MAC Mag 06

2 Principal’s Report 

3 BOT Chairperson’s Report 

4 Staff Photo 

5 Class Act 

6 Student Council 

7 BOT Student Representative 

8-9 International Language Centre 

10-11 Hostel 

12 40 Hour Famine 

13 Outward Bound 

14-15 Quad Tournaments 

16 The Duke of Edinburgh Award 

17 Mathletics 

18 Library News 

19 Sustainability Week 

20-29 Whanau and House Activities 

30 Rutherford 

31 Level 2 Outdoor Pursuits Tramp 

32-34 Special Achievements 

35 Hospitality 

36 Spirit of Adventure 

37 Creative Writing 

38-41 Netball 

42-43 Year 9 and 10 Camps 

44 Year 7/8 Camps 

45 House Colours 

46-47 Students in the Community 

48-49 Outdoor Pursuits 

50-51 Formal 

52-52 Rockquest/MAC Fest/Music 

54-55 Leavers’ Dinner 

56-57 Year 7 and 8 Camps 

58-59 Art Page 

61 Stage Challenge 

62-75 Sports Pages 

76 Super Squad 

77 Europe Trip 

78 Jazz Band 

79 Kapa Haka 

80 Prime Minister’s Visit 

81 Drama 

82-91 Class Photos 

92-93 MAC Survivors 

95-103 Year 13 Profiles 

104 Fun Staff Photo 

The Magazine Team: 

Michelle Keimig 

Hannah Beaufoy 

Simon King 

Andrew Miller 

Jane Hamilton 

Maree Horlor 

Mandy Sherson 

Laura Ferguson 

Rose Adams

BOT Chairperson’s 

Report 

Here’s something to think about! 

Felix Schelling – 19th century 

educationalist and philosopher said : “True 

education makes for inequality. The inequality 

of individuality, the inequality of success; 

the glorious inequality of talent, of genius! 

For inequality, not mediocrity; individual 

superiority, not standardization, is the measure 

of progress in the world….” 

As well as the myriad of governance 

requirements that the Board of Trustees has 

to meet – ensuring legislative compliance, 

improving student learning outcomes, 

being a good employer, managing staff 

performance, being fiscally prudent…(the list 

goes on!) – we have an underlying goal of 

fostering a unique and identifiable culture for 

our school community. 

We sum up our goals and aspirations for 

you - our students - with the phrase “Enjoy 

Success”. Having this as our maxim presents 

us with a huge challenge. How do we ensure 

that students at Mount Aspiring College 

are experiencing success and having the 

opportunity to enjoy it? 

The key, I believe, lies in promoting inequality! 

This doesn’t sound very politically correct, 

but if you think of it in the context of Felix 

Schelling’s words, it begins to make more 

sense. It starts with valuing and nurturing 

individuality and the belief that every person 

in our college community has some unique 

skills or talents. We can’t all be good at 

everything. We aren’t all good at the same 

things. But we all have at least one thing at 

which we excel. The challenge for you is to 

figure out what that thing is, and to foster it 

- to pursue any and all opportunities that are 

available to you for growth and development. 

The challenge for the Board and for the staff is 

to provide an environment in which individual 

talents can be nurtured and celebrated, 

however diverse they are, without fear of 

failure or judgment or ridicule. Identifying and 

developing each of your special individual 

talents enriches our learning community and 

provides a successful foundation for other 

learning. 

I would like to take this opportunity to 

acknowledge our exceptional staff and the 

contribution they have made to your success. 

I truly hope that those of you who are leaving 

Mount Aspiring College this year take with you 

more than “paper” qualifications. I hope that 

you also take with you some understanding 

of your unique personal ‘inequality’ – a pride 

in who you are and what you have achieved 

and the will to ‘enjoy success’ in whatever 

challenges life presents you. 

Kia Kaha. 

Sally Battson 

Chairperson, Board of Trustees 

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Mount Aspiring College Staff 2006 

Sandra Aitchison, Katie Allen, Murray Allen, Vicki Ashton, Mandy Austin, Gena Bagley, Kellie Bailey, Marcus Bate, Matt Benassi, Dawn Bosley, Wayne Bosley, Carol Bradley, Carol 

Brooks, Perry Brooks, Rob Bruce, Denise Bruns, Feargal Buckley, Mike Burrowes, Colleen Carr, Helen Carter, Dave Cassaidy, Mary Chaffey, Lynne Christie, Ronalda Clark, Hamish 

Crosbie, Andy Curteis, Nikki Davidson, Claire Easterbrook, Annette Ellwood, Jude Faircloth, Lesley Faulks, Anna Frost, Johanna Gordon, Andre Habib, Doreen Hale, Jane Hamilton, 

Helen Hammond, John Hammond, Tim Harper, Kay Hart, Joanne Hawkins, Maree Horlor, Maurie Jackways, Melissa Johnson, Pamela Keelan, Jen Kewish, Don King, Simon King, 

Maree Lewis, Kris Logan, Charlotte Lucas, Fiona Lysaght, Dot Macfie, Janet Malloch, Jenni McDougall, Kay McFarlane, Thelma McMurray, Ian McNabb, Nikki Meissel, Florence 

Micoud, Duncan Miles, Andrew Miller, Ronnie Moffat, Karyn Munro, Simon Nyhof, Nicole O’Hagan, Claudine Pelosi, Tania Perry, Linda Pierce, Caitlin Pujol, Siobhan Quayle, Andrew 

Reece, Judy Reid, Cheryl Richardson, Dave Roberts, Gayle Rodgers, Eva Scott, Anna Shaw, Mandy Sherson, Gill Shortcliffe, Jenny Simmers, Jacqueline Slavich, Pete Smalley, Pete 

Stevenson, Clare Thomas-Moore, John Turnbull, Kathy Tweedie, Joss Walker, Anthony Waterworth, Jane Watson-Taylor, Heather Watt, Mijke van Weert, Chris Waugh. 

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Sam Hale was Mount Aspiring College’s 

highest performing Year 12 academic 

student in the national exams in 2005 but, 

for the Class Act award, he was particularly 

acknowledged for his expertise in music. 

Sam’s chosen musical instruments are 

the piano and saxophone. While he is 

most often seen at school playing the 

saxophone his greatest strength is as a 

pianist. Sam passed his Royal Schools of 

Music Grade 8 piano exam (with Merit) 

in October this year. In 2007 he will be 

attending the University of Otago to begin 

studying towards a degree in medicine. 

Louise Jull is a member of the NZ 

Junior Kayak Team. She gained a 

national title in the New Zealand Age 

Group Championships before heading 

to Europe and then to the World Junior 

Champs in Slovenia. Louise was placed 

35th in the World Champs with a best 

placing of 5th in the competition in the 

Czech Republic. Louise is also a regional 

representative in Surf Lifesaving, although 

she has had to put that role on hold 

during this year in Wanaka. Louise heads 

to the University of Otago next year to 

begin a marketing course. 

Pleased to support 

Mount Aspiring College 

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Student council this year was a big group 

full of big ideas for big projects. 

We had a group of about 25 compared 

to the normal 13, as there were so many 

bright minds and helping hands wanting 

to be a part of the council. This made for 

many more ideas, volunteers and overall 

it either slowed down the progress or 

quickened it up (must have been the fastest 

time the hall has ever been decorated for 

the formal!) 

We had several mufti days this year, such 

as our farmer fun day with kids searching for 

prizes in a haystack! Funds have been raised 

for our school climbing boulder, to help Matt 

Bancroft to get to England to compete in 

Junior Worlds for sailing, as well as collecting 

bras for the breast cancer appeal. We also 

had an amazing ‘Cirque Du Soleil’ formal and 

high altitude leavers’ dinner. 

Of course there are many people to 

thank for their efforts. Karyn, Joss and the 

executive committee for always trying to 

get the best out of our principal for the 

students. A lot of hard work was put in by 

many; I hope it was an experience to use in 

the future. You were a committed and fun 

group of people to work with. 

All the best for the future. 

Thanks, 

Nicola King, 

Chairperson of Student Council 

2006 Student Council 

The Student Executive Committee 

Nicola King 

Chairperson 

Mitch Bosley 

BOT Student Rep 

Whitney Mulqueen 

Deputy Chairperson 

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Todd Sandford 

Secretary 

Hannah Steven 

Treasurer 

Jillian Macfie 

Deputy Chairperson

BOT Student 

Rep Mitch Bosley’s 

Report 

Even before I started going to Mount 

Aspiring College I was excited about the 

opportunities it would create. Mount Aspiring 

is a place where there is something for 

everybody to get involved and excel in, from 

academic work, cultural activities, drama, 

music and sports. In my seven years at the 

college I have been lucky enough to have 

been involved in all of these areas at one 

time or another and I know from experience 

that the staff is always doing its utmost to 

support everyone of us in our endeavours. 

Over the past year I have had the honour 

of being the Student Representative on the 

Board of Trustees. This experience is one that 

not many students get to undertake and 

initially one that I felt was quite daunting, but 

I soon realised that the board members 

weren’t all that scary and were great at 

listening to anything the student body had to 

offer. We are very lucky to have a skilled and 

pro-active group of individuals who always 

believe that there are ways for the college 

to keep moving forward. 

Mount Aspiring College is a wonderful place 

and I’m sure will leave a mark on all of us 

whether we’ve been here for one year or 

seven. I have certainly had the time of my 

life and I’m sad to be leaving. But as the 

saying goes “all good things must come to 

an end” and my time is up so now it’s time 

to move on. Thanks Mount Aspiring for all of 

the opportunities you have given me – I will 

never forget you. 

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It’s been another busy year in the International Language Centre, starting with 

a move to our new premises on the college campus. It has been great for the 

international students to be based on the school site and we have had a group 

of happy overseas students integrating fully into school life and building strong 

friendships with the local students. 

There have been 25 integrated students studying with us this year from six different countries - Austria, 

Brazil, China, Germany, Japan and Korea. Their programme has been managed by teachers Marie 

Lewis and Gill Shortcliffe and international manager Claire Easterbrook has looked after all their other 

arrangements, assisted in the office this year by Eva Scott and Fiona Lysaght. 

At the time of going to press, the students are preparing for their end of year examinations for IELTS 

and NCEA. Good luck to everyone in their endeavours! Students are also looking forward to our 

end of year programme, which is a great opportunity to check out the local activities and have a 

fun time together. The plan this year is to go tramping, boating, rockclimbing and kayaking as well 

as visiting other international students in Cromwell and Queenstown. It should be a great end to the 

year before the students go back to their studies in their home countries. 

We have had lots more going on this year at the Language Centre: 

Three MAC students visited Japan over the summer holidays as part of an exchange programme 

set up with Sosei Junior High School two years ago and coordinated by Japanese teacher Sandra 

Aitchison. In return we hosted three students from Sosei in term one. All six students benefited from 

this opportunity to travel to each other’s countries and learn more about the language and culture. 

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Our General English programme has also been busy this year, with long and short term students 

from Brazil, Chile, Italy, Japan, Korea and Germany. Students ranged in age from ten to sixty years 

and as well as English lessons have enjoyed activities ranging from snowboarding, hiking, visits to 

local attractions, horse riding, swimming and cooking with tutor Linda Pierce, assisted at times by 

tutors Megan Collins and Julie Mulholland. The Korean Ski Team came back again in term three for 

evening classes combined with their ski training along with top ranking Italian skier Kristain Ghedina. 

We also hosted Reitaku Junior High School who returned for the third year running for a short 

programme organized by Ashlea King. The students had a busy schedule of outdoor activities 

including kayaking, horse riding, rockclimbing and camping at Glendhu Bay, but still had time to 

enjoy being with their Wanaka host family and activities with the local students. 

We’d like to take this opportunity to give a BIG thank you to all those families who have provided 

our students with a home away from home this year. It makes all the difference knowing that they 

are being so well looked after and having a great Kiwi experience. We appreciate your efforts and 

support. 

Claire Easterbrook 

International Manager 

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We came, 

We saw, 

We …paddled the lake and rivers. 

We climbed to new heights on rock all round Wanaka. 

We skated on ice in Queenstown and on boards in town. 

We rafted the white water of the Shotover. 

We made our own rafts and attempted the Outlet… 

We sank a bit, we swam a lot, we made a bit of noise. 

We boated to Mou Waho 

We biked to Mount Aspiring hut. 

We raced 52 km through the Motatapu. 

We skied and boarded all winter. 

We tramped up valleys, over hills, through rivers… 

We got blisters. 

We camped in sun, rain and wind. 

We shot targets with arrows and guns… 

We shot each other with paint (‘til we were literally black and blue) 

We cooked, cleaned, budgeted, mowed and recycled. 

We baked, burned and improvised. 

We played jokes, guitars, cards, Callum’s monopoly, dress ups and 

touch. 

We laughed, we fought, loved and cried. 

We shared an experience. 

We watched the sun rise over Wanaka from Mt Roy…together. 

We made it… 

We conquered! 

Liverpool 

G-ham Smout 

Doddy “Bushman” Dodwell 

Simon “There was blood” McGrath 

Isana “Is that organic” Reid-Grey 

Micah “Your’e just not good enough for me” Simons 

Up-2 ? TG Tom Grooten 

Rob Roy 

Lizzie “The Victim” Johnstone 

Chloe-Ho-Hamlin 

You can always count on J.C! 

Ella “What’s in a name?” Hoare 

Ella “What did I do last night?” Brocolli 

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Cascade 

K8 “Octo like platypus the seal” Gilmour 

Meiks “perfect physique” Sherwin 

Emma “Shu-dini” Schuler 

Up 4 another Austrian Injection Tanya? 

Louise “Hard-out chick” Jull 

Grace “Martha Stewart” Maguire 

Avalanche 

Liv “Car-Ho” McLennan 

Niki “Pro-Ho” Peters 

Charlotte “Mt Charlimanjaro” Greive 

Freya “F.F.E.” Sorrenson 

Lucy “goosey” Stone 

Laura “pow-pow” Margetts 

Arawhata 

Sam “Wife beater” McDiarmid 

Jack, “Mandate” Taylor 

Dan “Use your karate skills on something other than walls” Roberts 

B-Rad “Show us your guns” Evison 

Tom “Happy” Kearney 

Todd Secretary Sandford 

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2006 40 Hour Famine 

Leadership Camp 

In late January this 

year four students from 


attended the 2006 40 

Hour Famine Leadership 

Camp in Lyttelton, just 

out of Christchurch. 

Hannah Beaufoy, Whitney 

Mulqueen, Rose Adams 

and Laura Ferguson met 

at the camp ready for 

a fun, inspirational and 

information filled weekend. 

At first everyone was very 

shy and only stuck by 

the people they already 

knew, but after a quick 

introductory talk we played 

a few games to help us 

all ‘break the ice’ and 

get to know each other 

a bit better. During the 

rest of the weekend we 

took part in many more 

activities and listened to 

many inspirational and eye opening 

speeches from a few famous New 

Zealanders, all of which blew us away 

and left us speechless. Each of these 

gave us a chance to see things from 

the perspective of people suffering 

in poverty all around the world. The 

emotional impact we felt gave us 

greater motivation to go home and 

try as hard as we could to encourage 

our schools to get involved and raise 

as much money as possible by all 

doing the famine. This camp also 

provided us with a lot of skills like time 

management, working as a team and 

leadership skills. 

Overall, a great weekend with the 

World Vision crew and other students 

from around the South Island. 

Rose Adams and Laura Ferguson 

The theme for 2006 was ‘Spread 

the Word’ and the actual Famine 

was held on the weekend of the 

17-19 March. The college was ably 

assisted by an enthusiastic committee 

comprising Rosie Adams, Harriet 

Beattie, Hannah Beaufoy, Sophie 

Brown, Phoebe Crawford, Laura 

Ferguson and Whitney Mulqueen. 

The College raised over $7000 which 

was another fantastic effort involving 

the commitment from students, staff 

and the local community. The money 

raised was sent to India, Cambodia, 

Rwanda and many other countries to 

release children from bonded labour 

and give them an education so they 

can learn and have choices for their 

future. 

Thank you to Mr Turnbull for 

all the encouragement you 

gave to the 2006 

40 Hour Famine 

Committee this year. 

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BRONZE – Pearl Flat 

“We had a meeting a couple of days 

before we left to discuss what food and 

clothing we should bring and to sort out 

who would carry what equipment. On 

the day we walked in the weather was 

sunny with patches of high cloud. We 

walked up the valley to the Aspiring Hut 

where we stopped for our lunch break. 

We then walked further up the valley 

which became more challenging as we 

passed through the beech forest. We 

emerged at Shovel Flat but carried on 

walking to Pearl Flat where we set up 

camp at the fork of two glacial rivers. 

Once we got our tents up and had 

cooked our meals we sat around the old 

campfire swapping stories and jokes. It 

was a lovely warm evening so we didn’t 

got to bed until quite late and those 

who were silly enough to leave their food 

outside during the night lost most of it to 

the possums!” 

Jack Beattie 

“I’m really glad that I have had this 

experience – I have got to know the 

people tramping with me, I have seen 

those wonderful views and explored 

a magnificent area. This is the just 

the first of many tramps – I can’t wait! 

I persevered throughout the trip and 

found it best to go at my own pace 

to conserve energy. I really enjoyed 

this expedition, particularly being out 

enjoying nature.” 

Nicole Batchelar 

SILVER - Kepler Tramp 

“We set off on our first silver tramp on 

the Kepler track, with a weather report 

of snow storms! Unfortunately for Tim 

Andrews he’d only brought one set of 

thermals. 

So, after a fine day’s tramping, and 

45 minutes walking in the dark, we’d 

bunked down and had a good sleep. 

We moved out the next morning, 

into the steadily falling snow. During 

the day we tramped for four hours 

through a snow storm, between 

Avalanche huts on a mountain ridge! 

It was a hard tramp for some of 

us – a great character building 

experience’ according to the 

teachers! Even though this tramp 

was a bit more adventurous that 

anticipated, we had a great time, 

full of laughter – including a kilogram 

of mince, a burned mouth (not so 

fun!), the world’s first camping stove 

accompanying us, balloons, giant 

blisters and charades! Thanks very 

much to the teachers and parents 

that accompanied us. 

We all had a great time!” 

Alison Reid and Helen Prescott 

GOLD - Rees and Dart Valley 

(Final tramp, one step further to Gold) 

“By the second day we were missioning 

up a vertical hill which was covered in a 

foot of snow. Sometimes I wonder how 

we did it! Then on the third day we woke 

up to it snowing heavily outside. It was a 

tough decision to decide whether to risk 

the walk or stay in the hut. We layered on 

the woollens and took on the snow and 

we came out on top the best tramp of 

my life.” 

Jillian Macfie 

The Young New Zealanders Challenge of the Duke of Edinburgh Award is a programme designed to challenge young people to use their leisure 

time constructively and to become balanced individuals. 

Students may enter the award at 14 years at the Bronze level and work their way through the Silver and Gold levels. They may choose their own 

challenges within the categories of physical recreation, skill, expedition and service. 

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These awards are highly valued in the community as they show that a student has commitment, perseverance, a sense of adventure, the ability to 

organize themselves and, best of all, that they are balanced individuals. The awards count highly as qualifications in jobs, scholarship, university, 

polytechnic and halls of residence applications and are well worth having. This year over 80 students have participated at one of the three levels 

and we are thrilled to have eight students who have completed their Gold award – a first for Mount Aspiring College!

Central Otago Mathletics Competition 

This year two teams from each of Years 7-10 went to Cromwell College to compete in the Central 

Otago Mathletics Competition. Mathletics requires a combination of superb mathematics 

understanding, excellent computation and problem solving skills and the ability to work in a team. 

Some examples are given below - see if you can solve them! Our teams were pitted against the 

best from Dunstan High School and Cromwell College. We are proud of all our competing teams 

and would like to acknowledge the following great results: 

1st 

3rd 

1st 

3rd 

2nd 

2nd 

3rd 

Year 7 

Richard Macpherson 

Gabriel Schwarz 

Cody Tucker 

Ben Sherson 

(pictured right) 

Dylan Stock 

Nick Jackson 

Eachann Bruce 

Maddie Lysaght 

Year 8 

Rohan Brash 

Alex Winsloe 

Lisa-Katie Rethwisch 

James Rowe 

(pictured right) 

Saasha Bruce 

Michael Jolly 

Cory Bryan 

Dominic Schwarz 

Year 9 

Tom Sherson 

Michael Hammerich 

Anna Hogg 

Amy Kennerley 

Year 10 

Sarah Cashen 

Lauren Wootton 

Melissa Buckingham 

Catherine Hart 

Shilo Gibson 

Katarina Schwarz 

Susannah Schwarz 

Hannah Lumsden 

Taken from 2006 questions.... 

1) 4 + 3 x 7 = 

2) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + ... ... + 16 + 17 + 18 + 19 + 20 = 

3) Which 3 consecutive square numbers add to 110? 

4) Put mathematical symbols between these digits to make the 

equation correct - you can use x, +, -, or () 7 6 4 9 = 81 

5) A jar contains 454 g of sugar. If 5 jars with sugar weigh 2.95 kg what 

is the mass of an empty jar? 

6) Two numbers which are 7 apart have a sum of 37 and a product of 

330. What are the two numbers? 

7) Wurzles have 2 heads and 3 legs, Frumples have 1 head and 4 legs. 

In total there are 35 legs and 15 heads. How many Wurzles and how 

many Frumples? 

8) Unscramble this geometric word: enclase 

Year 7 Champions 

Year 8 Champions 

Answers: 1) 25 2) 210 3) 25, 36 49 4) {7 + 6 - 4} x 9 = 81 

5) 136g or 0.136 kg 6) 15 and 22 7) 5 of each 8) scalene 

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Library corner 

Towards MAC LIC, Mount Aspiring College Library Information Centre 

2006: New Librarian (footnote 1), new orientation! This year, the library (fortnote 2) has evolved into an 

effective user-friendly reading and learning centre. You will use this place more often, more successfully and 

with more pleasure so that you become a life-long learner. 

Search Computers: Two computers have been added on the left at the entrance of the library. They are your 

first stop when you enter the place. You can search the OPAC (Library Catalogue) with author’s name or title, 

word or keyword and then find the book in the shelves. On these computers, you can also search Encarta 

Encyclopaedia, where you will find useful information for your research. 

Magazines: New display in the centre of the library, presenting recent magazines. New organisation (to be 

completed) of magazine collections kept in folders in the Reading Corner. New Subscriptions include: New 

Scientist, New Zealand PC World, New Internationalist and Kiwi Conservation Club. Magazines must be read 

within the library. They are NOT FOR LOAN, except 4 bar-coded magazines which can be borrowed like books 

(footnote 3). 

Reading Corner: Research has shown that a home-like reading corner enhances the reading experience 

both at school and at home! Worth trying the experience… Hence the $10 armchair and carpet from 

Wastebusters and it does create a nice atmosphere! Here, story reading times are held twice a week, when 

a reader reads a story to students. We will continue to offer you the possibility of simply sitting and listening… 

and dive into fantastic, weird, moving or funny… Check out MAC LIC notice board, on the library window! 

References: They have been set up and organised along the Dewey classification in the centre of the Library. 

They are your second stop when commencing research. Finding definitions in dictionaries, keywords in a 

thesaurus, articles in encyclopaedias… 

Knowledge Section: Renamed from Non-fiction (negative notion, although common). It is organised along 

the Dewey classification, which is widely used in English speaking countries. It is the most important system for 

finding your way around as most libraries you visit will be organised this way. So I have adapted it and colourcoded 

it, to help you along. Shelf labels will also be colour coded (to be completed). 

The Rainbow: Violet/blue/green/yellow/orange/red is happy and full of symbols so it was chosen as the 

colour code of the Dewey classification. It is the theme of the decoration of the library, which, together with 

more than 200 paper chains created by the students with much fun (well done guys!), creates a cheerful & 

favourable learning environment. Internal managerial practices have been developed to ensure the best 

staff liaison and information acquisition, but the least number of book losses (you are now closely tracked for 

those overdue books!). 

As you can see, there are several things still “to be completed”, and so 2007 will see new developments, 

such as leaflets to find your way in the information landscape, games to re-enforce these and another MAC 

LIC week, with a session for parents… Always check out MAC LIC Corner in the newsletter! 

Florence Micoud, Your Librarian Information Manager 

Footnote 1) It’s been an accomplishment and a privilege for me to be employed as Librarian in Mount 

Aspiring College in January 2006. Being qualified and experienced, I have been rapidly operational and I 

enjoy it all, although my English is sometimes quite laughable! 

Footnote 2) Place at the heart of the college which holds a very good and abundant collection of both 

Fiction and Knowledge books and Magazines. 

Footnote 3) New Scientist, New Internationalist, 

National Geographic, New Zealand Geographic. Those 

magazines are indexed (they are added to the Catalogue 

with key-words) because they contain interesting features that can be useful for your researches. 

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Sustainability is important to many people in 

Wanaka. For three lovely days in May students, 

parents and members of the community were 

involved in a wide range of activities around the 

theme of sustainability. These included making bio 

fuel using solar energy, visiting energy efficient homes 

around Wanaka, creating an orchestra from recycled 

materials and then performing, hunting, fishing, 

composting and worm farming. 

Sustainability week was enjoyed by most, loved 

by some and grumbled about by others – all 

captured for posterity by two small teams of students 

on film and in print. Whilst we can’t include the 

camera crew’s DVD in this magazine, here are some 

of the news stories written by our roving reporters. 

Alternative Fuel 

Of course most of you know 

this week is theme week. 

The people in room 11 got 

off to a good start with their 

fuel project. First they made 

bioreactors out of containers, 

cardboard and tubes which 

they used to show how manure 

can be changed into methane 

or fertilizer. Other things that 

can be turned into fuel include 

the sun, water, alcohol and 

electricity. After that they went to 

the computer room and studied 

different types of fuel. Elmo 

Cotter said “This project was 

easy and fun,” and he chose 

this option because it sounded 

cool and he wanted to make 

fuel. 

Hugh Haworth, 8GO 

Learning to Weave 

Flax was everywhere on 

Thursday morning in 

the East Common Room. 

Students chose to make 

headbands, flowers, fish 

and baskets out of flax. 

Most students chose this 

option as they thought 

it would be fun. “I chose 

it mainly for the knitting 

part of it” said Abbi Ayre, 

a year 8 student. The day 

before the group went 

on a journey to Rippon 

vineyard where they were 

shown the grapes, talked 

about compost and how 

the vineyard is organic. 

After that they knitted. 

Cindy McLeod, 8WT 

Climate Change 

Global warming, 

icebergs melting, 

the world flooding, 

these are just some 

few factors of climate 

change. Not just 

that but climate 

change in general 

is what Cody, Brock, 

Tom and seventeen 

others are studying for 

theme week. Mainly 

they have gathered 

their resources from 

the internet, books, 

magazines and things 

that they already 

knew. 

Mathew Green, 8GO 

Winning Book Award Announced 

During Mount Aspiring College’s 

‘Sustainability’ theme week a group 

of students worked on producing a book 

which, some believed, should be awarded 

the New Zealand Book Award. The book 

contained information about global 

warming and ways to conserve energy 

and fuel. The aim of the group who worked 

on the book was to make students more 

aware of what people are doing to the 

environment and things that we can do to 

lessen this impact. 

Some of the group’s ideas for making the 

world a better place included turning lights 

off, planting trees, harnessing wind power 

and walking or biking instead of using cars. 

The colourful and informative finished 

book was displayed in the college library 

above a very comprehensive collection of 

information on the theme of ‘Sustainability’. 

Samara Buchanan, 8CB 

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Barker 

BAS 

Teacher: Ms Vicki Ashton 

Hannah Sutherland, Matt Ferguson, Alana 

Bresanello, Richard Smith, Trevor Cray, 

Sally-Anne Brodie, Jordan Griffin, Andrew 

Hamilton, Katarina Schwarz, Dougal Logan- 

Lousley, Ashlee O’Hagan, Sierra Roberts, 

Rhys Cunningham, Brock McKenzie-Greig, 

Rachelle May, Elmo Cotter, Freya Sorrenson, 

Wilbur Coote, Eachann Bruce, Timothy 

Haldezos, Rachael Woodhead, Charlotte 

Spencer-Bower, Ben Smith, Jonas Wittstock. 

BLO 

Teacher: Ms Kris Logan 

Nicola King, Matthew McKinlay, Hannah 

Steven, Sarah Battson, Tim Ferguson, Philippa 

Kennerley, Samantha Haldezos, Hayley Scurr, 

Guy Wilson, Kadin Ahipene-Donaldson, 

Robert Saunders, Suzannah Schwarz, Sarah 

Tweedie, Hugo Topping, James Watts, John 

Hart, Niall Hoult, Morgan White, Breanna 

Hayes, Lee Martin, Gabriel Schwarz, Ben 

Sherson, Ryan Shuttleworth, Samuel Cox. 

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BMF 

Teacher: Mrs Dot Macfie 

Natasha May, Brett Wilson, Sam Lee, Gemma 

Hutton, Catherine Hart, Yuu Aruga, Tamsen 

Ahipene-Donaldson, Daniel Askin, Saasha 

Bruce, Hayden Dickey, Cadi O’Connor, Alaska 

White, Jordaine Wilson, Alexandra Winsloe, 

Luke Macdonald, Romain Poilvert, Simon 

McGrath, Samuel Reddington, Jack Coote, 

Tegan McKenzie, Finlay Woods, Lara Quest.

House 

BRI 

Teacher: Ms Cherryl Richardson 

Lucy Hunter, Chanel Aitcheson, Monique 

Aitcheson, Lance Allison, Caitlin Flockton, 

Bridget King, James Stewart, Sarah Cashen, 

Alana Coombe, Nicholas Brooker, Amy 

Kennerley, Tom Sherson, Cole McKenzie, 

Jared Cunningham, Rebecca Waugh, 

Helen Prescott, Rose Hunter, Mathew Green, 

Elle Scurr, Tanya Bennett, Thomas Dodwell, 

Codey O’Hagan, Emily Wilson. 

BEL 

Teacher: Mrs Annette Ellwood 

Callum Scurr, Daniel Wallace, Holly 

Hunter, Sam Brooker, Samuel Saunders, 

Natalia Schwarz, Laura Buckingham, 

Nicolas Haldezos, Amelia Hoult, 

Bridget Cashen, Thomas Cray, Megan 

Coombe, Dylan Cooper-Slee, Laura 

Prescott, Sophie Fraser, Kaiya Nicholls, 

Monique King, Tim Cotter, Charlotte 

Grieve, Jack Taylor, Kate Gilmour, Emily 

Bradford, Georgia Macdonald, Forrest 

Roberts, Brodey Duncan. 

BTU 

Teacher: Mr John Turnbull 

Callum Grant, Tayah Johnston, Sarah Smith, 

Tim Hellebrekers, Phoebe Crawford, Brodie 

Ollerenshaw, Courtney Tate, Ashley Butcher, 

Jasmyn White, Ollie Barton, Bene Schwarz, 

Miles Topping, Dominic Schwarz, Jordan 

Byrne, Benjamin Sutherland, Emma Hayes, 

Tamara Pennicott, Olivia McLennan, Niki 

Peters, Kaitlin Saunders, Sam Buckingham, 

Gus Sharp, Abigael Ayre. 

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Iron

House 

ICS 

Teacher: Mr Dave Cassaidy 

Kimbra Hughes, William Austen, Sam Austin, 

Christopher Keimig, Megan Robertson, Alana 

Martin, Mickey Rawlings, Jaxon Strange, 

Elias Bowler, Michael Hammerich, Lucca 

Sidey, Andrea Wellman, Madeline Davison, 

Renee McLeod, Chantelle Hutcheon, Callan 

O’Connor, Hamish Umbers, Todd Sandford, 

Emma Schuler, Alyce Harwood, Eugene 

Wolfin, Anna Donnelly, Peyton Sweeney. 

IHW 

Teacher: Mrs Joanne Hawkins 

Jody Direen, Jaimee McGrath, Cameron 

Thomson, Nicholas Mayhew, Harriet Beattie, 

Samantha Fleming, Andrew Hammerich, 

Charlotte Gardiner, Richard McLeod, Michael 

Hudson, Ryan Limmer, Nicholas Cates, Kylie 

Lindsay, Codie Vincent, Jessica Knight, Tom 

Shields, Brianna Still, Olly Allan, Eleanor Adams, 

Tommy Fairbrother, Fraser Dowling, Seth Ward, 

Ivan Xavier, Louis Braddock. 

IMA 

Teacher: Mrs Janet Malloch 

Scott Moffat, Toni Hinton, Lincoln Haworth, Rosa 

Patterson, Tiffany Taylor, Timothy Andrews, Kim 

Trevathan, Rose Adams, Hana Pelosi-Fear, 

George Beattie, Thomas Donnelly, Cameron 

Mayhew, Logan Wicks, Tara Hurley, Stephanie 

Bruns, Matthew Martin, Riley Wilson, Molly 

Holloway, Laura Cates, Max Cole, Daniel Roberts, 

Jarrod Wellman, Josh Renton, Louis Dowling. 

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Pisa 

PBD 

Teacher: Mrs Dawn Bosley 

Staci Lind, Ben Stevenson, David Wither, Andrew 

Lewis, Mark Hogg, Fabian Shaw, Hamish 

McDougall, Kirsten Roxburgh, Aaron Blackledge, 

Kansas Davis, Joanne Osborne, Jake Child, 

James Bryan, Cholena Perry, Gregory Redai, 

Henry Schikker, Lara Bullock, Ella Brockelsby, 

Matthew Beagle, Ben Harper, Max Collett, 

Lauren King, Riah Mills, Alexandra Mends. 

PBY 

Teacher: Mr Wayne Bosley 

Amy Doolan, Natsuki Sakurai, Maddy 

Harker, Isabella Harris, Melissa Buckingham, 

Shilo Gibson, Nicholas Love, Cody Clarke, 

Anna Hogg, Tom Ainge-Roy, Sam Gilchrist, 

Nick Brown, Mikaela Mason, Monique 

Thomas, Danny Lawson, Daniel Napier, 

Luke de Pina, Hannah Armstrong, Nicholas 

Jackson, Gelzen Jefferies. 

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PME 

Teacher: Ms Nikki Meissel 

David Hogg, Laura Ferguson, Gemma 

Templeton, Olivia Stevenson, Ben Umbers, 

Matthew Templeton, Matthew Jackson, Jack 

Mercer, Tom Mulqueen, Greyson Murphy, 

Ayla Meikle, Cameron Fluit, Tomas Hewson, 

Tino Kunzmann, Sarah Gourlay, Callan Brash, 

Karl Steel, Jessica Brown, Kimberley Sydney, 

Jazmin-Lee Thompson, Jessica Mahoni-Rae.

House 

PAL 

Teacher: Mr Murray Allen 

William Harris, Bridget Huddleston, 

Grace Ross, Whitney Mulqueen, Elle 

Hulsbosch, Ben Brown, Alysha Edwards, 

James Aspinall, Annalise Matthews, 

Christa Jungen, Sammy Clayton, 

David Vaughan, Jimmy Davidson, 

Brenna Johnston, Annemieke Sherwin, 

Thomas Deacon, Timothy MacDonald, 

Ben Zander, Jack Gilchrist, Richard 

Macpherson, Eleanor Merton, Gray 

Smith, Ruby Urquhart, Laura Coloco. 

PBK 

Teacher: Mr Perry Brooks 

Hannah Beaufoy, Todd Clarke, Angela 

Keenan, Fraser McDougall, Alison Reid, 

Campbell Mason, Bronte McCabe, Alice 

Urquhart, Gina Barnett, Ben Hulsbosch, 

Shinea Wilson, Tess Bullock, Regan Munro, 

Zack Davidson, Richard Child, Billie-Jean 

McHardy, William Snow, Max Sydney, 

Jennifer Currie, Bradley Evison, Sam 

MacDiarmid, Matthew Ruitenberg, Millie 

Heard, Goetz Hilber. 

PKN 

Teacher: Mr Simon King 

Cory Bryan, Zoe Powley, Benjamin Roulston, 

Regan Thompson, Sarah Veasey, Rachael 

Buckingham, Jade Davies-McConchie, 

Sophie Scott, Cameron Howden, Reece 

Gosling, Chloe Hamlin, Micah Simons, Jack 

Bendle, Sam Barnett, Tennessee Davis, Saskia 

Hulsbosch, Jordyn Te Rahui-Hobbs, Cory 

Thomas, Ally Waser, Woodrow Ross, Lisa-Katie 

Rethwisch, Daniel Mahoni-Rae. 

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RAN 

Teacher: Ms Katie Allen 

Harry Luxton, Joel Hawkey, Kasey McMahon, 

Connor Faircloth Harding, Yasmin Smith, 

Nathan Brenssell, Jack Beattie, Nick Jolly, 

Thomas Brash, Elisha Bangma, Emma 

Jackson, Hannah James, Alex Jones, Andrew 

Stewart, Tina MacDonald, Olly Wilson, Sally 

Rutherford, Madeline Lysaght, James Good, 

Grace Maguire, Mathew Bancroft, Erica Walker, 

Zhanae Hanson, Patrick Flores, Finlay Meldrum. 

RCA 

Teacher: Mrs Colleen Carr 

Sebastian Scott, Leanne McMaster, Callum 

Conroy, Holly Hale, Hannah Lumsden, 

Leah Pihama, Christoffer Hallberg, Emma 

Brown, Brendan Booth, Anita Brenssell, 

Sophie Gregg, Maddie Brett, Digby Luxton, 

Charlotte Penniket, Joram Makuru, Elliot 

Strijland, Ella Hoare, Mackenzie James, 

Jessica Jay, Connie Lloyd, Christopher 

Bullick, Alexander King, Johannes 

Kolvenbach, Eric Mascherek, Joshua Veint. 

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RHO 

Teacher: Ms Maree Horlor 

Thomas Moynihan, Sevy Taylor, Rohan 

Brash, Katie Conroy, Caywood Hesson, Jean 

Padget, Ben Reeves, James Rowe, Josh 

Wilson, Jade Makuru, Jaimie Tucker, Hannah 

Scott, Whitney Coers, Keely Chamberlain, 

Lydia Lysaght, Kate Turnbull, Louise Jull, 

Rashauna Varley, Hae Hyeok Kwon, Cory 

Johnson, Nicole Buchanan, Jason Sutherland, 

Danny Cunningham, Elliott Meldrum.

RWG 

Teacher: Mr Chris Waugh 

Andrew McMaster, Scott, Cooper, Sophie 

Beattie, Ryan Gwilliam, Kelly Stuart, Krystal 

Lucas, Jake Ruddenklau, Gina Hore, Stefi- 

Rose Luxton, Yuichiro Okubo, Roland Taylor, 

Zoe Kefala, Campbell Lumsden, Philippa 

Williamson, Larissa Hanson, Natasha 

Blackwood, Georgia Hopper, Mark Tucker, 

Lachlan Turnbull, Elizabeth Johnstone, Lucy 

Stone, Jodie Walker, Danny Gilmore, Ethan 

Meyer-Budge, Jeffrey Ward. 

RGO 

Teacher: Ms Johanna Gordon 

Chelsea Rhyne, Christopher Booth, Octavia 

Beazley, Grace Ruddenklau, Lane Halba, 

Julie McGregor, Kylee Soanes, Jillian Macfie, 

Krystal-Lee Gilmore, Aaron Harwood, 

Cameron Hunt, Lauren Wootton, Michael 

Jolly, Ryan Cooper, Thomas Kearney, Jessica 

Lockwood, Max McGregor, Maxwell Simich, 

Lily Nimmo, Zoe Veint, Kirsty Sutherland. 

RHM 

Teacher: Mr John Hammond 

Samuel, Hale, Sophie Penniket, Pamela 

Ward, Rachel Hunt, Reina Pihama, Abby 

de Groot, Sam Hopper, Beach Thurlow- 

Meyer, Reuben Ward, Caleb Beazley, 

Maggie Ruddenklau, Shennae Feisst, 

Samantha Williamson, Sarah Taylor, Errol 

Hopgood, Tom Grooten, Graham Smout, 

Cody Tucker, Anna Watson-Taylor, Amanda 

Cooper, Julius Brash, Joshua Perry, Ryan 

Johnson, Caleb Shortcliffe-de-Waal, 

Konstantin Baumer. 

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House Day 

Tug of War 

Athletics Day 

Cross Country 

Swimming Champs 

MAC Snow Champs 

Interhouse Netball/Basketball 

Zagar 

Whanau Quiztime 

Inter-House Chess 

Inter-House Debating 

Inter-House Choral Competition 

Inter-House Violleyball/Socer 

Junior Triathlon 

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30 

RUTHERFORD 2006 

This has been a busy year with a variety of activities 

being undertaken. 

Creative Design Awards 

Seventeen students participated in this course 

under the expert tutelage of Marie Lauderdale. 

The finished products were entered in the NZ 

Awards and Shilo Gibson (year 10) was a finalist in 

the cultural section and Ella Brockelsby (year 13) in 

the sportswear section. 

Tournament of Minds 

Teams from year 7 to 10 entered in this 

competition against Wakatipu High School. All 

teams did well in both their long and short team 

problem-solving. The year 8 team led by Emma 

Simpson won the best team overall in the year 7 

and 8 section. 

Future Problem Solving 

Three groups from year 7, 9 and 10 took part in this 

programme. The topics studied were Freedom of 

Speech, Climate Change, and Nutrition. 

Year 8 Debating 

The year 8 group learnt how to debate. They 

moved through a series of lessons on structuring 

a debate, rebuttal, and using anecdotes, then 

all participated in a practice debate before 

competing in the interhouse competition. 

Year 7 & 8 Maths Problem Challenge 

This challenge was organised by Otago University, 

with year 7 & 8 students completing five papers. 

James Rowe, Cory Bryan, Rohan Brash, Saasha 

Bruce, Dominic Schwarz and Alex Winsloe all 

gained excellence status. 

Fair Go Awards 

The year 9 and 10 groups worked on this 

challenge. They were required to create a 30 

second advertisement for a new innovative 

use of number eight wire. Tess Bullock and Ben 

Hulsbosch’s advertisement was chosen to enter the 

national competition. 

Extra Spelling Competition 

We trained and entered several teams in both the 

year 7 & 8 and the year 9 & 10 sections. Whilst the 

year 7 & 8 students competed valiantly, the year 

9 & 10 teams filled all three top spots, with Andrew 

Stewart and Anna Hogg gaining First place. 

Chess 

Our chess group is slowly rebuilding after losing 

impetus for a year or two. An interschool 

challenge against a strong Dunstan High School 

team provided the incentive to our players to 

improve for next year! 

Interschool Debating 

2006 was a very successful year for 

interschool debating. The debates were 

organised by Jeanette Emmerson on 

behalf of the Cromwell Rotary Club. Teams 

from Wakatipu High School, Cromwell 

College, Roxburgh Area School and Mount 

Aspiring College were involved. 

MAC was represented by twenty students 

organised into four teams. Our teams 

won all their debates – except when 

debating against each other! 

Our B team (Anna Hogg, Emma Schuler 

and Katarina Schwarz) were invited to 

take part in the final for the Bob Howard 

Memorial Trophy, debating the negative 

of “We should ban smacking” against 

Roxburgh A team. MAC won the debate 

and Katarina Schwarz (Year 10) was 

judged best speaker. 

Participants: 

Year 13: Tayah Johnston, Whitney 

Mulqueen, Emma Schuler, Sarah Taylor. 

Year 12: Claire Davis, Bridget 

Huddleston, Philippa Kennerley, Roland 

Taylor. 

Year 11: Charlotte Gardiner, Lincoln 

Haworth, Rosa Patterson, Hayley Scurr. 

Year 10: Nicole Batchelar, Shilo Gibson, 

Hannah Lumsden, Katarina Schwarz. 

Year 9: Anna Hogg, Amy Kennerley, 

Dougal Logan-Lousley, Emma Simpson. 

Thanks to teachers Colleen Carr, Joss 

Walker, Kris Logan and Chris Waugh, who 

supported the teams. 

Interhouse Debating 

This was run in three rounds in terms 2 to 

4. The divisions were years 7 & 8, years 

9 & 10 and years 11, 12 and 13. The 

debates were impromptu with teams 

having an hour to prepare their case. 

This year we entered two teams in the 

Otago/Southland MUNA weekend held 

at the Edgar Centre in Dunedin. 

Team One: Mark Hogg, Matt Pearson, 

Tom Ainge-Roy and Tim Andrews 

represented Fiji. 

Team Two: Lincoln Haworth, Kelly 

Stuart, Shilo Gibson, Katarina Schwarz 

and Melissa Buckingham represented 

New Zealand. 

The assembly was very formally 

organised, copying what happens in 

the real United Nations and delegates 

presented information and debated 

on behalf of their particular country. 

The topics for debate included climate 

change, diseases in developing 

nations, protection of migrant workers 

and renewable energy. Each country 

worked hard to get the best deal for 

themselves. In addition there were 

two snap debates on the granting of 

subsidies on the grounds of disability, 

race or gender, and the raising of the 

legal drinking age. 

Year 8, 9 and 10 students also had a 

chance to participate in the MUNA 

experience in school at the end of 

2005, when each year level held a 

separate MUNA day and debated 

a range of current issues. Not only 

were the students most creative in 

their costumes but they also gave 

interestingly creative responses to 

some tricky issues which were raised!

Fiordland Rulz! 

The Routeburn and Caples Tramps continued to provide the highlight of the 

Level 2 Outdoor Pursuits Programme as they always do. Staff, students and 

instructors spending quality time together in a stunning setting where the outside 

world doesn’t intrude is magic. 

The challenges of completing a 5 – 7 hour day of alpine terrain, cooking hearty 

and tasty meals, trying to sleep in a hut full of people who seem to lose their 

inhibitions in a crowd as well as making funny noises at night, learning about 

the New Zealand bush (thank you Simon King), how not to cross a bog (thank 

you Joss), what not to pack (Jack T and Doddy), the magic of hypnosis (thanks 

Siobhan) and never to completely trust a hosteller (eh, Rocky) are just some of 

the memorable moments. 

On this year’s Routeburn tramp our group went from Queenstown to Milford. 

It was good, a lot of walking. There was a good view of the lake on the top: 

reasonable sized, sparkling and calm. There was beautiful weather and a bit 

of ice on the way over the pass. The last day was drizzling but it didn’t make us 

miss out on much. The weather progressively got more and more miserable; 

well, it drizzled anyway. A short day of walking but a long drive afterwards back 

from The Divide. The bunks were quite interesting because they were big wide 

mattresses, so four people were crammed like sardines in a tin on one huge 

bed. When we met up with another crew we heard stories about rocks in 

Thomas Brash’s bag and he hadn’t noticed until he was told. The food wasn’t 

that great because there was a lot of burning going on. 

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Mathew Bancroft competed in the World Open 29er Sailing 

Championships in the United Kingdom and also in the British 

Nationals. Mat was a member of a two person team and they were 

placed 66th out of 105 which meant that they were placed 1st in the 

Bronze Division in a field of 40 boats and in the Open British Nationals 

they were 28th in a fleet of 84 boats placing them 3rd in the Silver Fleet. 

Louise Jull is a member of the NZ Junior Kayak Team. She gained 

a national title in the New Zealand Age Group Championships 

before heading to Europe and then to the World Junior Champs in 

Slovenia. Louise was placed 35th in the World Champs with a best 

placing of 5th in the competition in the Czech Republic. 

Sarah Battson successfully completed her grading for Black Belt 

in Samurai Karate. It is very rare for a person of her age to have 

achieved this feat. Later in the year Sarah returned to Australia - her 

experience is described below: 

“On Thursday 14 September I was in Melbourne for my Senior Black Belt grading (1st Dan). 

The grading started at 7.00 pm and lasted for almost four hours. I would have to say that it 

was the hardest thing I have ever done and most likely will ever do - it tested me mentally 

and physically. The one time during my grading that I thought I could not carry on was in the 

Kumite (fighting). It was full contact and anything goes, so it was just like ‘lets beat each other 

to a pulp’. I had 7 or 8 fights and then we went on to three two-on-one fights. That was when 

I really got physically beaten and eventually I actually collapsed. After my grading my body 

was so sore and bruised but my mind was still pumping. Overall the trip was awesome and a 

great experience but I don’t think I want to be doing it again for a while!” 

Tara Hurley competed at the 2006 Disabled Snowsports’ Festival and 

National Championships at Cardrona and came first in her event 

gaining her the title ‘2006 Cardrona National Social Female Skier’. 

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Mark Hogg, Sam Williamson, Anna Hogg, Sarah Lees 

(middle front, second left to right) and Katie Conroy 

(back, second left) travelled to Australia as part of the 

New Zealand Junior Nordic Ski Team to compete in the 

Australian Championships. Details of their achievements 

are given on page 74. 

Joram Makaru, Mackenzie James, Connor Harding, 

(left to right) Lucca Sidey and Benji Sutherland (not 

pictured) have been selected as part of the New Zealand 

Snowboarding Youth Team. 

Fraser and Hamish McDougall have skied well all winter 

and have been selected as part of the New Zealand 

Junior Freeski Team. 

Mount Aspiring College’s Super Squad - Henry Schikker, 

Rohan Brash, Lara Bullock and Elmo Cotter (left to 

right) have battled their way through to the New Zealand 

finals and are competing in Auckland at the point of going 

to print. 

Go the Super Squad! 

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Amy Kennerley won the Otago / Southland Plunket Regional 

Spelling Competition in Term 1 and went on to compete in 

the National Finals in Wellington where she was placed 11th. 

Amy also participated in the Australian Spelling Test for Year 9’s 

spelling words such as ‘guarantee, exaggerate, seismograph, 

conscientious, embarrassing’. Amy excelled by getting a score of 

70 out of 70 words correctly spelt! 

Tim Ferguson has been selected for the New Zealand Under 17 

Rugby Squad 2007. 49 players have been selected to attend 

a camp in April 2007. The aim of the camp is to provide the 

top Under 17 year old players in NZ with an intensive coaching 

experience which will help them understand what is required 

over the following years as they strive for higher honours. Tim’s 

outstanding performance for Otago U16’s at the South Island 

tournament won his selection. He will now be in line for NZ 

Schools’ and U18 selection in the future. 

number of MAC students received “Distinction Awards” after 

A competing in the Australian Mathematics Awards recently. 

In Year 9 there were 7000 entrants and the outstanding 

performers were James Aspinall (upper right), who was in the top 

96 %, and Tom Sherson upper left), top 94%, closely followed 

by Michael Hammerich (upper middle), top 88%. Todd Clarke 

(bottom left) was in the top 90% in Year 11 and Mark Hogg 

(bottom right) was in the top 83% in Year 12. 

Alana Martin, Olivia Stevenson and Anneke Martin have all 

competed in National Swimming Championships, Division 2, 

this year. 

Alana was placed first in the 50m Fly, 100m Fly and 50m 

Freestyle, second in the 100m annd 200m Freestyle and thrid in 

the 200m Individual Medley. 

Anneke was placed sixth in the 50m Backstroke, eighth in the 

100m Backstroke and eleventh in the 200m Backstroke. 

Olivia was placed sixth in the 400m Individual Medley and was 

a finalist in the 100m Fly. 

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Café Culture has hit the World/New Zealand/ 

Wanaka and of course, Mount Aspiring College. 

We are doing our very best to prepare our students 

to be part of this incredible phenomenon. 

Two senior classes prepared a business plan and 

then proceeded to run a café at the college. Bat 

Cave Café ran in the second term and Zissou Café 

in the third term. Both cafes were very successful 

and the resulting profits will be spent on kitchen 

equipment. 

The two groups have also qualified as baristas 

(coffee makers) and they will be unleashed on the 

local cafes over the summer season. Already local 

businesses are benefiting from the skills that these 

students have acquired. These classes have also 

hosted a Special Occasion for assessment A French 

Style Breakfast was enjoyed by invited guests and 

the staff were also able to enjoy a morning tea of 

the highest standard. 

The Stylish Food class has completed two national 

certificates at Level 2 Food and Beverage and 

Cookery. The students have completed tasks with 

confidence and flair. 

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Our voyage on the Spirit of 

New Zealand was truly life 

changing. 

We were challenged both 

physically and mentally thoughout 

the week. The challenges included 

mast climbing, raft racing, mind 

boggling quizzes and lots of 

outdoor games. We learned to 

work as a team, going through 

a daily routine which consists of 

a 6.00 am wake up followed by 

a swim in the sea then various 

chores and finally challenges to 

win points for our team. 

Despite all our hardships we 

pulled through and came out 

with the spirit trophy! Wohoo! 

Ryan Limmer, Guy Wilson, 

Ben Umbers, Kadin Ahipene- 

Donaldson, Isy Harris, Alice 

Urquhart, Madeleine Davis, 

Maddy Harker, Stefi-Rose Luxton, 

Mark Tucker

The Worst Journey in the World 

Beeps, buzzing … Noise! Noise! Noise! 

Confusion …. Fine? No, my alarm appears to be having yet another scheduled epileptic fit on my cluttered bedside table. 

OFF! And I am already back asleep. 

7.30 rocks around after one minute and now I am highly irritated and ready to hurt something! 

I force one foot out of bed. Count, 3, 2, 1 … other foot out. I seem to have developed this theory … if I break it down 

into slow, short stages, it won’t be so painful. 

This theory is, unfortunately, proven wrong every single morning. 

Right, light on …. light off, light definitely off! Eyes flicker in disgust at the punishment I just inflicted on them. 

Clothes …. God damn clothes! I wish I was Eve. Track pants? Closest thing to PJ’s … perfect! 

Door to kitchen … risky, but has to be done. I open in fear. Coolness captures my feet and threatens with a hostile 

kiss of death. 

Jug on and mad dash back to the bedroom. Feet in front of heater … ah, bliss. Toes give wiggle of appreciation as 

heater thaws the arctic that had just violently attacked them. 

Bubbling … click. Green light for coffee. Coffee in mug and another mad dash back to the bedroom. 

Time spent in kitchen best kept to a minimum for fear of blood freezing in this isolated igloo. 

Right, time to catch a glimpse of that monster that jumps into my mirror every morning. “Shrek, is that you?” Oh, no …. 

wait, “Morning Gemma …. Geez, rough night?” 

Questions roll silently through my fatigued brain. “Why can’t we all be bald?” “Who invented make up?” …. and, “For 

God’s sake, who invented Time?” 

Clock blinks 7.50 at me, I blink “DIE” back. 

I wish I could take the ten minutes my beauty routine robs from me and replace it back into that lovely place I like to 

refer to as bed! 

Tongue glides over teeth … tongue wishes it could escape! Gag … a quick sprint to the bathroom across the hall in 

Iceland should do the trick! An attack from an amazing invention called the toothbrush … and cured! Ah … minty 

freshness. Flash a quick TV smile at the mirror and onto next mission. 

Time? Again in very short supply this morning. 

Feet … dispose of bare feet and trade in for some shoes. Look at the selection … Ug boots. Anything to trick myself into 

thinking it’s a lazy Sunday! 

Lights off … check, heater off … damn! 

Door opening to Antarctica … unavoidable. 

“Bye, family.” Pause … wait … no reply, no surprise. Family is non-existent. 

I close the door to my little ice-box that is to be left untouched until I return from my very predictable day. 

Glance at white thing parked outside my gate. Growl and mutter something about a frozen windscreen. 

Try and open the door … fight, pull, tug, kick … how convenient! Hot water, grab jug and pour roughly over the seal. 

Chuck a careless splash over windscreen … and finally ready to go! 

Jump in … give anything to jump straight back out. Body shaking with discomfort as I plead with the heater to cooperate. 

The Lancer hates mornings as well, but sadly I have little sympathy for anything but myself before 9.00am. 

The marathon is well underway, the hardest part is over, now if I could just stop the clock for 15 minutes … no, God is not 

participating this morning. Can’t stop time, can’t stop rushing, can’t stop YAWNING! 

Chelsea’s still doing the finishing touches on her morning routine as I trudge on through her house. First sign of life on this 

planet I’ve seen all morning … shame, she is as shitty as me at this ridiculous hour. 

Back in the car we both abide by the Lancer Bible … a series of unwritten rules that have been conveniently adapted 

into the “a.m. procedure”. Rules are as follows: heater must run on high, music must be kept on low, any talking on 

radio must be banished and communication does not have to be polite and may be avoided if necessary. 

These aid in a safe and bearable journey to get to our final destination of this very ugly morning. 

Outside the school gates I reluctantly guide the four wheels of my carrier into an empty, uninviting park. I sit staring 

blankly out of the window. 

Music starts to appeal to the senses, and is gradually allowed to be turned up. 

Throat starts a slightly unpleasant humming, lips start to dance and foot develops some sort of beat … some people 

would reluctantly refer to this as singing. 

A smile smears itself across our faces, sprinkling our drowsy eyes with pinches of glee as we lampoon over our silliness. 

Time once again creeps on up and rudely doesn’t wait as it forces us out of the car and assertively shows us to the entrance. 

A door which is the gate to the rest of my day. 

The end. 

Gemma Hutton, Year 13 

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Year 7/8 Netball Girls 

The 2006 season was a very busy one for Netball. We had seven Year 7 and 8 teams playing 

on a Friday afternoon and another 11 teams playing in the Thursday and Friday competition. 

Intermediate Black, coached by Anne Cooper and Diana Schikker, won the Year 7 and 8 

competition. College Blue, coached by Miranda Schwarz, won the ‘C’ Grade. Our College 

‘B’ team, coached by Kate McKenzie-Smith, played in the finals for the ‘B’ grade but was 

unfortunately beaten on the night. The ‘A’ team travelled to South Island Secondary Schools 

tournament in Christchurch and competed strongly in the ‘B’ grade. They finished in 13th place 

despite only losing two games – but they were crucial ones. Many thanks to coach Jackie 

McKenzie who resigned from coaching at the end of this season. Jackie’s commitment to 

training our ‘A’ teams over the past few years has been huge and the college is extremely 

grateful for everything she has done. 

The Mount Aspiring Netball Club would like to thank all coaches, managers, supporters and 

umpires who helped out during the 2006 season. Next season should be even better. 

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Back: Jess Lockwood, Laura Ferguson, Nicola King, Freya Sorrenson, 

Alana Coombe, Charlotte Gardiner 

Front: Harriet Beattie, Grace Ross, Hayley Scurr, Anneke Martin 

Absent: Jackie McKenzie (coach) 

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Senior Netball B Team 

Back: Alison Reid, Reina Pihama, Jaimie 

Tucker. 

Front: Hana Pelosi-Fear, Whitney Mulqueen, 

Jillian Macfie, Lucy Hunter, Toni Hinton. 

College ‘D’ Team 

Biddi King (coach), Holly Hale, Alana Bresanello, 

Rose Hunter, Natalie Allan, Abby de Groot, Rose 

Adams, Phoebe Crawford, Angela Keenan. 

College Red Team 

Back: Nichole Buchanan, Tina McDonald, Amelia 

Hoult, Whitney Mulqueen (coach) 

Front: Emma Jackson, Laura Prescott, Emma 

Simpson. 

College ‘E’ Team 

Mrs Carr (coach), Megan Coombe, Renee McLeod, 

Kelly Stuart, Melissa Buckingham, Jodie Walker, Lisa 

Mitchell, Charlotte Spencer-Bower, Natalia Schwarz, 

Tiffany Taylor. 

College Ice Team 

Karen Ruddenklau (coach), Kansas Davis, Ayla Meikle, 

Anita Brensell, Alex Bowler, Anna Donnelly, Maggie 

Ruddenklau, Andrea Wellman, Maddy Harker. 

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College Blue Team 

Lauren Wootton, Isabella Harris, Mandy Trevathan, 

Stefi-Rose Luxton, Susannah Schwarz, Gina Barnett. 

Year 9/10 Netball ‘A’ Team 

Back: Julie McGregor, Madeline Davison, Olivia 

Stevenson, Katarina Schwarz. 

Front: Leah Pihama, Sierra Roberts, Jessica Knight. 

Absent: Annalise Matthews, Daria Taylor. 

Year 8 Netball ‘A’ Team 

Back: Cholena Perry, Brenna Johnston, Jean 

Padget, Mikey Austin, Sally Rutherford,Laura Cates, 

Whitney Coers 

Jessica Shea, Mikaela Mason, Alex Winsloe. 

Level 1 Art 

Reina Pihama 

Lisa Direen 

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The 2005 camp was a challenging, but great experience. We 

had one, maybe two activities each day which included an 

overnight tramp to the Roaring Meg Hut. All the activities were 

based around Wanaka which made it easy to get around. 

For half a day we travelled on the lake to Mou Waho on the 

Dual Image. We also had a stimulating day when we rock 

climbed and abseiled at Riverside, expertly assisted by Mr 

Hammond and some lovely instructors. 

Kayaking was a cold, but exhilarating day where some of us 

were able to kayak down the Hawea or Clutha river and, once 

again, we had some great instructors to help us. 

The tramp we participated in was long and tough. It was the 

perfect time to get to know some more people, or get to know 

some others better. We also had to sleep in tents and make our 

own food that night – not to everyone’s enjoyment, I might add! 

Year nine camp was very enjoyable and nicely relaxed. 

Friendships grew, and the teachers got to know us a little better. 

Thank you so much to all the people who helped us out, and 

put up with us all showing off. I hope all the future year nines 

have as much fun as we did at the end of last year! 

Catherine Hart

We all arrived at school early Monday morning and prepared 

ourselves for the long six hour bus journey ahead. We arrived in 

Christchurch late afternoon and were all assigned keys for our 

rooms at Lincoln. That night, after our delicious food, we headed 

to the Pioneer Leisure Centre for a swim. The next day we woke up 

to an unexpected early morning run. After our room inspection, 

we piled onto the bus and headed to the High Court, which was 

a really interesting but intimidating experience. After that visit, 

we headed to the Les Mills Gym, which I think drained all the 

students’ energy after a hard aerobic workout. That night we all 

chilled out and enjoyed a movie at the Hoyts cinema. 

The next day, we visited the Rolleston Prison, which was the 

student’s highlight of the camp. We talked to many inmates which 

was very informative. After a long day in town, we dressed to our 

best as we rolled up to the very posh theatre to watch Oliver Twist. 

When we got back there was little sleep for all as we were all up 

late that night. On our last day we paid a very fun visit to QEII and 

had many hydro slide races and enjoyed jumping off the high 

board until Talon knocked himself out which cut our night short. 

We also played a very COOL visit to the Antarctic Centre. 

After a fun and unforgettable experience at Christchurch camp 

we were once again on our journey home. We would like to thank 

all the teachers for an AWESOME time. Cheers, 

Sam Hopper 

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We were lucky with the weather but there were smelly smells coming from something in 

the car. 

Thank you for taking me out to Owaka Heads to pull the net in. 

I really enjoyed the parents’ skit at the end of the concert and how they all scared us 

on the night walk 

Thank you for driving a car full of young, loud and very energetic people all 

over camp. 

The dinners throughout the week were awesome. 

One of the best times was at Purakanui Falls when Olly shrieked as soon as he 

touched the water. 

My highlight on camp was watching the male sea lions fight over the woman sea lion. 

Playing in the sea with my friends was the first thing I thought I’d remember forever but 

as the week went on I didn’t know what to choose. 

I liked fishing and floundering the most. Miss Allen’s fire performance was so cool! The 

dinners throughout the week were awesome. 

The confidence course was lots of fun except at the end when I let go of the Tarzan 

thing early and fell in the middle. 

The prize for my favourite activity would have to be a tie between the day at Tautuku 

beach, Surat Bay (sea lions) and all the free time. However my absolute highlight would 

have to be the camp concert. 

Getting up at 5.00 am was a struggle but we still managed to murder a couple of 

flounders. 

Delicious home food and baking. 

Breathtaking! 

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On Monday we went mining 

On Tuesday we were whining 

On Wednesday we had a bash 

On Thursday David had a crash 

On Friday we headed to our homes 

And for the rest of the weekend we had sore bones. 

Mikey Austin, 8GO 

8CB - Camp Jet-Boating 

Waves crashed furiously against the side of the small but speedy boat. Some 

of the girls screamed as the wind ruffled our hair. Slowly we stepped onto 

the fast, yellow and dazzling boats. The engines started. The screaming 

died down. Our driver yelled the rules through the wind and rain to us as we 

held on for dear life. Speeding through the cliffs and dodging rocks we felt 

our tummies lurch and our hearts beat like drums. Large grey shapes and 

shadows flashed by as the rain pounded on our faces ferociously, the wind 

howling in our ears like wolves to the clear and shining moon. A new shape 

came through the mist and flooded our boat fiercely. We felt like somebody 

had poured a bucket of ice over our heads. Our clothes were soaking and 

clinging to our freezing bodies. Eleven heads turned around to see another 

boat speeding off gleefully. We looked at each other’s dripping and shivering 

shapes. As we dared another scary spin we thought to ourselves about what 

we would do to get them back…… 

Lisa Katie Rethwisch & Billie-Jean McHardy

On Saturday 9 September the newly-reformed Mount 

Aspiring College Multisport Team completed their first major 

event. The Mountain to Mountain race took the six intrepid 

multisporters from the top of Treble Cone to the Snow Farm via 

six challenging legs. Alison Reid completed the Giant Slalom to 

pass the bib on to Tim Hellebrekers who hurtled down the Treble 

Cone Access road at terrifying speeds (a police radar clocked 

cyclists at speeds up to 71kmph in this leg). After a 9km ride 

up the Matutukituki valley, Tim handed over to Mark Hogg who 

kayaked down the Matukituki river to meet Harriet Beattie at the 

West Wanaka bridge for the 9km trail run leg. Harriet’s transition 

with Roland Taylor involved a hilarious entanglement of the race 

bib and an iPod - it was pure impromptu theatre that made 

great entertainment for the crowd. Roland then made a heroic 

road cycle in head winds from Glendhu Bay to the bottom of 

the Snow Farm road which was followed by an outstanding 

ascent of the 14km (1000 vertical metres) Snow Farm road by 

Miles Topping. 

The racers competed with determination and good 

sportsmanship and were lauded by the race organisers and 

other competitors for their excellent attitude and great effort. 

The team has as its major goal the 2007 Mount Cook to 

Coast adventure race, and this smaller event underlined the 

importance of decent preparation and co-ordination, as well as 

how much fun these events can be. 

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Hey, 

the race was awesome. Really hard though, from my perspective. I was so proud that the guys 

before me did so well even with relatively no training. They all rock. The best thing was being a part 

of the team. I think I paced myself pretty well because I was able to keep up the same tempo. I 

was totally wasted near the end though. Cycling was great, but I think I would have also liked to try 

some of the other legs of the race. 

Miles Topping 

I guess I have to admit it was kinda fun...even though I almost died! It was a little bit rushed for me 

and I was a little unprepared for the whole thing, but I think given those circumstances I actually did 

OK. I talked to Chris about this briefly, but I was thinking about taking up Cycling as “my thing” so I 

guess with that in mind...I’d like to be the cyclist for upcoming races if possible! In the way of gear... 

I think we should use the school budget to buy me a super battery ipod. But seriously, the gear was 

fine. I don’t think I came near running out of water even though I drank most of it before the race. 

Next time I’d like to do the whole course. Well I’m tired and might go back to bed before school. 

Roland Taylor

Back: Nicola King, Hannah Steven 

Middle: Ryan Limmer, Trevor Cray, Nick Love, Mr John Hammond (teacher), Hannah Scott 

Front: Catherine Hart, Sarah Cashen, Octavia Beazley, Anneke Martin, Hannah James, Kansas Davis, 

Max Sydney 

Absent: Yasmin Smith, Tom Sherson, Caleb Beazley, Jake Child, Abbi Ayre, Molly Holloway, Laura Coloco, 

Brodie Ollerenshaw, Guy Wilson, Andrew Hamilton 

MAC ROCK-CLIMBING COMPETITION 2006 

The air was chilly (to put it mildly), the rock was cold, (also put mildly), and all sensation was lost in 

fingers and toes … but nothing could dampen the enthusiasm of the students who turned up at 

Roadside to compete. Each competitor had to climb a series of routes in 3-minute slots with only 2 

minutes between climbs - no time to revive numb fingers or rest ‘pumped’ arms! 

All the Hostel students competed as part of their weekend OP activities and it was a pleasure to see 

such a cheerful bunch of students ‘giving it a go’, helping out with belaying, assisting with the BBQ 

(popular warm spot to stand!) and offering helpful advice to other climbers. 

Special commendation to Nick Love and Trevor Cray who were particularly helpful on the day, to 

Graham Smout for starting the proceedings with such style, to Helen Hammond for her brilliant time 

keeping, and to John Hammond for organizing the whole event. 

Congratulations to the winners: 

Best Senior Girl: Yasmin Smith 

Best Junior Girl: Abbi Ayre 

Best Senior Boy: Isana Reid-Gray 

Best Junior Boy: Tom Sherson 

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11 Year Old Boys 

1st Josh Renton 

2nd Ethan Meyer Budge 

3rd Monty Vass 


1st Henry Schikker 

2nd = Greg Redai 

2nd= Hamish Umbers 


1st Rob Saunders 

2nd Matt Martin 

3rd Tom Sherson 

14-15 Year Old Boys 

1st Sam Saunders 

2nd Mark Tucker 

3rd Ben Umbers 

Senior (O16) Boys 

1st Richard Smith 

2nd Tim Andrews 

3rd James Creighton 

11 Year Old Girls 

1st = Kaitlin Saunders 

1st = Sarah Lees 

3rd= Maddie Brett 

Lauren Kerr 


1st Emma Jackson 

2nd Mikayla Austen 

3rd Jess Shea 


1st Andrea Wellman 

2nd Hannah James 

3rd Emma Jackson 

14-15 Year Old Girls 

1st Anneke Martin 

2nd Olivia Stevenson 

3rd Sam Williamson 

Senior (O16) Girls 

1st Anna Coughlan 

2nd= 4 students 

Back: Andrea Wellman, Sam Saunders, Stuart Smith, 

Anneke Martin 

Front: Henry Schikker, Kaitlyn Saunders, Rob 

Saunders, Sarah Lees, Josh Renton 

Absent: Emma Jackson

New Athletics Records 2006 

Girls Year 8 Softball 

Cholena Perry (39.07m) 

Girls Year 8 1500 

Charlotte Penniket (6.28.00s) 

Girls U16 Triple Jump 

Charlotte Gardner (9.72m) 

Boys U14 100m 

Cole McKenzie (12.13s) 

Boys U16 Long Jump 

Danny Lawson (5.56m) 

Year 7 Boys 

1st Matthew Ruitenburg 

2nd = Jeff Ward 

2nd = Cory Thomas 

Year 8 Boys 

1st = Henry Schikker 

1st = Errol Hopgood 

2nd Callan O’Connor 

Under 14 Boys 

1st Nick Brooker 

2nd = Thomas Cray 

2nd = Cole McKenzie 

Under 16 Boys 

1st Danny Lawson 

2nd = Shane Crawford 

2nd = Tim Ferguson 

1st 

2nd 

3rd 

Senior (O16) Boys 

Tim Hellebrekers 

Brad Evison 

Micah Simons 

1st 

2nd 

3rd 

1st 

2nd 

3rd 

Year 7 Girls 

Kaitlin Saunders 

Rashauna Varley 

Tegan McKenzie 

Year 8 Girls 

Cholena Perry 

Mikaela Mason 

Natasha Blackwood 

Under 14 Girls 

1st Sierra Roberts 

2nd Daria Taylor 

3rd = Suzannah Schwarz 

Mandy Trevathan 

1st 

2nd 

3rd 

Under 16 Girls 

Sam Williamson 

Alana Coombe 

Anneke Martin 

1st 

2nd 

3rd 

Senior (O16) Girls 

Christianne Prior 

Freya Sorrenson 

Rachel Hunt 

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Although windy, the sun shone on the cross country course and the event was enjoyed by many. 

Year 7/ 8 Girls 

1st Sarah Lees 

2nd Jean Padget 

3rd Anna Watson-Taylor 

Year 7/8 Boys 

1st Elmo Cotter 

2nd Greg Redai 

3rd Hamish Umbers 

Year 9/10 Girls 

1st Anna Hogg 

2nd Katarina Schwarz 

3rd Sophie Gregg 

Year 9/10 Boys 

1st Sam Lee 

2nd Hugo Topping 

3rd Tom Mulqueen 

Year 11 Girls 

1st Samantha Williamson 

2nd Anneke Martin 

3rd Hayley Scurr 

Year 11 Boys 

1st= Paul Hodgson 

1st= Richard McLeod 

3rd Fraser McDougall 

Year 12/13 Girls 

1st Freya Sorrenson 

2nd Harriet Beattie 

3rd Whitney Mulqueen 

Year 12/13 Boys 

1st Miles Topping 

2nd Dan Roberts 

3rd Mark Hogg 

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Back: Sarah Lees, Anna Watson-Taylor, Laura Cates. Sally Rutherford, Sammy Clayton 

Front: Jean Padget, Errol Hopgood, Greg Redai, Katie Conroy, Ben Reeves, Henry Schikker, 

Sarah Veasey 

Order your Christmas Ham 

now! 

Traditionally smoked and 

cured meats 

Delicious BBQ foods 

prepared daily 

Experience our gourmet 

sausage range 

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MALE BOARDERS 

1st: Will Harris 

2nd: Connor Faircloth-Harding 

3rd: Tim Hellebrekers 

FEMALE BOARDERS 

1st: Biddi King 

2nd: Leah Pihama 

2nd: Sarah Smith 

MALE SKIERS 

1st: Fraser McDougall 

2nd: Caleb Beazley 

2nd: Sam Austin 

FEMALE SKIERS 

1st: Natalie Allan 

2nd: Courtney Tate 

2nd: Mikey Austin 

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Under 18 Rugby Team 

Back: Miles Topping, Tim Hellebrekers, Will Austen, Andrew McMaster. 

Middle: Callum Grant, Brad Evison, Tim Ferguson, Sam Gilchrist, Cameron Thomson. 

Front: Mitch Bosley, Callum Scurr, Jake Ross, Brett Wilson, Todd Clarke, Brock Johnston, 

Daniel Wallace. 

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Under 15 Rugby Team 

Back: Mark Tucker, Guy Wilson, Sebastian Scott, Thomas Cray, Nic Haldezos, Mickey Rawlings. 

Middle: Marcus Bate (coach), Cole McKenzie, Andrew Hamilton, Nick Jolly, Kadin Ahipene- 

Donaldson, George Beattie, Hugo Topping. 

Front: Sam Brooker, Ryan Gwilliam, Reece Walker, Richard McLeod, Paul Hodgson, Rhys 

Cunningham, Sam Saunders. 

This year we had a good turnout and all the boys were enthusiastic from the word go, even 

though we had a rough start and lost our first 2 games. We won half our games and feel that 

we had a good season. 

Our best games were a great home win against McGlashan and a massive 45-3 win over Dunstan 

who had beaten us earlier in the season. We gave Otago Boys’ a good run as well pushing them 

till the final whistle and narrowly losing by 3 points. In our last game of the season, we battered 

Cromwell 51-25 and Paul Hodgson scored 5 tries. Paul was the overall top try and points scorer for 

the season, which isn’t a bad start for a pommie soccer player. 

After a lot of trial games and journeys to Dunedin, Nic Halzedos and Cole McKenzie were selected 

to represent Otago U14’s and went through their rep. season unbeaten. 

At Prizegiving, we all looked great in our shirts and ties. 

• Cole ‘turbo’ McKenzie won ‘Clubman of the Year’ for developing team spirit, getting ties for 

everyone and having a positive attitude all season. 

• Nic ‘smash em’ Haldezos won ‘Player of the Year’ for training and playing with high levels of skill 

and effort, and for those ‘big hits’. 

• Guy ‘the gorilla’ Wilson won ‘Most Improved Player’. He got fitter and tougher and learned 

some tricks of the front row union. 

Thanks to Marcus Bate and Lyndon McKenzie - we couldn’t have done it without you. 

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Senior ‘B’ Hockey Team 

Golf 

Callum Grant, Mitch Bosley. 

Back: Ali O’Connor (manager), Tim Walsh (coach), Ollie Barton, 

Niall Pearson, Bridget Huddleston, Elisha Bangma, Kimberley 

O’Connor, Matt Jackson, Anna Hogg, Krystal Lucas, Trevor Cray. 

Middle: Reuben Ward, Mark Hogg, Kim Trevathan, 

Sam Williamson. 

Front: Tom Sherson. 

Girls’ Rugby Team 

Bowls Team 

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Back: Whitney Mulqueen, Kim Trevathan, Sarah Battson, Alana 

Coombe, Bridget Huddleston, Grace Maguire, Emily Bradford. 

Front: Jillian Macfie, Tegan McKenzie, Brenna Johnston, Monique 

King, Ella Hoare, Sarah Smith. 

Back: Brett Wilson. 

Front: Daniel Roberts, 

James Good. 

Absent: Tom Dozell.

Senior Girls’ Basketball Team – Goodsports 

Back: Kate Gilmour, Jessica Lockwood, Sarah 

Smith, Alana Coombe, Hannah Scott. 

Front: Laura Ferguson, Michelle Keimig, 

Chelsea Rhyne, Emily Bradford, 

Nicola King. 

Senior Girls’ Basketball Team – Locations 

Back: Angela Keenan, Charlotte Gardiner, 

Hayley Scurr, Grace Ross. 

Front: Alana Bresanello, Anneke Martin, 

Bridget King, Olivia Stevenson. 

Senior Boys’ Basketball Team 

Back: Daniel Roberts, Sebastian Scott, 

Isana Reid-Gray, Tommy Fairbrother. 

Front: Brett Wilson, Mitchell Bosley, Christoffer 

Hallberg, Callum Grant. 

Year 8 Basketball Team 

Back: Hannah Scott, Mikaela Mason, 

Cholena Perry, Laura Cates. 

Front: Saasha Bruce, Jean Padget, Mikey 

Austin, Jordaine Wilson. 

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Back: Sarah Lees, Tom Sherson, Madalyne Chamberlain 

Middle: Katie Conroy, Molly Holloway, Dougal Logan, Brianna Still 

Front: Philippa Williamson, Mark Hogg, Samantha Williamson, Anna Hogg, Emma Hayes 

Absent: Aaron Harwood, Gelzen Jefferies, Hannah Scott 

The highlight of the year was Mark Hogg (Year 12), Samantha Williamson (Year 11), Anna Hogg 

(Year 9), Sarah Lees (Year 8) and Katie Conroy (Year 7) competing in Australia. The five students spent 

two weeks as part of New Zealand’s only Junior Nordic Ski Team competing in two events with some 

fantastic results. In their respective categories at the Australian Championships Katie and Anna were 

placed 1st, and Sam and Mark were placed 2nd. Sarah was placed 3rd in the Freestyle Race. The 

following day, Sarah was placed 1st, Anna was placed 2nd, Katie was placed 3rd and Sam and Mark 

were placed 4th in their respective categories in the Australian Championship Classic Race. The students 

then competed in the Australian Joey Hoppet (7 k) and out of over 800 competitors, Mark Hogg was the 

top placed man and Anna and Sam were 2nd and 3rd placed women! 

In earlier New Zealand races Anna and Sam were first 

and second in the Under 20 Female race, and Anna’s 

time was faster than the Open Women winner! Mark 

won the Open Men section. In addition to training at 

the Snowfarm every weekend and Thursday afternoon 

over the winter, the Nordic Ski Academy students have 

been in training for this event since the start of the 

year. Training has included circuits on the field, bike 

rides, pool and lake training, runs up Mount Roy and 

various weekend tramping trips. Given the above 

results it certainly appears that all the dedication and 

commitment of the students has been rewarded! 

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The 2005/2006 summer was an excellent one for cricket at the college. Mount Aspiring College formally entered into a 

relationship with the Albion Cricket Club which has been hugely beneficial in terms of funding and coaching support. 

As a college we would like to acknowledge Mike O’Connor who has such passion for the game and supporting our 

students. Mike has helped lift the profile of cricket and the future looks very bright indeed. 

MAC students were fielded (excuse the pun) in the Albion CC Senior Reserve and Senior teams as well as: 

Year 7&8 

Coached by Mike O’Connor, the team had a great season but the highlight was reaching the semi-final of the 

Milo Cup. This was the first time a MAC team had entered this competition and the team should be proud of their 

achievements. Tim Cotter, Callan O’Connor and Caywood Hesson had outstanding seasons with both bat and ball. 

Year 9&10 

Coached by Tom Topping and assisted by Bill Brooker these cricketers played in a CO afternoon competition and 

performed very well. Hugo Topping was a competent captain and performed consistently throughout the season. 

MAC 1st X1 

The team successfully defended their CO Champions trophy, ending the season undefeated. They played superbly as 

a team but the bowling of Ella Brockelsby and the batting of Miles Topping and Mitch Bosley was outstanding. Mitch has 

captained the team for 3 seasons and ended his MAC career with 203 not out becoming the first MAC student to score 

a double hundred. 

MAC Girls 1st X1 

The team played one game this season against Dunstan HS whom they defeated convincingly. The highlight was 

Kimberley O’Connor who scored a century, which was also a first for a MAC female student. 

Individual Highlights 

Caywood Hesson/Callan O’Connor - CO ‘A’ team 

Tim Cotter – CO ‘B’ team 

Kimberley O’Connor: Maiden century for the 1st X1 Girls’ team, CO U14 Girls’ team, CO Women 

Miles Topping: Albion CC Senior Reserve Batsman of the Year, 2 centuries for the MAC 1st X1 

Mitch Bosley: Albion CC Player of the Year, 2 centuries and 203 NO in the CO 1ST X1 final, CO U19 and CO Men 

Our thanks to the many supporters we have and we look forward to next season. 

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Our Super Squad of four intrepid adventurers, our 

battlers, ballerinas and brainboxes, have beaten off 

the competition to become the South Island Champions. 

Channel 2’s daily magazine program ‘Studio 2’ is 

searching the entire country for the ultimate ‘Super 

Squad’. For the last three months the Studio 2 Crew have 

been the length and breadth of the South Island, pitting 

the finest four contestants of that area that makes up a 

Super Squad, against one another. 

Mount Aspiring College’s Squad consisted of a ‘Brainbox’ 

(Rohan Brash), an ‘Entertainer’ (Lara Bullock), a ‘Daredevil’ 

(Elmo Cotter) and a ‘Sport Billy’ (Henry Schikker). 

In the early rounds each contestant competed 

individually in their events but as the competition 

developed, so did the team spirit until the whole squad 

was involved in every challenge. They have wowed the 

crowds with incredible dances incorporating basketball 

and rugby; Shocked, with daring deeds with rats, spiders 

and dubious cocktails; Amazed, with golf, cricket and 

goldfish catching prowess. And let’s not forget the head 

scratching caused by the Battle of the Brains. 

In the first round we whitewashed Westport. In the 

quarter final, we mauled Motueka and in the semi final 

we hammered Hokitika. This means that Wanaka will 

represent the South Island against the best the North 

Island can come up with. 

The Squad have already collected their ‘G Shock’ 

watches, their ‘ipod Shuffles’ and won an ‘Apple 

eMac’ for the school, but that’s not all. The squad 

will be flown to Auckland to compete for one whole 

week for the Grand Prize of an all expenses paid 

holiday to Australia, and the prestigious title of 

‘Super Squad of New Zealand’! 

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1) Special 

Ability: 

2) Favourite 

Moments: 

3) Hardest 

Challenge: 

4) What are 

you most 

looking 

forward to 

in the 

Grand Final: 

5) Worst 

Moment: 

6) Coolest Prize 

(Why?): 

7) Best thing 

about going 

to Australia: 

Rohan Brash, 8CB 

1) Brain Box – top of 

the class with all things 

brainy! 

2) Beating the other 

teams in the Brain Box 

Challenge. 

3) Drinking the 

disgusting ‘milkshake’ 

without being sick. 

4) Being able to 

compete face to face 

(and perhaps going up 

the Skytower!) 


milkshake made of 

chillies, sardines, baked 

beans and raw eggs. 

6) I love listening to 

music on my ‘ipod 

shuffle’. 

7) I think the hotel will 

be amazing and there 

will be so many great 

places to visit. 

Lara Bullock, 8GO 

1) The Star: Confident, 

not at all shy, good 

public speaker and 

great dancer. 

2) I loved the first dance 

because I was alone in 

the spotlight, and seeing 

Henry cream pie Mr 

Jackways! 

3) Trying to teach three 

boys with no experience 

how to dance. 

4) Dancing in a real 

studio with lots of 

cameras and a huge 

audience. 

5) Thinking real spiders 

were crawling over my 

face when really it was 

just plastic ones – scary! 

6) Ipod Shuffle is 

fantastic. 

7) Being back in my 

home country – GO 

AUSTRALIA! 

Elmo Cotter, 8GO 

1) Daredevil: Not 

afraid to do stuff that is 

disgusting, embarrassing 

or messy. 

2) Realising that we 

were the South Island 

Champions! 

3) Not throwing up when 

drinking the ‘milkshake’. 

4) Going to Auckland 

will be awesome – and 

meeting the other team 

will be very exciting. 


‘milkshake’ of sardines, 

raw eggs, chillies and 

baked beans. Disgusting! 

6) I’ve always wanted 

to listen to my music 

wherever I am, the ‘ipod’ 

is my favourite prize – so 

far! 

7) The activities lined up 

will be great – but I can’t 

wait to stay in a massive 

hotel. 

Henry Schikker, 8WT 

1) Sport Billy: General all 

around sports’ person type. 

2) Finally winning after 

competing in all the rounds 

and challenges. 

3) Having to prepare and 

learn the dancing for the 

Performance Challenges. 

4) Travelling up to 

Auckland and competing 

in some new and different 

big challenges. 

5) Losing the first Gauntlet 

Challenge, just by a few 

seconds. 

6) The ‘ipod shuffle’ 

because I didn’t have one 

and I really wanted one. 

7) Maybe going surfing 

and swimming in the sea 

and all the other cool 

activities over there.

On 21st September this year, 

a small but excited group 

of students and one brave staff 

member left on the trip of a lifetime 

to see the world and meet a lot 

of people. Spirits were high as we 

headed for Sydney and we began 

our set challenges:- making as many 

new friends as we could, finding a 

celebrity and finding someone called 

either Doug or Malcolm. 

Dubai was our first stopover and 

lasting impressions are of the heat, 

the architecture and crazy four wheel 

drivers in the Arabian desert. 

Our itinerary took us on to Rome 

where we spent four nights and tried 

to look at as many of the historical 

and cultural icons as we could fit 

in around some shopping. These 

included Pompeii, the Vatican and 

Sistine Chapel, St Peters’ Basilica and 

a climb to the top of the dome, the 

Colosseum, Spanish Steps and Trevi 

Fountain. All these were great but the 

Italian Pizza and Gelato (icecream) 

were right up there too. Two of the 

students even managed to spend a 

few Euro on new hair colours. 

We drove through Tuscany to Florence 

and then Venice. This would have to 

be one of the highlights. The weather 

was warm, the city so different, the 

glassware and jewellery amazing 

and the pigeons incredibly friendly. 

We even thought briefly of Othello, 

Desdemona and Iago and then we 

focused on more pizza and gelato. 

Vienna, the capital of Austria was 

next, where our trips to the summer 

cottage (1400 rooms ) of the 

Hapsburg family, (Austria’s former 

rulers), showed us how much wealth 

they had in life and death. Austria, 

especially Salzburg and Innsbruck, 

were like living in a cross between a 

postcard and The Sound of Music 

and yes, our favourite thing was 

again the icecream. 

Switzerland and the village we stayed 

in outside Lake Lucerne were a chance 

to walk in the countryside and listen 

to the cowbells. Best of all though was 

the trip up Mount Pilatus (2200m) by 

funicular railway with a gradient steeper 

than Baldwin St in Dunedin. 

Paris was next and what can we say. 

Everything about Paris was amazing. 

The Eiffel Tower at night, the Louvre 

and the Mona Lisa were highlights 

but two things will never be forgotten 

- our dinner and cabaret show at 

the Moulin Rouge and a random, 

right place at the right time kind of 

chance to see Victoria Beckham 

coming out of the Gucci shop. Yes, 

she is small. 

And so, through the World War 1 

battlefields to Calais, across the 

English Channel to Dover and through 

southern England to London. London 

kind of felt like home. The value of the 

pound didn’t. We still went shopping 

and can all recommend the British 

Airways London Eye and Madame 

Tussauds great attractions. Yes, there 

will be another trip in a couple of 

years, so to all of you students in Years 

10 and 11 now, get saving and take 

the opportunity when it comes – even 

if it is just for the pizza, gelato and 

chocolate. 

Charlotte Gardiner, Gemma 

Templeton, Yuichiro Okubo, Pam 

Ward and Joss Walker. 

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The Jazz Band have met to play jazz every 

Tuesday lunch time. Our favourite numbers 

are Soul Bossa Nova (Quincy Jones) which 

is the theme to Austin Powers and New York, 

New York (by Fred Ebb). A lot of the music is 

chosen so that no matter what level you are 

you can really get into it. Four saxophonists 

(Nikki Meissel, Helen Carter, Annalise Matthews, 

Sam Hale,) a drummer (Jody Direen), a 

pianist (Hana Pelosi-Fear), a bass guitar player, 

(Tom Sherson), a flautist (Sarah Tweedie) 

and a guitarist (Shilo Gibson) make up the 

group. Over the last year we have left many 

audiences stunned and begging for more. 

As our fan base grows, so does our 

confidence in our performances. We had a 

great time together and plan to end with a 

bang, playing the famous Miles Davis song 

“All Blues” at Prizegiving. 

Nikki Meissel 

WANAKA 

MEDICAL CENTRE 

21 Russell Street 

Wanaka 

phone 443 7811 anytime 

Dr David Allen 

Dr Linda Garrett 

Dr Andrew McLeod 

Dr Jo Millis 

Dr Julian Pettit 

Family Health Care 

Accident & Emergency Care 

X-Rays & Visiting Specialists 

New Patients Welcome 

“Best Wishes to all Mount Aspiring College Leavers 

from all the staff at Wanaka Medical Centre” 

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In previous years we have run 

Kapahaka during class time, 

but this year it was moved to a 

lunchtime slot. 

Despite conflicting with other 

lunchtime activities, a small but 

loyal band of students, (mostly from 

the junior years of the school) has 

attended throughout the year. 

Thank you to Mrs Keelan and Mrs 

Hamilton for all your help and 

guidance - we have learnt a lot! 

Saasha Bruce 

Back: Mrs Pam Keelan (teacher), Tina MacDonald, Annalise Matthews, Mrs Jane Hamilton (teacher). 

Front: Konstantin Baumer, Saasha Bruce, Shinea Wilson. 

Absent: Larissa Hanson. 

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On Wednesday 16th August we were honoured to receive a visit from our 

Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Helen Clark and the Hon. David Parker, Minister 

of Energy, Land Information and Minister Responsible for Climate Change 

Issues. The P.M. visited classes and then spoke to an open forum of senior 

students about issues facing them both now and in the future. 

2 Dunmore Street, Wanaka 

Phone: 03 443 6262 

Fax: 03 443 6263 

With best wishes and good luck 

to all the Year 13 Leavers from 

a former Year 13 student 

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Back: Ben Harper, Max Collett, Kirsty Sutherland, Lily Nimmo, Kimberley 

Sydney, Madeline Lysaght, Codey O’Hagan. 

Middle: Gelzen Jefferies, Fraser Dowling, Josh Renton, Ben Sherson, 

Matthew Ruitenberg, Timothy Haldezos, Mrs Dawn Bosley (teacher). 

Front: Eachann Bruce, Hannah Armstrong, Alexandra Mends, Tennessee 

Davis, Jordyn Te Rahui-Hobbs, Millie Heard, Georgia Macdonald, 

Danny Gilmore. 

Absent: Lee Martin, Cory Thomas, Jeffrey Ward.

Back: Ryan Shuttleworth, Eugene Wolfin, Finlay Woods, Josh Anderson, 

Dylan Stock, Eric Albrecht, Jarrod Wellman. 

Middle: Max McGregor, Forrest Roberts, Samantha Kingston, Ryan Johnson, 

Saskia Hulsbosch, Monty Vass, Mackenzie James, Ethan Meyer-Budge. 

Front: Rosie Thomson, Kelsey Morris, Eleanor Merton, Rashauna Varley, 

Jessica Brown, Jessica Jay, Rachael Woodhead, Riah Mills. 

Absent: Mrs Dot Macfie (teacher), Connie Lloyd. 

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Back: Jake Nicol, Tom Walker, Tomas Hewson, Niall Hoult, 

Regan Thompson, Andrew Dryden. 

Middle: Mrs Lesley Faulks (teacher), Cameron Fluit, Hayden Dickey, 

William Snow, Jessica Shea, Georgia Hopper, Daniel Morrison, 

Seth Ward. 

Front: Tamsen Ahipene-Donaldson, Brianna Still, Madalyne 

Chamberlain, Katie Conroy, Maddie Brett, Rachael 

Buckingham, Sarah Lees, Emma Hayes. 

Absent: Hamish Umbers. 

Back: Digby Luxton, Wilbur Coote, Daniel Askin, Caywood 

Hesson, Ben Reeves, Tim Cotter. 

Middle: Mr Hamish Crosbie (teacher), Keely Chamberlain, 

Zoe Powley, Saasha Bruce, Mikaela Mason, Cholena Perry, 

Lisa-Katie Rethwisch, Jaime Rodger. 

Front: Rohan Brash, Olly Wilson, Billie-Jean McHardy, 

Alexandra Winsloe, Charlotte Penniket, Sally Rutherford, 

Eleanor Adams, Oliver Giles, Caleb Shortcliffe-de-Waal. 

Absent: Abbi Ayre. 

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Back: Elmo Cotter, Jimmy Davidson, Mattias Inwood, 

Mathew Green, Hugh Haworth, David Vaughan, Ryan Cooper. 

Middle: John Hart, Benjamin Roulston, Zoe Veint, Hannah 

Scott, Natasha Blackwood, Ashley Campbell, Whitney Coers, 

James Bryan. 

Front: Jordaine Wilson, Elle Scurr, Jean Padget, Chantelle 

Hutcheon, Alaska White, Mikey Austin, Emily Kerr, Ms 

Johanna Gordon (teacher). 

Absent: Monique Thomas, Lara Bullock. 

Back: Matt Thomson, Callan O’Connor, Gregory Redai, Michael Jolly, 

Dominic Schwarz, Errol Hopgood. 

Middle: Henry Schikker, Kaiya Nicholls, Cadi O’Connor, Sarah Veasey, 

Brooke Hawkins, Josh Wilson, James Rowe. 

Front: Louis Dowling, Mrs Watson-Taylor (teacher), Morgan White, 

Brenna Johnston, Laura Cates, Monique King, Sammy Clayton, 

Lachlan Turnbull. 

Absent: Cindy McLeod, Nick Brown, Cory Bryan. 

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Back: Jack Bendle, Ben Smith, Nicholas Brooker, Robert Saunders, Aaron 

Harwood, Regan Munro, Cody Clarke, Daniel Edwards, Samuel Reddington. 

Middle: Luke MacDonald, Brendan Booth, Caleb Beazley, Alexandra 

Bowler, Molly Holloway, Tina MacDonald, Anna Donnelly, Max Sydney, Jared 

Cunningham. 

Front: Sierra Roberts, Hannah James, Maggie Ruddenklau, Shinea Wilson, 

Kansas Davis, Ayla Meikle, Anita Brenssell, Annalise Matthews, Maia Sai Louie. 

Back: Tommy Fairbrother, Tom Shields, Jack Coote, Daniel Napier, Woodrow Ross, 

Matthew Martin, Jack Mercer, 

Middle: Campbell Lumsden, Greyson Murphy, Timothy Gardner, Laura Prescott, 

Jessica Knight, Krystal-Lee Gilmore, Larissa Hanson, James Aspinall, Cameron Hunt, 

Front: Tamara Pennicott, Ashlee O’Hagan, Mandy Trevathan, Suzannah Schwarz, 

Emma Jackson, Emma Simpson, Elisha Bangma, Zoe Kefala, Gina Barnett. 

Absent: Alex Jones. 

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Back: Benjamin Gardner, Jake Child, Tom Sherson, Michael Hammerich, 

Lucca Sidey, Riley Wilson, Ben Hulsbosch, Aaron Blackledge. 

Middle: Matt Benassi (teacher aide), Shennae Feisst, Bene Schwarz, 

Andrew Stewart, Dylan Cooper-Slee, Matthew Jackson, Dougal Logan- 

Lousley, Tom Mulqueen, Lydya Lysaght. 

Front: Josh Perry, Nicole Buchanan, Amy Kennerley, Joanne Osborne, 

Megan Coombe, Andrea Wellman, Daria Taylor, Sophie Gregg, Mrs Dawn 

Bosley (teacher). 

Absent: Tess Bullock, Anna Hogg, Cory Johnson. 

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Back: Cole McKenzie, Lauren Wootton, Kirsten Roxburgh, 

Amelia Hoult. 

Middle: Logan Wicks, Jordan Byrne, Niall Pearson, 

Luke Macdonald, Nick Jolly. 

Front: Danny Cunningham, Mark Tucker, Alana Martin, 

Madeline Davison, Charlie Findlay, Hannah Lumsden, 

Breanna Hayes, Jack Beattie. 

Absent: Laura Buckingham, Thomas Donnelly, Nicolas Haldezos, 

Maddy Harker, Ryan Limmer, Lisa Mitchell, Benjamin Sutherland 

Daniel Mahoni-Rae. 

Back: Julius Brash, Michael Hudson, Thomas Cray, Zack Davidson, 

Hugo Topping, Jaxon Strange. 

Middle: Jason Sutherland, Lane Halba, Rosemary Wolfin, Sarah 

Cashen, Bronte McCabe, Julie McGregor, Cameron Mayhew, Reuben 

Ward. 

Front: Catherine Hart, Sally-Anne Brodie, Shilo Gibson, Leah Pihama, 

Erica Walker, Fleur MacDonald, Olivia Stevenson, Gina Hore. 

Absent: George Beattie. 

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Back: Ben Umbers, Mickey Rawlings, Andrew Hamilton, Sam Lee, Kadin 

Ahipene-Donaldson, Beach Thurlow-Meyer. 

Middle: Kimberley O’Connor, Isabella Harris, Philippa Williamson, Stefi- 

Rose Luxton, Alice Urquhart, Aimee McFadzien, Jordan Griffin. 

Front: Fraser Hunter, Melissa Buckingham, Katarina Schwarz, Nicole 

Andrews, Jasmyn White, Stephanie Hinton, Guy Wilson, Nicholas Cates. 

Absent: Brock McKenzie-Greig, Joram Makuru. 

Sophie Beattie - Year 12 Photography 

Holly Hale - Year 12 Photography 

Pleased to support 


For all your electrical security 

and data requirements 

phone 443 1260 

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Hannah Beaufoy - Year 13 Photography 

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On a sunny day in January 

In the 2000th year 

23 small students 

Did grace themselves here. 

Split into classes 

Ms Faulks, Mr Pullar. 

We were all short 

But eventually grew taller. 

Roll on Year 8 

And Bannockburn camp. 

Some boys got in trouble 

And got mailed home (with a stamp.) 

Year 9 was a hoot 

SN, TC, CD 

Ms Wade was our dean 

Camp was trampy. 

Year 10 and Christchurch 

Fulfilled all our desires 

Except evacuation 

Due to fake fires. 

Year 11! Exams! 

It started getting serious. 

The results?....... 

Ha! They were hilarious! 

We’re getting there, it’s Year 12. 

We’re into mufti! 

And lunch time exits, 

Walking (of course) not using our car keys…. 

And now we’ve made it 

The big one three 

We’re the old kids in the school 

And looking back, gee! 

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We’ve had some great times 

We’d like to thank MAC 

But no worries, don’t fret, 

We’re sure to be back. (So run! Hide!)

Back: Trevor Cray, Jaimee McGrath, Lucy 

Hunter, Ben Stevenson, David Hogg, Mat 

Ferguson, Cameron Thomsom 

Middle: Sam Hale, Michelle Keimig, Chelsea 

Rhyne, Hannah Steven, Hannah Sutherland, 

Andrew McMaster, Callum Scurr, Hannah Beaufoy 

Front: Tayah Johnston, Sophie Penniket, Nicola 

King, Mitch Bosley, Jody Direen, Callum Grant, 

Staci Lind 

Absent: Matthew McKinlay and David Wither 

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Name: Brett Wilson 

Nickname: The Maori 

Best Mem: Claiming Excalibur 

from the stone and ruling 

Camelot 

Future Career: Join the ‘A’ 

Team and defeat evil 

Name: Lucy Hunter 

Nickname: Lulu, Lu, Lu like loser 

Best Mem: 4th Feb, 23rd Aug, 

2nd Sep 

Future Career: Journalist/ 

Hawea Bar Maid 

Name: Andrew McMaster 

Nickname: Drew, Wolfmother 

Best Mem: Naked swimming at 

Sunrise Bay 

Future Career: Physiotherapist 

for Swedish women’s beach 

vollyball team 

Name: Tom Deacon 

Nickname: Spoon 

Best Mem: Me and Luke’s 

woolshed party for our 18th 

Future Career: Horticulturalist 

Name: Simon McGrath 

Nickname: Sly Sims 

Best Mem: The introduction of 

wheat meal into the hostel food 

pyramid 

Future Career: Lord of the 

N.A.S.D.A.Q 

Name: Grace Maguire 

Nickname: G-race, Gracie, 

Mace 

Best Mem: Road trip to 

Dunedin, Queen’s Birthday 

weekend 

Future Career: Domestic 

Goddess 

Name: Luke De Pina 

Nickname: Skatman 

Best Mem: Beating Mr.T at an 

arm wrestle, 

Future Career: Gold Digger 

Name: Michelle Keimig 

Nickname: Mic, Mico, Bum, 

Micdiddy 

Best Mem: The beauitful 

tandem bike ride through the 

mighty terrains of Te Anau with 

Tom Doz at Quad 05, TEAM 

FLURO! 

Future Career: Mother to 

Rhubarb and Cabbage 

Name: Laura Rawlings 

Nickname: Lozza, Loz, Lora 

Best Mem: Michelle’s 15th 

birthday party at the lodge, 

Year 10 camp to Christchurch 

Future Career: Primary Teacher, 

Policewoman 

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Name: Jody Direen 

Nickname: Jodz 

Best Mem: The day I first 

listened to the Dixie Chicks CD, 

Stars in your eyes 

Future Career: Singer - 

Hopefully!! 

Name: Jillian Macfie 

Nickname: Jill, Jilly, Jillz, Willy 

Best Mem: Outward Bound 

Future Career: Business woman 

in NY, Safari guide in Africa 

Name: Tom Dozell 

Nickname: Dry Lightning 

Best Mem: Pole lifting on my 

18th Birthday 

Future Career: Winner of life 

Name: Hannah Sutherland 

Nickname: Han 

Best Mem: Snowboarding in 

Switzerland 

Future Career: Extreme Traveller 

Name: Ella Hoare 

Nickname: Kinky, Kiki, 

Kinkyboots 

Best Mem: Everything 

Future Career: Zoo keeper 

looking after the Llamas 

Name: Sam MacDiarmid 

Nickname: Samwhich, Spam 

Bam, Bruno 

Best Mem: Jack Taylor’s garage 

fetish 

Future Career: Brain Surgeon 

Name: Brad Evison 

Nickname: B-RAD 

Best Mem: Skydiving Naked 

Future Career: Beauty Queen, 

Lion Tamer 

Name: Jaimee McGrath 

Nickname: Jme, James, Jim, 

Princess Diana 

Best Mem: Girls’ road trip to 

Haast 06, Year 10 camp in 

Christchurch ‘03 

Future Career: Something to 

do with Animal Health care 

and/or travelling 

Name: William Fredrick Carse- 

Austen 

Nickname: Will, Waz 

Best Mem: Winning-Rockquest!! 

Future Career: Chilled out 

entertainer 

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Name: Sevy Taylor 

Nickname: The Tornado, Gus 

Best Mem: The fantastic Gore 

trip 

Future Career: Peasant (Level 

21 Paladin) 

Name: Emma Schuler 

Nickname: Schuey, Emhole, 

Best Mem: All the long 

boarding... 

Future Career: Shuffling my 

way around Tokyo selling Hello 

Kitty products 

Name: Nick Love 

Nickname: Cleo, Nick the 

muss 

Best Mem: Anyx on 

trampoline, Hoggy in the 

quarter pipe 

Future Career: Strip club 

owner, love doctor (Dr. Love) 

Name: Jake Ross 

Nickname: The Tidal Wave 

Best Mem: Getting the ring 

back to the fires of Mount 

Doom 

Future Career: Dragon Slayer 

Name: James Good 

Nickname: Goodie, Dum Dum 

Best Mem: The day I killed the 

leopord shark that ate my best 

friend 

Future Career: Justin 

Timberlake impersonator (I’m 

bringing sexy back) 

Name: Callum Scurr 

Nickname: Scurry, Scurman 

Best Mem: The Spa, the store 

room, Twizel 

Future Career: All black Bench 

Warmer/Cheerleader, Builder of 

stuff 

Name: Micah SImons 

Nickname: Meekal 

Best Mem: Wayne Anderson 

- singer of songs 

Future Career: Fish Farmer 

Name: David Hogg 

Nickname: Hoggy, Ogg, 

Ocky 

Best Mem: Getting snapped 

by my Mum, falling out of a 

boat I was driving 

Future Career: Ski Waxer, 

Underwater crockery matter 

dispensation techninian 

Name: Charlotte Grieve 

Nickname: Charly-horse, 

Charlie, Lottie 

Best Mem: Avalanche late 

night dances 

Future Career: Hi-5 backup 

dancer 

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Name: Callum Grant 

Nickname: C.J 

Best Mem: Socialising after 

school on Friday with teachers 


do with golf 

Name: Emily Bradford 

Nickname: Emz bro, The Maori, 

My only Maori friend, 

Best Mem: Meeting Jossi, Free 

stuff, discovering ‘The White 

Album’ 

Future Career: Pro Gangster, 

Shoe Thief, Founder of Jossi 

Wells fan club 

Name: Tayah Johnston 

Nickname: Taysies, Tay Tay, 

Best Mem: The instant pudding 

incident 

Future Career: Housewife to 

Sophie or something to do with 

horses no doubt 

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Name: Spohie Penniket 

Nickname: Soph, Sofa, Supa 

Soap 

Best Mem: The instant pudding 

incident 

Future Career: Professional 

drama queen and Tayah’s 

personal manager 

Name: Peter Bruns 

Nickname: Pistol, Pita 

Best Mem: Dat falling out of a 

boat 

Future Career: Mmmmm... 

Name: Staci Lind 

Nickname:Stace 

Best Mem: Taking out the pool 

comp at & Bar 

Future Career: Early Childhood 

teacher 

Name: Kylie Lindsay 

Nickname: Bumbe, Kyle, Ky 

Best Mem: Falling off the hand 

at the dinosaur park 

Future Career: Primary school 

teacher 

Name: Chloe Hamlin 

Nickname: Klo-Hoe, Chole 

Best Mem: Bush Jumping 

Future Career: Tree Hugger 

Name: Dan Roberts 

Nickname: Dan Dan, Super 

Dan, Ginga Ninja 

Best Mem: Meeting Joe Dirt, 

Fat Freddys with G-Ham and 

Nic. Future Career: Lawn Bowls 

man!

Name: Samuel James Mitchell 

Hale 

Nickname: Sammy, Sam 

Best Mem: Jamming with the 

best of them at Big Mac Out 06 

Future Career: Plastic Surgeon 

of the next Michael Jackson 

Name: Todd Sandford 

Nickname: Todd the Bod 

Best Mem: Getting curry and 

going on adventures and riding 

seagulls 

Future Career: Long distance 

runner, boxer 

Name: Louise Jull 

Nickname: Lou, Weez, Weazle, 

Hard out 

Best Mem: Meeting Joe Dirt on 

the OP tramp, Watching the 

Burton Open 

Future Career: Pro Traveller, Pro 

kayaker and land surveyor 

Name: Matthew Ferguson 

Nickname: Ferg, Matto, Maz, 

Best Mem: Winning two 

canteen vouchers, hearing 

Megadeth for the first time 

Future Career: In a thrash 

metal cover band, Pro snorkler 

Name: Sarah Taylor 

Nickname: Sez, Skunk, Chum, 

Best Mem: TEAM FLURO 

Future Career: Star on your 

lunchtime tv soap opera 

Name: Tanya Bennett 

Nickname: Tans, Tanya (Aussie 

Accent) 

Best Mem: Seeing Simon come 

to school in his tighty whiteys 

Future Career: Travelling 

Name: Jenny Currie 

Nickname: Jen Jen, J.C 

Best Mem: Being in team ‘Man- 

Date’ in paintball and looking at 

‘Man-Date’ 

Future Career: In the Swedish 

Women’s Vollyball team 

Name: Elizabeth Johnstone 

Nickname: Eliza, Lizzie, Saur, 

Foxy 

Best Mem: Meeting this guy, 

thats met this guy, thats met 

Barney 

Future Career: Being a hand 

model, Working for Huttons 

sausages 

Name: Benjamin Claude 

Stevenson 

Nickname: Ben, Bean 

Best Mem: Marshmallow skiing 

up T.C, Twizel 

Future Career: Bean counter 

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Name: Mathew Bancroft 

Nickname: Mat 

Best Mem: Bull rush in the 

middle of the quad and 

Andrew’s mullet 

Future Career: Engineer 

Name: Tom Kearney 

Nickname: Happy, TK 

Best Mem: The whole thing 

Future Career: Anything but 

behind a desk 

Name: Niki Peters 

Nickname: Nicker Hackey 

Best Mem: Riding at Park, 

Avalanche missions, being at a 

completely different school with 

new super fun people 

Future Career: TBC - . Watch 

this space 

Name: Freya Sorrenson 

Nickname: Frey Dog, Frey Frey 

Best Mem: Avalanche Missions 

Future Career: Sports 

Psychologist 

Name: Natasha May 

Nickname: Fandog, Fan like 

tastic 

Best Mem: 4th Feb, 23rd May, 

2 Sept 

Future Career: Nurse/ 

Professional Scratchie Scratcher 

Name: Matt McKinlay 

Nickname: Kinny, Sid 

Best Mem: Scurrs Party 

Future Career: Subi Hag 

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Name: Oliva McLennan 

Nickname: Live, Lively, Lovely 

Best Mem: Security patrol at the 

after party 

Future Career: Travelling 

Name: Laura Margetts 

Nickname: Law 

Best Mem: Jane Hamilton’s 

write on essay 

Future Career: Amateur flax 

skirt plaiter 

Name: Hannah Beaufoy 

Nickname: Wee Han, Wee Girl, 

Little Foot 

Best Mem: Moving to Wanaka 

in year 7 

Future Career: Graphic 

Designer, Housewife

Name: Tom Grooten 

Nickname: Groots, Ferret, 

Best Mem: All my new friends, 

Snowboard sessions, Friday 

night fight nights in Liverpool 

Future Career: Snowboard 

Coach 

Name: Lucy Stone 

Nickname: Luce 

Best Mem: Kayaking with 

Graham and Dan in lower 

Hawea River 

Future Career: Gold Digger 

Name: Jodie Walker 

Nickname: Jodz 

Best Mem: Spending the week 

in Christchurch and making fun 

of herds of Emo’s 

Future Career: ummmm... 

something that earns me $$$$ 

Name: Whitney Mulqueen 

Nickname: Widdles 

Best Mem: Remembering 

Rippon 06, cause it was 

amazing! 

Future Career: Head Nurse and 

Mother 

Name: Hannah Steven 

Nickname: Floss, Han 

Best Mem: School? 

Future Career: Career? 

Name: Kate Gilmour 

Nickname: Octo 

Best Mem: Meeting Roland 

Taylor 

Future Career: Tv Presenter 

- Pretty much famous 

Name: Annemieke Sherwin 

Nickname: Miekes, Mieka, 

Best Mem: The whole year’s 

been amazing, incredible 

new friends and fantabulous 

experiences 

Future Career: Pro sober driver 

Name: Gus Sharp 

Nickname: G.U.S, Gussy 

Best Mem: Forgot it 

Future Career: Thai Beggar 

Name: Cameron Thomson 

Nickname: Flage, Smooth 

Best Mem: Twizel “Fishing” trip, 

Future Career: Surveyor 

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Name: James Watts 

Nickname: Sock 

Best Mem: I had so much fun 

the entire time I was here, I 

can’t pick one memory 

Future Career: Rocket Scientist 

Name: Jack Taylor 

Nickname: JT 

Best Mem: Whale watching 

down at the lake 

Future Career: Unknown 

Name: Nicola King 

Nickname: Nic, Nico 

Best Mem: The Gore trip with 

my Home Boys, TEAM FLURO 

Future Career: Geisha 

Name: Trevor Cray 

Nickname: Happy.T, T-Trev 

Best Mem: The Formal 

Future Career: Lawyer or 

Teacher 

Name: Chelsea Midgley-Rhyne 

Nickname: C-Sekda, Chels 

Best Mem: Falling down the 

stairs after my heel broke at the 

formal 

Future Career: Ab-Flex 

ambassdor, J-Lo’s body double 

Name: Elliot Strijland 

Nickname: 

Best Mem: Going over the 

rollercoaster track in Sock’s car 

Future Career: 

Name: Graham Smout 

Nickname: G-Ham 

Best Mem: Watching Wayne 

Anderson-singer of songs 

Wicked times at the Formal and 

afterparty! 

Future Career: In the best rock 

band the world has ever seen! 

Name: Louis Nicholls-Braddock 

Nickname: 

Best Mem: 

Future Career: Wayne’s World 

presenter 

Name: Isana Reid-Gray 

Nickname: Sani baby from a 

redwood 

Best Mem: Playing in Spawn in 

Rockquest and Wanakafest 

Future Career: Free Balin’, 

Kazzillionare 

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Name: Ella Brockesby 

Nickname: Brocolli 

Best Mem: Hand incidents 

Future Career: Something witty 

Name: Samantha Fleming 

Nickname: Sammy Davis, Sam 

Best Mem: Camping with 

mates at Hawea 

Future Career: Primary School 

Teacher 

Name: Jess Lockwood 

Nickname: Jessbear, Jessypie 

Best Mem: 25th March, 17th 

June, 24th September 

Future Career: Sports med...or 

something 

Name: Jade Makuru 

Nickname: 

Best Mem: All the parties and 

funtimes! 


do with animals 

Name: Mitchell Bosley 

Nickname: Sandstorm 

Best Mem: Winning the Tri-wizard 

Tournament! 

Future Career: I wanna be an 

All Black, I wanna be a Chef, 

I wanna fly my Jumbo higher 

than anyone else 

Name: Gemma Hutton 

Nickname: Gem, Gymer 

Best Mem: Having a spa 

Future Career: Pamela Anderson 

and Shakira stunt doubles. 

Also a quit smoking help line! 

Name: Jade Davies-McConchie 

Nickname: Slave 

Best Mem: Everything was 

good! 

Future Career: Environmental 

Science 

Name: Cameron Howden 

Nickname: Cam 

Best Mem: The after party 

Future Career: Builder 

At last but not least the people that were absent: 

Asuka Fuji, Tim MacDonald, Natsuki Sakuria, David Wither 

Sophie Scott, Laura Coloco, Tino Kunzmann,Tom Dodwell 

Name: Chris Hallberg 

Nickname: Ash, Gunt 

Best Mem: Beating the last gym 

leaders level Y2 Charizard with 

my level 33 Pikachu 

Future Career: I won’t need to 

work, I will be rich and famous 

because I would have caught 

them all first 

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