president to be removed based on permanent moral incapacity.Practise this motion
23. Grand FinalThis house believes that the Māori seats model is better for indigenous populations than the Sámi Parliaments model.Practise this motion
24. Grand FinalThis house supports building free cities in developing countries.Practise this motion

1. Round 0THS the actions of Luigi MangionePractise this motion
2. Round 0THS the rise of Litigation FundingPractise this motion
3. Round 0THW give Iwi significant autonomy to set local regulations (eg taxes, permitting) on their landPractise this motion
4. Round 1THBT it is in the National Party's best interest to replace Christopher Luxon as leader before the 2026 election.Practise this motion
5. Round 1THR the stratification of NZ's MMP system.Practise this motion
6. Round 1TH prefers a world where reparations to Māori were primarily through the return of land rather than financial reparationsPractise this motion
7. Round 2THBT it is in the interest of Formula 1 to significantly ease technical constraints.Practise this motion
8. Round 2THBT the greatest sports stories are those that end in defeat, not victoryPractise this motion
9. Round 2THW accept the fightPractise this motion
10. Round 3THP a world where the lottery existsPractise this motion
11. Round 3THW return home.Practise this motion
12. Round 3THW sail stormy seasPractise this motion
13. Round 4TH, as the European Union, would significantly militarise (e.g. create and substantially fund a unified army, undertake joint espionage)Practise this motion
14. Round 4THO the adoption of the Eco.Practise this motion
15. Round 4This House Predicts that, by the end of the century, democracy will no longer be the dominant global political system.Practise this motion
16. Round 5THR the glorification of 'Brat culture'.Practise this motion
17. Round 5THR the expectation that placing women in corporate leadership positions will benefit women in corporate spacesPractise this motion
18. Round 5THBT social movements should prioritise protests over celebrationsPractise this motion
19. Round 6This House believes that it is in the interests of the Catholic Church to elect Cardinal Tagle over Cardinal Erdö as the next Pope.Practise this motion
20. Round 6THR the decline of religion and religious service attendance in New Zealand.Practise this motion
21. Round 6THR the continued focus of Catholicism on Original SinPractise this motion
22. SemifinalsTHS the rise of Litigation FundingPractise this motion
23. SemifinalsTHW give Iwi significant autonomy to set local regulations (eg taxes, permitting) on their landPractise this motion
24. SemifinalsTHS the actions of Luigi MangionePractise this motion
25. Grand FinalTHBT we should not engage in scientific research aiming to resurrect extinct speciesPractise this motion
26. Grand FinalTHS art for no one.Practise this motion
27. Grand FinalTHP a restoration approach to art conservation as opposed to a preservation approachPractise this motion

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