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<strong>MAC</strong> MAG 20<strong>18</strong><br />
<strong>MAC</strong> <strong>Mag</strong> <strong>18</strong><br />
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CONTENTS<br />
Principal’s Welcome 2<br />
BoT Chair Report 3<br />
Head Girl, Head Boy<br />
& Student BoT Rep 4<br />
ODT Class Act Awards 5<br />
Scholarships 2017 5<br />
2017 Success 6<br />
Where Are They Now? 10<br />
Blues 11<br />
Whanau Photos 12<br />
Year 7 Photos 20<br />
Junior Council 23<br />
Year 8 Photos 24<br />
Year 9 Photos 27<br />
Year 10 Photos 30<br />
Senior Year Level Photos 33<br />
Camps 34<br />
Outdoor Pursuits 36<br />
International Language Centre 38<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> Hostel 40<br />
Formal 42<br />
Gateway 43<br />
Focus on Aviation 43<br />
Survivors 46<br />
Leavers’ Profiles 48<br />
HQ Profiles 58<br />
Survivors Key 58<br />
Academic Committee 59<br />
<strong>MAC</strong>talks 60<br />
Debating 60<br />
Library 61<br />
Senior Art, Photography<br />
& Design 62<br />
Creative Writing 64<br />
Cultural Committee 68<br />
Drama 69<br />
Musical 70<br />
Spain Trip 72<br />
Kapahaka 75<br />
Rockquest 76<br />
<strong>MAC</strong>stock 76<br />
House Singing 77<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> Choir 77<br />
Jazz Bands 78<br />
Service Committee 79<br />
Team Green 80<br />
Sticks ‘n’ Stones 81<br />
Polar Plunge 81<br />
Students in the Community 82<br />
Sports Committee 85<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> Snow Champs 86<br />
Cross Country 86<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> Swim Champs 87<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> MTB Champs 87<br />
Sports Teams 88<br />
Individual Sporting Success 96<br />
Thank you to all the students and staff who have contributed to this year’s magazine. To Emily Simpkin for the cover design.<br />
To Eliza Rogers for helping lay out pages. To Sam Drayton for proof reading expertise and Mandy Sherson for collating the<br />
advertising and knowing where everything is and how to find it. To Jacky Toepfer for organising all the sports photos and<br />
Chrissi Pettit for all her assistance with that. From Liz Breslin who did the editing and Andrew Miller who did the design.<br />
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We are in an era of unprecedented growth, set to continue for the<br />
foreseeable future. 20<strong>18</strong> saw student population reach one thousand<br />
for the first time and 2019’s Year Seven intake is projected to be close<br />
to 200 students.<br />
We have been working for some time with the Ministry of Education<br />
developing a comprehensive campus plan. The first stage of this<br />
development is due to begin in May next year with a two story block<br />
catering for The Arts and Technology on the ground floor and Year<br />
Seven and Eight flexible learning spaces on the upper floor. The<br />
second stage includes a new library and careers space with more<br />
homeroom learning spaces. The next stages include a communal<br />
whare building, admin and staff facilities and gymnasium extension.<br />
We are also modernising some existing spaces to ensure our staff<br />
and students will have the facilities they deserve as we continue to<br />
strive to be the best possible learning community.<br />
The Board of Trustees are currently reviewing our uniform and<br />
although there are no planned changes for next year, they will<br />
instigate a staged introduction to any agreed changes over the next<br />
few years.<br />
20<strong>18</strong> was a year with many highlights. A personal highlight for me<br />
was joining 8SL at their midwinter camp at Berwick. This was my first<br />
time at this particular camp and it was a personal challenge to keep<br />
up but I was ably supported by the students, staff and parents. The<br />
infamous ‘mud run’ has to be experienced to be believed (but may<br />
be a oncer!). It is good to be reminded how EOTC (Education Outside<br />
the Classroom) provides such a valuable opportunity to challenge<br />
individuals and to see how young people can lead and support their<br />
mates through adversity so well.<br />
Another highlight was our college musical, ‘Catch Me If You Can,’<br />
which was performed to full houses throughout the entire season.<br />
This was a slick, sophisticated musical challenge which a huge cast<br />
of students and staff met head on with absolute commitment and<br />
enthusiasm. The journey the cast went on together was a joy to<br />
behold and proved to be a collaborative triumph.<br />
Witnessing the unbridled joy from the students watching screens<br />
in the gym when Zoi Sadowski-Synnott won a bronze medal at the<br />
PyeongChang Olympics was the start of a school-wide celebration.<br />
We believe that it is a New Zealand first for any school to have an<br />
olympic medalist while still enrolled. Everyone was just so thrilled for<br />
Zoi and it made us feel so proud as the whole country celebrated one<br />
of our own.<br />
One of the real strengths of Mount Aspiring College is the continued<br />
focus on forming positive relationships and working successfully<br />
alongside each other. Almost eighty Year 11 and 12 students applied<br />
this year for Committee, House and Head Student positions for 2019.<br />
This was a tremendous response and exemplifies to me the wonderful<br />
spirit or wairua at the college.<br />
I hope you have all enjoyed your year and wish you a safe and happy<br />
holiday. If you are leaving us, I wish you well and remind you that you<br />
will always be welcome so come and see us any time. I thank you all<br />
and I remain very proud to be part of this amazing school.<br />
Wayne Bosley<br />
Principal , s<br />
Welcome<br />
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<strong>MAC</strong> plans for expansion starting in 2019
BoT Chair Report<br />
Kia ora koutou<br />
On behalf of the Board of Trustees I would like to thank<br />
everyone who has made <strong>MAC</strong> a great place to work and study<br />
in 20<strong>18</strong>. The year got off to a great start with Year 13 Student<br />
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott winning a bronze medal at the Olympic<br />
Winter Games in PyeongChang and finished with Phoebe Young<br />
competing creditably in multiple cycling events at the Olympic<br />
Summer Youth Games in Buenos Aires. In between those events<br />
there were a multitude of students that did themselves and<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> proud in academic, community, cultural and sporting<br />
endeavours - hats off to all of you.<br />
Two items have dominated the Board of Trustees agenda in 20<strong>18</strong>.<br />
Firstly the uniform review which is being driven by a passionate<br />
group of board, student, staff and parent representatives. This<br />
is a massive task and is progressing nicely. The uniform survey<br />
highlighted a desire for changes to be made to the current<br />
uniform and the committee are currently looking at possible<br />
designs options to bring back to the community. The second issue<br />
is the development of a campus that can cope with our projected<br />
growth. We still require a couple of important issues to be resolved<br />
and we continue to work with the Ministry of Education around the<br />
old Wanaka swimming pool site and getting phases one and two<br />
of the campus development plan constructed concurrently so we<br />
can keep up with the growth curve rather than lagging behind it.<br />
To the students leaving <strong>MAC</strong> at the end of 20<strong>18</strong>, I hope you will<br />
carry memories with you of great friends, great experiences and<br />
an inspiring learning environment. We wish you all the best for<br />
whatever your future has to hold.<br />
Finally, thank you to Joe Strawson our Student Board of Trustees Representative who has immersed himself in the Board conversations<br />
this year and has played a big part in the uniform review. We look forward to welcoming Bronson Toghill to the Board in 2019.<br />
Have a safe and enjoyable summer and all the best for an amazing 2019.<br />
Nga mihi<br />
Marty Toomey<br />
Marty<br />
BACK: Samantha Drayton, Alex Watson, Sharon Arlidge, Christina Gott, Ruth Stevens, Vicky Brown, Hamish Crosbie, Brendon Robertson,<br />
Rob Bruce, Nick Steenson, Euan Simpson, Joanna Hewson-Williams, Gareth Hodges, Roy Gawn, Stephen Tarasiewicz, Craig Bird.<br />
MIDDLE BACK: Kris Logan, Marcus Bate, Kathy Tweedie, Murray Allen, Rochelle Robertson, Tania Brett, Luke Faed, Craig Jefferies,<br />
Jenny Edgar, Charlotte Lucas, Florence Micoud, Emily Wilson, Renee Plunkett, Sonia Williams, Lauren Roney, Nicole McCone,<br />
Sarah Carlton, Graham Knauf, Nikki Cotter, Georgie Roberts.<br />
<strong>MAC</strong><br />
MIDDLE FRONT: Carol Bradley, Dave Cassaidy, Mandy Sherson, Claire Easterbrook, Heather Watt, Kate Brown, Sandra Findlay, Pip Miller,<br />
Dawn Bosley, Deb McMillan, Kay Hart, Lesley Baynes, Jenni McDougall, Joanne Waide, Katrina Johnstone, Angela Richardson,<br />
Michelle Suddaby, Tracey Hames, Emily McRae, Natalie Whyte, Andrew Miller.<br />
FRONT: Ed Waddington, Denise Bruns, Lincoln Bruce, Maxine Bird, Pete Smalley, Karyn Munro, Vicki Ashton, Wayne Bosley,<br />
Dean Sheppard, Simon Nyhof, Alistair Hose, Cameron Flude, Megan Van, Mat Doyle, Ronnie Moffat, Chris Waugh.<br />
20<strong>18</strong><br />
Staff<br />
ABSENT: Gena Bagley, Charlotte Baldwin, Kirsty Barkman, Delfina Blatchley, Liz Breslin, Carol Brooks, Perry Brooks, Helen Carter,<br />
Laraine Cornwell, Jan Craig, Dan Cullen, Jude Faircloth, Ruth Farquhar, Michelle Fenton, Karen Foulds, Kenna Fraser, Jools Hall,<br />
Johanna Hansen, Tim Harper, Caitlin Harvey, Michael Harray, Liz Hawker, Katherine Heap, Melissa Johnson, Catriona Kearsley,<br />
Brenda King, Kirsten Mason, Kay McFarlane, Thelma McMurray, Ian McNabb, Duncan Miles, Alastair Monteath, Jane Newell,<br />
Chrissie Pettit, Bernie Rillstone-Caig, Kaz Roberts, Karen Rochford, Clare Scurr, Andrew Sloan, Nickey Smith, Shelley Smith,<br />
Graham Stewart, Pete Stevenson, Clare Thomas-Moore, Leanne Thorburn, Jacky Toepfer, Kim Tomlin, Johanna Vermeulen,<br />
Joss Walker, Tony Waterworth, Jane Watson-Taylor, Andrea Woolley.<br />
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Head Girl, Head Boy<br />
and<br />
Student BoT Rep<br />
I remember being Year 6, petrified to move on from my<br />
memories and the environment of Hawea Flat School.<br />
When I found myself in Clare Scurr’s class, I was surprised<br />
how quickly I settled into <strong>MAC</strong> life. Throughout my<br />
seven years at <strong>MAC</strong>, I have seen the strong interaction<br />
between the juniors and seniors and, as Head Girl, I<br />
wanted to continue this inclusive environment. I wanted<br />
to be the friendly face of the school and to be involved in decision making<br />
for the future of Mount Aspiring College.<br />
There are many opportunities which came about with this role, such<br />
as reading the Hawea roll of honour at the Hawea ANZAC Dawn Service.<br />
I was involved in the discussion with the architects regarding the new<br />
buildings and upgrade of the school and the Vision 2050 workshop with the<br />
QLDC. Our fortnightly senior student executive committee meetings have<br />
been a memorable experience as we had the privilege to give a student<br />
perspective and voice on matters within the school. The Students in the<br />
Community programme, Girls 1 st XI football tournament, orienteering and<br />
making sure I keep on top of my academic studies have made it a very<br />
busy but awesome year!<br />
The knowledge I have gained throughout the year has helped prepare me<br />
for university and the future. Next year I am studying a Bachelor of Teaching<br />
and Learning (primary) and will be able to transfer many of the skills I have<br />
learned, such as public speaking, interpersonal skills, working with students,<br />
teachers and other adults within the wider community. I would recommend<br />
all students to apply for leadership positions as they are an enjoyable but<br />
challenging way to become immersed within the school, whether it be<br />
service, sport, academic or cultural, House Leaders, Board of Trustees Student<br />
Representative or Head Student.<br />
I am very grateful for the opportunities and support the college has provided<br />
over the last seven years, the hard work the teachers have put in, also the<br />
encouragement my family has provided. I can’t wait to see what the future<br />
holds and start writing the new chapter of my life!<br />
Bella Fraser<br />
Having the opportunity to serve as the 20<strong>18</strong> Head<br />
Boy has been as much fun and insightful as it was<br />
a challenge, but I have thoroughly enjoyed every<br />
moment of it. I am wildly grateful to, and humbled by,<br />
the people who helped me get there. Looking back, I<br />
believe that it was the moments in my schooling years<br />
that stretched my comfort zone even a little that are<br />
now my fondest memories. Times where I was put<br />
into situations or places that challenged me, like cross country or speech<br />
presentations, are the experiences of high school that I now reflect on with<br />
nostalgia. Everyone takes time to find their feet in different aspects of their<br />
lives and great things take time but that's what truly makes them great.<br />
I have been extremely lucky to be able to work with Bella this year, she<br />
is a wonderful role model and a trustworthy leader. Her organizational<br />
skills are second to none and she has inspired me to invest in a diary for<br />
my future.<br />
To each and every one of you, I wish a truly memorable time at school<br />
filled with experiences, challenges and beyond. Our paths may even<br />
meet in the future, until then… try to catch me if you can. The difference<br />
between the ordinary and the extraordinary is that little bit extra - give<br />
people something to talk about, or a reason to smile.<br />
Max Hall<br />
Joe Strawson<br />
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ODT<br />
Class Act<br />
Awards<br />
Congratulations to Zoi Sadowski-<br />
Synnott and Holly Wigg who are<br />
our well-deserved ODT Class Act<br />
recipients for 20<strong>18</strong>.<br />
Zoi gained NCEA Level 1 and Level<br />
2 with a Merit endorsement. She<br />
is currently studying NCEA Level<br />
3 Physical Education, Geography,<br />
Maths and Statistics and English.<br />
At the 20<strong>18</strong> PyeongChang Winter<br />
Olympics Zoi won bronze in Women's<br />
Snowboard Big Air, ending a 26-year<br />
medal drought for New Zealand in the Winter Olympics and she<br />
was selected to be flag bearer at the closing ceremony.<br />
Once she leaves <strong>MAC</strong> she plans to snowboard full time with the<br />
goal of further success at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing.<br />
Zoi has the admiration of staff and students alike not only for<br />
her sporting success but her ability to successfully juggle the<br />
demands of a full academic programme.<br />
Holly is currently studying NCEA Level 3 Art Design, Economics,<br />
Physical Education, Biology and Maths with Statistics.<br />
She gained an Excellence Endorsement at NCEA Level 1 with<br />
Excellence subject endorsements in Physical Education and Art. She<br />
gained a Merit endorsement in NCEA Level 2, with Excellence subject<br />
endorsements in Art Painting and Physical Education.<br />
Holly is ranked eighth in the world for Junior WKF (World Karate<br />
Federation). Holly was the 16-17 Year Old Champion in Kata and 2 nd<br />
in Kumite in 20<strong>18</strong> in New Zealand and in Oceania. Holly has been a<br />
part of the Mount Aspiring College 'A' Netball Team for the past three<br />
years and has been in the Netball South Level 2 Talent ID squad for<br />
the past three years.<br />
Holly’s drive and determination for success in everything she takes<br />
on is admirable.<br />
Scholarships 2017<br />
Caitlin Sanders<br />
Biology<br />
Nick Smith<br />
Computing and Chemistry<br />
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Level 3 Excellence<br />
Morgan Allen<br />
Fergus Brebner<br />
Luke Burke<br />
Bonnie Crawshaw-McLean<br />
Level 2 Excellence<br />
Sophie Foune<br />
Georgia Prince<br />
Tom Reaney<br />
Noah Regan-Roach<br />
Campbell Russell<br />
Samuel Sandri<br />
Nicholas Smith<br />
Emma Stalker<br />
2017 Success<br />
Janus Staufenberg<br />
Tristin Weastell<br />
Dara Beattie-Johnson<br />
James Beere<br />
Kate Binns<br />
Lucas Buckley<br />
Riley Christie<br />
Florrie Dixon<br />
Sam Dougherty<br />
Gregor Findlay<br />
Bella Fraser<br />
Max Hall<br />
Tilly Hoffman-Wall<br />
Olivia Johnstone<br />
Zachary Kaye<br />
Luci McDougall<br />
Hannah McNabb<br />
Sampson Mollan<br />
Jake Nicholson<br />
Sonya Palmer<br />
Ashdon Reid<br />
Tom Rizzi<br />
Casey Scurr<br />
Joseph Sharratt<br />
Emily Simpkin<br />
Julius Staufenberg<br />
Joe Strawson<br />
Ronan Thompson<br />
Phoebe Young<br />
Level 1 Excellence<br />
Olivia Bates<br />
Ruth Bennie<br />
Georgia Budd<br />
Otto Burrows<br />
Kim Cadzow Jessie Fothergill Tyler Greeks<br />
Annabel Fairbairn Madi Gainsford Blake Hartley<br />
Bella Thomsson Jaime Toepfer Hayley Yule<br />
Peta McKay<br />
Kate Richards<br />
Jesse Robertson<br />
Billy Sandri<br />
Level 3 Merit<br />
Alex Mitchell<br />
Maia Poilvert<br />
Alyssa Pryde<br />
Daniel Regal<br />
Rimu Roode Nick Toepfer<br />
Caitlin Sanders Daniel Toomey<br />
Ella Moore Veron Pittaway<br />
Saskia van der Wilt<br />
Lily Waters<br />
Laura Wellman<br />
Tegan Wilson<br />
Luke Wright<br />
Level 2 Merit<br />
Izy Alloway<br />
Erica Ayres<br />
Toby Balls<br />
Manu Barnard<br />
Emilie Barnett<br />
Daniel Bastion<br />
Megan Blackley<br />
Jess Brennan<br />
Sarah Burbery<br />
Level 1 Merit<br />
Shawna Allan<br />
Reilly Arnesen<br />
Lucas Baird<br />
Kasia Balls<br />
Liam Beaton<br />
Jessa Bennett<br />
Ben Boyd<br />
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Andrew Campbell<br />
Alice Chrisp<br />
Jake Connolly<br />
Sam Coupland<br />
Jessica Curtis<br />
Samuel Davey<br />
Stirling Deaton<br />
Kine Diallo<br />
Ciara Foggin<br />
Phoenix Brownlie<br />
Fletch Cavanagh<br />
Samantha Clark<br />
Maddy Courtenay<br />
Isabella Culshaw<br />
Lewie Foggin<br />
Jordan Fox<br />
Samantha Garrick<br />
Jono Harknett<br />
Millie Heine<br />
Briar Hight<br />
Alyssa Horning<br />
Hannah Humphreys<br />
Rory Johns<br />
Simone Johnson<br />
Millie Kaiser<br />
Jessie Fraser<br />
Natasha Hamer<br />
Luella Harry<br />
Albie Haynes<br />
Ruby Jamison<br />
Ethan Kerr<br />
Christina Lamb<br />
Liam Kirk<br />
<strong>Mag</strong>gie Little<br />
Max Lusty<br />
Chloe McMillan<br />
Nadia McNeilly<br />
Michael Meek<br />
Madi Mulqueen<br />
Leo Munro-Heward<br />
Jacinta Page<br />
Logan Lambert<br />
Finn Liddell<br />
Clover Lippe<br />
Devlin Lynden<br />
Elena McFadgen<br />
Lucas McTavish<br />
Jasmine Murray<br />
Matthew Wilson Sara Wright<br />
Milo Palmer<br />
Sam Pearce<br />
Johnny Percy<br />
Alex Plimmer<br />
Greer Porter<br />
Makayla Rasmussen<br />
Breagha Rennie<br />
Bella Richardson<br />
Anna Roberts<br />
Stellar Nepia<br />
Jessica Paddon<br />
Ava Plimmer<br />
Ellise Price<br />
Caitlin Roberts<br />
Flynn Rosie<br />
Morgan Sarginson<br />
Joshua Rogan<br />
Eliza Rogers<br />
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott<br />
Cole Sawyer<br />
Niamh Schmack<br />
Howard Smith<br />
Wilfred Spearing<br />
Mel Telford<br />
Macy Toovey<br />
Tom Scott<br />
Tait Scurr<br />
Rurika Sekino<br />
Callum Smith<br />
<strong>Mag</strong>gie Stiven<br />
Cate Sullivan<br />
Max Swift<br />
Annabelle Treacy<br />
Lilly Trotter<br />
Pyper Turner<br />
Andy Verwoerd<br />
Lachlan Weir<br />
Lissie Welch<br />
Holly Wigg<br />
Claudia Wilkinson<br />
Sam Teal<br />
Molly Todd<br />
Bronson Toghill<br />
Jamie Toomey<br />
James Watherston<br />
Meg Weedon<br />
Eva Wilson
Year 7 Academic Awards<br />
7WN - Melia Brett (English), Clarke West (Mathematics), Jake Green (Physical Education), Hazel Murray (Social Studies), Melia Brett (Science), Ava Hay and<br />
Kalan Nichol (SOAR), Harry Anderson and Melia Brett (Highest Achiever).<br />
7KI - Milly Lewis (English), Eleanor Bennett (Mathematics), Carter Titterton (Physical Education), Eva Humphreys (Social Studies), Henri Fenn (Science),<br />
Ajay Quirk and Freja Malmo (SOAR), Henri Fenn and Eleanor Bennett (Highest Achiever).<br />
7BW - India Yule (English), Giovanni Austin-Moorhouse (Mathematics), Bryce Voyce (Physical Education), Zoe Eckhoff (Social Studies), Cade Cameron (Science),<br />
Ferg Perriam and Paige Gawn (SOAR), Giovanni Austin-Moorhouse and India Yule (Highest Achiever).<br />
7SC - Zara Bailey (English), Sara Jewell (Mathematics), Sara Jewell (Physical Education), Matilda Metcalfe (Social Studies), Jem Curtis (Science), Ben Hawkins<br />
and Scarlett Fenton (SOAR), Jem Curtis and Matilda Metcalfe (Highest Achiever).<br />
7ST - Kate Beaton (English), Georgie Gillespie (Mathematics), Isabella Soper (Physical Education), Henry McConnell (Social Studies), Thomas Benson (Science),<br />
Ty Muirhead and Isabella Soper (SOAR), Thomas Benson and Kate Beaton (Highest Achiever).<br />
Year 7 Awards: Mia Carter, Ashley Buckland and Georgie Gillespie (Maori), Lilly Hampson, Ty Muirhead and Georgie Gillespie (Food & Nutrition), Clarke West,<br />
Matilda Metcalfe and Paige Gawn (Music), Melia Brett, Carter Titterton and Ella Kaler (Materials Technology), Milly Lewis, Max Carter and Sienna Jones (Art),<br />
Thomas Benson, Eva Humphreys and Ella Miles (Performance).<br />
Year 8 Academic Awards<br />
8SL - Olivia Jones (English), Amelia Holmes (Mathematics), Olivia Jones (Physical Education), Amelia Mitchell (Social Studies), Olivia Jones (Science),<br />
Amelia Holmes and Ben Harraway (SOAR), Cullen Meyer and Olivia Jones (Highest Achiever).<br />
8LB - Scarlett Norman (English), Samuel Porter (Mathematics), Jack Timu (Physical Education), Samuel Porter (Social Studies), William Collins (Science),<br />
Jack Timu and Lucia Kamphuis (SOAR), Samuel Porter and Scarlett Norman (Highest Achiever).<br />
8JN - Kimiya Byrne, Layton Osnabrugge (Mathematics), Jacob Field (Physical Education), Jack Lanigan (Social Studies), Layton Osnabrugge (Science),<br />
Maddy Sullivan & Ikey Emanuel (SOAR), Layton Osnabrugge & Kimiya Byrne (Highest Achiever).<br />
8WT - Brooke Presbie (English), Toby Davies (Mathematics), Benjamin Silipo (Physical Education), Sophia Perkins (Social Studies), <strong>Mag</strong>gie Dougherty (Science),<br />
Hayden Watson & Holly Davey (SOAR), Toby Davies & Brooke Presbie (Highest Achiever).<br />
8RN - Casey Irwin (English), Izzy Percy (Mathematics), Emma Palmer (Physical Education), Casey Irwin (Social Studies), Emma Palmer (Science), Bryan Clark<br />
& Millie Cranfield (SOAR), Cormick Lea & Emma Palmer (Highest Achiever).<br />
Year 8 Awards: Jack Timu, Harry Gilbertson, Millie Cranfield (Maori), Kimiya Byrne, Bella Robertson, Samuel Porter (Food and Nutrition), Kimiya Byrne,<br />
Seth Carleton, Daisy Orbell (Music), Kimiya Byrne, Liam Williamson, Will Pryor (Materials Technology), Sophia Perkins, Brooke Presbie, Kate Harry (Art),<br />
Maya Erichsen, Scarlett Norman, Olivia Jones (Performance).<br />
Junior Service Awards - Louisa Kane, Angelique Price, Carter Hewson, Holly Davey.<br />
Junior Cultural Awards - India Yule, Tayla Doran, Hazel Murray, Brooke Presbie.<br />
Cultural Service Awards - James Portugal for a positive contribution towards life in the International Language Centre.<br />
Kate Beaton for excellence in speech at Year 7 Will Pryor for excellence in speech at Year 8<br />
Junior Sports Awards<br />
Gustav Legnavsky, Thomas Benson, Benjamin Silipo, Scarlett Norman<br />
Sports Champions<br />
Cross Country Year 7/8 boys - Benjamin Silipo<br />
Cross Country Year 7/8 girls - Olivia McLachlan<br />
Swimming 11 year old boys - Ryder van Lune<br />
Swimming 11 year old girls - Kate Bennie<br />
Swimming 12 year old boys - Benjamin Silipo<br />
2017<br />
Awards<br />
Athletics Year 7 boys Thomas Benson<br />
Athletics Year 7 girls Estelle Gellatly<br />
Athletics Year 8 boys Jack Timu<br />
Athletics Year 8 girls Scarlett Norman<br />
National Achievement<br />
Gustav Legnavsky, Taane Bayce-Horsley for achieving a national title in skiing<br />
Year 9 Academic Awards<br />
9BP - Amelia Dore (English), Evie Simonsohn (Mathematics), Piper Cavanagh (Physical Education), Jack Culshaw (Social Studies), Jack Culshaw (Science),<br />
Piper Cavanagh and Hunter Hewson (SOAR), Amelia Dore and Jack Culshaw (Highest Achievers).<br />
9CD - Dylan Rimmer (English), Mackenzie Barnett (Mathematics), Georgie Bruce (Physical Education), Georgie Bruce (Social Studies), Ashley Bates (Science),<br />
Luca Harrington and Nikita Sinclair (SOAR), Thomas Gibson and Mackenzie Barnett (Highest Achievers).<br />
9SF - Emma Davies (English), Zoe Smith (Mathematics), Zoe Smith (Physical Education), Emma Davies (Social Studies), Neco Richter (Science), Holly Gibson<br />
and Leo Bailey (SOAR), Oliver Prince and Zoe Smith (Highest Achievers).<br />
9SP - Lauren Rimmer (English), Meg Thomas (Mathematics), Alexa McKay (Physical Education), Meg Thomas (Social Studies), Ethan Brady (Science),<br />
Taki McLachlan and Georgia McGregor (SOAR), Hadley Tamati and Meg Thomas (Highest Achievers).<br />
9TC - Lucy Fenton (English), Lucy Fenton (Mathematics), Nicole Meyer (Physical Education), Nicole Meyer (Social Studies), Nicole Meyer (Science),<br />
Patrick Hartley and Danielle Carney (SOAR), Alfie Baldwin and Nicole Meyer (Highest Achievers).<br />
High Achievers in Options Subjects<br />
Aleisha Turner, Summer Rasmussen and Hadley Tamati (Spatial and Product Design), Dylan Rimmer, Molly Thomsson and Lucy Fenton (Computing),<br />
Joshua Orton (Maori & Performing Arts), Caleb Eason, Tom Millis and Lucy Fenton (Electronics), Ashleigh Doran, Whitney Bennett and Nicole Meyer,<br />
(Health), Neco Richter, Meg Thomas and Lucy Fenton (Financial Literacy), Abby East, Dylan Rimmer and Meg Thomas (Drama), Kalani Muirhead,<br />
Emma Davies and Georgia Robertson (Food and Nutrition), Georgie Bruce, Molly Thomsson and Evie Simonsohn (Art), Jack Culshaw, Kahu Nepia,<br />
Evie Simonsohn (Music), Dylan Rimmer (Te Reo Maori), Haydn Miles, Molly Thomsson and Joshua Orton (Materials Technology), Zoe Smith, Ashleigh Doran<br />
and Ethan Brady (Spanish), Jono Watson (Mike Sheehan Award for Junior Mathematics).<br />
A huge thanks to our sponsors<br />
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Year 10 Academic Awards<br />
10CD - Aimee McArthur (English), Sam Jewell (Mathematics), Aimee McArthur (Physical Education), Aimee McArthur (Social Studies), Leo Staufenberg<br />
(Science), Maude Rogers and Sam Jewell (SOAR), Sam Jewell and Aimee McArthur (Highest Achiever).<br />
10SF - Michael Gealogo (English), Michael Gealogo (Mathematics), Ines Stephani (Physical Education), Sophie Hodgkiss-Blyth (Social Studies), Michael Gealogo<br />
(Science), Yasmin Christian and Ben McLachlan (SOAR), Michael Gealogo and Ava Erickson (Highest Achiever).<br />
10SP - Jack Miller (English), Jack Miller (Mathematics), Maddy Thompson (Physical Education), Maddy Thompson (Social Studies), Maddy Thompson (Science),<br />
Alex Combe and Ashley MacCulloch (SOAR), Jack Miller and Maddy Thompson (Highest Achiever).<br />
10TC - Oliver Clements (English), Czaliya Viloria (Mathematics), Oliver Clements (Physical Education), Czaliya Viloria (Social Studies), Oliver Clements (Science),<br />
Oscar Humphreys and Jaimee Vink (SOAR), Oliver Clements and Czaliya Viloria (Highest Achiever).<br />
10BP - Siena Shotwell (English), Abigail Winter (Mathematics), Jack Findlay (Physical Education), Emily Heath (Social Studies), Ben McNabb (Science),<br />
Thea Erichsen and Jack Findlay (SOAR), Ben McNabb and Abigail Winter (Highest Achiever).<br />
Highest Achievers in Options Subjects<br />
Jessica Hollow (Spatial & Product Design), Jack Miller (Computing), Ben McNabb (Maori, Performing Arts and Electronics), Luca Georgalli (Drama),<br />
Czaliya Viloria (Food & Nutrition), Ella Robinson (Visual Art), Oliver Clements (Music), Jessie McKenzie (Te Reo Maori), Jacob Curtis (Materials Technology),<br />
Ben McNabb (Economics), Billea-Nova Chin-Nyika (Spanish).<br />
High Achievers in Options Subjects<br />
Ben McNabb (Spatial & Product Design), Annika Gibson (Computing), Georgia Evans (Food & Nutrition), Jessica Hollow, Ruby Burke, Maddy Thompson<br />
(Visual Art), Jessie McKenzie (Music), Olive Pujol and Abigail Winter (Te Reo Maori, Materials Technology and Spanish), Zelda Boyd, Michael Gealogo and<br />
Maddy Thompson (Economics).<br />
Racers Edge Award - Emily Heath for wholehearted involvement in a range of extracurricular activities<br />
Junior Service Awards - Meg Thomas, Kate Goodsell, Aimee McArthur, Emily Heath<br />
Junior Cultural Awards - Kahu Nepia, Thea Erichsen, Estelle Norman, Jessie McKenzie<br />
Cultural Service Awards - Toto Tanabe for a positive contribution towards life in the International Language Centre<br />
Zoe Smith for excellence in delivering a monologue at Year 9<br />
Lucy Fenton for excellent achievement in debating at junior level<br />
Estelle Norman for an outstanding contribution to music<br />
Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award Bronze<br />
Estelle Norman, Aimee McArthur, Jaydon Jordi, Jessie McKenzie, Laura Neale, Shanae Sanders, Isobel Smith, Annabel Carter, Emma Smith, Alex Combe,<br />
Olive Pujol, Ella Robinson, Rata Horan, Annika Gibson, Abigail Winter, Sophie Fenn, Siena Shotwell, Maye Hall, Billea-Nova Chin-Nyika, Ben McNabb and Sammy Harry.<br />
Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award Silver<br />
Jessie McKenzie, Olive Pujol, Annika Gibson, Abigail Winter<br />
Junior Sports Awards<br />
Zoe Smith, Ryan Schmack, Campbell Wright, Ines Stephani<br />
SOAR Community Award<br />
Jack Findlay for best displaying the <strong>MAC</strong> SOAR values in sport<br />
Sports Champions<br />
Cross Country Year 9/10 boys - Campbell Wright<br />
Cross Country Year 9/10 girls - Zoe Smith<br />
Swimming 12 year old girls - Abby Fisher<br />
Swimming 13 year old boys - Jack Findlay<br />
Swimming 13 year old girls - Emily Heath<br />
Swimming U16 girls - Jody Chisholm<br />
Athletics U14 girls - Abby Fisher<br />
Snowboarding girls - Lucia Brown<br />
National Achievement<br />
Zoe Smith, Luca Harrington, Alexa McKay, Oliver Thomas for achieving a<br />
national title in skiing<br />
Zoe Smith Faulks Family Trophy for success in a range of sporting activities<br />
International Achievement<br />
Ines Stephani for international representation in tennis<br />
Abby East for international representation in athletics<br />
SENIOR AWARDS<br />
Year 11 Awards - Highest Achievers at Level 1<br />
Peta McKay (Food and Nutrition), Flynn Rosie (Te Reo Maori), Max Swift<br />
(Technology), Samantha Clark (Visual Art), Alisa Hoenig (Outdoor Pursuits<br />
- Discovery), Tyler Greeks (Mathematics), Ruth Bennie (Spanish), Billy<br />
Sandri (Spatial and Product Design), Hayley Yule (Geography), Max Swift<br />
(Computing), Jesse Robertson (Physical Education), Ayla Smalls (Drama)<br />
Billy Sandri (Music), Hayley Yule (Economics and Business), Mia Treadwell-<br />
Burke (English), Jaime Toepfer (History), Blake Hartley (Science).<br />
High Achievers at Level 1<br />
Tyler Greeks (Visual Art), Annabel Fairbairn, Billy Sandri, Otto Burrows<br />
(Mathematics), Fletch Cavanagh (Physical Education), Jesse Robertson<br />
(Economics and Business), Hayley Yule, Otto Burrows, Jaime Toepfer<br />
(English), Olivia Bates, Billy Sandri, Elena McFadgen (Science), Rory Johns<br />
(Treble Cone Scholarship for outstanding passion and commitment in<br />
Outdoor Pursuits).<br />
Year 12 Awards - Highest Achievers at Level 2<br />
Bella Fraser (Visual Art Photography), Sonya Palmer (Spanish), Pedro<br />
Domingues (Tourism), Frazer Limmer (Woodwork), Jake Nicholson<br />
(Business), <strong>Mag</strong>gie Little (Food and Nutrition), Max Hall (Visual Art Design).<br />
National Representation<br />
Anton Cousins for achieving a national title in mountain biking<br />
Bella Thomsson, Ben Harrington, <strong>Mag</strong>gie Little for achieving a national title<br />
in skiing<br />
International Representation<br />
Laura Erichsen for international representation in sailing<br />
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott for international representation in snowboarding<br />
Blake Hartley, Alistair Garland, Manu Barnard, Finn Bilous for international<br />
representation in skiing<br />
Sammy Burke for international representation in cross country and athletics<br />
Hannah McNabb (Biology), Stirling Deaton (Outdoor Pursuits - Challenge),<br />
Reanna Shepherd (Geography), Max Hall (English), <strong>Mag</strong>gie Little (Physical<br />
Education), Peech Phoomrittikul (Economics), Joe Strawson (Computer<br />
Studies), Joe Strawson, Hannah McNabb (Mathematics with Calculus),<br />
Phoebe Young (Mathematics with Statistics), Hannah McNabb (Physics),<br />
Adam Breen (Mechanical Engineering), Kate Binns (History), Hannah<br />
McNabb (Spatial and Product Design), Emily Simpkin (Visual Art Painting),<br />
Hannah McNabb (Chemistry), Max Hall (Drama), Riley Christie (Music),<br />
Hannah McNabb (Mike Sheehan Memorial Scholarship for excellence in<br />
Senior Mathematics), Henry Hardaker (Gateway Excellence Award),<br />
Henry Hardaker (Year 12 Pathways Award).<br />
High Achievers at Level 2<br />
Simone Johnston (Business), Phoebe Young (Biology), Phoebe Young, Sonya<br />
Palmer, <strong>Mag</strong>gie Little (English), Gregor Findlay (Physical Education) Tom<br />
Rizzi (Mathematics), Zachary Kaye (Physics), Zachary Kaye (Chemistry),<br />
Caitlin Sanders (Senior Language Award), Logan Barnett, Tamati Thomson,<br />
Christopher Wood, Olivia NcNair, Ben Truebridge (Aviation Award),<br />
Christopher Wood (Wanaka Flight Training Aviation Programme Award for<br />
obtaining pilot’s licence and high achievement at altitude).<br />
Hamish McLean for achieving a national title in swimming<br />
Leo Munro-Heward for receiving a New Zealand Youth Award<br />
Meg Harraway for international representation in waterskiing<br />
Holly Wigg for international representation in karate<br />
Phoebe Young for international representation in mountain biking<br />
Max Hall for receiving the Diana Award<br />
Janus Staufenberg for international representation in triathlon and athletics<br />
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CULTURAL AWARDS<br />
Te Korowai o te Maatauranga Award - Anna Edwards for leadership in Taha Maori at Mount Aspiring College<br />
Haskell Award for Excellence in Drama - Daniel Regal for an outstanding contribution to drama<br />
The Upper Clutha Community Arts Council Senior Award - Noah Regan-Roach for excellence in creative arts<br />
Senior Music Award - Tyler Bailey for an outstanding contribution to music<br />
King Family Trophy for Performing Arts - Ella Maluschnig for an outstanding contribution to the performing arts<br />
SERVICE AWARDS<br />
Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award Bronze - Jessie Fothergill, Jessie Fraser, Tyler Greeks, Kobi Maibach, Stellar Nepia<br />
Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award Silver - Mel Telford, Emilie Barnett, Simone Johnson, Hannah McNabb, Breagha Rennie<br />
Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award Gold - Bella Fraser, Haley Vuleta, Nick Toepfer<br />
Students in the Community with Distinction - Caitlin Gibson, Christopher Wood, Olly McKenzie, Tyler Bailey, Caitlin Sanders, Emma Stalker, Ellen Cagney,<br />
Ashleigh Cram, Jette Cavanagh, Anna Edwards, Sean Dickey, Sophie Fairbairn, Kerri Templeton, Ben Hadida, Laura MacCulloch, Alex Mitchell, Matthew<br />
McCracken, Alyssa Pryde, Campbell Russell, Ella Moore, Jesse Mulqueen, Luke Burke, Amy Knight, Nick Toepfer, Saskia van der Wilt<br />
Maude Rosebowl Award - Sam Lourie for a positive and enthusiastic contribution towards hostel life<br />
Diane Scott Memorial Award - Lucas Martins for a positive contribution to life in the International Language Centre<br />
Simpson Family Trophy - Mackenzie Ayres for wholehearted contribution to all aspects of college life<br />
Principal’s Award - Janus Staufenberg for wholehearted contribution to all aspects of college life<br />
Student Leadership Committee Recognition Award - Ashleigh Cram for wholehearted contribution to student activities at <strong>MAC</strong><br />
James Family Award - Scott Welch a student with additional needs who has gained personal excellence<br />
Walker Family Award - Bonnie Crawshaw-McLean for a significant contribution to the college and community<br />
The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society Award - Anna Edwards for empathy for the environment and enthusiasm and involvement in nature<br />
Heslop Cup for Fairplay - Caitlin Gibson for outstanding contribution to sporting life at the college<br />
Paul Campbell Trophy for Boys Sport - Finn Bilous for outstanding performance in a range of sports as a player and role model<br />
Bayne Family Trophy for Girls Sport - Zoi Sadowski-Synnott for outstanding performance in a range of sports as a player and role model<br />
HOUSE AWARDS<br />
Roy House Award - Ella Moore, Pisa House Award - Rory Hannon, Iron House Award - Laura Wellman, Barker House Award - Olly McKenzie<br />
PREMIER AWARDS<br />
Upper Clutha Lions Borland Lodge Scholarship - Alyx Nyika, Claudia Wilkinson<br />
Wanaka Medical Centre Scholarship - Alyssa Pryde for a significant contribution as a leader and role model<br />
Edgewater Scholarship - Ella Moore for a significant contribution as a leader and role model<br />
Batchelar McDougall Scholarship - Campbell Russell for a significant contribution as a leader and role model<br />
Jamie Robertson Music Scholarship - Tyler Bailey for a significant contribution to music and performance<br />
Gallaway Cook Allan Law Scholarship - Ned Williams-Holloway for a significant contribution as a leader and role model<br />
Rose Scholarship - Sean Dickey for a significant contribution as a leader and role model<br />
Robert McDougall Scholarship - Caitlin Sanders for a significant contribution as a leader and role model<br />
Kane Scholarship - Patrick Gainsford for a significant contribution as a leader and role model<br />
Otago Polytechnic Scholarship - Sarah Millis for a significant contribution as a leader and role model<br />
The Wanaka Masonic Lodge Scholarship - Ellen Cagney for a significant contribution as a leader and role model<br />
Proxime Accessit Award - Samuel Sandri for academic excellence in Physics, Calculus, Computing and Spatial and Product Design<br />
Dux of the College - Luke Burke for academic excellence in Music, Calculus, Computing, Physics and Drama<br />
Lions’ Club Trophy for Best All Round Girl - Caitlin Gibson<br />
Lions’ Club Trophy for Best All Round Boy - Luke Burke<br />
WANAKA MASONIC<br />
LODGE<br />
A huge thanks to our Premier Award sponsors<br />
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Where Are They Now?<br />
Tell us Luke, what are you doing these days?<br />
When you were little, were you the kind of kid that<br />
wished you could stay up as late as you liked,<br />
watching movies and eating junk food? Your<br />
parents always being the boring, responsible Fun<br />
Police, telling you “no, you have to go to bed”. As<br />
you grew older, did the boundaries slip, did your<br />
parents relent, did you get to stay up late? Did<br />
you realise after the first few late nights that your<br />
parents might just have been onto something<br />
with that whole “early to bed, early to rise” thing?<br />
Did you find that having the freedom to choose<br />
more often than not just made you choose the<br />
boring, “healthy” option yourself?<br />
That’s my life now.<br />
The best thing about studying and living away<br />
from home is the freedom I have. My time is<br />
now entirely my own, so if I want to skip today’s<br />
lectures and just lay in bed all day, I can. No one<br />
cares. The problem is, I’m the one responsible<br />
for myself now, and I know that missing a day’s<br />
worth of learning is probably counterproductive<br />
towards my university career. I can stay up till<br />
three in the morning watching Netflix every single<br />
night, but I know that then I’ll be completely<br />
useless the next day, so I don’t. In my opinion the<br />
absolute freedom can be the most challenging<br />
part of university, but easily the most rewarding.<br />
Figuring out how best to spend my time by<br />
balancing study, fun, sport and most importantly<br />
sleep isn’t easy, but does make for some darn<br />
good times.<br />
These days I’m playing hockey for the university<br />
club, playing guitar in a band made up of other<br />
first-years, and trying to exercise enough to<br />
balance out all the food my hall feeds me. I’m<br />
in the second semester of my first year of a<br />
Mechatronics Engineering degree, which is eating<br />
up most of my time and only keeping me up most<br />
nights. It’s a fine balancing act, but I’ve always<br />
preferred having what I call an 'insane, crazy,<br />
hectic, busy!' schedule to an empty one.<br />
I see. How would you say <strong>MAC</strong> life prepared<br />
you for this wonderful misadventure?<br />
To be honest, words can’t explain the sheer<br />
gratitude and respect I have for <strong>MAC</strong>. Words<br />
can’t express the pride I feel being able to call it<br />
my school. Words can’t come close to describing<br />
the help and support I received from my teachers,<br />
or the friendships that I made.<br />
So I won’t waste them.<br />
Suffice to say <strong>MAC</strong> gave me every single tool<br />
and opportunity that got me here today (as<br />
well as the motivation to do so) and I will always<br />
remember it fondly.<br />
Thanks Luke, that was beatiful... wait, are you...<br />
crying?<br />
No, my eyes are just a little sweaty today.<br />
Uh huh. Finally, what advice would you give to<br />
the folks at school on making the most of it?<br />
I would say “make the most of every opportunity,<br />
you’re so lucky to live where you do, live in the<br />
moment”, but if they’re not sick of hearing that<br />
by now they’ve probably not been listening hard<br />
enough. No, what I will say is simply “have fun”.<br />
Taking school seriously is always a good idea, but<br />
if they ask you to write a couple of paragraphs<br />
describing your life at uni, don’t be afraid to inject<br />
just a little humour. Bad example maybe.<br />
What I’m trying to say (here come the clichés)<br />
is that one day you will look back on your high<br />
school days fondly, and you should do your best<br />
to make good memories to reflect on. Work hard,<br />
but when its playtime, just have some fun. Do<br />
cool stuff with your weekends. Get some hobbies.<br />
You get it, just have some fun. But not too much.<br />
Also not too little. You’ll figure it out.<br />
That’s it from me, always a pleasure to be able to<br />
impart some of my wisdom.<br />
Yours truly,<br />
Luke Burke<br />
For over 16 years I have innocently grown up in<br />
the small bubble of a town that we all love to call<br />
home - Wanaka. Even though Wanaka has been<br />
a treat to grow up in, I reached my time where I<br />
was ready to leave and see what else the world<br />
has to hold for me, a feeling which I’m sure many<br />
seniors will have growing upon them as they get<br />
closer to their departure from school and home.<br />
This year I have moved three hours down the road<br />
to Dunedin where I am studying a Bachelor of<br />
Nursing at the Otago Polytechnic. I cannot explain<br />
the feeling of finally being able to study something<br />
you are passionate about and what you want to<br />
do for the next chapter of your life, if not the rest<br />
of your life. To think one day I’ll be helping save<br />
people’s lives is a scary thought for me (and<br />
whoever ends up in the hospital bed in front of me),<br />
but I am literally counting down the days until they<br />
let me into the hospital… I CAN’T WAIT!<br />
I think it’s impossible to be fully prepared for the<br />
change of moving to University or Polytechnic.<br />
I was extremely shocked with the expectation<br />
and the standard of work required just to pass a<br />
paper and the time required to make passing a<br />
reality. It’s hard not to get caught up in the social<br />
and sporting life and come home to realize the<br />
mountains of work you still have to do when you<br />
really just want to get some sleep. It’s been a real<br />
life lesson for me to learn how to time manage<br />
and set myself a plan in order to stay on top of<br />
everything and is something I’m still figuring out.<br />
Advice I have for students at <strong>MAC</strong> would be to<br />
make sure you make the most of school. Everyone<br />
tells you it’s the easiest and best time of your life<br />
and… they are right. I thought they were all lying<br />
but now I really do know how easy school is and<br />
how you should embrace it while you are still there.<br />
I think it’s also important to study something you<br />
are passionate about, because a lot of hours for<br />
the next three or so years is dedicated to it. Take<br />
the time to figure out what is really best for you.<br />
Finally, my last piece of advice is to appreciate<br />
your parents while they are right at your fingertips<br />
because I can tell you they have your back like<br />
nobody else ever will and the distance they go to<br />
make you happy – well, words can’t describe that.<br />
Overall the next step people make after high<br />
school leads everyone down different paths and<br />
none of them are wrong. Enjoy university if you<br />
decide that’s what you want to do, work hard and<br />
have fun. It’s only for a short period of time that<br />
you’ll never get to relive. Maybe university isn’t for<br />
you - for my best friend it wasn’t what was best<br />
for her and that’s OK because I have never seen<br />
her as happy as I do today in our rare but hours<br />
long Facetime calls.<br />
The point I’m trying to make is to trust what you<br />
want to do and do it at 110% because when you<br />
leave high school, nobody but you can dictate<br />
your life.<br />
“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve<br />
greatly.”- John F. Kennedy<br />
Caitlin Gibson<br />
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Academic<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> Blues<br />
Joe Strawson<br />
Hannah McNabb<br />
Luci McDougall<br />
Phoebe Young<br />
Emily Simpkin<br />
Gregor Findlay<br />
Riley Christie<br />
Zachary Kaye<br />
Joseph Sharratt<br />
Julius Staufenberg<br />
Lucas Buckley<br />
Tilly Hoffman-Wall<br />
Jaime Toepfer<br />
Billy Sandri<br />
Hayley Yule<br />
Peta McKay<br />
Cultural<br />
Francesca Kraayvanger<br />
Rory Johns<br />
Flynn Rosie<br />
Riley Christie<br />
Leo Munro-Heward<br />
Emilie Barnett<br />
Sonya Palmer<br />
Casey Scurr<br />
Max Hall<br />
Luci McDougall<br />
Jessica Curtis<br />
Service<br />
Alex Plimmer<br />
Kenzie Muir<br />
Erica Ayres<br />
Simone Johnson<br />
Leo Munro-Heward<br />
Sonya Palmer<br />
Bella Fraser<br />
Madi Mulqueen<br />
Sam Coupland<br />
<strong>Mag</strong>gie Little<br />
Jessica Curtis<br />
Luci McDougall<br />
Annabel Fairbairn<br />
Stirling Deaton<br />
Samantha Garrick<br />
Eva Wilson<br />
Peta McKay<br />
Mel Telford<br />
Sport<br />
<strong>Mag</strong>gie Little<br />
Fletch Cavanagh<br />
Meg Harraway<br />
Alex Plimmer<br />
Samantha Garrick<br />
Sam Pearce<br />
Gregor Findlay<br />
Rory Johns<br />
Sam Howard<br />
Ben Harrington<br />
Natalie Mitchell<br />
Phoebe Young<br />
Flynn Rosie<br />
Madi Gainsford<br />
Georgia Budd<br />
Grace Lee<br />
Lachie Weir<br />
Mel Telford<br />
Greer Porter<br />
Peta McKay<br />
Jack East<br />
Phoenix Brownlee<br />
Jessie Fraser<br />
Kate Richards<br />
Sam Coupland<br />
Sam Teal<br />
Ronan Thompson<br />
Holly Wigg<br />
Bella Fraser<br />
Special Awards<br />
Jake Nicholson<br />
Phoebe Young<br />
Rata Horan<br />
Gregor Findlay<br />
Riley Christie<br />
Zachary Kaye<br />
Ben Harrington<br />
Natalie Mitchell<br />
Flynn Rosie<br />
Madi Gainsford<br />
Georgia Budd<br />
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Barker<br />
BAS<br />
BBR<br />
BBU<br />
BLO<br />
BAS Caitlin Bailey, Eve Bretherton, Lucas Bron, Hugo Darby, Antoine Dollinger, Abby East, Archie Goodall, William Hogg, Casey Irwin, Finn Kemp, Lachie MacDonald,<br />
Kalani Muirhead, Flynn Phillips, Josephine Plimmer, Greysea Steven, Macy Toovey, Arn Upadek, Holly Wigg, Amelie Woonton, Hayley Yule.<br />
BBR Sara Ambrose, Will Anderson, Ma’nea Apa, Pyper Arnold, Sam Caumette, James Dougherty, Thea Erichsen, Alistair Garland, Linus Gerold, Kahu Griffin, Louisa Kane,<br />
Christina Lamb, Gustav Legnavsky, Xion Lippe, Ibrahim Mohammed, Sam Parry, Rurika Sekino, Mel Telford, Olivia Vuleta, Sophie Walsh.<br />
BBU Marcel Bartley, Max Byrne, George Crotty, Abby Fisher, Estelle Gellatly, Holly Gibson, Samara Goodall, Ngaio Groenen, Cai Jager, Cormick Lea, Annika Massey, Lucas<br />
McTavish, Estelle Norman, Jacinta Page, Max Roughan, Ella Sarginson, Morgan Sarginson, Quinn Secker, Maria Sutter, Hunter Wilton.<br />
BBW Pedro Araujo Leopoldo, Kate Binns, Georgie Bruce, Samantha Clark, Louis Darby, Kine Diallo, Kate Goodsell, Lilly Hampson, Ellie Huh, Jonty Keenan, Shelley Lambert, Fin<br />
MacDonald, Joshua Rogan, James Roughan, Lukas Schafer, Charlie Scurr, Hayley Secker, Benjamin Silipo, Bonnie Traynor, Jonas Zimmermann.<br />
BCB Seth Allan, Henry Bowering, Kim Cadzow, Andrew Campbell, Alice Chrisp, Robbie Craig, <strong>Mag</strong>gie Dougherty, Theo Greenlees, Bianca James, Madi Jolly, Philip Massey,<br />
Damien McGilvray, Tammy Miller, Emilie Nicholson, Ryan Reid, Kaia Rosie, Harriet Sargood Ross, Millie Scott, Hamish Sherlock, Emily Straube.<br />
BFL Sam Bastion, Olivia Bates, Phoebe Bron, Jasmine Edwards, Maya Erichsen, Aiden Fitzpatrick, Declan Lambert, Patrick Llewellyn, Nicola MacKay, James Masters, Laura<br />
Neale, Alyx Nyika, Cuba Pavlovich, Dylan Rimmer, Ty Sarginson, Zac Scott, Thomas Scurr, Luca Testa, Molly Thomsson, Tamaki Yamamoto.<br />
BJN Lily Ashe, Grayson Bailey, Tama Battson, Charlie Bowmer-Lea, Kyle Castillejos, Caleb Eason, Scarlett Edwards, Jessie Fothergill, Jack Harker, Clover Lippe, Aimee McArthur,<br />
Ernst Meyer, KC Miller, Riley Miller, Cruz Morland, Carlos Parker, Alex Plimmer, Emily Simpkin, Toto Tanabe, Samantha Traynor, Reina Webster.<br />
BLO Blake Alty, Erica Ayres, Isaac Beale, Timo Fitzpatrick, Phoebe Garland, Blake Hartley, Amber Hewitt, Kareem Jodeh, Micah Jordi, Lindsay Lambert, Brooke Leslie, James<br />
Parry, Ferg Perriam, Gary Poilvert, Sakiko Saka, Tait Scurr, Howard Smith, Alex Sudron, Aleisha Turner, Portia Vuleta.<br />
14 14 <strong>MAC</strong> <strong>Mag</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>18</strong>
BMO<br />
BSC<br />
BWE<br />
BWI<br />
BMD Hayley Ambrose, Ashley Bates, Kate Beaton, Thomas Benson, Matthew Botting, Maelle Darby, Sam Dougherty, Oscar Goodwin, Carter Hewson, Fred Johnson, Liam Kemp,<br />
Sophie McKenna, Scarlett Norman, Lucy Perriam, Shanae Sanders, Callum Smith, Eamon Smith, Zoe Smith, Lilly Trotter, Keltan Voyce.<br />
BMO Shawna Allan, Livi Arnold, Weston Bell, Ollie Blyth, Nicholas Boyne, Millie East, Adam Glanz, Kiera Gray, Penelope James, Grace Lee, Devlin Lynden, Thomas Masters,<br />
Bonnie McGregor, Teague McMiken, Ben Pell, Olly Perriam, Jay Sherlock, Cate Sullivan, Jackson Vallance, Indy Wilton.<br />
BSC Amy Benson, Toby Blatch, Libby Bron, Flynn Brown, Kimiya Byrne, Mikaela Condren, Brittany Dunckley, Levi Fletcher, Isla Gellatly, Natasha Hamer, Patrick Hartley,<br />
James Jeffries, Jemma Jordi, Logan Lambert, Lea McTavish, Taine Smith, Caleb Turner, Bryce Voyce, Sara Wright, India Yule.<br />
BWE Daniel Bastion, Charlotte Bell, Eleanor Bennett, Neva Clausen, Marcus Hetherington, Monty Hewson, Harry Hope, Owen Lea, Jessica McKenna, Tom Millis, Ty Muirhead,<br />
Lulu Pettit, Lauren Rimmer, Flynn Rosie, Daisy Sanders, Hugo Smith, Keanu Tampe, Finn Thomsson, Annabelle Treacy, Phoebe Young.<br />
BWI Jake Clark, Hannah Craig, Jack East, Madi Gainsford, Romy Guichard, Oscar Hetherington, Tara Hewitt, Luke Horrocks, Taylah Jones, Jaydon Jordi, Millie Kaiser,<br />
Jessie McKenzie, Luscha McMiken, Haydn Miles, Ollie Morgan, Rowan Rosie, Bella Thomsson, Noah Vincenzi-Johnson.<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> <strong>Mag</strong> <strong>18</strong><br />
15
Iron<br />
IBL<br />
IBN<br />
IBV<br />
ICS<br />
IED<br />
IDL<br />
IBA Laura Bacigalova, Mackenzie Barnett, Jessa Bennett, Sarah Burbery, Mia Carter, Torben Craig, Lachlan Davison, Stirling Deaton, Kate Fryer, Luca Harrington,<br />
Hannah Humphreys, Ruby Jamison, Liam Kirk, Milly Lewis, Timo Moers, Tom Roberts, Ari Rowe, Nikita Sinclair, Isobel Smith, Lachlan Weir.<br />
IBL Caycee Beck, Lucas Buckley, Seth Carleton, Deia Carson-Wolfe, Annabel Carter, Luca Dennison, Samantha Garrick, Ben Infantado, Rasmus Jansen, Luke Keen, Nik<br />
Martin, Brooke McWhirter, Lucy Miller, Daniel O’Donnell, Caspin Orbell, Eve Paddon, Nicole Pittaway, Sebastian Rhind, Vanessa Vickers, Hayden Watson, Moana Watson.<br />
IBN Deakin Beck, Danielle Carney, Bryan Clark, Abi Croft, Aislyn Fay, Zedyn Fellows, Grace Gillies, James Glynn, Jake Jamison, Anton Jones, Zoe Labes, Tess<br />
Martin, Daisy Orbell, Jessica Paddon, Sam Sharratt, Bailey Shuker, Sam Teal, Fabienne Weidner, Jack Willson.<br />
IBV Lili Arratia, Henry Baverstock, Lyla Chamberlain, Alex Combe, Tayla Doran, Jordan Fox, Cameron Gibbins, Sam Horton, Charlotte Hunt, Noa Hunter, Tegan<br />
Labes, Elih Long, Max Lusty, Cam Melville Ives, Jasmine Murray, Pippa Raffills, Dakota Rowe, Hugo Sinclair, Liam Williamson.<br />
ICS Izy Alloway, Layla Brooks, Trinity Clegg, Jonte Connolly, Bayne Deaton, Jana Dietzel, Imogen Dougherty, Phoenix Fay, Ben Fussell, Mikaela Harridge, Otis<br />
Murphy, Matthias Pfeil, Emily Schmidt, Luke Smith, Martha Toghill, Connor Waghorn, Annelise Wedgwood, Eva Wilson.<br />
IDL Ben Boyd, Aden Cassaidy, Fletch Cavanagh, Olivia Connolly, Brianna Curtis, Mica Drake, Jessie Fraser, Eligh Hollegien, Olivia Jones, Fin Melville Ives, Emily<br />
O’Donnell, Archie Orbell, Sonya Palmer, Olly Rowe, Cooper Scott, Red Simpson, Finn Thomson, Lissie Welch, Billie Willson, Bobbie Wilson-Davies, Amelia Young.<br />
IED Niall Alexander, Ethan Arratia, Emilie Barnett, Hollis Chow, Mae Cradock, Jessica Curtis, Ava Fussell, Mia Gerrard, Hinano Hayashi, Brooke Hutchison,<br />
<strong>Mag</strong>gie Miller, Rylan Nichol, Ally Paterson, Jenna Peat, Johnny Percy, Ajay Quirk, Emily Stembridge, Will Thomson, Louis von Heraud-Parker.<br />
16 <strong>MAC</strong> <strong>Mag</strong> <strong>18</strong>
IHR<br />
IJO<br />
ILB<br />
ISM<br />
IVE/ITO<br />
IHR Kahu Allan, Jess Brennan, Melia Brett, Ashley Buckland, Will Carney, Kaia Cassaidy, Antonio Cattell Ferreira, Jack Culshaw, Jacob Curtis, Ashleigh Doran,<br />
Anika Fay, Eva Gilbertson, Andrew Hay, Sophie Hodgkiss-Blyth, Ben Martin, Milo Palmer, Eliza Rogers, Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, Shuto Suzuki, Jono Watson.<br />
IJO William Bale, Phoebe Brownlie, Amelia Craig, Isabella Culshaw, Caity Curtis, Florrie Dixon, Jacob Field, Troy Fryer, Samantha Laird, Suki Leigh, Jack Miller,<br />
Joshua Orton, Maude Rogers, Charlie Sharratt, Tay Simpson, Emma Smith, Julius Staufenberg, Presayous Tata, Carter Titterton, Ollie Williams-Holloway.<br />
ILB Shae Barrett-Corrigan, Meg Breen, Phoenix Brownlie, Piper Cavanagh, Sierra Clegg, Jacob Farrell, Harry Gilbertson, Jacob Harwood, Holly James, Matthew<br />
Nolan, Emma Palmer, Greer Porter, Benji Pujol, Zoe Raffills, Bella Richardson, Joseph Sharratt, Phenix Smith, Blake West.<br />
ISM Molly Baverstock, Whitney Bennett, Ruby Boyd, Neve Brugman, Georgia Budd, Lucas Buick, Kate Burbery, Daniel Clark, Jake Connolly, Ben Harrington,<br />
Oscar Humphreys, Olivia McLachlan, Ben McMurray, Will Miller, Chiara Ochsmann, Anna Roberts, Billy Sandri, Alicia Stock, Clarke West, Ryan Young.<br />
IVE/ITO Julian Barker/, Zelda Boyd, Adam Breen, Thomas Buick, Tawa Carson-Wolfe, Annabel Fairbairn, Bella Fraser, Ava Hay, Cameron Howell, Jack Humphries-<br />
Ladbrook, Annabel Hutchison, Nina Lee Smith, Vicenzo Neves Ranieri, Tom Rizzi, Evie Sinclair, Leo Staufenberg, Dart Watson, Kate Watson, Grace Winter.<br />
IWG Joshua Allison, Angus Cagney, Ethan Carleton, Blaze Clegg, Anna Corthell, Sam Coupland, Amelia Dore, Eliza Hardaker, McKenzie Hart, Logan Hay, Caoimhe<br />
Heath, Toby Horton, Eva Humphreys, Abby McArthur, Karin Murata, Joshua Nolan, Olive Pujol, Illume Sadowski-Synnott, Reanna Shepherd, Zach Smith, Bronson Toghill.<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> <strong>Mag</strong> <strong>18</strong><br />
17
PAL<br />
PBD<br />
PRB<br />
PVA<br />
PRE<br />
<strong>18</strong> <strong>MAC</strong> <strong>Mag</strong> <strong>18</strong><br />
<strong>18</strong> <strong>MAC</strong> <strong>Mag</strong> <strong>18</strong>Pisa<br />
PBT<br />
PAL Josh Arthur, Kate Bennie, Yasmin Christian, Leilana Elms, Ikey Emanuel, Mitchell Evans, Eamon Green, Daniel Hadida, Emily Heath, Sam Howard, Jack Lanigan,<br />
Oceania McFadgen, Tyler McGregor, Jessica Owers, Sophia Perkins, Hannes Reinhardt, Caitlin Roberts, Joe Strawson, Romili Townsend, Tai Treadwell-Burke, Laura Watkins.<br />
PBD Otto Burrows, Himaya Dalton, Kanuka Elms, Thomas Evans, Jack Findlay, Jake Green, Latisha Halcrow, Leightyn Hessian, Ashton Holsted, Pipi Horan, Zoe<br />
Learmonth, Ewan Little, Nikita Mayen, Kimberley McArthur, Matilda Metcalfe, Ellise Price, Aneka Rossiter, Bailey Sharp, Andy Verwoerd.<br />
PBT Alfie Baldwin, Kasia Balls, Jessie Barkman-White, Jack Bason, Brayden Courtney, Katey Donovan, Melissa Emasu, Caspian Ferens, Ciara Foggin, Sabina<br />
Gibson, Minnie Harker Gilmour, Sam Johnson, Campbell Lanigan, Georgia McGregor, Zak Miller, Angelique Price, Daniel Wright, Otto Young.<br />
PCL Elliot Bain, Ollie Baldwin, Holly Chamberlain, Madi Cooper, Tivi De’Souza, Leo Duncan, Ava Erickson, Isabela Farina Loureiro, Maddi Frazer, Josh Hasler,<br />
Sofia Heath, Tilly Hoffman-Wall, Jamie Kerr, Louis McCutcheon, Leo Munro-Heward, Ella Salmen Parker, Lorenzo Soto Mejia, Zavier Taylor.<br />
PGO Mackenzie Allison, Toby Balls, Jessica Courtney, Oliver Haines, Trae Hessian, Jinho Hong, Nina Iseli-Adams, Rory Johns, Olivia Johnstone, Ella Miles, Rory<br />
Read, Milly Robinson, Olivia Rudhall, Kiara Searing, Waka Takahara, Tamehana Urquhart, Finn van Maren.<br />
PHO Max Birkby, Baylee Campbell, Chicane Cooper, Jessica Gould, Aimee Harrold, Grace Heath, Tom Heather, Hunter Hewson, Sam Jewell, Simone Johnson,<br />
Cole McIntyre, Kalan Nichol, Makayla Rasmussen, Ella Robinson, Tom Sides, Sophie Spaninks, Meg Thomas, Jake Thompson, Jessie Winter.<br />
PMU Lucas Baird, Mustafa Caliskan, Reuben Collett, Zoe Frazer, Isla Henderson, Rata Horan, Sage Kellahan, Tesoro Levy, Sienna Nicholson, Thomas Niles,<br />
Summer Rasmussen, Ashdon Reid, Bella Sarginson, Ryan Schmack, Pyper Turner, Luka Van Maren, Oscar Waddington, Mya Walker, Meg Weedon.
PCL<br />
PGO<br />
PWH<br />
PWD<br />
PSL<br />
PHO / PMU<br />
PRB Emma Arthur, Will Christian, Jessie Davidson, Gregor Findlay, Thomas Gibson, Harry Gillespie, Albie Haynes, Zachary Kaye, Hunter Kee, Chloe Latimer,<br />
Ashley MacCulloch, Tia McCutcheon, Hazel Murray, Jaime Olley, Oli Prince, Marli Reyta, Jamie Toomey, Tess Treadwell-Burke, Ocean van Riel, Campbell Wright.<br />
PRE James Beere, Ruth Bennie, Miki Bercelli, Ashton Chamberlain, Yasmin Coombe, Rhi David, Henri Fenn, Cecilia Gardner, Lukas Henderson, Ronan Kaye,<br />
Paul Katthoefer, Ethan Kerr, Frankie Kraayvanger, Huck Levy, Emily Lovelock, Charlie McKean, Helene Price, Christie Southwick, Claudia Wilkinson.<br />
PSL Tru Bowie, Jemma Brake, Reuben Dale, Annika Gibson, Ben Hawkins, Leithen Henderson, Ewan Hughes, Elena McFadgen, Taki McLachlan, Cooper Mills, Emma<br />
Niederer, Chilli Papai, Fergus Read, Niamh Schmack, Caleb Smith, Wilfred Spearing, Czaliya Viloria, Leonie Waldhaeuser, James Watherston, Caleb Wright.<br />
PVA Cade Cameron, Mitchell Collett, Shaneil Coupe, Zoe Eckhoff, Emily Findlay, Lewis Gardner, Amon Gasson, Michael Gealogo, Jimin Lee, Michael Meek, Heidi Niederer,<br />
James Portugal, Brooke Presbie, Oliver Prince, Tom Scott, Aria Thor-Poet, Dilara Van, Caspar Waddington, Samantha Wilkinson, Abigail Winter, Hannah Wright.<br />
PWD Ethan Brady, Jamie Burdon, Tamara Burrows, Phoenix Cooper, Sophie Fenn, Lewie Foggin, Ceadin Gahan, Tom Gasson, Bradley Gendall, Tyler Greeks, Muireann<br />
Green, Rhys Hughes, <strong>Mag</strong>gie Little, Mihi McLachlan, Kenzie Muir, Layton Osnabrugge, Matthew Prince, Hamish Robinson, Isabella Soper, Sacha Swanson, Trinity Watkins.<br />
PWH Henry Allison, Kiara Bercelli, Lillian Eastwood, Eli Emanuel, Georgie Gillespie, Grace Green, Jayden Hanson, Jinwoo Hong, Sara Jewell, Nadia McNeilly, Hibiki Miyata,<br />
Jake Nicholson, Kyan Prince, Hannah Rae Piper,Felix Roettgen, Casey Scurr, Willow Strawson, Oliver Thomas, Niamh Townsend, Jack Welch, Maya Zschocke.<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> <strong>Mag</strong> <strong>18</strong><br />
19
Roy<br />
RAR<br />
RFA<br />
RHG<br />
RMN<br />
RMR<br />
RRN<br />
20 <strong>MAC</strong> <strong>Mag</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>18</strong><br />
RAR Bryne Bloxham, Gracie Cartlidge, Pedro Domingues, Lucy Fenton, Briar Hight, Amelia Holmes, Haylee Jermyn, Blake Lang, Anja Malmo, Hannah McNabb, Riley<br />
McRae, Amelia Mitchell, Freya Moore, Jack O’Brien, Bryce Parkhill, Wilkin Payens, Emma Pearce, Jesse Robertson, Siena Shotwell, Corin Suddaby, Shea Williams.<br />
RFA Mila Arnerich, Charlotte Aubrey, Prabhat Bohara, Ella Briscall, Lucia Brown, Alex Budweiser-King, Taylor Gilson, Tao Hawkey-Hight, Charlie Holmes,<br />
Nathan Holt, Joshua Jarvie, Ella Kaler, Emily Leahy, Luci McDougall, Maisy Millwater, Amy Morris, Finn Mueller, Henry O’Brien, Sam Pearce, Molly Todd.<br />
RGA Rose Armstrong, Nathan Beaton, Kirsten Blackley, Jackson Clark, Emma Davies, Stella Dawson, Sean Eaton, Natasha Foster, Yona Gertel, Riley Henley,<br />
Ned Hudson, Ethan Hughes, Kiky Liu, Freja Malmo, Dane Morisawa, Lena Pollard, Breagha Rennie, Jayden Robert, Vale Roberts, Tayla Upfold.<br />
RHG Antonia Cifuentes Ortega, Sienna Collins, William Collins, Ethan Critchley, Thomas Edwards, Georgia Evans, Nova Gillam, Beau Gordon, Morris Gordon,<br />
Millie Heine, Alyssa Holland, Finn Liddell, Emily McCarthy, Kahu Nepia, Archie North, Heath Parkhill, Amy Richards, Bella Robertson, Ryley Spargo.<br />
RMN Giovanni Austin-Moorhouse, Tineke Bangma, Ruby Burke, Chloe Cartlidge, Toby Davies, Maye Hall, Tana Hansen, Ben Harraway, Olivia Helmore, Gabe<br />
Jefferson, Melody Macdonald, Chloe McMillan, Danielle Molloy, Chester Neill, Ben Simmers, Jazz Simonsohn, James Suddaby, Isabella Templeton, Hudson<br />
Weathington, Matthew Wilson.<br />
RMR Charlie Anderson, Evelyn Armstrong, Oscar Georgalli, Bowen Greenaway, Angus Harraway, Luella Harry, Danny Holt, Alyssa Horning, Jack Jeffs, Jojo<br />
King, Charlotte Laming, Jorja Liddell, Alexa McKay, Cullen Meyer, Kyle Millar, Marla Schneider, Lola Underwood-Vize, Paris Woodhouse.<br />
RRN Manu Barnard, Anna Barrett, Millie Cranfield, Lucia Georgalli, Jono Harknett, Kate Harry, Jai Horkings, Ella James, Nikita Kirwan, Jack Liddell,<br />
Atom Malichai, Ezekiel Marr, Max Porter, Emily Redwood, Toa Roode, Kobi Simmers, McKay Watson, Matai Wells, Anataia White.
RSD<br />
RSH<br />
RSI<br />
RST<br />
RWN<br />
RSD Ruby Armstrong, Zara Bailey, Niklas Bareis, Max Carter, Oliver Clements, Claire Edwards, Scarlett Fenton, Imy Gordon, Otis Harry, Erica Hudson,<br />
Daniel Kemner, Jacob Lang, Nicole Meyer, Cobi Millar, Madi Mulqueen, Isabella Noble-Kirkbride, Hadley Tamati, Ronan Thompson, Jaime Toepfer, Hunter Tuck.<br />
RSH Astelia Aubrey, Leo Bailey, Dara Beattie-Johnson, Dinesh Bohara, Ruby Cochrane, Micah Cousins, Jem Curtis, Meg Harraway, Sienna Jones, Max Knight,<br />
Maya Mueller, Baxter Pollard, Kate Richards, Cole Sawyer, Nico Semeri, Joel Suddaby, Max Swift, Jaimee Vink, Ethan Walker.<br />
RSI Mai Beattie-Johnson, Billea-Nova Chin-Nyika, Holly Davey, Hana Dean, Manon Desandre, Anthony Edwards, Noah Holmes, Barnaby Jackson, Lucy Landreth,<br />
Kobi Maibach, Ben McNabb, Annalise Millar, Sampson Mollan, Wesley Moore, Stellar Nepia, Hunter Rowan, Evie Simonsohn, Erina Tamati, Laurie Watson, Jack Wyeth.<br />
RST Reilly Arnesen, Samir Bohara, Tyler Danielson, Kyle Evans, Ella Faithful, Luca Georgalli, Max Hall, Ryder Jefferson, Layth Johnston, Finlay Jones, Lucia<br />
Kamphuis, Henry McConnell, Saffron Millar, Bridget O’Brien, Lena Peter, Sophie Plimmer, Shenee Pryde, Caelan Purnell, <strong>Mag</strong>gie Stiven, Maddy Thompson.<br />
RWN Liam Beaton, Sagar Bohara, Amali Chin-Nyika, Riley Christie, Ryan Clements, Oliver Cohen, Maddy Courtenay, Anton Cousins, Elliot Frost, Julia Gilson,<br />
Sammy Harry, Edward Jackson, Ben McLachlan, Natalie Mitchell, Lachy Moore, Evie Pendlebury, Ava Plimmer, Georgia Robertson, Neve Stalker.<br />
RWT Harry Anderson, Freya Berry, Megan Blackley, Jaymin Critchley, Quinn Curtis, Samuel Davey, Ben Davies, Avon Duke, Neve Faed, Paige Gawn, Letitia Haig,<br />
Tiffany Johnston, Peta McKay, Kelly Quirke, Namgel Rai, Abhishek Rameshanand, Ethan Roadley, Ayla Smalls, Ines Stephani.<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> <strong>Mag</strong> <strong>18</strong><br />
21
7BW<br />
BACK: Cam Melville Ives, Gabe Jefferson, Emily McCarthy, Zoe Raffills, Fred Johnson, Tara Hewitt, Nicola MacKay, Zedyn Fellows.<br />
MIDDLE: Ari Rowe, Thomas Niles, Grace Heath, Miki Bercelli, Abi Croft, Will Miller, Flynn McGregor, Kate Brown (TEACHER).<br />
FRONT: Taylah Jones, Archie North, Melissa Emasu, Harry Hope, Philip Massey, Shelley Lambert, Rowan Rosie.<br />
ABSENT: Emily Kane, Baxter Pollard, Lena Pollard, Charlie Scurr, Kobi Simmers, Hudson Weathington.<br />
7RE<br />
BACK: Jinwoo Hong, Rylan Nichol, Olly Perriam, Livi Arnold, Kate Watson, Max Byrne, Tivianh De'Souza, Sophie McKenna, Jonte Connolly,<br />
Lauren Roney (TEACHER).<br />
MIDDLE: James Masters, Chilli Papai, Reuben Dale, Huck Levy, Emily Schmidt, Edward Jackson, Bayne Deaton, Anthony Edwards, Sabina Gibson.<br />
FRONT: Lola Underwood-Vize, Jonty Keenan, Evie Pendlebury, Flynn Phillips, Hugo Sinclair, Bonnie McGregor, Ruby Cochrane, Neve Brugman.<br />
ABSENT: Henry Allison, Ollie Morgan.<br />
22 <strong>MAC</strong> <strong>Mag</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>18</strong>
7SC<br />
BACK: Max Porter, Tia McCutcheon, Caoimhe Heath, Charlotte Hunt, Tawa Carson-Wolfe, Jessica Gould, Emily Stembridge, Clare Scurr (TEACHER).<br />
MIDDLE: Hannah Piper, Blake West, Layla Brooks, Kyle Millar, Daniel Wright, Noah Vincenzi-Johnson, Cooper Scott, Aiden Fitzpatrick.<br />
FRONT: Will Anderson, Amy Benson, Millie East, Hannah Wright, Anton Jones, Tay Simpson, Tamehana Urquhart, Zavier Taylor.<br />
ABSENT: Anna Corthell, Otis Murphy, Carlos Parker, Ella Sarginson, Ezekiel Marr.<br />
7ki<br />
7ST<br />
BACK: Bryne Bloxham, Finn van Maren, Thomas Buick, Emily Lovelock, Sienna Collins, Evelyn Armstrong, Ashton Holsted, Eli Hughes.<br />
MIDDLE: Riley Miller, Zoe Learmonth, Tom Sides, Riley McRae, Archie Goodall, William Bale, Jack Humphries-Ladbrook, Annika Massey,<br />
Ruth Stevens (TEACHER).<br />
FRONT: Ollie Baldwin, Riley Henley, Sara Ambrose, Ella Briscall, Erica Hudson, Kelly Quirke, Ben McMurray, Melody Macdonald.<br />
ABSENT: James Dougherty, Brittany Dunckley, Morris Gordon, Lucy Landreth, Shuto Suzuki.<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> <strong>Mag</strong> <strong>18</strong><br />
23
7TO<br />
BACK: Ben Pell, Finn Thomsson, Madi Jolly, Charlie Anderson, Ben Davies, Lucia Georgalli, Caspar Waddington, Ava Fussell, Tom Gasson.<br />
MIDDLE: Jaime Olley, Blaze Clegg, Campbell Lanigan, Jackson Clark, Brooke Hutchison, Tai Treadwell-Burke, Ben Infantado, Tama Battson,<br />
Sacha Swanson, Gemma Thompson (TEACHER).<br />
FRONT: Lili Arratia, Layth Johnston, Eva Gilbertson, Sophie Walsh, Olivia Rudhall, Daisy Sanders, Daniel Clark, Sofia Heath.<br />
ABSENT: Stella Dawson, Kanuka Elms.<br />
7WN<br />
BACK: Fin Melville Ives, Chloe Latimer, Vanessa Vickers, Noa Hunter, Lulu Pettit, Nina Iseli-Adams, Olivia Helmore, Beau Gordon.<br />
MIDDLE: Jinho Hong, Jack Wyeth, Jojo King, Caspin Orbell, Will Thomson, Ashton Chamberlain, Caelan Purnell, Isabella Noble-Kirkbride,<br />
Alex Watson (TEACHER).<br />
FRONT: Isaac Beale, Bianca James, Laura Bacigalova, Matthew Botting, Hunter Tuck, Madi Cooper, Mya Walker, Henry Bowering.<br />
ABSENT: Jai Horkings, Leeto Hughes, Suki Leigh, Kyan Prince, Harriet Sargood Ross.<br />
24 <strong>MAC</strong> <strong>Mag</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>18</strong>
JUNIOR<br />
Council<br />
The Junior Council is made up of four students from each year eight class, a head boy and head girl plus two deputies. The head boy<br />
and head girl meet every Friday to discuss issues that come up in their class meetings. The main issues that we have discussed are<br />
uniform, whanau, bell times, rubbish and cell phones. Part of our meeting is dedicated to Health & Safety and making Mount Aspiring<br />
College a better place for all of the students. We also arrange challenges between classes for the Year 8 Shield, like the singing and<br />
dancing competition held in term four. The council is holding a formal(ish) social evening to support fundraising for a trip to Nepal<br />
next year. Mrs Watson-Taylor would like to thank the junior council for their consistent effort and contributions; they are an amazing<br />
group of Year 8 students.<br />
Council members are; 8WT - Matilda Metcalfe and Cade Cameron, 8LB - Eve Bretherton and Max Roughan, 8JN - India Yule and<br />
Bryce Voyce, 8RN - Ferg Perriam and Kate Beaton, 8BE - Kate Bennie and Oscar Goodwin, 8SL - Paige Gawn and Sebastian Rhind.<br />
Deputies: 8WT Ashley Buckland and Grace Gillies, 8LB Laura Watkins and Riley Spargo, 8JN Wilkin Payens, Julia Gilson and Estelle<br />
Gellatly, 8RN Henri Fenn and Zoe Eckoff, 8BE Nina Lee-Smith and Thomas Benson, 8SL Ava Hay and Elliot Bain.<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> <strong>Mag</strong> <strong>18</strong><br />
25
8BE<br />
BACK: Oscar Goodwin, Lucas Buick, Caleb Turner, Tyler McGregor, Jamie Burdon, Kalan Nichol.<br />
MIDDLE: Melissa Thomson (TEACHER), Karin Murata, Nina Lee Smith, Will Christian, Jem Curtis, Jorja Liddell, Aria Thor-Poet, Chloe Cartlidge.<br />
FRONT: Brooke Leslie, Saffron Millar, Sam Caumette, Charlotte Aubrey, Kate Bennie, Tayla Doran, Thomas Benson, Max Knight.<br />
ABSENT: Pyper Arnold, Louisa Kane, Gustav Legnavsky, Tom Picton-Warlow, Niamh Townsend.<br />
8JN<br />
BACK: Renee Johnson (TEACHER), Estelle Gellatly, Freja Malmo, Sierra Clegg, Freya Berry, Wilkin Payens, Ethan Hughes, Jake Green, Will Carney,<br />
Bryce Voyce.<br />
MIDDLE: Cooper Mills, Julia Gilson, Sam Sharratt, George Crotty, Amelie Woonton, Jessie Davidson, Ella Kaler, Jemma Brake, Clarke West.<br />
FRONT: Haylee Jermyn, Carter Titterton, Annalise Millar, Eva Humphreys, Emilie Nicholson, India Yule, Scarlett Fenton, Grayson Bailey.<br />
ABSENT: Cruz Morland.<br />
26 <strong>MAC</strong> <strong>Mag</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>18</strong>
8LB<br />
BACK: Eve Bretherton, Holly James, Louis Darby, James Portugal, Henry Baverstock, Blake Lang, Caity Curtis, Laura Watkins.<br />
MIDDLE: Phoenix Fenton, Amelia Young, Rhi David, Anataia White, Jessica McKenna, Hazel Murray, Muireann Green,<br />
Mai Beattie-Johnson, Trae Hessian, Lesley Baynes (TEACHER).<br />
FRONT: Jessie Winter, Archie Orbell, Ryley Spargo, Charlie Bowmer-Lea, Luke Horrocks, Max Roughan, Hamish Sherlock, Melia Brett.<br />
ABSENT: Sakiko Saka, Connor Waghorn.<br />
7ki<br />
8RN<br />
BACK: Leo Duncan, Eleanor Bennett, Sara Jewell, Kate Beaton, Jasmine Edwards, Ferg Perriam, Isabella Soper, Bailey Shuker.<br />
MIDDLE: Zoe Eckhoff, Hunter Wilton, Joshua Allison, Matthew Nolan, Amali Chin-Nyika, Ben Hawkins, Lily Ashe, Rochelle Robertson (TEACHER).<br />
FRONT: Lachlan Davison, Sienna Jones, Thomas Scurr, Baylee Campbell, Milly Lewis, Ella Faithful, Emily Redwood, Lilly Hampson.<br />
ABSENT: Niall Alexander, Henri Fenn, Bradley Gendall, Ella Miles.<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> <strong>Mag</strong> <strong>18</strong><br />
27
8SL<br />
BACK: Elliot Bain, Oliver Cohen, Luca Dennison, Mica Drake, Billie Willson, Max Birkby.<br />
MIDDLE: Ally Paterson, Annelise Wedgwood, Cobi Millar, Sebastian Rhind, Otto Young, Jack McGregor, Ava Hay, Laraine Cornwell (TEACHER).<br />
FRONT: Ngaio Groenen, Zoe Frazer, Luscha McMiken, Paige Gawn, Angelique Price, Ajay Quirk, Finn Kemp, Brooke McWhirter.<br />
ABSENT: Txema Mazet-Brown, Oscar Georgalli, Nova Gillam, Henry O'Brien, Sam Parry, Cuba Pavlovich.<br />
8WT<br />
BACK: Ashley Buckland, Ty Muirhead, Mia Carter, Giovanni Austin-Moorhouse, Harry Anderson, Lindsay Lambert, Emma Arthur.<br />
MIDDLE: Illume Sadowski-Synnott, Matilda Metcalfe, Pippa Raffills, Alex Sudron, Zara Bailey, Henry McConnell, Sage Kellahan,<br />
Scarlett Edwards, Zac Scott, Jane Watson-Taylor (TEACHER).<br />
FRONT: Oscar Waddington, Georgie Gillespie, Tru Bowie, Grace Gillies, Bella Templeton, Max Carter, Jack Jeffs, Cade Cameron.<br />
ABSENT: Kate Burbery, Millie Scott, Presayous Tata.<br />
28 <strong>MAC</strong> <strong>Mag</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>18</strong>
9BP<br />
BACK: Luka Van Maren, Kate Harry, Anika Fay, Holly Davey, Olivia McLachlan, Jazz Simonsohn, Liam Williamson.<br />
MIDDLE: Hana Dean, Charlotte Bell, Neve Faed, Tayla Upfold, Logan Hay, <strong>Mag</strong>gie Dougherty, Jemma Jordi, Tiffany Johnston, Evie Sinclair.<br />
FRONT: Felix Standley, Hunter Kee, Ryan Clements, Otis Harry, Harry Gilbertson, Heath Parkhill, Isla Henderson, Bailey Sharp.<br />
ABSENT: Mackenzie Allison, Seth Carleton, Torben Craig, Ocean van Riel.<br />
9CD<br />
BACK: Deakin Beck, Sophie Plimmer, Bella Robertson, Maya Erichsen, Penelope James, Luke Smith, Deia Carson-Wolfe, Carter Hewson.<br />
MIDDLE: Katrina Johnstone (TEACHER), Ma'nea Apa, Monty Hewson, Matai Wells, Jack Lanigan, Jenna Peat, Millie Cranfield, Dakota Rowe.<br />
FRONT: Sam Johnson, Lucia Kamphuis, Jake Thompson, Ryan Reid, Toby Davies, Jessica Owers, Emma Palmer, Emma Pearce.<br />
ABSENT: Jacob Field, Lewis Gardner, Minnie Harker Gilmore, Tao Hawkey-Hight, KC Miller, Maisy Millwater, Maya Mueller.<br />
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9SF<br />
BACK: Amelia Mitchell, Aneka Rossiter, Bryan Clark, Scarlett Norman, Kahu Allan, Samara Goodall, Tamara Burrows.<br />
MIDDLE: Reuben Collett, Lucy Miller, Taylor Gilson, Caleb Wright, Kaia Cassaidy, Eliza Hardaker, Hayden Watson.<br />
FRONT: Corin Suddaby, Amelia Holmes, Amon Gasson, Nico Semeri, Olivia Jones, Bella Sarginson, Emily Findlay, McKay Watson.<br />
ABSENT: Lukas Henderson, Casey Irwin, Abby McArthur, Benji Pujol, Ben Simmers, Caleb Smith.<br />
7ki<br />
9SP<br />
BACK: Kimiya Byrne, Dart Watson, Timo Heath, Yasmin Coombe, Mikaela Harridge, Louis McCutcheon, Taine Smith, Brooke Presbie.<br />
MIDDLE: Daisy Orbell, Charlotte Laming, Layton Osnabrugge, Kyle Evans, Pipi Horan, Hayley Ambrose, Finn Thomson, Ewan Hughes, Ikey Emanuel.<br />
FRONT: Aimee Harrold, Kyle Castillejos, Jessie Barkman-White, Eligh Hollegien, Cormick Lea, Emily O'Donnell, Taane Bayce-Horsley, Ruby Boyd.<br />
ABSENT: Samantha Laird, Kaia Rosie, Kiara Searing, Quinn Secker.<br />
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9TC<br />
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MIDDLE: Caitlin Bailey, Sophia Perkins, Kiara Bercelli, Claire Edwards, Mia Gerrard, Amber Hewitt, Jamie Kerr, Christie Southwick, Romy Guichard.<br />
FRONT: Ella Salmen Parker, Toby Horton, Bonnie Traynor, Benjamin Silipo, Jaymin Critchley, Lyla Chamberlain, Rory Read, Cullen Meyer.<br />
ABSENT: Tammy Miller, Hugo Smith, Jackson Vallance.<br />
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10BP<br />
BACK: Zoe Smith, Isla Gellatly, Dylan Rimmer, Evie Simonsohn, Indy Wilton, Molly Thomsson, Lauren Rimmer, Holly Gibson, Romili Townsend.<br />
MIDDLE: Hadley Tamati, Georgie Bruce, Piper Cavanagh, Emma Davies, Ethan Brady, Lucy Fenton, Jessica Courtney, Olivia Connolly, Abby Fisher.<br />
FRONT: Nicole Meyer, Barnaby Jackson, Jack Liddell, Ollie Blyth, Meg Thomas, Ashleigh Doran, Ashley Bates, Mackenzie Barnett.<br />
ABSENT: Whitney Bennett, Jack Culshaw.<br />
10CD<br />
BACK: Ryan Young, Imogen Dougherty, Patrick Hartley, Hannah Craig, Leo Bailey.<br />
MIDDLE: Kalani Muirhead, Mae Cradock, Grace Green, Thomas Gibson, Imy Gordon, Amelia Dore, Marcel Bartley.<br />
FRONT: Holly Chamberlain, Oceania McFadgen, Danny Holt, Harry Gillespie, Jack Willson, James Roughan, Thomas Evans, Joshua Jarvie.<br />
ABSENT: Caycee Beck, Jacob Farrell, Eamon Smith, Tess Treadwell-Burke, Nevada Wolfgramm.<br />
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10SF<br />
BACK: Georgia McGregor, Emily Leahy, Annabel Hutchison, Maddi Frazer, Amelia Craig.<br />
MIDDLE: Ewan Little, Anja Malmo, Tegan Labes, Caleb Eason, Eli Emanuel, Ethan Arratia, Abby East, Gracie Cartlidge.<br />
FRONT: Charlie McKean, Micah Cousins, Troy Fryer, Teague McMiken, Taki McLachlan, William Hogg, Fin MacDonald, Nathan Beaton.<br />
ABSENT: Hinano Hayashi, Ryder Jefferson, Phenix Smith, Toto Tanabe, Grace Winter.<br />
7ki<br />
10SP<br />
BACK: Jayden Robert, Lea McTavish, Eve Paddon, Letitia Haig, Neve Stalker, Nikita Sinclair, Luca Harrington.<br />
MIDDLE: Keira Sommerville, Danielle Carney, Timo Fitzpatrick, Summer Rasmussen, Tom Millis, Lachy Moore, Mihi McLachlan, Tineke Bangma.<br />
FRONT: Samir Bohara, Joshua Nolan, Haydn Miles, Jack Welch, Joshua Orton, Bobbie Wilson-Davies, Hunter Hewson, Julian Barker.<br />
ABSENT: Nikita Mayen, Red Simpson, Tamaki Yamamoto.<br />
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10TC<br />
BACK: Tesoro Levy, Aleisha Turner, Dilara Van, Mustafa Caliskan, Emma Niederer, Lucia Brown.<br />
MIDDLE: Keltan Voyce, Theo Greenlees, Josh Arthur, Phoenix Fay, Ibrahim Mohammed, Alfie Baldwin, Oliver Prince, Oliver Haines.<br />
FRONT: Tana Hansen, Anna Barrett, Kahu Nepia, Bryce Parkhill, Zach Smith, Helene Price, Alexa McKay, Georgia Robertson.<br />
ABSENT: Abhishek Rameshanand, Vale Roberts, Martha Toghill.<br />
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Year 11<br />
Year Level<br />
PHOTOS<br />
Year 12<br />
Year 13<br />
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CAMPS<br />
The yellow clay mud cakes my boots and various leaves stick to the side of my blue trackies. As the lodge<br />
comes into view the students let out a whoop of delight and the parents heave a sigh of relief. Soon the<br />
thunder of footsteps on the wooden deck fills the air and the argument of who’s sleeping on the top bunk start.<br />
Welcome to Camp Berwick ... it’s only Monday.<br />
Cade Cameron<br />
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Year 10 Camp 2017 - The Stewart Island Traverse<br />
On the 4 th of December 2017, 12 students (including me)<br />
and two teachers set off on an epic adventure. After a<br />
four hour drive to Invercargill, we caught a tiny plane to<br />
Masons Bay, a beautiful beach in Stewart Island. My first<br />
impression of Stewart Island was that it was one of the most<br />
gorgeous places I had ever seen. An untouched paradise<br />
where people are mere visitors. Over the next four days<br />
we traversed the island, walking a total of <strong>18</strong> hours and<br />
38km through sand dunes, swamps, and rainforests.<br />
It was a fun and challenging experience that pushed our<br />
physical strength to the limit and taught us valuable lessons<br />
like teamwork, and how to be mindful of the abilities of others.<br />
Some of the highlights for me where when the group come<br />
together to help a student who was injured, and helped by<br />
carrying their pack. Another was swimming in a cool river<br />
after a tough first day of walking. Other highlights include<br />
seeing wild kiwis, the breathtaking scenery and playing<br />
cards in the evening, but the best part was seeing how<br />
much more comfortable we all were with each other by<br />
the end of the tramp. We all made new friends that we<br />
probably wouldn’t have otherwise.<br />
I feel so lucky to have had this experience and have made<br />
memories that I will cherish forever.<br />
Ava Erikson<br />
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Outdoor<br />
Pursuits<br />
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The highlight of Outdoor Pursuits for me<br />
has definitely been tramping- it was really<br />
good for our class to get together and become<br />
friends close to the start of the year. I also loved the<br />
winter sports, being able to build a snow cave with<br />
your friends and go skiing on a Monday.<br />
I've really enjoyed all of the different pursuits we<br />
have done this year, but the one I really want to<br />
continue to learn more about is rock climbing.<br />
For me, it's also a good mental challenge as well<br />
as physical, which is an aspect that I find more<br />
interesting when you're in the outdoors.<br />
Kayaking - super gnarly getting thrown about in<br />
the fluids and chucked under the water for a solid<br />
breath-holding extravaganza!<br />
This was my first season snowboarding and I felt<br />
like I learnt a lot from my instructor.<br />
Just have a go at everything and keep an open<br />
mind because even the activities/pursuits you think<br />
you might not like still have super valuable lessons<br />
and awesome learning opportunities.<br />
It is the most amazing experience, and when else<br />
in your life are you going to build a snow cave?<br />
I have learnt about working with people at all<br />
different levels as in each different activity that we<br />
do there is different people that are strong or weak<br />
at them. This meant that people that were stronger<br />
could help the people that needed it.<br />
OP has taught me to be more confident in my<br />
ability and to trust my body more. I feel like now<br />
I can plan my own outdoor trips and know what I<br />
need to ensure it's a success.<br />
Thoroughly enjoyable experience that I would<br />
highly recommend to anyone else. Kia kaha.<br />
It is great fun to get outdoors with your friends,<br />
while learning important skills at the same time.<br />
Choice as!
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I love the awesome<br />
scenery of Wanaka<br />
and the attitude of just<br />
going outside and doing<br />
awesome things in the<br />
mountains!<br />
Daniel Kemner<br />
Wanaka was a blast for me because I became<br />
friends with the loveliest people ever. I wish<br />
them only the best for their future and hope that<br />
we’ll see each other again soon! - Leonie Bayer<br />
ILC<br />
enjoying the<br />
world of fun at<br />
the Snowfarm<br />
I loved Wanaka because it was a<br />
very beautiful and peaceful place<br />
And I loved <strong>MAC</strong> because it was a<br />
very organized school.<br />
Carlo Alberto Valfrè<br />
I’m Luca from Italy, in this<br />
picture I’m enjoying a powder<br />
day in Treble Cone with my<br />
friend Antonia from Chile!!!!<br />
Luca Testa<br />
Enjoying the<br />
millennium<br />
track and it’s<br />
beautiful views.<br />
Ernst Meyer<br />
Fabienne Weidner and<br />
friends skiing at Cadrona<br />
ESOL is fun!!!<br />
Arn Upadek<br />
Day trip to Mou Wahu with the ILC<br />
#lakeonanisland on a<br />
lakeonanisland - Lena Peter<br />
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These are are few photos of me doing what I love:<br />
Outdoor activities with my friends and family.<br />
Picture one shows me on a swing at Glendhu Bay,<br />
picture two is on a tree on the track to Rob Roy<br />
glacier, the third is my first time Mt Roy (out of three<br />
times) with Rasmus, Daniel and Hannes and the<br />
fourth one is at the Leaver’s Dinner in September.<br />
The last one shows me on our overnight hike to<br />
Fernburn Hut and Highland creek. Mountains are<br />
there to be climbed. - Leonie Waldhäuser
Having a great time on my bike<br />
up Sticky Forest with an amazing<br />
view - Linus Gerold<br />
Chilling out by the Clutha<br />
River - Rasmus Jansen<br />
On top of the world!<br />
Enjoying the magnificant<br />
scenery of Wanaka and<br />
having lots of fun doing<br />
outdoor activities with<br />
my friends -<br />
Marla Schneider<br />
On a car trip with<br />
my host family -<br />
Felix Roetgenn<br />
I did some incredible moments<br />
on Treble Cone. I was able to<br />
progress with my friends and<br />
some amazing instructors!<br />
It was difficult to arrive to<br />
the top of the mountain<br />
although I was happy to did<br />
some efforts for admire this<br />
wonderful view -<br />
Manon Desandre<br />
Hannes Reinhardt -<br />
Scaring away the fish!<br />
Federico & Hibiki on athletics day<br />
Waka throwing<br />
the discus on<br />
athletics day.<br />
Catching the first shark<br />
of my life at the West<br />
Coast - Paul Katthöfer<br />
Maria thinking about<br />
#thatwanakatree. Maria enjoying<br />
the beautiful view at Fernburn Hut.<br />
Leonie and Maria lying in the<br />
grass and watch the clouds.<br />
Prabhat preparing to<br />
run on athletics day<br />
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<strong>MAC</strong> HOSTEL<br />
This was a year to remember. Learning to put our differences aside,<br />
we have come together. Frankie, with her randomly timed meme<br />
references that no one truly understands. Nat, the triathlete, who<br />
somehow managed to only cook twice during the year being either<br />
away or asleep when it came to dinner time. Luci, the walking<br />
juke box, spilling musical notes and distressed conversations. Izy<br />
managed to ‘actually’ make the whole house her room, with her<br />
stuff found in every corner. Tilly’s intentions to make you a feed<br />
always came with her eating half straight from your fork without<br />
you realising. And Liv, the house hippie. Namaste.<br />
The Outdoor Pursuits on Sunday definitely tested us all, despite<br />
this we still learnt lots and had an epic time. The highlights<br />
definitely included freezing in Mt Cook and being rewarded<br />
with the views by being able to see Wanaka from every angle.<br />
Some may have found the mountain biking a challenge, while<br />
others sped ahead and got sendy at every downhill opportunity,<br />
all making the most of what we were learning and doing.<br />
Through these summer months we were introduced to not<br />
only new activities but a variety of life skills to get us through<br />
the mountains. When it came to winter, we all found a love for<br />
skiing (successfully turning Liv from snowboards to skis). We all<br />
improved and made the most of each weekend, even though<br />
Izy broke her collarbone and was out for the rest of the season.<br />
Safe to assume this year has been a blast - each and every<br />
member of our house has definitely come out of their shell and<br />
begun to appreciate the newly formed friendships we have<br />
made (along with the delicacy of home-cooked meals). We<br />
wouldn’t change it for the world and are so happy to have come<br />
down to spend Year 13 in Wanaka.<br />
CASCADE<br />
HOUSE<br />
Us Avalanche girls, from the beginning, have been like a little family.<br />
We have dinner together every night. We do a lot of sports together.<br />
Bella is very organised and onto it all the time. She never forgets<br />
anything and reminds us what we’re meant to be doing which is<br />
why she is considered the mum of the house. Macy is relaxed all the<br />
time doesn’t get stressed, not much fazes her and is always telling<br />
dad jokes which is why she is considered the dad. Jess is more<br />
worldly which is why she’s been dubbed the fun auntie. Florrie’s quite<br />
energetic and random which is why she’s the fun cousin. Alice likes<br />
everything a certain way and she’s sweet so she’s the grandma. And<br />
Kine’s kind of all over the place and had to be shown how to do a lot<br />
so she’s been dubbed the baby.<br />
We have little traditions like Fun Day Thursday where we’ll do<br />
something fun like watch a movie or have a picnic down by the<br />
lake. Everyone has a skill that’s been really helpful to the house.<br />
Jess is really good at comforting people, Florrie is really energetic<br />
and good at getting people onboard with whatever she wants them<br />
to do which is a talent in itself. Macy is good at putting anything<br />
into perspective, showing us that whatever big issue we think is<br />
happening isn’t really that big at all. Bella is good at making sure<br />
we’re not forgetting anything and getting us to do stuff that may not<br />
be fun but is necessary to our lives. Alice is good at keeping track of<br />
everyone making sure that if we haven’t been around for a few hours<br />
we’re not injured or lying in a ditch somewhere. And Kine’s good at<br />
making everyone laugh.<br />
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AVALANCHE<br />
HOUSE
LIVERPOOL<br />
HOUSE<br />
Liverpool house, to say the least, has been<br />
awesome. Our house has been filled with the<br />
laughter of Tom, he constantly laughs at his<br />
own jokes, the rest of us just stand and try<br />
to wonder how he managed to be accepted.<br />
Jono brings manliness and testosterone to<br />
Liverpool. Sean has been a quiet member of<br />
the house yet plays his part well, chiming in<br />
on the occasional banter. And let’s just say his<br />
cooking has been interesting. Cole is the man<br />
at the top, the alpha male, ensuring everyone<br />
gets along and plays their part. Ashdon, who<br />
is arguably 1.5 times smaller than Cole, has<br />
still managed to boss the house and is best<br />
friends with the vacuum cleaner.<br />
The outdoor pursuits side of hostel has<br />
also been wicked. The tramps have been<br />
stunning along with the views and we have<br />
all experienced NZ to a far greater extent and<br />
have learnt lots from the outdoor experiences.<br />
Only a handful of people had done mountain<br />
biking regularly before they came to hostel,<br />
so that has been one of the more challenging<br />
activities. The snow sports have been what<br />
it’s all about! Everyone has enjoyed this and<br />
improved so much. We have been lucky<br />
enough to have stuck a good season with a<br />
few pow days in between and Liverpool have<br />
been in amongst.<br />
I guess we can collectively say that this has<br />
been one of the most sensational years of<br />
our lives. We miss Jakey, but we’ve stuck it<br />
out without him and have definitely made<br />
the most of the extra food at the dinner table.<br />
If you try to compare the first day of the hostel to now, you<br />
could say things have changed a little. Friendships have been<br />
made, new places have been explored, and best of all we<br />
have all made it without any “serious” injuries. We’ve had<br />
some concussions, some torn ligaments and some illnesses<br />
but being the boys from Arawhata, we are still climbing<br />
mountains to this date. The mountains we have climbed,<br />
rivers we’ve floated down, and lakes we’ve swum have<br />
developed the characters we are today. The hostel has been<br />
an unforgettable experience with not only new adventures<br />
but meeting new people and creating new friends.<br />
Moving to Mount Aspiring College was a big move for all us.<br />
Living with six other lads and no parents was a major change<br />
- to cook, wash and clean for ourselves! Everyone had to do<br />
their part to keep the house fed and clean. But in the end this<br />
has been the best decision for all of us and a thrilling year.<br />
Some highlights of the year for us were skiing and bouldering.<br />
Dangling off rocks four meters above the ground with no rope<br />
was a breathtaking experience that we won't forget. Flipping<br />
and spinning off jumps and rocks that were way out of limits<br />
was also a thrilling way to test the strength in our knees and<br />
hips. Skiing and boarding every weekend was tiring but<br />
something we all will never get to do again.<br />
ARAWHATA<br />
HOUSE<br />
ROB ROY<br />
HOUSE<br />
Us boys at Rob Roy - Michael,<br />
Sam, Bowen, Ethan, Lucas and<br />
Max - have all thoroughly enjoyed our time at Hostel and<br />
the experience of getting to know new people and pushing ourselves<br />
in the outdoors. The big ol’ highlight of the year was definitely the ski<br />
season. We were all out there two or three times a week on the slopes.<br />
It’s been amazing to see ourselves progress. Another favourite of ours<br />
was the Catlins trip on the long Easter weekend. The weather was<br />
great, and we all enjoyed getting some gnarly pits at Curio Bay.<br />
It’s sad to see the year come to an end but we have all made the most<br />
out of our year and are just thankful for the opportunity we’ve been<br />
given to immerse ourselves into this environment down here.<br />
A tip for future hostellers is to buy milkshake syrup. It tastes tu meke as<br />
with the free milk you get given but you’ll only have one or two weeks to<br />
exploit this as Cat and Duncan start to get a bit worried for your health<br />
when you start chucking four bottles of it on the checkout counter.<br />
We wish all the Year 13’s the best going into next year, y’all have been<br />
an awesome bunch of people. And we’ll leave you all on a great<br />
quote from a great ogre (Shrek): “After a while, you learn to ignore<br />
the names people call you and just trust who you are.”<br />
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GATEWAY<br />
This year Gateway was a great<br />
course for me. It allowed me to go<br />
out into a workshop and learn so<br />
much about being a mechanic,<br />
while getting automotive credits<br />
in class.<br />
Shea Williams<br />
This year I found Gateway a great<br />
experience. My industry was travel<br />
and tourism.It's given me a better<br />
idea of where I see myself in the<br />
future. My placement was at World<br />
Travellers Wanaka and I learned a<br />
lot about working as a travel agent.<br />
I also liked getting my First Aid<br />
and Health and Safety Certificates<br />
which will help me in the future.<br />
Heidi Niederer<br />
This year I found Gateway to be<br />
a great way to get some aviation<br />
industry work experience. I<br />
worked at Performance Aviation<br />
and enjoyed the experience. I<br />
would recommend this to anyone<br />
who wants to get out there and<br />
get their hands dirty.<br />
Ben Fussell<br />
This year through Gateway I<br />
took helicopter engineering at<br />
Helisupport. I have learned lots<br />
of key information about the<br />
components and systems that<br />
make a helicopter fly. I would<br />
recommend the course to other<br />
aspiring pilots like myself.<br />
James Glynn<br />
This year I found Gateway to be<br />
a great learning experience. I<br />
enjoyed being part of an aviation<br />
engineering team. I learned how<br />
planes are fixed and how they work.<br />
Max Swift<br />
Gateway has helped me make<br />
decisions about my future career.<br />
It has given me time to experience<br />
real work. I enjoyed the<br />
independent study and learning<br />
new skills by being with the kids at<br />
Montessori Children's House.<br />
Ellise Price<br />
This year on Gateway I spent one<br />
day a week working with sparky<br />
Pete Cartlidge from Elecnet. I<br />
thoroughly enjoyed it. He showed<br />
me the good parts and the rough<br />
parts of the trade. I also improved<br />
my teamwork skills and got better<br />
at interacting with people. I also<br />
learned about work ethic and<br />
getting down and doing a task<br />
until it was complete.<br />
Nick Boyne<br />
James Beere Flies Solo!<br />
Congratulations to James Beere, pictured, who has just completed<br />
his first solo flight. This is an important milestone in gaining a Private<br />
Pilots Licence (PPL). In addition to soaring through the skies it is<br />
necessary to pass six theory exams which are the equivalent of first<br />
year university papers. The pass mark for these is seventy percent<br />
and James has aced the first three:<br />
Human Factors - 94%, Flight Radiotelephony - 84%, Aircraft<br />
Technical Knowledge - 93%<br />
So what made James decide to sit his PPL? While still in Year 6 his<br />
school organised a fundraiser for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter<br />
Service. The four students who raised the most money were<br />
rewarded with a flight across Auckland in the Westpac chopper.<br />
“I managed to raise the most money” he says, which meant that<br />
“I ended up in the front seat of the chopper. Ever since then I've<br />
wanted to fly.” When he saw that aviation was an option at <strong>MAC</strong><br />
he seized the opportunity and is really grateful to his parents for<br />
supporting this decision. To date he has clocked up thirteen hours<br />
of flying time, two of these flying solo. He needs a minimum of 50<br />
hours flying before he can gain his licence and is looking forward<br />
to the end of the inversion to start clocking these up.<br />
Here is what flight instructor Reuben Swafford had to say:<br />
“It often appears effortless from the outside. To the onlooker it looks<br />
to be a bit of fun in a plane doing some turns and other manoeuvres<br />
amongst some of the most beautiful scenery in our country. True<br />
enough, it is a fun, exhilarating, picturesque wind-borne playground.<br />
Likewise, it is a fast-paced, high-pressure, high workload learning<br />
environment not fit for the faint of heart.<br />
A keen interest in aviation accompanied by an insatiable tenacity<br />
is pivotal in becoming a capable pilot. James is a good student and<br />
has already passed half of the six theory exams which accompany<br />
the in-flight training he has received. James takes the airborne<br />
environment well in his stride with a comprehensive grasp of flight<br />
manoeuvres and in-flight checks.”<br />
Next year James plans to attend aviation college in either Nelson<br />
or at Ardmore to study a Diploma in Aviation which can lead into<br />
a career in general aviation, flight instruction, or as an airline pilot.<br />
Well done James!<br />
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Survivors<br />
Baby Photos<br />
See the key on page 58<br />
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Leavers ,<br />
Claudia Wilkinson<br />
AKA: Samantha Wilkinson<br />
BM: Convincing Mr Crosbie to let us<br />
go for a midnight Macca’s run in<br />
Dunedin on the Otago Tertiary Trip<br />
Profiles<br />
AKA: Also Known As. BM: Best Memory. ST: Secret Talent<br />
FC: Future Career. Q: Quote. TM: Trademark<br />
FC: Human rights lawyer or UFC<br />
fighter<br />
Q: Yeah! Saudi Arabia - so that<br />
was fun!<br />
Dara Beattie-Johnson<br />
Emilie Barnett<br />
AKA: Mackenzie Barnett<br />
ST: Eating peanut butter with<br />
everything<br />
ST: Googling<br />
BM: Spain trip<br />
TM: Holey socks<br />
Madi Mulqueen<br />
Cole McIntyre<br />
AKA: That annoying kid<br />
ST: Persuasion<br />
Ashton Reid<br />
FC: Kiwifruit orchardist<br />
ST: Can vacuum up a storm<br />
James Glynn<br />
AKA: Big Jim<br />
ST: Pretty good at driving a tractor<br />
FC: Pilot<br />
Emily Simpkin<br />
AKA: Em<br />
TM: Hoodies all year around<br />
Sam Howard<br />
Q: Thank you <strong>MAC</strong> for teaching me<br />
friendship, understanding, community,<br />
kindness, youth, optimism and unity.<br />
It’s been a pleasure!<br />
AKA: Kmart<br />
FC: Nursing<br />
Q: You is smart, you is kind, you<br />
is important.<br />
Kenzie Muir<br />
AKA: Sammy Dee<br />
FC: Engineer<br />
Sam Dougherty<br />
Oscar Hetherington<br />
AKA: Occy<br />
FC: Photographer/Videographer<br />
AKA: HRH 125<br />
TM: Laughing<br />
Hannah Humphreys<br />
Hannah McNabb<br />
AKA: Sa Nwonk Olsa<br />
TM: Krameart<br />
Q: Is it backward or are you?<br />
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Aislyn Fay<br />
TM: Crying in English<br />
FC: Vlogger<br />
Alicia Stock<br />
ST: Water and snowsports<br />
BM: Getting QUEEN 20<strong>18</strong><br />
Florrie Dixon<br />
AKA: Floz<br />
ST: Getting ready for school in<br />
under 10 minutes<br />
ST: Pretty good at ‘high fiving’<br />
BM: Avalanche/Rob Roy <strong>MAC</strong>’s<br />
Got Talent<br />
Frankie Kraayvanger<br />
Eliza Rogers<br />
ST: Lip syncing songs to make it look<br />
like I know the words<br />
TM: Always 1 step ahead or 2.1<br />
steps behind<br />
Alyssa Horning<br />
ST: Can tie a cherry stick in a knot<br />
with my tongue<br />
BM: La Costa Brava hike in Spain<br />
Alyx Nyika<br />
ST: Seeing a bubble car every time I<br />
leave the house<br />
TM: The Bubble<br />
Grace Lee<br />
ST: Evesdropping<br />
BM: National badminton player<br />
AKA: Sophie<br />
Annabelle Treacy<br />
Erica Ayres<br />
AKA: Stubborn<br />
Q: I am not stubborn<br />
Bella Fraser<br />
AKA: Bells<br />
BM: Hillary Challenge<br />
Q: Wait! Let me check my diary first<br />
Breagha Rennie<br />
AKA: Brie - like the cheese!<br />
BM: Coffee in Physics on a Thursday<br />
morning<br />
Greer Porter<br />
BM: Spain trip<br />
Casey Scurr<br />
AKA: Case dog / Crazy / Caseykins<br />
BM: Musical 20<strong>18</strong><br />
Q: Ding! Ding!<br />
Chloe McMillan<br />
FC: Skiing and running a business<br />
Q: I think I will have a nap<br />
Ciara Foggin<br />
AKA: Clara / Sierra / Cairo / Kiara /<br />
Cara / Claire / Kerah / Kiera / Kiera<br />
ST: Falling over objects that aren’t<br />
there<br />
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Jake Nicholson<br />
AKA: JN 11<br />
BM: Scoring a last minute equaliser<br />
for <strong>MAC</strong> 1 st XI in Linwood Tourney<br />
Joe Strawson<br />
AKA: Mr BoT Rep<br />
FC: Investment banker<br />
Niamh Schmack<br />
AKA: Ni-mah<br />
BM: Studying in the Library<br />
FC: Astronaut<br />
Izy Alloway<br />
BM: Spending the night sleeping<br />
in the snow<br />
TM: Top in every roll<br />
Jono Harknett<br />
BM: Calculating the shopping to<br />
the exact cent<br />
Joshua Rogan<br />
AKA: Curry<br />
BM: OP with Dangerous Dave<br />
Jess Curtis<br />
AKA: Possum<br />
BM: Year 9 Camp<br />
TM: Stirling<br />
Stirling Deaton<br />
AKA: Lingling<br />
BM: <strong>MAC</strong>Stock<br />
TM: Fashion sense<br />
Tilly Hoffman-Wall<br />
ST: Deleting your entire meal<br />
without you realising<br />
Q: Can I have a bite?<br />
Jess Brennan<br />
AKA: Hess<br />
TM: Big green laptop case<br />
Macy Toovey<br />
AKA: M*A*C*Y<br />
BM: Kine’s crock pot incident<br />
<strong>Mag</strong>gie Little<br />
BM: Year 9 Camp<br />
TM: Navy puffer vest<br />
Kate Binns<br />
AKA: K8M8<br />
ST: One hand clap<br />
FC: Radiographer<br />
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Kimmi McArthur<br />
TM: The one who hangs out at<br />
the ILC<br />
Q: I’ll pay you back<br />
Kine Diallo<br />
FC: Screen writer<br />
Q: Just a non-conformist<br />
conforming<br />
Max Hall<br />
AKA: Maxy<br />
ST: Randomly bursting into<br />
Spanish/French
BM: Spending the night sleeping<br />
in the snow<br />
TM: Top in every roll<br />
Leilana Elms<br />
BM: Spending the night sleeping<br />
in the snow<br />
TM: Top in every roll<br />
FC: Fifth member of ABBA<br />
Leo Munro-Heward<br />
BM: Spain trip and musicals<br />
Q: You are in my acting space<br />
Lissie Welch<br />
AKA: Lizard<br />
FC: Gore housewife<br />
Lucas Bron<br />
AKA: Big Luke<br />
BM: Too many to choose from<br />
FC: Glacier guide<br />
Manu Barnard<br />
ST: Dad jokes<br />
FC: Pro scooterer<br />
BM: Mr Thornton ‘Ollie’ing in loafers<br />
Natalie Mitchell<br />
AKA: Sporty Nat<br />
TM: Fluro sportswear<br />
Nadia McNeilly<br />
SC: Using puppies to make friends<br />
TM: Wooley shoes<br />
AKA: Milfred<br />
BM: Year 9 banter with<br />
Ms O’Connell<br />
Wilfred Spearing<br />
Toby Balls<br />
ST: Finding the best meme<br />
Q: Hey look at this meme<br />
Mel Telford<br />
AKA: Mullanie<br />
TM: Being second best<br />
Simone Johnson<br />
AKA: SIM1<br />
ST: Reading backwards<br />
Micah Jordi<br />
AKA: Bella<br />
ST: Watering plants<br />
Mikaela Condren<br />
TM: Black<br />
Q: I don’t want to Human today -<br />
today I shall Time Lorde<br />
Milo Palmer<br />
AKA: Half a cup of cocoa<br />
Q: Kinda tired of the Milo<br />
Millie Heine<br />
AKA: Mildred<br />
TM: Funky pants<br />
Q: Thanks - it’s from Wasties<br />
Zachary Kaye<br />
TM: Polo and shorts<br />
FC: Undecided<br />
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Phoebe Young<br />
AKA: Pheebs<br />
BM: Get2Go final at Great Barrier Is<br />
FC: Cycle path/cutting people open<br />
Pyper Turner<br />
ST: Working two jobs and still<br />
having no money<br />
Ronan Thompson<br />
ST: Concussions<br />
BM: Can’t remember<br />
ST: Rayween<br />
Reanna Shepherd<br />
Cole Sawyer<br />
BM: Getting 22 chocolate drops in<br />
a Flemings muesli bar<br />
Alex Plimmer<br />
AKA: Plim<br />
TM: Small calves<br />
FC: Pro footballer<br />
Samantha Wilkinson<br />
AKA: Claudia Wilkinson<br />
ST: Eternal winner of SHOTGUN!<br />
ST: Making rice<br />
Marli Reyta<br />
Sarah Burbery<br />
Q: Best friends share everything<br />
Name: Riley Christie<br />
ST: Ukelele<br />
Riley Christie<br />
Sam Coupland<br />
AKA: Coups<br />
ST: Being the only Kay Hart<br />
student still at school<br />
Sam Pearce<br />
BM: Nelson tournament<br />
FC: Builder<br />
Samantha Garrick<br />
ST: I can identify F-15, F-16, F-111,<br />
A-10 and C-5s from the engine<br />
sounds as they fly by.<br />
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Sampson Mollan<br />
TM: Sending it<br />
ST: Nah that’s admin as<br />
Sonya Palmer<br />
BM: Musical<br />
TM: The dancer with small feet<br />
Luci McDougall<br />
AKA: Brenda<br />
BM: The musical<br />
Q: Life is a musical
Chester Neill<br />
Jake Connolly<br />
Megan Blackley Mila Arnerich<br />
Mitchell Collett<br />
Holly Wigg<br />
Dinesh Bohara<br />
Sagar Bohara<br />
Alice Chrisp<br />
Bella Richardson<br />
Daniel Bastion<br />
James Beere<br />
Johnny Percy<br />
Matthew Prince<br />
Jack Bason<br />
James Jeffries<br />
Noah Holmes<br />
Olivia Johnstone<br />
Nick Boyne<br />
Cai Jager<br />
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Max Lusty<br />
Nathan Holt<br />
Finn Mueller<br />
Michael Meek<br />
Rory Johns<br />
Kiky Liu<br />
Liam Kirk<br />
Jacinta Page<br />
Ellie Huh<br />
Samuel Davey<br />
Pedro Domingues<br />
Millie Kaiser<br />
Sean Eaton<br />
Thomas Edwards<br />
Alistair Garland<br />
Bowen Greenaway<br />
Tom Rizzi<br />
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Ethan Roadley<br />
Ty Sarginson<br />
Lena Peter
Gregor Findlay<br />
Briar Hight<br />
Lucas Buckley<br />
Andy Verwoerd<br />
Anton Cousins<br />
Lachlan Weir<br />
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott<br />
Howard Smith<br />
Joseph Sharratt<br />
Andrew Campbell<br />
Anna Roberts<br />
Julius Staufenberg<br />
Lily Trotter<br />
Avon Duke<br />
Mikayla Rasmussen<br />
Hibiki Miyata<br />
Apparel Studio are proud to be<br />
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All the staff at<br />
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wish the students of<br />
Mount Aspiring College<br />
every success.<br />
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.<br />
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.<br />
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.<br />
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?<br />
Actually, who are you not to be?<br />
You are a child of God.<br />
Your playing small does not serve the world.<br />
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.<br />
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.<br />
It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone.<br />
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.<br />
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”<br />
Marianne Williamson<br />
Locally Owned and Operated<br />
Wanaka Placemakers, 8 Connell Terrace, PO Box 275, Wanaka<br />
Phone: 03 443 0080 / Fax: 03 443 8270 / Email: tim.davis@placemakers.co.nz<br />
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wonderful year<br />
and we wish you<br />
all the best<br />
for 2019<br />
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HQProfiles<br />
Leightyn Hessian<br />
LIKES: Swimming, walking by the<br />
lake<br />
Emma Pearce<br />
LIKES: Biking and swimming with<br />
friends from my class<br />
Cruz Morland<br />
LIKES: Fishing, swimming and gym<br />
Caleb Smith<br />
LIKES: The gym<br />
Brittany Dunkley<br />
LIKES: My guinea pig, who is called<br />
'Truffles'<br />
Eamon Smith<br />
LIKES: Going to the library with<br />
Jenny and putting the<br />
books away<br />
Zac Smith<br />
LIKES: Xbox, skiing, boxing<br />
Sabina Gibson<br />
LIKES: Playing drums in music.<br />
My dog, Niles.<br />
Ewan Little<br />
LIKES: Futsal (especially WPC!),<br />
rugby, John Denver and<br />
Johnny Cash<br />
Avon Duke<br />
Shenee Pryde<br />
LIKES: Working at Florence's Cafe<br />
three or four times a week<br />
survivors key<br />
1. Lachlan Weir<br />
2. Briar Hight<br />
3. Riley Christie<br />
4. Emily Simpkin<br />
5. Madi Mulqueen<br />
6. Samuel Davey<br />
7. Zoi Sadowski Synnott<br />
8. Bella Fraser<br />
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9. Cole McIntyre<br />
10. Jake Nicholson<br />
11. Julius Staufenberg<br />
12. Greer Porter<br />
13. Casey Scurr<br />
14. Sam Howard<br />
15. Joe Strawson<br />
16. Claudia Wilkinson<br />
17. Nadia McNeilly<br />
<strong>18</strong>. Joshua Rogan<br />
19. Alicia Stock<br />
20. Millie Heine<br />
21. Sonya Palmer<br />
22. Hannah Humphreys<br />
23. Finn Mueller<br />
24. Erica Ayres<br />
25. Holly Wigg<br />
26. Mel Telford<br />
27. Sam Pearce<br />
28. Phoebe Young<br />
30. Samantha Wilkinson<br />
31. Grace Lee<br />
32. Samantha Garrick 39. Johnny Percy<br />
33. Eliza Rogers 40. Mitchell Collett<br />
34. Shenee Pryde 41. Mila Arnerich<br />
35. Erina Tamati 42. Max Hall<br />
36. Niamh Schmack 43. Wilfred Spearing<br />
37. <strong>Mag</strong>gie Little 44. Zachary Kaye<br />
38. Megan Blackley 45. Sam Coupland<br />
46. Manu Barnard<br />
47. Leo Munro-Heward<br />
48. Hannah McNabb<br />
49. Gregor Findlay<br />
50. Breagha Rennie<br />
51. Kimberley McArthur<br />
52. Tom Rizzi
ACADEMIC<br />
Committee<br />
Jake Nicholson Joe Strawson Hannah McNabb Sam Teal<br />
Phoebe Young Madi Mulqueen Claudia Wilkinson Jesse Robertson<br />
Breagha Rennie (Absent) Thomas Edwards (Absent)<br />
The Academic Committee have enjoyed another incredibly successful year.<br />
From hosting the Right Honourable Jacinda Ardern and a variety of other<br />
incredible speakers for <strong>MAC</strong>Talks to continuing the <strong>MAC</strong>ademics initiative<br />
every Wednesday, 20<strong>18</strong> has been overflowing with great opportunities for <strong>MAC</strong><br />
students. Inter-house debating had an awesome level of participation and<br />
effort from all year groups and displayed the real talent <strong>MAC</strong> has in debating.<br />
All of the Academic Committee members have loved not only continuing the<br />
previous initiatives but creating new ones this year too and we look forward<br />
to maintaining this level of participation and excellence next year!<br />
<strong>MAC</strong>ADEMICS<br />
<strong>MAC</strong>ademics is an after-school study group which is held once a week at school<br />
for an hour. Each week there is a different subject focus and a teacher there to<br />
help with any questions students may have. It is open to all age groups and anyone<br />
can come even if they aren’t coming for the specific subject that week. We have<br />
older students involved in <strong>MAC</strong>ademics to help out the younger years in their<br />
work towards NCEA. We have received a large amount of positive feedback from<br />
students and parents. We as a committee feel very grateful for the chance to be<br />
able to help out the younger students of our school.<br />
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This year we have had the opportunity to host a number of brilliant speakers as<br />
part of our <strong>MAC</strong>talks initiative: Grahame Sydney (a Central Otago painter), Dougal<br />
Allan (a triathlete with a BPhed with honours), Calum MacLeod, (Deputy Mayor<br />
for the QLDC), Sue Telford (local pilot, and flight instructor), Tom Brownlee (North<br />
American/Asia Pacific Sales Manager for Mons Royale and the Director of a small<br />
content creation company, All Us In Winterland) and Dr Lisa Argilla (one of New<br />
Zealand’s best-known wildlife veterinarians who had appeared in the TV series<br />
“Wildvets”) as well as our Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Jacinda Ardern.<br />
<strong>MAC</strong>talks<br />
These <strong>MAC</strong>talks were started by the Academic Committee three years ago, and we<br />
have strived to continue their hard work to provide the students with opportunities<br />
to meet with and talk to these professionals about their personal journeys and what<br />
they did to get to their current careers. We are working on bringing in more speakers<br />
from a variety of different professions, from in and around the community, in order<br />
to diversify the people that the students have access to.<br />
Debating<br />
The 20<strong>18</strong> Inter-House Debating competition<br />
was held in the final week of Term 2 by the<br />
Academic Committee. Over 35 students<br />
debated in a total of nine debates over<br />
the course of the week. The competition<br />
was split up with Junior, Intermediate<br />
and Senior categories, each of which had<br />
two heat debates and one final debate<br />
to decide the winner. Each debate was<br />
judged by two members of staff who all<br />
did an excellent job adjudicating and<br />
deciding the winners.<br />
An awesome effort was put in by all debaters<br />
and some well-written persuasive debates<br />
resulted in the final results being very close,<br />
with Iron swooping in to take first place!<br />
The Academic Committee look forward to<br />
running the competition again next year<br />
and want to give a huge thanks to all of the<br />
staff and students that were involved. In<br />
term three of 20<strong>18</strong>, six <strong>MAC</strong> students were<br />
involved in the Central Otago Debating<br />
Tournament, held at Cromwell College and<br />
run by New Zealand ex-politician Michael<br />
Laws. Senior and junior teams from Mount<br />
Aspiring College, Wakatipu College,<br />
Cromwell College and Dunstan High School<br />
battled it out over the course of two days.<br />
Each team debated in two prepared debates<br />
and one impromptu debate on the Sunday,<br />
with the finalists debating on the following<br />
Monday night at the Cromwell Town &<br />
Country Club in front of a large audience.<br />
Both <strong>MAC</strong> teams won all three debates on the<br />
Sunday and made it into the finals. The <strong>MAC</strong><br />
Junior team, consisting of Emma Davies,<br />
Nicole Meyer and Lucy Fenton, gained 2 nd<br />
place overall after a very close final debate.<br />
The <strong>MAC</strong> Senior team, consisting of Jake<br />
Nicholson, Joe Strawson and Isobel Smith,<br />
came out victorious and gained 1 st place at<br />
the tournament after winning every one of<br />
their debates. A huge effort was made by<br />
the <strong>MAC</strong> debaters, who all demonstrated<br />
tremendous skill in preparing and delivering<br />
each debate.<br />
Thank you to <strong>MAC</strong> teachers Kris Logan and<br />
Joanne Waide who organised and supported<br />
the debaters. We are looking forward to<br />
another outstanding tournament next year!<br />
Joe Strawson<br />
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Mount Aspiring College Library 20<strong>18</strong><br />
The library continues to be a well-used space with one or two classes most periods and 60 students<br />
in average relaxing each interval and lunchtime. Safe, calm and warm, the library is the place to be!<br />
The library is a hub for resources, knowledge and reading for pleasure. The librarians are always<br />
pleased to help. They have been busy adding 800 new books to the collection, while removing 300<br />
old ones. New books are listed on the blog and the new Facebook page.<br />
Library Competition<br />
The winning poster was designed by Ella Robinson for the second consecutive year. Congratulations!<br />
RMN reading in the morning was the overall best photo - everyone looks authentically deep into<br />
reading and teachers are reading too!<br />
Well done to Roy house who easily won this house competition thanks to great participation.<br />
Online Library<br />
New Facebook Page For new book lists, new display, reading tips and quotes:<br />
https://www.facebook.com/Mount-Aspiring-College-Library-273240006466253/<br />
Library blog to know why and what you should read https://mac-library.com<br />
E-library to borrow ebooks for your own device any time even during the holidays, available for free<br />
for all Mount Aspiring College students and staff<br />
https://maclic.wheelers.co/<br />
Online catalogue to search for books from any computer in and out of school<br />
http://library.mtaspiring.school.nz/<br />
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1. Emily Simpkin L3Des | 2. Kobi Maibach L2Pht | 3. Tyler Greeks L2Pht | 4. Milo Palmer L3Des | 5. Georgia Budd L2Pht | 6. Finn Mueller L3Pht |<br />
7. Millie Heine L3Des | 8. Breagha Rennie L3Pht | 9. Phoebe Young L3Pht | 10. Oscar Hetherington L3Pht | 11. Hamish Robinson L2Des<br />
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12. Lillian Eastwood L1Art | 13. Sophie Fenn L1Art | 14. Annabelle Treacy L3Des | 15. Ella Robinson L1Art | 16. Joshua Rogan L3Pht | 17. Luci McDougall<br />
L3Pht | <strong>18</strong>. McKenzie Hart L3Des | 19. Holly Wigg L3Pht | 20. Sonya Palmer L3Pht | 21. Amy Richards L2Pht<br />
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-Soviet SUSHI-<br />
Place an iron curtain length wise on an Eastern European rolling<br />
mat, shiny-side down. Position the sheet about one inch from<br />
the edge of Germany closest to you and leave some of the West<br />
Europe mat exposed on the other side of the Germany sheet. Wet<br />
your hands in cool communist propaganda and take a handful<br />
of red army rice. Place the rice in the center of the country and<br />
use your fingers to spread the rice evenly over the country. Be<br />
sure to leave a 3/4 inch strip of Germany uncovered on the far<br />
side. Place communist ideals strips and some under-your-control<br />
politician, cucumber or avocado along the center of the rice. Be<br />
careful not to overfill the country (The communists will rebel).<br />
Place your fingertips over the fillings to hold them in place and<br />
stop the rebellions. Then, use your thumbs to lift up the edge<br />
of the country rolling mat closest to you. Begin rolling the mat<br />
away from you, while applying pressure to the fillings to keep the<br />
countries firm. Roll the mat over slowly until it covers the rice and<br />
the near and far sides of rice join, still leaving the 3/4 inch strip<br />
of Germany, rice-free, exposed. While holding the bamboo mat<br />
in position, apply military oppression to the countries with your<br />
fingers to make the countries firm. Slice the countries in half, then<br />
cut both country rolls to make 7 equal sized pieces. Now enjoy<br />
your Soviet sushi!<br />
Gus<br />
Soft Ginger white hair<br />
The most beautiful eyes…<br />
My dog<br />
As beautiful as a lion<br />
As kind as a parent...<br />
Sadly he’s dead<br />
R.i.P Gus<br />
Harry Anderson<br />
Dingleburn<br />
Creative<br />
Writing<br />
-Red ARMY RICE-<br />
Rinse the workers in cold leninist ideals while stirring briskly<br />
to remove any oligarchs. Drain the rice completely of food.<br />
Place the rice and the six cups of famine in a medium sized<br />
Russia and cover it with a pig-headed tzar. Bring the anger<br />
to a boil over medium heat. Allow the water to boil for three<br />
minutes and then reduce the heat to low and continue<br />
cooking 15 minutes without removing the tzar. Remove<br />
the workers from the streets and remove the tzar (the old<br />
monarchy should no longer be visible). Turn the people out<br />
evenly on a well-greased communist scheme sheet using<br />
a spatula or Vladimir Lenin. Sprinkle the workers with the<br />
propaganda, anti-capitalist ideals, and salt while mixing<br />
with a spatula or rice paddle until the workers reach an<br />
ineffective communist state. Keep the rice covered with<br />
new oligarchs or napkin until the workers are ready to form<br />
an army and take on the capitalists.<br />
Tom Millis<br />
Stop, listen. Hear that? That is the sound of isolation. The gentlest of breezes drift past your<br />
ears, as you take in the soft surrounding sounds. A finch elusive against the blue sky, a<br />
bellbird yodeling his daily track and the creek’s pitter-patter as it meanders down the lazy<br />
valley. Stop, breath in. Smell that? That is the smell of wildlife. The sensation of smell fills<br />
your mind as the next wave of scents gush into your nose. Redolence of the tundra flowers,<br />
parched and sour from the insensate meadow grasses and the musty from the decayed<br />
bush. Stop, now take one step. Feel that? The crisp dry grass gnaws at your boots with<br />
every step, lukewarm air flows through and desiccates your mouth.<br />
Jack Wilson<br />
Saying Hello<br />
Sometimes the complexity of saying the word goodbye can<br />
make us miss the simplicity of when we first say hello. Those<br />
little words that we were taught to say to the eyes in front<br />
of us at an early age, can sometimes make us forget what<br />
they actually mean. As time drags itself out day by day,<br />
month by month, year by year, and lifetime by lifetime, we<br />
forget the person who we first spoke to and got to know.<br />
We forget the first time we laid eyes upon them, the first<br />
sentence we put together, and the first time a smile was<br />
created by a joke or an event in front of us.<br />
We miss the now cherished memories and what that<br />
brought to our lives, how it changed us, and how that<br />
person and their memory is etched in us for years to come.<br />
We may not realise at the time how much it will hurt us when<br />
they leave, and how much we focus on the end that we forget<br />
to live in the present and what is happening in these passing<br />
fragments of time. Remember, that this person you now<br />
choose to share a portion of your life with, whether it be big<br />
or small, will be crucial to how your perspective is impacted.<br />
All of us need to remember that the person who we first see<br />
walk through those doors won’t be how we see them as they<br />
leave. These people are the ones who show us our paths and<br />
make us happy and smile and laugh until their lives call and<br />
they need to depart from us. We need to understand that the<br />
simplicity of a hello is more special than we think. Remember<br />
to not take for granted the small time, and remember to say<br />
hello when you first see your new best friend.<br />
Kimmi McArthur<br />
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Riverall<br />
the ruthless Clutha runs away<br />
sometimes roaring like a tiger at prey<br />
stalking rocks, shivering away<br />
sometimes snorting slow as a snail<br />
the ruthless Clutha runs away<br />
doesn’t care if we pop fat manus<br />
off the Albert Town bridge<br />
or kayak with a paddle<br />
or float in the turquoise water<br />
or row row row our boats<br />
the ruthless Clutha spoke to me<br />
said are you gonna risk it?<br />
sitting on that biscuit?<br />
what if?<br />
what if?<br />
the ruthless Clutha carves through the land<br />
swish – currents tricklewillows<br />
dip their feet<br />
we skim stones on the foam<br />
eat fish and chips and<br />
skinny dip when we’re little<br />
or if there’s no one watching<br />
secrets rumble through the rapids<br />
riverall, riverall – a gift – the ruthless Clutha runs<br />
7SC and 7RE<br />
The Desert<br />
Cracked fragile lips desired moisture. Every sharp swallow stung<br />
as the remaining drops of fluid I had left, trickled down my throat.<br />
Eyes hardly opened, dried and worn out. How could I sleep with<br />
this deathening sun glaring down at me? I had been going crazy<br />
in this desert, which made it even harder to try and keep track of<br />
the days. Every day grew worse and the silence become louder.<br />
Hearing my own heartbeat, day after day, minute after minute.<br />
Until the day everyone dreaded, that one unpredictable day, that<br />
heartbeat, would stop. With no warning at all, just like that. Imagine<br />
your life coming to a sudden halt. The things I wanted to achieve,<br />
say, do, before I died. I was tired. Tired of finding things to keep me<br />
distracted. Tired of waiting for help. Tired of anticipating whether I<br />
would make it through the day or not. But worst of all, I was tired of<br />
searching for hope. All my hope I started with, soon drained out of<br />
me. No more positivity, no more faith, no more excuse to live.<br />
I knew my actions led me to this day, but I couldn't help think<br />
that this wasn't my fault. I was vulnerable. I had no other choice,<br />
the secrets grew inside me until they ate me alive. I should have<br />
gone to someone, told them the truth from the start, they would<br />
understand, wouldn't they? It was self defense, but of course, no<br />
one would forgive. My only choice was to run, abandon my life I<br />
created and let it all crumble. Lose everything I loved and watch<br />
my future fade. I could not live normally, pretending and faking my<br />
actions. The only thing left, was to keep on going. I walked for weeks<br />
upon weeks. Stopping on the odd occasion, whenever I felt the<br />
rubber on my shoes start to burn through. The oasis was bone-dry,<br />
hard blazing terrain, it was a waste of space and played the main<br />
role in my nightmares. Each day, I found it harder to breathe, the<br />
thick opaque air strangling me with every step I took. My smell was<br />
immune and could only smell one thing. Rain. I have never longed<br />
for anything this badly up to now. The smell of rain dragged me<br />
through the pain. The sharp prickly cacti stood upright, as if they<br />
were laughing at me shamefully. A slight swift breeze ran through<br />
my dry roots as I came to the horrifying conclusion, I licked my<br />
brittle feeble lips and sighed, I was stuck.<br />
Tess Treadwell-Burke<br />
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CULTURAL<br />
Committee<br />
Dara Beattie-Johnson Frankie Kraayvanger Luci McDougall Leo Munro-Heward Emilie Barnett<br />
Ruth Bennie Riley Christie Casey Scurr Jessica Curtis Erina Tamati<br />
Flynn Rosie (Absent)<br />
The Cultural Committee at Mount Aspiring College is the committee responsible for organising<br />
and being involved in cultural events at <strong>MAC</strong> and upholding/representing the culture of the<br />
school. We are responsible for organising events such as house singing, <strong>MAC</strong>’s Got Talent,<br />
musical, mufti days and more. As well as organising events such as these, we are also expected<br />
to be involved in and promote various other cultural events within and outside of <strong>MAC</strong> such as<br />
Rockquest, <strong>MAC</strong>stock, art exhibitions and drama performances. This representation of culture<br />
at <strong>MAC</strong> is crucial as we believe that the arts are essential to humanity and its existence. Our<br />
objective for this year was to continue to promote and support the growth and recognition of<br />
cultural activities.<br />
Cultural Committee Co-Chairpeople 20<strong>18</strong> - Riley Christie and Leo Munro-Heward<br />
20<strong>18</strong> has seen the Cultural Committee’s strong relationship with the International Language<br />
Centre (ILC) continue, and has included international student representation at committee<br />
meetings, and shared lunches to encourage student integration. The Cultural Committee and the<br />
ILC this year both enjoyed the campus tour organised by the Cultural Committee to introduce<br />
new students in Term 3 to <strong>MAC</strong>. This was an important step in bringing them together with the<br />
local students, to show the cultural aspects of the school and all of the great things that <strong>MAC</strong><br />
has to offer. We as a Committee are looking forward to maintaining and strengthening this<br />
relationship with the ILC in the years to come.<br />
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Year 13 Drama - Antigone<br />
This year Year 13 Drama performed “Antigone” written by Sophocles, translated by Don Taylor. The class had the challenge<br />
of interpreting a noble text and taking a symbolic, modern approach to this historical two-thousand-year-old play. There<br />
are lots of important political messages that show woman standing up against men, gods, and the law that still rings true in<br />
a current audience because these messages are still very important and relevant in society today. The text challenged our<br />
interpretation and performance skills. I had the privilege of being one of the people playing the character Antigone. It was<br />
a very challenging character that I was able to learn from, allowing me to grow in my personal integrity and skill sets as an<br />
actor. This play allowed all of the drama students to become a lot closer by working together with such a mature piece of<br />
text, that allowed us to be able to explore the world and its meaning. This was a very valuable performance for all of us, that<br />
we will never forget; all the friends and the memories that we have made over the years. We of course couldn't have done it<br />
without our amazing drama teacher/ director Emily McRae. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to our class we<br />
couldn’t have done it without you. - Casey Scurr<br />
Year 12 Drama<br />
Year 12 Drama Performances: This year in drama the year 12’s performed two separate plays from the Play Lunch book, Tiggy<br />
Tiggy Touchwood and the Rosenberg sisters. Tiggy Tiggy Touchwood has a very deep story, revealing how the relationship<br />
between Melissa Denham, partner to Jess Mackie was treated within a small community in rural NZ during the 1980s. Set<br />
during this time, same sex relationships were extremely taboo. As a result, Melissa Denham (Jasmine Murray) struggles<br />
beneath the community’s pressure of rehoming Tig (Stellar Nepia) into an institution, who has a deteriorating mental state<br />
(similar to a child) as a result of serious abuse. We spent many lessons experimenting and playing in the space to find our<br />
characters’ unique voice and body characteristics, and worked through unit by unit, often dropping the script and improvising<br />
based off our intent. To perform these plays, while communicating the underlying layers of meaning, we were challenged to<br />
act as characters very polar to ourselves, meaning we had to be very committed and dedicated. Emily McRae’s insight and<br />
commitment (from analysing the scripts, shaping our characters and providing feedback and direction) was of invaluable<br />
help. This experience has challenged us and made us closer as peers, we thoroughly enjoyed presenting and preparing for<br />
these performances. - Stellar Nepia & Jasmine Murray<br />
Year 11 Drama<br />
This year the Year 11 Drama class were honoured to perform “FIND ME” by Olwyn Wymark.<br />
This thought provoking and vulnerable text follows the true story of a young girl, Verity Taylor,<br />
and her struggle with mental health. This play, set in the 60’s and 70’s, explores Verity’s<br />
struggle as she seeks to be ‘found’ for who she really is. It also follows her family’s struggle<br />
to nurture and seek help for Verity when she displays abnormal and erratic behaviour.<br />
As a class we felt very privileged to communicate such a serious and real message to the<br />
Wanaka community: That everyone, no matter their physical or mental ability, race, gender,<br />
sexuality, background or beliefs should be seen for who they REALLY are, and should be<br />
supported and encouraged to be their unique and individual selves. This piece challenged all<br />
students involved, as the mature themes and characters broadened our acting capabilities.<br />
We grew closer as a class through the rehearsal process and collectively felt that although<br />
our present struggle as a society with mental health has improved since the 60’s and 70’s<br />
there is still more acceptance to be had. As a group of individuals we gained a lot from<br />
working on ‘FIND ME’. We were able to explore in more depth the reality and isolation people<br />
like Verity and her family feel everyday. We also experimented with multi role playing which<br />
helped us to think more consciously about establishing voice, body, space, and movement to<br />
each character. We thoroughly enjoyed the learning and challenges ‘FIND ME’ had in store for<br />
us. Definitely a highlight of my year. -Thea Erichsen<br />
Year 11 Drama present<br />
An Amateur Production of Find Me by special arrangement with<br />
Samuel French Ltd and New Zealand Play Bureau Ltd.<br />
By Olwyn Wymark<br />
7pm<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> Performance Room<br />
Tuesday 4th September and Wednesday 5th September<br />
Door Sales: Adults $10 Students $5<br />
Due to challenging thematic material this play is only appropriate for year 10 and above<br />
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Backstage is where the real stars of the show are! It was such<br />
an amazing opportunity to work alongside so many different<br />
people and from all different fields from the actors and directors<br />
to the tech and costume team and all ranging in ages. We spent<br />
many long hours gathering, making and painting props but it<br />
was all worth it when we got to put them out on the stage and<br />
it looked great. Organising backstage in the dark in the silence<br />
was a mission at first but we soon got the hang of it and always<br />
made sure the right props were ready to go. It was always a<br />
laugh backstage (a quiet one of course) especially looking<br />
across the stage to the other side and dancing together during<br />
every song. All the hours we put in were well worth it for the fun<br />
we had and great show that was produced.<br />
Madi Mulqueen - PROPS & DESIGN<br />
Being a part of the musical and having the opportunity to learn how to<br />
stage manage was such an amazing opportunity for me. I've never done<br />
anything like this before, so watching the show come together right from<br />
the very start I was learning new things about the production process<br />
every day. Emily was an awesome person to learn from and the respect<br />
that everyone gave her was pretty inspiring. Watching the final show<br />
made all the hard work for everyone who was part of it worth it!<br />
Jess Brennan - STAGE MANAGER<br />
My experience doing sound tech was great. Even though it was a lot of<br />
volunteering time and effort, I got to see everyone in the cast, band and<br />
tech team develop over the rehearsals and stage shows and that was really<br />
amazing. I also got to work with an amazing team of people who helped<br />
the show work as a whole like Grenville, Mitchell and Stellar who worked on<br />
sound and mics with me. The whole thing was a great experience and I also<br />
learned a lot about the inner workings of the backstage of what goes into a<br />
production, hint hint: it's a lot of work. My favourite thing though was getting<br />
to see all of my friends do so well every night and watching them perform :)<br />
Riley Christie - SOUND TECH<br />
The musical production was quite the journey, something I will always<br />
remember. At times it was exhausting and stressful but in the end it was the<br />
most amazing and unforgettable experience ever. I am sad that it is over and I<br />
can’t wait to do more productions like this in the future. I will look back on this<br />
moment in the future and remember the incredible experience I had being the<br />
lead of an awesome musical alongside an amazing cast.<br />
Max Lusty - LEAD<br />
Being in the band has been an epic experience. At first I was hesitant to start when I heard about how many rehearsals there would<br />
be, but once I committed myself and got to know the songs it became the highlight of my week. Playing in a group with other people<br />
is super fun and entertaining. At some points in the term we weren't sure if we would pull it off, but after lots of practice, we nailed<br />
it! Throughout our practices, there were lots of fun and laughs! It was an awesome time and I'm sad it has ended.<br />
Matai Wells - BAND MEMBER<br />
The musical was one of the best experiences I had since a long<br />
time. It was so much fun and we've all grown so much in those<br />
couple of months and became good friends. Everybody worked so<br />
hard for this project and I am so grateful for all the support from<br />
the music team. It makes me sad knowing that it is over but we are<br />
going to take all those amazing memories with us.<br />
Lena Peter - BAND MEMBER<br />
The role that I took charge of in the musical<br />
was very demanding, however, it was<br />
worth it to see the whole musical come<br />
together. My favourite scene to light would<br />
have been Don't Break the Rules, as the<br />
result was stunning.<br />
Frankie Kraayvanger<br />
- LIGHTING TECH<br />
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Spain Trip<br />
San Sebastian was a br<br />
off an amazing holiday.<br />
surfing at one of the ma<br />
language classes, eati<br />
embracing the Spanish<br />
Pamplona is most famous for the annual event, Running of the Bulls, in which<br />
the whole population of the city and foreigners come to watch or take part. The<br />
beautiful city has so much character, from the colourful buildings to friendly<br />
people (like our tour guide).<br />
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illiant way to finish<br />
We spent our days<br />
ny beaches, taking<br />
ng ice cream and<br />
way of life.<br />
Tamariu is a funky little town surrounded by green<br />
hillsides and a luscious beach front. The town has<br />
delicious seafood and huge paella. Tamariu is the<br />
perfect place to chill on a rooftop, go for a swim,<br />
jump off the diving board, eat and repeat. After<br />
all this relaxing you can go for a walk along the<br />
beach fronts under all the amazing plants that<br />
grow from the mountains.<br />
Montserrat is a beautiful little town up in the<br />
mountains. It is a religious wee place with a stunning<br />
church, gift shops, food, post office and hotel. You<br />
take a yellow cable car up to reach this hidden<br />
pueblo. Once there you can take two different<br />
funiculars either up or down the mountain to different<br />
walking tracks, which circle the mountain, exploring<br />
the spectacular views it has to offer.<br />
Barcelona is an amazing city filled with beauty, history and vibrant life. It was an<br />
awesome introduction to Spain’s culture. Everywhere you turn there is another beautiful<br />
building or a flower-filled terrace. We explored the city and got to see Park Güell, Mount<br />
Tibidabo, an epic game of fútbol in Camp Nou and La Mercè street festival.<br />
Mallorca - an incredible little island rich with history. We took a tourist<br />
bus, toured the Cuevas de Drac and visited the picturesque Cabrera<br />
National Park where we swam in the magical Blue Cave.<br />
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In the beginning there was ‘Te põ’ only<br />
darkness.<br />
Out of the darkness came Ranginui and<br />
Papatuanuku who were in an eternal<br />
embrace. They had many sons whom<br />
lived between them, however over time<br />
their sons grew restless of their contained<br />
life. It was decided that they would<br />
separate their parents and after many<br />
attempts, Tãnemahuta their eldest son,<br />
thrust them apart by growing into a tall<br />
Kauri tree. In this early time, although<br />
the brothers had created more space<br />
living upon their mother, they still lived<br />
in darkness. Tãnemahuta was given safe<br />
passage through the heavens to seek the<br />
three kete of knowledge to return back to<br />
their new found world. In these baskets<br />
were: ngã whetu (the stars), te marama<br />
(the moon) and te rã (the sun), with these<br />
gifts Tãnemahuta created day and night.<br />
This story is important to the design of our<br />
kakahu as we have included a unique line<br />
running through the middle creating a<br />
mirror image. The pattern represents the<br />
separation of Ranginui and Papatuanuku<br />
by Tãnemahuta and is significant to us as<br />
it marks the beginning of our world. The<br />
poutama (staircase) pattern represents<br />
Tane’s journey that he took in reaching the<br />
three kete of knowledge but is also a symbol<br />
to show achievement and attainment. We<br />
wanted to show the journey that all students<br />
at Mount Aspiring College take throughout<br />
their education and the success they<br />
may achieve. You can see that where the<br />
staircase goes up, there is also the mirror<br />
image of the staircase going down and this<br />
is to represent our obstacles or failures. It is<br />
important for us all in life to achieve success<br />
but also to acknowledge that success does<br />
not come without failure.<br />
The central aspect of the design has a black<br />
diamond, the top half represents ‘te maunga<br />
o Tititea’ (Mt Aspiring) and it’s reflection in<br />
‘te roto o Oanaka’ Lake Wanaka.<br />
The hour-glass shape in the middle of<br />
the design represents each person being<br />
at the centre of their own universe. In<br />
teaching Te Reo Mãori we learn this<br />
concept through mihimihi and for us as a<br />
school we aim to put each student at the<br />
center of their own learning.<br />
This shape can also represent the Clutha<br />
River (MataAu) as it leaves Lake Wanaka<br />
and carves through the landscape of<br />
Central Otago (Ururuwhenua).<br />
The colours reflect our region:<br />
Gold for the dry Central Otago summers<br />
White for the snow in winter<br />
Black for the many rivers and lakes that<br />
we live among.<br />
Kia ora e te whanau,<br />
The end of 20<strong>18</strong> has come around so<br />
quickly and it's time to review our goals in<br />
Kapa haka. A major goal for the year was<br />
Kakahu (uniform) and we are so proud to<br />
have a full Kapa haka uniform designed<br />
by students and whanau to represent our<br />
school. This has really helped lift the mana<br />
of our performances and hope that this will<br />
encourage others to come along and be<br />
involved in our group.<br />
Another goal was to perform at Polyfest<br />
and this was the first year that the Murihiku<br />
Maori & Pasifika Cultural Trust held its very<br />
own Central Lakes Polyfest in Queenstown.<br />
This was bought about by the number of<br />
schools from our region travelling to both<br />
Invercargill and Dunedin to participate in<br />
this event and it was fantastic to see the<br />
culture thriving in our community. This was<br />
the first year that <strong>MAC</strong> has participated in<br />
such an event and although we were a little<br />
nervous, the students performed their own<br />
bracket which was led and accompanied<br />
by seniors in the group. We are excited<br />
to learn from this experience and hope to<br />
include more diverse items involving poi or<br />
mau rakau next year.<br />
A huge thank you to Jeromy Van Riel for<br />
his support during term 3 in helping the<br />
students to prepare. Without his knowledge<br />
and expertise, the students would almost<br />
be entirely self driven. We would love to<br />
know if there are any whanau members<br />
out there keen to support us in 2019 if you<br />
have any experience with Kapa haka or<br />
Maori arts, please feel free to come along<br />
and meet our group.<br />
Nga mihi nui ki a koutou katoa.<br />
WhaeaKaz<br />
Mana Pounamu & Central Lakes Polyfest<br />
Congratulations to Year 12 student Flynn Rosie (Tuakana recipient) and Year 10 student Mihingarangi McLachlan (Teina recipient)<br />
who received the 20<strong>18</strong> Mana Pounamu Award on Friday Oct 26 th , at the Dunedin College of Education Auditorium. These awards<br />
are a Kai Tahu initiative that annually celebrate the achievement of rakatahi Maori in secondary schools across Otago.<br />
Te Kareti O Maunga Tititea should be extremely proud of their brilliant performance at the inaugural Central Lakes Polyfest on<br />
24 th October 20<strong>18</strong>. It was the first time performing in a public arena and their efforts were acknowledged by a haka performed<br />
by the audience. Organised by the Murihiku Maori & Pasifika Cultural Trust it was held in Queenstown to enable more Central<br />
Lakes schools to attend.<br />
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Be yourself and make your own noise.<br />
Henry McConnell<br />
Rockquest<br />
Well just a little about Rockquest is that we all knew what we had<br />
to do and why we were doing this. It was all just a job of getting it<br />
done on time, and all we wanted to do was have fun and play as a<br />
band and after our two years together we ended up doing it well,<br />
The regional final this year was held at the<br />
Lake Wanaka Centre on Saturday 16th<br />
June, <strong>MAC</strong> had a total of 11 bands entered<br />
in the competition. <strong>MAC</strong> band ‘Better than<br />
Nothing’: Henry McConnell, Clarke West,<br />
Harry Anderson and Archie Orbell took out the<br />
People’s Choice Award. As a Year 8 student<br />
Clarke West also took out the musicianship<br />
award - we’re excited to see where his<br />
music takes him next. Jessie McKenzie from<br />
‘Iridescence’ received the APRA Lyric Award<br />
for the songs she wrote for her band, ‘O 2<br />
(Oxygen)’ and ‘Lighthouse.’ Finally, Year<br />
11 band ‘Not Yet Rated’: Owen Lea, Quinn<br />
because of teamwork and determination from our parents, friends<br />
and ourselves.<br />
Harry the Bass Player Anderson<br />
Curtis, Ethan Carleton, Tom Heather and Gary<br />
Poilvert won the Fatboy Style Award for their<br />
bands look and stage presence. Thanks to all<br />
the students, parents and friends who came<br />
along to support our talented students!<br />
Riley Christie<br />
<strong>MAC</strong>stock<br />
The last day of Term 2 was<br />
<strong>MAC</strong>stock; a performance<br />
opportunity for Years 7-10 and<br />
an assessment opportunity for<br />
Years 11-13 at the Lake Wanaka<br />
Centre. This year there were 29<br />
acts, a huge number from the<br />
Year 11 classes. As well as a wide<br />
genre of covers, we heard some<br />
great originals including ‘Better<br />
Than Nothing’, ‘Easy Riders’ and<br />
Dylan Rimmer. It was great to<br />
see a large amount of younger<br />
bands getting up on stage to<br />
give the senior students a bit of<br />
a challenge!<br />
Riley Christie<br />
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House Singing<br />
This year the annual house singing event took<br />
place in Term 2 and involved both dancing<br />
and singing for all four houses. Iron came out<br />
triumphant getting first place in this event with<br />
their performance of ‘Dynamite’ by Taio Cruz.<br />
Pisa came second with ‘Don't stop believin’ by<br />
Journey followed by Roy with ‘Why does love do<br />
this to me?’ by the Exponents. Barker came fourth<br />
with their performance of ‘Slice of Heaven’ by Dave<br />
Dobbyn. It was a great morning and everyone was<br />
very enthusiastic and gave it their best go.<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> Choir<br />
This year has been a whirlwind of incredible opportunities for the <strong>MAC</strong> Choir. Starting<br />
in Term 2, we began working on what would be our Stars in Your Eyes song, ‘This is Me’<br />
from ‘The Greatest Showman.’ Many weeks of rehearsals later, we performed at the<br />
Rippon Concert in late September alongside the Treble Tones and the <strong>MAC</strong> Chamber<br />
Group. It was great for all of us to perform in a space with such good acoustics! Only<br />
days later we were in the Lake Wanaka Centre completing the dress rehearsal for Stars<br />
in Your Eyes, working with musical professionals from across the Upper Clutha area; it<br />
was yet another awesome experience! The show itself was a real hit, and despite being<br />
very tired by the end, we were all super proud of the things we’d achieved.<br />
We were very fortunate to be joined by so many Year 7 and 8 students this year as<br />
without them we would not have accomplished the sound that we did. It will be exciting<br />
to welcome more next year! And as we welcome even more members, we also say<br />
farewell to Luci McDougall and Max Lusty, two very valued hostellers who will be<br />
missed as we continue singing in 2019. It was also nice this year to have a great group of<br />
confident tenors and basses. Next year we plan to build on this, possibly even starting<br />
our own barbershop group!<br />
In the New Year, we will be representing <strong>MAC</strong> in the Big Sing, a nationwide school choir<br />
competition, which we have already started to prepare for. It’s been so incredible<br />
working as a part of this big family, I can’t wait for what’s to come!<br />
Ollie Blyth<br />
Stars In Your Eyes<br />
Stars In Your Eyes 20<strong>18</strong> was a last minute<br />
decision for me and I am so glad that I put<br />
myself out there and did it. Over show week<br />
my confidence on stage as a soloist grew<br />
hugely, I sung Kelly Clarkson’s idol version<br />
of ‘Piece by Piece’ and learnt through Stars<br />
how to express emotion while I was singing<br />
and direct it towards the audience. The<br />
backstage experience is something I really<br />
miss. I was given an opportunity to perform<br />
with others who share the same passion and<br />
interests as I do; the Stars team was very<br />
supportive.<br />
Stars In Your Eyes is an amazing production<br />
and I would highly recommend younger<br />
students to give it a go, especially with all the<br />
support they give to our school.<br />
Jessica Curtis<br />
Star Performers<br />
Brianna Curtis<br />
Jessica Curtis<br />
Jessie McKenzie<br />
Dylan Rimmer<br />
The choir members that sang at Stars In Your Eyes were:<br />
Josh Arthur<br />
Ashley Bates<br />
Ollie Blyth<br />
Jemma Brake<br />
Danielle Carney<br />
Chloe Cartlidge<br />
Kaia Cassaidy<br />
Hana Dean<br />
Thea Erichsen<br />
Ngaio Groenen<br />
Isla Henderson<br />
Owen Lea<br />
Emily Leahy<br />
Anja Malmo<br />
Henry McConnell<br />
Luci McDougall<br />
Oceania McFadgen<br />
Jessica McKenna<br />
Jessie McKenzie<br />
Mihi McLachlan<br />
Matilda Metcalfe<br />
Jasmine Murray<br />
Dylan Rimmer<br />
Laura Watkins<br />
Indy Wilton<br />
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The Last Minute Charlies<br />
The Doodlebops, or as our teacher says ‘The Last Minute<br />
Charlies” is a jazz combo comprised of five talented<br />
musicians from Mt Aspiring College. We have Maxwell<br />
Lusty as Vocals, Rory Johns on Keyboard, Flynn Rosie<br />
on Drums, Daniel Hadida on Bass and Devlin Lynden on<br />
Saxophone. On Friday 19th October we attended The<br />
Secondary Schools Jazz Fest in Invercargill. After weeks of<br />
rehearsals with our jazz band teacher, Alistair Monteith,<br />
and a productive morning of warm ups we left Mount<br />
Aspiring College at lunch to start our journey down to<br />
Invercargill, We arrived at 5pm and had a sound check at<br />
6pm then we waited for our time to get up there and jam.<br />
We all had loads of fun up there, playing together in front<br />
of an audience, knowing that our hard work had come to<br />
fruition. We achieved second over all and Rory won best<br />
keyboard for the third time in a row. I think that as a band<br />
we would all like to congratulate and thank one another<br />
for our efforts and for being such an awesome crew to<br />
play with. We would like to thank Alistair Monteith for all<br />
the hours that he put up with our antics and guiding us<br />
through to the place that we needed to be. He is a legend<br />
and we couldn’t thank him enough. We would also like to thank<br />
Mr Doyle for organising our trip, Driving us there and making it<br />
all happen, We couldn’t have done it with out his efforts and are<br />
truly grateful for all the work that he puts in behind the scenes.<br />
Definitely Jazzy<br />
Jazz band (we call ourselves the ‘8th Dimension’) has, this<br />
year, been full of opportunity and fun! We started with<br />
the school musical ‘Catch Me if You Can’ which was one<br />
amazing feat! Soon after that we were back in the LWC<br />
performing in <strong>MAC</strong>Stock with new and old members. The<br />
rest of 20<strong>18</strong> we have been rehearsing very busily with lots<br />
of funky new songs up our sleeves! Here’s what the band<br />
has to say: “It is a great place to play together with other<br />
instruments and people,” “A great way to ‘blow off’ steam<br />
during lunchtime. All puns intended!” “It’s pretty cool!” “It’s<br />
a great place to work with such dedicated and enthusiastic<br />
students,” “Definitely jazzy!”<br />
Junior Jazz Band<br />
BACK: Max Byrne, Oscar Goodwin, Otis Murphy<br />
FRONT: Aria Thor-Poet, Grace Gillies, Helen Carter (CONDUCTOR),<br />
Max Porter, Jessica Gould, Isabella Noble-Kirkbride, Pete Stevenson<br />
(MUSICAL DIRECTOR)<br />
SITTING: Amy Benson, Erica Hudson, Evelyn Armstrong, Abi Croft,<br />
Matilda Metcalfe, Charlie Bowmer-Lea<br />
ABSENT: Grace Heath, Noa Hunter, Olivia Helmore, Lulu Pettit, Bayne<br />
Deaton, Layla Brooks<br />
8 th Dimension<br />
BACK: Nikki Cotter, Kaia Cassaidy, Lauren Rimmer,<br />
Kimiya Byrne, Liam Williamson, Helen Carter.<br />
FRONT: Max Porter, Tao Hawkey-Hight, Ollie Blyth,<br />
Luca Van Maren, Matia Wells<br />
SITTING: Max Byrne, Otis Murphy<br />
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SERVICE<br />
Committee<br />
Ollie Williams-Holloway Wilfred Spearing Sonya Palmer Alex Plimmer Matthew Wilson Sam Coupland<br />
Annabel Fairbairn Peta McKay Samantha Wilkinson Alyx Nyika Bella Fraser Simone Johnson<br />
Max Hall (Absent)<br />
Service is the act of giving back to our school and community, and at <strong>MAC</strong> we strongly believe in this ethos. This year<br />
the Service Committee has had a great time organising events and activities to encourage the celebration of personal<br />
success and to promote bonding and friendships between students. To begin the year we held an “Amazing Race” which<br />
aimed to incorporate new students, hostellers and existing students into the Year 13 cohort. This enjoyable afternoon has<br />
been a tradition at <strong>MAC</strong> for many years now and is looked forward to by many of the students.<br />
Some of the smaller events throughout the year, fun and exciting nonetheless, include Valentines Day where students<br />
and staff can purchase chocolates for each other and then we deliver them. The Polar Plunge is an activity that Year 13<br />
students can sometimes feel a little apprehensive towards, and understandably because who would want to jump in the<br />
freezing cold water of Lake Wanaka on the shortest day of the year?! Towards the end of the year, the Year 11 Dinner<br />
and the Leaver's Dinner become our priority. These evenings are an enjoyable experience for the students, often creating<br />
memories that will last a lifetime.<br />
I feel very privileged to have had this opportunity to work alongside some amazing and hard working people this year and<br />
on behalf of the Committee I'd like to thank Karyn Munro for supporting us to be able to achieve all of our endeavours.<br />
Sonya Palmer<br />
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TEAM GREEN<br />
Team Green is a group of students making Mount Aspiring College more<br />
eco-friendly. This year Team Green is a group of Year 7 students, two Year<br />
8 students and Luci, a very busy and efficient Year 13 student - all are to be<br />
thanked for giving away their time and energy for a greater good.<br />
The year started with the best ever fair trade bake sale, generating $190<br />
towards funding the purchase of more solar panels. Students made muffins,<br />
slices and sherbert with at least one fair trade ingredient (chocolate or cocoa,<br />
banana or sugar). We had three more fair trade bake sales, one each term,<br />
raising more than $500 in total - that is half a solar panel!<br />
Students have ensured that every classroom has the recycling boxes they<br />
need, and upgraded the broken ones. This involves checking all the classrooms,<br />
asking all the teachers, compiling the data, ordering the corresponding amount<br />
of crates, creating and pasting signs and delivering them.<br />
In early April, we had the honour of spending a day with former Green Party<br />
leader Jeanette Fitzsimons and Ralph Adler and Zella Dowling from the<br />
Climate Coalition. We discussed and brainstormed what <strong>MAC</strong> is already<br />
doing and what we can do better in energy, transport, food and waste. We<br />
analysed how important each issue is, which has the biggest impact, and<br />
what costs and feasibility addressing it entails. We decided that the biggest<br />
difference we can achieve for our school is by implementing a food waste<br />
collection system and making compost.<br />
This led us to audit how much food waste is generated and to evaluate<br />
different food waste management systems and to establish four worm farms<br />
and educate students and staff how to use them.<br />
In Term 3, we also organised a fun scavenger hunt which was won by Barker House.<br />
Finally, thanks to our recycling effort from 2017, we have earned 50 trees! So Team<br />
Green students organised a tree planting event, during a long whanau in Term 4,<br />
so that all junior students get a chance to plant a tree on the college grounds.<br />
Team Green students meet once a week at lunchtime and practice how to<br />
be sustainability leaders. Our thriving group welcomes YOU next year, if you<br />
are motivated and committed to make a positive difference for our school<br />
environment and beyond.<br />
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Sticks ‘n' Stones is a bullying prevention charity founded originally as<br />
a project in 2013 before growing into an independent organisation in<br />
2016. We place young people at the heart of decision making, planning, co-design and delivery.<br />
This partnership is student led and we are committed to creating space for every person to be accepted and respected for who they are.<br />
We believe in a bullying-free Aotearoa and that young people are an important step in making this possible.<br />
Our approach is effective because young people are very used to tuning out fear based, safety messages from adults as background noise,<br />
but messages and information from our peers that engage us and empower us as leaders are more relevant, relatable and real. Sticks ’n'<br />
Stones asks young people to put themselves forward, make an ongoing commitment, and stand up within their schools, ensuring a diverse<br />
range of young people rather than only typical leaders maintaining ongoing activities, learning and impact.<br />
Students have an enormous amount of experience with life online and can support younger students, their parents, families and communities<br />
to better understand the benefits and pitfalls. Authentic leadership opportunities, decision making and spokespeople roles are at the heart of<br />
our project to show that teenagers have the passion, commitment and knowledge to change attitudes and behaviour.<br />
Sticks ‘n' Stones advocates are role models for all young people. The Mount Aspiring College advocates meet weekly to discuss our up and<br />
coming projects. We work by allowing young people to be the ones to communicate with their peers to enforce the messages and morals<br />
behind our work. The research that we have looked into has shown that we need to highlight every single person’s role in creating an accepting<br />
and respectful environment and culture. Every step of the way we are involved in the decision making process and see it through to the end.<br />
This August two Sticks ‘n' Stones advocates from Mount Aspiring College, Red Simpson and Meg Thomas along with Karla Sanders, CEO of<br />
SnS, Vanessa Breen and Abby another advocate all from Alexandra, travelled up to Wellington for Involve the Youth Conference. The three<br />
advocates presented to a group of 100 people for 15 minutes about how they tackle bullying at Sticks ‘n' Stones, and then they attended other<br />
workshops and talks to extend their knowledge and come back into <strong>MAC</strong> and put this into practice to tackle bullying. Meg and Red gained a<br />
lot from this experience such as leadership skills and valuable knowledge to help make bullying a thing of the past.<br />
Three Year 13 students, Sonya Palmer, Jessica Curtis and Stirling Deaton have been working towards developing a programme called Project<br />
Connect. Project Connect (PC) comes from the understanding that it can be scary asking for help (or even understanding what help is<br />
available) and that it can often be easier to reach out to another young person. This is about connecting not counselling. Connectors are<br />
trained and supported with strategies to reflect back the situation to the other person for them to consider their options and also to have the<br />
information about where to go next. Connectors can also provide social and emotional support to younger students who are new or struggling<br />
to feel connected at school. Combined, these contribute to a more positive school culture and environment.<br />
PC helps senior students develop leadership skills, empathy, emotional skills, feel a responsibility for community connectedness and<br />
caring for others more vulnerable. PC also benefits the younger or newer members of the school community by providing them support<br />
and a chance to develop confidence and relationships in what can be a challenging, overwhelming time. It also develops, values and<br />
encourages strong links between senior and junior students and encourages senior students to remain connected to younger students and<br />
to maintaining a school culture that is positive and caring.<br />
On behalf of the <strong>MAC</strong> Sticks ‘n' Stones team, thank you.<br />
Meg Thomas and Sonya Palmer<br />
POLAR PLUNGE 20<strong>18</strong><br />
The shortest day of winter 20<strong>18</strong> saw many brave Year 13's jump into Lake Wanaka at 8am. Dressed in 80's themed attire, fluoroescent<br />
colours and tights didn't provide much protection from the cold, but that wouldn't stop anyone from making the plunge. Luckily, there<br />
were hot chocolates on standby to help warm up with afterwards. Thank you to the Year 12 members of the Service Committee who<br />
organised this event and to St John's for being there - just in case.<br />
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SPORTSCommittee<br />
Gregor Findlay Sam Pearce Meg Harraway Fletch Cavanagh<br />
Mel Telford Kate Richards Holly Wigg Erica Ayres<br />
The Sports Committee focuses on<br />
making the most of sport at Mount<br />
Aspiring College. Our goal is to<br />
involve students in a wide range of<br />
activities and acknowledge sporting<br />
achievements. We are lucky as a<br />
school to have an amazing culture<br />
and great opportunities handed to us<br />
involving sport. As a committee we<br />
organise events such as athletics day<br />
and the Kavanagh sporting exchange,<br />
we ensure that every event is well<br />
organised and fun for anyone who is<br />
involved. We have had a great year<br />
fulfilled with achieving our goal of<br />
encouraging Mount Aspiring students<br />
to get involved and enjoy sport.<br />
We helped organise many different<br />
events, working with a range of age<br />
groups. One of the main activities<br />
we were most involved with was<br />
Quad and we were positioned to<br />
be the hosts this year for such a<br />
great sporting event. We had the<br />
opportunity to help select an A and B<br />
team for each year level to compete in<br />
the fun, competitive sport based days<br />
as well as getting to choose which<br />
sports would be played. We made a<br />
great effort to welcome and support<br />
the different schools and compete<br />
against them. Everyone was very<br />
enthusiastic, encouraging and overall<br />
had great sportsmanship, making it a<br />
really enjoyable tournament.<br />
Our two main whole school events are<br />
swim sports and athletics. The Sports<br />
Committee help coordinate these<br />
events every year as both days are<br />
really good opportunities to go out and<br />
have fun with your friends, while trying<br />
to improve your skills. Luckily, here at<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> we have students who always<br />
embrace days like these, which is<br />
always pleasing to see. We have also<br />
started running lunchtime activities,<br />
social volleyball for Years 9-13 on<br />
Wednesdays and sports games for<br />
Years 7 and 8 on Fridays. By having<br />
these lunchtime activities, we are<br />
hoping to entertain and encourage<br />
people to experience new sports and<br />
work with different people in a team<br />
environment.<br />
The committee also went out in the<br />
community at the Upper Clutha<br />
Festival of Sport and Recreation - we<br />
love seeing all students participating<br />
in the activities and always love<br />
getting fully involved ourselves. We, as<br />
a committee, are lucky enough to be<br />
mentored by Mr Crosbie who allows<br />
us to have these opportunities to take<br />
on such great activities throughout<br />
the year, not only for entertainment<br />
and enjoyment for the students but<br />
creating a unique culture around<br />
sport at this school. We also give<br />
Jacky Toepfer and Chrissi Pettit great<br />
thanks for all their support towards<br />
our committee and all they do for us<br />
and the sport in this school to allow it<br />
to be as great as it is.<br />
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<strong>MAC</strong><br />
Snow Champs<br />
Upper Clutha Ski and Snowboard Champs<br />
On Tuesday <strong>18</strong> September 20<strong>18</strong> we went up to Cardrona for the Upper Clutha Primary<br />
Schools Ski and Snowboard champs. It was a really nice, sunny day with 50+ cm’s of<br />
fresh powder! The race was held on a dual slalom course. It was loads of fun but also<br />
icy and bumpy from everyone skiing\snowboarding on it. We slipped down the course<br />
to inspect it before our race. We raced in teams and then the three fastest times<br />
got added up. We played in the snow and did a bit of waiting around. After we had<br />
raced we free skied for the rest of the day. The powder was very smooth and we sunk<br />
whenever we took a turn. It was a very exciting and fun day as we got<br />
to spend time with our friends and work in teams.<br />
By Lulu Pettit & Olivia Helmore<br />
Yr 7 & 8 Girls<br />
1 st Millie East<br />
2 nd Jessie Winter<br />
3 rd Estelle Gellatly<br />
Yr 7 & 8 Boys<br />
1 st Tom Sides<br />
2 nd Riley McCrae<br />
3 rd Clarke West<br />
Yr 9 & 10 Girls<br />
1 st Zoe Smith (NEW RECORD)<br />
2 nd Scarlett Norman<br />
3 rd Yasmin Coombe<br />
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Yr 9 & 10 Boys<br />
1 st Zach Smith<br />
2 nd Ben Silipo<br />
3 rd Dylan Rimmer<br />
Yr 11 Girls<br />
1 st Ruby Burke<br />
2 nd Phoebe Bron<br />
3 rd Laura Neale<br />
Yr 11 Boys<br />
1 st Campbell Wright<br />
2 nd Leo Staufenberg<br />
3 rd Laurie Watson<br />
Yr 12 & 13 Girls<br />
1 st Natalie Mitchell<br />
2 nd Phoenix Brownlie<br />
3 rd Bella Fraser<br />
Yr 12 & 13 Boys<br />
1 st Gregor Findlay<br />
2 nd Julius Staufenberg<br />
3 rd Fletcher Cavanagh<br />
1 st Roy - 23<br />
2 nd Pisa - 22<br />
3 rd Barker - 19<br />
4 th Iron - 15<br />
CROSS<br />
COUNTRY
<strong>MAC</strong><br />
SWIM<br />
CHAMPS 11 YR OLD GIRLS: Grace Heath, Sophie Walsh<br />
11 YR OLD BOYS: Archie North, Tom Sides, Zavier Taylor<br />
12 YR OLD GIRLS: Kate Bennie, Georgie Gillespie, Rhi David<br />
12 YR OLD BOYS: Cruz Morland, Cooper Mills, Henri Fenn<br />
13 YR OLD GIRLS: Emma Palmer, Emily Findlay, Abby Fisher<br />
13 YR OLD BOYS: Ben Silipo, Cullen Meyer, Red Simpson<br />
14/15 YR OLD GIRLS: Emily Heath, 2= Piper Cavanagh / Nicole Meyer<br />
14/15 YR OLD BOYS: Jack Findlay, Leo Staufenberg, Tom Heather<br />
OVER 16 girls: Samantha Garrick, Latisha Halcrow, Jasmine Murray<br />
Over 16 boys: Andrew Campbell, Cai Jager, Wilfred Spearing<br />
House Points: Pisa: 1065, Barker: 855, Iron: 726, Roy: 585.<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> MTB CHAMPS<br />
Senior Boys (Years 11-13)<br />
1st Ty Sarginson<br />
2nd Julius Staufenberg<br />
3rd Gregor Findlay<br />
Senior Girls (Years 11-13)<br />
1st Phoebe Young<br />
2nd Emily Heath<br />
3rd Kim Cadzow<br />
Years 9-10 Boys<br />
1st Zach Smith<br />
2nd Red Simpson<br />
3rd Jack Liddell<br />
Years 9-10 Girls<br />
1st Zoe Smith<br />
2nd Kalani Muirhead<br />
3rd Piper Cavanagh<br />
Years 7-8 Boys<br />
1st Wilkin Payens<br />
2nd Thomas Benson<br />
3rd Cobi Millar<br />
Years 7-8 Girls<br />
1st Rhi David<br />
2nd Pippa Raffills<br />
3rd Amy Benson<br />
House Points<br />
Barker - 39<br />
Iron - 33<br />
Pisa - 23<br />
Roy - 22<br />
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NETBALL A TEAM<br />
BACK: Emily Wilton (COACH), Bridget O’Brien,<br />
Sophie Hodgkiss-Blyth, Millie Heine, Erica Ayres<br />
FRONT: Annabel Fairbairn, Grace Lee, Samantha Garrick,<br />
Holly Wigg, Meg Breen<br />
ABSENT: Florrie Dixon<br />
NETBALL 9A TEAM<br />
BACK: Samara Goodall, Neve Faed, Eliza Hardaker, Rose Armstrong,<br />
Sandra Findlay (COACH)<br />
FRONT: Emily Findlay, Scarlett Norman, Olivia Jones, Emma Palmer,<br />
Ella Salmen-Parker<br />
ABSENT: Olivia McLachlan<br />
NETBALL 10A TEAM<br />
BACK: Nicole McCone (COACH), Holly Gibson, Isla Gellatly, Indy Wilton,<br />
Zoe Smith, Lauren Rooney (MANAGER)<br />
FRONT: Abby Fisher, Summer Rasmussen, Anna Barrett, Nicole Meyer,<br />
Piper Cavanagh<br />
ABSENT: Abby East<br />
EQUESTRIAN<br />
BACK: Eleanor Bennett, Billie Willson, Sienna Collins<br />
MIDDLE: Jasmine Edwards, Yasmin Coombe, Carter Hewson, Sophie Edwards<br />
FRONT: Molly Todd, Ava Plimmer, Jack Willson, Reanna Shepherd, Monty Hewson<br />
ABSENT: Jessie Fraser, Milly Robinson, Danielle Molloy<br />
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SWIMMING SENIORS<br />
BACK: Emma Palmer, Cruz Morland, Kate Bennie, Cullen<br />
Meyer<br />
FRONT: Emily Heath, Laurie Watson, Ben Silipo, Nicole Meyer<br />
ABSENT: Jack Findlay, Emily Findlay<br />
COPPSA SWIMMING<br />
BACK: Isabella Soper, Millie Scott, Grace Heath, Taylah Jones, Tom Sides, Jojo King, Max Porter<br />
FRONT: Cooper Mills, Joshua Allison, Georgie Gillespie, Sophie Walsh, Thomas Benson, Archie<br />
North, Henri Fenn<br />
ABSENT: Rhi David, Henry McConnell, Cobi Millar, Cruz Morland, Kelly Quirke, Zavier Taylor,<br />
Clarke West<br />
SAILING<br />
BACK: Caleb Eason, Yasmin Christian, Holly Chamberlain<br />
FRONT: Stellar Nepia, Kahu Nepia, Ned Hudson, Tom Millis<br />
KAYAKING<br />
BACK: Dave Cassaidy (MANAGER), Corin Suddaby, Red<br />
Simpson, Aden Cassaidy<br />
FRONT: Joel Suddaby, Madi Gainsford, James Suddaby<br />
TARGET SHOOTING<br />
BACK: Ben McNabb, William Hogg, Alex Watson (MANAGER)<br />
FRONT: Anika Gibson, Emily Heath, Hannah McNabb<br />
ABSENT: Haydn Miles, Ruth Bennie<br />
ORIENTEERING<br />
BACK: Liam Williamson, Ben McMurray<br />
FRONT: Bella Fraser, Laurie Watson<br />
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ATHLETICS<br />
BACK: Estelle Gellatly, Zoe Smith, Georgie Bruce, Millie East, Ryan Young<br />
FRONT: Scarlett Norman, Ruby Burke, Jack East, Abby East, Abby Fisher<br />
ROWING<br />
BACK: Patrick Hartley, Sammy Harry, Peta McKay, Quinn Curtis, <strong>Mag</strong>gie Stiven, Rata Horan<br />
FRONT: Sophie Hodgkiss-Blyth, Sophie Fenn, Sam Pearce, Greer Porter, Owen Lea, Macy Toovey<br />
ABSENT: Rob Bruce (COACH)<br />
ADVENTURE RACING<br />
BACK: Zoe Smith, Bella Fraser, Natalie Mitchell, Jack Findlay, Red Simpson<br />
FRONT: Abby East, Emily Heath, Laurie Watson, Rata Horan, Jack Liddell<br />
ABSENT: Jake Nicholson, Hibiki Miyata, Jono Harknett, Cole Sawyer, Tait Scurr,<br />
Noah Holmes, Tom Heather, Thomas Masters, Daniel O’Donnell<br />
ROAD CYCLING<br />
BACK: Natalie Mitchell<br />
FRONT: Sam Coupland,<br />
Phoebe Young<br />
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ROAD CYCLING<br />
BACK: Oliver Haines,<br />
Hugo Sinclair, Ben<br />
McMurray<br />
FRONT: Jack Liddell,<br />
Zach Smith, Red Simpson
<strong>MAC</strong> SENIOR BASKETBALL<br />
BACK: Grant Cagney (COACH), Lucas McTavish, Josh Hasler, Hamish Robinson,<br />
Andy Verwoerd, Michael Meek, Ethan Roadley<br />
FRONT: Wesley Moore, Flynn Brown, Flynn Rosie, Morgan Sarginson, Angus Cagney, Ethan Walker,<br />
Ronan Kaye<br />
ABSENT: Jake Nicholson, Hibiki Miyata, Jono Harknett, Cole Sawyer, Tait Scurr, Noah Holmes,<br />
Tom Heather, Thomas Masters, Daniel O’Donnell<br />
BASKETBALL JUNIOR GIRLS<br />
BACK: Toto Tanabe, Kaia Rosie<br />
FRONT: Lea McTavish, Bobbie Wilson-Davies, Eliza Hardaker<br />
ABSENT: Olivia McLachlan, Tammy Miller, Jessica Owers<br />
BASKETBALL JUNIOR BOYS<br />
BACK: Layton Osnabrugge, Mustafa Caliskan, Sam Johnson, Toby Horton<br />
FRONT: Zach Smith, Harry Gillespie, Josh Orton, Nathan Beaton, Bailey Sharp<br />
ABSENT: Harry Gibertson, Elih Long, Jayden Robert<br />
MOUNTAIN BIKING<br />
BACK: Ty Muirhead, Cobi Miller, Mica Drake,<br />
Thomas Benson, George Crotty<br />
FRONT: Henri Fenn, Kalani Muirhead, Phoebe<br />
Young, Amy Benson, Wilkin Payens<br />
ABSENT: Taane Bayce-Horsley, Kim Cadzow, Anton<br />
Cousins, Timo Fitzpatrick, Thomas Masters,<br />
Jack Miller, Daniel O’Donnell, Oli Prince, Wilfred<br />
Spearing, Laurie Watson, McKay Watson, Liam<br />
Williamson, Campbell Wright<br />
VOLLEYBALL JUNIOR GIRLS<br />
BACK: Carol Bradley (COACH), Kiara Bercelli, Scarlett Norman,<br />
Georgie Bruce, Zoe Smith, Holly Gibson<br />
FRONT: Piper Cavanagh, Abby Fisher, Alexa McKay, Anna Barrett,<br />
Georgia Robertson<br />
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GIRLS FIRST XI FOOTBALL<br />
BACK: Brooke Presbie, Natalie Mitchell, Bella Fraser, Alice Chrisp, Anna<br />
Roberts, Josie Plimmer, Annabel Carter, Stellar Nepia, Sara Wright<br />
FRONT: Bella Richardson, Kiara Bercelli, Tess Treadwell-Burke, Jordan<br />
Fox, <strong>Mag</strong>gie Stiven, Pheonix Brownlie<br />
ABSENT: Aimee McArthur, Richard Vorstermans (COACH)<br />
SENIOR FUTSAL GIRLS<br />
BACK: Aimee McArthur, Tess Treadwell-Burke, Stellar Nepia, <strong>Mag</strong>gie Stiven,<br />
Sara Wright, Kiara Bercelli<br />
FRONT: Siena Shotwell, Josie Plimmer, Annabel Carter, Anna Roberts,<br />
Jordan Fox, Phoenix Brownlie<br />
ABSENT: Ruby Armstrong, Freya Moore<br />
BOYS FIRST XI FOOTBALL<br />
BACK: Fletcher Cavanagh, Lucas Buckley, Noah Holmes, Liam Kirk, Alex<br />
Plimmer, Micheal Meek, Joseph Sharratt, Lukas Schafer<br />
FRONT: Toa Roode, Pedro Domingues, Johnny Percy, Ethan Arratia,<br />
Weston Bell, Levi Fletcher, Micheal Gealogo, Jake Nicholson<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> SENIOR BOYS FIRST FUTSAL TEAM:<br />
BACK: Leon Roode (COACH), Lukas Schafer, Michael Meek, Jake Nicholson, Toa Roode.<br />
FRONT: Michael Gealogo, Fletcher Cavanagh (VC), Alex Plimmer (C),Weston Bell,<br />
Levi Fletcher.<br />
ABSENT: Lucas Buckley, Ethan Arratia, Noah Holmes, Cameron Flude (TEAM MANAGER).<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> SENIOR BOYS SECOND FUTSAL TEAM:<br />
BACK: Blake Hartley, Johnny Percy, Andy Verwoerd, Leon Roode (COACH).<br />
FRONT: Daniel Hadida, Ethan Arratia, Noah Holmes (C), Niklas Bareis, Jacob Lang.<br />
ABSENT: Flynn Brown (VC), Cameron Flude (TEAM MANAGER).<br />
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<strong>MAC</strong> 1 ST XV RUGBY<br />
BACK: Phoenix Apa, Marcus<br />
Hetherington, Callum Smith, Ryan<br />
Schmack, Matthew Wilson, James<br />
Jeffries, Lachie MacDonald<br />
MIDDLE: Jason Kerr (COACH), Jack East,<br />
Cai Jager, Rhys Hughes, Hamish<br />
Robinson, Fergus Read, Tait Scurr, Nick<br />
Boyne, Hamish Crosbie (COACH)<br />
FRONT: Carl Schmack (COACH), Sam<br />
Pearce, Lachie Weir, Gregor Findlay<br />
(CO-CAPTAIN), Sam Howard (CO-CAPTAIN),<br />
Ben Stacey, Ethan Kerr, Haagon East<br />
(HEAD COACH)<br />
ABSENT: Ollie Williams-Holloway,<br />
Matthew Robinson (COACH)<br />
RIPPA RUGBY<br />
BACK: Dan Cullen (COACH), Kalan Nichol, Estelle Gellatly, Millie Scott, Tom Sides, Jake Green, Ferg Perriam,<br />
Henry Bowering, Isabella Soper, Max Porter, Bryce Voyce<br />
MIDDLE: Archie Goodall, Clarke West, Rhi David, Wilkin Payens, Amelia Young, Pyper Arnold, Pippa Rafills,<br />
Ehan Hughes, Riley McRae<br />
FRONT: Thomas Benson, Josh Allison, Henri Fenn, Thomas Scurr, Emilie Nicholson, Jessie Winter, Tayla Doran,<br />
George Crotty<br />
ABSENT: Henry Allison, Livi Arnold, Max Byrne, Jackson Clarke, Ruby Cochrane, Luca Georgalli, Ben Hawkins,<br />
Bonnie McGregor, Ella Sarginson, Hugo Sinclair, Laura Watkins, Rochelle Robertson (COACH), Jodi Voyce (COACH)<br />
CRICKET FIRST XI<br />
BACK: Marcus Hetherington, Sam Teal, Ryan Schmack, Mitchell Collett<br />
FRONT: Thomas Edwards, Sam Howard, Lachie Weir, Gregor Findlay, Fergus Read<br />
ABSENT: Adam Breen, George McDonald<br />
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NETBALL B TEAM<br />
NETBALL 9 & 10 CLUBSNETBALL C TEAM<br />
NETBALL Y7 & 8 CLUBS<br />
NETBALL SENIOR SOCIAL CLUBS<br />
NETBALL Y7 & 8 CLUBS<br />
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FOOTBALL U17S<br />
FOOTBALL U14S<br />
FOOTBALL U12S<br />
CRICKET<br />
SENIOR HOCKEY<br />
SENIOR HOCKEY RESERVE B<br />
SKIING<br />
CROSS COUNTRY SKIING<br />
SNOWBOARDING<br />
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Individual<br />
SPORTING SUCCESS<br />
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Winter Games<br />
<strong>Mag</strong>gie Little<br />
Result or highlight?<br />
10 th place women's slopestyle,<br />
11 th place women's halfpipe<br />
Favourite part about competing in your<br />
hometown?<br />
Mum making me yummy<br />
dinners and sleeping in my<br />
own bed.<br />
Pre-competition pump up tune?<br />
In the air- Phil Collins<br />
What is your spirit animal when you are<br />
skiing?<br />
Flying fish<br />
Rory Johns<br />
Result or highlight?<br />
Shredding with<br />
the big dogs<br />
Pre competition pump<br />
up tune?<br />
Africa - Toto<br />
What is your spirit<br />
animal when you are<br />
boarding?<br />
Koala<br />
Campbell Wright<br />
Result or highlight?<br />
7 th in 10km skate interval start-<br />
Winter Games NZ<br />
Pre-competition pump up tune?<br />
I don’t care (I love it)- Icona Pop<br />
What is your spirit animal when you are<br />
skiing/boarding?<br />
Capybara<br />
How do you handle competition nerves?<br />
I don’t really get nervous, but when I<br />
do I slam some caffeine.<br />
Ben Harrington<br />
Chloe McMillan<br />
Result or highlight?<br />
Unfortunately I did my knee in<br />
training and couldn’t compete. But<br />
I enjoyed the hot chocolate in the<br />
medical room.<br />
Favourite part about competing in your hometown?<br />
Well, Hamilton doesn't have a lot<br />
of snow, or hills, or ski comps. But<br />
competing in my second home is<br />
awesome.<br />
Pre competition pump up tune?<br />
Anything Michael Jackson<br />
Result or highlight?<br />
Finishing 9 th in slopestyle and<br />
4 th in halfpipe.<br />
What is your spirit animal when you are<br />
skiing/boarding?<br />
My dog because he’s cool and I<br />
like my dog.<br />
How do you handle competition nerves?<br />
I drop fire dance moves at the<br />
top of the course.<br />
Luca Harrington<br />
Result or highlight?<br />
I got an award for being<br />
the highest scored under<br />
16 in slopestyle<br />
What is your spirit animal when<br />
you are skiing?<br />
Probably a penguin.<br />
Super small but fast<br />
down the slopes. Super<br />
light so I always nuckle<br />
the jumps. But fast at<br />
flips because I weigh<br />
just as much as a fat<br />
penguin.<br />
How do you handle competition<br />
nerves?<br />
I don't, I’m yet to figure<br />
that one out.<br />
The Youth Olympic Games, as clichéd as it sounds, were an experience of a lifetime. The ‘Olympics’<br />
is a name known to everyone. Except, for me, it was more than that. It was a passion, a dream and<br />
a goal that I used to define my life and who I was.<br />
It’s reality didn’t disappoint. However, I quickly realised that it wasn’t just about competing against<br />
the world’s best. It encompasses more than the area between the start and finish line. Despite<br />
the five days of racing being a highlight due to the constant adrenaline rush, the people and the<br />
village were also high points. From the slightly disappointing to incredible race results, it made a<br />
dramatic effect on who I am. It gave me a spark of confidence that, ‘I am good enough’ and that I<br />
belong there. It is a very rewarding feeling, especially with the challenge of racing five days in a row.<br />
When recovery is a primary focus, to ensure you are ready to go fast the next day, you would<br />
have to fight the urge to join in in the activities occurring at the village where we stayed. Activities<br />
consisted of a circus corner, yoga, karaoke, speeches, pool-table soccer, spray painting and more.<br />
This combined with the atmosphere stained with everyone’s happiness made me feel so elated - I<br />
was breathing the very air that I had dreamed.<br />
From the airport where nervous excitement bounced from athlete to athlete which continued when I was standing in a sea of international athletes,<br />
to competing at the Green Park and to the sad goodbyes to close friends I had made, this journey was a goal come true.<br />
I had never expected my cycling to bring me this incredible opportunity and I am so appreciative of all the support I have received.<br />
Phoebe Young<br />
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