AIMES Awards 2018 Souvenir Book

2018

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CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE AIMES season is upon us again and it is my favourite time of the year. This is the pinnacle point of our annual calendar and the very reason for our existence.

Every year we receive numerous applications that produce the most stunning recipients and I always have a slight worry that we won’t be able to match that same quality the following year. I am delighted to confirm that I had nothing to worry about as this year’s winners are an outstanding group of young people.

This will be my first year awarding grants to our winners as president of the club and I feel both honoured and fortunate to have such a responsibility.

As a precursor to my role as president, I led a planning session with the trustees and our operations team, to help prepare a threeyear strategic plan. We kicked this off with a values workshop where we went through a process to identify what we thought were our key values – excellence, engagement and trustworthy. We believe that these values guide the actions and decisions of the trustees, our operations team and judges and we were delighted to have these values endorsed by our members at the AGM; the judging and selection of the recipients being no exception.

The judges have done an outstanding job this year in selecting our recipients. Thank you to all judges who give their time freely, I know this is a time-consuming process but it is vital to both club and community. In particular, I’d like to thank Catherine Lamb who chairs our Junior Awards panel and Sue Stanaway, the chairperson of our judging committee as well as the AIMES/Emerging Talent panel.

We have full coverage of high-quality winners across our Emerging and Junior awards categories and it’s encouraging to see winners continuing to transition through Emerging and into AIMES. Personally, I am looking forward to welcoming our first AIMES Awards winner who has transitioned through all three categories, but I guess we will need to be patient with that.

As you turn these pages you’ll discover a wonderful unfolding story that reinforces just how very fortunate we are to belong to an organisation whose members share such strong objectives for the region and its young people.

Out of the 165 applications that we received we have identified nine Junior Excellence Award recipients, eight AIMES Emerging Talent Award recipients and six AIMES Award recipients – one of whom will be awarded the prestigious Sir Peter Blake Trophy.

Together these outstanding recipients take home just under $200,000 and join a growing group of exceptional alumni.

None of what we do could be achieved without the generous support of our sponsors and they are numerous. These include, Letter, Emerging Talent, Junior Awards, Winners Network, Lunch, Event, Boardroom Buzz, BEN Breakfast, Travel, Building North Harbour and Support sponsors. Thank you all so very much, your ongoing generosity makes an amazing difference to more people than you realise.

I would like to thank our hard-working operations team and my fellow trustees for their support, you are a passionate and hardworking bunch and we certainly couldn’t continue to grow and prosper without you. I would especially like to thank immediate past President, Aidan Bennett; I’m sure every member would agree that he has done an outstanding job leading the club towards excellence in the past three years.

On a final note, I would like to thank the members of the North Harbour Club as without your support of our awards and events there would be none of this. Carry your membership with pride, you are a very special group doing very important work.

Read on with pride, you deserve it.

Phil Brosnan President, North Harbour Club & Charitable Trust

NORTH HARBOUR CLUB

MEMBERS 2018 PATRON Peter Menzies LIFE MEMBERS Joan Finlayson Peter & Michelle Wall Gary Monk HONORARY MEMBERS John Bishop Bob Jago Professor Ian Watson BOARD OF TRUSTEES Phil Brosnan (President) Tammy McLeod (Vice-President) Aidan Bennett (Immediate Past President) Mike Atkinson John Cobb Shane Cortese Daryl Devereux Sue Kohn-Taylor Kevin McLean Tammy McLeod Ngaio Merrick AMBASSADORS Cameron Calkoen Shane Cortese Ian Jones Peter Montgomery MEMBERS Max Abbott Maurice Abraham Philip Adamson John Algie Chris Allen Vicki Barrie Maggie Barry Paul Bayer Matthew Bellingham Melinda Bennett John Berry Trish Blackmore Paul Blackwell Nicolette Bodewes Janine Brinsdon Scott Browne Paul Brownsey Jonno Buckley

Graeme Budler Sky Cai Ian Calderwood Angela Cameron Paul Cameron Matt Carnell Barbara Cavanagh Graham Collie Clyde Colson Nixon Cooper Richard Coote Steve Corbett Mike Cruickshank Jan Dawson Tristan Dean Nick Delamare Tony Dench Bert Denee Glen Denham Stephen Dil Dave Donaldson Bill Donovan Blake Douglas Wade Downey Terry Dunleavy Eric Faesen Kloet Simon Farland David Ferguson Dean Flyger Fay Freeman Greg Frittelli Don Galbraith Patrick Gale Colin Gibbons David Gibson Zane Gifford Chris Glackin Bruno Goedeke John Gold Craig Gregory Paul Gunn Rob Gunston Jane Guy Kirk Hardy Terence Harpur Colin Harvey John Hastings CJ Healy Michelle Henderson Nick Hern Brian Hight Andrew Hill

Nick Hill Gary Howarth Nick Howe-Smith Lyle Irwin Dima Ivanov Mark Jago Craig Jenkins Chris Jones Annette Kann Nick Kearney Andrew Kelleher Ben Kelsey Stephen Kendall-Jones Chris Kennings Winston Kidd Darrel Kinghan Lloyd Kirby Dave Lane Alan Le Noel Bob Leveloff Sir David Levene Murray Lockwood Kate Luxton Liam Lyons Andrew MacKenzie Haydn MacKenzie Chris Maclean David Macleod Ron MacRae Lynda Mann Janet Marshall John Matthews Raewyn Matthys-Morris Steve McCracken Bob McGuigan Paul McKinley Forres McPheat Bob McRae Tracey Mehrtens Grant Murray Karen Murrell Murray Nancekivell Geoff Nash Tony Nicholson Bridget Nicol Mary Nixon Ken Noble Craig Offwood Ann Old Tim Oughton Jugdis Parbhu Sean Parsons

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Jeremy Parsons Dr Frances Pitsilis Richard Poole Bob Quaid Alex Reed Chris Reeve Greg Remmington Ralph Roberts Paul Rodgers Nicola Russ Andy Ruzich Daniel Ryan John Sandford Wendy Sandifer James Sclater Kate Shevland Gary Simpson Mike Single Rod Slater Bill Smale Greg Smale Nicola Smee Bill Speedy Bruce Spooner John Spooner Sue Stanaway Mike Stanley Jane Stanley David Stedman Hugh Stedman Sam Swann Irene Symes Jan Thomas James Thomas Andrew Thomson Ann Tod Bruce Tong Scott Travis Jonathan Tredray John Twomey Paul Vermaak Craig Waller Jason Watson Allan Watts Logan Whitelaw Mark Whitford Lisa Whyte Alan Wiltshire Alex Witten-Hannah Greg Young Dean Young Ted Zorn

THE CLUB The North Harbour club was established on the 18th May, 1995.

Originally, a group of North Shore business people met and established a constitution with the objectives below: 1.

To promote the North Harbour region.

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For business establishments of the region to meet and network for the good of the region.

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To form a Charitable Trust to raise funds and present scholarships to the youth of the North Harbour region through the annual AIMES Awards.

To be eligible for an AIMES Award, recipients (aged between 10 & 13 for a Junior Excellence Award and 14 & 25 for an Emerging Talent or AIMES Award) must display excellence in the areas of the Arts; IT, Innovation; Music; Education; Sport and Service to the Community.

Now in its 23rd year, the North Harbour Club continues to be an association of North Harbour/North Shore leaders in local affairs, business, education, sport and social development.

Members of the club, who are all residents or have their businesses on the North Shore and North Harbour region, have, among other stated aims, the desire to promote excellence by encouraging and providing financial assistance to the young people of the North Harbour region who have significant ability in their chosen field and display personal characteristics which make them worthy of our support.

The annual AIMES Awards are the highest-profile initiative of the North Harbour Club, but the objectives are five-fold: 1.

To establish and maintain a club of non-political character for Members to meet through regular lunches and social activities.

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To establish a Charitable Trust, known as The North Harbour Club Charitable Trust, to promote and develop local talent in the fields covered by the AIMES Awards.

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To support cultural, sporting and recreational activities in the region.

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To foster a spirit of pride in the region.

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To foster a ‘good neighbour’ and ‘good citizen’ ethos in the region.

In October 2015, the North Harbour Club also assumed responsibility for the North Harbour Business Hall of Fame (previously Enterprise North Shore Business Hall of Fame). The 14 laureates already inducted were acknowledged and are now laureates under the new Hall of Fame.

Established originally in 2004, it celebrates exemplary efforts in North Harbour business and the community and is part of the club’s ongoing programme of rewarding success.

Visit: www.northharbourclub.co.nz For further details contact: Gill Johnston, Events; Phone 021 278 9915; Email gill@northharbourclub.co.bz Christie Parkin, Administration & Marketing; Phone: 021 277 0699; Email: christie@northharbourclub.co.nz Peter White; Membership & Sponsorship; Phone: 0274 778 485; Email: peter@northharbourclub.co.nz

The North Harbour Club & Charitable Trust acknowledges the ongoing support of our fantastic sponsors…

NORTH HARBOUR CLUB AIMES AWARDS SPONSORS

WE’RE BUILDING NORTH HARBOUR SPONSORS

NORTH HARBOUR CLUB EVENT & SUPPORT SPONSORS

PROUD SPONSOR OF THE AIMES WINNERS NETWORK

NORTH HARBOUR CLUB MEMBERSHIP SPONSOR

EXCLUSIVE TRAVEL PARTNER

NORTH HARBOUR BUSINESS HALL OF FAME SPONSOR

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AIMES AWARD

RECIPIENTS 2018 AWARDS PRESENTED :

AIMES ARTS AWARD 2018: Natasha Wilson

AIMES INNOVATION AWARD 2018: Sharndre Kushor

AIMES MUSIC AWARD 2018: Sally Kim

AIMES EDUCATION AWARD 2018: Michael Chieng

AIMES SPORT AWARD 2018: Georgia Williams

AIMES SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AWARD 2018: Alexander Kuch The overall AIMES SUPREME AWARD WINNER for 2018 will be chosen from these six recipients and announced at the conclusion of tonights event.

ARTS AWARD SPONSOR ED BY A S B

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MUSICIAN - OPERA SINGER (24) Opera singer Natasha Wilson credits her time at Westlake Girls High School as crucial for nurturing her love and talent for music. It was there that she flourished and learnt so many skills she uses today in her career as a classical musician. Natasha says her involvement in Westlake’s choirs – Key Cygnetures and Choralation – laid the foundations. She adds that living and learning on the North Shore has helped build her into the musician, performer, professional and woman that she is today.

Since starting her tertiary education at the University of Auckland she has received scholarships in music, which have supported her throughout her post-graduate degree and further study. These scholarships have included:- University of Auckland Singers Prize 2014; the Graham Allen Music Theatre Prize 2014; the Marie D’Albini Scholarship in Music 2016; the Evelyn M. Harrison Scholarship in Music 2016; and the Anne Bellam Scholarship in Music 2016. Natasha was also fortunate to be the recipient of the Circle 100 Scholarship and the Dame Sister Mary Leo scholarship at the Whanganui Opera school in 2018.

Natasha has also enjoyed success in many regional vocal competitions in the past two years, including winning the Dame Malvina Major Dunedin Aria competition 2017; the Dame Malvina Major Napier Aria competition 2018; and the Becroft Aria North Shore Competition 2018. She was also a semi-finalist in the Lexus Song Quest 2018, which was streamed live on Radio New Zealand Concert.

Since graduating from University in 2016, Natasha has been

working as a full-time performer, mostly in classical voice. She was chosen to join the New Zealand Opera Company as part of the ensemble in 2017, touring in Gilbert and Sullivan’s 'The Mikado’.

For the past year she has been undertaking an emerging artist internship with the company, performing a number of principal roles in productions. In 2017 Natasha made her international debut in Australia with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra – performing in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane – as the main soprano in ‘Spanish Baroque’ and then ‘Bittersweet Obsessions’.

Just last month, in September, Natasha started a one-year, post-graduate diploma in vocal studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in the United States. With a year of study at the conservatory with world-renowned vocal teacher Cesar Ulloa, Natasha hopes to set herself up to be ready to undertake a young artist programme at one of the major opera houses in the US, UK or Europe. It is through one of these young artist programmes that she plans to build the stepping stones towards a successful, professional, international career in Opera.

Natasha plans to use her AIMES Arts Award funds during the year in San Francisco – for course fees, living costs, and other expenses pertaining to the study.

Natasha Wilson receives the AIMES Arts Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by ASB - including a cash grant of $15,000.

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Natasha Wilson

INNOVATION AWARD

SPONSOR ED BY M A S S E Y U N I VE R S I TY

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ENTREPRENEUR (24) The story of Sharndre Kushor is very special. The 23 year old of South African Indian origin attended Albany Primary School, Albany Junior High and Albany Senior High School. At the age of 18, after graduating as Head Student at Albany Senior High, she co-founded Crimson Education from the family living room in Albany, an entity that has evolved from a start-up into a NZ$220 million global education company, encompassing 20,000 students and 2,000 tutors and mentors. As Chief Operating Officer, Sharndre has overseen expansion to 24 cities around the world. Just last year Crimson was recognised as Deloitte Fast 50's top three fastest growing companies with 1005% growth.

Sharndre says that growing up on the North Shore she felt surrounded by people in the community who were pushing her to be the best version of herself. It was an upbringing and grounding that motivated her to share what she had learnt about global study and career opportunities with the world.

She is proud that Crimson has supported numerous students from the North Shore who have gained admission to Ivy League and Oxbridge schools and have shared information about global opportunities through free community workshops and school talks to thousands of North Shore students. Since 2015, Crimson students have collectively received 133 offers to Ivy League schools and 38 to Oxford and Cambridge universities. Crimson has also secured over $63 million in scholarship funding and financial aid for students.

New Zealand now has the highest per-capita admission results to Ivy League/Top US universities than any other country outside of the US. In 2016, while still living in Albany, Sharndre graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Health Sciences specialising in Population Health. That same year, she oversaw Crimson's expansion of its offices from Auckland and Sydney to Melbourne, London, Bangkok, Singapore, and beyond. In 2016 Crimson took in over $30 million of investor capital to enable them to drive further geographical expansion.

Amidst growing competition in the education market, Crimson has overseen mergers and acquisitions of reputable brands like MedView, Play Atlantic, EduExperts and NumberWorks’nWords – the latter of which Sharndre is a Director. Sharndre currently sits on the board of five education companies that have global reach.

In 2017 Sharndre co-founded the Te Ara a Kupe Beaton Scholarship - a Crimson funded program dedicated to young Maori

students who have the spirit to conquer the world stage. As a result five Maori students received a collective amount of $100,000 worth of education and mentoring to fuel their future study and careers.

Sharndre has also launched an international tours arm of Crimson that has seen hundreds of students participate in Model UNs at Yale and Harvard as well as experience Facebook HQ, Twitter, SnapChat and the boardrooms of the world’s largest hedge funds on Wall Street.

Sharndre's story has featured on the Forbes Asia '30 Under 30' list. She also received the 2017 New Zealand Youth Enterprise Award; is the youngest person to receive the Best Businesswoman of the Year Award and has won the Best Young Entrepreneur of the Year in New Zealand’s annual Indian Business Awards.

Sharndre says that her persistence in business to prove her value and have a seat at the table consistently allowed her to overcome the social conditions that originally acted as barriers for her and countless other young women. Today, she oversees the entire running of the organisation that currently has over 260 employees, 2300 contractors across more than 20 countries.

In the future Sharndre's interested in pursuing a graduate degree in the field of e-learning and ultimately hopes to use the knowledge and insight to change the way that people learn for the better. Earlier this year she visited Fiji to discuss with officials how e-learning can be used as a tool for Fijian students living in rural and island areas to build 21st century skills. This trip was an exciting milestone for her as it marked the beginning of work with governments to collaborate on how resources and policy can be structured to yield the best outcomes for students.

Sharndre will use the AIMES Awards scholarship funds to contribute towards attending an Interpersonal Dynamics for High Performance Executives course at Stanford University and also towards a charitable initiative to spread the Christmas joy to underprivileged children on the North Shore. For the past seven years she has been running and self funding this initiative. On Christmas Eve each year she posts on a range of community groups asking for names of children who will not be receiving gifts from Santa because of financial hardship. This has resulted in Christmas presents for over 1000 children who live on the North Shore.

Sharndre Kushor receives the AIMES Innovation Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Massey University – including a cash grant of $15,000.

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Sharndre Kushor

MUSIC AWARD

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MUSICIAN - CELLOIST (23) 23 year old former Westlake Girls High School pupil Sally Kim has recently completed her Bachelor of Music degree with first class honours at the University of Auckland majoring in Performance Music on the Cello under the tutelage of a German cellist Edith Salzmann.

Sally started playing the Cello at the age of five, along with the Violin and the Piano. She continued learning the three instruments until the age 12, before deciding to specialise in the Cello. The following year, 2008, she gained ABRSM Grade 8. One of her early musical achievements was as a soloist playing with the St Matthews Orchestra, after being awarded the first prize in the Harmony Club Music Competition at the age of 14.

Sally has loved being a chamber musician since high school and it led her to enter the New Zealand Secondary Schools Chamber Music Contest in 2011 and 2012. Her ensemble won both years and were awarded a Sir James Wallace prize. This prestigious award led her to travel to China to give concerts in Shanghai and Suzhou.

In 2013, as a soloist, Sally was granted the Pettman National Junior Academy’s Special Scholarship to enable her to compete in an International Music Competition in Padova, Italy. She successfully received the highest mark in her category.

Later in 2013, while Sally was still in high school, she collaborated with university students and competed in the national tertiary chamber music competition called the Royal Overseas League Scholarship. She played as a Cellist in a Piano Trio, and was privileged to have been granted this award which led to a fully funded trip to the UK to give 12 concerts and attend BBC Proms concerts. Her ensemble, Trinity Trio, gave nine concerts including performances in the St James Piccadilly in London, Edinburgh Festival, Buddleigh Salterton amongst others. The trio left such a great impression on the professors of the Royal Academy of Music, The Guildhall School of Music and the Royal College of Music, that they invited the trio to play in the prestigious Pablo Casals Festival in France.

As a university student, Sally has been awarded four ‘First in Course’ Awards for her performance papers at the University of Auckland.

During her studies, she was chosen by the Head of the Music to be a representative of the University of Auckland to perform at the Beijing Pacific Alliance Submit in April, 2016. Just months later, Sally was invited to record and premiere a piece called “The Spirit of ASEAN” in Thailand. Through the support of The New Zealand Embassies across the ASEAN countries, she managed to give eight recitals in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Timor-Leste.

Last year, Sally won the Manchester Fellowship and was contracted to play as a member of the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra. Some of the mainstage concerts included the New Zealand Herald series, the Bayley’s Great Classic series and the International Michael Hill Violin Competition, all performed at the Town Hall. As part of the fellowship, she goes on to be tutti cellist for the Royal New Zealand Ballet and the New Zealand Opera.

In August, Sally commenced her Master of Music Degree studies at the prestigious New England Conservatory in Boston (USA) with Professor Paul Katz.

She will be coming back to New Zealand in mid-2019 to record the full collection of New York composer, Missy Mazzoli’s String Trios and Quartets in collaboration with an American and a New Zealand record label.

Sally will use the funds received from this AIMES Award towards costs associated with studying under Professor Paul Katz in the United States. She says he is one of the most influential pedagogue in Cello playing. His students excel in almost all of the prestigious international music competitions around the world, and perform regularly on stages such as the Carnegie Hall, the Wigmore Hall and the Walt Disney Hall. He is one of the most influential teachers in America right now who has direct connections to many artistic managements.

Sally Kim receives the AIMES Music Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Yamaha Home Entertainment – including a cash grant of $15,000.

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Sally Kim

EDUCATION AWARD SPONSOR ED BY K R I S T I N SC H O O L

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DOCTOR, MEDICAL RESEARCH (25) Former Rangitoto College head boy Michael Chieng currently works as a doctor at North Shore Hospital, gaining experience in various departments; including surgery, orthopaedics, emergency, as well as medicine and its subspecialties. He has also maintained an interest in clinical research which began when he was a medical student and has since developed into a growing number of publications.

Michael was born at the very hospital he now works in, attended Murrays Bay Primary and Intermediate before moving on to Rangitoto College and then attending the University of Auckland, where he was accepted into the medical program in 2011.

In his third year of medical training Michael elected to undertake a research studentship in public health. His project examined the risks of cycling on New Zealand roads compared with other recreational activities. This work gained national traction, including a feature in the New Zealand Herald, when he proposed that road cycling was 35 times safer than playing rugby when comparing ACC

claims for each activity. Michael says he wanted to understand the reasons people feel reluctant to cycle on our roads but perhaps feel more comfortable with taking other risks in their lives. This projects findings were also published in the Journal of Transport and Health last year.

In 2016 Michael embarked on an elective to Scandinavia, known for its advanced medical care and world-class facilities. In Denmark, he performed an internship with the gastroenterology department at Copenhagen’s largest and most specialised hospital. There he learnt from leaders in the field of Parenteral Nutrition – the administration of nutrition via the veins, completely bypassing the normal gut digestive process. This is used for patients with intestinal failure to prevent dietary deficiencies and ultimately starvation. In Copenhagen, Michael was involved with performing scientific analysis on patients to precisely calculate inputs and outputs of nutrients.

Michael brought back knowledge and skills from this overseas experience and in November last year presented a research paper at the New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting titled 'Catheter-related venous thrombosis in hospital patients receiving parenteral nutrition at North Shore Hospital’.

This was led by the Nutrition Support Team at Waitemata DHB. They found that the incidence of venous thrombosis in our cohort of Parenteral Nutrition patients was reassuringly comparable to international data.

In the past year Michael has also been published in the New Zealand Medical Journal. He wrote a case report titled 'Clostridium difficile infections in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease'. The purpose of this publication was to update clinicians on the latest literature consensus for this type of infection in a high-risk group.

Michael suggested that the way we treat patients with inflammatory bowel disease who develop these infections may differ from standard populations. He says the gut microbiome is an extremely interesting area to study and may prove a focus for his future research.

Currently Michael is working on an international research project with a group of doctors from Germany and a clinical supervisor based at North Shore. When this is complete he plans to present the work on the world stage.

At the conclusion of Michael's medical studies at the University of Auckland he was nominated as one of five finalists for the JDK North Prize in Clinical Medicine – a result of achieving the highest “distinction” grade in all of his medical rotations throughout his undergraduate study. He was also one of five students to be

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Michael Chieng

nominated for the Sir Carrick Robertson Prize in Surgery. He was the only student in the graduating class to be named as a finalist for both premier awards.

Michael says his dedication to academia was largely fostered at Rangitoto College. He was a competitive gymnast participating in competitions in Germany, the United States and Australia. At Rangitoto his focus turned towards academic pursuits, achieving many successes, including premier awards across the three science disciplines as well as economics and statistics. He was elected Head Boy in his final year and given the opportunity to travel to Harvard University to participate in a leadership symposium as well as an international future problem solving competition in Michigan.

Michael hopes that his research will extend the boundaries of medical knowledge and inspire others to do the same. With the help of this AIMES Award he wishes to present more of his research at both international and domestic conferences. The financial assistance will help contribute to conference registration as well as publishing costs.

Currently Michael is working on an international research project with a group of doctors from Germany and a clinical supervisor based at North Shore.

Michael Chieng receives the AIMES Education Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Kristin School – including a cash grant of $15,000.

SPORT AWARD

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PROFESSIONAL ROAD CYCLIST (23) The story of Commonwealth Games Silver Medalist Georgia Williams is one North Harbour Club members should be hugely proud of. The Professional Road Cyclist received an AIMES Emerging Talent Award in 2013 – support that enabled her to move to Cambridge and be part of the New Zealand Track Cycling Team which took her to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and Rio Olympics.

Georgia has now turned her focus to Road Cycling with outstanding success. After shining while competing in Australia in early 2017, she was signed by one of the top professional female road cycling teams called Orica-SCOTT. They are an Australian team

which is based in Europe. Georgia then spent seven months in Italy racing the European World Tour – her first year back racing on the road. She says she learnt a great deal as a newbie while helping the team to many victories. This led to Georgia being offered another contract for the 2018 season.

As a confirmed professional road cyclist she also set herself some firm goals. The first goal was to win the New Zealand National Road Champs in Napier in January – she had been 2nd in the elite women’s road race three times. She ended up winning the time trial and then backed it up the next day with a win in the road race – winning by over 4 minutes.

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Georgia Williams

A tradition in professional cycling is as the national champion you can wear a special jersey in your countries colours. Georgia says that being able to represent New Zealand in Europe this year in her national champs jersey has been such an honour. Instead of wearing the team colours of black and yellow, she proudly wears a white and black jersey with the fern.

Winning the national champs also gave Georgia selection for her next big goal of the season which was to get a medal at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. She headed to Europe in mid-February and raced lots of the spring classics in Belgium, Italy and Holland. The weather was horrible in Europe and and as a result she ended up coming back for the games not in the best of health – at one stage she contemplated pulling out. Despite not feeling 100% on race day she dug deep and picked up a Commonwealth Games Silver Medal in the road race.

After the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games it was straight on the plane back to Europe the very next day to finish off her European season. Her next target goal was a tour in Spain called Bira in the Basque Country. Georgia competed in the five day stage race and was placed 5th in the time trial and ended up 4th overall which was a huge result as she was up against some of the best riders in the world. More recently Georgia has had a bad crash while out training

in Europe, fracturing her pubis, sacrum and hip.

She was targeting a return to competition in late September.

Georgia is thrilled to have been offered a contract with the team to continue for the 2019 season. The team are currently ranked the top women’s team in the World.

Georgia's next big goal is the Tokyo Olympics. She wants to race the time trial and the road race aiming for a medal or a top 10 position. Other goals throughout 2019 are podium positions in European world tour races and a good showing at the 2019 world champs scheduled for September.

While Georgia is thrilled to be riding professionally, she says that women’s cycling doesn’t pay too well so she is constantly dipping into savings and the resources of her very supportive parents. Funds from this AIMES Award will therefore be very important for her career in the build-up to Tokyo. They will be used for expenses in Europe, including seven months accommodation in Spain and to also assist with coaching.

Georgia Williams receives the AIMES Sport Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by AUT Millennium – including a cash grant of $15,000.

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AWARD SPONSOR ED BY A LBA N Y TOYOTA

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ADVOCATE - CHILDREN’S RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS (23) This AIMES Award recognises the work of 23 year old former Kingsway School pupil Alexander Kuch and his journey in Children’s Rights and International Adoptions. This is important to Alex as he was adopted from Romania in 1997 by a German family and they have now lived in New Zealand for 12 years – in the Rodney district.

Alex’s family were told by a psychologist that he would not be able to lead a normal life. That school would be nearly impossible and university would not be possible. Fast-forward 20 years and he has defied the experts and was able to complete his schooling and graduate from the University of Auckland due to the support of his family, friends, and his own hard work. He is now motivated by his own experience and desires for others like him to have the opportunity to gain similar chances as he has had. He is the leading voice for children’s rights and reopening International Adoptions from Romania which have been closed since 2003. They currently have approximately 70,000 orphans in Romanian institutions.

Alex says he has been advocating for adopted youth due to how under-represented they are, in being directly involved in making decisions that affect them. In New Zealand one in five people are affected by adoptions and on a global level approximately 100 million children (UNICEF) are orphans. In addition, Alex has also been involved with children’s rights.

Alex has been instrumental in establishing a non-profit called 'I’m Adopted’, that has supported over 300 people to globally find their birth families in just three years. He is also on their board of directors and is leading the Romania initiative. For his involvement he was named a young NZer of the Year semi-finalist, received an award on behalf of the president of Romania and was a Downtown Rotary Peace Fellowship nominee in 2017 and has spoken globally about adoption.

Alex started work in the Netherlands for a child development organisation, Aflatoun, in August. Ultimately, he wants to establish a global consultancy in children’s rights, advising foundations, nonprofits, international governments, and corporations. Alex speaks globally about children’s rights. His autobiography, “The Adventures of Alex”, is scheduled for publication in late 2018.

Alex has also been involved in Global Forums such as the Global Changemakers Forum, Royal Commonwealth Society and he will present at the Third Asia-Europe Foundation Young Leaders Summit on ethical leadership. In addition, he will collaborate with others to establish a working group on practical policy guidelines

Alex has been instrumental in establishing a nonprofit called 'I’m Adopted’, that has supported over 300 people to globally find their birth families in just three years. to have public policy more relevant for children, drawing from best practices and global treaties such as the United Nations Conventions of the Right of the Child.

Alex is thrilled to receive this AIMES Award as it will help towards his long term aspirations. Both connecting to the impressive alumni network and receiving the AIMES Award funds.

The financial support will assist in publishing his biography and will also assist with the development of an App as well as speaking engagements and other costs. He will start promoting the finished book in 2019. It will also help him to attend a global summer adoption research institute workshop in Boston at Amherst at Massachusetts University and to complete his Masters in Children’s rights in the Netherlands.

Alexander Kuch receives the AIMES Service the the Community Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored

by Albany Toyota – including a cash grant of $15,000.

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Alexander Kuch

The North Harbour Club & Charitable Trust acknowledges the ongoing support of our fantastic sponsors…

NORTH HARBOUR CLUB AIMES AWARDS SPONSORS

WE’RE BUILDING NORTH HARBOUR SPONSORS

NORTH HARBOUR CLUB EVENT & SUPPORT SPONSORS

PROUD SPONSOR OF THE AIMES WINNERS NETWORK

NORTH HARBOUR CLUB MEMBERSHIP SPONSOR

EXCLUSIVE TRAVEL PARTNER

NORTH HARBOUR BUSINESS HALL OF FAME SPONSOR

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AIMES EMERGING TALENT AWARD RECIPIENTS 2018 Awards presented at a special cocktail function held on Wednesday October 24th at The B:Hive, Smales Farm.

Ella Cornfield ARTS

Max Lawton INNOVATION

Anna Smart MUSIC

Matthias Balzat MUSIC

Dougal Burden EDUCATION

Ethan Dick SPORT

Oscar Gunn SPORT

Matthew Goldsworthy SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY

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ACTOR/MUSICIAN/SINGER/DANCER (20) It was during a careers lesson at Takapuna Grammar in Year 10 that Ella Cornfield realised she had to be a professional performer. She says that most of her peers were interested in medicine or marketing but she knew they could never offer the right path for her. Fast-forward six years, and Ella is now making the first big steps in her career. It has taken a gruelling 19 drama school auditions, seven call-backs and almost three years since leaving Takapuna Grammar for Ella to finally realise the dream of studying to be a professional actor.

Ella Cornfield grew up in Devonport. Her passion for performing began at age seven as ‘Ariel’ in a production of the ‘Little Mermaid’ at Vauxhall Primary. At Takapuna Grammar she performed in the ‘Foxy Pitches’ Barbershop quartet, ‘West Side Story’ and the 2015 production of ‘Oliver!’ playing ‘Nancy’ at the Bruce Mason Centre. She studied singing under Janice Webb and Jane Horder, and was a student at Devonport School of Dance for over 15 years. Performance highlights include ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ & ‘Hairspray’ with North Shore Music Theatre, ‘Catch Me If You Can’, with Papakura Theatre Company and ‘Oliver!’ with Harlequin Musical Theatre.

Most recently Ella appeared as a guest soloist with the Auckland Symphony Orchestra at the Bruce Mason Centre and the Town Hall. She also sang with local band Wonderfish all over Auckland raising money for “Shine” and for a Wilson Home fundraising concert.

Ella has recently moved to London to study a BA Actor Musician degree at the prestigious Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. She is ecstatic to spend the next three years acting, singing, dancing and playing the piano and cello.

"I have been incredibly fortunate to be one of only 16 candidates selected from thousands for Mountview Academy of Theatre Art’s BA Actor Musician course. This unique and niche area is taking off in the industry with more demands for actors with a musical training in plays and musicals.

"Musical theatre has long been my passion but I have always been surrounded by music. I started playing the piano at five years old, then the violin and by eight I had picked up the cello. My parents both studied classical music in London 30 years ago and it is crazy that I will now be living in the same area they both flatted in when they first met.

"Over my 5 years at Takapuna Grammar I had many inspirational teachers and was given so many opportunities to

develop my craft. Since leaving Takapuna Grammar I have taken a couple of ‘gap’ years that have been incredibly challenging but ultimately rewarding. In 2016 and 2017 I worked at Auckland Live, spending all of my spare time singing, dancing and preparing for auditions.

"Facing a third year without securing a place at a world class institution I decided to move to the UK. I booked a one-way ticket and launched myself into the unknown. Over the last four months I have completed another eight drama school auditions,

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four call-backs, and been offered two places and one reserve. I spent this time working in one of “Britain’s Best Butchers” in West Yorkshire, while staying with family.

This time I had more success. I was offered a place at the upcoming Emil Dale Academy and listed for a reserve place at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

However, my final audition was for Mountview’s Actor Musician course and I could scarcely believe it when I found out I was one of the lucky 16 selected for the course!"

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts was founded in 1945. It is recognised as one of UK’s foremost drama schools and since 2006 Dame Judi Dench has been its President. The school provides specialist training in acting, directing, producing and theatre production. Mountview’s reputation for the quality of its training is evident within its industry results as 95% of students work professionally within one year of graduating. As celebrated producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh has said, “I employ many Mountview graduates, I appreciate the consistently high standards achieved by the staff and students”. What is even more exciting is that Mountview is moving to brand new premises this year in Peckham, South London.

"I am thrilled to receive support and recognition from my local community in the form of an AIMES Emerging Talent Award from the North Harbour Club,” said Ella in early October. "I would love the opportunity to sing at an AIMES Award evening and to share my story with any young artists who also have dreams beyond their imagination!

I want to put the North Shore on the map once more, this time at the Tony’s instead of the Grammy’s! I’d be proud to inspire other kiwis just like me to never give up on their dreams. The next three years at Mountview will be the start of the dynamic and authentic performing career that I have always dared to dream of. Now it is time to make that dream a reality. I’m ready to be the ‘other Ella’ from Devonport!"

Ella Cornfield receives the AIMES Emerging Talent Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Bellingham Wallace – including a cash grant of $7,500.

Ella Cornfield

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ENTREPRENEUR (18) Max Lawton is currently in his last year at Rangitoto College.

His journey creating a natural skincare range over the past two years is a truly heartwarming one, with innovation certainly a key ingredient.

"I myself have suffered countless agonising years with acne since 2013 at 13 years old,” explained Max in his AIMES Awards application. "I had tried everything, ranging from expensive and ineffective products on the market, to resorting to using and taking Accutane, a pharmaceutical drug that requires blood tests every 1-3 months and has hundreds of negative side effects such as depression, anxiety and more. I had never felt more helpless with nothing but ineffective pre-existing products on the market until the creation of our Clearfree products, combining both science and nature to produce a range of innovative healthcare products.

Over the past two years Max has created (along with two others) this new and natural product that within the healthcare business is affordable, and easily applied, providing teenagers with a great spray for their skincare regimen. Clearfree is a healthcare business that sells natural skincare products online at www.clearfree.co.nz. So far they have two innovative products that were newly introduced to the market since March, 2017.

"Innovation is an important part of any business, it is the key to success in the modern world and drives sales,” says Max. “We at Clearfree knew our product was unique and special. We first had to find the key, in order to unlock the door, and stand out in the wide world of healthcare products. This led us to create our Manuka Oil Skin Care Spray 10ml, a product which we soon discovered had not been made yet in New Zealand. It is made from three Manuka based ingredients, all natural, and our product is made in New Zealand!"

Max began the journey by researching the idea using market surveys to directly target a market of teenagers. Initially they thought that teens might want creams, soaps and everything in between, but they found that they wanted something easy and a product that would not cost them their ‘precious’ time to apply.

"We decided the best way to respond to our customer’s needs was to create a spray, so we created: a 10ml bottle with an easy amber-glass spray bottle with a bamboo natural top.

However, we needed time – something we did not have much of – determination, and most importantly money. Every last bit of money we had was scraped from our bank accounts and we took the risk to invest everything we had. After all, a good entrepreneur

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has the ability to take calculated risks and to us this idea felt good enough. Months later, we began selling much of our product and to date, we sell at least 15-20 units a week."

Max says that teenagers and parents now love their product.

They have had an incredible amount of feedback and many positive results about the business. People have provided feedback about how it is the most effective product on the market and that after years of suffering acne, it is only disappearing after using Clearfree.

"We were amazed with this success, and we feel that we have genuinely helped the community. Our goal has been reached and we are giving teenagers what they need, a product that they have been deprived of for too long. No teenager deserves skin diseases like acne and although we all have to go through it; this should not mean the only products available are chemical-based. The future of Clearfree is starting now and this is only the first stepping stone in innovation for our business. We are now planning to start new products such as Manuka soap and Manuka shampoos and conditioners. New healthcare products that are still natural."

Reflecting on the journey, Max says it has not always been

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Clearfree has since sold product both domestically and internationally. They have shipped to more than 10 countries around the world ranging from: New York, United States, Australia and Dubai. This September they launched another innovative product, Clearfree’s Foaming Cleanser.

We were amazed with this success, and we feel that we have genuinely helped the community.

Our goal has been reached and we are giving teenagers what they need…

smooth sailing for Clearfree. "All businesses might fail sometime and if they don’t, you are most likely not on the right path to success.

Only since June 2017 have our sales been positive and helping to give our business a steady cash flow.”

"This was not the worst problem we faced, however. People do not trust teenagers, a fact that we learned very early on in the creation of Clearfree. Three 17 year olds selling a health product and the general public are meant to trust us right away. No, we had to earn their trust and show them that we were more than your everyday slacking teenagers and were instead young businessmen. To do this, we needed innovation. We contacted as many business men and women as we could and got them to vouch for our product saying 'This will exceed your expectations'. Adults trust adults and this is what we did. Eventually, this lead to the public putting faith into us and they began to purchase our product."

Sustainabiity has also been an important focus for Max and Clearfree. For the outset their aim has been to create a business that uses natural ingredients, and is sourced from New Zealand businesses that protects the land for future generations, and keep ourselves financially stable via cashflow for the year and the future.

Max Lawton has achieved many things over the past two years, including:- EY YES Entrepreneur of the year for North Shore; $2000 NZTE Challenger Winner; $1000 Massey Business Winner; $3000 Massey Business School through EIA 2017; 1st Place - Kiwibank Dragons Den (YES); Company of the year; One to watch award 2017 (YES); 2nd Place - YES Nationals, New Zealand 2017; SIR Todd foundation award for YES Nationals (3,200 people and 836 teams); Student leader for Rangitoto College, 2018; NZ Asia participant-Singapore study tour 2018; Winner of South East Asia Centre of Asia Pacific Excellence; Singapore Business Challenge and Team Foodpal; Appeared on Seven Sharp; TVNZ 1 news; Stuff.co.nz; NZHerald.co.nz; Northerntimes.co.nz; ; Scoop.nz; Northshoretimes.co.nz.

Max Lawton details his future aspirations: From December this year I will be running Clearfree by myself and will be taking over the two current partners. I have established many contacts over the past year, including Nick Mowbray - Founder of ZURU toys valued at $30 billion. Nick is going to be one of my mentors, supporting me with the future growth of the business as well as mentoring me.

My future aspirations for 2019 is to attend Massey University or Auckland University to study a bachelor of Commerce to help boost my passion for business. I have great aspirations for my future and I would love to be a leader and inspire a change for the greater world.

Max Lawton receives the AIMES Emerging Talent Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Bellingham Wallace – including a cash grant of $7,500.

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BAGPIPES (18) 18 year old Anna Smart’s piping journey began in Scotland at seven years of age. Anna grew up in a small village in Fife, Scotland, in a sporting family with no piping history. The urge to learn the bagpipes came from a family birthday party she attended as a youngster, when a young girl playing the bagpipes had her enthralled. She knew right then this was what she wanted to do.

The first band Anna joined was the Inverkeithing High School Pipe Band at age seven. She had some invaluable lessons four times a week – both solos and band – and her love for the bagpipes flourished, along with an urge to compete. Anna began solo competing in Scotland at the age of nine before the family emigrated to New Zealand when she was 10 years old.

"I have the privilege of being nominated by my school, Orewa College, for the AIMES Award in my chosen passion which is for music, in particular bagpipes,” explained Anna in her AIMES Award application in August. "Not many people know but pipe bands and solo playing is significant in New Zealand, with 64 competing pipe bands playing at the last New Zealand National Championship.

This is second only to Scotland and Ireland on the world stage. This year there are three New Zealand bands competing at the World Championship Grade 1 event and are ranked in the top twelve with the highest being placed 7th in the world. The Canterbury Caledonian.”

"If I had the honor of being rewarded through the AIMES Awards I would use this to promote piping, both solo and bands in New Zealand. I would love to continue to learn from the best in Scotland, compete and gain more experience. I am hoping to do this over the next 2-3 years travelling every year to compete in Scotland. The funding would help me to do this and hopefully be the best in the world and be able to bring that experience back to New Zealand and teach others. I have always been taught for free and would love to be able to devote time to other young people in my local area and do likewise. This is a major goal of mine as I do love teaching others."

Anna's life is all about music and bagpipes, where she competes in solo events throughout New Zealand and Internationally. In 2016 she had the privilege of being asked to play for the seven times World Champion Pipe Band, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. This is an iconic world famous band and Orewa College allowed Anna to study whilst in Canada and learn from the best in the world. Anna then competed at the World Championships in Glasgow, placing 5th.

This year Anna was competing on the World stage once again, as a soloist in Scotland, she provided this update for us in late September. "Since applying for the awards I have returned to New Zealand after spending three months in Scotland, competing in solo bagpiping events against the best in the world. It was an amazing trip, travelling around the highland games with my grandparents. I competed in the juvenile section (Under 18) and was overall winner in seven out of 12 competitions through this time, including the prestigious Cowal Gathering. However my best achievement was qualifying for the Pipe Idol competition at the World Championships, where I was the only female who qualified for the top 16 pipers aged under 21, in the world. I then went on to win my heat and performed in the final at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow. It was an amazing

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experience and I eventually placed second."

Anna says she never loses sight of the people who are making this possible for me and those in the community that have assisted.

"Orewa College has allowed me to travel around the world to compete and local people have helped fundraising for me to go to my first World Championships in 2014. As well as the hard work and dedication my parents have put in to allow me to do what I love.

I now try to use the values I have been taught to give back to the community and help others as I have been helped. I currently teach a boy aged seven and wish to continue to teach local people in the art of bagpipes. I also play at local weddings and funerals as well as being the solo piper at the Anzac Memorial Service in Orewa. This is something I am particularly privileged to do and hope to continue this

for as long as I can."

"To receive this award after being nominated by my school, Orewa College, is amazing,� said Anna after receiving the news of being the recipient of a North Harbour Club AIMES Emerging Talent Award in 2018. "I love my music and being rewarded for something so close to my heart means so much. I am really honored that I have been recognised for my achievements so far and really appreciate what the North Harbour Club has done and I am truly humbled to join the winners network. Thank you so much."

Anna Smart receives the AIMES Emerging Talent Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Bellingham Wallace – including a cash grant of $7,500.

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CELLOIST (19) From the age of three Matthias Balzat, began formal lessons on the cello and right from the outset was always determined to learn his repertoire properly and be well prepared for every lesson. This attitude has allowed for his development as a performer and opened up many performance opportunities.

As a result Matthias says he has been fortunate to have many successes and his passion for the cello continues to increase as the horizons keep extending as to the possibilities.

"Striving for excellence has always been important to me,” explained Matthias to AIMES Awards judges in his application.

"Being the youngest of a family of seven, having a somewhat competitive spirit right from a very young age, compelled me to keep up with my older siblings, not just musically but with my academic ambitions as well. In this environment it was easy to flourish, especially since we were all home-schooled and were given freedom and opportunity to pursue our own passions.

Our entire family of nine were also actively playing together as a band, performing not just here in New Zealand but also touring extensively over a 10 year period, giving concerts in the US, Germany, Australia and Fiji."

"It wasn’t just excellence in music that mattered to me but academic subjects as well. Being home-schooled gave me the chance to learn at my own pace and follow an accelerated learning program whilst also taking cello lessons with James Tennant (Senior Lecturer for Cello at the University of Waikato). I finished off my final year of secondary school at Wentworth College, where I opted to attend only the morning classes so that I could devote myself to more hours of cello practice.”

By the time Matthias was 14 he had completed all his AS Level Cambridge Exams, gaining the TOP Prize for Music and also Art Design (receiving the highest mark in New Zealand). This gave him entrance into the University of Waikato at the age of 14. At that young age he moved away from home, away from his parents and siblings and began a very high level Soloist Specialisation Degree in Cello Performance. The high achieving Matthias was placed in the Dean’s List of Excellence for every year of his studies as well as receiving the prestigious Blues Awards for the highest artistic achievement for each year. In his final year he was also awarded the Norah Howell Award for Excellence, The Creative and Performing Arts Person of the Year (2017) and the prestigious Sir Edmund Hillary Medal in 2018.

Matthias has many musical achievements. One of the early successes was being part of a chamber music group which received

First Prize in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Chamber Music Competition. Shortly after this he also won the 1st Prize in the National Concerto Competition (at 14, the youngest person ever to win this prize). At Waikato University he was also 1st Prize winner of PACANZ (National Performing Arts Competition) and 2nd Prize winner at the Gisborne International Music Competition. In 2016 Matthias was the 1st Prize winner of the Wallace International Competition, where he was also awarded the prize for the Best

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Performance of the competition’s commissioned work by Michael Williams. In 2017 he entered the National Concerto Competition again for its 50th Jubilee Year and won the 1st Prize again. As part of the Jubilee celebration the competition was a combination of both an instrumental section and a piano section, with one overall winner. There were two finalists from each category, and the four finalists performed their whole concerto with the NZSO in the final round. Not only did Matthias win the instrumental section but also the overall prize, performing Cello Concerto No.1 in Eb Major by Shostakovich. To complete the year of successes he was also part of the winning chamber music group Aurelian Trio that won the ROSL (Royal Overseas League) Chamber Music Competition which allowed Matthias to tour the UK, performing both chamber music and solo concerts.

Matthias loved his five weeks in Europe. "Aside from spending time with some of Europe’s most important chamber music coaches, during these extraordinary five weeks we performed concerts in many of UK’s most iconic venues which included the St James Theatre Piccadilly, St Martin-in-the-Fields in London and also the Fringe Festival in Scotland."

Matthias has also appeared as soloist with the following orchestras: Waikato University Orchestra, NZSSSO (NZ Secondary Schools Symphony Orchestra), Opus Orchestra, WYO (Wellington Youth Orchestra), St Matthews Chamber Orchestra, ACO (Auckland Chamber Orchestra), NZSO NYO (National Youth Orchestra), CSO (Christchurch Symphony Orchestra), and the NZSO (NZ Symphony Orchestra).

"After completing my Honour’s Degree at the University of Waikato in 2017, 2018 has been another exciting year for me so far with invitations to perform as Soloist with the NYO both in Christchurch and Wellington. This was followed by an invitation to be a guest performer at the APO Summer School, followed by recitals in Auckland, Gisborne and Wellington and invitations to perform with Cellophonics later in the year as well as at the Martinborough Music Festival in September.

"I also auditioned for the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado for which I was not only accepted but also received the Kay and Matthew Bucksbaum New Horizons Fellowship – a full scholarship to attend and be part of concerts, masterclasses, lessons and chamber as well as orchestral experiences – which I am still currently attending. Most excitingly I also spent several weeks in Germany having exploratory lessons with prospective future teachers so that I can pursue a Master’s Degree in Germany. I had lessons with leading cellists like Jens-Peter Mainz, Wolfgang Schmidt, Peter Hoerr and Pieter Wispelwey.

It is with Wispelwey that I struck up an immediate bond and am excited to have been personally invited by him to join his class for 2019."

Matthias plans to use the AIMES Awards funds towards his two years of study in Germany.

Matthias Balzat receives the AIMES Emerging Talent Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Bellingham Wallace – including a cash grant of $7,500.

Matthias Balzat

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SCHOLAR/LAW (18) Local scholar, Dougal Burden, has been offered a place at Oxford, to read Law. Only 225 students world-wide were offered places from an initial list of 1805 applicants. He was one of the 657 interviewed via Skype late last year by two law professors.

Dougal found the two 30 minute sessions, designed to identify speed of thought processes, analytical ability and clarity of oral expression of ideas, “pretty challenging and intense but fascinating and intriguing, too.” His years in school debating teams and as a member of MUNA (Model United Nations) teams prepared him well for this challenge as well as his experiences as a school prefect, and Rowing Club captain.

Dougal has always been an outstanding student, gaining Excellence Certificate Endorsement at all three levels of the NCEA. In Year 13 he gained 91 credits at Excellence and four of his five

subjects were also endorsed at Excellence. He has also just been awarded three Scholarships; in English and Classical Studies and an Outstanding in History.

"To earn an undergraduate place at Oxford I had to not only excel in the NCEA curriculum, but write a killer personal statement outlining my passion and potential for the course as well as complete a gruelling legal aptitude test,” explained Dougal in his AIMES Awards application in early August. "However arguably the final hurdle was the hardest, the infamous interview. I had a number of interviews with multiple world-renowned law professors, where discussion varied from the legality of skipping a taxi fare, how to split murder compensation, to the intricacies of Brexit. This stretched my mind in a way I had never experienced, something which I am excited to do more when I take up my place."

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Tuition fees as an international student for the three-year degree at Oxford are $46,000 per year. Dougal plans to use the AIMES Award funds to go towards these fees. He has been working full time to fund his studies since he finished school in November last year and has recently been working as a consultant at Sovereign insurance based in Takapuna, He also tutors for local families, and recently gave a keynote presentation to a 210 strong audience on how to maximise your extracurriculars to achieve admission to the world's most elite universities.

"Looking to the future, my eyes are set on making the most of every second of the next three years,” says Dougal. "This includes challenging myself academically and aspiring to achieve top results in an already competitive environment. I am also excited to get involved in the world-renowned Oxford Union debating society, as well as compete in rowing again.

Oxford is lauded for being a breeding ground for future leaders and I cannot wait to make lifelong connections with likeminded individuals. Additionally, I wish to partake in internships at top London law firms during the holidays. These will act as the next step in my development, introducing me to the legal profession and providing me networks to pursue this career path.

At this stage I am open to many different career options after

university. I hope to incorporate my excitement for discussions about society and morality by exploring the realms of governance and justice in both a domestic and international setting, even taking this to the highest level with the United Nations.

"I have a lot to thank Takapuna Grammar School and the local community for. They provided me with the perfect platform to chase my dreams. I am excited to be able to represent New Zealand and the North Shore with pride on the international stage.”

Dougal Burden’s Achievements in Education: Admission to University of Oxford to read Law (ranked 3rd in the world for Law); NZQA Outstanding Scholarship in History (one of the Dougal Burden best 21 candidates in NZ); NZQA Scholarship in English and Classics (top 3% of candidates); NCEA Excellence Endorsement in Levels 1,2 & 3; Offered Auckland University Top Achievers Scholarship; Commended in the Cambridge University, Trinity College, Robert Walker Essay competition for Law; Embassy Scholarship to NZ Model United Nations.

Dougal Burden receives the AIMES Emerging Talent Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Bellingham Wallace – including a cash grant of $7,500.

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GYMNASTICS (18) 18 year old Rosmini College student Ethan Dick was a member of the New Zealand Men’s Gymnastics team at the Commonwealth Games held on the Gold Coast earlier this year. He was the youngest member of the team and was one of only two 17 year olds that competed in Men’s Gymnastics at the Games.

This selection followed an intensive year of training and competing for Ethan, both nationally and internationally to meet qualifying standards. He is a five time New Zealand All Around Champion and has represented New Zealand in gymnastics many times from the age of 12. He trains and competes as an All Around Gymnast which means he does all six apparatus – Floor, Pommel, Rings, Vault, High Bar and Parallel Bars.

Ethan has been doing gymnastics since he was five years old and this year was his first year as a senior athlete. He trains for 30 hours a week. Next year he is intending to study part time at university and dedicate as much time as possible to his gymnastics career.

Competitions for the Olympics Games 2020 start at the end of this year and continue through 2019.

"Should I be successful in achieving an award it will enable me to focus on my study and training without the worry of helping to fund the necessary overseas competitions I need for experience and qualifications,” explained Ethan Dick in his AIMES Award

My goals now are to compete in World Championships, World Cups, an Olympic Games and most definitely another Commonwealth Games… application. "Gymnastics in New Zealand is totally self funded and whilst I am lucky to have an incredibly supportive family behind me the cost of training, uniforms, gymnastics grips/guards and travelling to national and international competitions is considerable."

"My goals now are to compete in World Championships, World Cups, an Olympic Games and most definitely another

Commonwealth Games – possibly with my younger brother also next to me. I am completely dedicated to my training and making more of my dreams a reality. The Commonwealth Games have been the highlight of my career so far as a gymnast. The older and more experienced members of my team were a huge support and help to me whilst we were away. It is my hope that in four years time I can also be that support and experience for younger members of our team. I was extremely happy and proud of my placings at the 2018 Games on the Gold Coast and it is now my aim to medal at the next Commonwealth Games, as a team and on an individual apparatus."

Ethan Dick’s achievements to date: 5 time NZ All Around Champion; Australia Championships – 1st Pommel, team 1st; Massey University Harbour Sports Excellence Award – Junior Team of the year (2012); Brisbane Championships – 1st All Around; Valerie Liukin Invitational – Texas – 1st All Around; Pacific Rim Championships – 6th All Around – All 6 apparatus finals; Berlin Junior Team Cup, 17th All Around; Japan Junior International Championships 2017, Finished in the top 8 for All Around, 8th in High Bar Finals and 6th in Pommel Finals; World Cup 2018 Melbourne, first competition as a Senior Athlete, competed Pommel and Parallel Bars only as this competition was a lead up to Commonwealth Games and for experience; Commonwealth Games 2018, day 1 qualified in 16th place All Around, qualifying for Finals and Floor Finals, Team finished in 6th place, All Around Finals finished 11th – top AA placing for all NZ Gymnasts at these Games, Floor Finals – finished in 5th place – top apparatus placing for all NZ Gymnasts at these Games, 0.466 points

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behind the gold medal position and beating the current Olympic Champion.

Ethan is looking ahead to success over the next five years 2019-2024. Events will include World Cups, World Championships, Universiade Games, Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games.

"It honestly means so much to me to be honoured enough to receive this AIMES Emerging Talent Award,” said Ethan in early October. "As my goals and dreams are becoming more of a reality – the first being selection and competing at the Commonwealth Games – it means so much that others have shown they also believe in me and that I can achieve my goals. To have the support of a group other than my family and coach/club inspires me to keep doing what I’m doing and continue to reach my goals.

"Next year I am intending to study part time at University and dedicate as much time as possible to training and my gymnastics career. With my main goal being to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Qualification gymnastic competitions for the Olympics Games 2020 start at October/November this year and continue through 2019. This includes World Championships and World Cup Competitions. The funds I am fortunate enough to receive will help to fund the necessary overseas competitions I need for experience and qualifications."

Ethan Dick receives the AIMES Emerging Talent Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Bellingham Wallace – including a cash grant of $7,500.

Ethan Dick

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SAILOR (19) 19 year old former Kristin School student Oscar Gunn has been sailing since he was six years old and racing competitively from the age of nine. He came third as an under 10 year old in his first Optimist class regatta, clearly showing some very early promise. Since that time the Murrays Bay Sailing Club member has progressed through the sailing ranks from the Optimist, to P Class, Starling, 29er and is now campaigning at the top level in the 49er. The Shore born-and-bred sailor is one of Yachting New Zealand’s brightest stars. Oscar’s goal is qualifying and medaling at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

"Our key performance goal this year is to place inside the top 10 at the combined World Sailing World Championships in Aarhus (Denmark),” explained Oscar in his AIMES Awards application, regarding the goal for he and 49er sailing partner Logan DunningBeck. "This will be our pinnacle event for the season and have an impact on our pathway to Olympic selection in 2019/2020. The 2019 World Championships will be held in New Zealand in December 2019 and we expect these to be one of the New Zealand Olympic selection regattas. We expect to be training and racing both Internationally and domestically through 2019 with the goal of winning the 2019 World Championships on our home waters.”

The good news is that Oscar achieved his stated goal in Aarhus.

Finishing in seventh place at the World Sailing World Championships.

On their website Yachting New Zealand proudly reported… "In the 49er, Logan Dunning Beck and Oscar Gunn finished in the top 10 (7th) and were leading during the regatta. An outstanding result”.

Oscar and Logan also achieved further success placing second at 2018 World Sailing World Cup at Enoshima Japan very recently.

"Logan and I are working really hard to qualify for the 2020 Olympics,” said Oscar, back in August. "We have approached our campaign with the goal of obtaining a medal at the Olympics and have

devoted our lives to this with training and racing. To date we have been meeting the goals we have set with a third place in the Pre Olympic event in Japan last year, a win in the New Zealand 49er Nationals and a 2nd place in the World Sailing World Cup event in Hyeres France earlier this year. We are currently in Aarhus Denmark about to compete in the 49er Class at the World Sailing Combined World Championship.

Following this we are attending the 2018 Pre Olympic Regatta in Tokyo before we return to New Zealand to train through summer."

As well as sailing competitively Oscar is also studying Engineering and is in his second year at AUT. Oscar also enjoys giving back to the sport he loves and assists as a coach at Murrays Bay Sailing Club, coaching a number of junior Starling and 29er sailors plus he teaches Windsurfing at Lake Pupuke.

"I am very proud to be selected as an AIMES Emerging Talent winner,” said Oscar in early October. "To see what previous winners have gone on to achieve is inspirational and its very special to join a select group of talented youth. To be recognised for my achievements to date with financial support is greatly appreciated and will help me continue working towards my Olympic dream.

Summary of Oscar Gunn’s key achievements: 12th 29er Open Worlds 2015; 1st New Zealand 29er Nationals 2016; 1st 29er New Zealand Youth Trials 2016; 10th 29er Youth Worlds 2016; 3rd Enoshima Olympic week 2017; 7th Gamagori World Cup 2017; 5th Sail Sydney 2017; 5th NZL Sailing Regatta 2018; 1st New Zealand 49er Nationals 2018; 2nd World Sailing World cup, Hyeres 201 7th Kiel Week 2018; 7th World Sailing World Championships, Aarhus 2018; 2nd World Sailing World Cup, Enoshima Japan 2018.

Oscar Gunn receives the AIMES Emerging Talent Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Bellingham Wallace – including a cash grant of $7,500.

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MUSICIAN, TEACHER, ENTREPRENEUR AND PRODUCER (19) Former Northcote College student Matthew Goldsworthy has always been an individual who wants to share the gifts that life brings with others. And, as a musician, teacher, entrepreneur and producer, he says there is no better way to do this than through the power of the arts, and enabling younger members of the community to feel a sense of purpose and belonging. Matthews work over the last few years has largely shared one common goal: to try and benefit the lives of youth, and others, through self-expression, and promotion of creative freedom within communities.

"As a young musician, I started to realise just how powerful having an outlet really is,” explained Matthew to AIMES Awards judges during the application process. "I was never exactly the ‘stereotypical Kiwi boy’ that loved rugby and beer – and struggled with this quite a bit. Music helped me through many rough times, by shaping my perception of myself and allowing me to actually be different. As I progressed throughout primary, intermediate and secondary school, I became more and more aware of the power of music on mental health and overall wellbeing. In my final year of Northcote College I questioned my principal as to why we had an academic and sports council, but no arts council or community within the school whatsoever. Her response was to prove that we needed one, so I did. I organised the first Arts Showcase at our school from scratch – design, visual effects, sound, photography, videography, overall co-ordination, budget; and with over 200 attendees, plus overwhelmingly supportive and positive feedback, it was a great success. I managed to prove the need for an arts community within the school, and thus, the Arts Council was formed, and is now running independently. This is something I am immensely proud of and humbled by. To see these students leading by example in terms of artistic innovation and supporting creative freedom. Especially in a school curriculum/environment which is centuries too old, is nothing short of inspirational."

In December 2017, after the successful formation of the Arts Council, Matthew realised that he was leaving high school with no guarantee of ever collaborating on a creative level with some of the artists he had come to call friends, even family. What started as a $600 risk booking four weeks out from December 13th turned into a wildly successful event. ‘The Thing About Music’ brought together over 20 musicians from the North Shore to collaborate, create and perform to members of the community.

"The evening had a professional production value. I created a short film and composed the music to it to open the evening, set around the poem ‘I Am In Need of Music’ by Elizabeth Bishop. A professional photographer and videographer captured the night, which really gave a great feel to it and made the musicians feel respected and supported within the community. However, the most heart-warming part of the night was when Dave Baxter (Avalanche City) played a few songs, then ‘Love, Love, Love’ with all of the musicians who had played on the night. It was incredible being a part of it, and I have never felt more humbled in my life to be a part of something which was the ultimate encapsulation of my vision and life goal."

While standing on stage at the end of that night, Matthew says he had a crazy idea - to start an organisation that summed up everything he had been doing in the creative youth space. He realised that The Thing About Music didn’t have to be the end at all - it was only the beginning. Matthew announced his plans for ‘Youth Arts New Zealand’ - a non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting and promoting young talent. Youth Arts New Zealand was founded shortly after, on the principle that every young person deserves exposure to the arts, regardless of gender, socio-economic background, religion, and other factors that may limit an individual's’ potential to create and immerse themselves in the arts.

"Youth Arts New Zealand is all about promoting leadership and creative stimulation within youth communities all across New Zealand, and aspires to create opportunities in these communities to encourage creative thinking and practices. I put this project through the ‘Co-Starters for Causes’ project incubator and came out the other end with some incredible advice and experience from industry leaders in the non-profit and charitable sectors.

"This year, we have run a successful gig ‘Rock Dirty at Seven Thirty’ which brought three up-and-coming youth rock bands together for a relaxed night of great music and community. Ticket sale expectations were absolutely blown out of the water, and I was humbled yet again by the support of the community.”

"Receiving this award means the absolute world to me,” said Matthew in early October after learning he would be receiving an AIMES Emerging Talent Award. "With the projects I’ve been working on, quite often I do get incredible validation from members of the community, but to be recognised on this level means so, so much to me. It proves that people believe in what I/we are doing, and that makes me more determined and motivated than ever to achieve,

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and go beyond, my vision for young creatives. This award is so much more than just for me, it’s for YANZ and our incredible team, it’s for everyone who’s believed in me, and it’s for the incredibly talented young artists who are following their hearts and their dreams. I’m absolutely honoured."

Since applying for the award, Matthew has been working to develop a few projects as follows: • Running a fortnightly creative open mic at MoveSpace, a new creative hub on Dominion Road, which has seen magicians, to poets, to musicians get up and perform their craft in front of incredibly appreciative and supportive audiences.

• An upcoming collaboration with the Play It Strange Trust.

• Upcoming collaboration with the K Rd Business Association to run a youth-friendly monthly professional gig at a venue on K Rd, to showcase 3 young headline acts on a professional stage in Auckland’s centre for arts and culture.

• A beautiful yet simplistic interactive online tool which enables and enhances collaboration between creators of all art forms internationally.

• A collaboration between YANZ and various organisations, including the NZ Music Foundation, to create online content aimed at educating young artists about pursuing the arts as a career - or hobby. This will have a focus on mental health, and will teach young creatives how to deal with certain situations in the creative industries, assisting their development as they follow their passions. This will also feature content which aims to show young artists what living as a full-time creator or artist is like, from the viewpoints of both distinguished and developing New Zealand creatives.

Matthew says the funds received would largely go towards continuation of his work with YANZ and related projects. The creation of a website and development of online content to build our community presence; towards a launch event; and to generally further progress YANZ projects.

Matthew Goldsworthy receives the AIMES Emerging Talent Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Bellingham Wallace – including a cash grant of $7,500.

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NORTH HARBOUR CLUB JUNIOR EXCELLENCE AWARD RECIPIENTS 2018

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Janayah Wadsworth ARTS

Alia Cauty INNOVATION

Hermione Aris INNOVATION

Alexander Beattie MUSIC

Tiffany Ho EDUCATION

Ryan Jefferson SPORT

Sebastian Menzies SPORT

Jessie Honey SPORT

Kate McIntosh SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY

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SINGER/VOCALIST/MUSICIAN (13)

Singing and performing is all she has ever wanted to do and most of her time outside of school hours is spent perfecting her craft.

13 year old Takapuna Grammar student Janayah Wadsworth is a very worthy recipient of an AIMES Junior Excellence Award. Her passion is singing and she loves to perform.

It was noticed at a very early age that Janayah had a very specific talent that shone through – a passion for singing and the love of performing.

Singing and performing is all she has ever wanted to do and most of her time outside of school hours is spent perfecting her craft. Janayah works extremely hard at honing her skills and has been having vocal lessons with legendary singer and vocal coach Suzanne Lynch since she was nine years old. Suzanne has also been a wonderful mentor, always encouraging her in her dream to have a successful future in the entertainment industry.

Janayah has also had two years of piano tuition, has taught herself to play the guitar and is starting to develop her songwriting skills.

In 2017 and 2018 Janayah has achieved a great deal:- Closing the Global Speakers Summit held in Auckland at Sky City, singing ‘We Are the World’ Acappella; Invited to perform as a guest soloist at the We Are One Concert in April 2018 a concert celebrating diversity and put together by Mike Chun from Play It Strange and also featuring Dave Dobbyn and Suzanne Lynch – singing the anthemic song ‘This is Me’ from the musical film The Greatest Showman with a live band and backing vocalists; Singing live on TV on‘What Now’, singing ‘What About Us’ by PINK; Winning Belmont Intermediate School BIS IDOL 2017 – the only student to win this competition two years in a row; Performed as a soloist at the 2017 APPA Music Festival at the Auckland Town Hall – the third consecutive year she had been asked to perform and this time round she was honoured to sing a duet with Suzanne Lynch – singing River Deep Mountain High with the backing of a 500 strong kids choir and the leadership of conductor Marian Burns; A leading support role in the Belmont Intermediate production of Shrek Junior in September 2017, playing the role of Dragon because of the ‘big’ song that Dragon has to sing because of her strong voice and vocal range; The lead vocalist in her school rock band ‘Neon Flame’ through 2017, performing at North Shore Band Quest in June 2017 and at Devonstock in November 2017. They went into the recording studio in November 2017 to record their original song ‘In the Cold’; Performed a 15 minute set at Devonport Christmas in the Park in December 2017, singing a range of her repertoire including popular Christmas songs; Invited to close the Samoa

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Tourism Exchange at the Gala Evening in Samoa, singing the theme song from the movie ‘Moana’ to over 200 travel industry people; Janayah has also enjoyed involvement in a variety of musical theatre:- Being a lead in the musical Aladdin Junior with Belmont Primary at the Rose Centre Theatre in 2014; ‘Celebrating the Musical’ in November 2014 and ‘Move It’ July 2015 with North Shore Musical Theatre; In 2016 she was a member of the child cast of ‘Evita’ at the Bruce Mason Theatre; Performed as a guest solo artist with the Royal New Zealand Navy Band at the Bruce Mason Theatre; Featured in a Sticky TV segment on Channel Four, called ‘Your Thing’ which showcased her singing and was also involved in the recording of a new theme song for TVNZs Kids Zone.

Janayah has also been an active member of her school choir, was leader in the Kapa Haka group and has continued her busking to great result at the Takapuna Markets and Devonport.

She is currently rehearsing with the 2018 Broadway Squad at Takapuna Grammar School. They will be performing ‘Seussical the Musical’ in November and she has secured the role of the Sour Kangaroo; Janayah details her future aspirations. “My dream is to go to a school specifically for performing arts at 16 years old, but this can be a costly exercise and it may mean I have to move overseas for a few years. I am focussed on being able to make a living out of doing what I love and this is my ultimate goal. Being a vocalist means that I need to promote myself and my music through digital media. I would love to start recording and this can be a costly exercise with booking studio time and production. Any money I receive from the North Harbour Club AIMES Awards would fund my development as an artist such as the purchase of equipment for recording and performing including a top quality microphone, recording system/software, studio time and also help towards my dream of attending a performing arts school."

Janayah Wadsworth receives the Junior Excellence Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Library Lane and NZ Force Construction – including a cash grant of $3,000.

Janayah Wadsworth

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INVENTOR (12) 12 year old Northcross Intermediate student Alia Cauty developed an original system that can detect a water leak anywhere in your plumbing/pipework.

"I spent a lot of time learning and becoming familiar with the C programming language, working with and modifying flow meters, shut off valves, and electronic components in order to be able to develop a system that can detect leaks,� explained Alia to the AIMES Award judges. "I did this as a technology project for Northcross Intermediate's annual science fair.�

Alia says to improve her product and make it marketable it will need to have a good quality (positive displacement) water meter that can generate consistent flow signals for a wide range of flow levels.

It will need plumbing attachments that enable quick and easy

installation into existing pipework. It will also need a remote power source since the ideal location to install a leak detector system is as close as possible to the water mains-supply connection which is usually on property boundaries. The solenoid shutoff valve requires more power than the monitoring system so the valve could be replaced with a wireless link to an alarm in a building.

Alia's teacher (Wendy Johnston), deputy principal (Christina England), and principal (Jonathan Tredray) of Northcross Intermediate supported her into entering the AIMES Awards as they believed the project is original and could potentially be marketed and help many households avoid water leak costs and damage.

"I think if I won funds from the awards, it could help me get one step closer to the finished development of the product and possibly

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manufacturing leak detector units,” added Alia.

Alia is clearly a very clever young lady. In 2017, for her school science project, with some assistance Alia designed and built electronic circuits to work as an electronic register to record which students arrive at school each day. Each morning students can push a “present” button next to their name when they enter the classroom.

All aimed at saving time every day on class role-calling.

Throughout her school years Alia has been one of the top academic achievers. Her strongest subject is mathematics. Her small Mathex team recently came third in the North Shore Mathex competition (41 teams entered from 15 schools).

"I always enjoy learning new things and learning how to programme in C language for my science project was a big learning

step," says Alia. "I’m also in the Independent Learners Class (ILC) at Northcross Intermediate which has entry restrictions accepting only top academic achievers."

Alia details her future aspirations."I would like this project to be developed further to be commercially manufacturable and saleable to help early detection of water leaks in buildings and properties preventing expensive damage and water loss. I would also like to become an innovator, an environmental scientist/engineer/planner or an interior designer – something that requires creativity."

Alia Cauty receives the Junior Excellence Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Library Lane and NZ Force Construction – including a cash grant of $3,000.

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STEM AND SPACE EXPLORATION (13) Two years ago Hermione Aris of Kristin School heard about an amazing opportunity to go to Space Camp in the USA with Girl Guides. She had always been interested in space exploration and knew to learn more about this she needed to get on that camp and was determined to go.

"I wrote an essay on 'space debris' and went through a selection process and was awarded a full scholarship to attend the camp by Callaghan Innovation,” explained Hermione, to the AIMES Awards judges in August this year. "I raised the rest of the funds myself by doing cake bakes and sausage sizzles, $3,000, which paid for my flights and accommodation. I can truly say that I got there on my own.

All my hard work paid off, at the end of the camp I was awarded the 'Right Stuff Award’ out of 500 others. This was the highest honor and most coveted award during Space Camp, given to the outstanding trainee who goes above and beyond in leadership, teamwork and technology throughout the camp."

Hermione, who really enjoys STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths), was selected by Girl Guiding New Zealand to represent them along with two others – one from Christchurch and the other from Wellington – to attend the Space Camp in the USA for one week. She has since given a talk to her local guide unit about Space Camp and the opportunities for girls and also to her Year 8 peers and has recently been asked to go on The Project (TV3) to talk about girls and STEM – as one who is 'walking the talk'.

At Space Camp Hermione's position was a GNC which stands for Guidance, Navigation and Control. This position is responsible for vehicle guidance, navigation and control systems overseeing weather conditions for launch and landing sites. She did not know that this job existed until she went to Space Camp.

As well as achieving academically, Hermione is also a very fine sailor, representing New Zealand in Optimist Class Sailing.

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She has been on the New Zealand Girls Development Squad to Sail Sydney, being placed second in her fleet. In November she is travelling to Burma to represent New Zealand at Asian Optimist Sailing Champs and is also a member of the New Zealand Girls Development Squad going to the Australian Nationals in Hobart, Jan 2019.

At the Kristin School end of year prize giving in Year 7 she received the Holtz Family Cup Award – the award for a student who does most to reach their personal potential whilst showing consideration to others. Characteristics are determination, commitment, resilience and empathy.

Hermione details her future aspirations. "I am determined to have a career which involves STEM and I am very motivated to achieve this. I would like to be involved with Rocket Lab here in New Zealand and I would like to be a Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) Director. The funds from this AIMES Junior Excellence Award will be used to go back to Space Camp to further my understanding of space to achieve my ultimate goal by attending Advanced Space Camp in Huntsville Alabama. There I would learn about designing, building and launching a rocket safely from its payload. SCUBA diving underwater astronaut training.

Engineering skills by constructing a heat shield. Flying in a jet aircraft simulator and will undertake a Mars mission simulation. I will also spend funds on extra tuition in science.”

I would like to be involved with Rocket Lab here in New Zealand and I would like to be a Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) Director.

Hermione Aris receives the Junior Excellence Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Library Lane and NZ Force Construction – including a cash grant of $3,000.

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MUSICIAN/COMPOSER (13) From his earliest memories Alexander (Alex) Beattie says he has had a passion for music. It is just part of who he is. He says he spends most of his free time writing songs, riffs and lyrics; practicing guitar, drums and piano.

As a composer Alex has been writing original compositions and songs since the age of seven, using both live instruments and many different computer programmes.

Alex plays the following instruments:- Drums; Piano; G ​ uitar (rock and jazz); P ​ ercussion; Voice; Bass Guitar.

The young multi-talented musician also busks to raise money so he can buy musical equipment and software in order to make a basic recording studio.

… I want to have a large range of musical skills so that I can have more options in the future and create more interesting compositions.

"I would love the opportunity to work with professionals in a proper studio,” said Alex, when asked what he would do with the funds from this award. "At school, I take music as a subject and am learning vocals and the trumpet – just started in term two. This is because I want to have a large range of musical skills so that I can have more options in the future and create more interesting compositions. I am proud of my achievements so far, and hope to do much more with my music in the future. Thank you for considering my application."

Alex also makes music through computer programs, ranging from EDM tracks to instrumental ballads, using the software. Even though it is only his first year at Long Bay College, he has been selected for the Senior Concert Band and the Premiere Jazz Ensemble.

Alex has a natural ability with music. He has taught himself the guitar, and sat grade four piano after only 18 months of lessons.

He has also achieved distinction in Trinity College grades 2, 3,

4 and 5. He has recently sat grade 6. Alex was in the Rock Band at Northcross Intermediate as drummer and guitarist and participated in Band Quest both years. He has also been in the Concert Band at Northcross Intermediate and Long Bay College as a drummer and percussionist. He featured in the Premiere Jazz Ensemble at Long Bay College as a guitarist. He is a Lead guitarist - includes improvised solos (self taught).

Alex details his future aspirations. "If I was lucky enough to win an AIMES award, I would use some of the money to record my compositions. I would put the remaining money into a bank account to save towards studying music at university, be that Auckland University or Berklee College of Music in Boston.”

Alexander Beattie receives the Junior Excellence Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Library Lane and NZ Force Construction – including a cash grant of $3,000.

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MEDICAL SCIENCE (13) Tiffany Ho is one of the youngest in year nine at Kristin school, but she says this hasn’t held her back from performing to the highest level she can. She’s a very high academic achiever with a dream to be a medical inventor.

By the time Tiffany was seven her reading age was already 13+ and her writing was used as examples for year six students to learn. She says that Kristin has given her countless GATE programs, one of her favourites being AI (Advanced Inquiry) which sharpened her critical thinking.

Since 2011, Tiffany has received 81 awards/achievements from school and other organisations. 61 of of these are academic awards. She's received a four year academic excellence scholarship to support her school fees at Kristin. Last year she received excellence awards for 10 out of 12 subjects at school – English, Humanities, Science, Mathematics, Spanish, Music, Hard-materials technology, Drama, Art and Dance. She was also the runner up for academic excellence.

Tiffany also enjoys music and has represented Kristin in competitions like the Best Recital by a Female Choir, and the Adjudicator’s Award in Big Sing. They competed in the national finale in August this year.

"My dream has almost always been to be a medical inventor, and someday get into Harvard University,” explained Tiffany in her AIMES Junior Excellence Award application. "I remember deciding when I was just eight that I would do everything I could to help people who suffered from illness, one inspiration being my anaphylactic sister, whose allergies stopped her from many things in life. Going through my journey in life, I have always kept the same dream – of giving hope to the incurable or sick, or simply the people who need a little encouragement to keep going."

“One of my dreams is to be accepted into Harvard University. I made up my mind after hearing about the magical land of university… and research funds… something that I could make true! And with both my parents being lecturers in science, being immersed in science everyday, it made sense for me to go on as a scientist. Early on, I saw how science made lives better – my sister’s life saved by EpiPens, my cat’s life saved by human diabetes medicines.

"I have always looked to help others in any small way I can – a classmate who had just joined Kristin the year before, who I discovered had depression and was self-harming. After reading a particularly depressing caption of hers on social media, I posted what was to be the start of a poem I would then write for her. For some reason, I genuinely wanted to help her – I knew what it was like to be stuck with depression, and I searched for something I could do. At this point, I was remembering the power words could have – remembering the way

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words could truly move the audience while I was debating, or the poems of gratitude for my teachers, and even when the school recognised me officially as a writer, as someone who was gifted in weaving powerful stories. After I had finished writing the piece, I printed it out and gave it to her. Later, I noticed that the cuts on her wrist had stopped – they were healing! Later I had a chance to present the poem at Auckland Writer’s festival. As I stood on stage, facing the thousands of people in that auditorium, I remembered to tell them the message that came with it. I remember saying: “... remember that there IS still a life to live for”, before I began. I hope that I touched at least one person with that message – if I did, it’s all worthwhile. While I was up there, sharing my piece, clicks came from all around (if you in the audience were impressed at something in the poem, you shared it by clicking your fingers). Afterward, people I didn’t know came up to thank me, and my English teacher was crying. Emotion and thanks from everyone seemed to engulf me, I was staggered at the sheer scale of inspiration something as

simple as writing could have.

"I want to continue with that movement, to keep giving hope to the people who need it the most. And I know now that words have the power to do that – and now I want to take it a step further, and enroll in a course to give me the tools to continue on this journey."

Tiffany plans to use the AIMES Junior Excellence Awards funds to take her a step closer to her dream, of being a medical inventor and to use writing to help others. She is considering two options. Option one is attending The University of Hong Kong Summer Institute – a 7 day programme designed for S4-S5 secondary school students to explore in medical and health sciences professions. Option two is the Centre for Talented Youth, John Hopkins University – two online courses, Life Science and Crafting the Essay.

Tiffany Ho receives the Junior Excellence Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Library Lane and NZ Force Construction – including a cash grant of $3,000.

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TRAMPOLINING (13) Ryan Jefferson took up trampolining in December 2016 after having to give up competitive gymnastics because of growth plate injuries in his wrists. The Northcross Intermediate pupil picked up the sport quickly, coming first overall at the National Championships in Christchurch less than a year later, in October 2017. In fact he was first in double mini trampoline, second in individual trampoline and third in synchronised trampolining.

This was clearly no surprise to those who know him well as he has achieved in a range of sports from a very young age. He was Player of the Year at East Coast Bays Soccer at age six; Age Group Champion at Bays Cougars Athletics at ages 5, 6 and 7; At 9 and 10 years old was a member of Glamorgan School basketball team

that won the term league several times; Was National Champion All Round and National Champion on Rings at the Gymnastics National Championships from the age of 9 before moving to Trampolining at age 12 in 2017.

"I enjoy playing a lot of sports but chose at an early age to concentrate mainly on gymnastics,” explained Ryan in his AIMES Junior Excellence Award application in August. "I was training for 14 hours a week from the age of 8 until I gave up at age 12. I am so pleased that I have found another sport to be as passionate about and I enjoy it even more than gymnastics!”

In the first competition in Rotorua this year Ryan qualified for the Australian National Championships in Melbourne. The competition was held in May and is the biggest competition held in Australia. Ryan received a gold medal in the under 15 year old boys individual trampolining, a gold medal in the under 15 year old boys synchronised trampolining and came 5th in double mini trampoline.

Ryan says his goal for the rest of 2018 is to do well at the National Championships in Tauranga in October and also work on his routines to qualify for the world championships in Japan 2019. He has achieved the difficulty level required to qualify and he believes, as does his coach, that this goal is possible by continuing to work hard.

"I really love this sport, I cannot put into words how much, and I would train a lot more if I could. My long term goal is to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Each year I will try hard to qualify for the world championships which will give me a lot of overseas experience to help me achieve my goal for 2024.”

Since applying for this award Ryan competed at the AIMS Games in Tauranga in September which is a huge sports competition involving over 300 intermediate schools and over 10,800 athletes. In trampolining he won gold in the Mens Open Senior level and one of the judges was Dylan Schmidt, the NZ Olympic trampolinist (and Ryan’s role model). Ryan also competed in competitive gymnastics receiving silver in the open junior category and bronze in the open junior advanced category for tumbling. He was also part of the Northcross Intermediate Hip Hop Team which came 10th out of 25 teams.

"I am very grateful for this AIMES Award and it means so much to me. This award will help me to pay towards overseas competitions in 2019, including the Australian National Championships and also the World Championships in Tokyo which I am working hard to qualify for. I feel so lucky to be recognised for what I have achieved this year in trampolining and how much hard work and dedication I put into my sport."

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Ryan plans to put the funds into a special bank account for trampolining, using it for his national and international competitions in 2019, including once again competing at the Australian National Championships and also hopefully Worlds in Japan. He will also put it towards a coaching course (he has completed 16 hours of shadow coaching) to become a coach next year.

Ryan Jefferson receives the Junior Excellence Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Library Lane and NZ Force Construction – including a cash grant of $3,000.

My long term goal is to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Each year I will try hard to qualify for the world championships…

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YACHTING (13) 13 year old Sebastian Menzies (Seb) sails out of the Murrays Bay Sailing Club and is one of our yachting stars of the future. The Murrays Bay club has produced many of New Zealand’s world class sailors, including Dean Barker and previous AIMES Award recipients Andy Maloney and Dan Slater.

Seb started Rangitoto College in 2018 after attending Murrays Bay Primary and Murrays Bay Intermediate. He began sailing as an 8 year old at Murrays Bay – a natural progression given the strong family connection with yachting. Along the way he has had the full support on and off the water from his Dad, and also Grandpa, also a keen yachtsman.

In the 2015/16 season Seb finished as the 5th ranked optimist sailor nationally and was selected as part of the five strong team to represent New Zealand at the World Championships in Vilamoura, Portugal. At only 11 years of age, competing in a field containing up to 15 year olds, he became one of New Zealand's youngest sailors to compete at the optimist worlds.

Seb came back for the 2016/17 season and despite his age dominated the New Zealand optimist competition winning all three ranking regatta’s and then going on to win the nationals. He finished the season unbeaten and with a perfect ranking score, the first time this has ever been achieved. The regattas were raced in the full range of conditions and Seb managed to dominate each of these, often with a race to spare. He won 18 of the 32 races sailed in the ranking series with a worst placing of 6th.

As a result of this great season Seb once again qualified for the New Zealand worlds team which was this time competed in Pattaya, Thailand. At 12 years of age he placed 28th from 280 sailors, the equal best result for a New Zealand sailor at the worlds since 2013.

As a result of his strong 2016/17 season Seb was recognised by Yachting New Zealand at their annual performance awards winning a Youth Performance Award and then going on to win the prestigious Emerging Talent award.

Seb has recently moved into the doublehanded 420 youth class where he has teamed up with Blake McGlashan. They quickly moved to the front of the New Zealand 420 fleet and were unlucky not to take out the youth trials at their first attempt. Since then they have placed first in the under 17’s at the Australian Nationals in Fremantle and recently won the 2018 New Zealand 420 Nationals and in doing so they qualified to represent New Zealand at the Youth Worlds in Corpus Christie, USA in July 2018, where they were placed 5th. Seb became one of the youngest NZ sailors to attend the worlds since they began in 1971.

In between 420 regatta’s Seb jumped back into the P-Class where he won the 2018 Nationals at Kohimarama Sailing Club.

Seb manages to balance his sporting commitments with school work to ensure he can maintain a solid passage through his educational years. He is consistently on target to above expected levels in all subjects. He has won a citizenship award in Murrays Bay Primary and both years at Murrays Bay Intermediate, this is for a well rounded and caring member of class. Seb has also participated in Touch and Rippa Rugby, Rugby (East Coast Bays) and Soccer.

"I am very honoured and privileged to be the recipient of a Junior Excellence Sport Award,” said Seb Menzies when he was told his application had been successful in late September. "To be recognised as a top performer in the sport I love and have some extra financial support is most appreciated. Over the next 12 months I intend to continue campaigning in the 420 class with Blake (McGlashan). This will involve travelling to Melbourne, Hobart, Portugal and hopefully Poland if we qualify for Youth Worlds. I will use the funds to help cover the costs of attending these regatta’s."

Sebastian Menzies receives the Junior Excellence Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Library Lane and NZ Force Construction – including a cash grant of $3,000.

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Sebastian Menzies

JUNIOR EXCELLENCE AWARD (SPORT)

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ATHLETICS, NETBALL, BASKETBALL (13) Murrays Bay Intermediate student Jessie Honey is a supertalented sportsperson across athletics, netball and basketball. She started competing in athletics when she was nine at the Takapuna Athletic Club. In her first season she just competed at club level.

When she was 10 years old she went to her first North Island Colgate Games and won gold medals as a runner in both the 100m and 400m.

When Jessie was 11 years old she competed strongly at both the North Island Colgate Games, Trans-Tasman Challenge in Sydney, as well as the Auckland Champs. Jessie broke several long-standing Auckland and club records.

A highlight of her Athletics to date was being selected in a small New Zealand team for the Pacific School Games held in Adelaide in December 2017. The standard at this event was high, as only the top three athletes from each State were entered per event. Jessie was the only New Zealand finalist in the both the 100m and 200m.

Jessie works hard in everything she does. She has received numerous awards for both her academic and sporting achievements.

She also really enjoys competing in Netball and Basketball. She has made North Harbour Representative teams in both sports, and been appointed Captain for both her representative teams. It is not surprising that Jessie won the Fay Mason Cup for All Round Excellence (Academic and Sport) while in year seven at Murrays Bay Intermediate on the back of these achievements:- Top Sports Girl Cup; Netball Cup; Basketball Cup; Athletics Cup; Cross Country Cup; Orienteering Cup. Jessie was runner-up dux at Mairangi Bay Primary in her last year.

She has enjoyed being in an extension class at MBIS, is a competent public speaker, and actively seeks leadership opportunities at school as well as on the sports field. This year she was chosen by her peers and teachers to be a Mini School Leader. She is also the MBIS Girls Sport Leader.

Jessie is trying to retain a balance of different sports, rather than focussing on just one sport yet. All three sports call upon speed, core strength and determination. Her abilities have been identified in all three sports with representative selection.

Jessie receives specialised running coaching from Steve Erkkila.

It is unusual for an athlete to be dominant in New Zealand at both sprinting as well as 400m and 800m distances. By continuing to train at both, Jessie’s speed will be developed alongside her strength and stamina (necessary for the 400m and 800m). She also receives development coaching for Netball and Basketball as part of the Harbour Representative Programs.

"The award will allow me to keep challenging myself to reach the next level in netball and athletics,” said Jessie quizzed about what it would mean to win this award. "I really want to be excelling in both Netball and Athletics in 5-10 years time. My long term goal would to be either captaining a silver ferns team or dominating the track in Athletics.”

The funds will give Jessie the opportunity to compete in Athletics at all major New Zealand events, as well as events in Australia. The aim is to get her to as many events as possible, as exposure to major events in New Zealand and overseas at this stage in her career is critical to developing her as an athlete. With Jessie starting College next year that will also add the North Island and New Zealand Secondary School Champs to the athletic calendar.

Jessie Honey receives the Junior Excellence Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Library Lane and NZ Force Construction – including a cash grant of $3,000.

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Jessie Honey

JUNIOR EXCELLENCE AWARD

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SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY (13) Northcross Intermediate student Kate McIntosh was playing Waterpolo when her friend was sent off for continuing to play after a penalty because she didn’t hear the whistle. This got Kate thinking about how hearing impaired people play sports if they can’t hear the whistle. Young Kate did something about it – she invented a wireless whistle.

"My innovation is called the e-Whistle, a device to help people with a hearing disability play team sports by electronically signalling when the whistle is blown,” explained Kate, to the AIMES Awards judging panel.

"Instead of sound waves, the eWhistle transmits a radio signal – making a player’s wrist band vibrate and light up.”

Kate started the project two years ago. She entered it into the 2017 North Harbour Science Fair and won Gold in the Technology category. At ASB Bright Sparks in November, she received awards for Best Concept (Junior Category) and Top overall New Zealand female (all ages). ASB Bright Sparks programme is New Zealand’s top competition for young inventors.

"Sue Giddens, the Chief Executive of the National Foundation for the Deaf, strongly encouraged me to take the idea beyond a school fair concept and develop it for commercial use. She says that participation rates of profoundly deaf children in team sports is very low. Sue’s support of my project is driven by her hope that the e-Whistle could help remove barriers and open the way for all children, regardless of hearing ability to get involved in team sports. I have used the prize money won at Bright Sparks to develop a fully working prototype that can be trialled. It features new componentry and was built using 3D printing. I’ve miniaturised the receiver – making it 8 times smaller, half the weight and with 20 times the range.”

Kate says that a key part of her project was talking to end users and understanding how they would use it and what features were important to them. These findings guided her end design and helped her to create a prototype with styling that kids would be happy to wear. The design

includes an inter-changeable soft silicon wrist brand that allows the e-Whistle to be used in physical games, without risking damage to the unit or injury to other players.

"My goal is to get the e-Whistle developed to a level of completion where it can be confidently pitched to the Ministry of Education, with the aim of getting it in all New Zealand schools. Every student deserves the chance to participate in their favourite sport and not be excluded because of a hearing disability."

Kate looked at statistics when determining the difference her product could make. According to the Department of Statistics, 9% (380,000) New Zealanders have a hearing disability. 2% of children under 15 years suffer from hearing loss that affects their ability to carry out everyday activities.

In a school the size of my school (Northcross Intermediate, 1400 students) around 25-30 students are likely to have a hearing impairment.

"For me, applying for an AIMES Award is not about winning an award.

It is about securing the support and funding I need to get the e-Whistle manufactured and into the hands of people who will benefit from it."

Kate details her future aspirations. "It remains a strong personal goal of mine to develop the eWhistle to a point where I can take it to market.

My next steps are: Test the new small transmitter chipset to determine if this is a viable replacement option for the current transmitter unit; Refine the 3D modelling, adding in separate compartment for batteries and improving closure mechanisms; Get the samples professionally printed.

The finish quality on my samples is a good as our school printers can produce. Produce multiple samples and run full field tests with actual users – including a water proof option."

Kate McIntosh receives the Junior Excellence Award from the North Harbour Club – sponsored by Library Lane and NZ Force Construction – including a cash grant of $3,000.

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Kate McIntosh

AIMES AWARDS WINNERS 2017

The AIMES Award winners for 2017 were:Supreme ($15,000) & AIMES Education Award ($15,000) – Lewis Fry Arts Award ($15,000) – Melanie Bracewell Innovation Award ($15,000) – Jun Bing Music Award ($15,000) – Jacky Siu Sport Award ($15,000) - Alex Maloney & Molly Meech Service to the Community Award ($15,000) – Alexia Hilbertidou Emerging Talent Awards 2017 ($7,500 each) – Zoe White; Blake Tolmie; Lauren Bennett; Matthew Beardsworth; Courtney Davies; Michaela Sokolich-Beatson; Cameron Webster; Olivia McTaggart; Ian Lim. 2017 Junior Excellence Winners ($3000 each) - Jasmine Jarad; Jesse Oh; Caitlin O’Reilly; Chantelle May; Maggie Squire; George Rush; Logan Somerville.

2016

The AIMES Award winners for 2016 were:Supreme ($15,000) & AIMES Sport Award ($15,000) – Eliza McCartney Arts Award ($15,000) – Joel Granger Innovation Award ($15,000) – Sian Simpson Music Award ($15,000) – Miller Christensen-Yule Education Award ($15,000) - Michael McDonald Service to the Community Award ($15,000) – Joseph Bergin AIMES Judges Special Award ($15,000) - Avalon Biddle Emerging Talent Awards 2016 ($5,000 each) – Emma Lane, Andrew Coshan, Scott Wilson, Jacky Siu, Alexia Hibertidou, Florida Fatanitavake, ($8,000) - Kate and Greta Stewart 2016 Junior Excellence Winners ($3000 each) - Satine FinerNeuhauser, Henry Meng, Rico Bearman, Nadia Evans, Daniel Stoddart, Northcross Kapa Haka Group.

2015

The AIMES Award winners for 2015 were:Supreme ($15,000) & AIMES Education Award ($15,000) – Carl Hume Arts Award ($15,000) – Emily Scott Innovation Award ($15,000) – Sian Simpson Music Award ($15,000) – Alexander Verster Sport Award ($15,000 each - Joint Winners) – Michael Brake & Gemma Jones Service to the Community Award ($15,000) – Mattea Mrkusic Emerging Talent Awards 2015 ($5,000 each) – Elizabeth Mandeno, Elizabeth Lunn, Shauno Isomura, Louisa Wang, Brendon Thomas, Danielle McKenzie, Britt Kindred, Lina Kim. 2015 Junior Excellence Winners ($3000 each) - Matthew O'Connor, Cameron Brownsey, Iain Lam, Blake Tolmie, Catherine Oh, Jaden Movold, Quillan Denton (awarded $1500).

2014

The AIMES Award winners for 2014 were:Supreme ($15,000) & AIMES Arts Award ($10,000) – Ben Sanders IT, Innovation & Science Award ($10,000) – Leighton Watson Music Award ($10,000) – Hye-Won Suh Education Award ($10,000) – Finn Lowery Sport Award ($10,000) – Teneale Hatton Service to the Community Award ($10,000) – Dannie Cullen Judges Special Award ($4,000 & $6,000 respectively) – Tayla Alexander & David Light Emerging Talent Awards 2014 ($4,000 each) – Harry Bartlett, Lewis Fry, Emily Scott, Kit Reilly, Nicole Ashby, Eliza McCartney, Gemma Jones, Daniel Hoy.

2013

The AIMES Award winners for 2013 were:Supreme ($20,000) & AIMES Music Award ($10,000) – Ella YelichO'Connor Arts Award ($10,000) – Bridget Costello IT, Innovation & Science Award ($10,000) – Sarah Mitchell Education Award ($10,000) – Michael MacDonald Sport Award ($10,000) – Andrew Maloney, Service to the Community Award ($10,000) – Loren O'Sullivan Judges Special Award ($10,000) – Liam Stone Emerging Talent Awards 2013 ($4,000 each) – Joel Granger, Matthew Jones, Alex Taylor, George Muir, Georgia Williams, Finn Howard, Natalie Te Paa, Keon Park.

2012

The AIMES Award winners for 2012 were:Supreme ($20,000) & AIMES Sport Award ($10,000) – Lydia Ko Arts Award ($10,000) – Rob Tucker IT, Innovation & Science Award ($10,000) – Amy Smith Music Award ($10,000) – Jason Bae Education Award ($10,000) – Andrew MacDonald Service to the Community Award ($10,000) – Joseph Bergin Emerging Talent Awards 2012 ($4,000 each) – Petra Bullock, Nick Hall, Teneale Hatton, Sarah Mitchell, Mattea Mrkusic, Jeremy Reid, Ben Sanders.

2011

The AIMES Award winners for 2011 were:Supreme ($20,000) & IT, Innovation & Science Award ($10,000) – Richard Stebbing Arts Award ($10,000) – Elliot Christensen-Yule Music Award ($10,000) – Moses MacKay Education Award ($10,000) – Blake Hansen Sport Award ($10,000) – Thomas Abercrombie

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2017 TO 1995 Service to the Community Award ($10,000) – Amanda Judd Emerging Talent Awards 2011 ($4,000 each) – lexandra Foster, Adam Gerrett, Seok Jun Bing, Aine Kelly-Costello, Lydia Ko, Rebecca Dubber.

2010

The AIMES Award winners for 2010 were:Supreme ($20,000) & AIMES Sports ($10,000) – Jacko Gill Arts Award ($10,000) – Verity Burgess IT, Innovation & Science Award ($10,000) – David MacDonald Music Award ($10,000 each - Joint Winners) – Sophie Bird; Will Martin Education Award ($10,000) – Andrew MacDonald Service to the Community Award ($10,000) – Anita Walbran Judges Special Award ($6,000) – Shaun Quincey Emerging Talent Awards 2010 ($4,000 each) – Maddie Dillon, Chloe Francis, Stephanie Mitchell, The Naked & Famous, Michael Macdonald, Joseph Bergin.

2009

The AIMES Award winners for 2009 were:Supreme ($20,000) & Sport Award ($10,000) – Melissa Ingram Arts Award ($10,000) – Anna-Louise Dillon-Herzog IT, Innovation & Science Award ($10,000 each - Joint Winners) – Daniel Playne & Yvette Perrott Music Award ($10,000 each - Joint Winners) – Grayson Masefield & Amalia Hall Education Award ($10,000) – Adrienne Anderson Service To The Community Award ($10,000) – Cameron Calkoen Emerging Talent Awards ($4,000 each) – Sophie Corbidge, Chris Rahardja, Jenna Gallie, Jason Bae, Ellen Deverall, Arkesh Patel.

2008

The AIMES Award winners for 2008 were:Supreme Award ($20,000) & Sport Award ($10,000) – Tom Ashley Arts Award ($10,000) – Sophie Henderson IT, Innovation & Science Award ($10,000) – Daniel Playne Education Award ($10,000) – Naomi Jones Service To The Community Award ($10,000) – Sean Yang Judges Special Award ($7,000) – Melissa Ingram Emerging Talent Awards ($4,000 each) – Verity Burgess, Brittany Carter, Andrew MacDonald, Andrew Maloney,Yvette Perrott, Yousif Rassam, Chris Steele, Erin Taylor,The Earlybirds (Filip Kostovich, Jared Aisher, Michael Cannon, Sean Patterson and Kane ter Veer).

2007

The AIMES Award winners for 2007 were:Supreme Award ($15,000) & Education Award ($10,000) – Matthew Flinn

Arts Award ($10,000) – Ananth Gopal IT, Innovation & Science Award ($10,000) – Daniel Playne Music Award ($10,000 each - three Winners) – Sarah McCallum, Tanya Cooling & Hollie Smith Sport Award ($10,000) – Jo Aleh Service To The Community Award ($10,000) – Loren O’Sullivan Emerging Talent Awards ($2000 each) – Samuel Coldicutt, Robert Ellis, Mikhail Koudinov, Alexandra Maloney, Stephen Smith, Rob Tucker

2006

The AIMES Award winners for 2006 were:Joint Supreme Award ($10,000 each) & Sport Award ($10,000 each) – Juliette Haigh & Rebecca Spence Arts Award ($8,000) – Dmitri (Dima) Ivanov IT, Innovation & Science Award ($8,000) – Hayley Reynolds Music Award ($8,000 each - Joint winners) – Julia McCarthy & Sarah McCracken Education Award ($8,000) – Chye-Ching Huang Service To The Community Award ($8,000) – Cameron Calkoen Emerging Talent Awards ($2000 each) – Tom Ashley, Richard Chen, Caroline Grey, Blake Hansen. Violinist Richard Chen also received $5,000 from Corelli School for production of his own CD.

2005

The AIMES Award winners for 2005 were:Supreme Award ($10,000) & IT, Innovation & Science Award ($7,000) – Nodira Khoussainova Arts Award ($7,000) – Ananth Gopal Music Award ($5,000 plus $5,000 from Corelli School for production of a CD) – The Checks (Rock Band) Karel Chabera, Jacob Moore, Ed Knowles, Sven Petterson, Callum Martin Education Award ($5,000) – Elizabeth Duncan Sport Award ($5,000) – Hannah McLean Judges Special Award ($5,000) – Amalia Hall

2004

The AIMES Award winners for 2004 were:Supreme Award ($10,000) & IT, Innovation & Science Award ($7,000) – Heather Brown Arts Award ($5,000) – Kendra Oxley Music Award ($5,000 plus $5,000 from Corelli School for production of a CD) – Simone Roggen Education Award ($5,000 each, Joint winners) – Vicki McCall & Nicole Roughan Sport Award ($5,000 each, Joint winners) – Juliette Haigh & Corney Swanepoel

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AIMES AWARDS WINNERS 2017 TO 1995

2003

The AIMES Award winners for 2003 were:Supreme Award ($20,000) & Music Award ($7,000) – Kristen Darragh Arts Award ($8,000) – Felicity Rogers IT, Innovation & Science Award ($8,000) – Nodira Khoussainova Music Award ($5,000 plus $5,000 from Corelli School for production of a CD) – Matthew Flinn Education Award ($8,000) – Karen Lindsay Sport Award ($8,000) – James Cressey

2002

The AIMES Award winners for 2002 were:Supreme Award ($10,000) & Sport Award ($8,000) – Terenzo Bozzone Arts Award ($8,000) – Anna-Louise Herzog IT, Innovation & Science Award ($8,000) – Michael Brown Music Award ($8,000) – Sarah McCallum Music Award ($5,000) – Robbie Ellis Education Award ($8,000) – James Russell

2001

The AIMES Award winners for 2001 were:Supreme ($5,000) & Education Award ($8,000) – Mark Robinson Arts Award ($8,000) – Helen Candy Music Award ($9,000) – Sarah McCallum Music Award ($4,000 each) – Emma Buckton, Vanessa McGowan Education Award ($5,000) – Paul Bracewell Education Award ($3,000) – Ian Munro Sport Award ($8,000) – Michael Bullot Sport Award ($7,000) – Terenzo Bozzone Sport Award ($2,000) – Dean Kent Sport Award ($2,000) – Jennifer Dryburgh Judges Special Award ($1,000) – Fleur Ritchie Judges Special Award ($500 each) – Jordan Barnes, Jonathan Coulam

2000

The AIMES Award winners for 2000 were:Supreme Award ($5,000) & Education Award ($8,000) – Clarissa Dunn Arts Award ($8,000) – Andrea Proud Music Award ($8,000) – Lara Hall Sport Award ($8,000) – Monique Robins Sport Award ($5,000) – Scott Talbot-Cameron Sport Award ($5,000) – Steven Ferguson Sport Award ($3,000) – Michael Bassett Sport Award ($3,000) – Terenzo Bozzone Sport Award ($2,000) – Simon Rea

1999

The AIMES Award winners for 1999 were:Supreme Award & Music Award ($8,000) – Rainer Gibbons Arts Award ($1,500) – Mark Wells Arts Award ($1,000) – Helen Candy Arts Award ($1,000) – Felicity Rogers Arts Award ($1,000) – Elaine Dowsett Arts Award ($1,000) – Jon Gorrie Arts Award ($500) – Bradley Fagan Music Award ($500) – Ji-Hyun Kim Music Award (Presented with a Picolo Clarinet) – Teresa Davis Education Award ($3,000) – Nikolozi Meladze Education & Sport Awards ($2,000) – Jamie Voss Sport Award ($5,000) – Benjamin Pilley Sport Award ($5,000) – Jennifer Dryburg Sport Award ($2,500) – Slavik Shorinov

1998

The AIMES Award winners for 1998 were:Supreme Award & Sport Award ($8,000) – Nathan Handley Music Award (Presented with Baby Grand Piano) – Justin Bird Music Award ($3,750) – Neil Watson Education Award ($2,500) – Amanda Rubick Sport Award ($2,000) – Jemima Smeadley Sport Award ($2,000) – Alister Gair Sport Award ($2,000) – Felicity Gould-Hope Sport Award ($2,000) – Jennifer Dryburgh Sport Award ($2,000) – Jayson Herbert

1997

The AIMES Award winners for 1997 were:Supreme Award & Education Award ($6,000) – Philip Misur Music Award ($3,000) – Lara Hall Education Award ($2,000) – Claire Speedy Sport Award ($2,000) – Sarah Macky Sport Award ($2,000) – Jayson Herbert Sport Award ($2,000) – Alastair Gair Sport Award ($2,000) – Julie Worth Sport Award ($2,000) – Craig Harper Sport Award ($2,000) – Matthew Davies Sport Award ($2,000) – Nathan Handley

1996

The AIMES Award winners for 1996 were:Supreme Award & Arts Award ($10,000) – Patricia Bolton Music Award ($2,000) – Ben Hoadley Music Award ($1,500) – Aron Ottingon Sport Award ($5,000) – Daniel Slater Sport Award ($2,500) – Matt Brown Sport Award ($2,500) – Simon Cooke Sport Award ($1,000) – Jacqui Ashworth Sport Award ($1,000) – Abby Lye Sport Award ($1,000) – Emma Tepavac Music Award ($1,150) – Cameron Bettridge (Presented 1995)

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