Full list of prizewinners and recognitions.

The Hing Prize for First in Year 9

Citation: This student was ranked first academically across the year group, which is testament to their hard work, focus, and commitment to learning. Across such a large student cohort, this is a significant achievement. This student received effort awards in French, Health and Physical Education, and Art, and Attainment awards for English, History in Aotearoa, and Science. This award recognises the student who we fondly consider the dux of Year 9.

Winner: Ollie Tipping

Frank Crist Award for Outstanding All-Round Student

Citation: It has been very difficult to decide on the Frank Crist Award for the Outstanding Student in Year 9 this year. In the end however this award goes to a student who has not only achieved at a high level academically but who also received three effort certificates in Health and Physical Education, Mathematics, and History in Aotearoa. He also received today First in Subject awards in Drama and French. His involvement in co-curricular includes Drama, and Music including Sheilah Winn and the Black and Gold Collective. In Sport he was involved in cricket and hockey, where he was awarded the most outstanding performance from a defender. His teachers speak highly of the focused way in which he approaches his work, willingness to get involved, and his wider involvement in co-curricular activities.

Winner: Luke Steele

Deans Endeavour Award

Citation: The recipient of the Dean’s Endeavour award is an engaged and well rounded student who consistently displays integrity, manaakitanga, and excellence at our school.  Receiving today three effort awards in Technology, History in Aotearoa, and Drama. He has also been involved in Underwater Hockey, Hockey, Waterpolo, and Aviation club.  He is a great role model to his peers, always respectful to those around him, and is always prepared to help and support the various activities at our kura.  He is a leader to watch, and the worthy recipient of this year’s Dean’s Endeavor Award.

Winner: Nate Benson-Phipps

Matthew Beattie Award for Manaakitanga

Citation: The recipient of this award is very polite, super helpful, very capable, friendly, diligent, does everything 100%, always positive and smiling, and contributes well in class.  He received the highest number of teacher recognitions this year, which shows how much he embodies and demonstrates the school values in everything he does. 

Winner: Henry Prince

Foster Brook Couch Prize for Junior Literature

Citation: The student receiving this award demonstrates the characteristics that English Teachers and librarians adore; an avid reader, this student consumes a range of literature from fantasy and science fiction, through to informative non-fiction, reading with genuine curiosity about worlds and topics he knows, and those he wants to explore. Averaging a book a day, he can be identified by the Kindle that is always in his hand. This student wrote an incredible 67 reviews for Reading Engagement this year, and reads titles that suggest a reading age well beyond his years. 

Winner: Zack McLanahan

Dean’s List

VK Agathamudi

Jasper Christie

Arlo Ede

Jiroh Faatagi-Iose

Takaetali Finau

Frans Korb

Marlo Martin

Dylan Rama

New Delhi To’alima

James Ward

Girvan Library Reading Award

Honorable Mentions

Aun Hasnain

Daniel Joseph

Gaurav Prasad-Deo

George Lloyd-Dent

James Ward

Milan Bisley

Moon Liu

Oscar Binks

Sanketh Cooray Bulathsinhala

Winners

Zack McLanahan and Ethan White

Special Mentions

The Wellington Junior Science Tournament

VK Agathamudi

Ali Almarzouq

Terry Farrell

Elijah Fox

Caesar Grose

Ahaan Halwai

Aayan Khanulkaar

William McDonald

Anthony Pham

Nerushan Pratheepan

Timothy Prebble

Dylan Rama

Kaito Tsuru

Aquabots Nationals

Nathaniel Berridge

Colin Robrecht

Thomas Taylor 

Liam Alderdice

Isaac Baty

Adan Pette-Norroy

Archie McKenzie

Certificates of Excellence – awarded to students who have been placed first in their subject.

FIRST IN ART Felix Donald

FIRST IN CHINESE Daniel Brown

FIRST IN DRAMA Luke Steele

FIRST IN ENGLISH Archie Mackenzie

FIRST IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE Hangyeol Park

FIRST IN FRENCH Luke Steele

FIRST IN GERMAN Tobiah Maurd

FIRST IN HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION Kingsley Li

FIRST IN HISTORY – THE RICHARDSON PRIZE Alex Smith                               

FIRST IN JAPANESE James Kehoe Rowden

FIRST IN MATHEMATICS Nathaniel Berridge

FIRST EQUAL IN MUSIC Timothy Prebble, Isaac Baty, Ben Cookson

FIRST IN SAMOAN Jiroh Faatagi-Iosefa

FIRST IN SCIENCE Nathaniel Berridge

FIRST IN SPANISH Marlo Martin

FIRST IN TECHNOLOGY Jonathan Cui

Certificates of Attainment – awarded to students who are placed 2nd, 3rd or 4th in a subject

Attainment in ART Ethan Gardiner, Aaron Duan, Elisha Thomas
Attainment in CHINESE Ethan White, Ekam Singh, Akira Chiba-Gleeson

Attainment in DRAMA Timothy Prebble, Alex Smith, Marlo Martin

Attainment in ENGLISH Campbell Healy, Aayan Khanulkaar, Ollie Tipping

Attainment in FRENCH Sam Rowse, Frans Korb, James Ward

Attainment in GERMAN Caesar Grose, Dulain De Silva, Nico Geldenhuys

Attainment in HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION Marlo Martin, Imran Quazi, Frans Korb, Liam Coppin

Attainment in HISTORY IN AOTEAROA Campbell Healy, Ollie Tipping, Alexander Haigh

Attainment in JAPANESE Leo Glassey, Charlie Kettle, Rory Liu

Attainment in MATHEMATICS Gao Zhang, Moon Liu, Kingsley Li

Attainment in SCIENCE Duncan Bumby, Liam Coppin, Max Geiringer, Ollie Tipping

Attainment in SAMOAN Nova Tupai, Cade Manava, Jabez Vuki

Attainment in SPANISH Max Geiringer, Adan Pette-Norroy, Maxi McCallum

Attainment in TECHNOLOGY Max Geiringer, Ryan Bullock, Frans Korb

He Tohu Whakatutukitanga

Te Reo Māori Certificate for Kairangi: For excellence in Te Reo Māori and demonstrating personal best in their learning.

Rory Liu

James Kehoe Rowden

Theo Fountain

Nova Tupai

Aidan Foo

Ezra Ng

Aayan Khanulkaar

Kayden Hayman

Jin Tan

Dylan Rama

Hikurangi Rangihuna

Luke Steele

Frans Korb

James Ward

Te Reo Māori Certificate for Pono: For showing integrity in Te Reo Māori and encouraging others through honest and supportive actions.

Adan Pette-Norroy

Marlo Martin

Elijah Fox

Tommy Mackie

Amos Fountain

Seb Penney

Thomas Taylor

Roman Lally

Hunter Linton

Advaith Nechinathil

Anthony Pham

Nico Geldenhuys

Nathaniel Berridge

Winston Campbell-McDonald

Takaetali Finau

Te Reo Māori Certificate for Manaakitanga: For demonstrating care and respect in Te Reo Māori and supporting others with kindness and encouragement.

Charlie Kettle

Sam Olliver

Daniel Brown

Matthew Affleck

Kane Gibson

Elisha Thomas

Freddie Sclater

Kenny Zhao

Ekam Singh

Isaac Baty

Kopa Gaualofa

Quaid Hautapu-Collier

Felix Donald

Certificates of Effort

Matthew Affleck MATHEMATICS , SPANISH , ENGLISH

Liam Alderdice TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE

Bahir Alkozay MATHEMATICS

Vinuja Ariyasinghe JAPANESE

Jay Arnupapbanjerd MATHEMATICS, ART

Lucca Ballaminut SPANISH

Elijah Barendse SPANISH

Isaac Baty FRENCH , MATHEMATICS , ENGLISH

Connor Beckwith MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, ART

Ryan Beineke TECHNOLOGY , ART

Nate Benson-Phipps TECHNOLOGY, HISTORY IN AOTEAROA, DRAMA

Nathaniel Berridge HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , HISTORY IN AOTEAROA, DRAMA

Lachlan Best FRENCH , HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , MATHEMATICS , TECHNOLOGY , HISTORY IN AOTEAROA

Ruben Betterton DRAMA

Oscar Binks DRAMA

Samuel Bishop DRAMA

Milan Bisley HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, DRAMA

Ollie Bonifant HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Louis Bridgman TECHNOLOGY

Daniel Brown HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , TECHNOLOGY, MUSIC

Jack Buchanan HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , MATHEMATICS

Ryan Bullock TECHNOLOGY

Duncan Bumby DRAMA

Akira Chiba-Gleeson MATHEMATICS , TECHNOLOGY , MUSIC

Johan Chong CHINESE, HISTORY IN AOTEAROA

Jasper Christie HISTORY IN AOTEAROA , ART

Daniel Clausen TECHNOLOGY, ENGLISH, DRAMA

Ethan Clendon ENGLISH

Sam Clendon ART

Owen Coombes ENGLISH

Sanketh Cooray Bulathsinhala SCIENCE

Liam Coppin MATHEMATICS , HISTORY IN AOTEAROA , DRAMA

Noah Coppin HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , HISTORY IN AOTEAROA , MUSIC

Reuben Criss HISTORY IN AOTEAROA , ENGLISH , DRAMA

Theo Cruden JAPANESE

Jonathan Cui CHINESE , MATHEMATICS , TECHNOLOGY, HISTORY IN AOTEAROA , ENGLISH

Moss Davidson HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SPANISH

Felix Donald MATHEMATICS , SPANISH , ART

Alistair Dong ENGLISH

Sherlock Drew SPANISH , TECHNOLOGY

Arlo Ede MUSIC , DRAMA

Theo Ehlert TECHNOLOGY , SCIENCE , ENGLISH

Luis Ehrmann TECHNOLOGY , ART

Fred Faafoi-Rogers HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY, MUSIC

Takaetali Finau MUSIC , ENGLISH , DRAMA

Aidan Foo SPANISH, SCIENCE

Amos Fountain ENGLISH

Theo Fountain HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, ENGLISH, DRAMA

Elijah Fox ART

Sim Frank MATHEMATICS , MUSIC

Duncan Freeman ENGLISH

Alex Gailitis HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , TECHNOLOGY , MUSIC

Max Gair MATHEMATICS

Ethan Gardiner TECHNOLOGY, ART

Rocky Gardiyawasam ENGLISH

Kopa Gaualofa MUSIC , SAMOAN

Max Geiringer TECHNOLOGY, MUSIC

Kane Gibson MUSIC

Leo Glassey MATHEMATICS, HISTORY IN AOTEAROA

Max Graham MATHEMATICS

Maia Green HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

Harvey Griffin SCIENCE

Caesar Grose TECHNOLOGY

Thomas Habenicht GERMAN

Alexander Haigh SCIENCE

Ahaan Halwai SCIENCE , ENGLISH

Eddie Haswell HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , TECHNOLOGY , MUSIC

Kayden Hayman MATHEMATICS , TECHNOLOGY , HISTORY IN AOTEAROA, SAMOAN , DRAMA

Spike Hayvice HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , TECHNOLOGY , ART

Campbell Healy TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE, DRAMA

Oliver Healy MATHEMATICS , ART

Edward-Maiterangi Henry MATHEMATICS

Ethan Holdsworth MUSIC

Harsh Inkollu MATHEMATICS

Mason Ive HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION ,SPANISH

Ari Janes MUSIC

Lachie Jefferson TECHNOLOGY , GERMAN , DRAMA

Daniel Joseph SCIENCE , GERMAN

Izaiah Kahura DRAMA

James Kehoe Rowden HISTORY IN AOTEAROA, ART, ENGLISH, DRAMA

Charlie Kettle HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY, HISTORY IN AOTEAROA

Aayan Khanulkaar HISTORY IN AOTEAROA , SCIENCE , MUSIC , GERMAN

Frans Korb SCIENCE , MUSIC , DRAMA

Vetri Kumar HISTORY IN AOTEAROA, SCIENCE

Kan Yeung Lai SCIENCE , ART , MUSIC

Mitchell Lai CHINESE, MATHEMATICS, ART, ENGLISH

Roman Lally MATHEMATICS

Freddie Larsen HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , SCIENCE , MUSIC , ENGLISH

Luca Leong HISTORY IN AOTEAROA

Thomas Leong ART

Kingsley Li ART , MUSIC

Eric Lim CHINESE

Miles Lin CHINESE , MUSIC

Hunter Linton HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Jaydon Liu HISTORY IN AOTEAROA , ENGLISH

Rory Liu HISTORY IN AOTEAROA, ENGLISH

Oliver Llodra TECHNOLOGY , SCIENCE

Andrew Luapo JAPANESE , ART , DRAMA

Flynn Lucas FRENCH , MUSIC

Tyler Lucas SPANISH

Archie Mackenzie FRENCH , MATHEMATICS , ART, DRAMA

Tommy Mackie FRENCH , ART

Finlay MacNeill FRENCH

Shaunak Madhan MUSIC

Flynn Maguire SCIENCE , MUSIC

Darragh Maister HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , SPANISH

Harry Maitland HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Cade Manava MUSIC

William Mansell HISTORY IN AOTEAROA, ART

Paie Mapusua SAMOAN

Marlo Martin HISTORY IN AOTEAROA, MUSIC, ENGLISH, DRAMA

Tobiah Maurd SCIENCE

Nicolas Mayor HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION ,DRAMA

Maxi McCallum HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, HISTORY IN AOTEAROA, MUSIC, DRAMA

William McDonald ENGLISH , DRAMA

Madden McGee DRAMA

Harry McGrath SCIENCE, DRAMA

Zack McLanahan CHINESE , TECHNOLOGY

Noah Misa SCIENCE

Luca Mistry HISTORY IN AOTEAROA, SCIENCE, MUSIC, DRAMA

Logan Mitipelo-Narsi MATHEMATICS

Jayden Mo JAPANESE , SCIENCE

Luca Moananu TECHNOLOGY , ART

Hassan Mushtaq ENGLISH

James Naulls MATHEMATICS , SCIENCE

Advaith Nechinathil TECHNOLOGY , GERMAN

Sam Olliver HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, MATHEMATICS, HISTORY IN AOTEAROA, ART, ENGLISH

Tsubasa Ono SCIENCE

Monty Orange FRENCH , MATHEMATICS

Ryo Oshima HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , HISTORY IN AOTEAROA, ART, ENGLISH

Bulut Ozbilgin SPANISH

Kavana Parata DRAMA

Jamie Patel TECHNOLOGY

Parker Pennell JAPANESE , MUSIC

Seb Penney HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SCIENCE , MUSIC

Adan Pette-Norroy SCIENCE, ART, DRAMA

Anthony Pham MUSIC

Julius Pohvilainen TECHNOLOGY

Sri Ritwick Ponnapalli HISTORY IN AOTEAROA

Brooklyn Powell ART

Gaurav Prasad-Deo SCIENCE

Timothy Prebble HISTORY IN AOTEAROA , SCIENCE , ENGLISH, DRAMA

Henry Prince HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , SPANISH , SCIENCE ,DRAMA

Liam Quirke SCIENCE

Dylan Rama JAPANESE , SCIENCE , ENGLISH

Kaelin Ranchord ART

Caius Reid HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , SCIENCE , DRAMA

Wairangi Reweti-Stevens SPANISH, ART

Colin Robrecht HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , HISTORY IN AOTEAROA , MUSIC

Sam Rowse HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , ENGLISH

Rudransh Sahoo MUSIC

James Savage TECHNOLOGY , SCIENCE

Freddy Sclater MATHEMATICS

Finn Scott SCIENCE

Zach Scott ART

Blake Shaw HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , ENGLISH

Aaron Shen MATHEMATICS , ART

Ekam Singh MUSIC

Alex Smith TECHNOLOGY, HISTORY IN AOTEAROA, SCIENCE, ART, MUSIC, DRAMA

Hawea Smith DRAMA

Leo Smith HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY

Henry Stables TECHNOLOGY , ENGLISH

Luke Steele HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, MATHEMATICS, HISTORY IN AOTEAROA

Ryan Stow HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , MUSIC

George Symmons HISTORY IN AOTEAROA, SCIENCE

Thomas Taylor FRENCH , MATHEMATICS, TECHNOLOGY, HISTORY IN AOTEAROA, SCIENCE, ART, MUSIC, ENGLISH, DRAMA

Elisha Thomas HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , ART , DRAMA

Ollie Tipping FRENCH , HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , ART

New Delhi To’alima HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION , MATHEMATICS , SCIENCE

Kaito Tsuru HISTORY IN AOTEAROA , SCIENCE

Caleb Tucker ART

Nova Tupai ART, ENGLISH

Alec Tupou MUSIC

Vaughan Vollmer ART

Max Wade ENGLISH

Oliver Wang TECHNOLOGY

Jay Wankhade HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

James Ward HISTORY IN AOTEAROA , ART , ENGLISH , DRAMA

Ethan White HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY , DRAMA

Hugo White TECHNOLOGY

Kahu Whitehead MUSIC

Jacob Williams SPANISH

Felix Wong ART

Ethan Zhang HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Gao Zhang MATHEMATICS , SPANISH , ART , ENGLISH

Kenny Zhao MATHEMATICS , MUSIC , GERMAN

Musical Performance – The Twenty Fives