MAC Magazine 2015

CONTENTS 

Principal’s report 2 

Board of Trustees’ reports 3 

‘Tokyo Nights’ Formal 4 

Head Girl and Head Boy reports 6 

MAC Student Committees 7 

Art Design and Photography 8 

Class Acts 10 

NCEA Successes 10 

Where Are They Now? 11 

Anzac Day – 100 years on 14 

Year 7 class photos 16 

Year 7 Pounawea Camp 18 

Rutherford 20 


Year 8 camps 26 


Year 9 Marae trip 30 

Kapahaka 31 


Year 10 Art 35 

Year 11 Dinner 36 

Year 11, 12 and 13 photos 37 

Staff photo 38 

HQ 39 

Creative writing 40 

Creative historical eating 45 

MAC Champs 46 

Special sporting achievements 48 

Sports Photos 50 

MAC Haka and Waiata 60 

Outdoor Pursuits 61 

MAC Hostel 62 

International Language Centre 64 

Drama and Performance 66 

MACStock 68 

Jazz Band 68 

Rockquest 69 

Team Green 70 

MACLIC 70 

Gateway 71 

Debating 71 

Students in the Community 72 

Polar plunge 74 

Leavers’ dinner 75 

Survivors 76 

Leavers’ Profiles 77 

Mr T 83 

Straight Up 83 

40 Hour Famine 84 

Shave for a Cure 84 

Sticks ‘n’ Stones 85 

SADD 86 

Survivors Key 87 

Mag Thanks 87 

Whanau Photos 88 

Please take the time to notice the advertisers in this magazine - their ads help make it possible to record the MAC happenings of 2015. 

Enjoy your magazine! 

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Tena koutou katoa 

Once again it is my privilege to welcome you to a wrap up of the 2015 year at Mount Aspiring College. 

Interactive communication with students and parents was highlighted this year with the launch of our new Parent Portal 

and the introduction of fortnightly reports, along with live progress reports being available on a regular basis throughout 

the year and not merely in July and November. As parents and students, I thank you for embracing this development and 

I am confident it will result in students being more involved in, and therefore taking more responsibility for, their own 

learning. My thanks to the staff for the time and effort they have put into these reports, ensuring that they provide valuable 

feedback and advice on the next steps for learning. The fortnightly reports have provided regular feedback to students and 

parents on their level of engagement and their progress in class across all subjects. 93.5% of all MAC students regularly 

received grades above the expected 6.5/10 threshold and many are working at a 9/10 level. I wish to congratulate those 

students and thank them for their desire to make the most of every learning opportunity. 

This year’s haka and waiata competition was a highlight for many and the spirit within the college was showcased through 

this powerful cultural performance. 2015 also saw Year Nine students and staff visit Te Rau Aroha marae in Bluff as part 

of their Education Outside the Classroom. Experiencing the traditions and protocols of marae life were new to most and 

the feedback from the students was very encouraging. My sincere thanks to Matua Jeromy for ensuring this unique New 

Zealand experience was memorable for all of us. 

This year’s magazine captures the talent, thoughts and expressions of the 2015 student body. It reminds us all of the 

wonderful opportunities available to the students throughout the year that are made available because parents, supporters 

and staff care so much. At MAC we often speak of taking advantage of every opportunity that is on offer and I congratulate 

the students for doing just that. 

One way of measuring a community’s strength is the way in which they assist others. We support many causes including 

the 40 Hour Famine, which we have supported annually since 1987. This year the college was awarded a World Vision 

Senior Scholarship (one of 31 nationwide) and we were also the highest fundraising school in the lower South Island. 

The 40 Hour Famine at MAC is synonymous with one person: Mr T, John Turnbull. Mr T retires at the end of the year or, 

more accurately, at his request begins a 20-year sabbatical. John’s quiet, sincere and caring manner will be sorely missed 

and on behalf of students, colleagues and parents, thank you John and all the best for the future. 

This year’s centennial celebration of the Gallipoli campaign was a highlight with student involvement in studies, ANZAC 

Day services and the creation of our own Field of Remembrance. 

I believe everyone who flicks through this magazine in the future will reflect on the fun they had, the friends they shared 

it with, the staff who helped them and really cared and the personal success they enjoyed in 2015. A school year, like a 

magazine, needs input from many to be successful. Congratulations everyone on making 2015 such a success in and out of 

the classroom. 

Enjoy your magazine, stay safe over the holidays and, whether you return to the college or leave us, thank you for your 

contribution to the 2015 MAC year. 

Wayne Bosley 

PRINCIPAL’s REPORT 

Richard Hemingway 

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Wayne Bosley 

Isabella Berry 

Johnny Brebner

BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ 

REPORTS 

It has been another exciting year at the college, and the depth of what it offers to its students and staff continues to grow. 

2015 saw two important Ministry of Education processes take place - MOE consultation around future education in the region 

and the triennial Education Review Office (ERO) review. Whilst the college had the opportunity during both processes to 

showcase many aspects of college life, one area which stood out to our visitors was the importance and respect given to student 

voice at MAC. 

From a BOT viewpoint, whilst there were no trustee elections scheduled for 2015 for parent representatives, the annual 

student elections took place in September. We welcome Isabella Berry onto the Board, and look forward to her contribution. 

Johnny Brebner is our outgoing student representative. On behalf of the Board, staff and student body, I’d like to thank Johnny 

for his significant input over the last year. I would particularly like to thank Johnny for his outstanding contribution during 

the MOE processes discussed above. 

The year has also been one of consolidating the many initiatives that have been implemented over the last couple of 

years, including the KAMAR student management system, fortnightly reporting and the strategic goal of supporting staff 

professional development. The development of the college’s facilities continues, and we seek to always ensure the protection 

of the green spaces which the college community values so highly. However, I want to highlight one important initiative, and 

recognize the great work of staff and students alike. With PB4L in its third year now, the impact of SOAR around the college is 

ubiquitous and has really become part of MAC culture. 

2016 is forecast to see the student roll go beyond 800 for the first time. Whilst not large in New Zealand terms, as the college 

grows it is important for us all to focus on the important elements of its culture that make MAC special – whanau, house spirit, 

participation and support for each other as individuals. Excitingly, growth also brings opportunity and we should embrace 

this in terms of the diversity and breadth of curriculum it allows. 

For those leaving MAC at the end of the year, we wish you well with your next challenges. Always remember that you get back 

what you put into life. And for those moving away, make sure you visit the college whenever you are back in town. 

Lastly, on behalf of the BOT, I’d like to thank the caring and dedicated staff at MAC for another fun and successful year. Have a 

peaceful and enjoyable break. 

Richard Hemingway, BOT Chair 

‘Thank you’ may be an unusual thing to say in circumstances such as these. Certainly, you don’t often expect losing an 

election to come with a wealth of positive emotions. And while it’s not the result I wanted, I can’t help but feel an immense 

feeling of gratitude and thanks. So, thank you. 

Thank you to the students who voted me in and came forward with ideas and issues to help make my job worthwhile. 

Thank you to Wayne, Dean, Diana, Tracey, Paul, John, Ian, Richard and many others for helping me and making me feel 

accepted on the Board so I could participate as an equal. 

Thank you for letting me experience this tremendous privilege and fantastic learning experience. To be chosen to 

represent you, the students, in such an important position is an enormous honour. And to be exposed to the inner 

mechanisms of the college has been a source of endless fascination. 

I would like to also congratulate Bella on her victory (no hard feelings). I know that you will be a more than capable 

replacement and I’m sure that you’ll bring your unique style to the meeting table. I wish you the best of luck and I would 

like to assure the school that Bella is an excellent choice for Bot Rep. I also send Dean my condolences for having to endure 

another year of vegetarian dinners. I’m so, so sorry. 

Thanks, well done and the best of luck. 

Johnny Brebner 

It is with great honour that I have been elected to be the Student Representative on the MAC Board of Trustees. This is 

a role I take very seriously and am so grateful and excited to be part of such an inspiring group of people. Throughout 

the coming year on the Board I hope to face and tackle challenges around the school head-on. After a very competitive 

and interesting election I am so pleased that the students of MAC placed their faith in me to complete the task as their 

representative. Johnny has done an amazing job in his year as BOT rep and I hope to continue his legacy on the Board. 

I will continue to push for the recognition of not only sporting but academic and artistic success. 

As this has been my first year at MAC I felt I have very quickly gotten a grip of the ropes of this fantastic school. I can’t wait 

to be back in 2016. Thank you again for electing me as your representative! 

Isabella Berry 

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TOKYO NIGHTS 

2015 FORMAL 

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HEAD GIRL’s 

REPORT 

It is with the heaviest of hearts that I write my final farewell to Mount Aspiring College. It is a strange feeling to think that next year I 

won’t be protected in this ‘safe’ environment - the one place that has facilitated my growth and learning over the past seven years. I’m 

excited for what my future holds, yet nervous to step outside this familiar territory. Nonetheless, I cannot continue without firstly thanking 

the staff and students who have not only supported me, but the rest of Year 13, in guiding us through a successful year - one that will be 

remembered and treasured by each individual. 

Words do not describe how much of an experience, an opportunity and an honour it has been to hold the title of Head Girl for 2015. Not 

only has this contributed to the success of my final year, it has also given me the opportunity to give back to those who have aided my 

individual growth along this journey. The knowledge, confidence and skills that I have gained from this position will stay with me for a 

lifetime, and I cannot thank you all enough for this opportunity. As this leadership system is new to MAC, I can wholeheartedly say it has 

been a privilege to be one of the first ever students involved in it, and I am excited to see what the rest of the student body has to offer in the 

years to come. I strongly encourage every student to strive for a senior position. Not only is it an amazing experience with many life lessons 

attached, but it also gives you a chance to leave a personal inscription in the school; one that will be remembered for a lifetime. From a 

reflective perspective, I hope to have encouraged each of you to set goals, work hard and get involved in as many school activities as you 

can. Ever since I was young, I idolised the student leaders and encouraged myself to adopt a persona that would motivate and influence my 

fellow peers. Now, whilst representing the student body, I can honestly say it’s been a privilege and I have enjoyed every second of it. 

Working alongside Ellis, as the head student duo of 2015 has been a journey of self discovery, hard work and accomplishment, and I would 

once again like to extend my appreciation to staff, students, families, the community and anyone else who has stood by my side along this 

seven year milestone. It is never easy letting go of something you truly care about, and leaving this incredible school is one example. MAC, 

you have been there for the sad, the happy, the challenging and the rewarding, and I conclude my final year of secondary education with a 

heart full of gratification and a head full of reminiscence. 

Brynee Wilson 

HEAD BOY’s 

REPORT 

I discovered that there was more to being the Head Boy of Mount Aspiring College 2015, than just the role within the school community. 

Before I was to hold such a position within the school I felt I had to gain the respect of my peers and teachers. Once a strong foundation of 

trust and respect was established, I was able to develop and grow with the role, with the support from senior students and staff. 

2015 was a year full of opportunities for myself - most of which allowed me to give back to the school environment and repay the school 

for all it has given me over the last 7 years. 

As Year 13’s we sometimes don’t realise that we play a huge role in developing a school culture that we can all be proud of, whether we 

hold a leadership position or not. From my experiences as a Year 7, I was able to reflect on how I viewed senior members of the school 

and it helped me grasp the enormity of my role this year as a Year 13 and a role model for the younger members of our school community. 

In many of the conversations I have held with Year 7 students this year, I was excited to hear that they believed that they could one day 

become Head Boy or Girl of the college. It’s these aspirations from the junior school, which convinced me that Mount Aspiring College’s 

future is bright and is something that the school should be excited and proud of. One thing I have discovered this year is that a leadership 

role is more successful when it’s a team effort. Collaboration with Brynee, Head Girl, and leaders of the school committees, has made the 

job of Head Boy enjoyable and rewarding. I believe that this holistic approach and collaboration has benefited all areas in the school. 

It was a privilege for me to hold the Head Boy position this year and I have learnt a lot from my peers and teachers that will hold me in 

good stead for my university years and beyond. Thanks heaps everyone. Cheers. 

Ellis Meyer-Budge 

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STUDENT COMMITTEES 

Mount Aspiring College’s values of partnerships, excellence, integrity and 

innovation are the basis of the school’s Service and Academic Committee. 

Lead by Karyn Munro and chaired by Year 13 students Nina Bowley and 

Bronnie Ormandy, the Committee is made up of a group of fourteen Year 

12 and 13 students who play a leading role within the school. Established 

in 2014, the committee’s areas of involvement are far reaching, driving 

activities and supporting students in and out of school. Some of our areas 

of involvement include the organising of leavers hoodies, formal, Year 13 

polar plunge, Year 11 dinner, Year 13 leavers dinner, Valentine’s day, Year 

13 challenge day and MACademics. This year we have been commended as 

increasing academic recognition from Years 7 -13 in weekly assemblies as 

well as creating and improving the forward thinking learning community 

MAC is renowned for. Involvement within the Committee brings added 

enjoyment and interest to school life, ultimately working as a team to 

enhance the running of MAC. The committee often takes on one-off service 

fundraising initiatives in response to local, national or international events, 

or from organisations seeking support. This year saw us supporting the 40 

Hour Famine, Vanuatu’s natural disaster and Shave For a Cure. 

Service and Academic Committee 

Back: Kath Millis, Kim Robertson, Nina Bowley, 

Bronnie Ormandy, Rosie Spearing, April Carter, 

Katie Thompson. Front: Helena Crawford, Rick 

Sanders, Noel Bisson, Lewis Brooks, Aoife Baker, 

Erin Greenwood. 

Sports Committee 

Back: Tish Telford, Holly Bailey, Ellis Meyer-Budge, 

Hank Bilous. Front: Jayden Fisher, Teegan Vink, 

Craig Murray. 

Absent: Billie Scurr, Nico Schikker, Bailey Nolet. 

The Sports Committee of 2015 consisted of eleven students all of which 

have backgrounds in a wide variety of sports. Three of our major projects 

this year were Summer Quad, the inaugural Mt Hutt College Interschool 

and the Year 7&8 Kavanagh Sport Exchange. This year MAC was the 

host of Quad which took place in late March. The tournament was a 

huge success with sportsmanship being strong throughout all year levels 

and MAC winning yet again. The inaugural Mt Hutt College interschool 

was another success with MAC winning five out of the six games. The 

team work displayed throughout the interschool was outstanding and 

hopefully the interschool becomes an annual event on the schools busy 

calendar. This year the Year 7&8 Kavanagh Sports Exchange was held at 

MAC. This was the second time MAC had hosted the event and yet again 

sportsmanship and team work were shown by all athletes representing 

the college. On behalf of all the athletes who competed in these events, we 

would like to thank the coaches, referees and supporters because without 

them we would not have the opportunity to showcase the talented athletes 

and sportsmanship MAC is known for. Also congratulations to everyone 

who has made representative teams and especially those individuals who 

have competed at both national and international levels this year. This is 

an outstanding feat and we wish you luck in the future. 

Being a part of the Cultural Committee at MAC has not only been a great way 

to gain leadership experience, but we have also had the opportunity to involve 

ourselves in the school lives of junior students, and hopefully given them 

someone to look up to and aspire to be like. The Cultural Committee of 2015 

is comprised of ten Year 12 and 13 students, all with a variety of backgrounds 

in the Arts inside and outside of school. As a group we have spent the year 

working on a range of events and activities, including MAC’s got Talent, the 

school Haka competition, a drama group for eager Year 8 students and more! 

We have truly enjoyed every minute of being involved in this year’s Cultural 

Committee … best of luck to the candidates for next year and we hope you 

will enjoy it as much as we have! 

Cultural Committee 

Back: Florence Collins Caballero, Connor Moore, 

Petra Shotwell, Lucy Hayes, Madison Parslow, 

Alyssa Gibson. Front: John Steven, George 

Davenport, Jack Arbuckle, Brynee Wilson. 

Absent: Riley Bruce. 

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Simpkin / 13. Michelle Tomlinson / 14. Maddy Ball / 15. Chloe Larkin / 16. Moana Barnard / 17. Callum 

Rennie / 18. Michaela Rogan / 19. Samantha Haines / 20. Sapphire Schwarz / 21. Chloe Larkin / 22. Poppy 

Jefferies / 23. Kim Robertson / 24. Michaela Rogan / 25. Madison Parslow / 26. Alexandra Johnston 

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CLASS ACTs 

Congratulations to our 31st and 32nd Otago Daily Times Class Act excellence awards 

recipients, Year 13 students Katherine (Kath) Millis and Noel Bisson who received their 

certificates from the Prime Minister, John Key. 

Noel is a multi-talented young man who follows his own path. He excels in the classroom, in the 

swimming pool and in his contribution to service, sport and academic opportunities. Currently he 

is studying NCEA Level Three English, History, Mathematics with Calculus, Chemistry and Physics 

and will sit scholarship exams in Chemistry and Physics. Noel was awarded NCEA Levels One 

and Two with an excellence endorsement gaining 121 excellence credits at Level One and 129 at 

Level Two. Noel has plans to continue studying at Victoria or Canterbury University in 2016. Noel 

is a national Division Two swimming medalist and fully involved in MAC Debating, Kapa Haka, 

Chess Club and the Service and Academic Committee. Noel’s true passion is the environment and 

I thank him for his contribution to Team Green. He wishes to make a difference to the way people 

think about the environment and we are sure he will succeed in this quest. Noel is a very deserving 

recipient of an Otago Daily Times Class Act award and we wish him well for the future. 

Kath has been acknowledged for her academic excellence and her service to the college community. 

She is currently studying NCEA Level Three Biology, Mathematics with Statistics, Chemistry, Physics 

and English. Kath achieved NCEA Levels One and Two with an excellence endorsement, gaining 

136 excellence credits at Level One and 112 at Level Two and she will sit scholarship examinations in 

English and Mathematics with Statistics. Kath is looking to do a double degree in Law and Science at 

Otago University in 2016. Kath has always been fully involved in service activities both at the college 

and within the wider community. Many of us can attest to her skills of persuasion as we were asked 

to step out of our comfort zones for a good cause. Kath is part of the MAC Service and Academic 

Committee, Team Green, 40-hour Famine, Senior Debating, ACT Theatre Group and she has been 

involved with the local cubs since 2012. She spoke on behalf of the college at the Wanaka ANZAC 

service and she has wide involvement and success in regional debating and speech competitions. 

Kath has a wonderful sense of community and is passionate about helping people. She is a very 

worthy recipient of an Otago Class Act award. We thank her very much for her contribution to 

Mount Aspiring College over a number of years and wish her well for the future. 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? 

We caught up with 2014 prizewinners Corey Fothergill, Rachel Macpherson 

and Eden Brown to ask them about life after MAC. Read their answers below... 

Corey Fothergill 

Dux 

Where are you now and what are you currently doing? 

Corey: I’m in the Royal New Zealand Air Force as a pilot. This year I have completed basic training 

followed by officer training in Blenheim, survival training in Auckland and am currently working in 

Ohakea (Palmerston North). 

Rachel: Bachelor of Arts, double majoring in criminology and sociology at Victoria University of 

Wellington, living at Te Puni Village. 

Eden: Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Economics at the University of Otago 

What has been the highlight of your time since leaving school? 

Corey: Graduating from my officer course in June; it was a massive sense of achievement for me after a 

pretty tough 6 months… Getting paid to shoot guns and play sport isn’t bad either! 

Rachel: Definitely meeting so many new, different people living at a hall. It’s such a fun lifestyle and it 

motivates you to work hard having so many other people studying around you. 

Eden: Meeting a new diverse group of people, living in a new city and having a “busy social calendar”. 

Rachel Macpherson 

Lions Best 

All Round Girl 

What aspects have been harder than you expected? 

Corey: It was a bit of a culture shock leaving MAC and Wanaka where everyone is so friendly, to an 

environment where people shouted at me and made me do press ups! I also struggled with ironing, 

sewing and keeping my room immaculate. 

Rachel: Probably the workload, as university work is a lot more self-driven than school - it’s something 

you have to learn to motivate yourself to do, but the rewards are pretty great when you do well. 

Eden: Getting up for 9am lectures. Nobody is there to slap you on the back of the hand. 

Eden Brown 

Lions Best 

All Round Boy 

What is the best advice that you could give to our Year 13 leavers? 

Corey: Go and do something that you enjoy. Don’t get too stressed about leaving school. Don’t ignore 

your mum’s phone calls – they get really mad! 

Rachel: Go into your first year completely open minded and ready to try loads of new things. Put all the 

effort in that you can in terms of uni work, but make sure you spend a lot of time getting to know people 

and enjoying student life. 

Eden: Achieve your goals but don’t burn yourself out before it really counts. It’s an expensive business so 

take the scholarship process seriously, free money is the best kind. 

And what advice would you give to our Year 12 students heading for Year 13? 

Corey: Get stuck in with everything, put your hand up for leadership opportunities and have lots of fun. Make Year 13 your 

best year at MAC! Put in work on the academic front too, it sucks for people when they can’t pursue something because they 

haven’t put the hard yards in at school. 

Rachel: Take on as many leadership roles as you can in Year 13, they may seem like a lot of work but are actually really 

enjoyable and definitely a bonus on any CV or application. 

Eden: Set goals, work hard and achieve. Year 12 is all about grades, and proving you’ve got what it takes. Next year you can 

take on some other activities, but make nailing the basics across the board your biggest priority. 

Did you feel well prepared when you left MAC and, in your experiences this year, were you? 

Corey: Although I’ve been put way outside of my comfort zone several times, crucial skills that MAC had taught me, like time 

management, organization, communication and leadership helped me through it. 

Rachel: It was a bit daunting, but it took no time at all to settle in and get into the habits of the workload required here. 

Eden: No. You can never know how you’ll react until you are there. First year can be a big change, but stick at it and find a 

niche in your new environment. 

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ANZAC DAY 

John Steven 

Here today, together we remember and honour the many thousands of New Zealanders 

and Australians that landed on the beaches of Gallipoli one hundred years ago, who 

fought alongside each other in desperate conditions to provide support for the assault 

on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Many of them gave their lives, many others their health and 

sanity. Among those troops stood a man by the name of William John Steven. As my 

Great Great Uncle, he fought in the main body of the ANZACS as a Lance Corporal. 

Killed in action on August 27th, 1915, William endured months in the frontline. Today, 

our family holds the diary kept by him during the war. The little book of hand written 

notes that he kept in his breast pocket has a hole piercing its front cover, made by the 

bullet which ended his life. 

Today, I send my respects to William John Steven, and the many other troops that 

served as the ANZACS. This remembrance is, and will be for many more years, a 

special commemorative part of our nation’s rich cultural heritage, and it is a day in 

which we become acutely aware of one of the vital aspects of our history. 

Excerpts from student speeches given at the Lake Wanaka Centre 

People may think that our generation is forgetting about our past and the sacrifices 

that were made for us to be able to live the carefree lives we have today, but those 

who have died in battle live on with us in another way. They are not forgotten. They 

are the reason we have peaceful lives - the reason for our freedom, our safety and 

our happiness. From Gallipoli to today people who have served for us overseas in 

the name of our nation - those who still serve in the Middle East and other areas of 

the world - are remembered not only on ANZAC day, but when we consider our 

actions for our future. Because this is how our generation must honour heroes of 

war - we must guard the freedom they have fought for, as ours are the choices that 

will determine the future. We now have the opportunity to live the lives that our 

grandparents and great-grandparents died for us to have, and to pass this peace on 

to the generation after us. It is a small duty compared to those who fought and died 

for us, and one we should strive to uphold in these times that again threaten violence, in 

remembrance of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. 

Kath Millis 

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It was 3am April 25th 1915 as our boats 

were heading towards the Gallipoli 

peninsula. I was only 15, I’d lied about 

my age because I thought it would be an 

adventure, I’d be a hero. 

We were convinced that we would take 

the Turks by surprise and that we would 

return victorious. But the second my 

boat touched the shore, I could already 

see the faint shadow of the Turks’ huge 

guns and their soldiers in trenches. 

Then, the funnel of one of our steam 

boats lit up and gave away the surprise 

attack. We were sitting ducks. I knew it. 

As we piled onto the shore, the enemy 

guns were blasting away at us as we 

trudged up the hill. But our rifles only 

seemed like water pistols. They had 

a clear shot on us from the dunes. 

Suddenly I felt a massive shudder 

as a bullet ripped through my right 

shoulder and out the other side. I 

tumbled down to the bottom of the hill 

as I heard voices through my head. This 

was war! 

Alexander Combe 8SL 

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM 

100 YEARS ON 

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7BW 

Kalani 

Back: Dilara Van, Martha Toghill, Maddi Frazer, Lea McTavish, Mihi McLachlan, Georgie Bruce, 

Oceania McFadgen, Tom Millis. Middle: Eve Paddon, Leon Bowie, Jack Welch, Summer Rasmussen, 

Caycee Beck, Hunter Hewson, Josh Arthur, Mrs Kate Brown (teacher). Front: Jacob Farrell, Amelia 

Dore, Joshua Jarvie, Abhishek Rameshanand, Dewaldt van Eeden, Georgia McGregor, Oliver Prince, 

Muirhead. Absent: Hugo Cochrane, Joshua Orton, Emily Prout. 

Back: Mrs Clare Scurr (teacher), Nikita Sinclair, Red Simpson, Fin MacDonald, Imy Gordon, 

Taki McLachlan, Ethan Brady, Lachy Moore, Ethan Arratia. Middle: Abby East, Evie Simonsohn, 

Alice Howard, Molly Barham, Ella Landreth, Meg Thomas, Georgie Burdon. Front: Imogen 

Dougherty, Holly Gibson, Thomas Evans, Luca Harrington (with Monty), Romili Townsend, Eli 

Emanuel, Caleb Eason, Ryan Young. Absent: Olivia Connolly, Connor George, Ryder Jefferson. 

7SC 

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Back: Thomas Gibson, Mero Williams, Alana Scott, Abby Fisher, Zach Smith, Bryce Parkhill, 

Mackenzie Barnett, Anja Malmo. Middle: Mrs Ruth Stevens (teacher), Nathan Beaton, Helene 

Price, Ashley Bates, Will Hofmans, Piper Cavanagh, Alexa McKay, Emily Leahy, Toto Tanabe. 

Front: Patrick Hartley, Jimmy Gillespie, Keltan Voyce, Nikita Mayen, Hadley Tamati, Marcel 

Bartley, Ollie Alderson, Lauren Rimmer. Absent: Haydn Miles, Lily Willis-King, Keira Somerville, 

Emily Knoesen. 

7ST 

Back: Aleisha Turner, Letitia Haig, Gracie Cartlidge, Ethan Munro, Barnaby Jackson, Jimmy Roughan, 

Nevada Wolfgramm, Tom Colbourne. Middle: Mae Cradock, Micah Cousins, Harry Gillespie, Whitney 

Bennett, Ashleigh Doran, Neco Richter, Anna Barrett, Tana Hansen. Front: Mustafa Caliskan, Neve 

Stalker, Molly Thomsson, Georgia Robertson, Isla Gellatly, Phoenix Fay, Dylan Rimmer, Mrs Katrina Fox 

7FX(teacher). Absent: Danielle Carney, Jack Culshaw, Kahu Nepia. 

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happy 

campers 

YEAR 7 CAMP 

It was a great experience to swim in the sea. 

Piper Cavanagh 

I liked the outdoor adventure course, it was fun doing 

the obstacles. 

Lauren Rimmer 

I liked all the activities - there was bow and arrow, 

shooting targets and survival hut making. 

Tana Hansen 

I liked getting to experience the wildlife interaction. 

Alana Scott 

So I liked the car drive on the way down because we 

had other people and we ate chips. 

Kahu Nepia 

I liked floundering because you got to kill fish. And 

it was my birthday on the first day and I got a vanilla 

sponge cake. 

Jack Culshaw 

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RUTHERFORD 

Rutherford is an awesome opportunity for kids like me. It has extended me to my limits in heaps of 

different ways. Year 7 Rutherford have had heaps of awesome experiences like… 

Micronations - Creating your own country and creating flags, maps, national symbols etc 

Wonderment and awe - Finding out what wonders us and showing this in 2D or 3D art pieces and 

poems. 

Number history - Exploring in depth where numbers came from and the history. 

I love Rutherford because everybody is the same as me but different as well. I also have made new 

friends. 

Mrs Brooks is an awesome teacher and she stretches me a lot. It’s a great two hours of fun. It’s what I 

look forward to on a Friday. All the different topics have taught me a lot and I’m very grateful. 

Meg Thomas 

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Mountains 

When water starts to freeze 

and the trees lose their leaves, 

the mountains stand, side by side 

helping, trading and changing, 

when the colour fades, 

but the light stays, 

the mountains await snow, 

Preparing. 

In the hard winter months 

when everything suffers, 

mountains stand tall 

majestic and calming 

sheltering, but shading 

never moving 

Protecting. 

When the newborn stand 

for the first time, 

The mountains look on in love 

providing, joyful, daring, foodalicious 

and guarding 

Patiently. 

When the heat comes 

and the plants dry out 

many wither, 

but the mountains stay healthy 

fed by the old winter snow 

they tower on, 

green, gigantic 

compact and curvy 

Providing adventure. Emily Prout

In Year 8 Rutherford 2015 we started the year off with our invention/inventor topic. In this topic we 

learnt about basic inventions, how they work and how they came about. We then went on to study 

famous inventor and artist, Leonardo Da Vinci and then an inventor of our choice. For our next project 

we had to invent and create a Chindogu. A Chindogu is an almost useless object, some Chindogus made 

by the class included a pair of shoes with sandpaper bottoms and a rubber glove with a cloth attached 

to the front. Next we worked on creating our own board game. We started the unit by playing original 

board games and after an evaluation we started to plan and make our games. Once we had finished 

making the games we got several sessions to play and evaluate everyone else’s board games. Term 4 

brings the Tournament of Minds, where in teams of 6-8 we take on other schools in unknown thinking 

challenges at the Lake Wanaka Centre. 

Year 8 Rutherford 

This year in Rutherford we were given the challenge to create and make a board game. My group which 

included Zelda, Olive and of course myself discovered that making a tactical fun game is not as easy as it 

sounds. From the beginning we knew that we wanted to make something to do with ‘maps and countries’. 

After much editing, rethinking and many dead ends we managed to design a board game, but after others 

played our game it still had some errors! If I was given this challenge again I think I would do much 

better because I would have a full understanding of what a game needs. 

Tess Martin 

Whodunit ??? 

A pale grey wall, an ivy entwined hall, leaving the pit of my stomach like an empty 

mall. A creak of a door, detectives wanting more, an illuminated sign missing from 

a store. What more could I ask, what an interesting task, I leave the cab with my hot 

chocolate filled flask. A secret rendezvous, meeting to watch a sporting debut, whilst 

eating a big pot of steaming stew. We’re on the path of mystery ‘suspicious’, but boy oh 

boy that smells delicious, watch out these fellas are malicious. A crumpled note, left by 

an old boat, which looks as though it was used to cross a moat! A phone call from the 

queen, saying a nasty visitor has been, escaping by boat as he vanishes the scene. Us 

detectives race to the palace, where we meet up with maid Alice, only to hear the robbers 

words of callous. There are dying embers in the grate, it looks as though the queen has 

been tricked into a blind date, and come off second best as he left with her favourite 

golden plate. What a day it has been, dealing with the queen, this is by far my favourite 

detectives scene. It looks as though these men have done a couple of hit and runs, and I 

believe they are the one and only eccentric Ma Baker’s sons. Don’t you worry I will get 

them, I will get them with my spray gun !!! 

Olive Pujol 

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Back: Annika Gibson, Lachie MacDonald, Estelle Norman, Quinn Curtis, Rata Horan, Astelia Aubrey. 

Middle: Emma Smith, Hannah Barham, Leithen Henderson, James Ingram, Alfie Baker, James Suddaby, 

Jessie McKenzie, Ms Lesley Baynes (teacher). Front: Sam Jewell, Tom Heather, Firth Deacon, Gary Poilvert, 

Himaya Dalton, Hugo Darby, Aden Cassaidy, Kahu Griffin. Absent: Zoe Andrews, Tyler Danielson, Ewan 

8LBLittle, Tess Martin, Finlay Jones. 

Back: Campbell Wright, Jono Watson, Leo Staufenberg, Eamon Green, Charlie Sharratt, Oli 

Prince, James Watt, Kareem Jodeh. Middle: Sammy Harry, Cecilia Gardner, Yesol Park, Lucy 

Perriam, Laura Neale, Jessica Ecroyd, Rogue Ferguson, Amy Morris, Eamon Smith, Mrs Jenni 

McDougall (teacher aide). Front: Elliot Frost, James Parry, Jack Findlay, Declan Lambert, 

Josephine Plimmer, Milly Robinson, Maddy Thompson, Sophie Stalker, Ms Maryanne Ahern 

(teacher). Absent: Hayley Secker. 

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8AH

Back: Annabel Carter, Shanae Sanders, Oscar Humphreys, Luca Georgalli, Jack O’Brien, Oliver 

Clements, Owen Lea, Krystal McCutcheon. Middle: Mr Andrew Sloan (teacher), Sophie Sun, Fergus 

Read, Sophie Fenn, Charlotte Reveley, Alex Combe, Cameron Howell, Annie Timu. Front: Maye Hall, 

Michael Gealogo, Ocean Allemann, Liam Kemp, Maude Rogers, Ronan Kaye, Siena Shotwell, Weston 

Bell. Absent: Sungyoon Park, Ines Stephani, Michelle Li, Brianna Kerris, Greysea Steven. 

8SL 

8WT 

Back: Thea Erichsen, Oliver Thomas, Persia Thor-Poet, Sienna Nicholson, Lily King, Jaimee Vink, 

Toa Roode, Cameron Gibbins. Middle: Mrs Jane Watson-Taylor (teacher), Mackenzie Thompson, 

Anika Fouchee, Jake Jamison, Ryan Schmack, Rhys Hughes, Joel Suddaby, Kirsten Blackley, 

Jody Chisholm. Front: Ben McNabb, Zelda Boyd, Olly Rowe, Seb Meredith, Olive Pujol, Marcus 

Hetherington, Samantha Traynor, Stan Millwater. Absent: Indigo Hemingway, Natalia Johnson, Mrs 

Kristin Sheppard (teacher). 

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8SD 

Back: Charlie Holmes, Jessica Hollow, Thomas Masters, Teana Haines, Ethan Carleton, Georgia 

Evans. Middle: Billea-Nova Chin-Nyika, Jin Wook Hong, Kelly McClimont, Ella Robinson, 

Willow Strawson, Shae Barrett-Corrigan, Mrs Michelle Suddaby (teacher). Front: Kate 

Goodsell, Daniel O’Donnell, Ashley MacCulloch, Jimin Lee, Meg Breen, Sam Knight, Paris 

Woodhouse. Absent: Angus Cagney, Jack Colbourne, Phoenix Cooper, Phoebe Garland, Aimee 

McArthur, Tom Roberts, Jaydon Jordi.

YEAR 8 CAMPs 

DANGEROUSLY DIRTY 

RIDONCULOUSLY RADICAL 

INTERESTINGLY INCREDIBLE 

FANTABULOUSLY FUN 

TREACHEROUS TIMES 

KILLER KOOL 

AMAZEBALLS ACTIVITY 

RESPECTFULLY RIDICULOUS 

TERRIFIC TURNS 

SUPERB SPINS 

Himaya & Emma 8LB 

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8SL CAMP RAP 

Monday 31st of August, arrive at camp and it’s full of awesomeness. 

Tuesday, get out of bed, walk to the carts and I’m fully fed, 

Rollin’ down the hill at 100 miles an hour, thinking in my head about a hot, hot shower. 

Wednesday, scramble up the stream, got to wear a helmet cause green is mean, 

Walk down, shoot at a bear, might take a bullet shell for a souvenir. 

Thursday, press ups on the ground, think I’m about to vomit from the smell all around. 

Drifting through the mud, dirt on my face thinking that this was a big mistake. 

Friday 4th of September, this is going to be a camp to remember, 

Think I’m ‘bout to cry ‘cos I don’t want to leave Camp Berwick behind. 

by Abel and Shotz a.k.a. Annabel Carter & Siena Shotwell 

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9TC 

Back: Liam Beaton, Billy Sandri, Georgia Budd, Shaneil Coupe, Blake Hartley, Ben Harrington. 

Middle: Callum Smith, Andrew Hay, Ellise Price, Zac Taurua, Jessa Bennett, Ollie Williams 

Holloway, Jaime Toepfer. Front: Isabella Thomsson, Clover Lippe, Alex Budweiser-King, 

Samantha Clark, Natasha Hamer, Nicole Pittaway, Mitchell Evans, James Watherston. Absent: 

Phoenix Brownlie, Isabella Culshaw, Luella Harry, McKenzie Hart, Harry Hughes, Jessica 

Paddon, Jihye Song, Leightyn Hessian, Tessa Nathan, Jasper Klein. 

Back: Chicane Cooper, Sheree Gamble, Numa Saglibene, Jordan Fox, Peta McKay, Bridget O’Brien, 

Eva Wilson, Maggie Stiven. Middle: Patrick Llewellyn, Meg Harraway, Logan Lambert, Jasmine 

Murray, Flynn Rosie, Hayley Yule, Madi Gainsford, Lucas Baird, Ruby Jamison, Daniel Hadida. 

Front: Jacob Lang, Jessie Fraser, Reilly Arnesen, Max Swift, Elena McFadgen, Jesse Robertson, Amy 

Richards, Maelle Darby, Samantha Smith. Absent: Nicolas Seiler. 

9CD 

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Back: Ben Boyd, Fiona Murray, Ruth Bennie, Kate Richards, Kilita Fouchee, Caitlin Roberts. 

Middle: Luke Keen, Olivia Bates, Zhane Skipper, Lucas McTavish, Tom Scott, Wesley Moore, 

Kobi Maibach, Jayden Hanson, Tait Scurr. Front: Josh Hasler, Sam Teal, Freya Moore, Molly 

Todd, Sophia Fitzgerald, Olly Fotheringham, Jack Harker, Jacob Harwood. Absent: Sam Bastion, 

Albie Haynes, Jade Macdonald. 

9SP 

9SF 

Annabel 

Back: Flynn Brown, Tyler Greeks, Rurika Sekino, Ben Fussell, Nicholas Rumore, Matthew Wilson, 

Heidi Niederer. Middle: Jamie Toomey, Ethan Kerr, Danielle Molloy, Ayla Smalls, Latisha Halcrow, 

Ava Plimmer, Angus Harraway, Fletcher Cavanagh. Front: Christina Lamb, Sam Horton, Jessie 

Fothergill, Shea Williams, Kasia Balls, Meg Weedon, Kennedy Martin. Absent: Charlie Chisholm, 

Fairbairn, Stellar Nepia, Bronson Toghill, Sara Wright, Sophie Nathan. 

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Yr 9 MARAE TRIP 

At the Year 9 marae trip we enjoyed a large variety of activities. 

Some of these activities included haka, waiata and flax weaving 

and my favourite was going to the beach. 

We went down to the beach and tried to find toheroa. 

We went for lots of walks, going to places with cool things, like the war watch 

We learnt new hakas and songs. 

We played frisbee and Matua told us things about the marae 

and the Maori culture. 

Matua told us scary stories about the gods. 

We ate really good food! I really enjoyed spending time with everyone. 

The marae was an amazing building. 

Matua Jeromy told us scary stories before we went to sleep. 

It was an absolutely amazing experience that anyone could take 

part in and feel welcomed - even the teachers! 

One-sentence-summaries by 9SP 

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There have been a lot of changes for kapa haka this year. Matua Jeromy started the year 

off with good routines adding Wednesday afternoons to the schedule allowing two and a 

half hours a week to practice. We spent the first half of the year learning new material to 

put together a full bracket involving whakaeke, hiimene, waiata, haka, taiaha and poi. 

The second half of the year saw the students perform at events for the winter season. We 

welcomed new staff to Cardrona Alpine Ski Resort in the Lake Wanaka Centre, opened 

the final for the men’s half pipe at the Audi Winter Games and opened the Special Winter 

Olympics at the Hawea Hotel. 

We have been busy helping with the MAC house haka competition, ERO powhiri, junior 

school powhiri for international students and senior and junior prizegivings. This group 

is fortunate enough to not only have passionate seniors who are confident and can 

lead at a high intensity but also many junior students that are equally committed and 

improving all the time. It was also great to see so many international students join us 

and get involved for a while, we really enjoyed teaching you all a part of NZ heritage and 

hopefully you’ll be able to take the haka and waiata home with you. 

Although this is a new cultural experience for me, it has been an absolute pleasure to 

facilitate and be apart of the MAC kapahaka group this year. I am incredibly proud 

of their performances and the way they uphold such an important part of our culture 

within the school and wider community. 

Here are also some highlights from the students: 

“Having the para-skiers join us while performing at the welcoming for them” 

“Enjoying our Wednesday afternoons and being able to have fun and laugh as a group 

when we made mistakes” 

“Performing up at Cardrona wearing piupiu in the snow” 

“The overwhelming praise from the welcoming powhiri of the Special Olympics” 

Kaz Saunders 

KAPAHAKA 

Students involved in kapahaka 

2015: Noel Bisson, Riley Bruce, 

Matty McLean, Alex Mitchell, Anna 

Edwards, Olly McKenzie, Sean Dickey, 

Ben Harrington, Jamie Toomey, 

Mitchell Evans, Jahnaan Hodson, 

Ayla Smalls, Jessie McKenzie, James 

Suddaby, Kahu Griffin, Aden Cassaidy, 

Jin Wook Hong, Phoenix Cooper. 

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10SP 

Sadowski-Synnott. 

Back: Bella Fraser, Jake Nicholson, Joe Strawson, Gregor Findlay, Alex Plimmer, Johnny Percy, 

Lachlan Weir, Riley Christie. Middle: Grace Thomson, Madi Mulqueen, Jessica Curtis, Phoebe 

Young, Emilie Barnett, Breagha Rennie, Mel Telford, Mr Euan Simpson (teacher). Front: Ngaio 

MacLeod, Zachary Kaye, Joseph Sharratt, Wilfred Spearing, Michael Rankin, Toby Balls, Liam 

Kirk, Hannah McNabb. Absent: Manu Barnard, Jake Connolly, Micah Jordi, Sonya Palmer, Zoi 

Back: Mila Arnerich, Casey Scurr, Georgia Liley, Alicia Stock. Middle: Sam Pearce, Ty 

Sarginson, Maggie Little, Julius Staufenberg, Anna Roberts, Joshua Rogan, Duncan Muir, 

Ms Sharon Arlidge (teacher). Front: Simone Johnson, Anton Cousins, Frazer Limmer, 

Louis Hughes, Samantha Garrick, Teerin Varongchayakul, Oban Hansen, Erica Ayres. 

Absent: Briar Hight, George McDonald, Blake Alty, Leo Milligan, Kai Richards, Anna 

Glaeser, Georgia McDonald. 

10TC 

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Back: Jan Debeur, Cole McIntyre, Henry Hardaker, Ollie Larkin. Middle: Laura Erichsen, Lilly 

Trotter, Emily Simpkin, Grace Lee, Teegan Danielson, MacKenzie Muir, Alyx Nyika. Front: Ra 

Griffin, Paul Buttler, Jack Landreth, Mitchell Collett, Lochlan Murdoch, Daniel Bastion, Charles 

Jewell, Oscar Hetherington. Absent: Megan Blackley, Georgia Fussell, Alistair Garland, Shiana 

Matheson, Steven Morris, Matthew Prince, Shenee Pryde, Reanna Shepherd, Bayley Somerville. 

10CD 

Back: Pete Traill, Ben O’Brien, Phoenix Apa, Sam Howard, Mitchell Regan, Aislyn Fay. Middle: 

Brooke Elstob, Avon Duke, James Glynn, Millie Heine, Hannah Humphreys, Nicholas O’Donnell- 

Fluit, Sam Coupland. Front: Finn Mueller, Kenzie Robinson, Eliza Rogers, Nadia McNeilly, Ming 

Thor-Poet, Tom Rizzi, Claudia Wilkinson, Marli Reyta. Absent: Stirling Deaton, Max Hall, Bradley 

10BPTelfer, Joshua Allport, Dara Beattie-Johnson, Summer Trent. 

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10SF 

Phoomrittikul. 

Back: Niamh Schmack, Makayla Rasmussen, Hamish Winder, Samantha Wilkinson, Erina 

Tamati, Alyssa Horning. Middle: Ronan Thompson, Jesse Harling, Blade Farrell, Adam Breen, 

Greer Porter, Kobi Stevens, Rory Irwin. Front: Kimberley McArthur, Rory Baker, Rory Johns, 

Pyper Turner, Holly Wigg, Noah Holmes, Samuel Davey, Nathan Holt. Absent: Mikaela 

Condren, Pedro Domingues, Felix Klein, Samantha Limmer, Leo Munro-Heward, Praew 

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Year 10 Art 

Max Hall 

Samantha Wilkinson 

Alyssa Horning 

Sammy Limmer 

Phoenix Apa 

Simone Johnson 

Students were asked to paint a still life that demonstrated 

an understanding of Dechiroco’s surrealist style. They 

needed to apply the conventions that he would have used 

in the process of developing their own work.

YR 11 DINNER 

This year, the Year 11 students dressed to impress, and it was a success, with the biggest turnout 

so far of 97 students. The dinner, organised by the Service And Academic Committee, was 

held at Edgewater on Sargood Drive and included a three course meal followed by a quiz and 

an awards ceremony. The students all looked amazing! 

Rosie Spearing

Year 11 

Year 12 

Year 13 

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Staff photo 

Back: Andrew Sloan, Marcus Bate, Brendon Robertson, Hamish Crosbie, Rob Bruce, Ed Waddington, Nick Steenson. 

Middle Back: Jools Hall, Carol Bradley, Ruth Stevens, Liz Breslin, Kaz Saunders, Petrina Duncan, Sharon Arlidge, Doreen Hale, Florence Micoud, Craig 

Jefferies, Luke Faed, Mandy Sherson, Charlotte Lucas, Karyn Munro, Claire Easterbrook, Jude Faircloth. 

Middle Front: Laura Williamson, Jessica Zeestraten, Sandra Findlay, Heather Watt, Clare Scurr, Nikki Cotter, Katrina Fox, Maxine Bird, Kirsten Mason, 

Jenni McDougall, Jenny Edgar, Joanne Weggery, Michelle Suddaby, Lesley Baynes, Maryanne Ahern. 

Front: Murray Allen, Cameron Flude, Simon King, Lincoln Bruce, Vicki Ashton, Dean Sheppard, Wayne Bosley, John Turnbull, Simon Nyhof, Mat 

Doyle, Gena Bagley, Alistair Hose, Dawn Bosley, Karen Rochford, Deb McMillan. 

Absent: Jane Asberg, Craig Baily, Judi Barton, Craig Bird, Leesa Bracken, Carol Brooks, Perry Brooks, Kate Brown, Denise Bruns, Dave Cassaidy, 

Samantha Drayton, Jan Craig, Kay Hart, Tim Harper, Caitlin Harvey, Colleen Howell, Leanne Ingles, Catriona Kearsley, Brenda King, Don King, 

Marie Lewis, Kris Logan, Bridget Mackay, Kay McFarlane, Thelma McMurray, Ian McNabb, Emily McRae, Duncan Miles, Ronnie Moffat, Alastair 

Monteath, Angela Mote, Llewellyn Murdoch, Jane Newell, Linda Pierce, Bernie Rillstone Caig, Georgie Roberts, Uli Schmidt, Kristin Sheppard, Euan 

Simpson, Nickey Smith, Pete Stevenson, Amanda Taylor, Jacky Toepfer, Clare Thomas-Moore, Barbie Sarginson, Kathy Tweedie, Tony Waterworth, 

Jane Watson-Taylor, Natalie Whyte, Annabel Wilson, Andrea Woolley.

HQ 

2015 has been the best year for HQ, we have had fun times, trips, games and work along the way. Birthdays were celebrated for everyone in 

HQ with food, cupcakes and candles. 

We were pleased to welcome Renon back with us this year and then later in the year we farewelled Miek who was one of our favourite 

teacher aides. 

Going to the school formal was very, very awesome. Scott looked pretty smart in his suit and, as the theme was Tokyo Nights, Renon looked 

amazing in her kimono. 

Our first trip was to the A&P Show where we enjoyed all the animals and music. 

Our next visit was to the Warbirds and Wheels museum at Wanaka airport to see the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car. Johnny Mayen took us 

out there in his classic 1969 Camaro car. 

We thoroughly enjoyed a visit to Mike Scurr’s farm. We all piled into the back of the truck and Mike drove us around to feed out to the 

animals. The best thing was driving the tractor. We all had a turn and someone even drove it backwards. 

A trip to the Cromwell swimming pool was a chance for us all to practice our swimming and have fun in the water. 

It’s been a busy and successful year with all the positive things and we look forward to having more space next year following the building 

extensions to HQ. 

Renon Sasaki 

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CREATIVE 

WRITING 

Charlie Jewell, Ollie Larkin 

HOW TO SPEAK GEN Z 

A is for “AY” (used at the end of a sentence to indicate it’s a question) 

B is for “BROMANCE” (male friendship- old school speak for mateship) 

C is for “CRAY CRAY” (when life is way too crazy for one word) 

D is for “DEFS” (well its easier than spelling definitely..defenately...difinitly.. see why we shorten?) 

E is for “EMOTICON” (how else do you say (@_@) 

F is for “FAIL” (used with or without EPIC to describe anything not a win) 

G is for “G” (e.g wazzup g? because gangstas can’t spell and neither can people who talk to gangstas) 

H is for “HARRO!!” (the new hello said with a touch of Swedish tourist) 

I is for “I” (because I am the centre of everything) 

J is for “JKS” (with media multitasking who has the time to spell jokes?) 

K is for “KGO” (I mean why write “okay, go” when you can write KGO) 

L is for “LMS” (like my status- another way of asking for some attention) 

M is for “MYBAD!” (used instead of saying sorry but at least we are taking ownership) 

N is for “NO” (generally said to people in authority) 

O is for “ONESIES” (the old/new pyjamas that love to feature in ‘night at home’ selfies) 

P is for “PROBS” (what the older gens probs call probably) 

Q is for “QT” (a more economical way of spelling cutie) 

R is for “RANDOM” (can be randomly used as a random response to almost anything) 

S is for “SELFIES” (a photo taken by you, of you, featuring you) 

T is for “TOTES” (used to show agreement quicker than a Gen Y can say totally) 

U is for “UNFOLLOW” (what you do when someone posts too many food photos on Instagram) 

V is for “V” (V means very which is a v quick typing solution for v busy lives) 

W is for “WIN” (used to describe anything good) 

X is for “XOXOXOX” (used to end any text - Broomers you would say; yours sincerely) 

Y is for “YOLO” (you only live once- the excuse for reckless living) 

Z is for “ZED” (hey, that’s us- the now generation) 

Adele Thomson and Katie Thompson 

The Art of Making Friends 

She struggled to perceive the simplicity of friendship, as it was never as apparent as it seemed. It wasn’t just 

similarity of interests, but the clear-cut opinions duplicated from one another. Hating that her opinion was invalid, 

unless it was a clone of the others; leaving a sense of disproportionation. She struggled to come to terms with the 

fact that simplicity and stability were two terms fabricated to convey the facility of friendship. 

You see. They told her it was easy - “go on you’ll be fine” - but they never knew the terrors that lurked behind a 

pink t-shirt and pigtails. They told her to “be brave, and just say hi”, yet they failed to inform her that a lack of 

simplicity would ruin any real chance at companionship. The complexity of her mind’s layout baffled all Barbie doll 

replicas, as they deprived her from their clique. 

You see, it wasn’t a contour, sculpted from the hands of human interaction, but the embodiment of social status 

and understanding. It wasn’t the delicate melody that lulled her to sleep; but a configuration and conformation of 

acceptance, she would never gain. 

And yet, they still wondered why she couldn’t quite grasp it. She had liked to think of herself as an artist, but could 

never find it within her heart to follow the simplicity of liberation, she couldn’t just let go. She’d stare at the empty 

canvas for hours, with breathtaking ideas, before surrendering to the failure of simplicity. It was in this moment 

that she became to hate art, as it offered simplicity that she could never fathom. You see, this was the art of making 

friends, and she just couldn’t understand it. 

Lucy Hayes 

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Tall glassy skyscrapers touch the sky as I drive through the 

modern parts of Valencia. But only streets oversit the old 

villages with many residents. Grand medieval castles and 

towers stand smugly, knowing every little detail of Valencia’s 

wonderful history. People are swarming everywhere as I 

walk through the streets of Valencia. The population is only 

going to keep getting bigger! Many of the buildings are very 

modern, but old buildings have been turned into creative 

spaces. Valencia is my final destination. Here on the East 

Coast of Spain, with the busiest port in the Mediterranean 

Sea, it is a frantic but amusing sea breeze walk at the port. 

After filling my stomach to the very top, I visited Valencia 

Cathedral and Holy Grail. Beautiful, dark wooden carved 

panelling decorates the whole cathedral. Gold displays sit in 

selected places and old wooden church pews sit tightly and 

neatly in an orderly fashion. To think how many people have 

been here since the church was first established. It would be a 

phenomenal number. 

Peta McKay 

Millie Heine, Aislyn Fay 

If you feel the need right now to take some time for yourself or spend some much needed time with loved ones, then I have 

the perfect place for you. 

Lying in the centre of the Dodecanese island chain in the Aegean Sea, the Greek island of Kos is really like nothing else on 

earth. With its exquisite beaches, interesting sights, tropical temperatures, fanatical nightlife, special history and villages as 

pretty as a picture, Kos is really hard to describe in words. One or two weeks on this picture-perfect island is never enough, 

people just keep coming back for more. 

With a population of around 30 000, Los is the third largest of the Dodecanese islands and is said to be the sacred land of 

Asclepius, the ancient Greek god of healing. The spectacular, tree-lined harbour city of Kos town is rich with Ancient Greek 

and Roman antiques and the entrance is dominated by the 15th century Castle of the Knights Fortress. A towering spectacle 

of impressive stone-work architecture, the castle communicates with the inland through a bridge as it overlooks the lapping 

shores of the island’s many beaches. The coastline is full of sun-drenched beaches with numerous heavenly islets right 

opposite. There really is not much to fault on this picturesque Greek island. 

Kos is a well-developed island with a wide selection of accommodation, from luxurious spa resorts to traditional 

guesthouses. There are many hotels and apartments bordering the towns well-sought-after sandy beaches. Everyone is sure 

to feel at home somewhere on this island; countless window views of the ocean and flawless surroundings are jaw-dropping! 

So, treat yourself to that much-needed break and make a trip to the flawless and completely awe-inspiring island of Kos. 

A place I hold dear to me is the desert. Most people don't understand this fascination. I like it because it is a creeping sea of heat 

and sand. To me, it's a place where a tsunami of grains forever move at a sluggish, slow pace, allowing the wind to decide its 

course. It's where grainy valleys are so deep, they seem to stretch down into hell itself. Sand between your toes is welcome relief 

compared to your sticky, boiling shoes after two hours straight walking. But, sand grains getting blown by wind and ending in 

your eyes and mouth? Not so much. However, as you finally drag yourself up the final dune nearest to civilisation, you look back 

at the hills, mountains, dips and chasms and wonder “How did I do that? How, on earth, did I cross that?” 

The desert is where the air is so hot you can taste it. It tastes completely dry, as if someone has put a warm, dry towel in your 

mouth and rubbed it around in there. The only thing that can be sensed, sometimes, is heat. Literally, it becomes your entire 

existence: taste, heat, touch, heat, you can even hear heat. It is tedious, a monotonous drone, like a huge mosquito constantly 

hovering above your head. You can even see heat, the endless expanse of gold and orange consuming all other form of colour, 

forcibly pushing hot air into your eyes. The ocean of sand makes you perceive things differently to normal people, and you can't 

truly appreciate the beauty of the desert until you have crossed it and reflected on what you did. 

The deserts hold beauty that only they can hold, but they also have some of the darkest secrets on this globe. The skeletons of old 

tell us that. They are the perpetual reminder that we are at the mercy of the deserts, that we are never in control of them; yet, the 

pain they force on you only makes the reward all the sweeter. A view from the highest dune. A simple view, an understated view 

of the golden sea that surrounds you. A view that seems rather overdone in the scrapbooks of frequent travellers, who show 

their armchair friends, things they can never appreciate. To me, in that moment, it is something amazing. Incredible, maybe 

even terrifyingly awe-inspiring. 

Only you can see what you see in the desert. Only you can remember then what you remember. Whether it is an evil opponent, 

vanquished when your hands clawed you through the last few metres of sand separating you from civilisation or a simple 

challenge, tackled the minute you set your foot on the sand. To me, it is an old rival, who tries his very best to beat me, to make 

me turn back, stop, die, anything. He never does. I always defeat him. I am better than him, and I will never let him forget it. 

Arana McLachlan 

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These poems by Max and Dara were selected for publication 

in the NZ Secondary School’s Write Off Line anthology. 

There were over 120 entries from over 20 schools across 

New Zealand. Dara’s poem gained 1st place overall. 

Dying Stars 

We sit, silent beneath dying stars, 

gazing upon the landscape’s scars. 

As dust and smog devour the air, 

the putrid stench of guilt and fear 

crawls beneath the human skin 

to fester and infect the next of kin. 

The burning flesh of long lost souls 

is harvested, and used for coals. 

The haunting wail of an infant’s cry 

echoes under a desolate sky, 

never to be cradled or held again, 

only destined for a life of pain. 

No screech of tyres or city lights 

only spirits roam in cold, dead nights. 

Buildings crumble, burn, decay, 

humanity’s pride stands in dismay, 

abandoned, derelict, lonesome and bare, 

riddled with horror, disease and despair. 

Tales of children smothered at birth 

by mothers gone mad, eyes lit with mirth. 

Change 

A world in trouble for mistakes we made 

no turning back or chance to save. 

A thought of change yet nothing is done, 

so we read and we write, we walk and we run. 

We stay in our boxes, lonely with confusion, 

dream of a chance to make a revolution, 

but all this deep thought is simply delusion, 

and the hope we once had is merely illusion. 

The Earth we knew when life was first seeded, 

when the world lived in peace, and only took what it needed. 

Did we know of a time where life didn’t cost? 

Sadly what was and once dreamed is lost. 

Do we see the chances we didn’t take? 

We’ve got a life to live, decisions to make. 

Will we finally know of this fate we have set? 

When the end comes, nothing’s worse than regret. 

So step out of this box and make this your day; 

There’s a world of choice so get on your way. 

In fifty years’ time when we finally know, 

we’ll wish we started fifty years ago. 

Now is the time, there’s no better than here, 

let’s make this right and call it square. 

We still have time to re-arrange; 

to make the world better only starts with a 

CHANGE. 

Max Hall 

CREATIVE 

WRITING 

Ghosts of those whose memory wanes 

who’ve lost the pump of blood in their veins, 

and those who do recall, spend their hours 

dreaming of a long lost world once ours. 

So, we sit, silent beneath dying stars, 

gazing upon the landscape’s scars, 

and we ponder, wonder, reflect 

we, torn asunder by the pain of regret. 

Yet a promise hangs, to start anew, 

and, a whisper, just a whisper, 

of the Earth we knew. 

Dara Beattie-Johnson 

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Ming Thor-Poet, after Pablo Neruda’s Ode to Conger Chowder

My Valentines Day Present 

Ding dong! Rung the doorbell. I bounced out of bed and threw my dressing gown over my shoulders and swung the door open 

greeted with a cool morning breeze. Peering round the busy morning streets I took a single step. Thud! A sharp rush of pain 

shot through my right leg from kicking a shiny red box that lay on the ground. A black ribbon was wrapped around it. 

Valentine’s Day had always been one of my favourite days of the year. Especially two years prior when Nick had absolutely 

spoilt me. My favourite was when his dog Nemo was at the door. When I came out he dropped an envelope which had tickets 

for a romantic trip for two to Hawaii. Nemo then ran back two blocks to where Nick was waiting. 

Grabbing the box I stumble not expecting it to be so heavy. I picked at the ribbon ‘til it came un-done and lifted the lid. A 

burst of laughter came out my mouth as I saw the box filled with hundreds of M&M’s. My favourite! The corner of a small box 

caught my eye and I grasped it. I opened the box to find a silver ring crafted with small flowers with small diamond centres. 

It was so beautiful. I placed it on my finger. Right now I was filled with joy, happiness filled my body and I felt like I was 

unbeatable. Nobody or nothing could put me in a bad mood. 

I buried my hand in M&Ms to feel thin long stalks which I pulled out to find a bunch of lilies. These have always been my 

favourite flowers and Nick always tells me I’m just like them, natural and beautiful. 

A smile was now engraved in my face refusing to go away. I reached in again to find one last box right at the bottom, I lifted it 

out and pulled the lid off to find a note saying ‘see you tonight’. Beneath the note lay what looked like a dress. I lifted the dress 

to my body and admired it. It had a tight black bust that shapes like the top of a heart. Just under the bust and around my rib 

cage is a glittery band that holds the shape of the dress. Finished with a soft pink chiffon skirt that floats to the floor. 

The rest of the day was a complete rush. If I was to do this dress any justice I would have to look perfect. I walked the three 

blocks to the hairdresser and another block to the makeup artist everyone has been talking about. I then took a taxi home and 

rushed to get the dress and shoes on as I knew Nick would arrive any second. Waiting quietly, I couldn’t sit still. I didn’t know 

whether to feel nervous or excited. 

Ding dong! There he was. I rushed to the door and swung it open wrapping my arms around his neck before he had the time to 

even say hello. I then stood back and led him up to the lounge. “Where are we going for tea?” I asked. 

“It’s a surprise.” 

He then tells me that, “You look gorgeous! That dress looks stunning!” 

“The person who brought it must have great taste.” I joke back. 

“You always have great taste.” 

I sit there puzzled at his last reply. What did he mean “You have good taste?” If he brought this shouldn’t he be saying ‘I have 

good taste’? 

I venture “...but you got this for me?” 

Nick laughs dismissively, but I sit there looking at him. He realises I’m not joking. 

“I didn’t buy it. I wish I’d thought of that.” 

Millions of questions flood into my head. This must be a dream. I pinch myself and feel a wave of pain in my left arm but I’m 

still exactly the same as it all was before. By now my emotions get the better of me and tears pour down my face. This was 

meant to be a day full of love and happiness. Instead it’s stress and confusion. I try to force the tears to stop but it only seems to 

make it worse. Nick is still sitting opposite me frozen, and unsure of what to do. He locks his eyes into mine and says “What’s 

going on? I never brought any of this, where did you get it from?” 

I try to find something to say but nothing comes out, so I close my mouth. We sit silently. 

Caris-Brook Bowler 

Fire 

Excruciatingly hot burning flames of red, orange and 

yellow grow into various forms like a shape shifter. One 

innocent touch will burn your skin; it could spread 

across a room in the blink of an eye. The crackling 

embers storm below, you don’t know if you’re safe or not. 

Staring directly at it for too long, your eyes will melt. It is 

like if you were tilting your head up and staring directly 

at the sun. The flames emit smoke into the air with 

power and strength, they are immeasurable and appear 

as if they could sweep you up and swallow you whole. It 

sometimes seems never ending. 

Olly Rowe 

Splashes of paint dive off my delicate brush. The colours 

dance on my paper like a rainbow flying through the sky, 

starting with rosy red, sadly ending with a flaming blob. 

Scared by neon paint, the paper lies motionless on the 

dull brown table. Full of energy, the dancing paint dives 

into a waltz with my brush. 

The marvellous paint clouds over my page, creating a 

masterpiece. As the light fades, the storm of colours on 

my proud paper dry up like a small lake in Africa. 

Samantha Traynor 

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CREATIVE WRITING 

Memoirs of a Spectre 

I shivered. 

Rain drizzled into a street once so full of life, so flamboyant, so vivacious. Only 

two days ago I had been sitting on a table outside this very cafe, a cafe formerly 

known as The Shot, now known as nothing more than just another good memory 

gone out of business. 

Back then, I was perfectly content to simply sit and watch the day pass. And 

what a day it was. The pedestrians flowing by seemed to be part of a hive-mind, 

a mind set on enjoying the bounties of the city’s glorious existence. Dresses in 

hundreds of shades of tangerine, indigo, aqua, lime, cerulean, fuchsia and the rest 

of the palette, featuring all the latest fashions for a hot summer’s day with collared 

shirts, shorts, light blouses and skirts, the people passing me were more than just 

accepting of the day. They were grateful for it. 

A light but warm wind waffled waywardly, firing multiple nerve endings within 

my head, telling my nose that I was smelling the essence of hot coffee and ever-soslightly 

melting asphalt. It wasn’t a particularly overpowering smell, instead it was 

more of a jazz ensemble, there for you if you wanted to enjoy, but also perfectly 

content to be pushed to the back of your mind and ignored. 

The sound of a coffee grinder reached my ears, and the air was filled with the jazz 

ensemble and the pleasant noise of laughter and conversation. “Beautiful day isn’t 

it?”,“How was work Honey?”, and “What did you say the time was, Dear?” 

But now, now it can’t be more different. The lively, flamboyant, vivacious 

atmosphere has figuratively died. I just wish I had been as lucky. 

The image of the enchanting cafe has ruptured, split. Cracks are showing, with 

me in the middle. Pulsing colours have been replaced with a melancholy of 

monochromic shades. Light rain spits down, cloud cover the colour of the street 

below, a slate grey simply begging to be put out of its misery. 

The only colour worth mentioning comes from the yellow police tape (“Police 

Line-Do Not Cross”) suspended off orange road-cones, surrounding the quaint 

little cafe, and surrounding me. Or at least all that’s left of me. All I am now is a 

white chalk-outline against the greys of the sidewalk, a fading memory spreadeagled 

out on the concrete. 

Luke Burke 

Max Hall, Stirling Deaton, Phoenix Apa 

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CREATIVE HISTORICAL EATING 

The Aztecs were a stunning culture. It's difficult to move past their 

radical religious beliefs and practices and understand the complexity 

of one of the largest empires on earth at the time. Their capital, 

Tenochtitlan, was larger and more organised than any city in Europe 

in the 16th century. Their system of tributary states and military 

prowess was unmatched in the Americas at the time. 

The conquest of Mexico lead by the conquistador Hernan Cortes 

replaced the Aztec empire with the Spanish empire. This was 

also part of an exchange of plants and animals that is called The 

Columbian Exchange. Some of the plants unknown outside the 

Americas before 1500 were: tomatoes, potatoes, chili, maize, 

avocado, vanilla, guava, tobacco, rubber and the indispensible cacao 

bean for making chocolatl. 

As part of Year 12 History's study of the conquest of the Aztecs by 

the buccaneer Hernan Cortes, we asked Amigos Mexican Cafe if they 

could prepare a meal in the style of the Aztecs. The head chef James 

was more than keen to have a go and so we were the guinea pigs 

(native to Mexico) for an Aztec food adventure. 

It was an amazing idea and made us realise that (as always) the food 

of the poor (such as the maize gruel atolli) was much less nice than 

the poached fish and the chocolatl that the nobility ate. 

MENU 

Atolli with tomatillo 

Quinoa, chili, avocado and tomatillo salad 

Banana wrapped fish with Anato (Achiote) 

Hominy (Maize) 

Pickled Cactus 

Pawpaw & Pineapple 

100% Cocoa Chocolatl w Honey and Vanilla

ATHLETICS 

Year 7 girls 

1st Abby East, Ella Landreth 

2nd Molly Barham 

3rd Piper Cavanagh 

Year 8 girls 

1st Annie Timu 

2nd Anika Fouchee 

3rd Laura Neale, Rata Horan 

U14 girls 

1st Phoenix Brownlie 

2nd Annabel Fairbairn, Danielle Molloy 

MAC 

Year 7 boys 

1st Zach Smith 

2nd Red Simpson 

3rd Hugo Cochrane 

Year 8 boys 

1st Ryan Schmack 

2nd Fergus Read 

3rd Jack Findlay 

U14 boys 

1st Wesley Moore, James Glynn 

2nd Ethan Kerr 

3rd Julius Staufenberg, Kobi Stevens 

U16 girls 

1st Laura MacCulloch 

2nd Briar Hight 

3rd Samantha Burke 

O16 girls 

1st Holly Bailey 

2nd Bronnie Ormandy, Suzy Turner 

3rd Brynee Wilson 

U16 boys 

1st Ned Williams Holloway 

2nd Adam Breen 

3rd Janus Staufenberg 

O16 boys 

1st Teegan Vink 

2nd John Steven 

3rd Matt Molloy, Toby Lee 

SWIMMING 

11 year old boys: Jack Findlay 

11 year old girls: Piper Cavanagh 

12 year old boys: Fergus Read 

12 year old girls: Jasmine Murray 

13 year old boys: Kobi Stevens 

13 year old girls: Jaime Toepfer 

U16 boys: Gregor Findlay 

U16 girls: Samantha Garrick 

O16 boys: Noel Bisson 

O16 girls: Ellie Russell 

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Swim Records Broken in 2015 

BACK STROKE 50m U16 BOYS: Wilfred Spearing 31.97 

FREESTYLE 50m 016 BOYS: Noel Bisson 26.12 

OPEN BUTTERFLY 25m: Noel Bisson 12.97 

OPEN FREESTYLE 100m: Noel Bisson 58.08

CHAMPS 

SKI/SNOWBOARD 

SKIERS 

Year 7/8 Champion Boy: Jin Wook Hong 

Year 9/10 Champion Boy: Blake Hartley 

Year 9/10 Champion Girl: Kate Richards 

Senior Champion Boy: Ben Richards 

Senior Champion Girl: Emily-Rose James 

SNOWBOARDERS 

Year 9/10 Champion Boy: Ronan Thompson 

Year 9/10 Champion Girl: Briar Hight 

Senior Champion Boy: Cory O’Regan 

Senior Champion Girl: Lucy Hayes 

MOUNTAIN BIKING 

Stunning weather and a field of almost 100 competitors resulted in a great atmosphere of competition at the Dean's Bank 

track. Thanks to all the parents for helping with this event. Thanks also to Mons Royale for their support in providing 

spot prizes and prizes for the fastest boy (Paul Wright) and girl (Phoebe Young). 

Year 7/8 girls 

1. Zoe Andrews 

2. Jody Chisholm 

3. Abby Fisher 

Year 9/10 girls 

1. Phoebe Young 

2. Breagha Rennie 

3. Megan Blackley 

Senior girls 

1. Ellesse Andrews 

2. Hannah Rizzi 

3. Michaela Rogan 

Year 7/8 boys 

1. Campbell Wright 

2. Oliver Prince 

3. Leo Staufenberg 

Year 9/10 boys 

1. Julius Staufenberg 

2. Ty Sarginson 

3. Sam Coupland 

Senior boys 

1. Paul Wright 

2. Janus Staufenberg 

3. Craig Murray 

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YR10 

SPECIAL SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS 

INTERNATIONAL NZ REPs 

Holly Wigg Commonwealth Karate Championships in India 2nd in kata and 2nd in kumite 

YR11 

Ellesse Andrews Oceania Track Cycling Championships 1st in U19 7.5 km scratch race, 1st in U19 team sprint, 

3rd in Open 4km team pursuit, 3rd in U19 omnium 

Finn Bilous Junior World Championships 7th in ski halfpipe, 9th in ski slopestyle (U20) 

Hamish McLean 2015 Para Swimming World Championship 8th in 400m freestyle 

YR12 

Mikayla Harvey 

YR13 

Paul Wright 

Junior women's team at the UCI World Cycling Champs 

Junior team at the MTB World Championships in Andorra 

Hank Bilous 

World Junior Freeride Champs in Andorra 

European Junior Freeride Tour in Austria 

4th place 

YR7 

NATIONAL 

Patrick Hartley National ski championships 1st in slalom 

Molly Thomsson NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 1st overall, 1st big mountain, 2nd slopestyle, 2nd halfpipe (Yr 7-8) 

Alexa McKay NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 2nd overall, 2nd big mountain, 3rd slopestyle, 3rd halfpipe (Yr 7-8) 

Luca Harrington NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 3rd overall, 3rd slopestyle, 3rd halfpipe, 3rd big mountain (Yr 7- 8) 

YR8 

Ines Stephani NZ tennis championships semi-finalist in singles G12 & under 

Michael Gealogo NZ tennis championships 3rd U12 

Leo Staufenberg NZ Primary Schools triathlon champs 3rd U12 

Ben McNabb NZ cross country ski championships 2nd U14 

NZSS cross country ski championships 

3rd intermediate boys 

Tom Colbourne NZSS cross country ski championships 2nd intermediate boys 

NZ cross country skiing championships 

3rd U12 freestyle 

Campbell Wright NZ cross country skiing championships 1st U12 classic and freestyle 

NZSS cross country ski championships 

1st intermediate boys 

YR9 

Meg Harraway NZ waterskiing championships 3rd U14 in slalom 

Bella Thomsson NZ Junior Freeride Tour series 2nd equal (U14 female) 

Ben Harrington NZ Junior Freeride Tour series 2nd equal (U14 male) 

NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 1st big mountain, 2nd halfpipe, 2nd overall (Yr 9-10) 

Jessa Bennett NZ cup climbing series 3rd U16 (lead climbing) 

Blake Hartley National ski championships 1st overall (U14), 1st giant slalom, super G and slalom 

NZ youth ski series 

1st overall (U14) 

Fiona Murray NZSS kayak champs 3rd in K1, 3rd in C1 

YR10 

Alistair Garland NZ Junior Freeride Tour series 2nd equal (U14 male) 

Blake Alty NZ Junior Freeride Tour series 2nd (snowboard U14) 

Ronan Thompson NZ Junior Freeride Tour series 2nd equal (snowboard 15-17 male) 

NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 2nd halfpipe, 2nd GS, 3rd slopestyle, 3rd overall (Yr 9-10) 

2nd open U18 slopestyle 

Ruth Bennie NZSS trap shooting championships 1st overall ladies 

Phoebe Young NZ mountain bike championships 2nd U17 

National mountain bike cup series 

2nd U17 

NZSS triathlon champs 

2nd U16 

NZSS individual road cycling champs 

1st time trial, 3rd hill climb, 3rd overall (U16) 

Manu Barnard NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 3rd slopestyle, 3rd big mountain (Yr 9-10) 

Julius Staufenberg NZ mountain bike cup series 2nd U15 

Holly Wigg National karate championships 3rd in kata and 3rd in kumite 

NZSS karate championships 

3rd in kata and 3rd in kumite 

Gregor Findlay NZSS triathlon championships 2nd U16 boys team (swim, run) 

Matthew Prince NZSS triathlon championships 2nd U16 boys team (cycle) 

Megan Blackley NZ Junior Freeride Tour series 1st (ski U14 female) 

NZ Freeski & Snowboard Jr National Championships 3rd overall, 2nd halfpipe (Yr 9-10) 

Reanna Shepherd NZ Freeski & Snowboard Jr National Championships 2nd slopestyle (Yr 9-10) 

Maggie Little NZ Freeski & Snowboard Jr National Championships 1st overall, 1st halfpipe, 1st slopestyle (Yr 9-10) 

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 1st overall, 1st slopestyle, 1st big mountain, 1st halfpipe, 

1st GS, 1st gravity cross (Y 9-10) 

Briar Hight NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 2nd slopestyle, 2nd halfpipe, 2nd big mountain, 3rd GS, 3rd gravity cross, 

2nd overall (Y 9-10) 

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YR11 

Ellesse Andrews NZ track cycling championships 1st in 500m time trial, 1st in 2000m pursuit, 1st in flying 200, 1st in sprints 

2nd in 5km scratch race, 2nd in team sprint 

Ella Maluschnig NZSS cross country ski championships 1st secondary girls 

Ellen Cagney NZ cross country ski championships 1st (U18) freestyle 

Nick Toepfer NZ cross country ski championships 1st (U18) classic 

Louis Jones NZ cross country ski championships 1st (U16) classic 

NZSS cross country ski champs 

1st secondary boys 

Finn Bilous NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 1st overall, 1st halfpipe, 1st slopestyle (Yr 11-13) 

Hamish McLean NZ Open swimming championships 2nd in 200m medley and 400m freestyle, 3rd in 50m breaststroke and 100m fly 

Janus Staufenberg NZSS triathlon championships 2nd (U16) 

Ben Richards National ski championships 1st overall (U16), 1st giant slalom, super G and slalom 

NZ youth ski series 

1st overall (U16) 

YR12 

Riley Bruce NZSS Maadi Cup rowing champs 2nd in men’s U17 single sculls 

Mikayla Harvey National road cycling champs 1st in the road race 

Emily Scott NZ Junior Freeride Tour series 1st equal (15-17 female) 

NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 2nd big mountain, 3rd halfpipe, 3rd overall (Yr 11-13) 

YR13 

Paul Wright NZ mountain bike cup series 1st U19 

National cyclocross championships 1st junior (17-18) 

Hank Bilous NZ Junior Freeride tour series 2nd ski (15-17 male) 

NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 2nd slopestyle, 2nd big mountain, 3rd overall (Yr 11-13) 

Martin Zietz NZ cross country ski championships 1st U20 

NZSS cross country ski champs 

2nd secondary boys 

Craig Murray NZ Junior Freeride Tour series 1st ski (15-17 male) 

NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 1st big mountain, 2nd overall, 2nd halfpipe (Yr 11-13) 

GodZone NZ adventure race world series 

7th team (and youngest competitor to date!) 

Emily-Rose James NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 3rd slopestyle, 3rd big mountain (Yr 11-13) 

Thank you to everyone who sent in information so that this section could be collated: the results were inclusive and correct as far as we could check them at the time of going to press. 

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Netball A team 

Back - Holly Bailey (captain), Laura McCulloch, Lucy 

O’Brien, Mackenzie Ayres, Billie Scurr (vice captain), 

Brittany Smith, Aly Gibson 

Front - Diana Schikker (coach), India O’Donnell-Fluit, 

Caitlin Gibson, Brynee Wilson, Kirsten Mason 

(manager) 

Netball C team 

Netball B team 

Back - Jenaya Wilkinson, 

Alyssa Pryde 

Middle - April Carter, Calypso 

Hird, Taylor Hawcridge 

Front - Brynee Wilson (coach), 

Holly Bailey (coach), 

Madison Parslow, Zoe 

McNeilly 

Back - Sarah Cooper-Slee, Rosie Spearing, Ellesse Andrews, Ady 

Vincenzi-Johnson, Adele Thomson, Ella Moore 

Front - Jamiee Barnett, Erin Greenwood, Anna Liggins 

Senior social netball 

Yr 11-12 social netball 

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Back - Charlotte Wilson, Holly Budd 

Middle - Adele Thomson (coach), Aoife Baker, 

Olivia Pearce, Sarah Cooper-Slee (coach) 

F ront - Lucy Hayes, Tully Stevens, Emily-Rose 

James, Abby Swift 

Back - Acacia Murray, Jasmyne Hooper, Carisbrook Bowler, Hannah 

Rizzi 

Middle - Riley Horman, Bella Berry, Veron Pittaway, Jette Cavanagh, 

Arlene Gealogo, Bridie Hurley, Issey Lewis 

F ront - Sapphire Schwarz, Paige O’Brien, Nicole Price, Johanna Boege, 

Jessica Martin, Laura Wellman

Yr 10 Netball A team 

Back - Grace Lee 

Front - Madi Mulqueen, Eliza Rogers, Erica Ayres, 

Samantha Garrick, Holly Wigg 

Absent - Millie Heine, Hannah Humphreys, 

Brooke Elstob 

Year 9 Netball A team 

Back - Sophia Fitzgerald, Jordan Fox, Laetitia Halcrow 

Front - Maggie Stiven, Hayley Yule, Annabel Fairbairn, 

Kasia Balls, Bridget O’Brien 

Yr 9/10 Netball players 

Back – Caitlin Roberts, Kilita Fouchee, Erina Tamati, Hannah 

McNabb, Stella Nepia, Simone Johnson, Mackenzie Hart, Tyler 

Greeks 

Middle – Elena McFadgen, Freya Moore, Aislyn Fay, Samantha 

Wilkinson, Teegan Danielson, Jade MacDonald, Jasmine 

Murray, Samantha Smith 

Front – Olivia Bates, Nicole Pittaway, Clover Lippe, Greer Porter, 

Megan Blackley, Casey Surr, Georgia Budd, Peta McKay 

Floor – Reanna Shepherd, Eva Wilson, Jessica Paddon, Fiona 

Murray, Alicia Stock, Nadia McNeilly 

Yr 7/8 Netball players 

Back - Mackenzie Barnett, Willow Strawson, Kirsten 

Blackley, Meg Thomas, Ashley Bates, Emily Prout 

Middle - Jaimee Vink, Eve Paddon, Meg Breen, Ella 

Landreth, Kate Goodsell, Alice Howard, Rata Horan, 

Lily Willis-King 

Front - Kalani Muirhead, Maddi Frazer, Sienna Nicholson, 

Maude Rogers, Krystal McCutcheon, Anna Barrett, 

Georgia Robertson, Dilara Van 

Back - Nevada Wolfgramm, Georgie Bruce, Olive Pujol, Annie Timu, 

Summer Rasmussen, Helene Price, Kelly McClimont 

Middle - Erica Ayres (coach), Piper Cavanagh, Billea-Nova Chin-Nyika, 

Abby East, Jessie McKenzie, Aleisha Turner, Anja Malmo, Samantha 

Garrick (coach) 

Front - Isla Gellatly, Gracie Cartlidge, Shanae Sanders, Charlotte Reveley, 

Whitney Bennett, Mackenzie Thompson, Danielle Carney, Imy 

Gordon, Martha Toghill 

Absent - Jody Chisholm, Jessica Ecroyd, Sophie Fenn, Abby Fisher, Anika Fouchee, Holly Gibson, Sammy Harry, Ashley MacCulloch, 

Estelle Norman, Josephine Plimmer, Charlotte Reveley, Nikita Sinclair, Lea McTavish 

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Back - Manu Barnard, Blake Alty, 

Back - Matt McLean, Carl Matalote 

Front- Andrew Jopson, Phil Balmes, 

Nick O’Donnell-Fluit, Ben O’Brien 

Basketball A boys 

Jesse Harling 

Front - Gregor Findlay, Ben O’Brien, 

Nick O’Donnell-Fluit, Sam Howard 

Absent - Ben Harrington, Harry Hughes, 

Flynn Rosie 

Basketball 

juniors 

Basketball A girls 

Back - Briar Hight, Bridget O’Brien 

Front - Amy Jolly, India O’Donnell-Fluit, 

Lucy O’Brien 

Absent - Alyx Nyika, Bella Berry, 

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, Zhane Skipper 

Volleyball junior boys 

Back - Rurika Sekino, Pyper Turner, Laura Erichson 

Middle - Sophia Fitzgerald, Reanna Shepherd, Erina Tamati, 

Holly Wigg, Fiona Murray, Jessica Zeestraten (coach) 

Front - Georgia Budd, Erica Ayres, Greer Porter, Mel Telford, 

Samantha Garrick, Briar Hight 

Absent - Maggie Little 

Back- Alex Plimmer, Lachlan Weir 

Middle - Kobi Stevens, Sam Howard, Gregor Findlay 

Front - George McDonald, Ben O’Brien, Adam Breen, Nicholas 

O’Donnell-Fluit, Alistair Hose (coach) 

Volleyball junior girls 

Volleyball 

senior 

girls 

Back - Alistair Hose (coach), Gina Lilly, Caitlin 

Gibson, Lydia Fookes, Holly Bailey, Aly 

Gibson, Jessica Zeestraten (coach) 

Front - Erin Greenwood, Brittany Smith, 

Emma Clarke, Billie Scurr 

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Adventure racing 

Back - Cory O’Regan, Sam Coupland, Luke Wright, Ty 

Sarginson, Harrison Brown 

Middle - Joseph Wilson, Levi Vink, Holly Bailey, 

Emily-Rose James, Rosie Spearing, Nick Toepfer, Ned 

Williams-Holloway, Campbell Russell 

Front - John Steven, Daniel Edwards, Liam McFall, 

Bailey Nolet, Teegan Vink, Jayden Fisher, Nico 

Schikker, Hank Bilous, Ellis Meyer-Budge 

Absent - Campbell Caird, Lydia Fookes, Taylor 

Hawcridge, Craig Murray, Suzy Turner, Blair 

Underwood, Paul Wright 

Yr 7-8 Triathlon 

Back - Ryan Young, Aden Cassaidy, Georgie Bruce, Abby East, Georgia 

Robertson, Abhishek Rameshanand, Keltan Voyce 

Middle - Thomas Evans, Leon Bowie, Annabel Carter, Jaimee Vink, 

Krystal McCutcheon, Mackenzie Thompson, Rata Horan, Tom 

Colbourne, Jack Welch 

Front - Kirsten Blackley, Joel Suddaby, Piper Cavanagh, Sam Knight, Ella 

Landreth, Fergus Read, Whitney Bennett, Indigo Hemmingway, Alice 

Howard 

Absent - Jodie Chisholm, Hugo Cochrane, Jack Culshaw, Sophie Fenn, 

Jack Findlay, Abby Fisher, Jimmie Gillespie, Luca Harrington, Sammy 

Harry, Cameron Howell, Rhys Hughes, Joshua Jarvie, Liam Kemp, 

Owen Lea, Ben McNabb, Kahu Nepia, Jack O’Brien, Oliver Prince 

Senior Triathlon 

Back - Matthew Prince, Nick Toepfer, Levi Vink, Janus 

Staufenberg, Campbell Russell 

Front - Gregor Findlay, Luke Wright, Sammy Burke, 

Phoebe Young, Courtney Leith, Joseph Wilson, 

Harrison Brown 

Absent - Ellesse Andrews, Julius Staufenberg, Leo 

Staufenberg 

Top bike 

Back - Ryan Young, Ethan Arratia, Olly Alderson, Thomas Evans, Keltan Voyce 

Middle - Will Hofmans, Annabel Carter, Emily Prout, James Suddaby, Georgie 

Bruce, Quinn Curtis, Aden Cassaidy 

Front - Summer Rasmussen, Whitney Bennett, Ella Landreth, Piper Cavanagh, 

Anna Barrett, Maude Rogers 

Absent - Zoe Andrews, Hugo Cochrane, Abby East, Jessica Ecroyd, Anika Fouchee, 

Holly Gibson, Harry Gillespie, Alexa McKay, Ben McNabb, Lachy Moore, Estelle 

Norman, Oli Prince, Red Simpson, Emma Smith, Zach Smith, Leo Staufenberg, 

Campbell Wright 

Get2Go 

Back - Matthew Wilson, Jesse Robertson, Bella Fraser, Jamie Toomey, Flynn Brown 

Middle - Fletcher Cavanagh, Breagha Rennie, Phoebe Young, Fiona Murray, Ethan Kerr 

Front - Sam Pearce, Gregor Findlay, Matthew Prince, Wilfred Spearing, Oscar 

Hetherington, Sam Coupland 

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Climbing 

sailing 

Noah Holmes, Alex Plimmer, Jake 

Nicholson, Rory McLean 

Back - Jessa Bennett, Charlotte 

Coupland, Mila Anerich 

Front - Rosie Smith, James 

Suddaby, Josephine Schafer 

Rowing 

Tennis juniors 

Ice hockey 

Back - Sean Dickey, Breagha 

Rennie, Luke Burke, Nicola Sanders 

Front - Dougal Stalker, Amber Makeham, 

Rick Sanders, Laura Erichsen, Oliver 

Jarvie 

Target shooting 

team 

Back -James Glynn, Maddie Ball, Riley Bruce, 

Bridie Hurley, Sam Peace, Mr Bruce (coach) 

Front - Helena Crawford, Erina Tamati, Greer 

Porter, Sam Garrick, Erica Ayres, Olivia 

Pearce 

Absent - Beth Gale, Riley Homan, Hannah 

Humphreys 

Sam Neale 

Swimming juniors 

Back - Cody Sarginson, Ruth 

Bennie, Tim Weir 

Front - Ty Sargisson, Lachlan 

Weir, Sam Pearce 

Back -Fergus Read, Shanae Sanders, 

Annie Timu, Sam Knight 

Front - Georgie Bruce, Anna Barrett, 

Annabel Carter, Piper Cavanagh, 

Ella Landreth 

Absent - Hugo Cochrane, Hugo Darby, 

Jack Findlay, Abby Fisher, Luca 

Georgalli, Tom Heather, Alexa 

McKay, Red Simpson, Zach Smith 

Swimming seniors 

Orienteering 

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Hannah McNabb, 

Simone Johnson, 

Campbell Russell 

Absent - Ellie Russell 

Back -Jasmine Murray, 

Kobi Stevens, Jaime 

Toepfer 

Front - Noel Bisson, 

Hamish McLean, 

Wilfred Spearing

Cross country / 

biathlon squad 

Back - Matthew Prince, Bella 

Fraser, Gregor Findlay, 

Harrison Brown 

Front - Nick Toepfer, Sammy 

Burke, Janus Staufenberg, 

Phoebe Young 

Absent - Julius Staufenburg, 

Fiona Murray 

the missing orienteer 

Cross country seniors 

Back - Emily Prout, Aden Cassaidy, James Suddaby, Joel 

Suddaby, Tom Colbourne, Georgie Bruce 

Middle - Jack Colbourne, Fiona Murray, Luke Wright, Sheree 

Gamble, Angus Cagney, Ian McNabb (manager) 

Front - Sammy Burke, Ella Maluschnig, Martin Zietz, Hannah 

McNabb, Ellen Cagney, Ben McNabb 

Absent - Campbell Wright, Lois Jones, Ella Robinson, Jack 

Findlay, Oli Prince, Stanley Millwater 

Cross country juniors 

Back - Ryan Young, Georgie Bruce, Keltan 

Voyce 

Middle - Ethan Carleton, Shae Barrett-Corrigan, 

James Suddaby, Joel Suddaby, Barnaby 

Jackson, Dylan Rimmer 

Front - Kalani Muirhead, Abby East, Rata 

Horan, Ella Landreth, Molly Barham, Emily 

Prout, Lauren Rimmer 

Absent - Tana Hansen, Kahu Nepia, Estelle 

Norman, Emma Smith, Zach Smith 

Back - Ryan Young, Isla Gellatly 

Middle - Rata Horan, Billea-Nova Chin-Nyika, Ella Landreth, Emily Prout, 

Georgie Bruce, Molly Barham 

Front - Abby East, Meg Breen, Fergus Read, Sam Knight, Marcus 

Hetherington, Shanae Sanders, Hannah Barham 

Absent - Leon Bowie, Hugo Cochrane, Mae Cradock, Jack Findlay, Anika 

Fouchee, Jimmy Gillespie, Patrick Hartley, Rhys Hughes, James Parry, 

Oli Prince, Ryan Schmack, Zach Smith, Leo Staufenberg, Mackenzie 

Thompson 

Athletics juniors 

Athletics seniors 

Back - Harrison Brown, Gregor Findlay 

Middle - James Glynn, Janus Staufenberg, Ned Williams 

Holloway, Henry Hardaker 

Front - Phoebe Young, Sammy Burke, Laura MacCulloch, 

Courtney Leith, John Steven 

Absent - Shaneil Coupe, Sophia Fitzgerald, Ben Everest, Ollie 

Williams Holloway 

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cricket First X1 

Back - Tim Weir, Harry Seagar, Cody Sarginson, 

Gregor Findlay 

Front - Ellis Meyer-Budge, Daniel Edwards, 

Tom Bowman, Andrew Jopson, Blair Underwood 

Absent - Connor Stuart, Sean Webber 

junior cricket 

Back - Weston Bell, Flynn Brown, Ronan Kaye 

Front - Ryan Young, Fergus Read, Sam Knight, 

Ollie Alderson 

Absent - Hugo Cochrane, Jack Findlay, 

Cameron Howell, Oscar Humphreys, Ben 

McNabb, Tom Roberts, Oliver Thomas 

Yr 9-11 

cricket 

Back - Flynn Brown, Josh 

Hasler 

Middle - Sam Teal, Nick 

O’Donnell-Fluit, George 

McDonald, Adam Breen 

Front - Liam Kirk, 

Finn Hasler, Lachie Weir, 

Gregor Findlay, Chris 

Wood 

Hockey 

Back - Samantha Clark, Sheree Gamble, Shea Williams, Jessica 

Curtis, Charlie Chisholm, Georgie Burdon 

Middle - Mel Telford, Tegan Wilson, Samuel Sandri, Madi Gainsford, 

Tish Telford, Georgia Prince, Leon Kerr 

Front - Luke Burke, Bradley Jackson, Mitchie Maluschnig, Daniel 

Edwards, Oscar McLaren, William Gerrard, Tristin Weastell 

Floor - Romili Townsend, Tom Heather, Ocean Allemann 

Hockey 

seniors 

Back - Mel Telford, Leon Kerr, Madi Gainsford, Georgia Prince 

Middle - Tegan Wilson, Sam Sandri, Tristan Weastell, Luke 

Burke, Tish Telford 

Front - Bradley Jackson, Mitchie Maluschnig, Daniel Edwards, 

Oscar Fay, Will Gerrard 

Hockey 1st XI 

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Back - Bradley Jackson, Mitchie Maluschnig, Oscar McLaren, Daniel 

Edwards, Will Gerrard 

Middle - Simon Nyhof (coach), Suzy Turner, Tish Telford, Tegan Wilson, 

Samuel Sandri, Luke Burke, Madi Gainsford, Kim Baker (coach) 

Front - Georgia Prince, Tristan Weastell, Melanie Telford, Leon Kerr

Senior football 

Back – Jette Cavanagh, Noah Holmes, Alistair Garland, 

Chan Jung, Fergus Brebner, Jesse Mulqueen, Morgan 

Allen, Daniel Toomey, Sam Facer 

Middle – Nathan Holt, Pedro Domingues, Johnny Percy, 

Mitchell Collett, Joseph Sharratt, Michael Rankin, Liam 

Kirk, Ra Griffin, Samuel Davey, Bella Fraser, Anna 

Roberts 

Front – Ben Hadida, Rimu Roode, Alex Plimmer, Jack 

Williams, Rory Hannon, Adam Hewson, Levi Vink, 

Tom Reaney, Ned Williams Holloway, Harry Waters 

Back - Derek Lilly (coach), Ellen Rowlandson, Gina Lilly, 

Anna Liggins, Lily Waters, Connor Moore, Fiona Murray, 

Jessica Zeestraten (manager) 

Front - Anna Roberts, Laura Erichsen, Bella Fraser, Phoenix 

Brownlie, Jacinta Borer, Ella Moore, Sam Hayr 

Football girls 1st XI 

Back – Ollie Alderson, Ethan Arratia, Tana Hansen, Aden Cassaidy, Seb 

Meredith, Quinn Curtis, Michael Gealogo, Ronan Kaye, Weston Bell 

Middle – Oliver Prince, Thomas Masters, Leon Bowie, Jin-Wook Hong, 

Joel Suddaby, Daniel O’Donnell, Oliver Clements, Indigo Hemingway, 

James Suddaby, Neco Richter 

Front – Kahu Nepia, Shae Barrett-Corrigan, Neve Stalker, Maude 

Rogers, Annabel Carter, Olive Pujol, Molly Thomsson, Charlie 

Holmes 

Year 7/8 football 

Senior boys futsal 

Back – Thomas Smith, Harry Waters, Ben Hadida, 

Sam Facer, Rimu Roode 

Front – Matt Smith, Rory Hannon, Adam Hewson 

Senior girls futsal 

Junior 

girls 

futsal 

Sam Hayr, Jacinta Borer, Megan Bryan, 

Gina Lilly, Lily Waters, Connor Moore, 

Derek Lilly (coach) 

Back – Aimee McArthur, Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, 

Anna Roberts, Phoenix Brownlie 

Front – Annabel Carter, Mel Telford, Bella Fraser 

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Rugby 1st XV 

Back - Hank Bilous, Ben Weatherby, Craig Murray, 

Connor Stuart, Liam McFall, Josh O’Regan, Matt 

Molloy, Oliver Jarvie, Tim Weir 

Middle - Hamish Crosbie (coach), Steve Schikker 

(manager), Tom Bowman, Dougal Stalker, Cameron 

Arnerich, Lachie Garrick, Edward Trombik, John 

Steven, Sam Richards, Tony O’Regan (coach) 

Front - Zac Shields, Nico Schikker, Teegan Vink, Ellis 

Meyer-Budge (captain), Bailey Nolet (vice-captain), 

Blair Underwood, Toby Lee 

Absent - Nathan Redai, Jack Porter 

Upper Clutha 

Open grade Gold 

Upper Clutha Open 

grade Black 

Back - Chicane Cooper, Jake Jamison, Sam Teal, Fergus 

Read, Rhys Hughes, Jack O’Brien, Eamon Green, 

Craig Read (coach) 

Front - Phoenix Cooper, Keltan Voyce, Ryan Young, 

Ryan Schmack, Mitchell Evans, Thomas Evans, 

Joshua Jarvie 

Back - Marcel Moore (coach), Alastair Gillespie (coach) 

Middle - Leo Staufenberg, Lachie Moore, Zach Smith, James 

Watt, Anika Fouchee, Jack Colbourne, Jono Watson, Marcus 

Hetherington, Harry Gillespie 

Front - Sam Jewell, Dewalt van Eeden, Sam Knight, Jack Findlay, 

Hugo Cochrane, Tom Colbourne, Jimmy Gillespie 

Upper Clutha U14 

Upper Clutha U15 

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Back - Keiran Longman, Jacob Scott, Ollie Williams-Holloway, 

Michael Manson, James Glynn, Nick Newsted 

Middle - Jason Kerr (coach), Callum Smith, Daniel Bastion, 

Paul Buttler, Oscar Hetherington, Reilly Arnesen, Duncan 

Muir, Tait Scurr, Mike Hasler (coach) 

Front - Oliver Fotheringham, Josh Hasler, Ty Sarginson, Sam 

Pearce, Matthew Wilson, Ethan Kerr, Jesse Robertson 

Back - Nic O’Donnell-Fluit, Phoenix Apa, Lachie Weir, 

Henry Hardaker, Jack Landreth 

Middle - Scott Jones (coach), Robert Kewitsch, Ben Everest, 

Jesse Harling, Bailey Monk, Finlay Nolet, Ben O’Brien, 

Jaime Gibbard, Scott Findlay (coach) 

Front - Joseph Wilson, Sam Howard, Louis Jones, Kaes 

Scott, Gregor Findlay, Adam Breen, Finn Hasler

Girls’ rugby 

Back - Brittany Smith, Fiona Murray, Caris-brook 

Bowler, Calypso Hird, Laura Waller 

Middle - Nico Schikker (coach), Billie Scurr, Bridie 

Hurley, Sam Hayr, Tegan Vink (coach), Ellis Meyer- 

Budge (coach) 

Front - Paige O’Brien, Gina Lilly, Aoife Baker, Holly 

Budd, Brynee Wilson, Ellen Rowlandson, Emma 

Clarke 

Absent - Meg Harraway, Latisha Halcrow, Lydia Fookes, 

Zhane Skipper, Abbey Swift, Jacinta Borer 

Back - Keltan Voyce, Thomas Evans, Fergus Read, Sam 

Knight, Marcus Hetherington, Ollie Alderson, Ryan 

Young 

Front - Abby East, Billea-Nova Chin-Nyika, Annie 

Timu, Meg Breen, Piper Cavanagh, Georgie Bruce 

Absent - Jody Chisholm, Hugo Cochrane, Jack Findlay, 

Abby Fisher, Anika Fouchee, Rhys Hughes, Lachy 

Moore, Tom Roberts, Ryan Schmack, Zach Smith 

Rippa rugby 

Back - Joel Suddaby, Madi Gainsford, James Suddaby 

Front - Red Simpson, Aden Cassaidy 

Absent - Kahu Nepia, Fiona Murray, Stellar Nepia, James Watherston 

Junior kayaking 

Mountain biking 

Back - Luke Wright, Harrison Brown, Ty Sarginson 

Middle - Phoebe Young, Anton Cousins, Oban Hanson, Sam Coupland 

Front - Campbell Russell, Wilfred Spearing, Alex Young, Nick Toepfer, 

Joseph Wilson, Janus Staufenberg 

Absent - Paul Wright, Campbell Wright, Julius Staufenberg, Matthew 

Wilson 

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MAC HAKA 

Hūtia te rito o te harakēkē 

Kei hea te kōmako e kō 

Kī mai ki ahau he aha te mea nui o tea o 

Māku e kī atu he tangata 

He tangata hai aue. 

He tangata, he tangata 

He tangata, he tangata 

Ko Maunga Tītītea, tū whakaiti ana 

Should you pluck the heart from the flax where will the bellbird sing? 

Ask me “What is the greatest thing in this world?” 

I will tell you “It is people, it is people, it is people” 

Indeed Mt Aspiring remains humble as we acknowledge your arrival. 

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Pakipakia 

Hī Pakipakia Hī! 

Ko Tītītea te maunga tu iho 

Aoraki anake—- I a ha ha 

Ka tū taku ihi taku wehi taku mana 

Ka tū te mākahi ki te whenua hi aue hī! 

Ko te awa Mataau e ngunguru nei 

Hī au au aue hā 

Ko te awa Mataau e ngunguru nei 

Hī au au aue hā I a haha 

Tū te puehu Hī aue eeeeeeeeee hī! 

Tū waewae takahia! 

E te ope_taua Haere mai 

E te ope_taua Haere mai 

Tena wherahia tena turakina 

Ara he taua e taua 

He taua he taua 



ara tū ara tē ara tā hī! 

Mt Aspiring stands tall, second only to Mt Cook. 

May my valour, prestige and determination shine forth. 

I leave my impression on this land for future generations. 

It is the mighty Clutha river that rumbles thus. 

Let the dust arise, stamp your feet. 

Be thy friend or foe, we welcome you. 

Be thy friend or foe, we beckon you. 

Therefore, carve yourself a path, let no obstacle deter you. 

It is so, 

It is so, 

It is so. 

MAC WAIATA

OP 

Outdoor Pursuits involves mountain biking, rock climbing, tramping, 

snow caving, snow sports and white water kayaking. These pictures 

are just some of the awesome days the students experience in Outdoor 

Pursuits. Mat Schweizer 

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HOSTEL 

Liverpool: Connor, Andrew, 

Campbell, Nick, Blair, Daniel. 

2015 

Rob Roy: Tom, Josh, Harry, 

Liam, Isaac, Ben. 

Owner of finger in photo corner unknown. 

Avalanche: Taylor, Ellen, 

Brittany, Calypso, Sam, 

Jacinta. 

Cascade: Michelle, Laura, 

Lydia, Suzy, Emma, Georgia. 

Ask any hosteller what inspired them to move to MAC, and you 

would most likely receive an answer along the lines of “for an 

adventure”, “a taste of the outdoors” or “for some sick pow and the 

park life.” Nine months later, as conquering mountains and exploring 

the wilderness of Wanaka have become weekly activities, we have 

achieved this and much more. Hostel 2015 has certainly exceeded all 

expectations. 

Our first ‘orientation tramp’ launched us into the year’s actionpacked 

line up. This included the gruelling 50km Motatapu mountain 

bike race, rafting the Clutha river (which naturally prompted a few 

wild raft wars) and the skyline hike up Mt Roy, making for some 

breathtaking views. 

Term 3 meant the much anticipated ski season was upon us. All could 

agree this was a highlight of our year. Sundays were spent on the 

slopes of Treble Cone cruising around in our hostel squad, hiking the 

summit, and lapping endless steezy rider runs. Hostel has not only 

provided a range of incredible adventures, but the opportunity to go 

heart-to-heart and express our feelings in a controversial survival 

weekend that will not be forgotten. Epic. 

Our final year of high school has undoubtedly been hectic; full of 

bush bashing, hitting jumps and living on a diet consisting primarily 

of free bread and milk. The endless pranks, involving bed flipping and 

stripping labels off cans, have also kept us on our toes. But despite all 

the conflict over a limited supply of fruit and vegetables and one too 

many missing shopping bags, it has been an awesome experience. 

Now as the year comes to a close, we realise it is not just the end of 

our schooling life, but time to part with people who have become our 

family and a place that has provided us with a lifetime of memories. 

#yeboi 

Calypso Hird and Taylor Hawcridge 

Arawhata: Matt, Sam, Tom, 

Matt, Sam, Oscar. 

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INTERNATIONAL 

LANGUAGE CENTRE 

This year the ILC team was made up of Mrs Marie Lewis (HOD ESOL Teacher); Megan Van (ESOL Teacher); Mrs Linda 

Pierce (General English Teacher); Tracey Hames (Relief ESOL/Night Class & Relieving Assistant Manager); Jools Winstanley 

(Night Class Teacher); Jude Faircloth (Homestay Co-ordinator & Relief Teacher); Brenda King (Administrator) and Claire 

Easterbrook (International Manager). Here is Claire’s round-up of 2015: 

All of you should be proud of your efforts this year. You have been a long, long way away from home, family and friends and I 

think you are so brave to have put yourself out there and come to Wanaka and Mount Aspiring College! Everyone at the ILC – 

Mrs Lewis, Brenda King, Jude Faircloth, Linda Pierce, Megan Van and I have loved getting to know you all. This is a summary 

of how our year has been… 

In Term 1, 2015 it was our pleasure to host international students from Thailand, U.S.A., Korea, Japan, Germany, Italy, Hong 

Kong, Switzerland, Chile, Austria, Holland and Brazil. We also had our visit from the Nihon Gakuen High School for boys in 

March as well as our sister school from Hokkaido, Sosei High School. 

In Term 2 we had two new students from Italy, whose focus was to prepare for our snow. This year there was plenty of that, 

which was great. 

Term 3 brought more new students and more snow. It was all go in July, which saw 8 students leave us and 19 students arrive. 

As always, there are a lot of students from Germany and Italy at this time and you all did really well getting to know everything 

new and getting used to the cold! Our winter this year brought us some consistent snowfalls and school was even closed a 

couple of times! No doubt you all enjoyed going skiing and snowboarding as part of your school day. 

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Night classes started in July and meant the return of Mr Chung and his Korean Alpine Ski Team. They were taught by 

Tracey Hames and Jools Winstanley. These are driven students who have great dreams and goals to be the best they can 

possibly be – most are working towards the Winter Olympics. 

General English has been busy, with students from China, Switzerland, Italy, and migrants from South Africa, Japan, 

Sweden and Turkey. Highlights in this programme with Mrs Linda Pierce were the Franz Josef Glacier trip, the Kiwi 

Birdpark at Queenstown and a trip to the Cardrona Ski Area and, of course, the English classes!

A special mention this year has to go to our long term students who will leave us at the end of this year... 

Julie Konno, who arrived in October, 2012 - Julie, what a great effort you have put in this year on studying for TOEIC, 

Level 3 NCEA as well as Entrance Exams for Japanese universities. 

Max Ludwig, who arrived for one term in 2014 and ended up staying two years! Well done Max on assimilating into our 

Kiwi culture. Good luck at Polytech in Dunedin next year. 

To those of you leaving us, stay in touch and join us on Facebook. For those of you returning – see you next year for 

another amazing year! 

Lastly, to all of our host families who have provided these students with a home and given them the guidance, support, 

patience and type of Kiwi experience that they will remember forever – your contribution is such an invaluable one and we 

couldn’t do it without you! 

ILC Highlights in 2015 were: 

Homestay Reunion Tweedie-style in Paris – all ex-students of the Tweedie family met this year in Paris (Felix Reidlbauer, 

Vitto Sancipriano, Anne Nijhuis, Damian Scherer, Becky McKay, Vivi Pfannstiel, Philipp Dieckmann) 

Anton Guethe– playing for the school team in soccer/participating in Drama Club 

Jonathan Jaschke helping to rescue Keno Schnibben and also being an all round nice guy 

Mathew Schweizer – MAC student to go to our Sister School in Hokkaido and fellow rescue team member for Keno 

Hosting the boys from Nihon Gakuen High School from Japan for two weeks 

Trips to Franz Josef Glacier, building snowcaves at the Snow Farm and the Term 4 programme – Gunns Camp in Fiordland, 

Surf Camp in the Caitlins and camping up at the Mount Aspiring National Park 

Anton’s Leavers Speech $!@& 

Hosting the second student from the Zurmuehl family – Finn 

Having our third Marchetti student – Chiara 

Having our second D’Almeida student – Jose (Ze) 

Visits from ex students You-suk Chung and Jong Ho Lee who call in constantly because they are studying in Dunedin; Nicolas 

Brixle from Germany (here working at Tekapo as a ski instructor - now studying back in Germany); Tessa Nowag, also from 

Germany 

Alexander Ohnhaus L2 English speech 

Martin Zietz in the Big Band Competition in Blenheim, as well as being on the podium up at the Snow Farm for the Winter 

Games 

Matteo Hoch – getting an A in his Cambridge Exam 

Jin Wook Lee – 1st in Year 7 and 8 in MAC Champs 

Gijs Wolter in 1st XI football team that travelled to Christchurch 

Ginevra Diotallevi participating in L2 Drama in “Revenge of the Amazons” 

Numa Saglibene getting a personal best in swimming in Dunedin 

Chan Jung participating in the Rockquest 

Leavers lunches/dinners – slideshows & speeches from everyone – always great! 

Jan Debeur winning the Weetbix eating competition in his Whanau. 

Thanks for a great year everyone! 

And last but not least, Mrs Marie Lewis, Head of ESOL (English for Speakers of a Second 

Language) is leaving us this year. Mrs Lewis, as she is known to us, has been with us 

since 2002 initially teaching the Korean Ski Team’s Night Classes. She moved to Head 

of ESOL in February, 2006 and since then has been helping our international students 

with their English. She bought a wealth of experience and great style to the International 

Language Centre and we will miss you Marie-Chan! 

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DRAMA/PERFORMANCE 

SHUDDER 

This year, the Level 3 Drama class undertook one of the most challenging 

live performances to date. A type of theatre that purely relied on 

the physicality and multi role play of each character. Shudder was a 

performance revolving around the different personalities of Wellington 

and how each individual links together through the natural disaster of 

an earthquake. This was challenging yet satisfying as there were many 

factors of Shudder that we were not familiar with, such as having the entire 

cast on stage for the duration of the play. It was an enjoyable experience 

experimenting with our bodies and pushing them to the extreme to create 

humour, props and multiple characters. The cast was thrilled with the 

complexity of the innovatively-styled performance and it was something 

different for the audience's eye to witness. 

Brynee Wilson 

REVENGE OF THE AMAZONS 

The Revenge of the Amazons, a play written in 1983 to take a stab at the formal, male heavy, 

William Shakespeare play, “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” offered a perfect opportunity to push 

ourselves. It was a long hard working process with the difficulty of not being able to practise in the 

Lake Wanaka Centre until the day before we were due to perform but we worked together to make 

it happen. 

This was a first for our class in two ways: firstly, our class tends to lean towards the more serious 

pieces to perform so to be able to perform a piece that would elicit laughter rather than a solemn 

mood was a pleasant change. Secondly we, as a class, had never worked on a large stage outside 

of school performing, some had experience from other performances such as “Like There’s No 

Tomorrow” where there was a large audience but it was still in an intimate setting so working in the 

Lake Wanaka Centre was an amazing opportunity that we all thoroughly enjoyed. 

The Revenge of the Amazons was a great experience, flowing well thanks to our backstage crew, 

make up girls, lighting boys, Holly Mercer and of course the wonderful Emily McRae who continues 

to put up with the stress of our class. The majority of the class have been together for a few years so 

a class play is always an enjoyable way to end a stressful term and school year. I personally enjoyed 

the whole ordeal and am looking forward to another chance to work in that setting next year with 

the musical. 

Lucy Hayes 

A WILDE ROMP 

Level 1 Drama’s end of year performance involved snippets from ‘The 

Importance of Being Earnest’, a piece by Oscar Wilde from the Victorian era, 

and ‘A Woman of No Importance’, also by Oscar Wilde. We had done a standard 

on Melodrama at the beginning of the year, so we found it easy to utilize those 

acting techniques in this performance; pacing our lines, projecting our voices, 

using posture to show age and displaying exaggerated facial expressions to 

portray emotions. 

The characters weren’t easy to perform, with many periods spent trying to learn 

how to carry ourselves like characters older than ourselves. We also learned, 

with help from Ms McRae, how to project our voices so we could be heard in a 

large theatre. Another difficult part of these characters for some were, in fact, 

the costumes, which were a little difficult to move in, and definitely not the most 

comfortable. Everyone worked extremely hard, and the finished results were 

incredible. Everyone enjoyed this experience, and learned a lot from it. 

Amy Knight 

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LIKE THERE’S NO TOMORROW 

Partying. Drinking. Crying. Partying. Drinking. Dancing. Partying. Drinking: A modern high school after ball with a twist, 

but not just any twist, a twist of location, of created framework and of character interpretations. A stand-out show at the recent 

Festival of Colour, this piece of community theatre is shockingly real and powerful. 

Director Robin Kerr adopts an ‘epic theatre’ style performance by staging this piece in Wanaka’s local boutique bar, Gin 

and Raspberry. From the moment the audience walk in, they are immediately immersed in a ‘party scene’. Theatregoers are 

then divided into groups depending on the colour of their party hat which was given to them on arrival. Friend groups are 

deliberately split up, adding to the disconcerting nature of the show as the line between audience and cast is blurred. 

The conventional ‘fourth wall’ theatre concept is broken as the audience are treated as individual ‘partygoers’ – encouraged 

to take part in drinking games and awkwardly observe explicit sexual encounters and youthful shows of false bravado from 

balconies to bathrooms. 

One is led from scene to scene, location to location, inside to outside and back to the dance floor, creating a sense that each 

group is experiencing the same thing – time is frozen and you are witnessing every effort of the party from the perspective 

of a teenager – conveying a startling but surreal demonstration of how a 17-19 year old reacts to grief under these influences, 

within a party context. 

Andrew Gunn’s Joseph is daring, passionate and free. The way in which he communicates with his girlfriend (or just a thing? 

– you never know with high school relationships) Stacey (Alex Johnston) while she is continuously blaming herself for his 

death is truly heartbreaking. His sister, Louise (Holly Mercer) is mentally assessing her sexuality against the pressures of her 

schoolmates while Joseph’s best mate, Danny (Jack Arbuckle) attempts to break the ‘bro-code book’ as a signal of respect to the 

late leader. Complexities arise through each character and Joseph is there to guide the way back to a new ‘normality’. 

Based on a real-life theme, confronting New Zealand’s party culture head on, this show will make you uncomfortable, it will 

make you cringe, but it will make you think, and think again. 

Jordaine Wilson (abridged – full review at www.onmag.co.nz) 

It was a great privilege to work with a total cast of 29 students in the Festival of Colour’s professional 

production of Like There’s No Tomorrow. This cast auditioned for the production company 

Playground Collective and worked under their expert guidance to achieve a cutting edge performance. 

As a teacher it was such a proud moment 

to see students take their learning 

into the professional realm. They were 

incredibly committed and executed 

brave and moving performances around 

controversial but incredibly important 

themes. I would like to thank the Festival 

of Colour for its faith in our students and 

allowing them an opportunity they will 

still cherish for many years to come. 

Emily McRae H.O. D Drama 

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MAC 

STOCK 

At the end of term two this year Macstock took place in the Lake Wanaka Centre 

full of fantastic musical talent. Macstock is an annual concert where students from 

Year 7 to 13 perform on stage in a real life rock concert. After hours of rehearsals, 

students took the stage and performed their best, full of adrenaline and nerves. 

The night was divided into three sections, starting with a quieter, acoustic feel and 

building up to a much heavier finish, and the night ending with DJ Kaoz and his 

EDM madness. The night was a huge success, the Lake Wanaka Centre was packed, 

and everyone had a blast. The senior music classes would like to thank all the 

parents that came along and helped, the office ladies for all their help with ticketing 

and refreshments, and the fantastic crowd who supported the musicians by being 

an awesome audience! As said by MAC student Ella Maluschnig, ‘It was legitness!’. 

Special thanks to Grenville for the superb sounds heard on the night, and also to 

Michael and James Hay, Todd Buckley, Sam Sandri, and Duncan Muir for their epic 

light show. A massive thank you to Mr Doyle for putting everything together and 

making sure the Year 12 and 13’s actually rehearsed (especially Isaac). 

Yr 12-13 music students. 

JAZZ BAND 

On Friday the 16th October the MAC senior jazz band travelled down to Invercargill to compete in the Southland Jazz Festival. The 

competition was held at the Ascot Park Hotel where there were 9 schools that attended in total. We were the furthest travelling school 

and also the largest band with 10 members ranging from Year 8 to Year 13. We played a set of four songs, opening with "Girl from 

Ipanema", and followed with a range of tunes including upbeat jazz, "Chameleon", and a bossa nova tune, "Fly Me To The Moon", to 

show our range of skills. For the set piece we played our own arrangement of "Oleo" by Sonny Rollands which was a success - the 

judges comment was "well rehearsed". We placed third in the group competition, placing behind James Hargest College and Wakatipu 

High School that placed first. The judges commended our band for "having a lot of potential" and having a "nice sound". As a band, we 

are very proud of this achievement and would like to thank Mrs Mote, Mr Doyle and Bruce who have helped us at weekly jazz band 

practices and in organizing this trip to allow us to reach this success. 

Daisy Thor-Poet 

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Solo/Duo 

Acoustic Melody - Ellen Cagney, Paige O’Brien 

Parallel - Ellesse Andrews, Ella Maluschnig 

Two - Connor Moore, John Steven 

Bands 

Rosie and Billie - Rosie Spearing, Billie Scurr 

Near Armageddon - Isaac Bell, Morgan Allen, Lucan Smith, Tyler Bailey 

Evie - Evie Simonsohn 

Junior Sound System - Luca Harrington, Red Simpson, Elliot Frost, Oli Thomas 

Disconnected - Jordyn McDonald, Sarah Millis, Emma Stalker, Bridget Donovan, Chan Jung 

ROCKQUEST 

This year’s Rockquest went off with a blast, with many solos, duos and bands from Wakatipu, Cromwell, and Wanaka 

showcasing their huge talent and musical expertise. A wide variety of music was heard on the night, ranging from acoustic 

folk/ indie guitar to heavy rock, comedic duos to reggae. The audience loved it, and the vibe backstage was exciting and 

invigorating! Most of the musicians there had competed before in the nationwide competition, with 2014 solo/duo winner 

Sofia Machray back to defend her regional final. It was obviously agreed just by hearing the support given by musicians 

to each other that the talent there was outstanding. All of the acts were at a fantastic level. Rockquest is a very educational 

and enjoyable event for young musicians to participate in, and everyone can benefit from it. Coming out in 1st place in the 

regional finals, a duo of acts from MAC, Two (Connor Moore & John Steven) and Near Armageddon (Isaac Bell, Lucan 

Smith, Tyler Bailey & Morgan Allen) both had the opportunity to put together a 15 minute live music video that showcased 

their own original music. Unfortunately, neither act made it to the national finals, however Near Armageddon was placed 

in the top 20 bands nationwide! From the students in Wanaka who competed, we would like to say thank you to Mr Doyle 

for helping all the musicians in the process of making their originals, both before and after the regional finals. Roger 

Smith for building such an awesome drum platform for the music room and to Elliot Steven for his professional assistance 

in recording the submission videos for the national finals! Wanaka students are looking forward to hosting next year’s 

Rockquest and hope to keep up the fantastic success that our school has in the competition. 

John Steven and Isaac Bell 

check this out! 

Hello, my name is Steven Morris and I am a 15 year old DJ. It’s taken a long time, but finally, on August 8th 2015, I released 

my first ever EP, “Defiance”. My entire EP is EDM based (electronic dance music). I’ve always liked EDM and have been 

influenced by people like Skrillex, Zomboy, Martin Garrix, Tiesto, M4SONIC and many other DJs that 

produce this type of music. I started making EDM at the beginning of 2014, and since then, I have made 

a total of 45 tracks, eight of which appear on the EP. This year I participated in MACSTOCK and last 

year was the winner of the “people’s choice award” and “most original award” for MAC’s Got Talent! I also 

performed at the YAMI conference in May 2015 and met many famous NZ artists such as Dave Dobbyn 

and Anika Moa. I like making EDM because of the way it influences people. It’s beat is so.....upbeat! And 

I like that, because it’s so fun to listen and dance to! I’m always looking for more sounds and loops to 

continue my music, uploading new tracks and I am currently working on my second EP, which is due out early 2016! You 

can check out my music on Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify and Google Play (just search “Defiance - Kaoz”)! 

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TEAM GREEN 

Energy 

Following last year’s research and proposal, the Board of Trustees has granted enough money to purchase eight solar panels for 

our college. We got quotes and organised the installation. It has not happened yet because it is due on the new building’s roof, 

but it is all set up to happen and we are looking forward to it. We’ll sure shout about it when it happens. Meanwhile, the team 

has been organising monthly Earth Hours and the drop in energy use has been monitored and shows we can save more than 

half of our current consumption, by switching off unused items. 

Recycling 

The year started with updating the paper recycling bins in all classes. We visited all classes and 

brought new boxes wherever needed. A paper recycling campaign was launched throughout the 

college. Then we organised the Recycled Art competition where all students and whanau were 

invited to create an artwork made out of rubbish or recycled materials. It resulted in 15 interesting 

entries. The competition was won by RST whanau and Pisa house. 

Fair trade 

We’ve also participated in the Fair Trade fortnight, baking fair trade goodies for the teachers and 

raising more than $150 for Oxfam. The school has accepted that Fair Trade tea, coffee and sugar will 

soon be made available in the staff room instead of the usual products. We are aiming to become a 

Fair Trade School through this initiative. 

Tree planting time! 

Thanks to our recycling efforts and the Paper 4 Trees scheme, we earned 31 trees this year sponsored 

by Ziptrek and delivered by Te Kakano who donated another 13 trees so that each whanau can plant a 

tree. And so came the much loved and happy tree planting time... Thank you to everyone who helped 

plant a native tree this year. 

Visit our website http://macteamgreen.wordpress.com and 

Like our Facebook Page Mountaspiringcollegeteamgreen 

MAC LIBRARY 

Collections focus 

This year, the library has improved the fiction area by removing unused books to make space for popular series: Tom Gates, Gone, 

Maze Runner, Divergent, Pretty Little Liars and many more as well as lots of new books. 

The knowledge and reference collections have been enhanced in the areas taught at the college, cold war, plants etc… Also, taking 

advantage of a fantastic sale at National Geographic, we purchased 25 excellent high quality books for students to enjoy and learn from. 

More than 20 new graphic novels have been added to the Picture Books area and the ebook library https://maclic.wheelers.co/ now 

offers nearly 200 titles, for free! 

Student focus 

Following a librarian workshop on service design, we’ve been focusing on improving the library users’ experience, particularly making 

it easier and faster to choose and borrow books. AWESOME hovermarks are put inside books recommended by students to stand out 

on the shelves. And the Grababook box, conveniently placed on the issue desk, contains favourite and sure-to-please popular books. 

Grab one to get a good read in 10 seconds with your eyes shut! 

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The library is a great safe place to read, study, learn and have fun. 

Check out the library blog maclic.wordpress.com

GATEWAY 

Gateway this year has been really good for me as it’s allowed me to get hands-on 

experience on a building site. It has also allowed me to be six months ahead in 

my paperwork going into an apprenticeship next year. Gateway is a great way to 

experience any career you could be interested in for your future. 

Blair Underwood Yr 13 Future Carpenter/Builder 

How was Gateway for me? Gateway was a 

worthwhile experience. It really helped me 

learn more about my field of work and has 

helped me set in stone what I want to do next 

year. 

Mat Schweizer Yr 13 Future Outdoor Leader 

The Gateway programme was the best part of my school year. Being able to go 

out and work in the electrical trade has been really useful for my future choices. I 

would recommend it to anyone looking for experience in a field that interests you. 

William Gerrard Yr 12 Future Electrician 

DEBATING 

Debating has seen a very active programme this year with lots of events available and great participation, as well as the 

establishment of the MAC Debating Group. We started the year with a weekend in Dunedin, taking part in the Russell 

McVeagh Otago – Southland interschool debates. This is “university style debating” where we had to prepare impromptu 

debates of six minutes. It was an exhausting, but exciting weekend with two full on days where we learnt a lot of good skills. 

Once again Rotary supported our Central Otago interschool competition with good, aggressive debating between the 

region’s secondary schools. Debating in front of adults was a bit nerve wracking but good for our confidence. 

Several students also travelled to Queenstown for a workshop run by the Dunedin University Debating Club. This was 

also really interesting, as we got to see some of our judges from the Dunedin competition take part in a debate. Their logic, 

humour and quick thinking were really impressive and something to aspire to. 

As well as debating, seven students took part in several Model United Nations in Queenstown, Dunedin and Wellington. 

These were a great way to experience a different type of debate and to develop our diplomatic skills. Some very talented and 

lucky students also had an opportunity to attend the New Zealand Model UN event in June. 

Finally, the Mount Aspiring Debating Group would like to thank the students and school community for supporting us in 

starting up the club. This year we had a few small debates, but next year we hope to do some much bigger events. 

Johnny Brebner 

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20 years 

of 

S.I.C. 

The idea for Students in the Community came from Mike 

Allison, former MAC Principal, on his return from a Woolf 

Fisher Scholarship tour of the USA, Canada and Britain. 

He wanted to integrate a programme that demanded not 

just academic, sporting and cultural excellence, but a more 

holistic sense of altruism. 

Diana Schikker remembers setting up the programme 

in 1995, using existing community contacts and quickly 

forging more. “It was actually straightforward. People were 

so receptive when I approached them. It was a wonderful 

job! Diana particularly enjoyed using the community 

specialisation of her Parks and Rec. degree in a wider-thansporting 

context. 

Diana stayed in the role for two years before Lo Scurr took 

over. Lo still enthuses about the role, saying “through the 

years I was involved, many students and members of the 

community will have had some amazing experiences and 

will have stories that should be remembered. I remember 

one student who went to visit an older lady and still kept on 

visiting her over the years that he went away to university. 

They had a real link.” Lo was Students in the Community 

Coordinator from 1997 to 2002, when Mary Chaffey took 

over. Mary stayed in the role until 2013 and was great 

at running the stats – counting up the amount of actual 

student hours every year that went into the community. 

By the time of the big MAC 25th reunion in 2012, it was 

46,888 hours and counting. In 2014 that figure topped 

50,000 and still counting! Mary left the role in 2013 and 

fondly remembers the students. “They were so great. 

Always busy with everything and still taking the time to 

give back to their community. The ethos of the programme 

is still going strong.” 

Students volunteer in a wide variety of placements 

(regular visits) and projects (one-off events) in the wider 

Upper Clutha community, depending on their skills and 

availability. They’re encouraged to work with age groups 

they wouldn’t usually have contact with – the elderly or 

the very young, for example – to coach teams, to help out 

behind the scenes, to mentor other students – anything to 

give of their time freely to grow their sense of pride and 

sense of community. 

One of current co-ordinator Liz Breslin’s favourite things is 

going out to visit students on placement, “because they’re 

always doing good, out there, making a difference. And 

we have so many negative stereotypes of teenagers and I 

don’t see them here, and neither do all the people that the 

Students in the Community visit. They see generous young 

people doing good stuff.”

“If you put effort into it, you will 

enjoy it.” 

Max Ludwig. 

“I learned that I can talk to old 

people and that they are not 

scary! You also learn how to 

hold conversations that mean 

something, rather than just 

chit-chat.” 

Sarah Cooper-Slee 

“Get amongst! 

It is truly rewarding.” 

Harry Seagar 

STUDENTS 

IN THE 

COMMUNITY 

“Helping at the day care centre 

helped with my patience and 

this has gone through in other 

aspects of my life.” 

Poppy Jefferies 

“Do something out of 

your comfort zone!” 

Alex Johnston 

“I learnt that 

I can actually 

communicate 

effectively which 

suprised me as I 

thought I was shy 

and would be shy 

in these situations” 

Emily-Rose James 

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POLAR PLUNGE 

Keeping with tradition, the Year 13s took part in an early morning polar plunge in the middle of winter 

this year. This event was organised by the Service and Academic Committee’s wonderful leader, Karyn, 

and all those who participated dressed accordingly to the theme of anything starting with the letters 

M, A or C. It was an entertaining event that will surely be remembered by those who took part and was 

definitely a good way to lighten the winter mood and test the courage of the Year 13s! 

Bronnie Ormandy 

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LEAVERS’ DINNER 

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SURVIVORS

LEAVERs’ PROFILES 

Name: Adele Thomson 

ST: Rapping 

TM: Quinoa 

BM: Year 9 

Name: Andrew Jopson 

FC: Chemical engineer 

TM: Phat 360s 

Q: Carpe diem 

Name: Aoife Baker 

AKA: E fi fo fum 

FC: Kanye West tribute act 

Q: I’m actually a girl 

Name: Ben Weatherby 

AKA: Benji 

FC: English teacher 

TM: Bad calls 

Name: Brittany Smith 

ST: Parkour 

TM: Backflips 

BM: Landing the doubleback flip 

Name: Calypso Hird 

ST: Hitting the park 

BM: Stealing Rob Roy’s shopping 

bag 

Name: Christie Kirk 

AKA: Queen B 

ST: Injuries 

Name: Connor Moore 

FC: Potato farmer 

TM: Curly hair 

BM: New York school trip 

Name: Daniel Edwards 

ST: Frying eggs with the element 

turned off 

TM: Getting overly excited about 

the weather 

Name: Daisy Thor-Poet 

ST: Singing to songs without 

knowing the words 

BM: Deans Bank bike ride, Yr 11 

Name: Ellie Russell 

FC: Teacher or pharmacist 

TM: Scottish 

BM: Yr 10 Stewart Island tramp 

Name: Emma Clarke 

ST: Llama whispering 

TM: RPM clothing 

BM: Canyoning 

Name: Florence Collins Caballero 

AKA: Flo-Rida 

ST: Hand-eye coordination 

Name: Georgia Houghton-Brown 

FC: Midwife 

TM: Crazy cat lady 

BM: The hostel skyline traverse 

Name: Hana Evison 

AKA: Hannah 

ST: Changing subject 

FC: Beautician 

Name: Harry Waters 

ST: Clapping with one hand 

FC: Pro FIFA player 

BM: Getting painted blue and 

being Avatar 

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AKA = also known as / ST = secret talent / FC = future career / TM = trade mark / BM = best memory / Q = quote 

Name: Isaac Bell 

AKA: Isabella 

FC: Muse cover band 

or professional procrastinator 

BM: Rockquest 

Name: Jack McLachlan Thomson 

Arbuckle 

AKA: Ropehead 

ST: Tongue-punching 

BM: Freestyle Fridays 

Name: Katherine Millis 

AKA: Bob 

BM: Winning triple jump 

Q: It’s Friday, right? 

Name: Laura Waller 

AKA: Lazza, Iron Lady 

ST: Cat lover 

BM: Roy skyline walk 

Name: Lydia Fookes 

AKA: Lydz 

ST: Parkour 

TM: Backflips 

Name: Madison Parslow 

FC: Vet nurse 

Q: It’s so cold even the water’s 

ice *slips on ice* 

Name: Maximillian Ludwig 

AKA: Maximinion 

BM: Landing in NZ for the first 

time 

Q: My English is sucks 

Name: Michelle Tomlinson 

AKA: Miguel 

Q: We’re here for a good time, not 

a long time 

Name: Sam Keeling 

ST: Cutting the bros lunch 

FC: Frenchy’s agent 

TM: Arawhata is Life 

Name: Mila Sumar 

ST: Turning every conversation 

into song lyrics 

BM: Tekapo Camp ice skating 

Q: I was born close to my 

birthday 

Name: Rick Sanders 

AKA: Carl 

ST: Dismantling pens 

FC: Professional fish assassin 

Name: Mitchie Maluschnig 

ST: Euphoric singing 

TM: Grey hoodies 

Q: Queni ya ranya ullumë 

vanwëumir - Not all those who 

wander are lost (JRR Tolkien) 

Name: Nick Burns 

ST: Unicycling 

FC: World’s best electrician 

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Name: Noel Bisson 

ST: Knowing film characters’ 

lines before they say them 

FC: Chess Grandmaster 

Q: Famous last words 

Name: Olivia Newman 

AKA: Liv, Newman8er 

TM: Laugh 

Name: Oscar McLaren 

ST: Breaking every cup known to 

mankind 

FC: Samoan language teacher 

TM: Going to my recipe book


Name: Tom Bowman 

AKA: Bowman, Tommy B 

FC: BSC at Otago Uni 

BM: MAC 1st XV rugby 

Name: Brooke Harwood 

FC: Professional chocolate tester 

Q: Raisin cookies that look like 

chocolate cookies are the main 

reason I have trust issues 

Name: Thomas Wilkie 

AKA: Young Chalkie 

FC: Engineer 

Q: Nar it's algoods 

Name: Josh Carlier 

ST: Not hurting animals 

BM: Wearing Ms Watt’s glasses 

Name: Jiorde White 

AKA: Whitey 

ST: Growing a neck beard 

FC: Pilot 

Name: Edward Trombik 

AKA: Trombicycle 

FC: Counselor 

Name: Nico Douglas Schikker 

AKA: Doug, Sneaky 

TM: Thermals and ski socks 

Name: Mikaela Cooper 

AKA: Macookie 

ST: Spotlight champion 

BM: 2013 cross country day 

Name: Ellis Meyer-Budge 

ST: Give me the aux and I’ll blow 

your mind 

BM: When the Highlanders 

won the Super 15 - UP THE 

LANDERS! 

Name: Mathew Schweizer 

AKA: Schweizy 

ST: Freeloader 

FC: Freeloading 

Name: Alex Johnston 

AKA: Baby Alex 

FC: Art therapist 

BM: Gym Rounders, Day 1, Year 7 

Name: Toby Lee 

ST: Making profit off petrol money 

TM: Sunburn 

Q: Monny? 

Name: Bronnie Ormandy 

AKA: Le Bron 

ST: Baking 

Name: Poppy Jefferies 

AKA: Poops 

BM: Year 9 

Q: 10 cooked 

Name: Katie Thompson 

AKA: Little Jakeytrill 

BM: Circle of joy with Mrs 

Hamilton 

Name: Ella Hughes 

TM: Wearing household items as 

clothing 

Q: Shut up I’m hot 

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Name: Bradley Jackson 

AKA: Calfy 

FC: Chemist 

BM: Last day of Year 11 

Name: Blair Underwood 

AKA: Drip 

Q: Come back to me 

Name: Teegan Vink 

FC: Jet ski driver at WSL 

Q: How much for a chicken and 

mayo? 

Name: Jayden Fisher 

AKA: Andy, FB Master 

ST: Shredding rugby 08 on PS2 

Name: Zoe McNeilly 

AKA: Zo, Zozo, ZoBro 

ST: The actual Regina George 

TM: That horsey kid 

Name: Daimler Arcega 

AKA: Candy man 

ST: Giving out candy 

FC: Candy van driver 

Name: Tom Rountree 

AKA: Salty 

FC: Directeur Sportif 

Q: It’s a pig of a thing 

Name: Harry Seagar 

AKA: Group speeches 

FC: Viciously receding hairline 

BM: OP trips with a hungry Dave 

Name: Holly Bailey 

AKA: Regina George 

ST: Smiling 

TM: Constant death stare 

Name: Holly Budd 

AKA: djbuDD, Budd, Hol 

FC: Your assigned bag packer at 

your local New World 

Q: Who has my TV remotes? 

Name: Sarah Cooper-Slee 

ST: Not actually being Maori 

TM: Crying 

BM: Riding the Luggate school 

bus 

Name: Craig Davis Murray 

FC: Canoe Polo 

TM: Zoning 

Name: Kim Robertson 

AKA: Kimmie 

TM: Late room 

Name: Nina Bowley 

AKA: Nins 

ST: Making pies 

TM: Stressing 

Name: Lili Peter 

AKA: Lil P 

FC: Swift racer 

Q: Where did Ra go? 

Name: Ra Anderson 

AKA: Roar 

TM: Black 

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Name: Isaac Alexander 

AKA: Isaaaaac 

Q: All in 

Name: Sam Richards 

AKA: Big Poppa 

ST: Rock picking 

BM: OP adventures with 

the bois 

Name: Jacinta Borer 

AKA: Mum 

FC: Plumber 

BM: Mount Cook 

Name: Matt Belworthy Lewthwaite 

AKA: Frenchy 

FC: Hustler 

BM: The time I stole all the remotes 

Name: Phil Balmes 

AKA: Mini Hulk 

ST: Get big by breathing on weights 

FC: Graphic Designer 

Name: Petra Shotwell 

BM: Lads day - last day of Yr 12, 

the girls dressing up as the boys 

and invading the ECR and boys’ 

assembly spot 

Name: Holly Mercer 

ST: Determining whether to turn 

around or not when I hear the 

name Holly 

Q: This was not at all like High 

School Musical 

Name: John Steven 

ST: Master egg poacher 

TM: Mr Doyle Doppelganger / Red 

dufflecoat 

BM: USA holi..- I mean educational 

trip. 

Name: Bailey Nolet 

Q: It’s pronounced Nolet 

Name: Suzanna Turner 

ST: Synchronised swimming 

FC: Architecture 

BM: My year at Hostel 

Name: Sean Webber 

FC: Helicopter pilot 

TM: It doesn’t need mentioned... 

Name: Connor Stuart 

AKA: Stu, Neanderthal 

FC: Own my own business 

TM: Human megaphone 

Name: Ellen Rowlandson 

AKA: El 

ST: Freestyle runner 

Q: Looseness 

Name: Martin Zietz 

AKA: The Martian 

ST: Solving Rubik’s cube. 

Q: How hard can rocket science be 

anyway? 

Name: Hank Bilous 

FC: PE teacher 

BM: Flying objects around the 

stage 

Name: Brynee Wilson 

AKA: B to the K, B-ry, Beryony 

ST: Can eat 28 chicken nuggets 

in 12 mins 

Q: Good morning and welcome 

to assembly 

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Name: Billie Scurr 

ST: Splits on demand 

FC: International flight attendant 

TM: My hair 

Name: Emily-Rose James 

AKA: Emzroz 

Q: I luv badminton 

Name: Matt Smith 

AKA: Maattyboo 

FC: Making gains, what else? 

BM: Having a full pantry after 

Saturday shopping 

Name: Scott Welch 

AKA: Scottie 

Name: Campbell Caird 

ST: Grade eight in Classical 

Recorder 

FC: Officer in the NZ Army 

Q: But why? 

Name: Sam Radford-Park 

AKA: Liability 

FC: Electrical apprentice 

TM: Keeling’s clothes 

Name: Samantha Hayr 

AKA: Sam 

ST: Cooking potatoes 

BM: Juicing in Whanau class 

Name: Liam McFall 

AKA: Ranga 

Q: Orange and orange don’t clash 

Name: Taylor Hawcridge 

AKA: Tay, TayTay, T-Swizzle 

TM: The dark horse 

Name: Zac Shields 

AKA: Taco 

ST: Sculling water 

TM: Powerade bottle 

Name: Paul Wright 

FC: n/a 

BM: Fridays Yr 11/12 

Name: John Turnbull 

AKA: JT, Mr T 

FC: Bus driver for school trips 

Q: True 

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“MR T “ 

The end of this term will see the end of an era with the retirement of Mr John Turnbull, affectionately known as “Mr T,” 

from the classroom after 38 years of teaching in Wanaka. 

John began his teaching career in 1977 when the District High School became the Wanaka Area School. When Mount 

Aspiring College was formed in 1988 he was one of the original staff who moved on to teach at the college. Over the years 

he has seen many students pass through the college, including his own children and grandchildren. 

John’s specialist teaching subjects are Geography, Social Studies and Tourism and there are many past and present students 

who now have a far better understanding of the origins of our local Wanaka landscape thanks to his teaching. He brought 

physical geography to life with his glacier exploration field trips to the West Coast and his boat trips on Lake Wanaka. An 

added bonus is John’s coach driving licence which has been invaluable on many a class trip. 

What people may not know however, is the tireless work that John has put into many areas of school life behind the scenes. 

In the early days of the college he was the teacher responsible for the library and archive records and he has also been in 

charge of audio visual equipment at the college for many years. The hand behind the video camera presenting the live-feed 

playback at Prizegiving ceremonies is John’s. It is John who has created the Prizegiving DVD’s and John who has produced 

the archive recordings of our college productions for many years. 

He is also the steering force behind the success of many a 40 Hour Famine at MAC, offering advice and encouragement to 

each year’s organising committee. Over the years he never missed an opportunity to dress up for mufti days (his Bob Marley 

dreadlocks and Elton John glitz and glasses spring immediately to mind) and he took an active part in staff skits, often 

taking on the role of pianist. 

The decision to retire will give John more time to spend with his family, in particular with his wife Cherie, but rumour has it 

that he may still drive buses for MAC trips. 

Driven by his spiritual beliefs, a man of high moral character, patience and integrity, John can always be counted on to offer 

words of support and encouragement at all the right times. Always pleasant in manner, loyal, cheerful, considerate and wellloved 

by his whanau, “Mr T” will be missed immensely. We thank him sincerely for everything he has contributed to the 

college and wish him well for the next chapter of his life. 

STRAIGHT UP 

The “Straight Up” Christian group was initiated this year with Josephine 

Schafer and Cole Masters leading the group, with the assistance of Miss 

Weggery. Team leaders Hannah Davey, Rose-Meri Smith, Sam Sandri, Matt 

McLean and Ollie McKenzie assisted in the running of fun fortnightly 

events, guest speaker sessions and small discussion groups. It has been 

great to have new members come along and we hope this group will 

continue to go from strength to strength next year. 

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40 HOUR FAMINE 

$7500 raised! 

All the 40 Hour Famine proceeds this year went to Bangladesh, where almost 8 million 

children are malnourished. The 2015 40 Hour Famine core crew was made up of Kath, Laura, 

Kim, Rosie, April, Erin, Lucy Aoife, Ellie and myself. At the start of the year we travelled down 

to Dunedin to attend a leadership convention to learn about where the money we raise goes 

and what we can do to make a difference for those families living in poverty. 

We returned with heaps of enthusiasm and dived into the organisation of raising funds for 

Bangladesh. We managed to get over 80 participants from Mt Aspiring College, including 

students and staff. They dedicated 40 hours of their weekend to go without food, technology, 

talking etc. and fund raised by talking to neighbours, teachers, family and they all successfully 

‘took a stand’ for families in third world countries. 

With the help of Harley Hamilton from World Vision we also organised a bake sale and of 

course we had to have Kath Millis’ ‘teachers’ cross country’. The teachers really committed to it 

this year in terms of costumes and effort. It was such an awesome event and I hope that it will 

continue in the years to come. 

We managed to raise just over $7,500, which won us the award for ‘The Most Raised in the 

lower South Island’. Because of this I was lucky enough to be selected to represent Mt Aspiring 

College at the World Vision and Sanitarium Senior Scholarship Programme in Auckland in 

the second week of the October holidays. Along with 30 other students from different schools 

all over New Zealand I was challenged over the course of the week with some of the biggest 

social justice issues prevalent in our world today, as well as being educated and empowered 

to become a better leader. This trip was an amazing experience for me and I met some truly 

inspirational people. 

Congratulations to everyone who participated and donated funds to the 40 Hour Famine. 

All your efforts go towards improving the standard of living and quality of life of people in 

Bangladesh which is such an amazing cause! I would like to say a special thank you to Mr. T 

for helping us run the 40 Hour Famine this year, your help is always very much appreciated so 

thank you! 

Nina Bowley 

SHAVE for a CURE 

$2544.50 raised! 

Ten very brave MAC students shaved 

for a cure for leukaemia and blood 

cancer in this year’s fundraiser. The 

pony tail cuts and full head shaves 

were undertaken by friends and 

finished off professionally by Jacob 

from Ali Baba’s. Hair longer than 

30cm was also donated for wig 

making. Students involved were 

Jordyn McDonald, Ben Harrington, 

Kenzi Robinson, Hannah McNabb, 

Amy Jolly, Nick Mercer, Olly 

Six New Zealanders are diagnosed with 

blood cancer or a related condition every 

day. The funds raised by students from the 

shaves and a mufti day will help fund core 

services such as patient support and research. 

Many thanks to those who supported this 

cause and especially to Jacob from Ali Baba’s 

(who came on his day off to shave) and Mr 

Sloan who took the photos. 

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STICKS’n’STONES 

will break my bones 

but words will never hurt me... 

Sticks ‘n’ Stones is a student led project managed by Central Otago REAP focused on taking positive action online to reduce 

cyberbullying. Students have an enormous amount of experience with life online and can support younger students, their 

parents, families and communities to better understand the benefits and pitfalls. 

Highlights from 2015: 

Pink Shirt Day 

Rainbow Youth Workshop - Sexuality and Gender 

Training with Youthline and the Ministry of Youth Development 

Web Rangers in Christchurch 

Getting our ‘Behind the Scenes’ documentary filming underway - We are hoping this 

will be sent out to all the schools in New Zealand and for it to become a part of school’s 

health courses. This is extremely exciting! We have started interviewing some of our group 

members and prominent people in the society, such as our local Health Nurse and Youth 

Police Liaison. 

Data Collection - we are really excited to have co-constructed the 2015 survey! With help 

from Dr John Fenaughty from the University of Auckland and Adrian Field, an Evaluation 

Consultant, we worked through how we could collect more relevant, meaningful and 

authentic data from our peers. Typically, data collected from young people is based on 

assumptions in the questions that have been posed by adults (also known as old people) 

and we believe that this needs to change. 

Dinner with Nigel Latta - a chance to present to 300 community members in Cromwell 

about the topic “Should your children be allowed social media.” We also interviewed Nigel 

about the prospect of him working with us in the future. 

Collaboration with Project Rockit and Facebook – “Hit Pause then Post” and “Help a 

friend in need.”

SADD 

Introducing the 2015 MAC SADD committee led by Bronnie Ormandy and Katie Thompson. The 

SADD committee is also made up of Year 12 and 13 students; Brynee Wilson, Aoife Baker, Ella Hughes, 

Adele Thomson, Sarah Cooper-Slee, Petra Shotwell, Nina Bowley, Erin Greenwood, Lucy Hayes and 

April Carter. SADD stands for Students Against Dangerous Driving and our committee is one of many 

in schools across New Zealand. 

SADD raises awareness and educates drivers within our school and local community about the dangers of driving. These 

include weather conditions, drink driving, distractions, speeding and reckless driving. SADD aims to reduce the harm caused 

on our roads by dangerous drivers by educating young people about the risks. 

This year we have been focusing on driving issues that are more relevant to our community and have organised events which 

raise awareness in a practical and interactive way for MAC students. In October, MAC students witnessed an extremely 

realistic (mock up) crash scene outside the school office which provided an example of what can happen if bad decisions are 

made whilst driving. Our committee also presented in assemblies, using effective methods including awareness videos to get 

the school to understand the level of impact that dangerous driving could have on people. 

“empowering, impactful, brilliant” 

Ra Anderson 

Although the crash was a challenge and a lot of work to organise/plan (with the help of local emergency services), watching 

the reactions of the students we believe that it definitely paid off. Hopefully more young people will now realise how common 

the dangers of driving are in New Zealand for people of our age. 

Katie Thompson

survivors key 

1 2 3 5 6 

7 8 

9 10 11 12 13 14 

15 16 17 19 18 20 

21 22 23 

24 25 26 

27 29 31 32 

1. Bronnie Ormandy 2. Adele Thomson 3. Jiorde White 4. Poppy Jefferies 

5. Nico Schikker 6. Billie Scurr 7. Alex Johnston 8. Katie Thompson 9. 

Holly Bailey 10. Rick Sanders 11. Oscar Thompson 12. John Steven 13. Ellie 

Russell 14. Brynee Wilson 15. Connor Moore 16. Sarah Cooper-Slee 17. Mila 

Sumar 18. Ellis Meyer-Budge 19. Zoe McNeilly 20. Jayden Fisher 21. Brooke 

Harwood 22. Hank Bilous 23. Mitchie Malushnig 24. Kath Millis 25. Nina 

Bowley 26. Olivia Newman 27. Zac Shields 28. Toby Lee 29. Noel Bisson 30. 

Bradley Jackson 31. Petra Shotwell 32. Florence Collins Caballero 

Mag thanks 

Thank you to everyone who made this magazine possible 

this year. Taylor Hawcridge for stunning cover design; Simon 

Nyhof for his efficient and official photograph organising 

(to a soundtrack of AC/DC and the Got Talent kids); 

Andrew Sloan for explaining camera settings and taking 

epic photographs; Laura Williamson for design work and 

good knowing of shortcuts; Hamish Crosbie for brilliantly 

corralling information from the Year 13s; Jacky Toepfer 

for coordinating sports teams into various configurations; 

Sam Drayton for eagle-eye editing; Mandy Sherson for 

her encyclopedic fingertips; Andy Miller for setting up the 

templates and the School Committees for choosing from 

them; On Magazine for letting us use a review and photos; 

Nadine Cagney and Alpine Images photography for allowing 

their professional shots to grace our pages; World Vision 

for the 40 Hour Famine picture, Erin at Tidy Design for 

calm last-minute pdf-ing advice and printing the mag and 

everyone else who has written for and otherwise contributed 

to the magazine. 

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Liz Breslin

BARKER 

House leaders: 

Jack Arbuckle 

Billie Scurr 

BBW 

Mrs Kate Brown 

Phoenix Apa, 

Mackenzie Ayres, 

Georgie Bruce, 

Samantha Clark, 

Jaspar Duwe, Laura 

Erichsen, Jayden 

Fisher, Kate Goodsell, 

Amelie Hochdoerfer, 

Fin MacDonald, 

Angus MacLeod, 

Kennedy Martin, 

Oliver McKenzie, 

Seb Meredith, Joshua 

Rogan, Jimmy 

Roughan, Hayley 

Secker, Laetitia 

Telford, Jiorde White, 

Brynee Wilson. 

Ms Vicki Ashton 

BAS 

Isaac Alexander, Hugo 

Darby, Abby East, Ben 

Everest, Beth Gale, 

Will Hofmans, Robert 

Kewitsch, Courtney 

Leith, Lachie MacDonald, 

Katherine Millis, Bailey 

Monk, Kalani Muirhead, 

Josephine Plimmer, 

Cody Sarginson, Greysea 

Steven, Bradley Telfer, 

Holly Wigg, Hayley Yule. 

Mr Rob Bruce 

BBR 

Joshua Allport, Brooke 

Elstob, Thea Erichsen, 

Lydia Fookes, Alistair 

Garland, Caitlin 

Gibson, Kahu Griffin, 

Emily Knoesen, 

Christina Lamb, 

Krystal McCutcheon, 

Tom Reaney, Liam 

Richards, Rurika 

Sekino, Nicolas Seiler, 

Matt Smith, Mel 

Telford, Dewaldt van 

Eeden, James Watt, 

Charlotte Wilson, 

Christopher Wood, 

Alex Young. 

Mr Lincoln Bruce 

BBU 

Marcel Bartley, Todd 

Buckley, George 

Davenport, Abby 

Fisher, Anika Fouchee, 

Holly Gibson, Lennox 

Hemingway, Lucas 

McTavish, Estelle 

Norman, Praew 

Phoomrittikul, Kenzie 

Robinson, Michaela 

Rogan, Tom Rountree, 

Nicola Sanders, Lucan 

Smith, Zac Taurua, 

Hamish Winder. 

Blake Alty, Tyler Bailey, 

Faenza Clausen, Caleb 

Eason, Jessie Fothergill, 

Jack Harker, Indigo 

Hemingway, James 

Ingram, Alexandra 

Johnston, Clover Lippe, 

Aimee McArthur, Ella 

Morrison, Alex Plimmer, 

Emily Simpkin, Thomas 

Smith, Toto Tanabe, 

Samantha Traynor, Blair 

Underwood. 

BBY 

Mr Wayne Bosley 

Mr Hamish Crosbie 

BCB 

Nicholas Bates, Weston 

Bell, Madi Gainsford, Aly 

Gibson, Lucy Hayes, Oscar 

Hetherington, Grace Lee, 

Ella Maluschnig, Thomas 

Masters, Jessie McKenzie, 

Haydn Miles, Leo Milligan, 

Alexander Ohnhaus, Emily 

Prout, Oscar Thompson, 

Isabella Thomsson, Edward 

Trombik, Suzy Turner, 

Tomas Winder. 

Sam Bastion, Olivia 

Bates, Nina Bowley, Jack 

Goodsell, Jin Wook Hong, 

Jai Jenkins-Foreman, Declan 

Lambert, Patrick Llewellyn, 

Mitchie Maluschnig, Laura 

Neale, Alyx Nyika, Bronnie 

Ormandy, Dylan Rimmer, 

Ty Sarginson, Sapphire 

Schwarz, Nicholas Smith, 

Annabelle Taurua-Smith, 

Molly Thomsson. 

BFL 

Mr Cameron Flude 

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Mrs Kris Logan 

BLO 

Erica Ayres, Harrison 

Brown, Josh Carlier, 

Claudia Crini, Phoebe 

Garland, Teresa Haap, 

Blake Hartley, Kareem 

Jodeh, Ngaio MacLeod, 

Ashley McAdam, Sarah 

Millis, Sam Neale, 

James Parry, Gary 

Poilvert, Kai Richards, 

Tait Scurr, Brittany 

Smith, Samantha Smith, 

Aleisha Turner. 

IRON 


Connor Moore 

John Steven 

Mrs Clare Scurr 

BSC 

Ocean Allemann, 

Maddy Ball, Quinn 

Bartley, Flynn 

Brown, Riley Bruce, 

Mikaela Condren, 

Isla Gellatly, Natasha 

Hamer, Patrick 

Hartley, Rory Irwin, 

Logan Lambert, 

Lea McTavish, Maia 

Poilvert, Rick Sanders, 

Billie Scurr, Annie 

Timu, Sara Wright, 

Niclas Wuesthoff. 

Mrs Lesley Baynes 

ILB 

Shae Barrett-Corrigan, 

Johanna Boege, Caris-Brook 

Bowler, Meg Breen, Phoenix 

Brownlie, Piper Cavanagh, 

Anna Edwards, Jacob Farrell, 

Lachlan Garrick, Jacob 

Harwood, Louis Jones, 

Andrew Jopson, Christie 

Kirk, Frazer Limmer, Kelly 

McClimont, Finlay Nolet, 

Greer Porter, Joseph Sharratt. 

Mr John Turnbull 

BTU 

Holly Bailey, Ashley Bates, 

Emile Coote, Maelle 

Darby, Patrick Gainsford, 

Ra Griffin, Liam Kemp, 

Toby Lee, Rory McLean, 

Lucy Perriam, Michael 

Rankin, Shanae Sanders, 

Isabela Savino Starling, 

Callum Smith, Eamon 

Smith, Laura Smith, Lilly 

Trotter, Ady Vincenzi- 

Johnson, Keltan Voyce. 

Ollie Alderson, Holly Budd, 

Danielle Carney, April Carter, 

Aislyn Fay, James Glynn, 

Harry Hughes, Jake Jamison, 

Michelle Li, Georgia Liley, 

Tess Martin, Liam McFall, 

Jessica Paddon, Veron 

Pittaway, Carlin Richter, Sam 

Teal, Lily Waters, Tim Weir. 

IBN 

Mrs Denise Bruns 

Jack Arbuckle, Phil 

Balmes, Daniel Bastion, 

Sarah Cooper-Slee, 

Helena Crawford, 

Kilita Fouchee, Marcus 

Hetherington, Owen Lea, 

Matt McLean, 

Tom Millis, Madison 

Parslow, Lauren Rimmer, 

Flynn Rosie, Caitlin 

Sanders, Josephine 

Schafer, James Simpkin, 

Teerin Varongchayakul, 

Phoebe Young. 

BWE 

Ms Joanne Weggery 

Mrs Jenny Edgar 

Mr Simon Nyhof 

IED 

Ethan Arratia, Emilie 

Barnett, Alex Combe, 

Mae Cradock, Jessica 

Curtis, Spencer Deaton, 

Sam Facer, Jordan Fox, 

Cameron Gibbins, Laura 

Hay, Sam Horton, Sam 

Keeling, Jasmine Murray, 

Olivia Newman, Cory 

O’Regan, Johnny Percy, 

Tully Stevens, Laura 

Wellman, Thomas Wilkie. 

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ICS 

Whitney Bennett, Georgia Budd, Jake Connolly, Sean Dickey, 

Georgia Fussell, William Gerrard, Jamie Gibbard, Teana 

Haines, Ben Harrington, Taylor Hawcridge, Ella Hughes, Oscar 

Humphreys, Neco Richter, Numa Saglibene, Billy Sandri, Alicia 

Stock, Ned Williams Holloway, Ryan Young. 

IBA 

Mackenzie Barnett, Jessa Bennett, Stirling Deaton, Emma Goth, Luca 

Harrington, Calypso Hird, Hannah Humphreys, Ruby Jamison, Brianna Kerris, 

Liam Kirk, India O’Donnell-Fluit, Tom Roberts, Nicholas Rumore, Nikita 

Sinclair, Janus Staufenberg, John Steven, Mackenzie Thompson, Lachlan Weir, 

Jordan Wouters. 

Ms Gena Bagley 

IHR 

Mr Dave Cassaidy 

Ashleigh Cram, Jack Culshaw, Jan Debeur, Ashleigh Doran, Rogue 

Ferguson, Sophia Fitzgerald, Paulina Groppe, Samantha Haines, 

Andrew Hay, Louis Hughes, Connor Moore, Acacia Murray, 

Nicholas O’Donnell-Fluit, Jack Porter, Eliza Rogers, Zoi Sadowski- 

Synnott, Samuel Sandri, Harry Waters, Jono Watson. 

IFX 

Aritsara Aiamsathit, Jose Americano Vieira D’Almeida, Jette Cavanagh, Isabella 

Culshaw, Elih Grace, Henry Hardaker, Brooke Harwood, Shiana Matheson, 

Bailey Nolet, Joshua Orton, Anna Roberts, Maude Rogers, Charlie Sharratt, 

Zac Shields, Emma Smith, Julius Staufenberg, Tristin Weastell, Ollie Williams 

Holloway. 

Ms Katrina Fox 

IMC 

Ms Caitlin Harvey 

Zelda Boyd, Adam Breen, Charlotte Coupland, Imogen Dougherty, 

Christy Facer, Annabel Fairbairn, Phoenix Fay, Bella Fraser, Ben 

Fussell, Cameron Howell, Josh O’Regan, Tom Rizzi, Maximilian 

Rubner, Sophie Stalker, Leo Staufenberg, Martha Toghill, Sean 

Webber, Eva Wilson, Nikita Wouters. 

IDL 

Isaac Bell, Ben Boyd, Ellen Cagney, Aden Cassaidy, Fletch Cavanagh, Olivia 

Connolly, Jessica Ecroyd, Daniel Edwards, Sarah Ernsting, Jessie Fraser, Georgia 

Houghton-Brown, Jack Landreth, Cole Masters, Eric Nicholson, Sonya Palmer, 

Hannah Rizzi, Olly Rowe, Red Simpson, Samuel Thompson. 

Mr Mat Doyle 

IWS 

Mrs Deborah McMillan 

Jaimee Barnett, Paul Buttler, Angus Cagney, Ethan Carleton, Tom 

Caulton, Sam Coupland, Amelia Dore, Anton Guethe, McKenzie 

Hart, Bridie Hurley, Natalia Johnson, Chan Jung, Carl Matalote, 

Olive Pujol, Kim Robertson, Reilly Sadowski-Synnott, Reanna 

Shepherd, Zach Smith, Bronson Toghill. 

IBL 

Daimler Arcega, Caycee Beck, Jacinta Borer, Annabella Bruce, Annabel Carter, 

Samantha Garrick, Brayden Horton, Luke Keen, Leon Kerr, Maximillian 

Ludwig, Zach Martin, Daniel O’Donnell, Eve Paddon, Nicole Pittaway, 

Mitchell Regan, Emma Stalker, Kobi Stevens. 

page 90 

Ms Carol Bradley 

Ms Annabel Wilson

PISA 

PAL 

Ra Anderson, Franco Lauritano Araya, Aoife Baker, Mitchell Evans, Eamon 

Green, Daniel Hadida, Sam Howard, Chiara Marchetti San Martino Di 

Muriaglio, Jessica Martin, Oceania McFadgen, Craig Murray, Tim Plucker, 

Caitlin Roberts, Rose-Meri Smith, Bayley Somerville, Joe Strawson, Grace 

Thomson, Romili Townsend, Valtteri Vaakanainen. 


Nico Schikker 

Aoife Baker 

Mr Murray Allen 

PBI 

Morgan Allen, Kasia Balls, Noel Bisson, Maddi Frazer, Josh 

Hasler, Sam Hayr, Alice Howard, Charles Jewell, Gina Lilly, Baiden 

Mathews, Georgia McGregor, Holly Mercer, Alex Mitchell, Leo 

Munro-Heward, Ming Thor-Poet, Joshua Ward, Ben Weatherby. 

PBD 

Wiracha Boonrod, Emma Clarke, Himaya Dalton, Thomas Evans, Jack Findlay, 

Ben Hadida, Latisha Halcrow, Leightyn Hessian, Ewan Little, Laura MacCulloch, 

Nikita Mayen, Kimberley McArthur, Nick Mercer, Duncan Muir, Ellise Price, 

Renon Sasaki, Jenaya Wilkinson, Paul Wright. 

Mrs Dawn Bosley 

Mr Craig Baily 

PHO 

Brynn Anderson Bull, Alfie Baker, Leon Bowie, Chicane Cooper, 

Tom Heather, Hunter Hewson, Jaz Hooper, Sam Jewell, Simone 

Johnson, Tara Lawrence, Gero Lemke, Cole McIntyre, Arana 

McLachlan, Zoe McNeilly, Fiona Murray, Makayla Rasmussen, 

Zhane Skipper, Meg Thomas, Persia Thor-Poet. 

PDU 

Tom Bowman, Bridget Donovan, Eli Emanuel, Merle Freitag, Sheree Gamble, 

Jayden Hanson, Finn Hasler, Ava Hughes, Nadia McNeilly, Bailey Mills, Jake 

Nicholson, Nathan Redai, Emily Scott, Casey Scurr, Willow Strawson, Oliver 

Thomas, Daisy Thor-Poet, Jack Welch. 

Ms Petrina Duncan 

PMU 

Mr Alistair Hose 

Lucas Baird, Lewis Brooks, Mustafa Caliskan, Rata Horan, George 

McDonald, Hamish McLean, Kiera McLeod, Luis Munro, Sienna 

Nicholson, Sungyoon Park, Summer Rasmussen, Ryan Schmack, 

Rosie Spearing, Connor Stuart, Mila Sumar, Katie Thompson, 

Pyper Turner, Meg Weedon, Gijs Wolter. 

PLE 

Mitchell Collett, Shaneil Coupe, Firth Deacon, Michael Gealogo, Erin 

Greenwood, Libby Henderson, Bradley Jackson, Jimin Lee, Heidi Niederer, 

Yesol Park, Oliver Prince, Jorden Rasmussen, Ben Roberts, Tom Scott, Michelle 

Tomlinson, Pete Traill, Dilara Van, Samantha Wilkinson. 

Mrs Marie Lewis 

Ms Karyn Munro 

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ROY 


Petra Shotwell 

Hank Bilous 

Ethan Brady, Florence Collins Caballero, Phoenix Cooper, Simon 

Dalley, Josh Dobbie, Sophie Fenn, Arlene Gealogo, Tyler Greeks, 

Adam Hewson, Rhys Hughes, Issey Lewis, Maggie Little, Mihi 

McLachlan, MacKenzie Muir, Ethan Munro, Matthew Prince, Nico 

Schikker, Luke Wright. 

PWD 

Mr Ed Waddington 

RAR 

Isabella Berry, Nick Burns, Gracie Cartlidge, Pedro Domingues, 

Oscar Fay, Briar Hight, Anja Malmo, Hannah McNabb, Stan 

Millwater, Freya Moore, Jack O’Brien, Bryce Parkhill, Alyssa Pryde, 

Jesse Robertson, Campbell Russell, Siena Shotwell, Shea Williams. 

PRB 

Megan Bryan, Mikaela Cooper, Gregor Findlay, Thomas Gibson, Harry 

Gillespie, Rory Hannon, Albie Haynes, Jessica Hollow, Luca Horeni, Zachary 

Kaye, Anna Liggins, Ashley MacCulloch, Oli Prince, Sam Radford-Park, Marli 

Reyta, Jamie Toomey, Summer Trent, Lily Willis-King, Campbell Wright. 

Mr Brendon Robertson 

Mrs Sharon Arlidge 

RAH 

Liam Beaton, Matt Belworthy Lewthwaite, Riley Christie, Anton 

Cousins, Elliot Frost, Oban Hansen, Sammy Harry, Mikayla 

Harvey, James Hey, Lachy Moore, Lucy O’Brien, Ava Plimmer, 

Georgia Robertson, Ethan Ross, Neve Stalker, Sophie Sun. 

PSL 

Josh Arthur, Hugo Baird, Rory Baker, Georgie Burdon, Annika Gibson, Leithen 

Henderson, Jade Macdonald, Georgia McDonald, Elena McFadgen, Taki 

McLachlan, Toby Murray, Nicole Price, Fergus Read, Niamh Schmack, Tatar 

Solot, Keira Somerville, Wilfred Spearing, Daniel Toomey, James Watherston 

Mr Andrew Sloan 

RFA 

Ms Maryanne Ahern 

Mila Arnerich, Hank Bilous, Alex Budweiser-King, Alexander 

Buschack, Hannah Davey, Charlie Holmes, Nathan Holt, Joshua Jarvie, 

Emily Leahy, Amy Morris, Finn Mueller, Paige O’Brien, Sam Pearce, 

Rimu Roode, Jihye Song, Molly Todd, 

Laura Waller, Mero Williams. 

PZE 

Toby Balls, Ruth Bennie, Cecilia Gardner, Jimmy Gillespie, Sam Hooper, 

Jonathan Jaschke, Poppy Jefferies, Rory Johns, Ronan Kaye, Ethan Kerr, Anton 

Le Prevost-Smith, Nick Lumsden, Rosie Munro, Helene Price, Georgia Prince, 

Daniel Regal, Ella Robinson, Milly Robinson, Scott Welch, Claudia Wilkinson. 

Mrs Jess Zeestraten 

Mr Luke Faed 

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RMR 

Hugo Agstner, Hannah Barham, Manu Barnard, Anna Barrett, 

Finn Bilous, Andre Cardoso Codeceira, Hugo Cochrane, Jesse 

Harling, Angus Harraway, Luella Harry, Miri Hight, Alyssa 

Horning, Alexa McKay, Ella Moore, Callum Rennie, Toa Roode, 

Petra Shotwell, Teegan Vink, Paris Woodhouse. 

RMN 

Zoe Andrews, Teegan Danielson, Maye Hall, Tana Hansen, Ella Landreth, 

Jordyn McDonald, Danielle Molloy, Ellie Moore, Steven Morris, Jesse Mulqueen, 

Lochlan Murdoch, Olivia Pearce, Ben Richards, Ellie Russell, Dougal Stalker, 

James Suddaby, Matthew Wilson, Martin Zietz. 

Mr Ian McNabb 

RSD 

Mrs Emily McRae 

Cameron Arnerich, James Bird, Luke Burke, Jody Chisholm, 

Oliver Clements, Hana Evison, Imy Gordon, Riley Homan, Lily 

King, Jacob Lang, Samantha Limmer, Ellis Meyer-Budge, Madi 

Mulqueen, Hadley Tamati, Ronan Thompson, Jaime Toepfer, 

Tegan Wilson, Finn Zurmuehl. 

RRO 

Nathan Beaton, Kirsten Blackley, Lily Bowman, Jack Colbourne, Georgia 

Evans, Olly Fotheringham, Millie Heine, Sam Knight, Ollie Larkin, Oscar 

McLaren, Kahu Nepia, Breagha Rennie, Charlotte Reveley, Amy Richards, Ellen 

Rowlandson, Alana Scott, Jack Williams. 

Ms Karen Rochford 

RSH 

Mrs Michelle Suddaby 

Murilo Amoedo Conde, Astelia Aubrey, Dara Beattie-Johnson, 

Campbell Caird, Tom Colbourne, Micah Cousins, Blade Farrell, 

Meg Harraway, Michael Hey, Emily-Rose James, Amy Knight, Matt 

Molloy, Lili Peter, Kate Richards, Joel Suddaby, Max Swift, Adele 

Thomson, Jaimee Vink, Nevada Wolfgramm. 

RSI 

Moana Barnard, Fergus Brebner, Samantha Burke, Billea-Nova Chin-Nyika, 

Anna Glaeser, Noah Holmes, Barnaby Jackson, Kobi Maibach, Ben McNabb, 

Wesley Moore, Paige Murdoch, Stellar Nepia, Harry Seagar, Evie Simonsohn, 

Cedric Stephani, Abbey Swift, Erina Tamati, Nick Toepfer, Jesse Watkinson. 

Mr Euan Simpson 

RWT 

Mr Dean Sheppard 

Ellesse Andrews, Megan Blackley, Charlie Chisholm, Quinn 

Curtis, Samuel Davey, Avon Duke, Letitia Haig, Oliver Jarvie, 

Amy Jolly, Peta McKay, Ben O’Brien, Kate O’Brien, Abhishek 

Rameshanand, Noah Regan-Roach, Sam Richards, Ayla Smalls, 

Ines Stephani, Franz Stoeger, Ryan Summerell. 

RST 

Reilly Arnesen, Molly Barham, Johnny Brebner, Tyler Danielson, Luca 

Georgalli, Max Hall, Ryder Jefferson, Finlay Jones, Julie Konno, Chloe Larkin, 

Amber Makeham, Bridget O’Brien, Shenee Pryde, Mathew Schweizer, Maggie 

Stiven, Maddy Thompson, Levi Vink, Joseph Wilson. 

Mrs Ruth Stevens 

Mrs Kristin Sheppard 

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