Selwyn Times: January 10, 2018

18 Wednesday January 10 2018
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Prize-giving celebrates
SELWYN TIMES
success of students
•From page 17
•Luke Barrett –
Horoeka Haemata Wero
Award Koanga. Luke Barrett
is the ‘Koanga learner of the
year’. He is a keen drummer
in a rock band. He has kept
himself busy with a wide
range of activities both in
and out of school.
Being an avid sportsman,
he has received several
accolades during the year
for his achievements.
Football, basketball,
athletics, touch, helping with
three-on-three and coaching
at Clearview Primary School.
Luke has embraced the
life and energy of the school
in whanau events, which
he has led with pride, and
has stepped up in whanau
celebrations.
•Kate Stevens –
Horoeka Haemata Wero
Award Raumati.
Kate was the ‘Raumati
learner of the year’. She has
been a keen participant in a
range of cultural elements
across the school.
Academically, she has
excelled across a range of
areas and, in particular, is
a keen physicist extending
herself outside of school
hours. As a whanau
ambassador, she has been
present on open nights,
was a key ambassador for
the 40-hour famine and a
librarian. Kate set herself
very high standards across
all areas.
•Cam Batchelor –
Rolleston College Horoeka
Haemata Wilson Cup for
excellence in the arts.
Cam has been involved
in many areas of the
performing arts, including a
lead role in Elf the Musical
JR. He won Rolleston’s
Got Talent for a violin solo
performance.
Cam has been learning
saxophone through the
college and has taken part
in Bandquest performances.
In the wider community,
Cam is also a part of the
Christchurch School of
Music Sinfonia.
•Ana Tatana-Harris –
Waitaha Senior Speech Cup.
Ana took part in the Waitaha
Regional Maori Speech
Competition and won top
honours. In her speech, Ana
Harris-Tatana demonstrated
good pace and volume and
spoke with confidence.
•Eric Russell – Striving for
Excellence Te Rito Harakeke
Cup. Eric has consistently
displayed a positive attitude
in all his class activities. He
showed strengths in the
Waitaha values of curiosity,
community, integrity and
respect. Eric has great
determination and a
willingness to give anything
a shot.
•Jackie Freeman –
Whanau Trophy Hotoke
Whanau. Hotoke Whanau
was victorious at the end of
the year, winning the college
inter-whanau competition in
which Ngahuru was second.
Koanga and Raumati tied for
third place.
•Anika Gates-Thorn and
Nikau Rapana – Te Mahuri
Trophy. The Te Mahuri award
is presented to students who
display bicultural confidence
and competence in their
learning and through the
pursuit of co-curricular
opportunities.
Readers respond to the
article revealing police
have caught two of the
teenagers allegedly
involved in the Rolleston
‘drown him’ assault case
Samantha Weller – What
is actually wrong with teenagers
these days? There was bullying
in my school days, but cruel is
an absolute understatement
here. These attackers need to
be punished as any other
attacker would, a slap on the
hand and a telling off won’t
really do much.
Bradley Mannering –
Interesting that the police
conduct authority have been
involved. Does it make any of
you wonder if the story isn’t what
the media has sensationalised it
to be?
Sonya Brooks – Not at all.
No matter how the media are
the facts remain this poor kid
was hospitalised and subjected
to an assault that could have
resulted in his death. It reads
as though the boys have laid a
complaint. It could be as simple
as a complaint over the hat they
refused to hand over. These kids
need to be held accountable.
Not acceptable behaviour
and they need help and
consequences.
Judy Gillstrom – Police
have done a good job locating
these nasty youths. Now the
judge needs to do his/her job
and seriously deter/punish these
law breakers, and send a clear
message that this behaviour
cannot be tolerated.
Amanda Wilson – We
know that in some cases, if the
public have a strong enough
opinion and stance against this
sort of behaviour, there is a
possibility they will use this case
to send a message. But the public
need to be loud and strong.
Otherwise they will be slapped
on the hand and sent
on their merry way to do this
again. Absolutely disgusting
behaviour and I hope they get
their karma.
Trisa Wilson – Afraid to
let your children go out alone
anywhere now, (it)
used to only happen in
movies.
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