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DUKE OF
Edinburgh’s
HILLARY AWARD
The Duke of Edinburgh is a
youth awards programme
that recognises
adolescents and young
adults for completing a
series of self-improvement
exercises.
It challenges young people to
dream big and discover their
potential. In the programme there
are three levels; Bronze being the
first, Silver being the second and
Gold being the last.
We had 18 students participating in
the Duke of Edinburgh programme
this year. We were doing the bronze
award that takes a total of six
months to complete. The goals for
the award were to learn a new skill
(or develop an existing one), get
physically active, give service to their
communities, and take part in an
adventure.
The aim of the Duke of Edinburgh
Award is to help challenge young
students to leave their comfort
zones. It helped us build confidence
in ourselves and have greater
resilience.
The most exciting part of the
award was going on an adventure
where we had to walk up to the
Pinnacles Hut in the Kauaeranga
Valley, located all the way in the
Coromandel. We learnt about the
important equipment we had to
take, the clothing and shoes we had
to wear in certain environments and
where we were going to walk.
The walk turned out to be more
exciting once we started the hike.
It took three to four hours to get to
our destination.
These 14 students have
completed the bronze
section of the Duke of
Edinburgh award:
Abdul Ahmadi
Younis Ahmant Abdullah
Zahra Hussani
Zahra Ibrahim
Hania Javed
Sasa Lelelnoa
Marietta Slade Mailo
Julienne Niko
Cho Moo Paw
Madina Salem Khel
Lealofi Sanelivi Pio
Sara-Lee Sigglekow
Asinate Sinani
Chynna Tohilima
30 Mangere College - 2018