Rangitoto Panorama 2023

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Acknowledgements

The front cover of Panorama 2023 was created by Year 11 student Ellis Luo. This woodblock print explores the connection between cultures and the importance of whakapapa. The back cover is a print by Daisy Yang, also in Year 11. The cover was designed and put together by Tom Hanover of the Art Department. Thank you to Ellis, Daisy, and Tom for your work. Your time, talent, and creativity are greatly appreciated.

Contents Editorial Principal’s Report 2 Board of Trustees 3 Parent Teacher Association 4 Senior Leadership Team 4 New Staff & Leaving Staff 5 Head Students 6 Student Leaders 6 Māori & Pacifica Student Leaders 7 Alumni 7 Top Achievers 8 High Achievers 9 Curriculum Commerce 12 Design & Visual Communication 14 English 15 Media Studies 18 ESOL 19 Gateway & Pathways to Employment 20 Health & Physical Education 21 International Baccalaureate 24 Languages 27 Learning Support 29 Library 30 Mathematics 31 Performing Arts 34 Science 36 Social Science 39 STEAM 42 Te Manu Taki 44 Technology 46 Visual Arts 48 Creative Writing Competitions 50 Art Competitions 52 Staff Photos 54 Year 9 56 Year 10 58 Year 11 60 Year 12 62 Year 13 64 Events 1950s Reunion 66 Blood Day 66 Chinese Night 67 Korean Night 68 Kotahitanga Day 69 Golf Day 70 Lunar Festival 70 Māori Hui 71 Wānanga Series 71 Pacifica Hui 72 Pīpīwharauroa Festival of Mātauranga 73 Shrek 74 Summit Academy 75 Youth Workers 75 Academic Team 76 Arts Team 76 Chinese Team 76 Community & Environment Team 77 Culture & Globalisation Team 77 Korean Team 77 Pastoral Team 78 Service & Spirit Team 78 Sports Team 78 Tū Rangatira Team 79 Year 12 Ball 80 Year 13 Ball 82 Activities Adopt a Park 84 Amnesty International 84 Ancient Greek Club 84 Anime Club 85 Art Club 85 Biology & Beyond Club 85 Book Club 86 Candy Waves Club 86 Chess Club 86 Chinese Arts & Crafts 86 Chinese Traditional Dance Club 87 Chip Packet Project NZ 87 Coding Club 87 Creative Writing Club 88 Crochet Club 88 Cultural Networking Club 88 Debating 89 Diabolo 89 Diplomacy Club 90 Duke of Edinburgh/Pike Ake 90 Dungeons & Dragons 91 East Coast Bays Rotary Club Service Projects 91 Ecorigami 91 EPro8 92 Esports 92 Helping Hands 92 Ignite Christian Club 92 Informatics Club 93 IT Assist Club 93 Jazz School 93 Junior Shakespeare 93 International Students 94 KidsCan 95 Korean Culture Club 95 Korean Language Club 95 Letters to Strangers 96 Lion Dance 96 Magic: The Gathering Club 96 Needlework Club 97 Novel Writing Club 97 parkrun 97 Philosophy Club 98 Pick Up and Play 98 Platform for the Needy (PLANE) Club 98 Rainbow Rangitoto 99 Rangi’s Hermes Express 99 Rangi SPCA 99 Rangitoto Mathematical Olympiad Club 100 Rangitoto Maths Competition Club 100 Red Cross 100 Relay for Life 101 Scale Model Club 101 Science & Engineering Student Association (SESA) 101 Special Olympics 102 Sustainable Coastline Club 102 The Rangitoto Reporter 102 UN Youth 103 UNICEF 103 United Students 103 Performing Arts Performing Arts Co-Curricular Report 105 Music Tuition Programme 106 KBB Music Festival 106 Concertos & Cookies 107 Chamber Orchestra 107 Sinfonia Orchestra 108 Symphony Orchestra 109 Wind Orchestra 110 Concert Band 111 Cambiata 112 NZCF Big Sing Choral Festival 112 Serenata 113 A Choral Confection 114 The Minuettes 114 The Fundamentals 115 Junior Jazz Orchestra 116 Jazz Orchestra 116 Big Band 117 Jazz Band Competitions 117 Jazz Combos 118 Jazz Club & Happy Hour 119 Rock Bands 120 Solo & Duo Artists 121 Rock & Rocky Road 122 Life in the Music Department! 122 Tech Crew 123 Dance 124 Magnum Junior Troupe 125 Magnum Senior Troupe 125 Magnum Company 126 Hip Hop 126 Overture Ballet Troupe 127 Drama Company 128 Theatresports 129 Sports Sports Director Report 130 Sports Performance Academy 131 Athletics & Cross Country 132 Badminton 133 Basketball 134 Basketball 3v3 136 Beach Volleyball 138 Cricket 140 Canoe Slalom 142 Equestrian 142 Fencing 143 Golf 143 Football 144 Indoor Volleyball 146 Hockey 148 Mountain Biking & Road Cycling 150 Orienteering 150 Rowing 151 Run Club 151 Netball 152 Rugby 154 Sailing 156 Softball 157 Squash 157 Surfing 158 Table Tennis 158 Swimming 159 Tag 160 Tennis 160 Weightlifting 161 Water Polo 162 Prizegiving Arts Awards 164 Sports Awards 169 Māori & Pacifica Awards 173 Senior Prizegiving 174 Junior Prizegiving 2022 188 Teaching Staff 198 Support Staff 200 Year 13 Students 203 School Roll 209 Signatures 220

Principal’s Report

Greetings to you all and a warm welcome to the 2023 edition of Panorama. It has been a privilege to witness the incredible achievements that we celebrate in this yearbook. Every year, we challenge our students to lay a legacy that others aspire to reach, to set the tone and to act as role models in our community. Rangitoto students have certainly stepped up to this challenge over the course of the year, providing many highlights that will live long in the memory.

Globally this year we have seen ongoing division and unrest, with people pulling apart rather than drawing together. In New Zealand, we are often isolated from this and witness this tragedy through imagery and news from overseas. Yet this year we have had our own share of events that have required urgent responses. Growing resilient young people who are prepared for such events, be they emotional, social, or physical, is a significant challenge for our society, and one that will always be a work on. I have been fortunate this year to visit some incredible schools and firmly believe that education has significantly improved over the years. However, the rapidly increasing complexity of young people’s lives brings extra challenges. As our students step out into the wider world, we trust that the values, skills, and friendships they have built will enable them to heal rifts, promote diversity, and set examples that others will follow.

Exceptional academic achievement remains a core focus of Rangitoto, and the efforts of our students have been rewarded with record-breaking results at the start of 2023. Over 200 NZQA Scholarships, outstanding excellence rates at all three levels of NCEA, and our second 45/45 in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, alongside an IB average score of 37 compared to a global average of 30, continued the academic progression that all have worked hard to achieve within our classrooms.

Our ambition to provide great opportunities to grow great students has seen our co-curricular programme continue to flourish, with opportunities in an incredibly diverse range of sports, performing arts, clubs, and activities. With 53 club and activity groups on offer, we have seen new clubs emerge from bouldering and needlework to investment and diplomacy clubs. Twenty-four service groups have made a positive impact in our local community and beyond, with 5,000 hours of volunteer work carried out. Record amounts of money have been raised, an example being our Relay for Life Cancer Society fundraiser which collected $37,000.

In co-curricular activities, our Premier Chess team have retained their New Zealand national title and students have represented New Zealand in Informatics Olympiads in Hungary. The Premier Debating team achieved their highest-ever placing of second in the Auckland Premier grade. Cultural activities have seen our Kapa Haka bracket perform at Ahurea and our Korean and Chinese groups debuting at Polyfest on the Diversity Stage— we look forward to continuing to grow these programmes in 2024.

The resurgence of our Drama Department led to 23 Auckland Live Showdown Award nominations for Shrek The Musical and Puffs. Our dancers gained numerous awards at the DanceNZmade competition, with the Ballet Troupe and Magnum Senior Troupes winning their divisions. Rangitoto musicians continued to shine with a Platinum Award for Best Big Band at the Auckland Jazz & Blues Club Competition, alongside Gold Awards and Best Jazz Combo for the North Sea Combo at the Tauranga Jazz Festival. Rock band The Birds placed first at the Rockquest North Shore Regional Finals.

Sports teams have excelled, with volleyball achieving incredible success, claiming all four national titles in beach and indoor competitions. Pairs Kaia Buckley and Kiana Stevenson, and Ryan Jefferson and Juan Carlos Quintero, went on to represent Aotearoa in the World School Championship in Israel. Swimmers retained their national title, with Sportswoman of the

Year, Summer Osborne making her debut as an Aquafern in the World Championships in Japan.

The all-round success of Rangitoto was recognised with our placing as the top state school in the Crimson rankings, and our recent selection by the international K12 Education Group as one of the top 10 schools to watch in Australia and New Zealand. All of this has been made possible by the talents and attitudes of our students. One of the many joys of teaching is seeing young people succeed in the huge variety of opportunities that we have at Rangitoto while growing into fine people who we entrust our futures with. This is made possible through the commitment of our school staff to providing a world-class education. My personal thanks go to Fay Meiklejohn for leading the school in Term 3 and to our Rangitoto College Board for the exceptional support and guidance they offer our community. Long-serving Heads of Department, Trish Webster and Kate Fenton, are stepping into well-deserved retirement following a combined 48 years of service to Rangitoto.

We are always sad to see our staff move on and thank each of you for the legacy you leave behind and the difference you have made to the lives of our students. In a year that had the potential to divide the education profession, my heartfelt thanks go to our Rangitoto staff for their ongoing commitment to Rangitoto and to teaching. I am truly grateful to work alongside incredible people who give so much to so many.

To our parents and caregivers, my thanks to you for your support and trust, and, most importantly, for allowing us to be a part of your children’s life. To our leavers, I thank you for the energy and leadership you have given our school. As you move forward in your lives, we hope that you will hold Rangitoto close to your hearts and keep in touch as you spread your wings towards a future of amazing possibilities.

Mā te huruhuru ka rere te manu.

Adorn the bird with feathers so it can fly.

I wish you all a healthy, happy, and prosperous end of 2023.

Nō reira tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.

Patrick Gale, Principal

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Board of Trustees

Presiding Member’s Report

Tūngia te ururua kia tupu whakaritorito te tupu o te harakeke.

Set the overgrown bush alight, and the new flax shoots will spring up.

Another year has sped past us, and we are back here once again, reflecting on and celebrating the wonderful achievements of our students. You will read all about the ways in which our students have excelled in their time at Rangitoto College when you read through this Panorama. I couldn’t even begin to do justice to all the opportunities that our kura provides.

I chose the above whakatauki as it speaks to me of the need and courage to embrace change. It reminds us to be open to new perspectives; to leave some things behind and develop new ways and practices which align with our values. Such is the journey to incorporate Mātauranga Māori into our curriculum, developing and practising a kaupapa for our kura that affirms the unique place of Māori in Aotearoa, New Zealand. This is a challenge that our ākonga, kaiako, tumuaki, and school community have embraced. We have already seen the fruits of this labour and will continue to reap the rewards in the immediate and long term.

We are very fortunate to have a well-qualified, supportive, and committed Board of Trustees who take responsibility for ensuring that the expectations of our community are being delivered and that the best resources and facilities are provided and maintained for the benefit of current and future students. The meticulous attention to our financial commitments and obligations continues unabated despite the challenging times ahead.

A word of thanks to our staff, our students, and our families—thank you for your commitment, your generosity of spirit and the way in which you support the vision of our school. A special note of thanks to Fay Meiklejohn for her steadfast leadership when she stepped into the role of Acting Principal during Term 3. The Board of Trustees recognises your unwavering dedication to our kura and our community and acknowledges the many hours that you worked above and beyond to ensure that the vision and the delivery of our strategic plan were maintained throughout your time in the role.

There is so much that our kura delivers for our students and our community, and it is always difficult to highlight just one event as there are always so many from which to choose. I wanted, however, to make special mention of the Summit Academy Dinner.

The Summit Academy was established in 2011 to recognise former students for their leadership, excellence in their field of endeavour, and contribution to society. It is a time when we come together to celebrate the achievement of the honourees and provide inspiration to our current students so that they may look to the future with confidence, hope, and ambition. There is so much talent to fuel that inspiration. You need only look to the walls of the Auditorium foyer, reading the summary of achievements, to encourage you along your pathway to success. I look forward to the addition of many more of you who will join our illustrious Summit Academy honourees in the years to come.

To lead a school such as Rangitoto College requires courage and determination, and we see those qualities in abundance with Principal Patrick Gale who continues to provide challenging opportunities for staff to grow their area capabilities and career aspirations which in turn nurtures the growth and excellence in achievement for our students. The responsibilities and the time-consuming nature of the role are relentless. The sabbatical that Patrick was able to take in Term 3 was both welldeserved and long overdue given the challenges that he has met and overcome during his time as the Tumuaki of our kura, not least of which was the response to learning through the Covid-19 era. I know that Patrick has returned with a renewed vigour and the Board of Trustees looks forward to continuing the productive working relationship that has been established over the years.

To the students and staff who will return to us in 2024, we look forward to sharing many more opportunities to connect and have meaningful exchanges and to supporting your plans for success and celebrations along the way.

To our staff and students who are leaving us, particularly our Year 13 students and student leaders. Thank you for your tremendous contribution to our kura. During your time at Rangitoto College, my hope is that you have been supported and nurtured to be your true self. I trust that you will have memories that you will reflect upon, long after you have left your high school studies behind you. In some future time, we would be honoured to receive you once again in order that you might share your post-school journey to inspire future generations and allow us once again to celebrate with you.

Kia hora te marino, kia whakapapa pounamu te moana, kia tere te kārohirohi i mua i tōu huarahi.

May the calm be widespread, may the ocean glisten as greenstone, may the shimmer of light ever dance across your pathway.

Fa’afetai lava ma ia manuia.

Maggie Winterstein, Presiding Member, Rangitoto College Board

Maggie Winterstein Presiding Member

Jason Buckley Deputy Presiding Member

Craig Offwood

Frank Jia

Chris Dalton

Yvonne Thynne

Will Schmidt

Alan Kerr

Parent Representative

Parent Representative

Parent Representative

Parent Representative

Student Representative

Staff Representative

Patrick Gale Principal

Victoria Hitchens

Board Secretary

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Parent Teacher Association

This year has been one of change for the Rangitoto College PTA Committee. Several long-standing committee members have stepped down during the year. We would like to express our sincere thanks to the following members for their long service and dedication to the PTA and school: Suzanne Putnam for five years’ service with the final two years as the PTA President, Lucia Liefting for coordinating the operation of the second-hand uniform shop for six years, and Lynda Twidle for her services staggering over the last 10 years as the PTA Treasurer and currently the second-hand Uniform Shop Manager. All three of them invested substantial time and skills to ensure that the PTA achieves the objective of continuing to support the school initiatives and that the Secondhand Uniform Shop continues to operate smoothly for the benefit of the Rangitoto community.

This year we have welcomed Raymond Liu as our President and recently, Holly Fang as our new Treasurer. We are also fortunate to have a great team of new volunteers at the Second-hand Uniform Shop, including Catherine, Hester, Clara, and Flora, who are committed to opening the shop every Friday at lunchtime during school terms, once a month on Saturday, and during the summer in December and January.

The Second-hand Uniform Shop not only provides students and parents with the alternative of recycling the use of good-quality uniforms, but also allows us to support the school financially through purchasing chattels (e.g. the school van transporting students in arts performance or sports events) and funding school initiatives (e.g. well-being seminars). We are planning to purchase a covered trailer that can be towed behind one of the school vans to carry the students’ luggage, music, and sport equipment.

We have improved the operation of the Second-hand Uniform Shop using the Hand Me Round system. The new online system allows parents to upload details of the uniforms that they want to sell. It also allows prospective buying parents to check the stock level online, to save themselves from disappointment when visiting the shop. If you have not already checked out the new online store, please visit: https:// handmeround.azurewebsites.net/RTTC/home

In addition to the uniform shop, our PTA continues to support other school events including the Scholarship Breakfast and Parents/Teachers Conference and Enrolment Evenings. To know more about us, please visit: https://www.rangitoto.school.nz/parents-students/parent-teacherassociation

Senior Leadership Team

The 2023 Senior Leadership Team. Julie Strang, James Searle, Michael Randal, Don Hastie, Patrick Gale (Principal), Fay Meiklejohn, Peter Morton, Grahame Cope, and Olivia Newman.
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New Staff & Leaving Staff

New Staff

Abby Lee-Harder

Aimee Gale

Anna Woods

Anna Pointon

Annabel Finnie

Aria Brighton-Mills

Carolyn Purdie

Charmeyne McCollin

Colten Tanti

Conor Cuffe

Courtney Whiting

Danielle Thompson

Dean Blanch

Deanne Littlejohn

Diana Feenstra

Dominik Wellenhofer

Elizabeth Ott

Elizabeth Snyman

Elizabeth Mudford

Emma Poyner

Gillian Crowe

Haidee Roberts

Hayley Clare

Heather Warne

Hyo Jin Kwon

Ishan Sarmah

James Fuiava

Janette Wilson

Jessy Lee

Ke’arn Peters

Kirun Trippe

Lisa Wiki

Lisa Packer

Logan Milicich

Lu Sun

Lydia Grasberger

Madelaine Barrett

Madeline Middleton

Maria Carrasco

Munesh Govender

My Tran

Natalie Barrow

Nina Van Bosch

Peter Stachurski

Phoenix Bright-Young

Qian Wu

Rachel Candy

Raewyn Nutsford

Robyn Wood

Romeen Chandra

Sabrina Luck

Samantha Hodges-Heyns

Sandra Anton

Saxon Blair

Shining Hao

Tadhg Brennan

Wai Man Amy Udy

Yaqi Wang

Yi Li

Leaving Staff

Alex Na

Amrita Prakash

Anna Pointon

Bill Thompson

Chun Min (Julia) Li

Dave Smith

Dominik Wellenhofer

Felix Olsson

James Craik

Jenna Spencer-Bates

Josie Curtis

Kane Wilson

Kar Wai Chooi

Kate Albert

Kate Fenton

Katharina Thoma

Kirsty Dowding

Madeline Middleton

Magritta Strulik

Michelle Wehmeyer

Morgan Grey

Patricia Webster

Rebecca Jessup

Rebecca Jones

Rebekah Philson

Roberto Di Muro

Roisin Hession

Romeen Chandra

Samantha Hodges-Heyns

Siew Kua

Stephanie Seymour

Trevor Meiklejohn

Van Le

Yan Zeng

Young Jeong Seo

Yu Wang

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Head Students

When reflecting on our five years at Rangitoto College I have nothing but appreciation for the people around me. The class of 2023 has provided so many memories and wonderful experiences that it makes saying goodbye so hard. The academic achievements are worth celebrating along with the fact that we have completed 13 years of school, but it’s the friendships and bonds that have truly defined my college experience. As a cohort we have laughed together, supported each other’s successes, and been there for each other, and these moments have been my highlights through college. As we stand at the threshold of a new beginning, I like to look back on our college years to acknowledge the challenges we’ve overcome, the friendships we have formed, and the knowledge that we have gained. I’m so proud of every person in the class of 23 and I wish everyone the best for bright futures ahead. I want to express my gratitude to all staff members and peers for their constant support, dedication, effort, and help. You all have played a huge role in my time at college. As we leave behind our familiar halls of Rangitoto College, let us embrace the future as our experience here will help guide us as we navigate our path ahead. – Kaia

you and I wish us all success and happiness in our future endeavours, as we start the next exciting chapter of our lives. – Nicolas Ouwehand

As my time at Rangitoto College draws to a close I am filled with endless gratitude and pride to be graduating with the class of 2023. I am extremely grateful for the wonderful cohort I have had the pleasure of being a part of. I am both humbled and thankful and as we leave college, our memories of friendships and experiences will not be forgotten. I thank everyone whom I have had the pleasure of knowing during my time at Rangitoto, as the cornerstone of our college experience has been an amazing group of peers or rather friends. I am incredibly appreciative of the opportunities that Rangitoto College has provided us and our families who have supported us. I thank our teachers who have enlightened us, not just in their respective fields, but in life’s broader lessons. I am confident that we will benefit from them every day of our lives. I leave Rangitoto College with the knowledge that true accomplishment is attained when we utilise our talents and abilities in a way that is both personally fulfilling, and more importantly, has a positive impact on others. As we step out into the world, it’s crucial to remember that our education does not end here. Instead, it serves as the foundation upon which we will build our future. So congratulations class of 2023—thank

Student Leaders

Reflecting on my five-year journey at Rangitoto College, I am filled with an overwhelming sense of honour and privilege, not only to attend the school but to have had the opportunity to give back. Serving alongside my fellow Student Leaders has been an incredibly joyful year and every task we undertook was driven by our deep sense of gratitude. I extend my heartfelt thanks to the Rangitoto College community, including its dedicated teaching and support staff. Teachers who generously dedicate their lunchtimes to provide us with the support we require, thank you. Whether it was assistance with extracurricular activities or catching up on schoolwork, your unwavering kindness and commitment to going above and beyond to encourage us to achieve our personal excellence have truly defined our college experience. To the friends I’ve had the privilege of making on this rollercoaster journey, you have not only injected laughter and love into my life but have also shaped me into a better person. Together, we have made cherished memories that I will never forget. As we prepare to embrace the future, I cannot wait to see all the wonderful accomplishments our cohort will continue to achieve. To those returning to Rangitoto next year, I implore you to seize each day and all the opportunities that our college offers. – Hayun Seo

Reflecting on my time at Rangitoto, I feel most proud of the people I’ve shared this time with. While everyone has had their fair share of challenges over the past five years, my small, nervous, Year 9 self would have found great comfort and excitement in foreseeing the friends and memories that I would make. This year, it’s been a privilege sharing the role of Head Student with Kaia, Hayun, and Nic. I’m proud of what our teams have accomplished, and I have cherished our experiences with the wider student body. Getting to know the successive year levels has made me excited for their future, particularly the Year 12s who I know will be excellent Year 13s in 2024. I would like to thank everyone who has made these years so special—the teachers and staff, my peers, and my family—all of whom have shown me how to lead with compassion and humility. To the class of 2023—thank you and congrats for the past five years! Our paths will diverge from here in many ways but what can’t be taken away from us is the time spent together at Rangitoto and the memories we share. – Joshua Peng

and Isaac Lovering.

Back: Thyrhys Te Williams, Alysha Osborne, Georgia Aitken, Olive Mortimer, Minwoo Kim, Charlotte Harris, Laura Dymond, Raymond Huang, Sebastian Camus Rogers, Jonathon Sun, Daniel Stanger, Taine Hewetson, Jessica Honey, Feifei Sun, Riley Sheldon, Sitong Li, Frazer Timmis, John Phaeng, and Sean Hwangbo. Front: Kiana Stevenson, Rosalie Gerlach, Siyeon Park, Leanne Odoom, JJ Wilson, Suya Haering, Lucas Pritchard, Joshua Peng, Kaia Buckley, Principal Patrick Gale, Nicolas Ouwehand, Hayun Seo, James Edgeler, Daisy Tucker, Hayley Boyce, Rebecca Huang, Sophie Johnstone, Anthony Wang, Lucas Liu,
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Kaia Buckley, Nicolas Ouwehand, Hayun Seo, Joshua Peng

Māori & Pacifica Student Leaders

The Māori Student Leaders and Pacific Student Leader of our school are tasked with the role of creating opportunities for their peers to have a cultural identity within the school community. They have planned and organised all the language weeks, Pīpīwharauroa Festival, and whānau hui every term. These Student Leaders manage and coordinate the wider committee in designing and coordinating events at our kura.

Māori Leaders

Alysha Osborne Iwi: Whakatōhea, Te Aitanga a Māhaki

Thyrys Williams Iwi: Te Whānau a Apanui, Whakatōhea

JJ Wilson Iwi: Ngāpuhi

Pacific Leader

Rosalie Gerlach Tongan

Alumni

The Community Relations Department, headed by Sally Thompson and assisted by Xenia Moschopoulos, manage alumni events and communication, as well as sponsorship and fundraising within the college. The team has successfully organised the Golf Day Fundraiser, the 1950s Reunion, and the Summit Academy Awards Gala Dinner this year. We manage staff events like the Staff Welcome BBQ at the beginning of the year and the Staff Christmas Party on the last day of school. We have also secured multiple sponsorship opportunities for our Sports Department and funds for our annual Pīpīwharauroa Festival.

Our biggest fundraising event is the annual Golf Day Fundraiser which was held on Friday 28 April at Pupuke Golf Club. The day was an amazing success with $25,660 raised towards our Hardship Fund for students wanting to participate in sport and the purchasing of piupiu for Kapa Haka.

The Summit Academy Awards Gala Dinner was a special evening where we welcomed alumni, parents, staff, and friends of our community to celebrate four honoured graduates of the college: Nigel Avery, Jenene Crossan (Ngāi Tahu), Peter Connor, and Erica Stanford MP. You can read their inspirational biographies on our Wall of Fame in the Auditorium foyer.

Did you know that you can make a difference at Rangitoto College?

Have you thought about connecting your business with our school? Rangitoto College offers several ways for businesses and individuals to engage with our community in high profile areas of the school like Premier Sports, award winning Performing Arts and our Big Ensemble. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities at Rangitoto and how your business can benefit and grow, please email communityrelations@rangitoto.school.nz

We would love you to stay connected!

If you are an alumni of Rangitoto College, we encourage you to join Our Community—a digital online database specifically for our past students to stay connected and be part of our alumni community. You can join Our Community by visiting: https://community.rangitoto.school.nz

Thank you!

Rangitoto College would like to say a huge thank you to all our valuable sponsors for the support they have given to the kura this year. With their help, Rangitoto can continue to create great opportunities for their current students and staff.

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Top Achievers

Alex Mitt, Year 11 Visual Art Jessica Woo, Year 11 Visual Art Luke Bartram Summa Cum Laude Jonathon Sun Dux Jonathan Siah Proxime Accessit Shi Yu (Linda) Chen Summa Cum Laude Cheuk Wing (Martin) Leung IB Proxime Accessit Yi Ning (Amelia) Chen Summa Cum Laude Kevin Chen IB Dux Alice Hout Summa Cum Laude Minwoo Kim IB Summa Cum Laude Laura Dymond Summa Cum Laude Ruixi Liu Proxime Accessit Makyla Henderson Summa Cum Laude Kevin Huang Summa Cum Laude Bella Shaw Summa Cum Laude Felicia Zhang Summa Cum Laude Yufei (Phoebe) Zhang Summa Cum Laude
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Rachel Xie Summa Cum Laude Joshua Peng General Excellence Trophy

High Achievers

Recognising students who attain significant achievements with top placings in academics, sports, and performing arts.

Academic

Alston Huang (Year 9)

First place in NZ for Otago Junior Maths Competition.

Carly Fear (Year 11)

First place at the National Spanish Speech Competition.

Jonathon Sun (Year 13)

Represented NZ at the Informatics Olympiad in Hungary. First place at the NZ Programming Competition. Silver award and highest placed NZer at the Australian Invitational Informatics Olympiad. Bronze award at the French-Australian Regional Informatics Olympiad. Selected as a Non-Trivial Fellow out of 20,000 applicants. Five Scholarships in 2022.

Leo Wang (Year 11)

Gained Scholarship in Calculus as a Year 10.

Luke Bartram (Year 13)

Participated in the Australian Invitational Informatics Olympiad. Bronze award at the French-Australian Regional Informatics Olympiad.

Yufei (Phoebe) Zhang (Year 13)

Represented NZ at the Informatics Olympiad in Hungary. First place at the NZ Programming Competition. Third place at the European Girls Informatics Olympiad. Bronze award and third highest-placed NZer at the Australian Invitational Informatics Olympiad. Silver award at the French-Australian Regional Informatics Olympiad.

Yunxuan (Alan) Sun (Year 11)

Gold at the NZ Maths Olympiad.

Sports

Alexis Buissinne (Year 11)

In Top Co-Ed School NZ Secondary Schools Championship Team. Gold in U16 Female Relay Team 4x100m Freestyle at the NZ Secondary Schools Championships. Bronze in U16 Female Relay Team 4x50m Freestyle at the NZ Secondary Schools Championships.

Alisa (Alice) Kudiyarova (Year 9)

Gold in W55 Weightlifting at the NZ Secondary Schools Championships.

Andrew Feng (Year 9)

Gold in 13 Year Male 200m Butterfly at the National Age Groups Swimming Championships. Gold in 13 Year Male 100m Butterfly at the National Age Groups

Swimming Championships. Gold in 13 Year Male

400m Individual Medley at the National Age Groups Swimming Championships. Gold in 13 Year Male 200m Individual Medley at the National Age Groups Swimming Championships. Bronze in 14 Year Male 200m Butterfly at the NZ Short Course Swimming Championships.

Angelo Irwin (Year 9)

Gold in M55 Weightlifting at the NZ Secondary Schools Championships.

Ania Maritz (Year 11)

In Top Co-Ed School NZ Secondary Schools Championship Team. Silver in U15 Female 50m Butterfly Freestyle at the NZ Secondary Schools Championships. Gold in U16 Female Relay Team 4x100m Freestyle at the NZ Secondary Schools Championships. Gold in U16 Female Relay Team 4x50m Medley at the NZ Secondary Schools Championships. Bronze in U16 Female Relay Team 4x50m Medley at the NZ Secondary Schools Championships.

Brendan Visser (Year 12)

Gold in 17/18 Year Male 200m Freestyle at the NZ Short Course Swimming Championships. Gold in 17/18 Year Male 400m Freestyle at the NZ Short Course Swimming Championships. Bronze in Open Male 400m Freestyle at the NZ Short Course Swimming Championships. Gold in 17/18 Year Male 800m Freestyle at the NZ Short Course Swimming Championships. Bronze in Open Male 800m Freestyle at the NZ Short Course Swimming Championships. Gold in 17/18 Year Male 15000m Freestyle at the NZ Short Course Swimming Championships. Bronze in Open Male 1500m Freestyle at the NZ Short Course Championships.

Charlie Twose (Year 13)

In Top Co-Ed School NZ Secondary Schools Championship Team. Bronze in 17/18 Year Female 200m Backstroke NZ Secondary Schools Championships. Gold in 17/18 Year Female 400m Individual Medley NZ Short Course Swimming Championships.

Chloe Turner (Year 10)

Silver at the NZ Secondary School Team Sailing National Championships. Silver at the Female Team 29er Class National Sailing Championships. World Sailing Championship

Female Team 29er Class. Gold at the International Laser Class Association Class 6 Predict Wind Girls Regatta. Fourth Youth Female at International Laser Class Association 6 Class Oceanbridge Yachting NZ Sailing Regatta. Sixth Youth Female at International Laser Class Association 6 Class National Sailing Championships. Silver in Female Starling Class Sir Peter Blake Regatta. Silver in Female Starling Class National Traveller Series. Silver in Female and bronze overall at the Starling Class Port Marlborough Championship.

Devyn Golaboski (Year 11)

Gold at the NZ Secondary School Volleyball Championship. NZ Secondary School Volleyball Championship Tournament Team. Silver at the U17 Volleyball InterProvincial Championship (Captain). U17 Volleyball Inter-Provincial Championship Tournament MVP. Gold in NZ Secondary School Year 11 Beach Volleyball. Gold at the U17 NZ Inter-provincial Beach Volleyball Championship.

Eloise Raper (Year 12)

Bronze at the Water Polo NZ Secondary Schools Championship. NZ Youth Womens Team Australia Tour.

Finn McLuckie (Year 9)

Gold in M61 Weightlifting at the NZ Secondary Schools Championships.

Gabrielle Doyle (Year 12)

Bronze in Water Polo NZ Secondary School Championships. Gold in Susuki National Water Polo League with North Harbour. Silver in U21 Water Polo Nationals with North Harbour. NZ U19 NZ Water Polo Team that played in the Australian State Championship. NZ U20 Water Polo Team competing at the World Youth Championships in Portugal. NZ Womens Waterpolo training camp in California USA. Non-travelling reserve for the NZ Womens Waterpolo Team who competed at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. NZ Senior Womens Waterpolo Development Squad. NZ U17 Womens Team competing at the Australian State Championships.

Holly Nelson (Year 11)

In Top Co-Ed School NZ Secondary Schools Championship Team.

Gold in U16 Female Relay Team 4x100m Freestyle at the NZ Secondary Schools Championships. Gold in U16 Female Relay Team 4x50m Medley at the NZ Secondary Schools Championships. Bronze in U16 Female Relay Team 4x50m Medley at the NZ Secondary Schools Championships.

Jada Lee (Year 13)

Silver in All Girl Elite at the World Cheerleading Championships. Bronze in Junior All Girls Advanced at the World Cheerleading Championships.

Jamie Walenkamp (Year 10)

Bronze in Junior All Girls Advanced at the World Cheerleading Championships.

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Jiwan Kwak (Year 9)

Gold in Battle Cube Single at the NZ Robot Olympiad.

Joao Petrucci (John Petrucci)

Da Silva (Year 12)

Gold at the NZ Secondary School Volleyball Championship. NZ Secondary School Volleyball Championship Tournament Team. NZ U19 Mens Volleyball Team. Bronze at the Inter-provincial U19 Beach Volleyball Championships.

Joe Leith (Year 11)

Silver at the NZ Secondary School Sailing Team Racing National Championships. Gold at the NZ Open International 420 Sailing Nationals.

Joshua Ferrissey (Year 11)

Silver at the NZ Secondary School Sailing Team Racing National Championships.Gold at the NZ Open International 420 Sailing Nationals. Bronze at the Oceanbridge Yachting NZ Sailing Regatta. Sailor at 420 Sailing European Championships in Poland and 420 Sailing World Championships in Spain.

Juan Carlos Quintero (Year 13)

Gold at NZ Secondary Schools Volleyball.

Kaia Buckley (Year 13)

Gold at the NZ Secondary School Volleyball Championship (Captain). NZ Secondary School Volleyball Championship Tournament Team. Gold at the U19 Volleyball Inter-provincial Championship Tournament. NZ Indoor Volleyball Junior Womens Squad. Gold at the NZ Secondary School Beach Volleyball Tournament. Participant at the Beach Volleyball World School Championship in Israelranked sixth in U18. Part of U18 American Athletic Union National Beach Games Gold Division in California. Bronze in U18 at California Beach Volleyball Association Tour Stop.

Kalea Norton (Year 12)

Gold at NZ Secondary Schools Volleyball. NZ Secondary Schools Tournament Team and Tournament MVP. Volleyferns NZ Womens Team for Chilean Tour. MVP Game 8 Chile Tour (awarded by Chilean Volleyball Federation). NZ U19 Indoor Squad. U19 Inter-provincial Championship Tournament Team. NZ Beach Volleyball Womens Squad 2022/. Youth Commonwealth Games Beach Volleyball Team reserve. Silver U19 NZ Inter-provincial Beach Volleyball Championship.

Kezia Buissinne (Year 11)

In Top Co-Ed School NZ Secondary Schools Championship Team.

Gold in U16 Female Relay Team 4x100m Freestyle at the NZ Secondary Schools Championships. Bronze in U16 Female Relay Team 4x50m Medley at the NZ Secondary Schools Championships.

Kiana Stevenson (Year 13)

Part of Open Womens Beach Volleyball Olympic Qualifiers (Beach Ferns). Gold at the NZ Secondary School Beach Volleyball Championship. Gold at the NZ

Secondary School Volleyball Championship. Won Volleyball NZ Young Player of the Year. Participant at the Beach Volleyball World School Championship in Israel - ranked sixth in U18.

Bronze at the Youth Commonwealth Games Beach Volleyball. Ranked fourth best Open Women Beach Volleyball Player on points.

Logan Somerville (Year 12)

Gold in Junior Male Kumite 68kg Discipline at the Oceania Championships. Gold in Junior Male Kumite Open Weight at the Oceania Championships. Gold in 16/17 Year Male Kumite Open Discipline at the NZ Open Karate Championships. Gold in 16/17 Year Male Kumite 68kg Discipline at the NZ Open Karate Championships.

Michael Rodgers (Year 13)

Bronze at Senior Mens North Harbour Water Polo National League. Tenth out of 40 teams for the Junior Olympic Water Polo U18 Division in America. Selected for New Zealand Mens Water Polo team for NSW Super League. Selected for U19 New Zealand training squad.

Na Jung Amy (Amy) Im (Year 13)

Women’s Australian Master of The Amateurs Golf T26th. Australian Women’s Amateur T17th Golf. Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific Golf Tournament in Singapore. Australian Junior Golf Championship Golf. Bronze at the North Island Strokeplay/Auckland Strokeplay. Gold at the North Shore Classic. Silver at the NZ Women’s Golf Foursomes. Gold at the Ruth Middleton Cup.

Naiomi Ferrissey (Year 13)

Silver place at the NZ Secondary School Team Sailing National Championships. Gold in Youth U18 Women and fifth U18 overall at the NZ International Laser Class Association National Championship. Silver in Youth U18 Women and sixth U18 overall at Oceanbridge Yachting NZ Sailing Regatta. Sailor at the International Laser Class Association Class 6 Youth World Championships in Poland.

New Zealand Secondary Schools

Swim Team - Chris Kumala and Clement Choo (Year 9), Riley Hurbuns (Year 10), Ania Maritz, Samuel Liu, Alexis Buissinne, Kezia Buissinne, Holly Nelson and Olivia Taylor (Year 11), Eileena Bao (Year 12), Charlie Twose (Year 13)

Top Co-Ed School NZ Secondary Schools Championship Team.

Ngaawaimarino (Ngaawai)

Simpkins (Year 12)

Gold at the NZ Secondary Schools Volleyball Championship. Gold at the U17 NZ Inter-provincial Beach Volleyball Championship.

Olivia Taylor (Year 11)

In Top Co-Ed School NZ Secondary Schools Championship Team. Gold in U16 Female Relay Team 4x50m Medley at the NZ Secondary Schools Championships. Bronze in U16 Female Relay Team 4x50m Freestyle at the NZ Secondary Schools Championships.

Phoenix Livemore (Year 12)

Gold in Levels 3 and 4 at the Cheerleading Global Games.

Premier Boys Volleyball - James Haslam, Joshua Perks and Joseph Cha (Year 11) Eric Oh, Will Schmidt, Logan Vorster, John de Paiva Oliveira Ramalho, Joao Petrucci Da Silva and Cuba Rihari (Year 12), Ryan Jefferson and Juan Carlos Quintero (Year 13) Gold at the NZ Secondary School Volleyball Championship.

Premier Girls Volleyball - Alice Bell and Devyn Golaboski (Year 11), Taylor Braddock, Kalea Norton and Ngaawaimarino (Ngaawai) Simpkins (Year 12), Anais Blanchard, Kaia Buckley, Jenny McMillan, Sienna Rugg and Kiana Stevenson (Year 13) Gold at the NZ Secondary School Volleyball Championship.

Premier Chess Team - Sarah Sun (Year 9), Zachary Yu (Year 11), Allen Li (Year 12), Andrew Li and Felix Xie (Year 13)

First place at the Interschool Chess Championship National Final.

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Riley Sheldon (Year 13)

NZ Secondary School Girls Football Team and travelled to USA for the Dallas Cup. Selected as Captain for the first game. NZ Womens U20 Football Squad . Captain of the U18 Youth National League Team for Northern Rovers. Gold at Nationals with the Northern Rovers U18 Team (Captain). Bronze at National League with the Northern Rovers Premier Womens Team. West Coast Rangers Premier Womens Football Team . Selected for the NZ U18 Womens Touch Team. Silver at Asia Pacific Youth Touch Cup.

Ryan Jefferson (Year 13) Gold at NZ Secondary Schools Volleyball. NZ Secondary Schools Volleyball Tournament Team and Tournament MVP. NZ Junior Indoor Volleyball Squad. Gold at NZ Secondary Schools Beach Volleyball Championships. Gold at Interprovincial Beach Volleyball Championships U19.

Stefan Kumerich (Year 12) Gold in Senior Boys 71 Class Wrestling at the NZ Secondary Schools Championships.

Summer Osborne (Year 13) Fourth in Open Womens 200m Freestyle NZ Swimming Championships. Aquablacks Team that competed at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Gold in Girls 17-18 years 50m Freestyle NZ Age Group Swimming Championships. Gold in Girls 17-18 years 100m Freestyle NZ Age Group Swimming Championships. Gold in Girls 17-18 years 200m Freestyle NZ Age Group Swimming Championships (qualification time for World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships). Gold in Girls 17-18 years 400m Freestyle NZ Age Group Swimming Championships. Gold in Womens 17-18 years 200m Freestyle NZ Short Course Swimming Championships. Silver in Womens 17-18 years 400m Freestyle NZ Short Course Swimming Championships. Silver in Womens 17-18 years 100m Freestyle NZ Short Course Swimming Championships. Gold in Womens 17-18 years 50m Freestyle NZ Short Course Swimming Championships. Bronze in Open Womens 200m Freestyle NZ Short Course Swimming Championships. Fina World Swimming Championships (25m) NZ Relay Team Womens 4x200m Freestyle (placed eight in the final, breaking the NZ record). World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships held in Netanya, Israel. Winner of the Emerging Swimmer of the Year (Harlequins Zone).

Suya Haering (Year 13)

In the NZ U19 Womens Football Squad.

Talaya Vorster (Year 11)

Gold in U/16 Pole Vault at the Athletics NZ Championship. Gold in U/16 Pole Vault at the NZ Secondary Schools Championship.

Woo Chan (Chan) Min (Year 12)

Gold in Tennis AON National Junior Teams 17U.

Yeonsu Na (Year 12)

Bronze in the Senior K1 Mens Division NZ Secondary Schools Canoe Slalom. Bronze in the CSLX Mens NZ Secondary Schools Canoe Slalom. Bronze in the C2 Mens NZ Secondary Schools Canoe Slalom. Represented Korea at the International Canoe Federation Canoe Slalom Junior World Championships held in Krakow, Poland.

Performing Arts

Dykie (Daiki) Suzuki (Year 13)

French horn player: Selected for NZ Youth Symphonic Winds.

Marissa Zhou (Year 13)

Student Choreography AwardNational Dance Challenge NZ. Choreography AwardDanceNZmade Regional Teams Competition.

Melody Ullrich (Year 12)

First place for Year 12 DivisionDanceNZmade Regional Solos Competition.

First place for Year 12 Division - DanceNZmade National Solos Competition

First runner up overall - DanceNZmade National Solos Competition.

North Sea Jazz Combo - Elinor Coghlan, Joel Bird, Yule Chon and Minjoo (Robert) Kim (Year 12), Brian Wang, Shane Warman and Frazer Timmis (Year 13)

Gold Award and Best Combo Award - National Youth Jazz Competition.

Gold Award - Auckland Jazz Competition.

Olive Mortimer (Year 13)

Singer-Songwriter:

APRA Lyric Writers AwardSmokefree Rockquest Auckland Regional Solo/Duo Competition.

First place David Richwhite Lyric Award - Play It Strange Songwriting Competition.

Summer Hawkins (Year 12) Student Choreography AwardNational Dance Challenge NZ. Choreography AwardDanceNZmade Regional Teams Competition.

Yuhan Li (Year 11)

Artistic Swimming NZ Koru Squad.

The Birds - Joel Bird, Minjoo (Robert) Kim, Jake Ellis, Ted Salmon and Caleb Wright (Year 12)

First place - Smokefree Rockquest North Shore Regional Band Competition.

Yixuan (Lin) Lyn (Year 11) Student Choreography AwardNational Dance Challenge NZ. Choreography AwardDanceNZmade Regional Teams Competition.

Yunxuan (Alan) Sun (Year 11)

Violin player: Selected for NZ Secondary School Symphony Orchestra.

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Commerce

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Year 9 and 10 BEC

As per usual, the highlight for our Year 10 students in this year was holding our annual market day as part of the Pīpīwharauroa Festival at the end of Term 3. The theme in 2023 was Te Whenua (connection to the land). Students thoroughly enjoyed the process from planning their stalls to selling to the local community on the day. Prizes were awarded to the groups who best met the theme.

Students also enjoyed a new topic based on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). They learned why CSR is important for business success and loved playing the stakeholder game.

Our Year 9 students enjoyed getting a taste of the three Commerce subjects—Accounting, Business Studies, and Economics. The revamped Economics unit included new sections where we discussed the values of manaakitanga, whakapapa, and whenua and we looked at how they influence decision making. Students also learned how sectors of the economy are interdependent and enjoyed discovering what goods and services New Zealand imports and exports.

Year 9 & 10 DGT

Year 9 students in Digital Technology have used their creative talents to express their views around the United Nations development goals. These have been achieved through a wide range of digital outcomes which have included infographics and games promoting positive messages and information about our local beaches and oceans.

Year 10 students created websites around college clubs and events and enjoyed expressing the interests connected to them. In one example, a student showcased their photography and shared skills and tips through several well-designed webpages.

and business concepts.

Accounting

As well as reporting financial information for a sole trader, our Year 11 students covered personal financial decision making. They spent time planning for a holiday at two overseas destinations—researching their costs, preparing a cash budget, and using financial and non-financial information to make an informed decision about which holiday option to choose.

In Year 12, students learnt to use Xero accounting software to set up an accounting system, record transactions, and generate financial reports for a fictional business. Specific processes in two important parts of a business operation (accounts receivable and inventory subsystems) were studied.

Our Year 13 students focused on partnership, job cost, company, and management accounting. They also examined the profitability, liquidity, cash management, and share market performance of Restaurant Brands Ltd, factoring in the current and possible future economic environment, and using this information to make an investment recommendation regarding shares in Restaurant Brands.

Business Studies

This year in Business Studies, there has been a fantastic amount of innovation and creativity. All our year groups have sold their products to the public this year. The school Market Day for the Year 11s was a success and an introduction to the life of an entrepreneur. In Year 12 and 13, the students showed off their innovative and sustainable products at local markets and through e-commerce platforms to reflect the changes in consumers’ buying trends. Across the year groups, we have seen a wide range of products. These have included planter pots made from flood damaged tea containers, a Brazilian and Chilean Cookbook, 3D puzzles, and handmade soaps.

Outside of their business activities, students have been honing their business skills by investigating marketing, human resources, and growth strategies among plenty of other topics. This has allowed students to have practical knowledge of how businesses can prepare in the ever-changing commercial landscape of the future.

This year was another busy year in the Commerce Department as we created our new Level 1 courses for 2024 and we worked with our local Iwi, Te Kawerau ā Maki to enrich courses with Māori values This year, we welcomed Sabrina Luck and Lynn Basri. At the end of Term 3, we farewelled Roberto Di Muri as he returned to the world of investment banking.
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Economics

This year has been another interesting year for the NZ economy with a particular focus on the rising cost of living. This combined with the NZ General Election resulted in some thought-provoking discusssions in our senior Economics classes.

In Term 1, our Year 11 students enjoyed researching the decisions a business of their choice makes about resources, expansion, and non-price competition. A highlight of the year for these students was a trip to the Tip Top ice-cream factory during Term 2. Here we explored the concept of interdependence—investigating how Tip Top has mutual reliance with all sectors of the economy.

Our Year 12 students particularly liked learning about inflation this year—a topic very relevant given the current economic climate. Our Year 13s also enjoyed the macroeconomic topic of their course and had fun predicting and then presenting where they believed NZ was on the business cycle.

The NZ Economics Competition was held in June. It is a competition organised by Auckland University and sat by close to 3,000 students. Our High Distinction winners were Summer Bailey, Cheuk Wing Leung, Sophie Lee, Alice Hout, William Li, Andrew Li, Mingqian Norrington, Eileena Bao, and Daniel Leece. Congratulations to these students.

Programming

Our Year 12 Programming students have continued to enjoy the challenge of setting up their own Local Area Networks and testing them for security vulnerabilities. They get to trial them by hosting community games and develop encryption protocols to ensure user data is not compromised. Year 13 students have further developed their knowledge and skills in formal languages to create sophisticated software applications.

Multimedia Technology

Senior students have had the opportunity to explore a wider range of digital multimedia projects including 3D modelling of industrial design concepts based on the context of natural disasters. In one project, a student developed and modelled an autonomous search and rescue snake like robot. Another student used special effects to make videos educating audiences on natural disasters that can occur here in New Zealand.

Year 11 Digital Technology and CPG

Our Year 11s have had an enjoyable year creating their own websites and computer programs. For many this has been a new learning challenge while for others an opportunity to extend and explore their coding skills and creative flare. The retro games emporium continues to be a popular choice for our budding coders, while others have been opting to showcase how-to-guides for some very creative hobbies and passions. One student showcased their own artistic techniques in drawing and painting with video tutorials presented elegantly on their own website.

We have seen students in Year 12 work through the rewritten and revamped Level 2 CPG course. Students have been learning to code with micro:bits in a more practical way to make plant monitoring devices that use sensors, light, and audio outputs to inform users how best to look after their plants.

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Design & Visual Communication

Another year has flown by, with students given numerous opportunities to design within real world contexts, exploring digital technologies in the effective visual communication of their product and spatial-based ideas and design outcomes. Students were able to develop potential solutions to everyday needs, opportunities, and problems.

Designing within the local community—its land and people— were central to many of their designs, with many students surveying the needs of the people who frequent areas prime for re-development and an improved vision for the aesthetic and functional use of the environment and public spaces.

Students have enjoyed the range of assignments created, which foster their creativity, innovation, and critical thinking skills. They are well-versed and prepared for academic success right through to Scholarship level, with noteworthy results attained over the years. Students are well-equipped to enter all manner of creative endeavours, beyond school, and further their study in fields, including product design, architecture, urban planning, and engineering.

Sophie-Rose Moratti - Spatial Rebecca Wang - Spatial Michael Taylor - Product Jacqui Ling - Spatial Charlotte Smith - Spatial
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Katsuo Ota - Product

English

This year may have been an unusually wild, wet, and windy year, but it has also been a fun and productive one. Much has happened in the English sphere, including the birth of three beautiful little girls: Erica Hugo, gave birth to Hailey in June, Jess Kitt gave birth to Ava in August, and Simon Gabion-Sheehan and his wife had their baby daughter in September. Congratulations to all the new parents!

The corridors of E Block have been buzzing before school, at lunchtime, and after school with many activities happening around the building. We are home to the Rangitoto Reporter Journalism Club, the Junior Debating Competition, the Creative Writing Club, the Novel Writing Club, and the Letters to Strangers Club. Students can also be part of the Ancient Greek Club, the Candy Waves Club, and the Needlework Club. We have Scholarship tutorials every Tuesday morning and Junior Shakespeare rehearsals in Terms 3 and 4. There is so much on offer for students to enjoy and get involved in at the college, and it is inspiring to see all the students and staff participating in these activities as well as all the sports and other activities around the school.

Interminable bloom

Amid dusk when the sky was peppered sour orange and the sun sat sideways we watched a notch of a meteor blister and break above us.

We’re watching history, she squealed, hands trembling. Make a wish, he replied, his voice tipping and tumbling into orbit.

She squeezed her eyes shut and I did too wanting beyond belief at that blushed collapse of something so unwordly. We wished on that keystroke ribbon of interminable bloom, dragging itself across the country and overflowing the horizon believing that it flew for us.

Because it was just us in that moment, together, gazing skyward, believing that each of our wishes were justified, and so everlastingly endless.

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In May, the extension classes were lucky enough to go on a trip to the Auckland Writers Festival, with highlights being the award-winning American writer Jason Reynolds, as well as ex-Rangitoto College student Chloe Gong, whose best-selling books include the Secret Shanghai series. The Year 13 students celebrated our annual Literature Day in June and heard speakers from the University of Auckland on aspects of literature. We also welcomed back another ex-Rangitoto student, journalist, and poet Jamie Gower, who performed some of his beautiful poetry and spoke about his life. Jamie gave a brilliant performance, and we hope he will come back again next year.

Our focus this year has been on the new Year 11 Rangitoto Diploma which is being rolled out in 2024. We are excited about the course that is being offered in English and believe that our students will both enjoy and be challenged by the ideas and material presented. Our curriculum now includes more New Zealand literature, and our aim has been, in particular, to add more Māori and Pacifica writers into our courses, as well as current writers from Asia and other parts of the world, as we think this will bring interest and a sense of recognition for Rangitoto College students. We aim to help our students develop their identities and be proud of who they are and where they are from. We will, of course, continue to teach a selection of the best world literature, including Shakespeare and other works from the canon, and aim to give our students a global understanding of the depth and breadth of our subject.

In each year, there are also the sad moments when we have to say farewell to people who move on from the College. This year, we were sorry to say goodbye to Rebecca Jessup, a wonderful teacher and colleague, who has returned to her old school in Hong Kong. We also farewelled Paula Walters, who, after a year of leave in 2023, has decided to take a longer break from teaching. Paula is a dedicated teacher and a valued staff member who is much loved by her students, and we will miss her very much.

Two people in the department who returned to teaching this year, and we were delighted to welcome them back from maternity leave, are Mila Pasfield and Jenny Matthews. Both returned in the second term after spending time with their little girls. We also welcomed several new staff to the college: Annie Finnie, Emma Poyner, Rachel Candy, Phoenix Bright-Young, Lydia Grasberger, and Natalie Barrow all joined the English Department in 2023. They have jumped wholeheartedly into college life and have fast become part of the whānau.

As always, our wonderful relief teachers have repeatedly saved the day for us. Sue Russell has again been a full-time member of the department this year, a wonderful, caring teacher, and a generous and invaluable colleague; we literally could not function without you! A special shout-out also goes to Estelle Seaman who helped a number of times for when teachers were away for extended periods. Thank you so much, Sue and Estelle, for all that you do for us.

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Thank you, also, to Kathy Pillbrow who runs the Resource Centre, keeps E Block looking beautiful, and takes care of the staff and students in the department. She makes us laugh and is always ready with a piece of advice and a helping hand. Thank you, Kathy—you are a treasure!

I would like to wish the English and Media staff a wonderful and well-earned summer break. Let’s hope the sun shines these holidays! Thank you for all of your generous spirits, your colossal capacity for hard work, for going above and beyond every single day, and for making coming to work an absolute pleasure. It has been an honour to work with you again this year. Aroha nui.

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Media Studies

The arrival of A.I. and ChatGPT forced us to consider the future impact technology might increasingly have on our lives, while Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter stirred the debate about free speech amid the commerce of social media. Cinema had a resurgence again as Barbie and Oppenheimer both brought people back to the movie theatre. Meanwhile, the writer and actors strike in Hollywood called into question the impact the streaming giants have had on the very creatives they have built their empire upon. Alongside this, the King’s coronation and FIFA Women’s World Cup captured global attention and “up the Wahs!” became the cultural catch cry of the year.

We had four classes of Year 13 students who started the year with their film production, working through the first term to develop their concepts for their short film noir sequences. This is always an eventful process, with all the ups and downs that befall creative endeavours. However, our students once again produced some amazing work, crafting films that gave us dramatic tension and suspense. Editing is always a hard-won effort, with meticulous hours spent ensuring cuts flow and the music works to punctuate the action and drama on screen. Year 13 production is always one of the highlights of the year for students.

Our Year 11 students began the year investigating their own media usage and consumption. It is very clear that the traditions of film and television as the main form of entertainment is no more. It has now well and truly shifted towards social media as the hub of all engagement, with almost constant interaction with TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram amongst teenagers. The media entertainment space is constantly moving and there is no lack of choice for our attention and entertainment. Our students also dipped their toes into their first experience of film production later in the year. It gives us great satisfaction seeing these young filmmakers gradually master the camera and turn their ideas to life in the editing room.

Our Year 12s had a great year exploring media representation and had a core focus on exploring the shifting nature of the horror genre and its monsters. Hollywood always plays on the contradiction between art and commerce, often choosing to play it safe with audiences. Through our investigation our students gained a perspective that true creativity and innovation often happens at the fringes. Streaming platforms along with new voices and new perspectives are re-invigorating horror cinema, pushing its boundaries. These ideas bring something new to a tried-andtrue recipe, broadening the capacity of genre to scare and unsettle us.

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ESOL

T his year has been remarkable for the number of new students joining our classes throughout each term. In Terms 2 and 3 respectively, the equivalent of two new classes of English language learning students joined us. For the first time, since our foundation and reception courses began, we had two classes this year.

This year has also been one of changes in staff for ESOL. We welcomed Charmeyne McCollin from the United Kingdom as a new full-time teacher in our department. We greatly appreciated having Chiharu Waller with us in Terms 2 and 3 while we were waiting for Chermeyne to arrive.

ESOL is a subject that combines aspects from across the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC). While we mainly try to address the English learning area of the NZC, we must also apply principles from the Learning Languages learning area. Many of our courses also encompass knowledge often associated with the Social Sciences learning area too. Furthermore, students in our Foundation and Reception English Language Learning courses (FRELL) are taught language and concepts from the NZC learning areas Science and Mathematics. For both our teachers and our students, the rich knowledge demanded by the nature of our subject keeps everyone engaged and challenged.

Structured literacy has long been integral in our department. Learning about such knowledge as text-types, text purposes, the role of audience, and even the inherent biases both writers and readers bring to a text is fundamental to the rich knowledge English users need in academic and everyday contexts. Every year, students in our ESOLPR (Pre-Intermediate ESOL) classes study the poetic text-type haiku. This is just one example of the way, even at an elementary level, students’ learning in ESOL extends beyond just vocabulary and grammar (which, of course, are also very important). Once again, following a tradition we’ve had for some time now, some of our best ESOLPR students’ haiku work is presented here.

By the time you read this issue of Panorama, it’s hoped that we’ll all be enjoying sunny, warm weather. If you’re a student reading this, keep reading! Don’t just read all of your Panorama yearbook but read a novel (or two) over the summer holidays. Reading (in both English and your first language) is essential to success at school and in life!

Haikus from the 2023 ESOLPR classes

Spring

Wind blows on my hairBeautiful daisy garden Laughs at me gently.

Xinyu Deng

When you sleep in springYou can feel morning is close

When birds are singing.

Ruize Zhu

Autumn

Kites fly in the skyYellow leaves fall off the trees

Just like a carpet.

Xinyu Deng

Leaves become yellowBeautiful chrysanthemums And sad memories.

Yiran Kang

Summer

Icy lemonade

Sun shines on the golden beachSea waves around me.

Xinyu Deng

Children play outside They like summertime freedom-

Rolling down the hill.

Shuhan Duan

Winter

Snow drops from the sky

The river has turned to iceFish in ice jail.

Andrien Wai Kei Lu

Bad weather, cold windI like a hot drink at home

Beside my heater. Mohammed Alothman

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Gateway & Pathways to Employment

Our Gateway and Pathways to Employment Programme has had another busy year with four classes of Year 12 and Year 13 students. As in previous years, the teachers of the classes were all Deans which added another layer of individual pastoral care to our students, in addition to the rest of the Careers team.

The start of the year involved students learning and researching career pathways to discover what may be a good fit for them so that they could try out different work experience options. For most students, the highlight of the Gateway and Pathways to Employment Programme is having the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with a work placement of their choice. Industries included

construction, electrical, social work, automotive, plumbing, retail, real estate, early childhood, teaching, personal training, boat building, and more. We thank all of our wonderful employers for giving students this opportunity to prepare themselves for whatever their future plans may be.

Courses were also run during the year with a Great Success customer service course and a Problem-Solving course. Students also attended courses individually based on their employment interests, which included health and safety, flight attending, barista, animal care, early childhood, adventure tourism, hair and makeup, interior design, rugby refereeing, and others. This laid an excellent foundation for their next steps.

We also had various speakers present to our students so they could learn more about their industry. This included presentations on marine and technology, electrical, building and construction, and employment rights.

So, what’s next for our students? Some are returning to school, others are going on to tertiary study, some onto full time employment, and a number are starting, or have already started, an apprenticeship.

Gateway and Pathways to Employment provides an excellent platform for students to make informed decisions on their future and we wish them all every success in their career journey.

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Health & Physical Education

Junior Health & Physical Education

The Junior Physical Education course continues to encourage our students to become lifelong learners who are responsible for their own hauora while supporting their peers. The two-year programme provides students with engaging and independent learning where they develop a range of interpersonal skills.

In Term 1, our Year 9 students participated in a unit called Rangitoto Mover, where they learned a range of interpersonal skills and social responsibility in a physical activity setting. The Year 10 students applied different motor skills and tactics to traditional sports and games.

In Term 2, both year levels developed their knowledge around the biophysical principles and how the principles can be applied to improve performance.

During Term 3, Year 9 students participated in the Physical Activity for Life unit and the Year 10s, Train for Life. Both cohorts explored a range of methods of training and principles of training, and how they can improve a variety of health and fitness components. The students are encouraged to apply this knowledge into their own lives to enhance their hauora now and in the future.

To complete 2023, our Year 9 cohort focused on the unit, Part of a Team, where they developed and demonstrated the skills of a team player, coach, manager, and captain, and the importance of each role. The Year 10 students used their creativity to create a game to demonstrate their leadership and interpersonal skills by leading the class.

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Senior Health Education

Year 11

Students in Year 11 Health began the year continuing to learn and develop their understanding around wellbeing and focusing particularly on the Te Whare Tapa Wha model. The classes enjoyed the opportunity to begin to interrelate the dimensions of the wellbeing models we looked at as well as begin to learn about different interpersonal skills. These skills were put to the test as each class travelled over to the AUT Millennium Institute and put the knowledge they had learnt about interpersonal skills into practice through a rock climbing session with the added challenge of trying to climb the wall blindfolded with only their partners to guide them.

As well as this, the classes learnt about the importance of maintaining and managing changes to enhance relationships before concluding the year with our exam which focuses on drugs and alcohol, personal wellbeing, and decision making.

Year 12

In Year 12 Health, we encourage our students to become critical and perceptive thinkers of our social world. The learning is underpinned by the core concepts of this subject area with an emphasis on how these social issues impact hauora of individuals, others, and society.

Term 1 required students to develop a comprehensive understanding of resilience. The students explored a range of adverse situations and recognised strategies to support challenging and difficult changes that occur in our lives. Term 2 focused on the concept of health promotion, where students participated in social actions in addressing their chosen health issues. Connections with the wider community such as Northcross and Murrays Bay Intermediate enriched the students learning.

Sexuality and gender influences and issues remain as dominant controversial topics in the world. Students continued to develop their critical thinking by investigating the embedded cultural norms that contribute to gender and sexuality in Term 3. To complete the year, our Year 12 cohort analysed a range of adolescent health issues—mental health and social media, body image, and alcohol and food related issues.

Senior Physical Education

Physical Education has provided students with knowledge into a range of biophysical principles. At Level 1, our year started with an interesting and challenging assessment learning about functional anatomy and physiology and how they link to performance. Students applied this knowledge to a range of practical situations including the Swiss game of tchoukball, basketball, and volleyball. Our Level 2 students unfortunately got off on a challenging start with our camp at Motutapu Island being cancelled. Our staff are now very experienced at dealing with this adversity and giving our students great leadership options within the confines of the school.

Students at all senior levels enjoyed practical classes with a range of assessment methods. This range includes leadership, biophysical, and societal influences. Students also enjoyed sessions at the Millennium Institute of Sport and JUMP.

It has been very pleasing to note the high standard of work produced as students continually challenge themselves to strive for excellence.

Year 13

Our Year 13 Health course aims to provide thought provoking lessons and activities designed to challenge and educate students around current societal norms relating to current health topics.

In February and March, the Year 13 health classes of Rangitoto College had the privilege of partaking in physical activity sessions and learning about the benefits for mental health. Jack Caunter is a personal trainer who owns his own gym on the North Shore. He took the students for two sessions and discussed the relationship between mental health and physical health. The main ideas within physical activity as a form of health practice included: resilience, relationships, sleep, nutrition, and cognitive thinking.

In Terms 2 and 3, our students learnt about ethics as well as the drinking culture in New Zealand. Through investigation into these topics, they are challenged to look at both sides of the argument, allowing them to develop the skills of critical thinking.

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Scholarship Health & Physical Education

Congratulations to the 15 students awarded Health and Physical Education Scholarships in 2022. These students are in the top 3 per cent of all Level 3 Health and Physical Education students in New Zealand. It was an amazing result for Rangitoto College, gaining 19.25 per cent of all Scholarships awarded, while also being awarded two out of the top 10 (20 per cent) Outstanding Scholarships for 2022. A special mention must go to Ashley Huddart who again achieved fantastic results with 23 from 24 and second top Health and Physical Education scholar in all of New Zealand, one behind her Top Scholar Award from 2021.

The success of previous recipients has been a catalyst for generating interest from a wide variety of students in this year’s programme. In 2022, we have 60 students in the cluster group and an additional 30 students in the 13PSS Scholarship programme, all of whom are passionate about exploring societal issues that impact wellbeing.

The programme got underway early in Term 2, with students participating in eight weekly interactive tutorials centred around gaining further Health and Physical Education knowledge and applying critical thinking skills to challenge perspectives on relevant issues in society. Unfortunately, due to strike actions some of these sessions were pushed back to Term 3.

Throughout Term 3, students refined their Scholarship topic and began the research process. Students required a lot of self-motivation and dedication. Utilising their mentor teacher for personalised feedback and guidance during this stage has been instrumental in supporting students to produce a report that aligns with the marking criteria.

Well done to all 2023 Health and Physical Education Scholarship candidates for your tireless commitment to the programme. We look forward to seeing the results next year.

Sports Science

Rangitoto College students continue to enjoy Performance Sports Science (PSS) across all three year levels. PSS has changed over the years but still has a focus on extending, challenging, and encouraging students to achieve highest accolades.

The Year 11 programme focuses on setting strong academic and physical foundations on which are built in Year 12 and 13. Unfortunately, this year the Year 12 students were not able to attend the annual outdoor education camp, but alternative arrangements were quickly made so that they could still demonstrate their leadership potential and gain NCEA credits.

The Year 13 Programme is heavily directed towards writing and completing a Health and Physical Education Scholarship report. Once again students have excelled in their abilities to think critically on a range of topics and compile work which is so well regarded.

Well done again to all students and teachers who have worked tirelessly and contributed to another successful year in PSS.

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International Baccalaureate

Taught over two years in Years 12 and 13, the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme is taken as an alternative to the New Zealand national examinations (NCEA).

The IB Diploma Programme is designed to be both academically challenging and holistically balanced. In addition to their six chosen subjects, students take IB CORE comprising of CAS (Creativity, Service, and Activity components to balance their academic strengths), an Extended Essay (a self-directed research project that culminates in a university style 4,000 word essay), and Theory of Knowledge (a critical thinking course). This level of intellectual and personal development is unique in a secondary school curriculum and we are proud to offer it here at Rangitoto College.

Exam Success

We started the year extremely well with outstanding IB results. Congratulations to all of our 2022 exam students! We are extremely proud of our IB examination success. Not only does our cohort pass continue to be well above the world average— our students average 37 points, 11 per cent above the world average—our students continue to excel and our results are up with the best in the world.

We are especially proud of the following highlights:

• For the third year running, 100 per cent of our students passed the IB Diploma.

• Junzhe (Richard) Li gained a perfect 45 score which puts him in the top 1 per cent of IB students globally.

• Junju Schwarz, Alex Kang, Sawooly Li, David Zhu, Olerato Sibandze, Kent Oishi, and Alex Zhang gained scores which put them in the top 3 per cent of IB students globally.

• Caitlin Hodge, Bhanavi Micarelli, Sam Ranger, Marilyn Chen, Lucas Hebberd, Julia Lim, Elizaveta Rasskazova, and Kent Oishi gained scores in the top 10 per cent globally.

• Bilingual Diplomas were gained by Bhanavi Micarelli (Italian & English), Stan Flagel and Fred Pecquex (French & English), Rose Sun, Kevin Pan, Eva Ruan and Tommy Huang (Chinese & English).

Scholarships

Three of our IB students have gained scholarships into prestigious universities across the world.

• Sawooly Li and Caitlin Hodge both won full academic scholarships to Princeton University.

• Kamana’o Morton won a full sports scholarship to The University of California, Berkeley.

Our students continue to gain entry into universities in New Zealand and the best universities across the world including: Imperial College London, Toronto University, Utrecht University, University of Amsterdam, University of Sydney, University of Melbourne, University of Auckland, University of Cote D’Azur, and Michigan State University.

IB Classes

We are pleased to announce that IB now offers the following new subjects:

• Visual Art

• ESS (Environmental Systems & Societies)

We are pleased to continue to offer Rangitoto’s IB only subjects:

• Psychology

• French We also continue to be impressed with our students who choose to self-study Literature or Language and Literature in their mother tongue. Recently, we’ve had students undertake courses in Arabic, Dutch, German, Korean, Russian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Italian, and Malay. These alongside our already wide language offering of Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese, and English B.

TOK

The International Baccalaureate (IB) program features unique experiences like the Theory of Knowledge (TOK), which enhances students’ critical thinking and understanding of knowledge’s nature and application. This sets TOK apart, emphasizing both intellectual and personal growth.

Our visit to the Auckland War Memorial Museum in May immersed students in the TOK curriculum, aiding their preparation for the TOK exhibition. They drew inspiration from the museum’s array of significant objects, particularly those related to Māori culture, for their presentations.

CAS

Rangitoto College students excel in crafting CAS Portfolios as part of their IB Core, encompassing a range of in-school and community activities. These experiences, often reliant on student volunteerism, not only boost university applications but also cultivate the IB Learner Profile traits, including risk-taking and skill development. Rangitoto College enhances this with Activity, Creative, and Service Days.

For Activity Day, the 12IB Group ventured to the Sir Peter Blake Marine Centre, pushing boundaries through new challenges.

Creative Day saw students exploring activities like knitting, drawing, and writing, with some collaborating on projects and others pursuing individual passions.

Service Day involved collaboration with Te Hōnonga a Iwi at Rosedale Park, where students will participate in ecological conservation tasks like tree planting and site clean-ups.

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Year 13 Biology Trip

The Year 13 IB students enjoyed a trip to Auckland Zoo. This included a chance to walk around the grounds as well as receiving an educational talk on the topic of human evolution. This was of particular interest to the students, as human evolution is not specifically covered within the IB Biology curriculum. The zoo trip allowed them to see the application of their topic, Evolution and Biodiversity, within the real world.

IB Students’ Wider Achievements

• Yeonsu Na made his debut on the international stage and represented Korea in the ICF Junior World Champs Canoe Slalom which took place in Krakow, Poland. He is also in the ICF Talent Identification Programme (TIP) which is a development camp run by the ICF (International Canoe Federation). Yeonsu is fortunate that he was given this additional opportunity and we know he will make the most of it!

• Lucie Knight passed the International French Exam called C1 DALF which comprises listening, reading, writing and speaking. Students who pass this four hour exam can express themselves fluently and spontaneously. It’s the standard required for entry to certain grandes écoles, such as l’Institut des sciences politiques de Paris or l’École Polytechnique.

• Lucas Lui took part in the New Zealand Schools’ Debating Championships which were held in Wellington in May. Year 13 IB student, Lucas Liu, represented Rangitoto College in the Auckland team. Competing in seven debates, Lucas and his team addressed important and relevant issues such as youth mental health and education systems. We look forward to seeing further excellent results from our own IB students and NCEA students in debating!

• IB Students Dowoong (Peter) Yang and Minwoo Kim, along with two NCEA team members, (Haechan Noh and Joshua Hang), competed in the NZ Engineering Science Competition. They were assigned the question, ‘How much power does NZ need to adopt generative AI?’ The results of the competition will be released in November. We wish them luck!

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Alex Kim, Year 12 Deisgn

Languages

Chinese Chinese Bridge Speech Competition

This year we had six students from Year 9 to Year 11 compete in the annual Chinese Bridge Speech Competition. There were Nathan Blunden and Lola Weston in Year 9, Eint (Olivia) Htut and Kate Thynne in Year 10, and Kaietsu Ikeguchi and Rammiz Rehman in Year 11. It was wonderful to see these talented young people engage with students from other schools on their Chinese learning journey. Olivia was awarded the third prize in the junior category, and Rammiz placed third in the senior category. Nathan, Lola, Kate, and Kaietsu each received a merit award in the competition. Congratulations to all!

Dragon Boat Festival

Celebrating festivals is always one of the highlights when comes to language learning. This year our Chinese junior classes had an opportunity to taste some authentic cultural food. Zòng zi 粽子 sticky rice dumplings is a traditional food eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival. Nowadays, it is a public holiday—people enjoy watching the dragon boat race and tasting homemade or shop-bought zongzi 粽子 during this special day.

French

In the Term 3 holidays, 12 Year 12 and 13 French students travelled to the South Island to attend the Akaroa French Festival—a biennial event celebrating the unique culture and heritage of New Zealand’s only French settlement in the harbourside town of Akaroa. At camp, the students showed off their culinary skills by preparing Frenchthemed meals including a Master Chef-style competition; the star dish being a restaurant-worthy boeuf bourguignon. On the second day of the festival, students attended a historical re-enactment of the many brave souls who came to call Akaroa home: from the first Māori to the whalers, and then the French and German settlers who arrived on board the Comte de Paris ship in 1840. This experience brought to life everything learnt in the local museum earlier in the week. All in all, participants had five magical days exploring the Banks Peninsula and immersing themselves in French fashion, music, cuisine, and culture, sprinkled with a bit of a joie de vivre and je ne sais quoi.

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Japanese

This year the Japan Day celebrations were held near the end of Term 2. It was an opportunity for senior student language leaders and Japanese teachers to recognise, celebrate, and share Japanese culture with all Rangitoto College students.

Japan Day was full of fun activities as well as delicious Japanese food. Students could take part in Japanese activities such as kendama, origami, and anime-styled illustration contests in front of the Auditorium. They could also purchase sushi, ramune drinks, miso soup, onigiri, and Japanese souvenirs. Students from all the different year groups in the school participated in the Japan Day events and went away with more knowledge about Japan and an increased appreciation of Japanese culture, food, games, and lifestyle.

Spanish

This year, Rangitoto College hosted the 19th annual National Spanish Debate Competition. Held on 23 May, the competition featured 13 participating schools—becoming one of the largest in the history of this event. Students are encouraged to engage deeply through a full immersion day of Spanish, with STANZA (Spanish Teachers Association of New Zealand Aotearoa) challenging students with a variety of topical moots over the course of the day.

Thank you to all the students and staff who helped ensure the day was a success, and congratulations to all the students who competed on the day.

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Learning Support

The Koru Programme is a small multi-level class, which offers students opportunities to practise skills they will need for their pathway beyond Rangitoto College whilst gaining some NCEA credits along the way. It is designed to meet the needs of each individual student, offering assessments at Level 1 and Level 2 and at a supported level. It follows a more practical approach with students creating CVs, practising interview techniques, learning how to use money, and creating a budget. We also offer support to enable students to attain their driving license. In addition, we complete World of Work activities, including work experience placements in the local community when appropriate.

Kate Ashton, Year 11 Visual Art
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Yuki Squires, Year 11 Visual Art

Library

This year has seen some big changes in the Library. Our long-term manager, Trish Webster, retired at the end of Term 1 and Cherrill Hurley has been on leave for Terms 2 and 3. Fortunately we have three new faces in the Library, Haidee Roberts, Elizabeth Ott, and Anna Woods, who have been working hard to look after our students.

The Library continues to be a busy space with Book Club, Rainbow Rangi, Crochet Club, and individual tutoring held in the reading rooms throughout the year. Break times, including before and after school see large amounts of students studying and relaxing in our space.

Our Year 9 Readers’ Cup team won the North Shore final this year and went to Dilworth College to compete in the national finals. Congratulations to the team, Alston Huang, George Xu, Jewel Zhang, Melanie Zhang, and Yixuan Liu.

Blast off into reading was the theme for this year’s Library week and our specially made Rocketship took pride of place in the Library. Students had a lot of fun with competitions, puzzles, a sticker mosaic, and photo booth. Congratulations to all our winners.

The Library’s two core business strands are supporting students’ learning and encouraging reading for pleasure. New library books are added to our collection throughout the year to inspire and assist students. We have an all you can carry policy for lending and encourage students to borrow books over the summer break. Our Library catalogue, eBooks, and audio books can be accessed on PC School—quick links—Library eBooks or Library catalogue. Follow the instructions on the Library homepage to download electronic or audio books.

Finally thank you to our Student Librarians who help our Library to run so smoothly. Farewell to departing Year 13 students, we appreciate your hard work and dedication to the Library over the years and wish you all the best on your further endeavours. We look forward welcoming new Student Librarians next year as well as our returning Student Librarians.

Stay up to date by following us on Instagram @rangitotolibrary

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Mathematics

Staff News

At the beginning of Term 1 we welcomed three new teachers to the department, Dominik Wellenhofer, Ellie Yamaguchi, and Kirun Trippe. Ellie was a former student at Rangitoto College, and Kirun had done his teacher training with us so we knew them well. Dominik brought NCEA experience with him from another school in New Zealand and IB experience from overseas. In addition we welcomed Dr Dilek Celik as a teacher to the department. Dilek had worked with us as a teacher trainee as part of the Waikato University teacher training programme in 2022 so we were thrilled to have her back as a teacher.

In addition, Lauren Walles gained a welldeserved promotion to Across School Leader with a responsibility for numeracy in the Kāhui Ako. This led to Graeme MacDonald taking over her leadership role as Assistant Head of Department and Curriculum Leader for Level 1, and Jade Cattanach taking over Graeme’s role as Curriculum Leader for Level 2 Statistics. Jade also took over responsibility for Numeracy within the College.

During the year we also recruited Munesh Govender and Anna Pointon, both of whom bring experience from New Zealand and overseas schools, plus we secured the services of an excellent new long-term relieving teacher, Gillian Crowe.

Competitions, Extension, and Acceleration

The past several months has seen great success in maths competitions in Rangitoto College. The Maths Competition Club has grown exponentially, with weekly sessions to extend the keen students. The student leaders organised and ran the selection and training of our Mathex teams for the second year. A big thank you to Allen Li, Jonathan Sun, Sophie Wu, John Cai, Eileena Bao, and Kris Wan for all their efforts and the smooth running of the selection run off. In the most recent Auckland Mathex Competition, our Year 10 team won the championship, and both the Year 9 teams did a fantastic job.

Rangitoto College students enjoyed a great deal of success in the Otago Junior Mathematics Competition with eight students placing in the top 30 nationally for their year group, with Alston Huang placing first in New Zealand for Year 9, Gwang Ho Kim second place in Year 10, and Leo Wang third place in Year 11. What a fantastic result! Apart from the top prize winners there was much strength and depth to celebrate given 115 out of 135 entrants were awarded merit or higher awards. In addition to a strong showing in the Junior Math Competition, we await the results of our students’ efforts in the Australian Mathematics Competition and the New Zealand Senior Maths Competition.

A new club specialising in Mathematics Olympiad has been established to train students who would like to try Math Olympiad locally or internationally, thanks to Yeonsu Na, Allen Li, John Cai, and Alan Sun. Rangitoto College students performed wonderfully in Math Olympiad Competitions so far this year. In the Inter-school Mathematical Olympiad, Allen Li placed third in the senior session, and John Cai won a gold medal, with another six students winning three silver and three bronze medals. In the Auckland Mathematical Olympiad, Alston Huang, Leo Wang, and Gwang Ho Kim placed fifth, sixth, and seventh in the junior session and Allen Li was seventh in the senior session. Furthermore, students did so well in the first round of New Zealand Mathematics Olympiad that eight students from Rangitoto College have been selected to sit the second round in late August.

The college continues to offer students the opportunity to join extension classes aimed at providing them with the support and breadth of curriculum required for Scholarship Calculus and Statistics. It is pleasing to note that 2022 was a remarkable year with 22 scholarships in Calculus and 15 scholarships in Statistics.

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Junior Curriculum

Year 9

Mathematics helps us understand the world and provides an effective way of building mental strategies. The study of Mathematics encourages logical reasoning, critical thinking, abstract or spatial thinking, problem-solving ability, and even effective communication skills. The Year 9 Mathematics course solidifies and builds on mathematical skills learnt from previous years. The year started with a short introductory unit developing students’ ability to better communicate their mathematical thinking. The content strands of the NZ Mathematics curriculum studied this year were Number, Geometry, Algebra and Patterns, and Graphs. The assessment regime this year has focused, not only on topic tests, but also ongoing quizzes on topics taught earlier in the year. With this regular retrieval practice, students will be better equipped to take on the junior exams later in Term 4.

Year 10

The Year 10 Mathematics course solidifies and build on mathematical skills learnt from previous years and starts preparing ākonga for senior levels of study. This year the Year 10 students have been exploring different strands of mathematics in order to become strong mathematicians. The strands they have been exposed to include measurement, geometry, algebra, patterns and graphs, probability, and statistics.

Something new and exciting this year was that our Year 10 students were given the opportunity to take part in the new NCEA Numeracy corequisite. While exams can be a scary encounter, our students were able to embrace this new form of assessment and see it as a learning experience.

Having been exposed to both mathematical and statistical concepts, our students are more equipped to make informed decisions about their future in mathematics.

Senior Curriculum

Level 1

Level 1 is an important year to not only develop foundational knowledge that students will take with them into Levels 2 and 3, but also to demonstrate their abilities in formal assessments. Our students in Level 1 this year have shown tremendous resilience in being able to adapt to a wide array of challenges that has been put before them so far: cyclones, flooding, days of rostering home, along with ongoing illnesses that have taken them away from the classroom. In spite of all that, the results have been tremendous and our students are in great shape.

In Mathematics towards Algebra, our students have learned a variety of topics designed to give them a solid understanding of both algebra and statistics. Their internal assessments of Trigonometry, Linear Algebra, and Multivariate Data have given them supplementary knowledge in addition to their external assessments of Algebra, Tables Equations and Graphs, and Chance & Data.

In Mathematics towards Statistics, our students have worked to develop a thorough understanding of Statistical concepts, represented in our Multivariate and Chance & Data topics, but rounded out through Trigonometry, Linear Algebra, and Measurement.

In Mathematics Extension, our students have been challenged to extend their thinking to standards beyond Level 1 in both Sequences and Series (Level 2) and Linear Programming (Level 3). These standards in addition to Algebra, Tables Equations, and Graphs and Geometric Reasoning will allow these students to continue their growth and high expertise in the subject of Mathematics.

In Mathematics for Numeracy, our students have worked very hard to develop their foundational abilities through a variety of topics such as Geometry, Linear Algebra, Bivariate and Multivariate Data, and Trigonometry. The efforts of these students to earn their numeracy qualification has been inspiring to their teachers and we are proud of their results this year.

Level 2 Calculus

Senior Mathematics can be challenging, beautiful, powerful, and fascinating. Wherever problems need to be solved, Mathematics is usually involved. It is fundamental to the study of engineering, virtually all science subjects and useful for many other subjects. More and more careers need a good knowledge of Mathematics. This year 250 of our Year 12 students have had the opportunity to further develop their logical reasoning and problem-solving skills in the context of algebra, calculus, and trigonometry.

Our students have continued to maintain their focus on their studies of Mathematics in 2023 through floods, cyclones, and rostering home and must be commended for the success that they have achieved in their internal assessments about coordinate geometry as they explored mathematics related to the Bermuda Triangle, graphs which could be used to model some of Dali’s art work, and trigonometry which they used to explore safety considerations about javelin throwing.

The end of the year was about their two externally assessed topics— algebra and calculus—and careful preparation for the end of year examinations. These two topics lay the foundation of knowledge required

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for Level 3 Calculus and understanding them well is hugely important for success in Year 13 Calculus.

The team of Level 2 Calculus teachers wish all of their students well in their future studies and hope that those studies will include some Level 3 Calculus.

Level 2 Statistics

Our Year 12 Statistics students have had an enjoyable 2023, despite the interruptions faced in Terms 1 and 2. It is delightful to see that our students continue to develop resilience, resolve, and confidence, undeterred by the disruptions they have faced during their academic careers at Rangitoto College. The Level 2 Statistics teachers have been impressed by students’ advancement through the course, and they look forward to seeing many familiar, and new, faces next year in Year 13 Statistics.

The Level 2 Statistics course introduces students to critical skills and insightful statistical knowledge that will help them in Year 13 Statistics, and beyond. In our course this year, students were given the opportunity to gain NCEA credits through designing a questionnaire, conducting an experiment, making an inference, designing a simulation, evaluating a report, and understanding probability methodology.

Level 2 Mathematics

Our Year 12 Mathematics students have demonstrated tremendous growth in their mathematical abilities this year. Despite the significant interruptions to their learning with a cyclone, flooding and days of rostering home, they have persevered and shown resilience in accomplishing their goals.

Our students have been able to gain significant statistical knowledge through the experiments, questionnaires, and probability topics we have worked through this year. They have also been able to improve their algebraic abilities in both the Coordinate Geometry and Trigonometry topics. Finally, they have been able to put their mathematical ideas to practical use in our Networks topic.

We are very proud of the accomplishments of our Year 12 Mathematics students this year and hope they continue their Mathematical journeys next year in Year 13 Mathematics.

Level 3 Mathematics

Students taking this course were lucky enough to study both mathematical and statistical concepts during the year. While studying the maths standards, students learnt how to solve problems that required finding optimal solutions. The statistics standards enabled students to learn how to construct a report that also allowed them to further develop their literacy skills. Students that had the most success in this course had high attendance and displayed good time management skills.

“I have enjoyed my time I have spent in 13MAT. Over the course of the year I have learned useful knowledge and skills. In my 13MAT class there was a good environment where I have made beautiful friendships. Even though I struggled with my maths, I persevered in 13MAT to become an expert.” - Alex Hebberd, Year 13

Level 3 Statistics

Students that choose to study this very valuable course learned to select and analyse statistical data to make informed recommendations which they presented in written reports. They also designed and ran randomised

statistical experiments to test causal hypotheses. For example, one team of students, inspired by the war in Ukraine, tested Year 9 and Year 13 students to discover that sudden loud noises affected them now more than in the past. Students ended the year by learning a rigorous approach to critiquing media reports to avoid being misled and help them to make more informed choices in life.

“Throughout the course of Year 13 Statistics, the experience of learning various topics has provided me with insights into real world statistical scenarios. I’ve enjoyed the engaging class discussions with other students which has further deepened my understanding and enjoyment of the subject this year. I highly recommend considering Year 13 Statistics to anyone as this course includes essential life skills for interpreting real life data in work and daily scenarios. Additionally, it teaches us to think logically, enabling us to assess the validity and reliability of different research studies. This allows students to make well informed decisions regarding future information they might encounter.” - Olivia Lemmon, Year 13

“It’s been an absolute pleasure to have taken Scholarship Statistics this year. The opportunity to see a group of motivated people used to learning the best answer, having to take a step back and develop their critical thinking skills, has developed the way I think about real life scenarios from an analytical perspective. The chance to develop my critical thinking skills is one of the main take-aways I have from this course.” Sophie Johnstone, Year 13

Level 3 Calculus

It has been a challenging year for our Year 13 Calculus students to gain the knowledge required to excel in this course with the interruptions due to weather at the start of the year and the interrupted learning that they have experienced for the entire time they have been a senior student.

Year 13 Calculus has three external NCEA examinations: Complex Numbers, Differentiation, and Integration. The majority of the content learnt is new skills, and concepts are often applied in real world applications. It has been inspiring for teachers to see students rise to the challenge, enjoy the journey, and experience success in this extremely demanding course. Many of our Year 13 Calculus students are balancing high workload subjects on top of extra-curricular involvements. This requires commitment, planning, focus, resilience, and a significant amount of work.

We look forward to seeing their hard work reflected in the NCEA examinations and wish them well with their continued journey in mathematics, many through the study of engineering at university.

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Performing Arts

Music

This year the Performing Arts curriculum was back to normal after several years of Covid-19 related restrictions and we were all very happy about that! No more screens, masks and/or rehearsal bans— even trips were back on the menu.

One take-away from the past years was the positive effect our units on practicing had on the overall success of our students. Therefore, we made the decision to include those knowledge-rich units permanently into our curriculum at all year levels.

For 2023, we decided to further expand the knowledge-rich”\approach from last year and develop and trial strategies in support of this:

1. A knowledge-rich approach to creative work in the Performing Arts (e.g., composition, choreography and devising), and

2. The intent to incorporate elements of Mātauranga Māori, or indigenous Māori knowledge.

Both contexts appeared to be connected in regard to the iterative design principles of modern design concepts (e.g. visual art) and the philosophy and meaning behind

Dance

This has been a successful year filled with many highlights in the Dance Department. Our students have regained a sense of rhythm and normality after the past few years’ disruption, which has paved the way for some truly exceptional group work to occur this year. Our junior students have excelled in both performance and choreography growing their understanding and skill set in both areas and working to an exceptional level.

kōwhaiwhai patterns in Māori art. Through the exploration of our school’s unique pattern (Te Kiko o Rangitoto) and waiata, students will learn and experience the knowledge of both worlds—indigenous and modern NZ—to inform their creative decision making.

What these two examples of knowledge-rich infusion in Performance and Composition are clearly showing is the trend to “not just” teach towards an NCEA assessment, but instead towards meaningful and powerful knowledge of the world around us. We believe that this approach will not only challenge our students more towards reaching their academic and artistic potential, but also equip them with a wide range of relevant knowledge which is transferable to a multitude of tasks and professional contexts in NZ way beyond their secondary school years.

The students are getting it—if you have any doubts, just ask them to show you their practice log: I promise you’ll be impressed!

I would like to express my gratitude to all staff in the Performing Arts for their tireless work through some very challenging years.

A big highlight for our senior students is Choreography by Candlelight, which is an evening showcase of all senior students’ choreographic works. This year we had so many friends and family show up to support these students that we only just squeezed into the Dance Studio! Our senior students performed a range of assessment works which they have been working on throughout the year and it was a wonderful evening of creativity and collaboration.

Another highlight of the year was getting back to the theatre to see a live show! Our senior students were treated to the matinee showing of the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s performance of Romeo and Juliet. We had a fantastic time at the show, which always inspires our students to see what they can strive for and attain and assists with boosting energy and creativity for our student’s own performance and choreographic works.

One other highlight had to be the annual Dance Showcase held at the Bruce Mason Centre. With over 240 dancers taking to the stage to perform and showcase their hard work from across the year. This was especially a highlight for all our dancers and wider community. The transferrable skills our students learn at an event such as Dance Showcase are ones that they keep forever and create positive memories of their high school experience. We are thrilled to be looking ahead to 2024 and the plans for future for our young dancers. One final congratulations to our dance students on a wonderful year, and to our Year 13 dancers, we wish you every success for the future ahead.

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Drama

It has been a whirlwind year for Drama. We were very pleased to welcome Heather Warne into the department this year, and what a year it has been!

Our students have been busy developing their knowledge of the context of Drama, as well as growing their performance skills and their understanding of the fundamentals of production. New Zealand has a booming theatre industry and the Drama department looks to help build students towards a career either on the stage or behind it. Through the study of Drama our students learn the key skills of communication, reliability, resilience, self-discipline, initiative, critical thinking, creativity, and divergent thinking (the ability to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions). We work as an ensemble, building a safe space for students to express themselves creatively. We implement vertical teaching where appropriate— this is where students work with others across year levels to help inspire younger students and to help build leadership skills in the senior ones.

Senior Drama

This year our Year 13s have focused on verbatim and New Zealand theatre. Verbatim is theatre which uses the actual words of the people at that moment in history. For their production work, the Year 13s worked on the verbatim theatre piece The Laramie Project. This highly emotional piece of theatre looks at a community coming to terms with the murder of Matthew Shepard, a young gay university student. Our students then attended the highly provocative, resonant and unforgettable The Haka Party Incident at Te Pou theatre in Henderson. Another piece of verbatim theatre, The Haka Party Incident resurrects the eventful day in 1979 when a group of University of Auckland engineering students rehearsing their annual tradition of a mock haka are confronted by the activist group, He Taua, and the consequences for those involved in this event. This fed nicely into the students’ devising work (where they create their own piece of theatre), based on historical figures. To end the year our students worked with theatre by local playwright Gary Henderson, looking at his play Peninsula for their techniques standard. Our Year 13s were incredibly lucky to get to see Henderson’s most recent play Things That Matter at the ASB Waterfront theatre. This play, based on the memoir by David Galler, is set in Middlemore hospital and is an articulate account of the compassion and change needed in New Zealand’s health system. We also brought in Auckland Theatre Company (ATC) to run workshops with our Year 13s on this performance, to help them better connect with the material and the Auckland community.

Our Year 12 students have focused on social injustice theatre. They started the year looking at the incredibly relevant and timeless play adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984. Using epic theatre as an inspiration, they followed this into creating their own devised theatre based on a social injustice issue. To support their learning, we were able to take the Year 12s to see Witi’s Wāhine at the ASB Waterfront. Witi’s Wāhine is based on the writing of Witi Ihimaera, including The Parihaka Woman, The Matriarch, and Pounamu Pounamu. The play places the wāhine of Ihimaera’s stories at the centre to explore and reveal our history in a new light. Finally, to finish the year, our students worked with Brecht’s Mother Courage and her Children, an anti-war piece of theatre which still inspires today. Our first student to focus on directing standards, Olesya Korchagina, successfully took charge of a small group of students to create a highly original and entertaining take on Mother Courage

Our Year 11 students have worked with more comedic pieces this year. They started the year with the melodramatic and incredibly funny slapstick Murder Mystery. We took them to Q Theatre to see Red Leap Theatre Company’s production of Dakota of the White Flats. A punk style, coming-of-age adventure story, focusing on two brave young women navigating their harsh world. This innovative devised work helped our students to create their own pieces of devised theatre based on the short stories of Roald Dahl. To finish the year our students took a close look at commedia dell’arte, the 15th century Italian theatre which is still informing comedy today. The recognisable stock characters, slapstick comedy and improvised lazzi have kept us laughing while we learn.

This year our senior students also took part in workshops with awardwinning, local devising group, Red Leap Theatre Company. Red Leap are a physical theatre based company and looked at the devising process and how we create ideas through movement.

Junior Drama

Our Year 10 Drama students began the year with the Shakespearean script King Lear. Having performed the abridged version, we took them to see Michael Hurst’s ATC performance of King Lear at the ASB Waterfront. Our students then worked on their improvisational skills, learning how to perform unscripted and to think on their feet, as well as make us all laugh. We then moved into devising, working off of the graphic novel The Arrival. Our students wrote their own melodramatic plays and finally ended the year with the fun and historic Greek theatre.

Our Year 9 Drama students this year began with the fundamental learnings of theatre. How do we navigate a theatre and the rehearsal process? We all ran for cover with the play 10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse and then created their own performance based on the poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost.

Every year I am increasingly impressed with the talent coming from our students. They work incredibly hard to develop their understanding and hone their skills, showing respect and integrity at all times. The students in our department bring a positive, lively atmosphere to the classrooms which continues to foster an effective learning space, but also a fun one. Well done all.

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Science

Biology

The year 2022 brought remarkable success to the Biology Department. In the early months of February, we received the exciting announcement of securing 26 prestigious Biology Scholarships. This accomplishment stands as a testament to the dedication and hard work exhibited by our students. Their commitment to their Biology education throughout the years has truly made us immensely proud.

We have been fortunate to welcome Jessy Lee and Logan Milicich to the team this year, we are looking forward to seeing their enthusiasm and new ideas being integrated in the Biology programme.

A huge congratulations goes to Abby Campbell who qualified in the top 25 biology students in the country and this allowed her to participate in the Biology Olympiad training camp.

Throughout the academic year, Biology students have enjoyed a diverse array of subjects, spanning from the fascinating realms of human

evolution and intricate cellular processes to the intriguing world of thermoregulation. Enriching their studies further, students embarked on various captivating biological field trips.

The 11 SCB and 13 Biology classes went to the Auckland Zoo. This outing provided a wonderful opportunity for students to closely observe a range of different species and explore their remarkable adaptations in a real-world setting. Additionally, both groups had the privilege of receiving an informative and engaging presentation from knowledgeable zookeepers, an experience that left a lasting impression on all of our students.

Our 13 Biology Scholarship students embarked on an enriching journey to the picturesque Tiritiri Matangi Island, nestled in the Hauraki Gulf. Here, they had the incredible opportunity to observe protected species thriving in their natural habitat and delve deep into the realms of conservation and the evolution of New Zealand’s avian population.

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Chemistry

This year we welcomed Yaqi Wang and Lizzy Mudford to the team who have been a welcome addition, bringing lots of energy and creative ideas.

A huge congratulations goes to Andrew Li who qualified in the top 30 chemistry students in the country in Chemistry Olympiad and represented us at the national competition.

Our IB chemists have done us proud in their extended investigations ranging from iron concentration in spinach to the effect of temperature on the level of dissolved oxygen in stream water.

Finally, a massive well done to all our students who are through three years of disruption and have done exceptionally well this year.

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Physics

The Term 2 Physics trip to Rainbow’s End Theme Park was more than a day of thrilling rides and laughter—it was an immersive lesson in Physics. Amidst the exhilarating twists and turns, students discovered the underlying Physics that drives these attractions.

As they boarded rides like the Stratosfear and Power Surge, students experienced first-hand, the principles of simple harmonic motion that they had been learning about in class. The changing velocity on different rides showcased effects of rotational inertia and centripetal force, providing insights into the Physics behind the sensation of weightlessness.

Adding to the scientific excitement, the students took to the bumper boats—an experience that introduced them to Newton’s laws of motion in a watery setting. Steering and manoeuvring the boats highlighted the concept of action and reaction, demonstrating how forces are equal and opposite, and how an angular acceleration can change angular momentum!

This outing wasn’t just about Physics—it was a lesson in teamwork, innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The blend of education and excitement emphasized that science isn’t confined to classrooms; it’s a part of daily life, even in the most thrilling environments. By exploring the science behind the fun, students gained a deeper appreciation for the Physics that govern our world, making their day at Rainbow’s End an unforgettable educational experience.

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Social Science

Art History

The year 2023 was an exciting year for Art History. In Year 12, students examined the turbulent history of France in the 18th and 19th centuries, looking at the French Revolution, the rise of Napoleon, and the significant changes that followed for French society. This was a highlight for students who loved engaging in History, as it introduced them to the different functions and the importance of art in reflecting its own time. In Year 13, the students learned all about High Renaissance and Mannerist art in Italy through exploring the art and society of 15th and 16th century Florence, Rome, and Venice. It exposed them to aspects of societies both big and small; from learning about the personal lives of patrons, to studying the grand projects like the Sistine Chapel ceiling that continue to awe audiences today.

At both year levels students had a chance to go on a trip to the Auckland Art Gallery. A highlight was the Light from Tate: 1700s to Now exhibition which exposed students to famous art and history from across the globe. Students were excited to see the historical paintings of visionary European artists such as JMW Turner and Claude Monet.

Geography

Geography is the study of people and places. This year all three levels of Geography students have studied a range of topics to learn about both of these aspects. Year 11 started the year looking at the natural processes of river systems. Students then looked at two different types of natural disasters—earthquakes around the world and volcanic eruptions in Auckland. The last internal assessment topic was on the controversial issue of the use of 1080 poison for pest control followed by the external topic on the Indian Ocean Tsunami. Year 12 had an exciting start to the year with a trip to the

Classical Studies

Classical

Studies at Rangitoto College has had a fantastic 2023. We have welcomed two new staff members, Madelaine Barrett and Courtney Whiting, to our teaching staff. Highlights for the year have been re-enacting Odysseus’ reclaiming of his household by stringing his great bow and firing an arrow through 12 axe handles. We were able to bring the iconic classical moment to life out on the Rangitoto fields where our students had fun with the bow and arrows.

Another highlight was Rangitoto College hosting the annual Classics Quiz. The night saw a packed hall, with teams from schools across Tāmaki Makaurau, with one of our teams coming fourth and another one of our teams winning the prize for the best team name—My Mything Braincells!

We look forward to many more moments in the coming years with a Classical Studies Trip to Europe planned for 2025.

Tongariro Crossing, this was a highlight for many of the students. They then completed topics on global coffee patterns, overfishing in the Hauraki Gulf, and crime in Chicago. Year 12 are completing their year on the Amazon Rainforest. Our Year 13 students have been lucky enough to complete two field trips this year. Firstly, looking at the coastal processes in Omaha and secondly the tourism development of Rotorua which they are learning about for their external examination. Year 13s have also looked at the global topic of maritime piracy and the contemporary issue of climate change refugees in the Pacific.

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History

The year 2023 has been a great year in the History Department with students achieving excellent results in their assessments. Topics covered included the First World War, Black Civil Rights, the Vietnam War, the Second World War, The New Zealand Land Wars, communism as a force, and other global topics. The field trips to the Auckland War Memorial Museum, Bay of Islands, and the Waikato were a huge success and a lot of fun for those who attended.

Junior Social Science

Our Year 9 Junior Social Scientists have enjoyed learning a range of topics to develop an understanding of the world around them and their place within it. Students learnt about how people move around the globe and the subsequent challenges they face. They learnt about several environmental challenges our world faces, and how to be kaitiaki of our papatūānuku. Students also discovered Asia and how innovations have impacted their economies. Lastly, students compared systems of government, including a focus on New Zealand’s democracy and North Korea’s dictatorship.

Our Year 10 students have been busy this year delving deeper into our world and the people who inhabit it. They have enjoyed gaining new insights into natural disasters and the impacts that these have on people and places. Students have explored human rights and the

ways that these are violated by different groups at different times. They took great pleasure in designing their own tourist brochures for the historical site of Pompeii after learning about what happened there. Finally, students have also uncovered New Zealand’s past through examining our involvement in several key international conflicts. From this our Year 10 students have developed a strong understanding of the world around them and have built a strong foundation in the social sciences.

Social Science Internal

There has been a lot of excitement and energy this year in Social Science Internal. We have completed a wide range of internal assessments that have allowed us to explore interesting and current topics. It has been great seeing students develop their interpersonal skills and getting involved in real discussions around social issues and the world we live in. A highlight of the year was seeing the class working together as a team to display their ability to communicate effectively with others to achieve a goal together. It has been a great classroom environment for the students, as they have grown into mature young adults, engaging with current affairs.

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Tourism

Sociology

Sociology has had a great 2023. Year 12 and Year 13 classes began the year with an introductory unit into some current issues that are affecting groups of societies from around the world. Throughout the year we have been building an understanding of the importance of human rights in our daily lives. By examining successful social actions, students were able to implement these learnings into their own. This culminated at the annual Sociology Exposition in the school Auditorium. Students raised awareness about local charities and ways that people could support these causes. Year 13s were focusing on influencing policy change and engaging staff and students in this process. To finish off the year we continued to explore interesting social issues around addressing conflict and the revitalisation of Te Reo Māori.

Students in Year 12 Tourism learn about the inner workings of the tourism industry. The topics they have studied cover tourism work roles and businesses as well as world and New Zealand tourist destinations. To enrich their learning in the classroom, Year 12 Tourism students have the opportunity to experience the tourism industry first hand. This year the Level 2 field trip took students to the Auckland Zoo, where they were spoken to by an education officer about how the Zoo is part of the tourism industry. They also had to rely on each other to complete a series of tasks around the Zoo. These tasks were designed to teach students about collaboration and cooperation, important soft skills within the tourism industry.

Year 13 Tourism is all about tourist destinations and looking into the impact tourism has on those places. The units cover Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and the economic impact of tourism. These

units are designed to broaden students’ worldly knowledge through the lens of tourism. To supplement the academic learning, the Level 3 field trip to Tree Adventures focused on soft skills such as communication and teamwork. These are fundamental skills for working in the tourism industry.

Tourism at Rangitoto College also offers opportunities for students to learn about what tourism has to offer beyond high school. This year we had a visit from Queenstown Resort College (QRC), one of New Zealand’s most prestigious tourism training institutes. For those students who excel in the subject and are seriously considering a career in tourism, there is the chance to attend QRC’s three-day experience. Our career’s field trip is another great way for keen students to witness the industry in action. The trip included a visit to the International Travel College, the All Blacks Experience, and the Harbour Bridge Climb with AJ Hackett.

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STEAM

This year in the field of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics), our programme has witnessed significant developments, including the introduction of Robyn Wood to our team from South Africa at the outset of the year.

Within our Year 9 curriculum, students have engaged in the utilization of traditional origami as a contextual framework for the design and development of innovative solutions to contemporary societal challenges. The environment we have fostered, where students can collaborate in small teams at their own pace, has yielded remarkably creative solutions to issues pertinent to their respective contexts.

Meanwhile, our Year 10 students have embarked on a journey that encompasses a global perspective. They have utilized the United Nations 2030 agenda and a forward-looking vision of the world in 2050 to identify community-based issues that resonate with their own experiences. The first half of the year has been dedicated to the exploration of challenges related to energy, food waste, and sustainability. Within these contexts, students have been encouraged to devise potential solutions, not merely to rectify these issues, but to mitigate their potential impact. In the latter

half of the year, students have been given the opportunity to choose a specific issue of personal interest. Among the topics they are investigating this year are transportation systems and various vehicle engine types, including electric and hydrogen options, as well as different hydroponic techniques and their corresponding fertilizers. Moreover, students are exploring the integration of artificial intelligence in the control of automatic feeding systems within hydroponics, to name just a few areas of inquiry.

This educational journey affords our students the invaluable opportunity to explore their potential ideas within a safe and nurturing environment, promoting creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

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Erinn Phoon, Year 12 Painting
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Zahra Sajaad, Year 12 Printmaking

Te Manu Taki

Ruku ki ngā wai hohonu

Rere aki ai i ngā taumata

Welcome to Te Manu Taki Department here at Rangitoto College. Our department is a warm welcoming space where our students live by manaakitanga and whanaungatanga. Te Manu Taki Department weaves the curriculum through Te Reo Māori, Ngā Toi Māori, Whakairo, and it is deeply connected with the Tū Rangatira programme and Rangitoto kapa haka.

Te Reo Māori

Ko tōku reo tōku māpihi maurea

In 2023 we welcomed Matua Ke’arn Peters and Whaea Jess Langley to teach Year 9 Māori alongside Whaea Kata Simpkins and Whaea Sarah Galbraith. Included in the highlights of 2023 for our Te Reo students was the Year 12 research field trip to the Waikato to study Rangiriri, the Year 9 trip to Murrays Bay Primary for the Matariki Festival, and the Year 10 storybooks written for our local primary schools for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori.

Whakairo - Carving

Ko te piko o te māhuri, ko tērā te tipu o te rākau

Ngā Toi Māori, Māori Practical Arts, is now offered from Year 9 to Year 13 and Rangitoto College is one of only three colleges in Auckland to offer such a programme. Under the guidance of Matua Mark Terei, learners hone the practical skills of carving and develop a deep knowledge of the pūrākau stories which uphold the knowledge. Students also spend time exploring the meaning encoded in the carvings to reveal their rich source of mātauranga knowledge. Ngā Toi Māori courses are a treasure for our community. Perhaps the highlight of the year for our Whakairo programmes was contributing to the living whakairo tent at this year’s Pīpīwharauroa Festival.

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Technology

Technology encompasses expertise from various disciplines, amalgamating to be employed in a hands-on and experimental manner. Rangitoto College offers a range of courses such as Electronics, Material, Textiles, Food Technology, Construction, Engineering, and Hospitality. The thrilling and captivating projects undertaken by students over the course of the year have achieved remarkable triumph.

Food Technology

This subject is about cooking and understanding the science behind food. Students acquire skills to create technological solutions that align with real world issues. Examples involve collaborating with a retirement village to create high tea for elderly people and crafting festive foods for the Pīpīwharauroa Festival, responding to authentic briefs provided to them. Some exciting highlights for this year included homemade pastas, vegan and high protein ice cream, pizzas, icing cookies, international burgers, and a bunch of other delicious and innovative options. Junior courses provide the basis for learning about personal hygiene and kitchen safety practices. These fundamentals then prepare for more advanced concepts that are integrated into the senior courses.

Textiles

Hospitality

Throughout 2023, the Hospitality students have been challenged to grow and improve their skill on numerous occasions. We have been catering for a wide range of functions at school, such as Open Day, Concerto & Cookies, Rock Bands & Rocky Road, and the Pīpīwharauroa Festival held at our kura. The students have been experiencing new flavours through cultural cuisines, developing their own concepts and designing menus for the annual Garden Party held at Knightsbridge Village. We are very excited about Hospitality in 2024 and where the road will lead us on our journey as teachers and students.

In Year 9 Textiles Technology, students crafted a t-shirt for a designated stakeholder, ingeniously incorporating the stakeholder’s pepeha into the design. They also designed a t-shirt for a clothing brand about to branch into streetwear for teenagers’ brand, Salubrious, while also acquiring proficiency in laser cutter design. The Year 10 curriculum offers diverse prospects, encompassing wearable arts, e-textiles, and screen printing. During Term 2, students participated in the Eye on Nature wearable arts competition, where Erin, Lily, Mia, Luca, Ziane, Charlie, Alicia, and Amelia garnered a merit award for their captivating street-inspired ensemble. At Level 1, students entered the esteemed Walk the Line Competition, an integral part of NZ Fashion Week, with 13 students emerging as finalists. Year 12 students delved extensively into sustainability, experimenting with natural dyes, upcycling, innovative utilisation of off-cut scraps, and zero-waste patterns. Progressing to Level 3, students embarked on a project themed around costumes, concocting designs bridging the realms of a children’s storybook and a notable New Zealand artist or designer. An excursion to Auckland city introduced Year 12 and 13 students to the fashion and design programs at AUT and Whitecliffe University. Term 3 culminated in yet another splendid fashion exhibition showcasing the remarkable accomplishments of the students throughout the year.

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Materials Technology

In the junior years of Materials Technology, students complete a series of modules based on developing their knowledge of materials and how they are manipulated to produce a product. They explore material properties and manufacturing processes. A portfolio of work is produced by the end of each module where students work through a design process to produce a prototype for a product. This year in 10MTC, a new project has been introduced where students must design and manufacture a portable speaker. They have enjoyed this module and it has allowed students to develop their thinking and ability to manufacture a prototype using a broad range of techniques. In Year 11, students produce an automaton (mechanical toy). This year’s theme was based around myths and legends, allowing students to explore their own cultural identity. This project allows students to develop their skills regarding mechanical movement while also providing them with ample opportunity to test and trial their ideation. At Year 12 and Year 13, students are provided with the opportunity to identify their own context/problem. This year some of the problems are based around storage, sports training aids, and a steering system for an EV.

Electronics

In our junior course, students have been learning how to write programs for programmable circuits. Year 9 students have been trialling programs that control inputs and outputs for a physical cyber-pet, which is created through laser cut acrylic parts. In Year 10 students have been learning about sensors and LED displays to read the environment such as temperature and humidity. Students have been learning how to use computer aided design to realise their designs. Year 11 students have been learning how to code in C++ to take advantage of the vast things that can be connected to an Arduino circuit board. We have continued to explore the electronic decision maker with students showing creative ways they can build fun and interaction into their designs. In Year 12, students have been exploring and designing

concepts for electronic toys. These have included remote controlled cars to magic wands. Year 13 students work with an open brief and establish their own contexts for their projects. Again, we have had a diverse range of projects this year. One student has developed a RGB light for a car that changes colour based on the speed that you are travelling.

Construction and Engineering

The year 2023 saw the pocket motorbike project introduced to Year 13 Engineering students, aimed to provide students with hands-on experience in designing, building, and testing a small motorbike. This project encompassed various aspects of mechanical engineering. Year 13 Engineering students were tasked with designing the motorbike’s frame and chassis, before fitting components such as the engine, wheels, brakes, and suspension system. Year 11 and 12 Engineering students continued to develop their repertoire of practical skills and engineering knowledge through producing a variety of high-quality outcomes.

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Visual Arts

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Senior Painting & Printmaking

Senior Photography & Design

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Creative Writing Competitions

Junior Poetry Winner

Angela Tian (10CA)

i. Dungeons

The entire world a dungeon, And I, the dungeon master. Yet, I am not in control.

The fate of all actions In the hands of another Being of power.

ii. Dragons Dragons, they are fear-conjuring and strong.

They think surrounded by beasts with power, They belong?

No, Dragons may have strengths; Fire, size, flight, But kill as they must, They themselves may also be slain, They themselves may be contained. For they are but pawns, Pieces that play a grander part in a world they never will get to see. You still occasionally see them, Surrounded by fog, Shrouded by mist.

Ghost of monsters who used to exist.

iii. Die

Dice, All sides even yet so unequal. Who knew the world could be so evil.

Metallic surface, smooth like glass, Golden lining, adorned with sculpted patterns. The intricate designs making you forget, Just for a second, Malicious intentions behind its charming face.

The delicate toss, in one swift motion, Determines how you should live or die.

iv. Destiny

Inevitability.

He rules over us all.

In a world outside our own, he sits upon a black obsidian throne. Draped in shadow, coat of empty space, no matter what your build, skill, or race.

Manipulating, without a single form or face. Unblinking, and ever drinking the red liquid

That may be wine, Or the blood of his enemies.

Like a tide to the moon, we are drawn, Then cast aside as others come by Seeking vengeance against fate, Filled with spite and hate, Quickening heart rates, Rushing to their deaths on the date of doomsday. For no matter how much they might create or dictate, They are but puppets, Worthless against fate.

Junior Prose Winner

Melissa Xu (10HG)

A Melody in War

Among the clash of steel, a girl was playing the zither.

The mellow melody mingled with the helpless cries ringing through the night. Blood spilt in all directions like blooming spider lilies as soldiers fell left and right. Splatters of red, crimson and aglow under the dim light of the moon, covered the cold bodies that littered the earth. The corpses lay in frozen terror, limbs twisted in awkward positions, blood pooled from their wounds.

Through all of it, the girl remained unfazed, untouched by the reach of death. She peered up at the battle unfolding around her as her hand strummed the strings. The more she looked, the harder it was to push away the feeling that was welling up inside her.

How was it that they did not stand a chance despite facing only a single opponent?

They were losing. Their forces were being struck down, one by one like flies. Retreating was not an option. They had to win or go down trying.

Something had to change.

Letting the last note of the music echo through the air, her fingers stilled against the instrument as the world around her rippled. Time slowed to a crawl.

She took a deep breath and after another pulse, the music started again, but this time, more upbeat. The music spun. Quicker and quicker. Twisting and churning. It reached a crescendo, whirling faster and faster until the notes distorted into the wind.

The earth shook, a thunderstorm brewed, and the ocean waves rose far across the land. Everything, including the law of nature, was falling apart.

Sparks flashed beneath her fingers as she plucked the strings. Her vision blurred but she didn’t stop. Couldn’t stop.

Lightening tore through the skies, waves crashing from above. The earth split and the moon shattered. The sun rose through the night, golden rays peeking between the hills. A long-forgotten warmth was cast across the corpse-filled land.

The girl looked up with clouded eyes, sweat streaking her face. With the last of her strength, she watched the enemy disperse into ashes.

She had done as much as any soldier on the field. It was time for her to rest.

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Senior Poetry Winner

A Tale told by an Idiot

In English class, Macbeth told me

Life is a tale told by an idiot

At first I was amused, then confused Shakespeare told the tale; Was he an idiot too?

I sought the truth, and after much thought I came to the conclusion:

Shakespeare’s work was made of fiction

No idiot could make such fabrication

In school, I suppose, we learnt the truth

Formulas and indoctrination of the youth

Keen mullings

(my mind is dulling)

I think I passed optimum

And my mind is denaturing

Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

Oh, thank god, there’s the bell

It reminded me of Socrates

Dissecting the world until there’s nothing left

But poison down your throat

The wisest man knows nothing

I know nothing, have experienced nothing I feel wise

Am I? No

Knowledge is false, I know

Even if someone tells me so

I loaned knowledge with a Dawes plan

But when I was told to bring it back

Well, then, my mind went blank

Trying to compensate the loss of knowledge

And consume the extra space on my page

Rearranging my priorities

To solve the equation of education

Knowledge retention but all that remains

From cramming these facts into my brain

Is Macbeth telling me of life’s idiocy

Don’t get me wrong;

School isn’t some malevolent phantom

Sinner killing mockingbirds

It’s the whole of the world

That I’m finding quite tiresome

My mood can be modelled by a cosine function

Going up and down at varying degrees

I’m trying to accept the positives

But all I got was a mind dissociated

From what others called reality

It means so much to us

That fifth letter of the alphabet

No matter how SMART the goals we set

Only so much power can we generate

In our current state

Come in close to see my reaction

Effort vs results, oh, the juxtaposition

Hopefully one day we will see

With some newfound sense of clarity

Life is a tale told by an idiot

And that idiot is me

Senior Prose Winner

Mirror of You

The day I met the real you, the world was asleep.

Fog had tucked the world in, keeping those at home stationary. The chill pierced our hands like a million molecular pins. The wind swept our hair into tight knots. We did not have to show up to school before the sun warmed the earth, yet we did.

“Why are you here?” I wanted to ask, but all I could do was stare at your eyes. It was a kaleidoscope of emotions, cheer and gloom, fury and indifference, kindness and spite. They mixed in the concoction that you brewed, special only for me.

But I saw what you saw, and you felt what I did. After all, a mirror cannot reflect itself, only the endless void within it.

“Why aren’t you waiting inside?” you finally asked with your Chinese accent.

“They aren’t open.”

You nodded and glanced around. The sun was barely inching into the horizon. Others had roamed or sought shelter in the library, but we ended here, by the flagpole in the cold, awaiting the auditorium doors to allow entrance.

We watched each other again at different intervals. You wouldn’t let my eyes catch yours, yet you wanted to study what it was that astounded you. Finally, you relented and we stared into each other’s endless voids, searching for the nonexistent end.

“What?” I teased. Our friends always liked it when I teased.

You blink. “Nothing, I…”

The shine in your eyes, one that only I could see. The same shine reflected in my eyes, the understanding brought to light.

“Hey!”

Our gazes turn to the smiling girl, fighting the weight of her bags to meet us. “Why are you two here early?” she asked.

You shrugged. “I had to drop off my mom. She had an early start.”

“But you’re not supposed to drive.”

You flashed a smile. “As if you don’t.”

I laughed as I took out the clear lip gloss and brushed the soft end to my lips. “Why are you here early?” I asked the girl.

“Scholarship,” she replied before turning to you. “By the way, could you send me your answers? I wanna compare them with mine.”

You nodded. “Sure thing.”

“Thanks!” she exclaimed before scurrying off.

We watched her go before I glanced back at you. The proud persona you made for her was already washing off, returning to that colourful kaleidoscope with naught an authentic tint.

I tilted my head. “Could you be just like me, a rose reflection of the world?” I asked, my voice lowered. “A nameless shell of a person whose only goal is to show what they want to see?”

Your smile dropped entirely as you inched closer to get a better look at my eyes. There, at the deepest layers of your soul lay the loneliness, the sadness, the pain. There lay the memories you pushed away, ones of anger and screaming, ones of mistakes and irreversible regrets.

“Yes,” you replied, “maybe I am.”

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1950s Reunion

The first day of Rangitoto College was on 6 February 1956 and in May this year, we were very honoured and privileged to welcome back some of our founding members to the College for our first ever 1950s Reunion.

We had over 40 of our foundation students share in a morning tea hosted by our Community Relations Team and 10 of our Student Leaders. There was memorabilia on display such as photos and original year books that invited conversations from our students to ask more about what life was like at Rangi in the 1950s. Equally, our guests were just as interested in life for today’s students.

Patrick Gale and our Student Leaders took the group on a tour of the college which no doubt looked very different to their time spent here from 1956.

Many stories were shared and lots of laughter and happiness expressed, and it was most special to see some reunions of those who had not seen

Blood Day

The annual Rangitoto College Blood Drive is an amazing cause which unites students and staff in making a lifesaving impact by contributing desperately needed blood for use in NZ hospitals. On the 8 and 9 June, 200 students and teachers signed up to the Blood Drive and 150 units of blood were donated in total over two days! An amazing 95 of them were first time donors, which is awesome since these people likely end up as lifelong donors. Together, schools play a vital role in ensuring a stable blood supply and creating a brighter future for those in need, especially with Aotearoa’s current blood shortage. A huge thank you to Emma McDonald, Karen Neale, the Community and Environment Team, the Service and Spirit Teams, and the New Zealand Blood Service for making the blood drive a success this year.

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Chinese Night

Celebrating the eighth-year anniversary at Rangitoto College, Chinese Night stands as one of our school’s most exhilarating and noteworthy events. Each year, our dedicated students come together to meticulously organise, rehearse, and execute stunning performances for our diverse cohort and our wider community. Our objective for Chinese Night is to honour, celebrate, and showcase the rich tapestry of Chinese culture, unveiling the intrinsic beauty to both our student body and our wider community.

Chinese Night consistently showcases a diverse array of exquisite performances, diligently crafted by our talented students. Our repertoire encompasses a wide spectrum, ranging from contemporary bands and Chinesepop dance to time-honoured traditional acts such as traditional Chinese martial arts 武术, classical Chinese fan dance 扇子舞, classical Chinese sleeve dance 水袖舞, the energetic lion dance 舞狮, and the vibrant diabolo 空竹. This year, we proudly introduce the addition of classical Chinese umbrella dance 伞舞 to our traditional repertoire. Further enriching our performance variety, allowing us to showcase furthermore aspects of Chinese Culture.

Participating in this remarkable event not only fosters new friendships with students at the college but also cultivates valuable skills, leaving wonderful memories and yielding numerous positive outcomes for all that get involved.

Chinese Night is a sensational and significant cultural event for Rangitoto College.

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Korean Night

On 16 June this year, Rangitoto College orchestrated a successful rendition of Korean Night. This annual affair at our school aims to spotlight and commemorate both the traditional and contemporary facets of Korean culture. The event featured captivating performances including the haka, as well as the doll and co-ed fan dances that seamlessly blend traditional and modern styles while adorned in hanbok attire. Other highlights encompassed the taekwondo performance, the rhythmic nanta drumming performance, the mask dance alongside traditional forms, rap, modern K-pop dances, and live band presentations.

With over 750 attendees, the Auditorium buzzed with enthusiasm. The diligent efforts of student performers and leaders, Minwoo Kim and Siyeon Park, and the supervising teacher, Regina Noh, were evident in the meticulous organisation of this event. A deep appreciation extends to the students, staff, and sponsors whose involvement contributed profoundly to the resounding triumph of Korean Night 2023, creating an indelible memory.

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Kotahitanga Day

Kotahitanga Day represents unity, togetherness, and solidarity. Held on February 27 this event was a fabulous day which brought approximately 800 Year 9 students together to bond as a group. Each Year 9 tutor class designed and created their own flag using the colours of their house. They also created a chant which was performed several times throughout the day. The bottom field was an array of colour and excitement as Year 9 students took part in a range of activities which encouraged them to problem solve, work together as a team, and earn points for their class and house.

Thank you to our 12 School Leaders and 127 Peer Support Leaders who helped set up, pack down, and support teachers and students throughout the day. Thanks also to the teachers involved who volunteered their time to help this event take place.

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We hosted our fifth annual Golf Day Fundraiser in sunshine on Friday 28 April at Pupuke Golf Course with 144 golfers, lots of gusto, humour, and of course, great competition. This year we were raising money to go towards our Hardship Fund for students wanting to participate in sport and our Māori Community who are in need of piupiu for Kapa Haka. We raised a total of $25,660 which has been our largest fundraiser so far.

Lunar Festival Golf Day

TheThe support for the Rangi Golf Day has grown phenomenally each year within our community and this is something we value highly because without this, we would not be able to deliver the many initiatives and opportunities for our students, facilities, and staff.

We also had an incredible response from sponsors in our community who donated items for prizes and auctions and put on a few fun challenges around the course.

We would like to thank our main sponsors, Sal’s Authentic New York Pizza, Subway Constellation Drive, and Gilmours North Shore for all the delicious food provided throughout the day to keep the golfers fuelled and happy.

Thank you again to all those who played, sponsored, and supported this big event on our calendar. Rangitoto is very grateful!

We already have teams locking in their place for 2024 (Friday 5 April) so please get in touch with our Community Relations Department to register your interest. Email us at communityrelations@rangitoto.school.nz

Korean and Chinese Leadership Teams at Rangitoto College had the privilege of commemorating the Lunar Festival during the first week’s Friday lunchtime. Through the joint efforts of both teams, this festival offered numerous college students the opportunity to immerse themselves in two distinct cultures. The Korean Team’s student leaders, Minwoo Kim and Siyeon Park, and the Chinese Team’s Leaders, Ao (Lucas) Liu and Sitong Li, collaborated with others to diligently plan activities over the summer break, aiming to showcase Korean and Chinese culture. The event featured traditional cuisine, games, and performances that encouraged student participation. From the Chinese Team, activities included calligraphy, the chopsticks game, and the lion dance. Meanwhile, the Korean Team presented games like Ddakji and Jaegi Chagi. Students also showcased their cultures by donning vibrant traditional attire worn during the Lunar New Year. This successful event not only heightened cultural awareness but also enriched the cultural tapestry within the school.

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Hui

Rangitoto ran multiple whānau hui throughout this year to showcase learnings from our Wānanga Series to our community. The journey we are on as Māori in Rangitoto College is about re-indigenising spaces to stand strong in our mana atua, mana tūpuna, and mana tangata. We are blessed to be supporting such beautiful souled children.

The evenings are about our ākonga demonstrating the teachings and talking about what they have been learning this year to enhance their knowledge of Te Ao Māori. They have done wānanga on roles and responsibilities on a marae, both front house (demonstrated pōwhiri process) and our hāpai ō (back house).

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This was a series of wānanga that were held throughout the year to give students of Māori whakapapa within the Tū Rangatira Mentor Programme—a safe space to be Māori and practice tikanga. Students became familiar with etiquette at the marae and learned cultural competency and tikanga practices that keep them safe and feeling confident in that environment.

Ākonga māori attended a series of wānanga on marae. Each wānanga experience focused on an aspect of tikanga simultaneously with cultural values such as manaakitanga. These experiences took place on marae and/or other spaces that provide opportunities for ākonga to learn.

Te Taua Moana Marae - Te Whetu Moana

Rangitoto College has formed a relationship with The New Zealand Navy Marae in Devonport. We have been fortunate to be able to use this marae for educating our students in tikanga practices.

We have had the opportunity of facilitating five this year with a final one at the beginning of December at Kokohuia Marae in the Northland region of Hokianga.

The students were able to facilitate the pōwhiri welcome for staff and whānau at the Term 2 Whānau Night at the Navy marae. This was a highlight for many students, whānau, and staff who could see their development in tikanga.

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Pacifica Hui

Kia Orana, Ni sa Bula Vinaka, Mālo e lelei, Fakaalofa lahi atu, and Tālofa lava. Our year has consisted of Pacifica hui and events, from celebrating our Pacifica language weeks, where our students organised activities and video recordings of phrases for the days, having the privilege of members of the Polynesian Panthers speak to our students, attending PILOT workshops, taking a group of students to experience Polyfest, our Tongan, Cook Island, and Samoan groups performing at the Pīpīwharauroa festival, and celebrating another Success Award Evening.

At Rangitoto College our Pacifica students have embraced their cultural identity with pride through these great opportunities and we look forward to celebrating these events again in 2024.

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Pīpīwharauroa Festival of Mātauranga

Whakaoho tangata, whakahauora ngākau. Awaken people, reinvigorate hearts.

The day dawned bright, albeit windy, on the 18 September for the second annual Pīpīwharauroa Festival of Mātauranga, hosted by Rangitoto College. Our Pīpīwhararauroa Festival connects all learners throughout the Mid Bays Kāhui Ako as we journey through mātauranga Māori across many areas of the curriculum: kapa haka, te reo, species ecology, art, commerce, community, whanaungatanga, and maramataka. Kapa haka and cultural performances are featured at the final festival to celebrate the journey of learning. The theme this year was Whenua, and the many learning experiences were connected to the pīpīwharauroa through the kūmara. Kūmara themed artworks on display in the Rangitoto Centre, especially the superhero kūmara, were a hit with all visitors!

This year our activity marquees saw Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland Museum staff and our own whakairo students, under the guidance of Matua Mark Terei and Neil Sorenson, offer interactive experiences connected to the mātauranga of Whenua. This year, 12 groups from our local community and our local early childhood centres performed on stage, with many more joining the eclectic atmosphere, exploring Rangitoto College Year 10 commerce stalls and the experiences they had on offer. We look forward to the third festival in the tri-annual cycle on 25 March 2024—a twilight festival under the full moon!

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Shrek

Adragon, ogres, princesses, lords…it’s no exaggeration to say that our full-scale production of Shrek The Musical was the stuff of fairy tales (and the season was completely sold-out)! A legendary team of staff and students devoted uncountable hours to create a spectacular and professional show, which brought joy to well over a thousand patrons, as well as an unforgettable experience for everyone who made it happen. Whether you were involved in cast and orchestra rehearsals, set building, making swamp vines, painting leaves, collecting props, sourcing and creating costumes, rigging lights, putting up posters, selling tickets, sweeping the stage, welcoming the audience, or simply encouraging someone you know to buy a ticket—your input was valued and appreciated.

“Shrek was a great experience which has really helped me improve my acting ability and myself”

Troy Etherton, Year 10

“Shrek was my first ever lead role in a musical and it was such an awesome experience that will always have a special place in my heart!”

Jedi Jumig, Year 12

Feedback from the audience…

“We were captivated by the characters, the costumes, the humour, the acting, the voices, and the absolutely fantastic orchestra! What a privilege to listen to live music and to a real orchestra! It was evident that a lot of hard work, dedication, and commitment went into the preparation of the show, and the end result was a testament to the outstanding professionalism of everyone involved.”

“My family and I would have gladly paid more for such an amazing experience, and we would love to watch it again if that were possible…we are grateful for the opportunity to witness such a remarkable artistic act and we look forward to attending more such events in the future.”

“The band in particular were incredible…they sounded super professional!”

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Summit Academy

We held our prestigious Summit Academy Gala Dinner on Friday 18 August in the Auditorium where we welcomed alumni, parents, staff, and friends of our community to celebrate four honoured graduates of the college. These honourees have been carefully selected by our committee for their leadership, excellence in their field, and contribution to society. This year we celebrated Nigel Avery, Jenene Crossan (Ngāi Tahu), Peter Connor, and Erica Stanford MP.

The theme of the evening was a touch of mystery and guests were encouraged to wear a masquerade mask which created a few guessing games. The Auditorium was transformed into a mystical wonderland where guests were wined, dined, and entertained by our very talented students. A big thank you to the Free Range Chef for the evening’s beautiful menu.

Youth Workers

Kia ora, we are the 24-7 youth workers for 2023.

Our honourees each shared with us what their time at Rangitoto was like, memories of certain staff who had an impact on them, and what paths they have taken along their journeys since graduation.

The evening was put together by our Community Relations Team— Sally Thompson and Xenia Moschopoulos—who manage alumni events and communication, as well as sponsorship and fundraising within the college.

Next time you visit our Auditorium, be sure to look at our four newest additions on our Wall of Fame in the foyer.

Our organisation, 24-7, is a non-profit, with over 180 youth workers in 86 schools across Aotearoa.

We are Christian and Prisca and we have been the Rangitoto College Youth workers for 2023. We work closely alongside Guidance and Deans to provide extra support to all students throughout their time at high school. This can look like a range of things from playing basketball with students at lunch, to one on one mentoring, group work, coaching, and getting alongside the student leaders. All with the purpose of helping young people connect with others and helping them thrive.

We have felt so welcomed into the life of the school and so supported by many staff at Rangitoto. Some highlights for both of us would be how quickly we’ve been able to build relationships with the students and consequently how excited they are for mentoring, group work, or simply to hang out at lunch. We have immersed ourself in the life of the school and are around as much as we can be. Some highlights have included Rangi World Cup, Basketball 3v3, and Pink Shirt Day fun!

We work a lot out of S34, which is a room that we are able to do all our group work and mentoring from, as well as have it open one lunch time a week. We love how the room has become a safe space for many students and love how excited they feel to come and hang out in the youth work room—it helps when there’s food too!

Seeing young people thrive is essentially why 24-7 Youth Work (24-7YW) exists.

We are presence-based youth workers that support young people in all areas of school life. We want to see young people feeling equipped to handle all that life has, through developing inter-personal skills, resilience, and healthy peer relationships.

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Student Leadership Teams Academic Team

In 2023, the Academic Committee organized a series of events aimed at fostering academic inclusivity and enjoyment. Our goal for 2023 was to cultivate a supportive and pleasurable academic environment within Rangitoto College. We organized a range of engaging events such as our Kahoot, Family Feud, Book Swap, and Study Planner.

As a group, we recognised the need for organisation and time management within our school. Therefore, in Term 1, we created a personalised study planner for students which encouraged students to keep track of their daily life and exams. This was a success as hundreds of students utilised the planner to manage their time efficiently and reduce their stress when faced with multiple exams. Another aim was to show how exciting and fun learning can be. As a result, in Term 2 most of our efforts were put towards a Kahoot series—a series of Kahoots quizzing the students about various types of trivia; cultural, social, and academic.

With generous sponsors, we were able to provide prizes worth hundreds of dollars. Every Kahoot averaged around 30 unique teams. Additionally, we took part in several activities to promote Rangitoto College’s strong commitment to supporting the academic pursuits of students, such as the Year 10 and 11 Pathways Evening and the Study Skills Evening. We also pioneered the creation of a Book Swap cabinet where students could exchange owned books. To end the year with a blast, we organized the Rangitoto Family Feud. Students challenged teachers to a family feudstyle quiz with questions covering various topics in our school such as the uniform rules.

Lastly, we would like to thank all those who have provided support throughout 2023. Your participation and contributions have been vital in helping us achieve our goals within a short span of time. As our students embark on their diverse academic endeavours, we extend our most heartfelt well-wishes.

Arts Team

There aren’t enough adjectives to describe this year’s arty and creative team. Ably led by Frazer, Georgia, and Olive, initiated new events and revamped some traditional ones. They introduced karaoke in Term 2 and gave students a chance to shine in a way that had not been done before. In Term 3, the group turned their skill and enthusiasm to Arts Week. Again, they launched at stunning new competition, Battle of the Bands, which was won by Watts, a brilliantly talented junior group. Tuesday saw them hosting mindful colouring in, making bookmarks, voting for pop culture idols, and crochet in the Library. On Wednesday, they took to the Sound Garden for drama, before heading back indoors on Thursday for Just Dance. The week culminated with Rangi’s Got Talent, where five finalists competed before a packed Auditorium audience. That event was won by 3.0, a trio of extremely talented dancers. The Arts Team wish to thank all staff and students who participated and helped make their events such a success.

Chinese Team

In2023, the Chinese Team worked tirelessly promoting and fostering Chinese culture within the school environment. Whilst doing so, served as a representative voice for the Chinese community within the school.

Through various events, the Chinese Team works hard to create amazing opportunities for students of all backgrounds to learn about and engage with Chinese culture. We’ve organised activities such as the Lunar Festival alongside the Korean Team, Chinese Night that has gathered hundreds of the diverse community to celebrate Chinese culture, Chinese Language Week, and a Chinese Information Evening that helped many Chinese families familiarise themselves with our school.

This year has been an incredibly successful year for the Chinese Team. We will continue to share our passion and love for our culture and continue to create a strong sense of the Chinese community. 明年见!

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Community & Environment Team

This year was a very successful time for the Community and Environment Leadership Team. We focused on sustainability and fostering a sense of community within and outreaching Rangitoto College. In Term 2, we ran the New Zealand Blood Service’s annual collection at Rangitoto College. With donations from students and teachers, we collected over 150 units of blood. Next, we ran our Enviro Week to promote sustainability in a variety of ways including plant potting, clothes swaps, bake sales, and treasure hunts. Our school-wide game of Tag, known as KAOS, was extremely popular. Over 300 participants were involved, with Year 13 Gracie Zhang named the winner. Our last event for the year was a non-uniform day and food drive in support of the Good Works Trust, which runs our local North Shore food bank. Ultimately, we are proud of the change we have made and wish the team the best of luck in the coming years!

Culture & Globalisation Team

Led this year by Feifei Sun, Leanne Odoom, John Phaeng, and Sean Hwangbo, the Culture and Globalisation Leadership Team strongly believes in the promotion of cultural diversity, with a particular focus on the inclusion of our international students.

Students succeeded in organising two main events this year—Cultural Week and International Day. Cultural Week was a week-long celebration of the different cultures we have at our school, with events such as quizzes, games, performances, art, and food trucks. Meanwhile, International Day was focused on providing international students with the opportunity to run

Korean Team

TheKorean Leadership team was established to foster an appreciation for Korean culture and highlight the cultural diversity within Rangitoto College. Throughout the year, we have effectively executed several events, building upon our accomplishments from the previous year. In February, in collaboration with the Chinese Team, we hosted the Lunar Festival, where traditional games and cuisine from our respective countries, such as bulgogi (불고기 꼬치) and rice cake sausage kebab (소떡소떡), jegichagi (제기차기), Chinese dumplings, and calligraphy, were introduced. Another triumph was the Rangitoto College Korean Night, which attracted an audience of around 750 people. This event showcased a blend of Korean traditional and modern performances, prepared by our students over a span of six months. In July, we organised a Korean Information Evening, offering parents insights into NCEA and IB, school extracurricular activities, and university admissions. This year marked a resounding success for the Korean Committee, and we eagerly anticipate an array of diverse events in the years to come.

their own stall to showcase their cultural background to their peers. Both events were highly successful in getting students from all across the college involved, helping to expose people to new cultures, food, and traditions.

On the other hand, students have also worked in the background to increase support for our international students. From organising farewell parties at the end of each term, to sending welcome emails and giving tours for new students, as well as filming instructional videos such as how to catch a bus, we hope to have enhanced the experience of our international students.

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Pastoral Team

The Pastoral Care Leadership Team has worked hard to support the mental health of ākonga at Rangitoto College this year. We celebrated Pink Shirt Day in Term 1, the team were so proud to see everyone wearing pink to support the Mental Health Foundation. As a kura, we raised $3,300 for the cause! Our second event was the Rangitoto College Bake Off in Term 3. It was fantastic to see so many of our tauira getting involved in this competition, while donating hygiene products for the Windsor Park Lifecare Trust. To continue supporting mental health across the kura throughout the year, the Pastoral Care Leadership Team shared inspirational quotes in the daily notices each week. We hope these reminded you to take some time for yourself each day. Thank you to all who participated in our events this year, good luck to the Pastoral Care Leadership Team of 2024!

Mā te ngākau aroha koe e ārahi. Let a loving heart guide your decisions.

Service & Spirit Team

This year the Service Team has taken part in two main events to help make a positive impact on both the local and global community. The first event was the World Vision 40-Hour Challenge where students from across the school signed up to take part in various challenges over a 40 hour period. In total students from the kura raised $11,599 which went towards helping children who need clean water in Malawi. Following the 40-Hour Challenge the Service Team organised an event for Shave for a Cure to help raise money for those living with blood cancer or a serious blood condition in New Zealand. Students and teachers took part in a fundraising event with a live lunchtime shaving session in the Auditorium. In total students raised a total of $7,858 towards this important cause.

Sports Team

TheSports Leadership Team for 2023, started the year with a clear plan to engage with as many Rangitoto students as possible through one weeklong event each term. A new initiative was to encourage students to support each other and have a go by trying out spike ball. This was held at the end of Term 1 and saw many students on the top field competing against each other.

Term 2 built to the excitement of the annual Rangi World Cup. The hockey turf swarmed with competitors and spectators who witnessed some class play along with tense penalty shoot outs. Team Samoa were the eventual winners.

Week 3, Term 3, 3v3 basketball filled the gyms, lots of great play, and wonderful spectator support that appreciated the talented basketballers along with newcomers to the game. It was a week of tight scheduling and led to the Doodles winning the competition.

An enthralling three terms of sports, thanks to James Edgeler, Jessie Honey, Isaac Lovering, and Kiana Stevenson who led the team and

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Tū Rangatira Team

Tū Rangatira is a tuakana/teina programme that provides students a safe place to learn tikanga and cultural values daily where they can grow their confidence in tikanga Māori practices.

There are two separate classes of approximately 40 students. The junior year levels are a combined class of Year 10 and Year 11. The senior class is a Year 12 and Year 13 combined class. They come together on occasion to practice haka pōwhiri or waiata for events. Combining on occasion helps to create connections with the different year levels.

Tū Rangatira allows ākonga to develop skills in the pōwhiri process, and a range of karakia, mihimihi, and waiata to support them in both formal and informal events. They are educated on the function and significance of each of the roles to grow a deeper understanding of the responsibility to uphold the mana of tikanga within our school.

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Agroup of passionate students have embarked on an extraordinary adventure, teaming up with Auckland Council for the Adopt a Park programme, an impactful environmental initiative. Through their involvement in our local park, Centorian Reserve, these students are making a tangible difference, embracing their roles as guardians of this precious local park.

The Centorian Reserve Conservation Project offers a unique opportunity for students to learn outside the traditional classroom setting. It serves as an outdoor classroom, where students discover the intricacies of ecological systems, conservation strategies, and sustainable practices. Through hands-on experiences, they gain a profound understanding of the environment and become passionate advocates for conservation. Students obtain applied experience with many ecological practices involving water quality testing, pest trapping and monitoring, and planting native bushes.

This gives students a glimpse into restorative practice while promoting Aotearoa’s pest-free 2050 goal and rongoā Māori practices. This empowerment fuels their passion for environmental advocacy and equips them with the skills necessary to tackle environmental challenges in their communities and beyond.

Adopt a Park Amnesty International

In the heart of Rangitoto College thrives a group of passionate advocates—the Amnesty International Group. The leaders did a fantastic job facilitating the advocacy for our students to support human rights around the world. It was wonderful to see students across the school come together to champion human rights, spark conversations, and ignite change. They showed dedication in raising their voices towards many current humanitarian issues, through the form of the peaceful protest of letter writing.

These students recognise the power of unity and the impact of determination. Whether it’s rallying for justice, advocating for refugees, or shedding light on issues often overlooked, this group’s efforts remind us that even during a bustling college life, passion can drive remarkable change.

In collaboration with UNICEF, our annual Quiz Night was another resounding success raising money and awareness for important causes.

To promote the belief in a world where compassion triumphs and human rights are upheld for all, we are always looking for new members to join us.

Ancient Greek Club

This year, Ancient Greek Club attendees engaged with facets of the culture, values, history, and beliefs of the Greek-speaking world, alongside some basics of the ancient Greek language (including the alphabet, common words, and pronunciation).

Beginning with the Greek gods and stories from the Trojan War, our club has tracked both mythological and historical events through the centuries, pausing over poets such as Homer and Sappho, playwrights such as Aeschylus and Aristophanes, the great historians Herodotus and Thucydides, as well as historical figures such as Alexander the Great. We have explored religious festivals, the roles of women in Greek society and changes to Greek funerary art from the Archaic to the Hellenistic periods.

At the end of each session, students practise writing and speaking a few ancient Greek phrases, as well as translating short extracts from ancient Greek into English. Each translation includes a full Greek-English vocabulary list to help guide the students in this process.

We look forward to welcoming new and experienced members back to the club in 2024!

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Anime Club

This year has been a fantastic second year for the Anime Club. The enjoyment of watching anime has brought together 23 members who consistently come together and share their passion for their favourite anime. We watched a variety of genres of anime to develop a better understanding of the world and culture in Japan. This year we have watched The Promised Neverland, Spy X Family, and In This Corner of the World—which has raised awareness for the people living in Hiroshima during the Second World War bombing.

Biology & Beyond Club

T hroughout Term 3 and Term 4 the Biology and Beyond Club as consistently worked in S1. Throughout our meetings we strive to make Biology, but also all other sciences, more approachable. We engage in a range of different discussion, sharing our love for science with each other.

Another aspect of our club is our passion to help others. During every one of our sessions, we strive to help students achieve their potential in their chosen sciences. We do this by helping them with homework, working through past papers, or generally explaining concepts to ensure they can excel.

We are looking forward to the upcoming year, where we are going to start from Term 1. We anticipate even more scientific

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Book Club

Book Club 2023 began, under Cherrill Hurley’s guidance, with 40 plus keen students sharing their love of reading.

In Term 1 the club enjoyed the summer sunshine, meeting outside under the trees to discuss the latest books and newly discovered authors. Haidee Roberts stepped in and assisted later in the year during Cherrill Hurley’s absence. It was wonderful to see students full of enthusiasm as they shared what they had been reading and bonded over their love of books.

In Term 3 we held a bookmark competition with a space theme and the winners’ designs were printed for Library Week. We had fantastic entries with five winning designs. The overall winner was Olga Domracheva with her beautifully hand painted entry.

The Rangi Book Club stand continues to be replenished with recommendations from our club students benefiting all Library visitors. As the year progressed the club grew to over 50 regularly attending students.

Thank you to Alisha

for all your support, and baking, over the year.

Chess Club

TCandy Waves Club

In 2023, the Candy Waves Club at Rangitoto College has had the honour of helping many children in hospitals all around the country. With 115 members, more than 50 per cent of whom were juniors, our students have been able to support Radio Lollipop with a wide range of events. Our amazing members created colouring pages, designed personalised cards, participated in New Zealand-wide fundraisers, and attended the annual Candywaves Night of Nostalgia fundraiser. Overall, Candywaves has been an opportunity for all students—juniors and seniors—at Rangitoto College to serve and help their community in an impactful and meaningful way. Special thanks to our leaders for 2023: Rebecca Huang, Cynthia Li, Jonathan Sun, Yuna Song, Desiree Lin, and Florence Camus Rogers.

hroughout the year, the Chess Club has consistently convened in room M7 every Friday. Our club boasts a social atmosphere that seamlessly complements our competitive spirit. With a membership of over 50 active participants, it serves as an excellent platform for making acquaintances and enjoying social bonds. This year, we took great pride in our participation in competitive tournaments such as the North Shore Regionals, where we demonstrated our prowess. As a result, we successfully qualified for Nationals, where we aim to defend our title as the Top Secondary School Chess Club in New Zealand. Our achievements go beyond the chessboard. We believe in fostering a sense of community and intellectual growth. To achieve this, we regularly meet and host friendly matches to encourage healthy competition. As we look forward to the upcoming year, our commitment to chess and our club’s values remains unwavering. We anticipate even greater accomplishments, more exciting games, and deeper connections within our chess-loving community.

Chinese Arts and Crafts

The newly established Chinese Arts and Crafts Club aims to promote a beautiful and exquisite side of Chinese culture. Our hope is to ignite a passion in more students to learn and explore the vast range of crafts that have been practised for centuries in China.

We were able to kick off the year by successfully selling out all our handmade charms at the Lunar New Year Festival. We were also responsible for making decorations for Rangitoto College’s annual Chinese Night. These decorations involved many holiday and after-school sessions outside of our regular Thursday lunchtimes. All the hard work and time our members and leaders dedicated had paid off as the decorations were highly praised. Throughout the year, the students have also been involved in paper cutting, calligraphy, and jewellery making, picking up new skills and building plenty of memorable connections along the way.

Tilbury, Claire McKay, Corrie Morrisey, and Nada Al-Safi
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Chinese Traditional Dance Club Chip Packet Project NZ

Our Chinese Traditional Dance Club offers students the opportunity to learn and perform various Chinese traditional dance styles. This is a new club that has been developed after our Chinese Night this year. Our club is dedicated to promoting and preserving the rich cultural heritage of Chinese traditional dance. We provide a welcoming and inclusive environment for students who are passionate about learning and performing these beautiful dance forms. Through our club, students can immerse themselves in the art, culture, and history of these dances while participating in exciting performances and events like our Chinese Night in the future. We invited the dance leaders from this year’s Chinese Night to teach the students fan, sleeve, and umbrella dances. We are glad to see and share our culture with participants who are from different backgrounds apart from Chinese. Join us to explore the beauty and significance of Chinese traditional dance forms in a supportive and engaging environment.

Coding Club

The Rangitoto College Coding Club is a collaborative space that encourages individual creativity, problem-solving, and computational thinking. Not limited to a particular programming language or brief, members are free to work on their own unique programming projects, ranging from responsive website designs to colourful video games. This year the club have demonstrated fantastic self-motivation and self-management skills, which will benefit them greatly in the future.

This year is the first year that Rangitoto College has gotten involved in the Chip Packet Project New Zealand (CPPNZ). CPPNZ is a foundation that collects empty foil packets that would otherwise be thrown into landfills and turns them into lightweight thermal survival blankets. These blankets are then donated to homeless and less fortunate people who need help in fighting the cold, particularly over the winter months. Our first contribution as a school was simply setting up foil recycling collection baskets around the school in May. However, over the last couple of months we have since started holding workshops where students get involved in washing, sorting, and finally ironing the plastic foils into the blankets. It is fantastic to see the students getting involved in service to those less fortunate than themselves and giving up their time for such a worthwhile cause. We are looking forward to our continued work with CPPNZ in the future.

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Creative Writing Club

Creative Writing Club is a space that allows students of all year levels to come together and write, every Tuesday lunchtime. The club has a regular attendance of about 20 committed writers keen to use the quiet space of E18 to explore ideas, build worlds and characters, and share their visions with like-minded creative thinkers. The club was established in response to a growing need for independent expression and vision, in counterpoint to the demands of analytical and critical writing within the school setting. Together or independently, students delve deep into different styles and genres, from fantasies, romances, dramas, sci-fi, poetry, and more. The space gives students a valuable opportunity to share their work with others in a supportive, judgment-free zone. During the important workshopping phase, students are given a voice to build their critical thinking and their ability to edit, as well as forming lasting friendships with their peers. Creative writing helps students to make sense of an ever-changing world, offering an escape into fictional worlds whose possibilities are endless.

Crochet Club

Anew club in 2023, Crochet Club provides a welcoming and inclusive environment

Cultural Networking Club

TheCultural Networking Club (CNC) had the pleasure of hosting several events this year to celebrate the diverse culture of the Rangitoto College student body. Our club aims to create a diverse school network that embraces every culture in our community while at the same time giving our members a chance to develop their own skills and confidence. This year our members have had the chance to explore their culture and learn about other cultures through various lunchtime activities from kahoots to cultural quizzes to games night. It was amazing to see the smiles on the faces of members as they got the answers spot on!

We aspire to give students who normally wouldn’t have a chance to lead or express their culture an opportunity to do both simultaneously. We hope that the club continues to thrive in the future, and we look forward to having bigger events in the school and even the wider community!

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Debating

Once again, Rangitoto College fielded many teams in interschool competitive debating in 2023. Students at all levels demonstrated a lot of passion, commitment, and bravery to put together, with very little preparation time, witty and cohesive arguments and speak continuously for five to seven minutes while also responding to their opponents’ arguments on the spot. It was great to see camaraderie develop between the team members and there was a lot of good humour as they helped each other refine their points. It was also great to have a full season of in-person debating after several years of being forced to debate online due to Covid-19.

Junior Open

In 2023, Rangitoto College was again able to have five teams competing in the Junior Open grade of the Auckland Schools Debating competition, thanks to the efforts of our senior debating students who selflessly helped out with coaching the junior teams. As we have for many years, Rangitoto College again hosted the Northern Zone of the competition and we had teams from all over the North Shore visiting our school. All of our Junior Open teams competed well and the members showed excellent commitment to their teams. Rangitoto One did particularly well to make it through to the round 16 for the Auckland Region. A big thank you to the senior students who coached teams in this grade and adjudicated debates as part of that role: Raymond Huang, Lucas Liu, Andrew Li, Jonathan Sun, Greer McKenzie, Katrina Chen, Lianne Kim, Charlie Hodge, Phoebe Lin, Alex Brandt, Rebecca Huang, and Cynthia Li, and also teacher Annie Finnie who helped with hosting the competition. We could not have so many teams competing if not for their efforts so it is very appreciated.

Senior Open

In 2023, one team from Rangitoto College competed in the Auckland Schools Debating Senior Open competition which was hosted by Westlake Boys High School. Students in this team competed strongly and were able to make it through to the round of 16 for the Auckland Region. I would like to thank teacher Laura Hudson for her help in coaching Senior Open this year for the first time.

Diabolo

Advanced Open

This year, Rangitoto College again had three teams enter the very competitive Advanced Open grade of the Auckland Schools Debating Competition hosted by Carmel College. All the Advanced Open teams were once again coached by teacher Lucy Irwin who we are very grateful to for helping out with this grade for several years. The teams showed dedication and competed well and Advanced Open Team One were able to make it to the round of 16 for the Auckland Region which was a great result.

Premier Advanced

This year we again had a team representing our school at the very highest level of interschool debating, Premier Advanced, which was hosted by Auckland Grammar. Premier Advanced has seven-minute speaking times and complex motions which require a lot of thought. Our team consisting of Lucas Liu, Andrew Li, Raymond Huang, and Jonathon Sun have done incredibly well. At the time of writing, they have made it all the way to the finals for the Auckland Region, which is a remarkable achievement in such a competitive grade. On top of this, Lucas was selected for the Auckland Regional Squad based on his strong speaking ability, so big congratulations to the team and him. I would also like to express my gratitude to Olivia Newman for the work she has put into coaching this team.

Junior Championships Tournament

In July, junior students Austin Picard, Joshua Wang, Hugo Tan, and La Reina Ye competed in the Auckland Schools Debating Junior Championships which was held over a weekend at Mt Roskill Grammar and the University of Auckland. Teams from all over Auckland were there to compete and our team did extremely well to break second and make it to the quarterfinals based on three out of three wins in the regular rounds and high speaker scores. I was very impressed with the quality of their arguments and rebuttal at this tournament and it bodes well for the future of debating at our college that we have such talented juniors.

Thomas Shadbolt, Teacher in Charge of Debating

Diabolo is a Chinese traditional performance that involves juggling a large stringless yoyo using a pair of sticks. Celebrating our tenth anniversary since our inception at Rangitoto College, the Diabolo Club is now over 50 members strong, with consistent sessions taking place a few times each week on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, and even a few student-led practices taking place over the holidays.

We’ve reached new heights this year as we’ve performed in Rangi’s Got Talent, have unexpectedly revived our Discord server, and, for what has certainly been the highlight of this year for all of us, have had one of our strongest appearances at the college’s annual Chinese Night, where 12 of our members, accompanied by 3 leaders, had the opportunity to show off our repertoire of new, flashy, and complex tricks.

Despite the niche nature of this hobby, the Diabolo Club continues to stand out as a prominent representation of Chinese culture within the school—so let’s anticipate another decade filled with spectacle and captivating performances, as there is still so much more diabolo to be done!

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Diplomacy Club

Diplomacy, a game created in 1954, has players choosing one of the seven major powers in Europe at the dawn of the twentieth century. With a deceptively simple set of rules, it is an easy game to get into but a hard game to master. Diplomacy is a brilliant and well-designed game of a type that few can replicate and was even played by the likes of American President John F. Kennedy!

Diplomacy is set at the height of political tensions in Europe which would eventually boil over into the outbreak of World War 1. The game uses no dice, only pure strategy and negotiation are at play here. You can’t win the game on your own. You need to build alliances to become the dominant power in Europe, and possibly change the course of history!

So, what makes the game great? It embodies the skills needed to negotiate, compromise, and work with others to name a few all while keeping it fun and off pixelated screens! Contrary to what you may read online, friends are made at the Diplomacy Club as people interact with each other as they form bonds and develop social skills.

Diplomacy is great for History and Geography. Diplomacy helps increase your understanding of the complex historical environment of Europe during the early twentieth century, while also laying bare the geo-political relations of the time. This is the cornerstone of Diplomacy and why it is a magnet for tacticians and politicians alike!

Duke of Edinburgh/Pike Ake

Rangitoto’s Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award programme continues to involve Year 10-13 students in a co-curricular programme of service, skill, and physical recreation. The Duke of Edinburgh Hillary Award has been growing in participation each year with 2023 being no exception. Students who challenge themselves to develop skills beyond academics show an ongoing commitment to developing a skill, taking part in physical recreation and supporting the community for three to eighteen months. The Award also includes pushing the students out of their comfort zone and completing outdoor expeditions of up to four days. Due to Cyclone Gabriel, our ākonga have had to enlist the help of external agencies Bigfoot and Auckland Adventure Works to ensure they completed their adventurous journeys—one of the most rewarding parts of the award.

2023 has seen the continuation of Pike Ake (Rise Up). This group of young people from Rangitoto College’s Tū Rangatira tutor group have been completing their bronze awards alongside involvement in the Tū Rangatira programme. Both the Hillary Award and Tū Rangatira have tīkanga that is comprised of service to the Rangitoto College community, practising or learning a new skill, and involvement in physical activity. This programme continues to build mana in the students involved whilst immersing them in te ao Māori.

Rangitoto is very lucky to be fully funded thanks to The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Aotearoa New Zealand and the Ministry of Youth Development.

Congratulations to all our 2023 participants.

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Dungeons & Dragons

The year 2023 brought the biggest-ever influx of new players, particularly junior students, who joined more experienced adventurers and dungeon masters for a wide variety of exciting campaigns. Every Wednesday and Friday after school, our creative dungeon masters subjected the various groups of adventurers to a terrific range of mental and physical challenges. Some of the players acted recklessly and were fortunate when a lucky D20 roll saved them from a ghastly future, while others were over-cautious and failed to see their dreams of vast treasure realised. In one campaign a group of nine ex-criminals carried out the busy work of lords and governors in their attempts to keep a war from breaking out between kingdoms. They fought against a kingdom of orcs, led by half-orcs, whose intent was world domination. Moving from village to village they took a stand against the machinations of selfish gods while simultaneously traumatizing almost every villager they met; it’s not easy saving the world!

East Coast Bays

Rotary

Club Service Projects

In the spirit of community and environmental stewardship, our students have embraced the opportunity to make a positive impact through their participation in the East Coast Bays Rotary tree planting events. These student volunteer initiatives have not only enriched our local ecosystem but have also nurtured a sense of responsibility and connection among our student body. Through this partnership, our students develop an understanding of native fauna, predator prevention, and ecology systems present in our community.

Ecorigami

Ecorigami Club is the combination of ‘eco’ and ‘origami’ as we strive to promote the protection of the environment through our origami. We have had a successful year with a variety of events and the opportunity to donate over $300 to various environmental organisations throughout New Zealand. Our first event, Sprouting Growth, allowed us to spread the joy of plants and fundraise for the environmental organisation Trees that Count. Later on in the year, over 70 members participated in Movie Night where we watched a sponsored dinner of Pizza Hut, Boss Sushi, and Gong cha bubble tea. Finally, our Origami Competition inspired members to make personalised origami designs and present their pieces on Japan Day.

Throughout the weekly meetings, our varying themes allowed our members to make a variety of origami from the classic paper cranes to more complicated pieces like jumping frogs. As a club, our goal was to make a difference in our environment through fun and exciting activities. We hope that our efforts make an impact and that our club continues to grow in the future.

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EPro8

This year we had nine teams compete in the interschool Epro8 STEM competition. The teams trained regularly in Terms 1 and 2 for the main competition held in Term 3.

The challenges this year included making a carwash, a working pendulum clock, and some old-school arcade games. The teams that did well combined excellent problemsolving skills with super-efficient time management. The Year 13 team of Daniel Leece, Jonathan Siah, Hyungmin Cho, and Ethan Greene took out their semifinal and will look to defend their title from last year in the Auckland/Northland finals.

We look forward to more teams joining us next year.

ESports

Esports continues to be a popular sporting alternative at our school, and our successes have continued. Esports garners all of the attributes and social aspects of regular sports with a fraction of the physical exertion. Teamwork, perseverance, and strategy are all attributes that our successful teams have developed and embraced. Students have played in a variety of competitions which have been run in a variety of formats. The most popular titles this year have been Valorant, Fortnite, and League of Legends.

Our teams have achieved notable success. Our top Fortnite team came first in the country in the University of Waikato’s tournament, and our top League of Legends team placed second in the country, making it through to the Australasian tournament, only to be taken out by Footscray High School in Melbourne. We had an incredible six teams in Valorant, however, our best team was eliminated in the semi-finals. Many of the games have been broadcast online by professional casters who have been impressed by the level of skill shown. Rangitoto College has once again proven itself to be a leader in Esports across the country.

Helping Hands

Helping Hands

is a service club within the school which raises funds to help others less fortunate in our community. We gather at a factory on either a Saturday or Sunday morning and then work for four hours to pack mouse traps. The funds raised from our labour are then distributed to organisations such as the Middlemore Foundation’s Jammies in June project and Orange Sky. The Jammies in June project provides pajamas to children at Kidz First and at 76 primary schools that the foundation supports through Mana Kidz School Health. Orange Sky is an organization which supports homeless people in our community through the provision of hot showers, laundry services, and social connection via their orange vans.

Ignite Christian Group

In2023, the student-led Ignite Christian Club has met regularly each week to sing worship songs, focus on devotions and Bible reading, and reflect on how they are applicable to the students’ lives. The aim of the group this year is to help the participants to grow in faith together. Our student leader has also been sharing a nation of the week where a country is introduced each week for prayers.

In Term 2, we ran a movie session with food and snacks provided, which had a great turnout. Revolution has also come with pizzas every term to promote its youth events.

Ignite Christian Club at Rangitoto College continues to be a space welcoming Christians and non-Christians to find out more about Christianity, to support one another in prayers, and to move forward in our faith journey together.

Helping Hands offers an opportunity for our students to help others and develop their sense of belonging and participation in our society. It is our small way of helping to improve the lives of others who are less fortunate than ourselves.

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Informatics Club

Informatics studies how problems can be solved through computation and the right application of algorithms and data structures. This year, the Informatics Club has been focused on learning these ideas, how to implement them through code, and how to apply them to problems in a contest setting.

Rangitoto College has always had a big presence in the informatics scene in New Zealand, winning the high school division of the New Zealand Programming Contest and saturating the New Zealand Informatics Contest leader board. The Informatics Club aims to help its members explore the more elegant and fun side of programming so that students at our college can continue to engage with informatics for many years to come.

Two of the leaders of this club, Phoebe Zhang and Jonathon Sun, represented the country in the International Olympiad in Informatics,

IT Assist Club

Theheld in Hungary. This is the most prestigious computer science competition in the world for secondary school students, and a real privilege considering the national team consists of only four students. Phoebe also placed first in the Aotearoa Informatics Competition, and participated in the European Girls’ Olympiad in Informatics, placing third (the best-ever for a New Zealander!). The contributions and knowledge shared by these two amongst the club have been invaluable.

Rangitoto-Knightsbridge IT Assist Club is a recently formed collaboration between the college and the local Knightsbridge retirement community. A fantastic group of tech-savvy Rangitoto students have volunteered to help the Knightsbridge residents with their IT-related problems, through a range of presentations and online resources. We look forward to starting up officially in 2024.

Jazz School

Every Friday after school, our young jazz musicians come together to learn in-depth about jazz—phrasing, note choices, instruments’ roles, improvisation, and the language of jazz. We rotate between the beginner class and the intermediate class. Some students are already in jazz ensembles, and some are preparing to be in one.

These students are learning advanced jazz theory that is more than just soloing with the Blues Scale and they are starting to incorporate these into their solos. Each fortnight they are assigned specific tasks such as preparing solos, learning to play arpeggios, and using jazzspecific techniques when practicing. These students are the future of our jazz programme, and we are so proud of the progress they have made this year. We are very much looking forward to their progress in jazz throughout their time at Rangitoto College!

Junior Shakespeare

Junior Shakespeare is an exciting event put together by the English Department. We have an everyone-is-included policy that ensures that all students, who would like to, have the opportunity to perform on the stage.

After auditioning, the students are separated into separate casts with different teachers directing each cast. Each cast is then given a section of the play to perform. This is all brought together in a one-night-only incredible show where the casts work together to perform the entire play.

The performance is a hilarious amalgamation of students and personalities. It has been such an incredible, fun experience working with our junior students.

This year’s performance of A Comedy of Errors showcased the incredible talent of our passionate students and teachers.

O, villain, thou hast stol’n both mine office and my name: / The one ne’er got me credit, the other mickle blame.

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International Students

This year saw our largest international intake in over two years with almost 200 international students from 28 different countries coming to study at Rangitoto College in 2023. It has been amazing to bring so much cultural diversity to the school with students coming from Austria, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Macau, Paraguay, Philippines, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, USA, and Vietnam.

Our students have made the most of their time at the school getting involved in a range of sports, musical groups, clubs, and activities. They have also taken the opportunity to see the wonderful sites and scenery New Zealand has to offer, from trips to the Bay of Islands, Rotorua, surf trips, and tours of the South Island to name a few. It was a pleasure having these students study at Rangitoto College and becoming part of our whānau.

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KidsCan

Founded in 2022, the KidsCan Club has enjoyed a successful year, with over 200 members as of 2023. Our goal is to grow further and raise funds for KidsCan NZ Children’s Charity and Charitable Trust, supporting the education of underprivileged children around Aotearoa.

This year, we organised diverse events, from bowling with our sponsor Zone Bowling to making posters addressing education inequalities and child poverty in New Zealand. These activities helped students understand why we support KidsCan. We also teamed up with Rangitoto Letters to Strangers Club for a joint event, where students exchanged written letters about childhood to destigmatise mental health and raised funds for KidsCan through a raffle. A special thanks to ANZ, Black Antler Eatery, and Mestiza Chocolate for their generous sponsorships and support.

A big shoutout to our members and Ye Sul Kim! We look forward to being more involved next year in positively impacting children’s lives.

Korean Culture Club

Korean Language Club

안녕하세요,

한국어를 배우는

데 관심이 있나요? We’re thrilled to introduce the Korean Language club. Led by Regina Noh, this club immerses students in learning the Korean language of Hangeul (한글). Sessions take place every Tuesday after school, where students acquire the basics of Korean language, fostering confident communication using everyday expressions across diverse situations. In this supportive environment, self-expression blooms, and multilingual skills evolve.

The Korean Culture Club, a studentdriven organisation, endeavours to introduce the liveliness of Korean culture to the Rangitoto community in an enjoyable and inclusive setting. During our Friday lunchtime sessions, we engage in a diverse range of activities that facilitate students’ exploration of various facets of South Korea and foster interaction among those intrigued by the culture. Among the array of experiences, members partake in traditional endeavours like the Yut-nori (윷놀이) board game, trying on hanbok (한복), and embrace contemporary elements like K-pop, K-drama, and K-food—including the spicy noodle challenge (불닭볶음면). Noteworthy moments include learning modern K-pop dance from guest instructor, Terina of KDANZ, and crafting South Korean flags. Our current leaders, Seojin Hong and Samuel Yang, have adeptly guided the club’s operations. They aspire to create even more entertaining and imaginative activities in the future, extending an open invitation to fresh faces and ideas as we aim to expand the club in the coming year.

Korean, an intricate language with debated origins, boasts a history, culture, and elegance that captivates. The club also delves into Korean culture, exploring K-food like Tteokbokki and Kimbap, embracing K-pop, K-dramas, and traditions. This year we attended the Korean Language Trivia Night at Lynfield College and won the Best Dressed Award. New members are warmly welcomed as we aspire to further enhance the club’s journey ahead.

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Letters to Strangers

Letters to Strangers (L2S) is Rangitoto College’s first mentalhealth-related club. We seek to destigmatize mental illness through anonymous, hand-written, heartfelt letter exchanges that aim to connect people in a non-confrontational way and share individuals’ vulnerabilities. Expressing ourselves through writing can act as a source of healing and comfort as well as reminding others that they aren’t alone. Since the establishment of the club back in 2022, L2S has grown to over 80 members and more than 200 letters have been exchanged between club members. Themes of letters this year have included Wildest Dreams, The Depths of Love, Change, Creative Writing, and Childhood.

Lion Dance

LionDance is a traditional dance that combines martial arts and rhythmic drumming for culturally significant and entertaining performances. This year, we had a wonderful performance as the opening act of our school’s annual Chinese Night, alongside a commission from an annual business event by the CCB. Experienced lion dancers also had an opportunity to help our parent lion dance branch with the Chinese New Year SkyCity performances.

In Term 2 L2S had the amazing opportunity to collaborate with The Microvolunteering Collective and Ara Taiohi to write letters to rest home residents. To conclude the year, we also collaborated with Rangi KidsCan Club to hold a letter exchange event that featured a raffle and shared lunch.

Thank you to all our wonderful members and see you next year for even bigger and better things!

Magic: The Gathering Club

WhenRoy and Aadvik approached me about founding a new club for the school, I was curious about how things would turn out. Between a steep initial learning curve and a maddeningly wide variety of cards to choose from (making it difficult to even know where to start) Magic: The Gathering comes with quite a high barrier of entry which causes players of the game to sometimes be hard to locate.

However, despite all these challenges, they have managed to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment for players of all skill levels. Every Friday after school, enthusiastic students gather in M12 to share in their passion for this iconic card game. These dedicated individuals have made this club a place where students can either work together to create new card combinations or challenge each other in the pursuit of strategic card-based glory. Going forward, I hope to see even more excited faces at this club as students bring more friends in for an exciting time.

Onwards, students! To victory!

Ellie Yamaguchi, Teacher in Charge

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Needlework Club

This year we were excited to welcome students interested in all types of needlework to a new club at Rangitoto College. A range of fantastic students attended on Tuesday at lunchtime from those who are experienced sewists to absolute beginners. It has been wonderful to see the skills of those who are experts in knitting, crocheting, or embroidery get stuck into their work and teach other students who had never held a needle before. Students worked on a variety of projects, from felt toys to scarves and beanies. Others learnt how to make a magic circle, cast on a row of stitches, or embroider a straight line on cloth.

Congratulations to everyone who made progress this year and we look forward to continuing in 2024. Keep on sewing!

Novel Writing Club is a space for like-minded students who would like to stretch their creative legs by responding to various writing prompts, challenges and contributing to group world-building stories. Using the NanoWrimo Young Writers Programme, students collectively work on their aspiring novels, while sharing ideas and inspiration for their future tales. Attached to the right is a small slice from a greater world, supplied by one of our Senior members.

Novel Writing Club parkrun

Under the cover of darkness, two skilled figures, cloaked in shadows, darted across rooftops and between buildings. They sprinted from shadow to shadow, remaining forever hidden.

parkrun is an opportunity for students to help support these community-based run/ walk events.

parkrun is a weekly five-kilometre community run/walk event for people of all ages and athletic abilities. Students across all years have been taking part either as volunteers or participants, and in some cases performing both roles on one day.

Volunteering at parkrun is an opportunity for students to get outside, make new friends, have fun, learn new skills, and be a valuable part of their local community. parkrun is always

The twins of death crept past the gates and the guards, past the well-manicured shrubs and vibrant flower bushes. They made their way to the back of the house, and scaled the brick wall to the balcony. Prying open the window wasn’t difficult, but it made more sound than expected. It echoed in the silent night like a firecracker.

Once inside, the figures creeped along the carpet and soundlessly opened the doors along the hallway. Many of the children lying in their beds, still and asleep, were turned away from the entrance of their rooms, which made it easy to pounce. Those who slept differently, however, were trickier, but still vulnerable.

All the while, the moon shone high in the sky, protecting the silent attackers, hiding them from the world. It lit the cobblestone streets with a silver glow and cast shadows in rooms and alleys.

looking for new volunteers. They make sure the event is set up and packed away each week. Students could be organising the finish funnel, operating the timer, or scanning barcodes, there is something for everyone.

Most of our college support has been at Sherwood Reserve in Browns Bay, but students have also taken part at Hobsonville Point and Metro Park in Millwater. Some have even travelled further afield with their families, especially as parkrun is a global phenomenon with over 2000 events worldwide.

To find out more visit www.parkrun.co.nz/

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Philosophy Club

In Term 3 we kicked off Philosophy Club by discussing the claim that human and animal suffering disproves the existence of God. As was the case all year students engaged in vigorous, but respectful debate. As the Teacher in Charge, I was impressed by the creativity and bravery of the students as they encountered ideas for the first time. We discussed a few mind-bending thought experiments including the highlight of the year which was our discussion of Judith Jarvis Thompson’s Violinist Experiment. Students were able to discuss the morality of abortion without realising it which generated some thought-provoking questions and dazzling insights. I supplied a small spark of question or idea, and the students supplied the wildfire of exhilarating chat. I look forward to a future of exhilarating lunches discussing the big questions with our wonderful students.

Tyler Vinton, Teacher in Charge

Pick Up and Play

Pick Up and Play provides our Year 9 and 10 students with service and leadership opportunities through sport and play activity initiatives. The purpose of the initiatives is to increase spirit within Rangitoto College and strengthen the sense of cohesion within our community.

Each term focuses on a different sport/activity allowing students to participate in a range of opportunities.

In Term 1, students participated in badminton and in Term 2 basketball on the courts. These ran for five weeks starting in Week 6 and finishing in Week 10.

Term 3 was a Year 9 tutor class knockout volleyball tournament and Term 4 was the Year 10 volleyball knockout tournament.

The number of student leaders grew from 15 in 2022 to 42 students in 2023. We are excited to see this leadership continue to grow in 2024.

Pick Up and Play enables students to develop life-long skills such as interpersonal and leadership. Furthermore, all students can connect with each other and engage in another aspect of student life at Rangitoto College.

Platform for the Needy (PLANE) Club

This year, PLANE (Platform for the Needy) has been brought into Rangitoto College as a new club. Our aim is to advocate for human rights in Uganda, helping disadvantaged and vulnerable populations to help them have a better quality of life. We raised over $300 through a bake sale and raffle, going towards educational materials for orphaned children in primary and secondary schools in Uganda. With 100 new members in the Google Classroom this year, we have received some great involvement. Through various events such as poster making and article writing, students have advocated for human rights in Uganda such as gender-based violence, child labour, child poverty, accessible quality education, environmental conservation, and more.

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Rainbow Rangitoto

It has been another fruitful year within the Rainbow Rangitoto community, where diversity, acceptance and pride were able to shine. We had members involved in Big Gay Out and other Pride events in February and that theme of unity continued throughout the year at gala events and diversity days both within and outside the college. In a year where in media the LGBTQIA+ community is too often underrepresented or cancelled, this group has worked hard to feel seen and heard. It has been ably led by its senior students towards their goal of making Rangitoto College a safer haven and a true ally. The journey continues and we thank the Senior Management Team for their work in partnership as well. Thank you to all the students who participate even if just to chill, and to those who can’t just know we see you. Everyone is welcome.

Rangi’s Hermes Express

Rangi’s Hermes Express is an anonymous pen pal club that is new to Rangitoto College this year. Students are assigned to a partner for a term and exchange letters with their pen pal, giving them the chance to express their emotions, talk about different events in their lives, and interact with someone whom they might not otherwise have met. Across the course of each term, students will drop letters to their pen pal into the Rangi’s Hermes Express mailbox, and at the same time, check to see whether any letters have been dropped off for them. Then, at the end of each term, pen pals are provided with the opportunity to reveal their identities to one another. Many of the students involved have expressed how much fun it is to exchange letters in this and build their relationship with their pen pals as friends.

Student testimonies:

“Teenagers nowadays are so focused on their phones and TikTok and Instagram but with Rangi’s Hermes Express people get a chance to handwrite letters to a stranger and get to know someone new. It is extremely exciting to get to check the letterbox knowing that you have a special piece of mail that is just for you. Since you use codenames, no one really knows who they’re writing to, so it adds an element of mystery and extra excitement to it. I am going to continue RHE for all the years it is running because it is a really fun way of interacting with strangers.” - Eleven

“Rangi’s Hermes Express has been really fun to be a part of. I was able to make a new friend over the terms that I participated in, and we clicked really well! It is always exciting to stroll past the Library and decide to check the letterbox on a whim, only to be delighted when you find a letter addressed to you. There is something so rewarding about writing real physical letters and I think the system worked really well.” - Lemony

“I have enjoyed Hermes Express as you can freely have a conversation with a person without having to talk face to face. It is also really interesting finding out the person’s personality and characteristics.” - 150

“I really enjoyed the fact that it was anonymous and we had the opportunity to meet our partners at the end.” - Blue

RangiSPCA

The Rangitoto College SPCA group has showcased a commendable dedication to supporting animal welfare through various fundraising initiatives in 2023. Their activities have been both innovative and impactful, reflecting their deep commitment to the cause. Students were involved in dog toy crafting, bake sales, and movie nights, all of which resonated well with their peers and the community at large.

Additionally, their efforts extend to practical donations, such as collecting blankets and homemade dog toys, underlining their genuine concern for animal comfort. Notably, they also channel their creativity into crafting informative newsletters that raise awareness about the importance of animal welfare.

These activities exemplify the students’ proactive approach to fundraising for the SPCA and have shown whakawhanaungatanga as their relationships have strengthened throughout the year. The Rangitoto College SPCA group stands as an inspiring example of how thoughtful initiatives can collectively contribute to meaningful change for animals in need.

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Rangitoto Mathematical Olympiad Club

The Rangitoto Mathematical Olympiad Club is a new club created this year and it is the first of its kind to exist. The goal of this club is to bolster interest in the competition field of Mathematical Olympiad and so far the development of the club is very promising as shown below.

• Inter school Mathematical Olympiad

3 3rd place in Senior Division

3 2 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze medals

• Auckland Mathematical Olympiad

3 5th, 6th, and 7th place in Junior Division,

3 7th place in Senior Division

• NZMO (Round 1)

3 8 students are selected into Round 2

• NZMO (Round 2)

3 Alan Sun (gold)

3 Gwang Ho Kim (silver)

3 John Cai (bronze)

3 Leo Wang (bronze)

3 Edward Xiao (bronze)

3 Yeonsu Na (honourable mention)

3 Alston Huang (honourable mention)

Red Cross

Our Red Cross student group have been working hard to increase awareness of the Red Cross mission in the community as well as providing fundraising support. Their efforts have included holding a movie night and showing The Super Mario Bros. Movie where they raised over $750. They have also been involved in the Red Cross Journey. This project has seen our members take on the challenge of walking 10,000 steps a day whilst learning about how refugees make the journey from their home country to New Zealand. They have also held a Pop-Up Thrift Shop and raised over $500. In July, Afaa, a Red Cross representative came from Wellington Head Office to present the student leaders with a certificate in recognition of their efforts this year.

Rangitoto Maths Competition Club

Every Wednesday members of the Rangitoto Maths Competition Club meet up to learn maths competition knowledge. This year we organised a very successful Rangi Mathex with over 120 participants, with our top Year 10 team coming first in the Auckland Mathex. In addition, we had huge success in multiple maths competitions, including Alston Huang, Gwang Ho Kim, and Leo Wang achieving first, second and third respectively in the Otago Junior Maths Competition, three prize awards (top 0.3 per cent) for AMC, and achieving one of the highest amounts of top 30s, distinction, and high distinctions in various other competitions.

• Otago Junior Mathematics Competition

3 1st place Year 9, 2nd place Year 10, 3rd place Year 11

3 8 students among the top 30 in New Zealand

• Australian Mathematics Competition

3 3 prizes (1st place, 3rd place, and 4th place in New Zealand)

3 4 high distinctions

3 25 distinctions

• Auckland Mathex

3 1st place Year 10 (champion again after 22 years)

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Relay for Life 2023 was even more amazing than previous years. This year we had over 200 students and staff fundraising for the Cancer Society by running, walking, skipping, and even cartwheeling around the AUT Millennium Track for 12 consecutive hours. The theme for the event was Remarkable Together, which was reflected in the spirit of our Rangitoto College team—they kept up their energy and determination throughout a day of unpredictable weather. We were entertained by the various activities like tug of war, meditation, Zumba, a talent show, and many games. Dodging the rain and pushing on through strong winds, it was fantastic to see our ākonga vibrantly serving their community and demonstrating our school values. Rangitoto College successfully raised over $37,000— more than we ever have before. We will be back again next year and encourage all students to consider joining our team in 2024, as we continue to support the Cancer Society in the fight against cancer.

Relay for Life Scale Model Club

The club was originally formed several years ago and has made another appearance this year!

The fun and relaxing environment has enabled students to connect and collaborate with like-minded individuals, to create kitset models of planes, ships, and figurines; meeting for one, or more hours after school for one day a week throughout the year.

Science & Engineering Student Association (SESA)

In the heart of our resourceful club, the Science and Engineering Student Association (SESA), this year has been a testament to the extraordinary possibilities that arise from creativity, collaboration, and hands-on exploration. From the mesmerizing eruption of elephant toothpaste to the enchanting dance of colours in our DIY lava lamp experiment, we’ve shown that ingenuity can transform even the simplest of materials into captivating spectacles. Our boatmaking venture taught us that teamwork and clever design can conquer challenges as we navigated uncharted waters, while the awe-inspiring organ dissection unveiled the intricacies of life’s inner workings. We also indulged our senses with an ice-creammaking event that demonstrated the sweet rewards of science in everyday treats.

Embracing the art of science, we’ve harnessed the power of chemistry to light up the room with methane bubbles and witnessed the sheer beauty of a fire tornado. Each of these experiences has illuminated the realms of science and engineering in ways that textbooks could never convey. In the spirit of continuous growth, let’s look forward to another year of the unrivalled thrill of unveiling the secrets of the universe through the lens of science and engineering!

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Special Olympics Sustainable Coastline Club

On Wednesday 7th June we took 15 of our students to a Special Olympics Football Ribbon Day at the Massey University Recreation Centre in Albany. All students gave their best efforts as for many of them this was their first Special Olympics experience. They won all of their games and came top of their group. The students thoroughly enjoyed representing Rangitoto College and had a wonderful day.

The Sustainable Coastlines Club is led by a small group of students who care about the Aotearoa environment. This student-run club provides aid to the Sustainable Coastlines Organisation which aims to restore shorelines by combating climate change and pollution.

The year of 2023 has been another very successful year for the Sustainable Coastlines Club. Members were able to have the opportunity to participate in activities and broaden their knowledge about our environment. Our student leaders organised two beach clean-ups, one at Browns Bay Beach

and the other at Takapuna Beach. Events such as these create a positive influence of kaitiakitanga within our community. In addition to our beach clean-ups, students were able to participate in an in-school club activity by researching and creating an educational poster to share on SCC’s Instagram page. The members had the opportunity to demonstrate how they achieve sustainability in their everyday lives. The aim of this event was to allow for a positive change in our world and for members to inspire other members and our wider community to carry out more sustainable practices.

The Rangitoto Reporter

The Rangitoto Reporter is a club for all journalist enthusiasts. Those who have a passion for good stories and a thirst for knowledge can work towards online publications on the website created by Rangitoto students. This year members have written on film and book reviews, editorials, news articles, and opinion pieces. All year levels and abilities are welcome to attend and contribute. The club is a cohesive and inclusive group. Members can use the scaffolds and other how-to guides on Google Classroom in order to hone ideas and polish writing. Feel free to drop into regular meetings in E4 every Wednesday lunchtime. Bring kai and an enquiring mind.

Any questions please contact Annie Finnie from the English department. Alternatively, feel free to simply pop in and join us. Check out our website for further information-https://rangitoto-reporter.netlify.app.

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UN Youth

The year 2023 has been an educational and insightful year for the members of UN Youth at Rangitoto College. Throughout the year members have been immersed in various events out of school such as Aotearoa Youth Declaration, Raise Your Voice, Auckland Model United Nations, and New Zealand United Nations. We have also had other in-school workshops and events such as consultations on the Auckland Council annual budget and Upper Harbour Local Board three year plan.

UNICEF

UNICEF at Rangitoto consists of a dedicated cohort of more than 200 active student members who share a common passion. Students, spanning all year levels, enthusiastically engage in various events driven by their commitment to raising awareness about global issues. The club has been run for over eight years having raised over $15,000. Every year, our students organise a series of engaging events to raise funds for meaningful causes, including a quiz night, movie night, and laser tag fundraiser. It is the perfect opportunity for students from Years 9-13 to collaborate, learn, and collectively work towards addressing pressing global issues.

The highlight of the year was Rangitoto College’s own Model United Nations. With over 50 participants debating on foreign intervention in conflicts and political corruption. Rangi MUN was certainly an amazing day which also provided delegates to get immersed in the world of civics and become more knowledgeable global citizens. UN Youth strives to inspire young people to become active global citizens who are confident with civics, and international relations.

United Students

United Students is a group focused on improving the school environment and making a lasting change for Rangitoto College’s students. The club’s main project is the creation of a community garden, with the aim of serving Rangitoto College and the wider community. Members have organized the project through their own initiative, advancing the goals of environmental sustainability and community nutrition. The club has surveyed several locations, consulting with the school, with potential sponsors, and with community members like the Knightsbridge Retirement Community. The club’s goals for next year are to secure approval for a site and break ground on the garden.

Members have demonstrated persistence and a passion for the school’s environment through their participation in United Students. Thank you for all your hard work and see you next year where we can make a big difference!

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Jiwon Kim, Year 9

Performing Arts Co-Curricular Report

Not only did our production of Shrek the Musical appear like something had awoken from a two-year-long beauty sleep, producing a magical full-scale production, as well as having a full year of music making, dancing, and acting without restrictions made us feel like we had stepped into a fairy tale. At last, we were able to rehearse and perform just like in pre-Covid times, and what a pleasure it was!

Both staff and students seem to have appreciated this long lost/newly found freedom immensely, demonstrating with their dedication and commitment how much they value the opportunities offered to them in the Performing Arts department. On the following pages you will get a glimpse of the sheer size of the Performing Arts co-curricular menu—with high quality opportunities on offer in any discipline, style, or genre.

Our top results speak for themselves and are a true testament to the hard work which is put in by both students and staff to excel and grow in their chosen activities. I could not be prouder of our Performing Arts team and what they continue to bring to the stage year after year.

I would like to congratulate and thank all students and staff for the enormous contribution they have made to our co-curricular programme during 2023, as well as our parent community for their continuous support.

“This year, I’ve had the enjoyment of being part of many different Performing Arts groups which have all allowed me to grow as a performer and as a person. Magnum Company and Hip Hop Megacrew have allowed me to branch out into different styles of dance while having the opportunity to represent the school at various competitions. Shrek the Musical and the Drama Company production of Puffs created environments of support and encouragement with groups of people that I value greatly. The Fundamentals choir and singing with Big Band, have taught me how to work as part of a cohesive team while stepping out of my comfort zone. All these activities have helped prepare me for a future in Performing Arts and I am so grateful for all the opportunities I’ve been given at Rangitoto College.”

Georgia

Year 13

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Music Tuition Programme

After three years of coping with the challenging and ever-changing Covid-19 restrictions it felt surreal to be starting off the tuition year in a relatively normal way. Students are increasingly making the most of being able to take instrumental, vocal, technology, and music theory lessons on-site—with several instruments maintaining significant waiting lists. Our team of 20 music specialists are rich in talent, passion, experience, enthusiasm, and skill—many juggle teaching loads at several different schools and run private home studios while maintaining their professional musicality by performing in/conducting community and professional ensembles, doing session and solo work, weddings, corporate gigs, and sometimes touring. The Music Department is so fortunate to be enriched every week by this dedicated and diverse team of experts.

2023 Music Tutors

Flute Lorna Wright, Beverley Brockelbank

Clarinet Lukas Fritsch, Robin Toan, Billie Hart

Oboe Beverley Brockelbank

Bassoon Ruth Brinkman

Saxophone Chris Mason-Battley, Lukas Fritsch

Violin Jessica Alloway

Viola Matt Cook

Cello Joanne Johnston, Karen French

Double Bass Wil Goodinson

KBB Music Festival

Big Band - Gold Award, and Best

Performance of a Swing Chart

Symphony Orchestra – Silver Award

Chamber Orchestra – Silver Award

Jazz Orchestra – Silver Award

Junior Jazz Orchestra – Silver Award

Sinfonia Orchestra – Bronze Award

Concert Band – Bronze Award

Wind Orchestra – Bronze Award

KBB Honours Orchestra

Kimi Chemlev

Elinor Coghlan

Rory Fenwick-Rose

Devon Fenwick-Rose

Samantha Goad

Callum Keer-Keer

Lianne Kim

Allen Li

Angela Ludajic

Daiki Suzuki

Anthony Wang

William Wei

KBB Honours Jazz Band

Frazer Timmis

Trumpet Mia Camilleri

French Horn Mia Camilleri

Trombone, Tuba Mark Close

Electric & Acoustic Guitar Travis Hill, Tim Gittins, Wil Goodinson

Bass Guitar Matt Stone, Wil Goodinson

Drums Jono Sawyer

Piano Ben Fernandez, Ben Gailer

Keyboard Matt Stone, Ben Fernandez

Voice Matt Stone, Jenny Bersola, Maeve Herd, Calvin Baker, Luana Prictor, Libby Montgomery

Music Technology Matt Stone

Music Theory Luana Prictor

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Concertos & Cookies

Almost 200 students performed to a packed Auditorium at our annual Concertos & Cookies concert on in June. The audience eagerly devoured melt-in-the-mouth cookies (professionally baked, packaged, and labelled by the unbeatable team from Food Technology) and sipped on cups of tea, while enjoying a spectacular smorgasbord of music from our Concert Band, Wind Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia Orchestra, and two Chamber Trios. We were delighted to welcome a strong contingent of supporters from Knightsbridge Village, as well as families, friends, and teachers.

Chamber Orchestra

Conductor – Andrea Smith

Consultant – Matt Cook

Violin 1 Dylan

Lianne

Allen

Julian

Joshua

Ethan

Viola

Josen

Josalind

Jerimiah

“I have really enjoyed being a member of the Chamber Orchestra. The pieces we play are always very diverse and we get to work on different styles and techniques, exploring different composers.”

Angela Ludajic, Year 13

Tang**
McClean**
Bartram
Summer
Luke
Kim
Li
Roe
Wang
Ying
Alan Sun*
Hong Yeonsu Na
Takahashi
Tewari
Violin 2
Jack
Miho
Reuben
Tian
Widjaja
Yu
Alston Huang Eric Jia Yixuan Liu
Violin 3
Samantha Goad*
Hurcum*
Chen
Lee
William Wei*
Ludajic*
Dobbs
Na
Reynolds
Seo
Bass
Bai
Kim
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Kayla
Katrina
Mina
Cello
Angela
Rochelle
Junsu
Zoe
Hayun
Double
Amy
Robert
**Concert

Sinfonia Orchestra

Conductors –Beverley Brockelbank & Andrea Smith

Violin

Gwang

Josen

Violin 2

Playing in Sinfonia this year has been an amazing experience. I’ve had the privilege to play with many talented musicians to entertain audiences, and together we have gained a deeper appreciation of music.”

Lynn Zhang, Year

10

Hong* Joshua Wang* Jo-Ann Cai Eric Cheng Eric Jia
1 Jack
Ho Kim Jasmin Liu Ellis Luo
Tian Yan Yang
Yu
Jeremiah
Alston Huang* Yixuan Liu* Hanna Bai Ji Yeon Beak Eddie Cheng Juhee Hong Gavin Jang Lina Kim Lora Kim Rachel Wu Youngeun Yang Violin 3 Lilly Cai Selena Li Heyi Yin Viola Olivia Xie* Emma Kan Angela Kim Daisy Lee Olivia Li George Xu Cello Junsu Na* Sue Cho Rochelle Dobbs Sohee Kim Sabrina McDonnell Nathan Park Emma Xie Steven Xu Melissa Xu Wendy Yang Priscilla Yu Meya Yu Double Bass Sihu Moon* Flute Millie Cong Leilani Fair Jennie Hu Eloise Nel Chloe Seo Oboe Yui Kim Yunha Lee Tiffany Zhai Clarinet Jocelyn Harvey Chloe Hii Katie Huang Yeonwoo Oh Nadine Park Alex Yang Daisy Yang Bass Clarinet Lila Chiu Joshua Park Bassoon Ashley Xie* Selena Liu Wyatt Liu Trumpet Elinor Coghlan* Devon Fenwick-Rose Sophie Haine Jeremy Ren Nithini Weeraratne Trombone Josh Curham Prasun Saraf Tuba Alex Kim French Horn Lucas Chen Austin Picard Lynn Zhang Percussion Victoria Wang* Alfred Chen Brody Donald Sunny Li Yanxi Liu Poresha Yee *Section Leader Rangitoto College Yearbook 108 Panorama 2023

Symphony Orchestra

Conductors – Alexandra Goldfinch & Kay Robinson

Josalind

Violin

William Wei, Year 13 Violin

“It

of the top secondary school symphony orchestras in

has
New Zealand
been an absolute privilege to play in one
and to perform together with the many talented musicians at Rangitoto College.”
1 Dylan Tang** Summer McLean Lianne Kim Joshua Wang Ethan Ying Luke Bartram Yeonsu Na Allen Li
Widjaja Jack Hong
2 Julian Roe* Alan Sun* Reuben Tewari Josen Tian Jeremiah Yu Miho Takahashi Phoebe Zhang Eric Jia Alston Huang Yu Yan Yang Yixuan Liu Viola Sammy Goad* Kayla Hurcum* Mina Lee Olivia Xie Katrina Chen Olivia Li Violin 3 Ellis Luo Michaela Beak Jasmine Liu Jo-ann Cai Cello William Wei* Angela Ludajic Junsu Na Lucia Zhang Rochelle Dobbs Zoe Reynolds Bonnie Jiang Angela Ye Sihu Moon Priscilla Yu Double Bass Amy Bai Robert Kim Flute Lucas Wang Youna Hong Oboe Anthony Wang* Felix Zhang Clarinet Catherine Liu Alex Yang Lila Chiu Bassoon Ashley Xie Richard Peng French Horn Daiki Suzuki Austin Picard Lucas Chen Trumpet Callum Keer-Keer* Alex Kim Chloe Seo Trombone Jay Seo Rory Fenwick Rose Bass Trombone Devon Fenwick Rose* Tuba Kimi Chemlev Percussion Shane Warman* Yule Chon Ahmed Beshry Shion Suzuki Katrina Tang ** Concert Leader * Section Leader 109 PERFORMING ARTS

Wind Orchestra

Conductor – Kun-Yeop Lee

Manager – Beverley Brockelbank

“Monday morning rehearsals always ended with smiles and contributed to our development as musicians.”

Haidi Huang, Year 11

“Experience, improving social and band skills, helping people improve in every aspect—here is everything you

and here is where you will come.”

Millie Cong, Year 10

need
Louise Ayson Millie Cong Echo Dong Leilani Fair Jennie Hu Elain Huang Haidi Huang Mandy Juan Lu Sophia Jung Alice Leader Dora Leo Olivia Li Nakita Luo Eloise Nel Youngeun Yang Sara Yao Sylvia Yu Tiffany Zhai Lynn Zhang Oboe Milo Sandler Tiffany Zhai Clarinet Chen Chen Li Chloe Hii Catherine Liu Yeonwoo Oh David Paas Nadine Park Callum Turver Katie Warman Ethan Wei Alex Yang Jewel Zhang Bass Clarinet Joshua Park Bassoon Selina Liu Wyatt Liu Yanxi Liu Alto Saxophone Jo-Ann Cai Reina Lin William McDonnell Oscar McMillan Shane Warman Tenor Saxophone Luka Stenton Baritone Saxophone Samantha Goad Trumpet Hudson Cooper-Ross Devon Fenwick-Rose Sophie Haine Jeremy Ren He-Su Seo Nithini Weeraratne Benjamin Yang Trombone Prasun Saraf Luke Zhu Euphonium Joshua Curham French Horn Ethan Lee Austin Picard Percussion Daniel Chua Millie Cong Yui Jang Chloe Kim Tim Ling Catherine Liu Richard Qiao Youngeun Yang Rangitoto College Yearbook 110 Panorama 2023
Flute

“The hours spent in all the musical ensembles, before, during, and after school, might be among the most enjoyable moments of 2023. It’s such a privilege to play in Concert Band with my friends and fellow band members.”

Catherine Liu, Year 11

Concert Band

Conductor – Beverley Brockelbank Flute

Bao Millie Cong Youna Hong Haidi Huang Michelle Kim Mina Lee Nakita Luo Lora Ma Sabrina McDonnell Alysha Osborne Olivia Park Paco Poon Lucas Wang
Anthony Wang Clarinet Tony Cao Chloe Hii
Huang Katie Huang Jasmin Ju Catherine Liu
Mun Nadine Park Callum Turver
Wong
Yang
Yang
Yang
Eileena
Oboe
Raymond
Enoch
Joey
Alex
Alex
Daisy
Chiu
Xie Alto Saxophone
Abarghouei
Claridge
Lin Shane Warman Daniel Wei
Frazer Timmis Baritone Saxophone
Horn Austin Picard Daiki Suzuki Trumpet Elinor
Devon FenwickRose Callum Keer-Keer Alex Kim
Rory
Wyatt Liu Prasun Saraf Jay Seo
Joshua
Kimi
Bass Clarinet Lila
Bassoon Ashley
Avesta
Lydia
Reina
Tenor Saxophone
Samantha Goad French
Coghlan
Trombone
Fenwick-Rose
Euphonium
Curham Tuba
Chemlev
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Cambiata

Directors – Miles Timmis

Accompanist – Kun-Yeop Lee

“Cambiata has brought a great team of boys together! Performing with everyone on stage and in rehearsal has been a highlight of my year.”

Harrison Maxwell, Year 12

NZCF Big Sing Choral Festival

Auckland Regionals

The Fundamentals - Highly Commended

Serenata - Highly Commended

The Minuettes - Highly Commended Upper North Island Cadenza - Rotorua Serenata - Korimako Silver Award

Ahmed
Kimi Chemlev Harrison Cooper Troy Etherton Devon Fenwick-Rose Rory Fenwick-Rose Jedi Jumig Tam Kim Wyatt Liu Harrison Maxwell Connor Nguyen Juwon Park He-Su Seo Ashvir Singh Daniel Stanger Alan Sun Daiki Suzuki Frazer Timmis James Todd Daozi Wang Lucas Wang Shane Warman William Wei Caleb Wright Matthew Zhu
Beshry
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Serenata

Director – Luana Prictor

Accompanist – Robert Li

Maya Al-Damluji

Chloe Baughan

Anna Blackett

Florence Camus

Natasha Chen

Elinor Coghlan

Charlotte Dobbs

Laura Dymond*

Leilani Fair

Alyssa Gailer

Ellia Gillam

Samantha Goad (Alto Section Leader)

Lauren Haine

Sophie Haine

Helen Huang

Rebecca Huang

Joules Jordan

Sofya Kharitonova (Soprano 1 Section Leader)

Alisha Kopyl

Jiwoo (Daisy) Lee

Chaewon (Sophie) Lee

Olivia Li

Amanda Li

Caitlin Longden

Claire Miao

Eloise Nel

Charlotte Ng

Breanna Seo (Soprano 2 Section Leader)

Serafine Sheldon

Katie Tang

Jessica Woo

Tia Xue-Herewini

Jihyeon Yu

Lynn Zhang

*Choir Leader

“The uplifting environment in Serenata has made this year incredibly meaningful, knowing I’m part of a group where girls and young women make music and memories together and learn from one another.”

Joules Jordan, Year 12

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A Choral Confection

Our final showcase in the Music Department calendar, A Choral Confection, is always a delightful way to round off our concert series, and this year was no exception. Our audience was issued with a pick n mix of confectionery on arrival before being treated to melt-in-the-mouth programmes from our four choral ensembles, interspersed with sweet vocal solos and duos. A highlight of the evening was having a student from each choir conduct their ensemble for one programme item—there are definitely some future choral directors in our midst.

The Minuettes

Directors – Maeve Herd & Luana Prictor

Accompanist – Annika Yang

Soprano

Alyssa Gailer

Olivia Htut

Rebecca Huang

Daisy Lee

Vanessa Stirling

Jyothsana Suresh

Katie Tang

Alice Tsang

Sophia Wang

Katie Warman

Agnes Wong

Poresha Yee

Lynn Zhang

Alto Maya Al-Damluji

Caitlin Allen-Jackson

Blake Amani

Sylvia Apostol

Anna Blackett

Natasha

Lauren Haine

Sophie Haine

Ziyan

Aria

Chloe

Isabelle

Annika Yang

“The Minuettes has been a fun, positive environment that encourages students and helps create a foundational understanding of choral singing and music.”

Sophie Haine, Year 10 & Lauren Haine, Year 12

Chen
Emily Feng
Hu
Hua
Kim
Juniper Ma
Prince
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“The Fundamentals choir has been a delightful opportunity that I am so proud to be a part of.”

Alyssa Gailer, Year 12

The Fundamentals

Director - Luana Prictor

Accompanist - Marius Baldrey

Soprano Natasha Chen Charlotte Dobbs Laura Dymond Helen Huang** Joules Jordan* Sofya Kharitonova Eloise Nel Breanna Seo Alto Georgia Aitken Emily Feng Alyssa Gailer Samantha Goad Lauren Haine* Sophie Haine Ethan Lee Caitlin Longden Tenor Joel Bird Harrison Cooper Tam Kim Julian Roe James Todd Shane Warman Caleb Wright* Bass Devon Fenwick-Rose Rory Fenwick-Rose Jedi Jumig Harrison Maxwell Daniel Stanger** Frazer Timmis* William Wei **Choir Leader *Section Leader
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“My experience in the Junior Jazz Orchestra has been fantastic. The amazing music and conductor is the icing on the cake for a great group which gives me a feeling of belonging.”

Prasun Saraf, Year 9

Junior Jazz Orchestra

Conductor - Alex Park

Alto Saxophone

Avesta Abarghouei

Cleo Duirs

Jo-Ann Cai

Tenor Saxophone

Jerry Liao

Baritone Saxophone

Jake Steel

Trumpet

Nithini Weeraratne

Sophie Haine

Jeremy Ren

Hudson Cooper-Ross

Lance Lyu

Aubrey Yu

Jazz Orchestra

Conductors - Thomas Cho & Markus Fritsch

Alto Saxophone

Caleb Wright*

Riku Watanabe

Tenor Saxophone

Luke Burkett

Rory Mulcahy

Kai Ikeguchi

Baritone Saxophone

Samantha Goad

Trumpet

Janice Tsai*

Ryan Yi

Chloe Seo*

Austin Qie

Trombone

Finley Pollitt

Lora Ma*

Wyatt Liu

Arnold Quhu

Bass Trombone

Devon Fenwick-Rose

Guitar

Amy Bai

Bass Guitar

Hyun-Seop Yun

Piano/Keys

Breanna Seo**

Ahrin Hong

Drums

Dylan Johnston

**Band Leader

*Section Leader

Trombone

Joshua Curham

Elliot Wright

Lara McLeay Prasun Saraf

Guitar

Hari Won

Bass Guitar Brody Donald

Maddi Phillips

Piano/Keys

Poresha Yee

Felicia Chen

Drums

Kevin Wi

Daniel Mulcahy

“Jazz Orchestra has been rewarding and fun this year. We have accomplished so much as a group and have enjoyed every performance!”

Caleb Wright, Year 12

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Big Band

Conductors - Markus Fritsch & Thomas Cho

Alto

Tenor

Baritone

Trumpet

Trombone

Elliot

Guitar

Joel

Julian

Bass

Piano/Keys

Yule

Drums

Brian

Jazz Band Competitions

Frazer

Saxophone
Warman**
Wei
Shane
Daniel
Saxophone Frazer Timmis Andy Colson
Saxophone Kimi Chemlev
Callum Keer-Keer
Kim*
Coghlan Zion Jun
Alex
Elinor
Jay Seo*
Fenwick-Rose Joshua Curham
Rory
Wright
Bird
Roe
Guitar
Kim
Robert
Chon*
Wang
Kim **Band Leader *Section Leader
Band has allowed me to grow as a musician, but most importantly as a person.”
Daniel
“Big
Year 13
Timmis,
National Youth Jazz Competition Big Band - Gold Award Jazz Orchestra - Gold Award North Sea Combo - Gold Award, and Best Combo Award Montreux Combo - Gold Award Auckland Jazz Competition Big Band - Most Outstanding Big Band Award Big Band - Platinum Award, selected in Top 4 groups for Jazz Band Finals Jazz Orchestra - Gold Award Junior Jazz Orchestra - Silver Award North Sea Combo - Gold Award Montreux Combo - Gold Award Stockholm Combo - Gold Award Copenhagen Combo - Silver Award Java Combo - Silver Award Newport Combo - Silver Award Leverkusen Combo - Silver Award Manawatu Combo - Bronze Award 117 PERFORMING ARTS

Jazz Combos

Tutor – Jono Sawyer

North Sea

Elinor Coghlan - Trumpet

Shane Warman - Alto Sax

Frazer Timmis - Tenor Sax

Joel Bird - Guitar

Yule Chon - Piano

Robert Kim - Bass

Brian Wang - Drums

Montreux

Alex Kim - Trumpet

Daniel Wei - Alto Sax

Jay Seo - Trombone

Julian Roe - Guitar

Breanna Seo - Piano

Cole Fraser Cornish - Bass

Daniel Kim - Drums

Stockholm

Zion Jun - Trumpet

Caleb Wright - Alto Sax

Andy Colson - Tenor Sax

Theo Rea - Guitar

Ahrin Hong - Piano

Hyun-Seop Yun - Bass

Dylan Johnston - Drums

Newport

Janice Tsai -Trumpet

Riku Watanabe - Alto Sax

Luke Burkett - Tenor Sax

Rory Fenwick-Rose - Trombone

Hari Won - Guitar

Annika Yang - Piano

Joy Luu - Bass

Daniel Mulcahy - Drums

Copenhagen

Devon Fenwick-Rose - Trumpet

Sammy Goad - Tenor Sax

Kimi Chemlev - Trombone

Jerry Zhu - Guitar

Catherine Liu - Piano

Daniel Ward Able - Bass

Holly Kayser - Drums

Tutor – Thomas Cho

Java

Nithini Weeraratne - Trumpet

Rory Mulcahy – Tenor Sax

Elliot Wright - Trombone

Ellia Gillam - Guitar

Felicia Chen - Piano

Maddi Phillips - Bass

Kevin Wi - Drums

Hyun-Seop Yun – Bass (mentor)

Tutor – Markus Fritsch

Leverkusen

Ryan Yi - Trumpet

Oscar McMillan – Alto Sax

Kai Ikeguchi – Tenor Sax

Joshua Curham - Trombone

Finn Taylor - Guitar

Poresha Yee - Piano

Connor Irving - Bass

Shion Suzuki - Drums

Tutor – Alex Park

Manawatu

Ray Hu – Alto Sax

Tae Hwang – Alto Sax

Wyatt Liu - Trombone

Orlando Aguilera - Piano

Ahmed Beshry - Piano

James Todd - Bass

Casey Devonshire - Drums

Johnson Lee - Guitar

“Jazz Combos have allowed me to refine my soloing abilities while learning to play and socialise with a unique group of musicians.”

Luke Burkett, Year 11

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“Being a part of a Jazz Combo in 2023 has been an amazing experience, with lots of learning and memorable performances throughout the year.”

Oscar McMillan, Year 13

Jazz Club & Happy Hour

Lamps…camera…action!

An increased interest in jazz in recent years has seen the addition of three extra combos being added to the programme since our last official jazz club event, making a total of 12 ensembles! We made the call to split these groups across two events—Jazz Happy Hour (4 pm on a Friday—strictly one hour) and Jazz Club (5 pm on a Sunday—two hours)—and both were a huge success! It’s a wonderful sight to watch the eager audience lining up in the foyer, then being shown to tables and settling in to be entertained. To have a warm vibe coming from the crowd (and from the retro lamps) is essential for the confidence and morale of our performers, and we are so appreciative to the families, staff, alumni, MBIS, and Knightsbridge supporters who come along in droves to clap and cheer!

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Rock Bands

Rock Mentor - Thomas Cho

WHY?

Ava Henderson - Vocals

Senal Ranasinghe - Guitar

Angus Wilson - Bass

Keyla Camacho - Drums

Watts

Mackenzie Keeler - Vocals

Sijiu He - Guitar

Lila Poppelbaum - Bass

Dylan Johnston - Drums

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Mila Goldthorpe - Vocals

Oliver Preston-Thomas - Guitar

Talia Rose - Bass

Vivian Zhu - Keys

Liam Glynn - Drums

subCRUDUS

Adara Matthews - Vocals

Eli Jamieson – Guitar/Bass

Isaac Epplett – Bass/Guitar

Otto Olsson - Keys

Zac Jensen - Drums

Outnumbered

Milla North - Vocals

Lilah Hinton - Guitar

Ben Childs - Guitar

Chrissie Xu - Bass

Melody Mao - Drums

TIDE

Lily Duncan - Vocals

Ethan Wild - Guitar

Madison Simpson – Bass/Vocals

Daniel Zhou - Drums

Broad Strokes

Lexi Skinner - Vocals

Finn Taylor - Guitar

Cole Fraser Cornish - Bass

Michael Ward Able - Drums

Absolute Zero

Olivia Neethling - Vocals

Hugo Tan - Guitar

Maddi Phillips - Bass

Elwin Bao - Drums

Mind Overdrive

Alexia Rudd - Vocals (with band members from other schools)

Snails Aren’t Bugs

Troy Etherton - Vocals

Theo Rea - Guitar

Daniel Ward Able - Bass

Daniel Mulcahy - Drums

Finalists - Smokefree Rockquest North Shore

Regional Band Competition

The Birds

Joel Bird – Vocals/Guitar

Robert Kim – Guitar

Jake Ellis – Bass

Ted Salmon – Keys

Caleb Wright – Drums

First Place - Smokefree Rockquest North Shore

Regional Band Competition

The 13th Reason

Georgia Aitken - Vocals

Adam Robins - Guitar

Mikey Atkins - Bass

Brian Wang - Drums

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Solo & Duo Artists

Solos

Olive Mortimer – Vocals/Guitar

Amanda Li (NDA) – Vocals/Keys

Musicianship Award - Smokefree Rockquest Regional Competition

Ellia Gillam – Vocals/Keys

Jess Thompson – Vocals/Guitar

Peace Song Finalist - Play It Strange Songwriting Competition

Caleb Wright – Vocals/Guitar

Peace Song Finalist - Play It Strange Songwriting Competition

"Performing live on stage at Smokefree Rockquest, supported by friends, is one of the best feelings ever! This year it’s been so rewarding to create music with my band and duo, learning from each other and having amazing experiences at the North Shore Bands and the Online Solo/Duo competitions."

Joel Bird, Year 12

Duos

Joules & Jedi

Joules Jordan - Vocals

Jedi Jumig – Vocals/Guitar

Third Place - Smokefree Rockquest Regional Competition

Joel & Caleb

Joel Bird – Vocals/Guitar

Caleb Wright – Vocals/Guitar

Top Three – Smokefree Rockquest Online Solo/Duo Regional

Miles’ Favourites

Harrison Maxwell – Vocals/Piano

Sammy Hook – Vocals/Guitar

Limited Malfunctions

Maya Al-Damluji – Vocals

La Reina Ye – Vocals/Keys

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Rock & Rocky Road

Combine a darkened Auditorium, café-style seating, two stages, lighting effects, and stage smoke with delicious slabs of rocky road and 11 rock bands, four duos, three solo acts, and two very entertaining hosts…and what do you get? An incredible evening of rock (and rocky road)! We love this event, and our rock families do too. A record number of tickets were sold for this, our third rendition of the event, and we can’t wait to top that number in 2024!

Life in the Music Department!

“It’s an extremely friendly and encouraging environment.”

Devon Fenwick-Rose, Year 12

“It’s like being a part of one giant chaotic and supportive family.”

Samantha Goad, Year 12

“I’ve been very lucky to have been involved with various groups throughout the Music Block over my time at the college. It’s such a supportive and fun environment that I look forward to going back to every day.”

Shane Warman, Year 13

“It’s like a big family.”

Kimi Chemlev, Year 13

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“As Tech Crew, we are responsible for all school events that require the use of sound and lighting equipment. This has led to many opportunities to get involved in different areas of the school, from music (Battle of the Bands) to drama (Shrek the Musical)! A highlight of Tech Crew this year has been working with and meeting many wonderful new people through the events we do together!”

Summer Harris, Year 13

Tech Crew

Sound/Lighting/Backstage team

Mentors - Thomas Cho & Angus Wright

Alissa Antipova

Joshua Barron

Alona Boock

May Chen

Santiago Cruz

Sadie Cusens

Brody Donald

Ceinwen Evans

Adam Freear Summer Harris*

Adam Hu

Max Inskeep

Emma Kan Olesya Korchagina*

Chris Kumala

Mina Lee

Johnson Lee

Selena Li

Zhenni Liu

Cody Lunny*

Finlay McIntosh

Kate McKenzie

Jacob Rawbone

He-Su Seo

Ethan Symons

Seva Valiev

Elsa Wang

Kevin Wi

Josalind Widjaja

Ethan Wild

Angus Wilson

Tia Xue-Herewini

Julian Yoon

Sofia Yu

Jolene Zhang

Ivy Zhong

*Leader

“As a member of the Tech Crew, I am involved in numerous co-curricular showcases at the school. Through these events, I have learned how to use sound, lighting, and visual equipment to enhance the performances of our actors, vocalists, and bands. A highlight this year for me has been my involvement in the school’s production of Shrek the Musical. This experience has allowed me to learn about new technology in sound and lighting while cooperating with a wide range of people, from actors to musicians.”

Cody Lunny, Year 13

Kayla Hurcum, Year 13 Painting
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Olivia Maynard, Year 12 Design

Dance

MIXTAPE: Dance Showcase 2023

MIXTAPE delighted audiences with a range of exciting, creative, and upbeat dance works! With over 240 students involved, performing to a crowd of over 870 spectators, this was the biggest show to date!

This year’s showcase was a combination of curricular and cocurricular classes and troupes, combining to showcase all students involved with dance at the college. Our Year 9 Dance students performed dances with throwback soundtracks incorporating the skills of jazz and street dance. For many of these students, this was their first time on stage, and they showed terrific confidence and energy every time they performed. Our enthusiastic Year 10 dancers showcased a crowd favourite, the cultural dance performance of the Samoan Sasa led by Jezeriah Holmes. Alongside this they have explored and honed their contemporary technique with their myths and legends-inspired contemporary dance. Finally rounding up the end of the show with a throwback to the era of disco!

The Year 11 students explored the bellowed musical of An American in Paris, alongside their contemporary work taught by alumni student Hannah Salatielu, and the upbeat style of street dance. Our Year 12 students wowed with their precise execution of their contemporary repertoire created by their teacher Renee Richards, alongside an engaging musical theatre piece from the classic Damn Yankees! The Year 13 Dance students have worked for two terms to produce their choreographic assessment works in a professional theatre! Gaining insight into the full creative process of producing a work, these students should be commended on their creativity and mahi to get their works completed to such a high standard. Alongside this, they explored musical theatre, hip hop, and contemporary in the realm of performance-based skills.

A very big thank you to all who helped in pulling together a show of this size, it has been the best to date and we can’t wait to be back in the theatre again soon!

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Magnum Junior Troupe

This year Magnum Junior Troupe has provided a great opportunity for students to come together to grow and connect. Melody Ullrich, our student captain, has worked super hard on creating an upbeat, grungy, rock-styled jazz routine that displays the dancers’ talent. This piece titled Misery Business was first premiered at Dance Showcase and DanceNZmade, where they received second runner up in the 9-10 Division. We would like to thank Melody Ullrich for her work this year!

Student Leader: Melody Ullrich

Dancers:

Year 9 - Mia Rajaratnam, Alice Wyatt, Ellouise Copping, Riley Weber

Year 10 - Alicia Zhou, Lily Newman, Lily Danks, Lily Ma, Danielle Lee, Maddison Hailes, Kiera Solomon, Kate Rogers

Magnum Senior Troupe

Magnum Senior Troupe, is an auditioned jazz technique ensemble made up of Years 11-13 students. This year, the skill level demonstrated at auditions was outstanding, which led us to select 18 dancers for Magnum Senior Troupe! These dancers have been a delight to work with and train this year. To begin the year, they combined with Junior Troupe for a Latin inspired work titled Livin La Vida Loca. This piece attained second at the National Dance Challenge in May and was cochoreographed by Year 13 students Kiera Hawkins and Sophia Snelgrove. The second work for the year is titled Lost in the World and showcased the fluidity and performance creativity of these senior dancers. The creative process was led by Sophia Snelgrove and Summer Hawkins and took out first place in the 11-13 Division and was first runner up overall at DanceNZmade. Summer and Sophia also received a choreography award for their work on this piece. A big thank you to our Year 13 dancers whom some of have been a part of our technique troupes since Year 9 and will be departing the college at the end of this year, we thank you for your dedication and service.

Dancers:

Year 11 - Jorja Boese, Lyn Lin, Mila Reid, Jessica Zhu

Year 12 - Myah Findlater, Kirsten Greenough, Summer Hawkins, Ryleigh Hing, Olivia Maynard, Melody Ullrich, Bernice Wannenburg, Jiwoo Yeam

Year 13 - Jesse Hall-Judge, Olive Mortimer, Fei Fei Sun, Marissa Zhou

Student Leaders: Summer Hawkins & Sophia Snelgrove

Teachers: Jennifer Maxwell & Renee Richards

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Magnum Company

Magnum Company is a contemporary dance-based group at Rangitoto College that focuses on creative choreography and working collaboratively, whilst homing in on the students’ technical skills. News Flash, one of their pieces, explores the idea of how fast news travels and within seconds the world knows, but along the way also becomes muddled and certain topics are emphasised through different news channels. This piece placed third at the National Dance Challenge earlier this year. 52, their second piece, is based around the 52 card suit and how each card represents something different and in order to be a character you must be prepared to lose. This piece was lucky enough to receive a director’s entry into nationals in Palmerston North. This year, it has been a pleasure working with student captains Olive Mortimer and Mia Weber to bring these numbers to the stage. We would like to thank Olive Mortimer for her hard work and dedication to Magnum company over the past two years as she graduates this year.

Hip Hop

This year has been one of the most successful years for Rangitoto College’s Hip-Hop Megacrew under the leadership of our Year 13 students Jennifer Liu, Sophia Snelgrove, and Felicia Zhang. With another huge turnout for auditions with 90 junior and senior students turning up to stake their claim. It is always such a privilege to witness the amount of talent that this school has at these auditions. Our Hip Hop Megacrew came away with first place in the Hip Hop Division at the National Dance Challenge and a student choreography award.

In the Term 2 holidays our crew competed at the Secondary Schools Blueprint competition alongside some of the best street dancers in Auckland. We were very proud to attain third place at this event and this is great recognition of the development of the crew over the past few years. Rounding out the competition season with DanceNZmade where our Megacrew competed in a very full open section and brought the energy with a crowd-pleasing set to finish out the competition. A big congratulations to the crew on their success in 2023 and we look forward to seeing what 2024 will hold!

Dancers:

Year 9 - Ava Cox, Isabelle Katipa, Riley Weber

Year 10 - Lily Danks, Kathy Kim, Kiera Solomon, Hayley Stirling

Year 11 - Alice Bell, Jessica Coughlan, Maddy McMurdo, Drew Southwick, Alexa Tarasova, Jessica Zhu

Year 12 - Patirck Cui, Kenneah Dimacali, Reese Donald, Greta Hou, Elena Li, Ryan Thorley, Mia Weber

Year 13 - Georgia Aitken, Anneka Cai, Daniel Stanger, Marissa Zhou, Choreographers - Jennifer Liu, Sophia Snelgrove, Felicia Zhang

Teacher - Jennifer Maxwell

Dancers:

Year 9 - Ellouise Copping, Venus Liu, Mia Rajaratnam, Ruby Ullrich, Mia Weber, Alice Wyatt

Year 10 - Kayla Maskell, Lily Ma, Lily Newman, Katie Shi, Kate Rogers, Sofia Sazhina

Year 11 - Jessica Coughlan, Isabella Iti, Grace Williscroft, Madeline McMurdo, Sophie Bisset

Year 12 - Reese Donald, Luci Selby-Page, Bernice Wannenburg, Mia Weber, Greer McKenzie, Ryan Thorley

Year 13 - Jennifer Liu, Anneka Cai, Olive Mortimer, Jessica Thompson, Georgia Aitken

Choreographers - Renee Richards, Olive Mortimer, Mia Weber

Teacher - Renee Richards

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Overture Ballet Troupe

This year we had another fantastic turnout for Overture Ballet Troupe auditions. With a difficult selection process, we ended up with our biggest troupe to date, which is a testament to the incredible skill of young dancers coming through the college. Overture was led this year by Year 13 Marissa Zhou and Year 11 Lyn Lin. The dance piece titled All Again is a lyrical stylised work with a narrative component. This year they have seen outstanding results coming first overall at the National Dance Challenge competition and winning the student choreography award. Also taking out first place overall in the Auckland DanceNZmade regional competition. Overture Ballet Troupe has been a pleasure to watch run this year and a privilege to see the development of all dancers involved. Another big thank you to Marissa and Lyn for all their creative energy in creating this beautiful choreographic work.

Dancers:

Year 9 - Mia Rajaratnam

Year 10 - Katie Shi, Alicia Zhou

Year 11 - Sophie Bisset, Jorja Boese, Isabella Iti, Lyn Lin, Brya Mathers, Mila Reid, Jessica Zhu

Year 12 - Jessica Han, Summer Hawkins, Ryleigh Hing, Olivia Maynard, Melody Ullrich

Year 13 - Jessica Hall-Judge, Olive Mortimer, Sophia Snelgrove, Feifei Sun, Marissa Zhou

Choreographers - Lyn Lin & Marissa Zhou

Teacher - Jennifer Maxwell

Ruby Walkinton, Year 11 Visual Art Vivian Wu, Year 12 Design
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Drama

Drama Company

This year saw Drama Company take to the Pumphouse Theatre stage and step into the magical world of wizards with the play Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic an Off-Broadway play by Matt Cox. For those of you familiar with another young orphan… that one who lived… that one with a scar on his head… well forget him! This story was about the Puffs! A bunch of really nice, badger-loving, wizard students who happened to be at school at the same time. Full to the brim with 1990s references, this hilarious play was performed by two outstanding casts, one made up of Year 13s and Year 12s, and the other 11s, 10s, and 9s. Both casts brought their own brilliant interpretation of these larger-than-life characters to the stage, wowing audiences night after night. Special acknowledgements go to Year 10 stage manager Brody Donald and his band of student crew who worked tirelessly backstage during the show.

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Theatresports

Theatresports is competitive improvised theatre, with students working in teams of four to produce short, comic scenes through a range of games and challenges. Every Tuesday afternoon features hilarious, once-only performances from a group of enthusiastic and talented students. In theatre sports, you enter a world where a cat can write a bestseller, deaths are frequently reversible, and the guns are all spaghetti—every week brings something new.

We welcomed many keen new members to the club in 2023, besides senior members who shared their know-how. Year 13 student leaders Harry Engleback and Callum Wilson ably led the club in fun and friendly weekly meetings, introduwcing new games, giving encouragement, and providing many comedic performance highlights over the year.

Some of our club members represented Rangitoto College in interschool competitions as part of the Theatresports Youth Programme (TYP). In these competitions, school teams from across Auckland perform for a live audience and are assessed by a panel of judges and given marks out of ten for three areas: technique, storyline, and entertainment. Succeeding in all of these requires quick thinking, creativity, courage, and teamwork. The audience gets involved as well, giving “ask-fors” for each scene, like a character or an unusual place for an event to occur.

Many of our juniors had their first chance to compete at Long Bay College, where our teams thoroughly entertained audiences with games such as genre rollercoaster (where the scene continues but the genre keeps changing) and furniture (where two team members become all the props and set that the other two require). This was followed by a player match at Orewa College, where team members Harry Engleback, Callum Wilson, Astrid Hebbink, and Harrison Cooper took first place. We then hosted a match at our own Performing Arts Centre, where judge Lori Dungey described our team’s performance as fabulous and innovative, and commented on their excellent energy. Later in Term 3, we hosted an interschool festival match, as well as an in-house competition to give more of our members the opportunity to perform for an audience. The students also enjoyed workshops run by TYP improvisation experts Lori Dungey and Simon Cameron, who focused on creating interesting characters and gave valuable tips for new games.

The Theatresports Club members should be proud of everything they’ve achieved this year, both in and out of competitions. We hope that the friends and memories the students have made will last for a long time. We thank our Year 13 members and wish them all the best for their future as we look forward to another fun and creative year.

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Sports Director Report

Iwrite this in my last week as Director of Sport at Rangitoto College, August 15, 2023, three and a half years after I started in lockdown 2020. Time has literally flown by in what can only be described as an amazing journey in a community which I am deeply passionate about and care greatly for. A community where our mostly volunteer coaches and managers, turn up rain, hail, or shine, often multiple times per week, to unselfishly deliver sports opportunities to our amazing students. In a society where time is scarce with families having to navigate multiple pressures across all aspects of their lives, the true heroes in our sports programme are very much our volunteers. With a myriad of other things to do, these great people put others ahead of themselves and share our sentiments that involvement in sports makes our school and the lives of our rangatahi better. For that, we are eternally grateful.

As a window to our school, sport makes a massive contribution to the vibrancy and culture of Rangitoto College with its positive impact on the social, physical, and mental well-being of our students. It provides them with the opportunity to make new friends, learn new skills, cope with adversity, achieve personal and team goals, and most importantly have fun. It enables them to disconnect from the noise and live in the moment as they focus on the fresh air, that next kick or pass, and that can only be good for them. This morning Acting Principal Fay Meiklejohn and I were invited to a shared breakfast for the Junior Premier Girls Football team, by teachers and coaches of that team George May and Mark Freeman. The breakfast followed their training and was a lovely surprise to the girls who thought it was just going to be a post-training team meeting prior to their bronze medal play-off tomorrow. It was such a special morning as the coaches praised the girls for their commitment to each other and the way they had played their season. How they all turned up to every training and what a special group they were. The bonds and friendship among the team and the respect they had for each other, and their coaches, shone through and it was awesome. The team had also brought unexpected thank-you gifts for the coaches and the captain spoke with a maturity and sincerity that defied her years as she presented gifts on behalf of her team, thanking the coaches for their amazing coaching and mentorship throughout the season and complimenting her team on how they had played. This was indeed something quite special and, in many ways, reinforced why sport is such a beautiful vehicle. Regardless of what happens in the playoff game tomorrow night, this is a win already and really is what sport is about. Although this was a super special occasion, I know for sure that

all involved in our sport community to constantly remind yourself of the greater good that comes out of sport. Sure, be the best that you can be and strive for improvement, but also embrace the wider good that sport provides and be grateful for the coaches and officials who are giving up their time to help you as players or your child play sport.

thank you to my

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Lastly team, Nat Moe, Lisa Wiki, Natasha Mouat, and Brownz Tagaloa for your work and commitment to sport at Rangitoto

Sports Performance Academy

Our Sports Performance Academy (SPA) has seen another amazing year with the programmes on offer expanding and building on their connection to our wider sport-specific needs.

As we create more alignment through our Sports Performance Academy with our sporting codes, we appreciate the different needs of individual codes and understand the one size fits all approach needing tweaking to broaden and further develop our athlete skill base.

SPA Blue is catered more to those who are focused on their strength and conditioning with the objective of building happy and healthy relationships with exercise. Secondary to these relationships are improved athletic performance and injury prevention. It has been rewarding to see the students flourish within the programme by taking ownership of their training and decision-making.

Within the sports-specific module, we have seen an increase in those wanting to further develop their core skill base and to understand the progression of the skill once mastered.

This was evident in our Netball SPA as our young netball sisters focused on the skills required for the Rangitoto style of play and the philosophies

behind our netball culture. This was a segway into our preseason block and trial process which saw many of these young girls make our top competitive Year 9 teams.

Football SPA ran for Terms 1 and 2 again this year and has proved to be invaluable for our junior players. Working alongside our 1st XI Girls Football coach, who is also our football development coach, these young players were able to finetune the skills required to get the best out of their game.

Rugby forged ahead with a U15 Development

Boys Squad who took to Wellington to compete in the U15 Hurricanes tournament during winter tournament week. The squad was led by James Fuiava, our rugby development coach, and saw the boys add in an additional field training per week which alternated with a gym session to their already busy in-season training. The tournament was an epic week for these young lads who did themselves and us proud.

Talent ID was an approach that some codes took this year, with resource coaches running a series of development sessions for targeted players. These athletes have stood out over the course of their season and thrived in this new opportunity. Providing this extra focus and upskilling has not only improved season play but has also helped

pave a premier pathway for many of our athletes.

We have seen significant progress and progression in our SPA offerings and admire how our students embrace new challenges and continue to push themselves and their peers to improve.

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Athletics & Cross Country

Athletics at Rangitoto College continues to show great success. This year we had another good turnout of students at our annual competitive school athletics day. Students competed in a variety of different track and field events, including 800 m, 400 m, and 100 m races as well as high jump, long jump, shot put, and discus.

The North Harbour Zones competition was then held in March at the AUT Millennium track and was an opportunity for our athletes to compete against neighbouring schools for the first time in a couple of years (due to Covid-19).

The day highlighted the talents of some of our sprinters such as Kenzie Bowden who won the junior girls 100 m and 200 m, and Mackenzie Guy and Nyla Spencer who took first and second respectively in the intermediate girls 400 m.

Not to be outdone by the track runners, the field athletes also came home with several titles. Mackenzie Guy and Mckenzie Kruck jumped the same winning distance in the intermediate girls triple jump with the winner being decided on countback. Our senior girls dominated the field events with titles to Cleo Loader in the long jump, Riley Sheldon in the triple jump, and Nadja Kumerich in the shot put.

Field events gold also went to Eric Taylor in the intermediate boys long jump, Zhan Bowden in the intermediate boys high jump, and Reid Davidson in the senior boys shot put.

A couple of weeks later the athletes travelled to Trusts Stadium to compete against the greater Auckland schools at the Auckland Champs. There were many great performances, but special mention and congratulations to the sprinters who banded together to win the intermediate girls 4x100 m relay, Joe Dolphin who took out the coveted senior boys 100 m title and equalled the Auckland record, Zhan Bowden who won the intermediate boys triple jump, Eric Taylor placed 2nd in the intermediate boys long jump, Talaya Vorster was 1st in the open girls pole vault, and Nadja Kumerich was 1st in the senior girls hammer throw.

Cross Country

After weeks of preparation, organization, and anticipation we unfortunately had to cancel our annual school cross country event due to the extreme wet weather and flooding we experienced in May.

Although we were unable to capture our top competitive runners, we still had a group of 18 students represent Rangitoto at the North Western Zones event held at Moire Park, Massey and despite our small numbers still came away with some great results.

Nyla Spencer – 3rd overall intermediate girls race

Nyla Spencer, Rebbeca Redpath, and Mali Lynskey – 2nd intermediate girls 3-person team

Cristian Nita, Takuma Iwasaki, and Ashton Lathwood – 3rd senior boys 3-person team

Cristian Nita, Takuma Iwasaki, Ashton Lathwood, Sebastian Camus Rogers, Richard Peng, and Hyungmin Cho – 2nd senior boys 6-person team

We then had 13 students compete at the Auckland Cross Country Championships held at Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga which consisted of the best runners from across Auckland. All students raced well in what were very wet and muddy conditions underfoot.

Congratulations to Year 12 student Eryn Westlake who placed 3rd overall in the intermediate girls race at this event. An awesome achievement!

The last distance running event to take place for the year was the Auckland Road Race Championships held at Bruce Pulman Park, Takanini. We had 12 students participate at this event, all giving it their best against the top runners in Auckland. A special mention to Owen Sze and Anson Tsang who placed 8th and 9th respectively in the intermediate boys 4 km race. A great effort!

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At the end of Term 4, 2022 we had 12 students represent Rangitoto College at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics/Road Race Championship held at the TET Stadium in Inglewood, Taranaki.

All athletes competed to a high level in very challenging conditions. It was great to see many of our athletes make it through to finals in their respective events with some personal bests being achieved as a result.

Rangitoto College came away with six podium results (four individual events and two relays). Congratulations to the following students who received medals.

Badminton

Nadja Kumerich – 2nd senior girls hammer throw & 3rd senior girls shot put

Nyla Spencer – 3rd junior girls 300 m hurdles

Talaya Vorster – 1st junior girls pole vault

Junior Girls Relay team (Nyla Spencer, Emma Young, Mackenzie Guy & Kenzie Bowden) –1st 4x100 m relay and 2nd 4x400 m relay

Our Badminton students had an outstanding season with growth within our school badminton community, both social and competitive.

Our Senior Boys placed within the North Harbour League and our Junior Girls, Felicia Chen and Clara Lam, took silver at the Auckland Champs Junior Girls Doubles.

The Badminton New Zealand Secondary School Championships recently unfolded in Porirua, Wellington, showcasing a week-long display of exceptional talent, intense competition, and nail-biting matches. This premier event brought together the finest young badminton players from secondary schools across the nation, and among the standout teams was Rangitoto College’s Boys Badminton team, who secured an impressive eighth-place finish. The tournament, comprising eight intense ties, offered a platform for the rising stars of New Zealand’s badminton scene to demonstrate their prowess on the court. Each day the athletes left it all on the court, vying for victory and the coveted title of national champion.

Rangitoto College’s teams had their dedicated teacher Quintin KwokHeon supporting them and we are grateful for Quintin who volunteered to travel to nationals with the team. Our overall achievement is not only a testament to the talent within Rangitoto College’s badminton teams but also to the broader community that supports and nurtures young athletes. It underscores the importance of fostering sportsmanship, dedication, and teamwork among students, attributes that will serve them well both on and off the badminton court.

As the Badminton New Zealand Secondary School Championships concluded, the Rangitoto College’s Boys Badminton team can proudly reflect on their journey and look forward to continued growth and success in the world of badminton. Their remarkable performance in this prestigious tournament serves as an inspiration to aspiring young athletes throughout New Zealand, reminding them that with dedication and hard work, they too can achieve greatness in the sport they love.

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Basketball

Premier Boys

After a hard-fought year with the Premier Boys Basketball team in 2022, legendary basketball phenomenon Kenny Stone decided to hang up his whiteboard to travel the world. Kenny has left behind a rich legacy that has lasted a decade at Rangitoto College.

A new year meant new coaching staff, with the appointment of Breakers Assistant Coach Chanel Pompallier who brought with her assistant coaches Tony Webster, Rochelle Pompallier, and Paul Webber. Alongside the staff came an entirely new playing roster for an exciting new season ahead.

The premier competition saw the team struggle for a fair amount of the season, but the boys did not shy away from their hard-fought battles. A 60-point deficit against Westlake Boys at home to open their campaign, followed by a 49-point deficit against Mount Albert Grammar this season was not the start we were looking for. In round three little improvement was made, with a close loss against Saint Kentigern’s, before a showdown with St Peter’s. With the return of 2022 starting point guard Michael Ropotini, Rangitoto fought hard against a young St Peter’s team to earn their first win of the season.

After the holiday period, the team went on the road again to beat old foes Sacred Heart in front of a packed house before returning home to a tight encounter against the defending champions, Rosmini College, losing only by nine.

Round two started off at Westlake Boys, who shot out to an early 20-point lead in the first half. Rangitoto never gave up and fought hard to tie the game with 1:08 to go. Westlake ended up nudging ahead in the last 12 seconds to take the win by one. To round off, Rangitoto went on to fight hard but lost closely to Auckland Grammar, St Peter’s, and eventual greater Auckland basketball tournament winners, Mount Albert Grammar School.

There were a lot of highlights and a lot of learnings made from such a young and inexperienced team, but the boys showed a lot of resilience and built strong character going through adversity together. At the time of publishing the team are in preparation for the national qualifying tournament to bid for a spot at the Secondary Schools Championships in early October. We forward to building, growing, and developing these young men and getting them primed and ready for 2024.

Junior Premier Boys

The Junior Premier Boys Basketball team had a great season with success both in their North Harbour competition and within their wider North Island competitions. Coached by Rangitoto alumni Gabe Davidson and Daniel Wright, the squad had backand-forth games with talented teams from both Westlake and Kristin throughout the regular season. The three teams jostled for the top two spots within North Harbour, with Rangitoto falling to third on the table and narrowly missing out on a spot at the Greater Auckland Championships. Despite this, the boys rallied well to win their 3rd/4th playoff game to finish within the top three.

The boys also competed at the Zone 1 regional competition, where again they were faced with strong competition from talented sides including Westlake, Kristin, Takapuna, and Auckland Grammar. The team adjusted well to longer games and new additions to the team personnel. Throughout the tournament, the team played two games per day which allowed players to assume more responsibility and contribute in a variety of ways.

Overall, the team’s experience this season was full of challenges, successes, and learnings for the future.

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Premier Girls

The Premier Girls Basketball team has had an outstanding season which has seen them come together as a group and develop as basketball players.

The team started the year with a tough loss to Northcote College in a relegation/promotion game, which meant they were relegated to the Senior A grade competition. This proved to be a blessing in disguise as being in this grade gave the players the chance to improve their skills and allowed the team to grow in confidence.

The girls were undefeated in the regular season, winning most games by a significant margin. The team had a gritty win against a physical Mt Roskill team in the semi-finals and this guaranteed them a shot at promotion back into the Premier Grade at the start of next year. Sadly, the team went on to lose to Manurewa High School in the competition finals (74 to 71). Throughout the season the team have shown how driven they are to succeed and, given the large number of junior players in the team, they have exceeded all expectations.

At the time of publishing, the team’s focus is now on qualifying for the National High School Basketball tournament and winning promotion

Junior Premier Girls

The Junior Premier Girls Basketball team had a fantastic year in terms of results, player development, and team chemistry. We finished the season with a 21-win, 1-loss record, winning the North Harbour U15A Premier grade, Greater Auckland Championship, and National Zone 1 Championship. In the Greater Auckland Basketball tournament, which saw the top eight teams in the greater Auckland area compete over a three day period, the team dominated, winning all five games convincingly, including a 32-point win over Westlake in the final.

The highlight of the year, however, was the National Junior Zone One Championship. The team played seven games, winning most games by over 60 points. Even though the team was understrength for this tournament the girls performed exceptionally well, winning the final 66-47 over Westlake.

It was an enjoyable season with some big wins and excellent team play. The team had a good mix of Year 9 and 10 students. Five of the girls made the North Harbour U15 Rep side, while one of the girls made the North Harbour U13 team. On top of this six of the junior girls were also selected in the Rangitoto Senior Premier team who also had a very successful year.

Maddison Skelton captained the side and showed great leadership, competitive drive and understanding of the game throughout the year. Sienna Maurice dominated on both ends of the court, using her speed and vision to run the team offensively and often defensively taking care of the other team’s best player. Kyree Rakena’s ability to power her way to the basket and score with both hands was impressive, Kyree along with Sienna and Maddison formed the backbone of the team. Amelia Andrews and Zoe Magiera shot the 3-point shot with great accuracy

back into the Premier Grade in 2024. This year we say goodbye to Year 13s Tamsin McAsey and Esther Roberts, but with the large majority of the team staying on for next year we are in an exciting position—watch this space!

at critical times throughout the season, while Jezariah Holmes and Grace Giles dominated defensively when available. Another noticeable mention must go to Jade Hopkins, Georgia Howlett and Renhanrui Li who used their height to good effect, understood their roles, and did whatever was required to win games. A special mention here must go to Gordon Skelton who provided additional coaching in terms of how to play as a big in basketball. This made a huge difference to the girls’ confidence and the overall team’s success. Finally, Jessy Westerkamp displayed all the values of the college throughout the season as well as dedication, commitment, and the want to improve.

The future of basketball is looking bright with some young talented, committed, and passionate players coming through. The Junior Premier team is also looking strong for next year, with four returning players, many of whom played starring roles in 2023.

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Basketball 3v3

The Basketball 3v3 tournament was a resounding success. Teams from various backgrounds and skill levels came together to showcase their skills, talent, and passion for the game. The competition was intense, with thrilling matches that kept spectators on the edge of their seats. The event’s organisers (BBNZ) ensured smooth logistics and a vibrant atmosphere, creating a sense of camaraderie among participants and fans alike. Overall, the 3x3 Basketball tournament went well, promoting the sport’s popularity and leaving everyone eagerly anticipating the next instalment of this exciting competition.

We entered Junior Premier Boys and Girls, and our Senior Premier Boys and Girls teams into the Elite Division. They all competed very well with all teams making the top 20 schools in the country. Our Junior Premier Girls managed to make it right to the final stages of the tournament walking away as bronze medallists! Congratulations to Kyree Rakena, Maddison Skelton, Mela Andrews, Renhanrui Li, and Sienna Maurice.

We cannot wait to enter this tournament again. Bring on 2024!

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Linda Chen, Year 13 Design

Beach Volleyball

This year will go down in the Rangitoto College beach volleyball history books as our most successful year to date. In January, many of our players represented North Harbour at the Interprovincial Championships, where several top-three placings were gained. February brought on the Secondary Schools Beach Nationals where Rangitoto College won three gold and two 4th places in Division One, along with a silver in Division Two. Another outstanding start to the year with all involved playing some unbelievable beach volleyball with great gamesmanship.

By winning the gold medal at nationals, Kaia Buckley, Kiana Stevenson, Ryan Jefferson, and Juan Carlos Quintero qualified to compete at the ISF World Secondary School competition. This year it was held in Israel, in May. The players, along with their parents and Alan Kerr represented Rangitoto College with pride as they competed against some schools, but mainly national pairs from all around the world. The girls finished 6th and the boys 11th. Four worthy and formidable ambassadors.

Ryan and Kiana were selected to represent New Zealand at the Beach Volleyball Asian Championships. The diverse culture created by the other countries and students made it so much more enjoyable as they were able to meet a lot of new people. This tournament helped create a greater understanding of the different levels of competition and the different ways of playing the sport. This included teams like China and Thailand playing the sport at a much more consistent level (minimal mistakes) while other teams like New Zealand and Kazakhstan used a lot more power, strength, and risk. Managing the high humidity and 35 degree heat challenged them, but prepared them for future competitions.

Kiana was then selected to represent New Zealand at the Youth Commonwealth Games, held in Trinbago. This was in addition to representing New Zealand Open Women in the Continental Cup and being the 4th ranked Open Women player in New Zealand. At the games, Kiana and her partner gained a bronze medal. She played some exceptional beach volleyball honing her skills and learning some new ones along the way. Congratulations Kiana for an outstanding achievement and for being awarded Young Player of the Year by Volleyball New Zealand. Kalea Norton is to be congratulated for her selection as a reserve for the Youth Commonwealth Games team.

As with all successful teams, it is the preparation prior to and during competition that ensures all players are ready to play to their best. We are grateful to have the expertise of our coaches Johann Timmer and

Adam Watson who inspire our players through their knowledge, tactical insight, and intense training sessions. Additionally, Sharon Redpath and Alan Kerr organise, inspire, and make sure all involved uphold the teams’ positive culture while leaving it all on the sand. As always thank you to the unwavering support of the players’ whānau who provide amazing sideline support for all teams.

With 2024 approaching, there are many young players who are training hard to become the best they can be, while a number of Year 13s are leaving the college. We wish them well in whatever their futures hold beyond our kura and thank them for being tenacious, passionate, and respected role models.

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National Interprovincial Beach Volleyball Championships BOYS GIRLS

Under 19

Gold Ryan Jefferson

Silver Kaia Buckley Kalea Norton

Bronze John Petrucci Kiana Stevenson

5th Juan Carlos Quintero

Under 17

Gold Ngaawai Simpkins Devyn Golaboski

Bronze Kyson Norton

4th place Alice Bell Jasmine Rugg

New Zealand Secondary Schools Beach Nationals

Senior Division 1

Gold Ryan Jefferson Juan Carlos Quintero Kaia Buckley Kiana Stevenson

4th place

Jenny McMillan Sienna Rugg

Year 11

Gold Devyn Golaboski Alice Bell

4th Kyson Norton Kenai Stevenson

Senior Division 2

Silver Eric Oh Mason Newby

North Harbour Secondary Schools Championship

Senior

Gold Jenny McMillan Sienna Rugg

Silver Will Schmidt John Petrucci

Year 11

Gold James Haslam Bardia Khajeh Devyn Golaboski Alice Bell

Silver Kyson Norton Kenai Stevenson

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Cricket

1st XI Cricket

Boys Cricket

Whata chaotic but beautiful start to 2023. We are excited to highlight the successes and opportunities that are being developed in cricket at Rangitoto College this year.

The 1st XI Girls coach, Nathan Banks, has been working tirelessly behind the scenes to build a legitimate cricket programme for girls. Part of that legitimacy is premier status. The recognition as a Premier team is something new, special, and well-deserved. We are extremely excited to see the growth and development of our programme for girls’ cricket over the next few weeks, months, and years to come. Well done to everyone involved.

We also trialled a new initiative with our Rangitoto Cricket Development Programme in Term 1 which went extremely well. The new initiative involved all the cricket teams coming together and training collaboratively in an intensive eight-week programme. This was led by the energetic 1st XI Boys coach and alumnus Mark Badland, with the support of alumni East Coast Bays players Max Butler, Isaac Bird, and Kyle Kieser. Not only are these sessions growing and developing the skills and cricket knowledge of our rangatahi, but they also offer the opportunity to build a vibrant and connected Rangitoto cricketing community. What a great opportunity to level up all areas of cricket from fielding, batting, bowling, and general technical and tactical aspects of the game.

This was a fantastic moment for Rangitoto College. Singing from the same song sheet, working in partnership with East Coast Bays Cricket and Mitre 10 Mega Albany with the same goal in mind and that is to serve the cricketers of our community. We cannot wait to see what 2024 brings.

Thank you to everyone who jumped on the waka, picked up an oar, and confidently just started paddling to a bright and successful future.

In the world of sports, victories and defeats are an inherent part of the game. The journey of the Rangitoto 1st XI Boys Cricket team through the first half of the season exemplifies perseverance and the unpredictable nature of cricket.

With a win/loss record of 50 per cent, the team has encountered the full spectrum of emotions, from triumphant victories to hard-fought battles ending in defeat. Often losses came from our own downfalls rather than being outclassed by the opposition. However, at all times this team has embraced the challenge, consistently regrouping and pushing forward.

One of the defining factors of this team’s journey has been the unity displayed within the squad. The locker room atmosphere has remained positive, with players supporting each other and working collectively to achieve goals. This cohesion has translated onto the field, enabling them to deliver quality performances.

Our senior players are currently leading the charge, with Te Manewha Rikihana leading the batting stats, followed by Jacob Badland and Somesh Fageria with notable performances. Somesh has also had an outstanding start to the season claiming 19 wickets with the ball, with Kushal Kanchinadham, Zach Robertson, and Matthew Childs also delivering strong contributions. The team has worked tirelessly on their fielding skills which has certainly contributed to the strong start. Led by Max McKinnon behind the wickets with 13 catches, followed by Jacob Badland with nine.

When the team has the right energy, the opposition will often find it difficult to score freely and there is often brilliance shown by a number of players within the team. Beyond the numbers on the scoreboard, the Rangitoto 1st XI Boys has consistently upheld the values of sportsmanship and fair play. At the time of publishing, as the second half of the season draws near, the team is poised to embrace the challenges and triumphs that lie ahead following some hard pre-season training.

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2nd XI Cricket

The Rangitoto 2nd XI had a successful start to the year, victorious in three out of four games. After not fielding a team last year, the 2nd XI was reformed this year with primarily Year 11 students. The team showed great resilience, some weeks contending with a wet ball and drenched field and adapting their game to the conditions.

The first week was a little rocky, coming up against an opposition of Year 13 students who punished loose deliveries, dispatching a couple of balls into the brambles never to be seen again. However, in the following weeks the boys showed great maturity, not panicking when early wickets were lost or when the opposition had great partnerships.

Our second week brought our first win, with a low-scoring game on a very wet pitch. Our spin bowlers did an awesome job, with Toby Fletcher (3/13) taking early wickets, Gus Rose (2/13) and Regan Slabbert (3/3) knocking over the lower order. Toby Fletcher carried his bat as part of a successful run chase.

A sunny morning for our third game, we got our highest score for the season (171/8). Caleb Swan 30 (24) and Toby Fletcher 24 (30) had a great opening knock, and some great bowling from Toby Fletcher (3/8) and James Reynolds (3/23) got us home.

The final game was played on a very dewy morning, with lots of sliding around in the outfield and water spraying everywhere. Wickets were spread around the entire bowling line-up, bowling the opposition out for 121. James Reynolds carried us home with an unbeaten 44*, putting on an impressive display of calling and running between wickets, well supported by Regan Slabbert (28) and Ariel Bradshaw (18).

Well done to all the team, and a big thanks to players from the Colts 1 and First XI teams who helped us out each week.

Girls Cricket

Term 1 2023 was a term of firsts for our 1st XI Girls team (since restarting our girls’ cricket programme in 2019).

It started with entering our girls into the 1A Grade for the first time. Any nervousness around the step up in competition was quickly dispelled as a mix of comfortable wins and a couple of very close losses showed the girls certainly belonged. Despite it resulting in a loss, a highlight of the term came in the first opportunity for the girls to play on the grass wicket at home. We put together an outstanding all-around team performance and really pushed a King’s 1st XI team with four Auckland age group representatives to our zero, losing with only three balls to spare.

Another first for 2023 was our participation in the Gillette Venus nationals qualifying tournament. Open to all Premier and 1A Grade teams this was an awesome chance to experience some tournament format cricket against the best teams in Auckland. There were so many positives to take away from the event, most notably our first win against a Premier Grade team with a very comfortable 9-wicket win over Saint Kentigern College.

On another note, just as exciting as all the firsts for our 1st XI was the passion for cricket shown from our 2nd XI Girls team. Despite a relatively new group of girls, the season was full of so much energy and positivity both at training and on game days. The improvement from the first game of the term to the last was massive and a testament to the girls’ curiosity and commitment towards learning about the game, helped along the way by two student coaches, Billie East and Zaara Sain.

In previous years we’ve had two teams compete in Term 1, but it is looking likely that 2023 will be the first year we will also be entering two teams into the Term 4 half of the season—an exciting sign for the future of Rangitoto College girls’ cricket!

Relationship Building

In a great opportunity for girls from our surrounding schools, Coach Nathan and a number of our 1st XI Girls ran a 6-aside cricket festival focusing on participation, giving the game a go, and just having a bit of fun.

There were nine teams from three different schools (including our Year 9 girls) totalling 54 girls participating in this great sport we call cricket. Five rounds of 6-over games with a 1st XI girl taking a team each, either coaching, umpiring, scoring, or assisting in some capacity which was a great leadership opportunity for our 1st XI girls too. The winners of the tournament were MBIS Blue. Best Team/School Spirit Award went to MBIS Orange, as voted by the coaches.

Thank you MBIS and Northcross Intermediate for giving our girls an opportunity to lead, to coach, to mentor, and to grow. We hope you enjoyed your time with us.

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Canoe Slalom

Once again, the school’s kayaking team have had a busy yet fulfilling season this year. The season kicked off with the annual New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Canoe Slalom Championships which was held at the picturesque Tekapo Whitewater Park. During the competition, Rangitoto College was able to gain several podium finishes throughout the five days. Notably, there was Yeonsu Na who won two bronze medals in the Senior Kayak Mens Division as well as in the Kayak Cross Mens Division. Paddler Junsu Na successfully won silver in the Intermediate Kayak Mens Division. This was followed by the New Zealand National Championships where Junsu Na then placed 3rd in his respective age category yet again. Overall, this was a very successful campaign done by the team.

However, the major highlight must be when Yeonsu Na was able to represent Korea at the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom Junior World Championships held in Krakow, Poland. He was also invited to the Talent Identification Programme which was a two-week-long intensive training camp hosted by the International Canoe Federation in the lead-up to the competition. This was his first time competing at the international level and he paddled extremely well under this new environment.

During the season break, the emphasis of the school’s kayaking team will be placed on the expansion and growth of this sport in Rangitoto College. With the proximity of an Olympic standard artificial whitewater course in Auckland as well as support from some of Aotearoa’s elite paddlers, the kayaking team is hoping to organise a school-wide programme so that there can be a full team of athletes in time for the next season.

Equestrian

The Rangitoto College Equestrian Team competed in three events this year at St Peter’s School in Cambridge. The first event of the three was the St Peters Inter-school Dressage competition in June. The event was a testament to the discipline and skill of the team’s riders, with Olive Burrows and Taylor Rawbone and their ponies Pipi and Hopeful. Their participation not only demonstrated their abilities but also highlighted the commitment of Rangitoto College to fostering the Equestrian community.

Continuing their impressive journey, our other riders in the team participated in the St Peters Inter-School Showjumping event in August in Cambridge. The riders delivered exceptional performances, showcasing their bond with their horses and jumping to amazing heights. Among the standout participants were Honey and Trixie Fitt-Allen, Tyra Bickford, and Alex Twose. Each of them competed in different events, adding a layer of diversity to the team’s overall accomplishments.

Rangitoto College’s equestrians have shown their commitment to excellence both in and out of the arena. These competitions not only provide a platform for students to exhibit their riding skills but also teach valuable lessons in teamwork, perseverance, and horsemanship.

As the team from Rangitoto College continues to make their mark in various competitions, their achievements stand as a source of inspiration. Through their accomplishments, they exemplify the college’s values and dedication to fostering well-rounded individuals who excel in both academic and extracurricular pursuits.

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Modern Olympic fencing is a fast-paced, technical game that demands fitness and a tactical sense. This modern sport can trace its roots to the historical practice of duelling.

This year the Rangitoto College Fencing Club has expanded again to training three nights a week, to accommodate more beginners showing interest in the sport.

Rangitoto fencers have been busy competing in local, national, and international competitions, with Rangitoto fencers picking up bronze medals at the Fencing North Secondary Schools Teams competition and representing New Zealand at the 2023 Australian Youth and Cadet Junior Championships in Sydney.

Fencing captain Ashleigh Catlett has led a new interest in competing and development among the club’s senior members. This year Rangitoto coach Nour Malak was selected to attend a three-month coaching training in Budapest, Hungary, taking one of six spots globally. She has since been putting those skills to use in our Monday classes.

The Rangitoto College Fencing Club looks forward to continuing building our programme in 2024.

Fencing Golf

Rangitoto College had an exceptionally talented Premier Golf team this year. The team consisted of the following players: Amy Im (Year 13), Leo Liu (Year 10), Oliver Kiing (Year 10) and Juwon Kim (Year 9). The squad had a fantastic interschool 9-hole competition in Term 1, winning the Premier North Harbour Division. During Term 2, the team participated in the Auckland Golf Secondary Schools Strokeplay event which consisted of 36 holes at Akarana and Redwood Golf Clubs. In the individual event, Oliver placed 2nd with a combined gross score of 136 and Leo placed 3rd with a combined gross score of 137. Amy won the girls individual event with a combined gross score of 139. These were outstanding results! On top of this, the squad won the overall teams division, qualifying them for nationals in Timaru during Term 3. We will be sad to lose Amy next year but are looking forward to building another strong team for the years to come.

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Football

Football at Rangitoto College has been incredibly successful in 2023.

This year we have seen huge growth in the number of students wanting to play football. Overall, we had 17 teams, a five-team increase from 2022.

A massive thank you to all coaches, managers, volunteer referees, players, and parents for making this season happen and for contributing to the success of our football programme. It also has to be said that it was incredible to have a FIFA World Cup right here in Aotearoa and this can only encourage more of our rangatahi to take up the beautiful game. Bring on 2024!

Premier Football

1st XI Girls: Daniel Semp & Kate Sanderson

The 2023 season for our 1st XI Girls has been nothing short of spectacular, marked by achievements, growth, and unforgettable moments that will be cherished for years to come. In the College Sport Premier Girls competition, our talented squad secured a well-deserved 3rd place, missing out on winning the competition by two points—showcasing their dedication and skill on the field. This achievement not only reflects their commitment but also the exceptional quality of players and teamwork that defines our team.

Tournament week proved to be a highlight, with our team finishing in an impressive 6th place. Their sportsmanship and camaraderie throughout the week left a lasting impression, making us proud. We had a huge number of junior students play for us in this competition which gives us lots of confidence for future years.

Beyond the field, this season was also marked by memorable moments during trainings and team activities, fostering a sense of unity and friendship among the players.

Good luck to our Year 13 girls who are leaving the school. Your commitment to this team has been nothing short of exceptional. You have led this team and can be proud of the way you held yourselves. All the best as you continue your own football journey!

1st XI Boys: Craig Fickling, Richard Stuckey & Julia Li

It was a successful 2023 season for the 1st X1 Boys. The College Sport Senior A1 League was a two-horse race to win the league between Rangitoto and Selwyn. We lost the first game against an impressive Selwyn College team but then produced a great performance later in the season which resulted in a draw in the second game. The team finished 2nd place and secured a promotion/ relegation play-off game early next year for the Premier competition.

Winter tournament week was held in Nelson where the team competed in NZSS Jim Wishart tournament. Quarter-final 1-0 victory over Christchurch Boys, semi-finals 1-0 victory over Otago Boys, and final 2-1 victory over Whanganui. Tournament champions for the second year running! There were seven goals from Miki Squires, and the captaincy of James Watt and Isaac Lovering kept the team focused on the game plan and produced successful results. A great team effort with all 17 players contributing to the win.

Thank you to Craig Fickling, Richard Stuckey, Julia Li, Daniel Semp, and Natasha Mouat for all their time and dedication to the 2023 1st XI season.

Boys Football 2nd XI Boys: Richard Stuckey

Another great season that saw us finish grading unbeaten and top of the league. We were hoping to go one better this year but came unstuck against a vastly improved Takapuna and finished 2nd in the North Harbour Senior B Championship grade again.

Big shout out to the six players who stepped up to the 1st XI team throughout the season and the Year 13 and overseas players who will be leaving us.

Senior Boys Blue: Adam Robins

The Rangitoto Senior Blue team competed in the Senior C North Division this season. We started strongly with a 4-0 win over Rosmini but slowly lost steam. After two losses to the top two teams of the grade, we quickly bounced back with a change in formation to finish 5th overall. The highlight of this season would have to be a 3-2 comeback win against Long Bay Black after being 2-0 down with Tom injuring himself in setting up the final goal. I could not be prouder to coach this team and have had an amazing season with them, I wish them all the best for their future footballing endeavours.

Senior Boys White: Aaron Gray & Joel Hodge

At the start of the season, we held our first training session and not many of our teammates knew each other. Throughout the season the boys started to get to know each other and create bonds in our team. It meant that a lot of our players were excited to come to training and play games together. By halfway through the season there was a significant increase in our team’s skills and the way we played together, we had won a very tight match that was our best of the season and this is when our player’s confidence skyrocketed, and our team became a much stronger force on the field.

Year 11 Boys Blue: Mike McLean

This year we built from a focus on strong defence and developed through our midfield and forward combinations. Every week we improved on our weaknesses and continued taking advantage of our strengths. The team was just that, a team, and worked very well together, always supportive and encouraging of each other. The result at the end of the regular season was second. In the championship round we conceded just three goals and scored 11 goals, better than the winners but unluckily came second by just one point. We are very proud of the team’s achievement, collective improvement, and commitment all season.

Year 11 Boys Red: Drew Spark

Year 11 Red had a great season. We had some difficult results but the standard of football that was played consistently improved each week. The boys put in a huge amount of work at training and in their spare time which positively impacted both individual skills and team performances.

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Year 10 Boys White: Alexis Townshend

It was a rough start to the season, conceding a (considerable) number of goals in our first game. However, once training started, the team improved every week, bringing the goal difference down each game until a 1-1 draw against Long Bay end of Term 2.

Our final game was a rematch against Westlake, who had previously beaten us 10-0. The boys played a great game, with the final score being a 1-0 loss, with plenty of opportunities to even the scoreline.

Year 10 Boys Blue: Matthew Reid

10B Blue did not start the season well with a defeat against one of the many Westlake teams in the competition, but soon hit their stride, and played some silky football with some impressive results. The highlight for many was a 5-1 win in the Rangi Classico against the other 10B team. We were also fortunate to have a huge amount of home games, which helped our familiarity and confidence.

We went into the final game against Westlake Stanley knowing a win would give us the championship but sadly lost 2-0, the first time we failed to score a goal all season. It was a memorable campaign full of solid goalkeeping, great goals, inspiring speeches, pointless bicycle kicks and cringeworthy celebrations. All in all, a great bunch of lads.

Year 10 Boys Red:

Nathan Chapman, Ronald Chen & Ben Hunt

Ronald, Ben, and Nathan had the pleasure of coaching an amazing group of Year 10 boys for the 2023 season. Having coached most of these boys in Year 9, it was awesome to see their connection and culture from the get-go. This season was a bumpy ride, starting with a series of losses which tested their resilience and teamwork. As the season progressed, they dedicated countless hours to practice, refining their skills and putting 110% effort into each game until the end whistle, which as coaches was all we could ask for. Slowly but surely, their hard work began to pay off and in the final game of the season, they showcased the culmination of their season-long journey, winning in a thrilling and closely contested match against Macleans.

Year 9 Boys Blue:

Kenzie Longmuir, Catherine Smith & Hayun Seo

The Year 9 Boys Blue team put grit, energy, and determination into their entire season this year. With some boys new to the sport, it was truly a season of development as every individual in the team showed improvement technically and tactically, and the team’s cohesiveness improved in leaps and bounds as the season progressed. Placing second in the 13B North Plate, every single team member showed integrity and excellence as they pushed themselves and each other to improve.

Year 9 Boys Red:

Girls Football

2nd XI Girls: Roberto Di Muro

From winning our first game 10-0, to crushing our final 5-1, Rangitoto’s 2nd XI Girls had a great season.

Our team proved unbeatable this year, winning eight from eight games, and scoring 67 goals while only conceding four. The most memorable experience this year was the final. We were lucky enough to be playing at home, and this provided us with the support we needed to pull through and win our league!

Written by Emmy Hurcum, Year 11

3rd XI Girls: Leo Mendes

The boys had an extremely solid season and represented Rangitoto College excellently on and off the field. The commitment by each player to the team was great, not just shown by consistent game and training attendance but there was a lot of passion shown by all on the field. Some excellent goals and a lot of team and personal growth in what was a close, competitive season.

The 3rd XI Girls season this year was a privilege to be part of. The team showed great consistency and commitment in training, and it paid off in the end. We started off the season with two losses, however, we then turned it around and won every other game. A stand-out moment for me was an away game against Glenfield 1st XI; we were losing 1-0 with only eight minutes left in the game and the girls scored two goals! A great moment that showed their perseverance and commitment throughout the season.

Junior Premier Girls: George May & Mark Freeman

The Junior Premier Girls competed against the best that Auckland has to offer, playing in the Junior Girls A League. This season, the team has developed the strongest whanaungatanga we have seen whilst coaching the Junior Prems, all players working hard during training to improve for match day not as individuals, but as a team. The resistance band and pool noodle training sessions provided great moments. The results were reflective of this and every time the kaitākaro walked away with the win, they knew they deserved it. Finishing a very strong 4th in the Auckland League was a justifiable result and height that Rangitoto College had not reached in over five years.

Junior Girls Blue: Prisca Pieters

This season Prisca had the privilege of coaching the Juniors Girls Blue team. They had an amazing start to the season, ending Term 2 undefeated. Term 3 was a little more of a challenge as we had numbers dropping, however, the girls still worked hard and showed up to play every week. A highlight was seeing both the team as a whole and so many individuals keep improving as the season went on.

Junior Girls White: Ruby O’Sullivan

This season our Junior White team was coached by Year 12 student Ruby O’Sullivan. Their commitment and motivation to improve as individuals and as a team was awesome to see with good numbers turning up to trainings and games each week. They started the season struggling to score goals but by the end were creating great scoring opportunities. Overall, the girls really enjoyed learning new skills and had fun playing together which is what football is all about.

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Indoor Volleyball

This year will undoubtedly stand out as a pinnacle of achievement in the history of volleyball at Rangitoto College. The school’s senior indoor teams orchestrated an extraordinary feat by clinching both titles at the highly competitive New Zealand Nationals in Palmerston North. The 53rd New Zealand Nationals hosted 160 teams. Our Premier Girls team beat Orewa 3-0 in the final to win Rangitoto its first female national title. The Premier Boys beat Waimea 3-1 to make it back to back national titles. This remarkable success was led by the capable captains, Kaia Buckley and Ryan Jefferson, who epitomised leadership, determination, and unwavering team spirit.

Ryan Jefferson, a standout athlete, not only captained the victorious senior indoor team but also earned accolades as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) alongside his counterpart from the women’s team, Kalea Norton. Their exceptional performances on the court not only galvanised their teams but also showcased their prowess on and off the court. These MVP awards were a testament to their hard work, resilience, and ability to rise above challenges.

In a historical first, Kalea Norton, a remarkable Year 12 student, achieved a dual distinction. Not only was she a key player in Rangitoto College’s winning formula, but she also secured a spot in the New Zealand Women’s team. This select team played against Chile, displaying Kalea’s exceptional skills on an international stage and bringing pride to her school and country.

Rangitoto College was fortunate to have a trio of illustrious alumni coaches at the helm. Nina Kerr, Sam Bell, and Johann Timmer brought a wealth of experience and passion to their roles, moulding the teams into cohesive units that dominated Harbour, Auckland, and New Zealand allcomers. Their dedication, mentorship, and strategic acumen were key factors in the teams’ triumphant journey.

The coaching staff was further fortified by the contributions of Adam Watson, Jessie Meiklejohn, and Kayla Polley, who played pivotal roles in honing the players’ skills and shaping their game strategies. Their commitment to the players’ development was evident in the teams’ stellar performances, showcasing the value of dedicated coaching.

Acknowledging the indispensable role of the support staff is paramount. Rangitoto College was fortunate to have long-serving managers Josh Bullen, Jamie Sowter, and Graham Lowe, who tirelessly managed logistical

aspects, ensuring that the teams were primed for success both on and off the court. Their behind-thescenes efforts were instrumental in the teams’ achievements.

Celebrating this success would be incomplete without acknowledging the support network that stood steadfastly behind the players. The parents of the athletes played a pivotal role in nurturing their passion for the sport, providing unwavering encouragement, and being pillars of strength throughout the journey.

Additionally, the support extended beyond immediate circles, as the school received ongoing backing from Principal Patrick Gale, as well as Trevor Meiklejohn, Lisa Wiki, and Nat Moe. Their contributions, whether through mentorship, resources, or counsel, fortified the school’s athletic programs, helping them achieve unprecedented heights.

The triumph of Rangitoto College’s senior indoor teams in 2023 is a resounding testament to the power of collective effort, teamwork, and dedication. This achievement not only added new chapters to the school’s history but also serves as an inspiration for aspiring junior athletes. For the leaving players they have certainly left an amazing legacy.

Coaches: Johann Timmer and Sam Bell

Manager: Josh Bullen

Captain: Ryan Jefferson (MVP)

Coach: Nina Kerr

Manager: Jamie Sowter

Captain: Kaia Buckley

Joao Petrucci Da Silva Kiana Stevenson

Juan Carlos Quintero

Will Schmidt

Joao de Paiva Oliveira Ramalho

Cuba Rihari

James Haslam

Eric Oh

Logan Vorster

Josh Perks

Joseph Cha

Alice Bell

Jenny McMillian

Anais Blanchard

Gina Caramello

Sienna Rugg

Kalea Norton MVP

Tiana Tuivasa

Ngaawai Simpkins

Taylor Braddock

Devyn Golaboski

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Kalea Norton: Volley Ferns to Chile

This term Year 12 student Kalea Norton was named in the New Zealand Open Women’s Volleyball team that travelled to Chile.

Kalea has had an amazing school and IPC season. She was named MVP at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships in March when Rangitoto won gold. She also won gold for Harbour in the under-19 division at the inter-provincial championships and was named to that tournament team. Just for good measure, she was the reserve for the Youth Commonwealth Beach Volleyball team.

Individual Honours

NZ Open Women’s Team to Chile

MVP NZ Secondary Schools Nationals

Premier Coach Farewell

Nina Kerr, has left an indelible mark as the premier volleyball coach at Rangitoto College for half a decade. Her selection of Head Girl Kaia Buckley as captain for the last three years and her partnership with manager Jamie Sowter were keys to the success. As was the talent of Kiana Stevenson. With remarkable success, she guided her team to victory, clinching the Auckland Championships not once, but twice under her tutelage. Notably, her leadership led the first Rangitoto female team to medal at the esteemed New Zealand Nationals, a ground breaking achievement. Breaking even more barriers, her guidance propelled the Rangitoto team to unprecedented heights, securing their first-ever national championship win this year. Kerr’s dedication and strategic prowess have not only shaped athletes but have also etched a triumphant chapter in the school’s sports history.

Team Results North

Norton

Kaia Buckley

Devyn Golaboski

NZ Junior Women’s Squad

Harbour Under 19 A Gold Medal

NZ Sec Schools Tournament Team

NZ Junior Women’s Squad

Auckland Championship Tournament Team

Harbour Super 12 Selection

Harbour Under 19 A Gold Medal

NZ Sec Schools Tournament Team

Auckland Championship Tournament Team

Harbour Super 12 Selection

Harbour Under 17A Team Silver Medal

IPC Tournament Team Selection and MVP

NZ Sec Schools Tournament Team

NZ Junior Women’s Squad

Kiana Stevenson

Gina Caramello

Anais Blanchard

Ngaawai Simpkins

Harbour Super 12 Selection

Harbour Under 19 A Gold Medal

NZ Sec Schools Tournament Team

Harbour Super 12 Selection

NZ Junior Women’s Squad

Harbour Under 19A Gold Medal

Harbour Under 17A Silver Medal

IPC Tournament Team Selection

Alice Bell Harbour Under 17A Silver Medal

Taylor Braddock

Libby Cleaver

Harbour Under 17A Silver Medal

Harbour Under 17A Silver Medal

Jasmine Rugg Harbour Under 17A Silver Medal

Natalie Campbell Harbour Under 17A Silver Medal

Boys Individual Honours

MVP NZ Secondary Schools Nationals

Auckland Championship Tournament Team and MVP

Ryan Jefferson

Joao Petrucci

Da Silva

Juan Carlos Quintero

NZ Junior Mens Squad

Harbour Super 12 Selection

Harbour Under 19 A Team

NZ Sec Schools Tournament Team

NZ Junior Mens Team

Harbour Super 12 Selection

Harbour A Under 19 Team

NZ Junior Men’s Squad

Auckland Championship Tournament Team

Harbour Super 12 Selection

Joseph Cha Auckland Championship Tournament Team

Logan Vorster

Cuba Rihari

Will Schmidt

Kyson Norton

James Haslam

Josh Perks

Riley Bull

Auckland Championship Tournament Team

Harbour Under 19 A Team

NZ Junior Men’s Squad

Harbour Under 19A

Harbour Super 12 Selection

Harbour Super 12 Selection

Harbour Under19 A Team

Harbour Under 17A

Harbour Under 17A

Harbour Under 17A

Harbour Under 17A

Super League Girls 1st Boys 1st Auckland Premier League Girls 1st Boys 1st Auckland Championships Girls 2nd Boys 1st NZ Nationals Girls 1st Boys 1st
Harbour
Kalea
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Hockey

Aswe turn the pages of this calendar year and reflect on the incredible journey of the 2023 school hockey teams, we can’t help but be overwhelmed with gratitude for the guidance, support, and unwavering commitment that our coaches and managers have sacrificed.

This year was not just about winning or losing; it was about the invaluable lessons learned, the camaraderie formed, and the unforgettable memories created. The turf and the dugouts became a place of growth, resilience, and inspiration, all thanks to the dedication of our coaches and managers. Thank you to these incredible volunteers and our supporter whānau. An extra thank you to Rachel Jackson, our Teacher in Charge, for her support and leadership in this space.

Hockey Development

This programme was run during our Term 2 and 3 school holidays. It was a great initiative and a way of engaging and connecting with our wider community. The coaching services of former Black Stick Brett Leaver were offered to all players and to our surrounding primary and intermediate schools. It was well received with a huge turnout—a fantastic way to promote the sport and inspire young up-and-coming hockey athletes.

During these sessions, we had a clear goal of teaching fundamentals around passing, dribbling, creating space, tactical play in the circle, promoting teamwork and sportsmanship, refining their hockey skills, and upgrading their hockey software. There was a lot of great feedback with many families wanting more. Watch this space!

1st XI Boys

The 2023 season commenced on a high note for the 1st XI Boys, showcasing impressive performances in the Harbour competition. Their success led to their qualification for the Greater Auckland A1 competition. The team secured victories against Mt Roskill and Macleans during the competition, ultimately clinching a fifth-place finish.

The boys journeyed to Wellington for the Rankin Cup & Indian Shield tournament. Despite facing formidable opponents, the team accrued valuable experience in this premier-level competition. Their commendable effort culminated in a 30th-place finish. Notably, there were no departing Year 13 players this season, instilling optimism for their ongoing progress next year.

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1st XI Girls

The 1st XI Girls Hockey team enjoyed an exceptional season, demonstrating not only their unwavering commitment and dedication to the sport but also their remarkable on-field talent.

Competing in the fiercely competitive Premier Auckland competition, our girls consistently delivered outstanding performances against formidable opponents. During the playoffs for the third and fourth positions, they faced Saint Kentigern, and after a full-time draw, our team clinched victory in a thrilling shootout, securing well-deserved bronze medals.

However, the team’s crowning achievement was winning the prestigious Chica Gilmer Trophy. This victory was a testament to their skills, teamwork, and determined spirit. They managed to net an astonishing 45 goals while conceding only four against their opponents. Notably, Hannah Groh emerged as the tournament’s top goal scorer, further solidifying their outstanding performance.

The team is farewelling several Year 13 students this year. We extend our warmest wishes to these departing players and express our deep gratitude for their invaluable contributions to hockey at Rangitoto.

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Rangitoto College has again entered a small team of off-road cyclists into several mountain biking events this year. This includes the Auckland Secondary Schools Cross Country Mountain Biking Championships, along with national cross-country and downhill events. The Auckland regional series of races takes place across the wider Auckland Region with courses in some beautiful and scenic locations. The cross-country format races are well organised through College Sport, the Auckland Mountain Bike Club, and a handful of dedicated teachers and parents.

Courses are well planned and marked out to suit a variety of skill levels, experiences, and riding competence. The biggest challenge is often the result of the poor winter weather making the terrain slippery and harder to negotiate. Finishing these tough races deserves recognition, so well done to all our riders this year.

Rangitoto remains not only grateful to all riders for pedalling hard, having a go, and competing, but also to the many parents who get up early on Sunday mornings to transport students, and in many cases volunteer their time as marshals. Everyone involved really appreciates these efforts.

Special thanks to Alastair Fear for managing our group of mountain bikers this year by ensuring each rider was entered, prepared and ready to race at these events.

Hopefully, we can continue to build our team of mountain bikers, getting more students out onto the trails and gravel tracks. Mountain biking brings so many great benefits to fitness, health, and well-being. Pedal hard, keep safe, and enjoy the ride!

Orienteering Mountain Biking & Road Cycling

This year has been a very busy for orienteering at Rangitoto College. We have seen a huge increase in the number of students involved and participating in the different events on offer.

The first orienteering event to take place this year was the Auckland Schools North Harbour Zone Sprint Series. This series was run over five weeks at various schools in the North Harbour area. We had a total of 26 students participate in one or more of these events, ranging from beginner orienteers to those who had orienteered before. Students who placed in the top 10 (most points after the five events) were then invited to compete at the Sprint Series Finals Day held at Long Bay College and AUT North Campus. We had 6 students compete in these finals, with Alexander Robertson in Year 9 being our best performer on the day, placing 8th out of 42 competitors in the Year 9 Boys category.

We had seven students represent Rangitoto at the College Sport Rogaine Championships. This event involved students navigating rough, muddy farm terrain for 90 minutes with the aim of covering as many checkpoints as possible within the time limit. Alexander Robertson in Year 9 placed 2nd at this event in the Junior Boys Individual Grade. We also had four students compete at the College Sport Individual Championships. This was a challenging and competitive event for our students, but all did their best against the top orienteers in Auckland.

Year 12 student Kate Jobbins was our only student who represented Rangitoto College at the North Island and New Zealand Secondary School orienteering events. Kate competed extremely well in all three orienteering disciplines (short, long, and relay) and gained great experience from taking part in these events.

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Rowing

Tamsin McAsey and Ellesha Stratful were the first rowing crew since 2017 to represent Rangitoto College. They competed in Maadi, the largest secondary school competition in New Zealand, making it into the B finals for the under-18 novice double. This meant they placed 14th in the country. Tamsin and Ellesha also competed in the under-17 pair at nationals, this was a very new boat for the girls yet they were extremely close to qualifying for a B final. Another awesome achievement from Tamsin and Ellesha was winning a bronze medal at the Head of Harbour Regatta in the novice double. They also won the best novice crew award at the North Shore Rowing Clubs prizegiving.

Run Club

Rangitoto College Run Club (RC/RC) continues to grow from strength to strength. With an open-door policy for anyone and everyone, numerous students of all ages and abilities have participated on a weekly basis. Running at their own pace and level for the pure enjoyment of getting out there and having a go. Run for fun is the theme we are strongly trying to promote.

Group runs have taken place once a week after school each term with a different focus and plan each time. Poor weather has seen the group hitting the treadmills and other equipment in the Fitness Centre at times, but there have also been excursions to the local Millennium Track. Term 4 has seen students preparing for the athletic season and local community run/walk events like parkrun.co.nz.

Here are a couple of student comments:

“I am a part of the Rangitoto Run Club because I enjoy being able to socialise with fellow runners. The Run Club is a great opportunity to give and receive advice from friends to better your running experience. The club is accepting of all levels of running and is set up in a way that works for everyone. I love that Run Club can be recreational, but equally competitive.” – Cristian Nita, Year 13

“Through Run Club, I feel motivated to go for runs with friends and do longer distance running than ever before. Run Club has many people of different capabilities, that encourage others to continue running and to give advice. Because of Run Club I have seen my fitness levels increase majorly.” – Jacob Rawbone, Year 11

Run Club is excited to keep building its participation numbers and welcomes students of all abilities to enjoy group running. Come along, we look forward to seeing you.

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Netball

Netball 2023 has been a massive year at Rangitoto College. Its so great to see more and more of our young women getting into netball. We had more teams and umpires than we’ve had in a number of seasons which can be quite the feat to manage. It is thanks to our volunteers that we were able to get through the year smoothly.

We were lucky to have Ashley and Caitlin Edwards onboard to coordinate our umpires. This job was not just about allocating umpires to games but coaching and supporting our umpires through their qualifications. It is thanks to these hard-working alumni that our umpire programme is looking so strong for the future.

I am looking forward to an even bigger and better year in 2024!

Collard, Teacher in Charge of Netball

This journey has been a rollercoaster of experiences, commencing as year 9s braving the rain and cold on Monday nights, enduring the challenges of Covid-19 by practising and throwing balls against our house walls while yearning to return to the court, and ultimately getting the call up to the premier team and the chance to represent the school at the highest level. Being a part of the squad that has clinched victory in two out of three consecutive Harbour finals has been a rather life-changing experience. The dedication, perseverance, and best of all humour of the girls have been truly inspiring, motivating us to turn up week in and week out and reminding us of our love and passion for the sport. Each phase of this journey has been uniquely special, thanks to the incredible individuals who surround us—from fellow teammates (both past and present), coaches, managers, family members, and umpires, to the dedicated staff—all of whom consistently motivate us to give our best. Now as Year 13s our time in the Rangitoto netball community has come to an end. We will take with us all the memories made throughout our years representing the college. So, with our final goodbye, we would like to wish the best to our future netball players and encourage them to embrace the challenges and make the most of their time representing Rangitoto College.

Jessica Honey and Sienna Rugg, Premier 1 and UNISS teams

This season was BIG! We trialled just over 300 students which made up 11 Year 9 teams and 19 Open College teams. We had a record number of Year 9s and Year 10s in our SPA Netball team, had over 60 umpires, and also took two Open College teams to play out at Netball Waitakere as part of our development programme.

It has been a huge year of growth for our Rangitoto Netball whānau and it has been pleasing to see the many opportunities that have been embraced.

We had two teams in the Netball North Harbour Premier Grade again this season, one team in Open College A, and one team in Open College B. It has been wonderful to start seeing the results of all the hard work that we have done over the past few years with better alignment of the various aspects within our Netball programme.

Thank you to all our coaches, managers, umpires, scorers, players, and their whānau for contributing so positively to this season.

Thank you to the Rangitoto College staff who continue to support our students through the encouragement of keeping active and to the many of you who we have seen courtside supporting our teams.

We are looking forward to offering new opportunities in 2024 and are excited to see our players to continue grow in the game.

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UNISS

Upper North Island Secondary School Championships (UNISS) for 2023 was held down in Hamilton. We took a team of 12 to compete in the A Grade for the second consecutive year. Throughout the week we competed closely with teams from across the North Island. Playing two full games each day, with 10 games in total our girls showed resilience as well as mental and physical strength. Our girls finished 18th in A Grade, meaning we retain our spot for 2024. A special mention to Julia Browne and Kyel Anderson who showed everyone the true meaning of getting out there and giving it everything with both girls rarely spending time on the side-line. A huge congratulations to Kyel Anderson who also got named in the A Grade tournament team. This is a phenomenal achievement for Kyel. It has been a long time since we had a player recognised in this squad. A special thank you to our Year 13s Sienna Rugg, Jessica Honey, Mikaela Leger, and Charlotte Harris. Thank you for your contribution to Rangitoto Netball.

Jamie Sowter, Premier 2 Coach and Premier 1 Assistant Coach

Umpires

Our netball games cannot be played without umpires officiating on the sidelines in all weather, rain, or shine. It is daunting as a student deciding to give it a go—picking up a whistle and officiating a game played by your peers with a sideline full of coaches and parents. This year we had a record number of 31 new students begin learning to umpire. This season these new umpires trained on the court with a senior umpire buddy coaching them at every game until they felt confident.

Congratulations to all our umpires who gained new qualifications this year. Through hard work, our umpires passed a total of 72 umpire qualifications this season, with four of our students passing their Netball NZ Zone Theory Level in 2023. Thank you to our volunteer umpire coaches from Rangitoto College and NNH for giving up their valuable time to assist us with training our growing umpire squad. Student umpire Emma Edwards officiated at the U16s netball tournament in New Plymouth this year and was joined by Emma Brandt to both officiate at the netball UNISS tournament in Hamilton in August, travelling with our Rangitoto umpire co-ordinators Caitlin and Ashley Edwards and alumna Julia Lim. This is an amazing opportunity to receive coaching from high-level umpires from around the North Island during the tournaments. Come and join us in 2024 and give netball umpiring a go!

Caitlin and Ashley Edwards, Netball Umpire Co-Ordinators

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Rugby

1st XV

The 1st XV had a successful season this year with all players growing in their skills, leadership, and teamwork. The team quickly came together after a tough preseason with the coaches and players’ leadership group driving real emphasis on brotherhood. The team quickly became a tightknit group. Although the team had some tough results against some of the stronger sides in the 1A competition, the boys have steadily improved across all games and represented both their college and themselves excellently well. Coaches Craig Hewetson and Boyd Gillespie were not only instrumental in setting a positive culture within the team, but they also made it clear to the boys that it was the performance that they were after, not just the result, and testament to this the team have grown each practice and each game. This has been excellent to see and victories against Manurewa and Orewa this year are real highlights of the season. Congratulations must also go to Lucas Pritchard, Eduan Kleynhans, and Taine Hewetson who were named in the Harbour U18 Squad.

From this side, we expect to see many of the boys return to play 1st XV rugby in the future. With many of the Year 11s in the side already capped, their experience in growing a strong 1st XV for the college in the future

Premier Girls

Rangitoto’s Premier Girls Rugby team has had an excellent 2023 season. Playing in the North Harbour Youth Rugby competition, the girls won almost all round-robin games against various schools, with one 5-12 loss against formidable competitors Westlake Girls High School. Late June saw the competition final against Westlake Girls, held on a cloudy day in front of supporters from both sides. The tight game saw Rangitoto coming away with a 19-5 win. This success allowed the team to go on to challenge Northland winners, Bay of Islands College. The players enjoyed the experience of travelling up to Kawakawa and going head-to-head against such a talented team. Bay of Islands College took the win with a 12-48 final score.

Tino pai to the dedicated players and ngā mihi to all involved in this fantastic season!

will be invaluable. From what the coaches have seen so far this season, we feel the future of Rangitoto College rugby is bright.

2nd XV

A core group of strong boys became the heart of the team this year and although the results did not go their way, they represented the school with pride and passion all year. Thank you to all the coaches and players who helped to support our 2nd XV this year.

U15 Girls

It was the first year of playing tackle rugby for almost all our U15 girls this year. We started by working on the safety skills of the game, which paid off well as the girls worked out they could play this sport and handle the contact. There was plenty of fun and laughter along the way and the enthusiasm to learn was great.

As the season and round two progressed, our girls were demonstrating improved skills and abilities greater than our opponents. At the end of the season, we were particularly proud of the team’s ability to control the ball over multiple phases.

Well done on your first season girls and we look forward to seeing some great rugby from you in the future!

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Youth 14 Red

We started the season with an epic Rangitoto versus Rangitoto 5-all draw. Nothing left in the tank on either side. A last-gasp win next up was then followed by a few hard lessons and a couple that we let slip. School bragging rights went to us on the return match against Rangitoto Blue and we ended with a 3-win, 9-loss, and 1-draw season.

We made the semi-final and playing our best rugby, came away with an awesome win over one of the many Westlake teams. Looking forward to the 2024 season already!

Youth 15

The Youth 15 team enjoyed a rollercoaster year with many ups and downs. After a rough start to the year, where the results didn’t represent the effort and brand of rugby the boys played losing games by small margins. The tide started to turn, and the team enjoyed some success towards the end of the year—they ended up winning the final! Congratulations to all the players, coaches, managers, and parents who were supporting this team.

Youth 14 Blue

This year the Under 14 Blue team started with 17 keen players who quickly developed into a team that showed character and resolve. One of the many learnings was that the boys had to play in positions that they were unfamiliar with— they did this with enthusiasm and a desire to do the best for their team. A culture quickly developed where the boys were prepared to work for each other. A lot of fun was had at training and some effective friendships were formed. We are looking forward to next season.

Youth 16

Wow, what another incredible year! Youth 16 champions!

The Youth 16 Rugby team was made up of players from Year 9 to 12 with varying rugby experience. These boys came together strongly and enthusiastically. Dedicated parent coaches Brent Bibbie and Wade Kirkland built on the success of the 2022 season, creating a great team culture and ensuring the boys played with skill and determination. They always played as a team and were willing to soak up new learnings—it was all about improvement week on week. They had an outstanding season, going through both the pre-season and the regular season undefeated!

They then stepped up another gear for the semi-finals and finals, having convincing wins against Orewa and Kaipara to take out the championship.

The future of Rangitoto Rugby is bright with these boys coming through.

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Sailing

Rangitoto College continued with superb form this year and our sailors jumped at the chance to compete at racing regattas with great success.

North of the Bridge Team Racing Regatta

This regatta is for all colleges north of the Harbour Bridge and was held at Parua Bay, Whangārei. The Rangitoto College Sailing Team has won this regatta every time they have competed in it over the past five years—so no pressure on a new youthful co-ed team! After a close battle in light winds, Rangitoto College came away with another win! The team was Arran Begic, Ben Hall, Sergio He, Josh Ferrissey, Naiomi Ferrissey, Joe Leith, Louie Poletti, and Chloe Turner. This regatta is a seeding regatta for nationals and ensured Rangitoto College started in Gold Fleet.

National Team Racing Regatta

Nationals were held in the first week of the April school holidays at Algies Bay. Starting in Gold Fleet with 34 colleges from around New Zealand competing, Rangitoto College as always was competing against the top all-boys schools for the title. Our team of Arran Begic, Tehya Harris, Alex Hebberd, Josh Ferrissey, Naiomi Ferrissey, Joe Leith, Louie Poletti, and Chloe Turner had some epic battles against the other top schools, Christ’s College, Auckland Grammar, and Westlake Boys.

In very windy conditions, our co-ed team proved to be the fastest team on the water led well by Joe Leith (Year 11) and Josh Ferrissey (Year 11) out front in a class of boat they sail full-time with young helm Arran Begic (Year 9) showing great skills in the double hander and ILCA sailor Louie Poletti (Year 12) also.

After some 150 races over the week, it came down to a final race to crown the national champions with Rangitoto College and Westlake Boys well out in front overall. Our team got three debatable penalties to nil in the final and still managed to come back and cross ahead of Westlake only for another penalty on the line against Rangitoto. The two teams were then tied on equal wins in total, with the countback going in Westlake’s favour on that last race. It was gutting for our team, but a truly great team effort (especially given our co-ed status and the younger age of our team) and we were awarded the silver medal this time around.

Open Fleet National Titles

Rangitoto College sailors won a number of national titles and podiums:

• Joe Leith and Josh Ferrissey National Champions 420 Open Class

• Naiomi Ferrissey National Champion ILCA 6 Female Youth Class

• Louie Poletti Runner Up ILCA 6 Male Youth Class

• Chloe Turner Runner Up 29er Open Female Class

World Championships

Four Rangitoto College sailors were selected and competed in their class world championship at events:

Joe Leith and Josh Ferrissey—38th Gold Fleet 420 Open Worlds (Alicante, Spain). The boys actually led the worlds after 4/12 races but came unstuck in very light races later in the regatta and some early starting penalties.

Naiomi Ferrissey—31st Gold Fleet ILCA 6 Female Youth Worlds (Dziwnow, Poland). This is a superb result especially given it was the first ILCA international regatta for Naiomi.

Chloe Turner—29th Female Team 29er Open Worlds (Weymouth, England). Another superb result for a young 14-year-old sailor in a very experienced fleet.

Joe Leith and Josh Ferrissey—31st Gold Fleet Junior Europeans (Gydnia, Poland).

We would like to thank Brownz Tagaloa, Trevor Meiklejohn, Peter Harwood, Don Hastie, Patrick Gale, and Rangitoto College for their enthusiasm and support of the team.

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In March, our boys and girls teams competed in the One Day Senior Softball Tournament, held at Prince Edward Park, Papakura. The length of the games was quite short, only three innings or 40 minutes, whichever came first.

The girls were up against some tough teams losing three games and a draw. They played well getting some runs in most games. Not a bad finish on the table, 4th overall in their pool and not a bad result against the overall tournament winners, One Tree Hill College.

• One Tree Hill loss 7-4

• Alfriston draw 3-3

• Rosehill loss 10-0

• Birkenhead loss 5-2

Squash Softball

Our squash players, male and female teams, can be justifiably proud of the way in which they succeed against all odds. They need to practice and train independently as squash courts are not easily accessible. A home match is unfortunately usually far away, and often against more experienced players. The Junior Boys team had a successful season in their league and they can feel confident about progressing into and competing in the senior leagues next season. The Senior Boys team battled hard too in their fixtures with some successes. Thank you to the parent helpers who facilitated these boys’ involvement in many and various ways.

The boys had a good day, better than previous years, finishing 3rd overall in their pool winning two games out of the four and almost beating the overall tournament winners, Alfriston College.

• Western Springs win 7-1

• Mt Albert loss 6-2

• Alfriston loss 5-3

• Pakuranga win 6-5

Thank you to all the students who took part, along with the support of the parents who helped and supported on the day. We look forward to taking part in the tournament again in 2024.

The Senior Girls team, however, were once again full of sunshine, laughter, singing, dancing, and also resounding victories. In the top female Auckland league, the team pushed each opposition aside before falling at the last hurdle in the league final. The final itself was an exhilarating affair accompanied by a vociferous supporting crowd, cheering at each and every point, with the viewers vying to establish vantage points to witness the epic battle on the court below.

Unfortunately, the Rangitoto team could not force an upset but the team were very happy with their runner-up position.

Congratulations and thanks to the four players who starred from Year 13 of Georgia Astridge-Emery, Jenny McMillan, Lisa Zhou, and led by Charlotte Harris. Charlotte Harris wins the 2023 Most Valuable Player award. She has amazingly not missed a match for four years and she has won nearly every one of her matches during that time.

The Rangitoto squash teams for 2024 will need lots of new members to join us, both male and female, both experienced and beginners, and from any year level. All are welcome! Just let our Sports Department know that you are available!

Neil Harris, Teacher in Charge of Squash

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Surfing

This year an enthusiastic group of surfers represented Rangitoto College at the Auckland Scholastics Surfing Championships. The first round was held at South Piha in challenging overhead surf. The under-14 boys and under-18 boys showed great sportsmanship and encouraged each other to compete in powerful surf. Sebastian Arciszewski and Koby Stanaway were stand-out performers in the under-14 boys division at Piha and got through to the semifinals.

The second round was held at Omaha beach in a much more manageable and clean 2-3 foot surf. Both Sebastian Arciszewski and Koby Stanaway got through to the semifinals in the under-14 boys division. In the under-18 boys division, Sam Westerkamp got into the finals and finished 4th.

Later in the year, the New Zealand Schools Surfing Champs was held at Manu Bay in 3-5 foot surf. Sam Westerkamp, Joel Thorburn, Toby Coombe, and Quinn Jude competed in the under-18 boys division. They all caught great waves during their heats and connected high-performance manoeuvres to generate competitive scores.

Next year the competitors representing Rangitoto College will have another year of experience and it will be exciting to see how they go in these events. Moreover, they will continue to develop great friendships and shared experiences through the joys of surfing.

Table Tennis

Rangitoto College’s commitment to excellence in competitive table tennis team was a huge success in the recent North Harbour competition, where six dedicated teams battled it out on Friday evenings for the win. Among these outstanding teams was our A Grade team which stood out, capturing the gold medals for Terms 2 and 3 competitions. The winning quartet of Edmond Jia, Joshua Lu, Jerry Hi, and Ben Xiong demonstrated their exceptional skills, teamwork, and determination, making our school proud.

A few of our teams qualified for the Auckland Teams Championships. Here, our B Grade team took out silver. Their achievement exemplified the depth of growth we now have in our programme and the talent and commitment within Rangitoto College’s table tennis community. This success would not have been possible without the ongoing support and coaching of Albert Cheng.

Running alongside our competitive play, our school also fosters a strong sense of community and sportsmanship. Over 60 students were engaged in our social league, coming together on Wednesday afternoons in Gym 1 to enjoy the spirit of the game, build friendships, and have fun.

We look forward to embracing further growth and student involvement in 2024.

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Swimming

Another stellar year for Rangitoto swimmers.

The year started strong with the first of the Auckland College Sport events, the Northern Zone being hosted at the National Aquatic Centre in March with the athletes producing solid results, this was then followed up with Champion of Champions also in March and finishing off with the Individual Championships in June. Once again, a really solid performance from the students along with many podium finishes in all of the College Sport race series events.

Term 1 was action-packed with many of the students racing at New Zealand Championships and New Zealand Age Groups. Rangitoto had some outstanding swims by the students at these national meets with some of them taking out national titles, including the naming of Summer Osborne as the new Aquablack #286 which resulted in her selection into the New Zealand team travelling to the World Aquatic Championships in Fukuoka in July. Summer also booked herself a spot as the captain of the national team travelling to Israel in September to the World Junior Aquatic Championships. What an incredible achievement as she finishes her final year at Rangitoto College.

New Zealand Secondary Schools did not disappoint despite the team being smaller in numbers than in previous years. Once again, the team secured another co-ed title for Rangitoto College for 2023. Fourth year in a row—an outstanding achievement.

New Zealand Short Course was next off the starting blocks which was hosted in the Hawkes Bay. This meet was held over a five-day period with a great show from the Rangitoto crew representing their clubs and securing further national titles.

A fantastic year overall for all our students with some amazing results.

Special thanks to Tonya Osborne, our most amazing team manager, who has contributed to the success of our swimming programme by devoting her time to be poolside with our swimming students at the various meets over her daughter’s time at the College. Tonya’s wealth of swimming knowledge and passion for the sport and seeing our students achieve has been invaluable.

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Tag

Atagday out is always a good day out! The sun was shining, and players were keen to get out there as it really was our first experience at a tournament day after a long while.

Passion, dedication, and support for each other and the sport were evident throughout the tournament.

Our boys always showcase their skill and speed, and our girls’ consistency and smarts lead them to winning the Senior Girls A grade.

Our senior girls in Term 1, went through to finish 3rd at the Auckland championship! Such a great achievement for our first time attending.

We are planning on building on our tag achievements as a talented cohort of juniors come through the ranks.

Special thanks to Wade Kirkland who has been leading our tag space for the past few years and Mark Simpkins who has come on board also. Thank you to Brownz Tagaloa whose focus on building a supportive tag community and developing our players is steering us in the right direction.

We are looking forward to seeing where tag takes our athletes in the future.

Tennis

Senior Girls

Competing in a Senior A competition is always going to be a tough when the team comprises of mostly junior students with little experience of playing at a competitive level. This was the situation our girls’ tennis team faced this year however, to their credit, they embraced the challenge and travelled across wider Auckland to compete against experienced players, finishing 7th out of eight school teams.

Despite not recording a win, the girls always demonstrated grit and determination, and at times the results did not truly reveal the closeness of match scores. The players displayed courage, one of the school’s core values, each week when they took the court, and gained great experience from playing in this challenging competition. All team members must be applauded for their cheerful outlook and willingness to improve their playing skills.

Senior Boys

Our Senior Boys team had a more successful season by making the final and coming runners up in the College Sport Auckland Premier competition, the first time in a number of years.

The team played at a consistently high level throughout the fiercely competitive league format of weekly matches. Rangitoto had impressive wins over Macleans College, Botany Downs, and Auckland Grammar and lost a hard-fought battle against Westlake Boys in the final.

Year 12 Chan Min also performed exceptionally well in the Auckland Champs of Champs tournament winning the Senior Boys singles title over Kings College 6-1, 4-6, 10-7. Year 13 students Nicolas Ouwehand and Nathan Agethen combined well to reach the semi-finals of the Senior Boys doubles, losing to eventual winners Westlake Boys.

Chan, Santiago Gonzalez, and Michael Yang will anchor a strong team to compete in the 2024 school competitions.

A big thank you goes to Joanne Ouwehand and Kate Fenton for managing the teams. The time and effort you spent organising, transporting, and supporting our tennis athletes is greatly appreciated.

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Weightlifting

Rangitoto weightlifting has had a positive year while we are in the rebuilding phase with new lifters entering the sport.

We have competed in the Auckland Secondary School competition as well as the Secondary School Nationals which were held in Auckland.

All seven lifters received Gold or Silver medals for their efforts which was fantastic as it was their first Nationals in their new sport.

This is our 9th year representing the school at Secondary School Nationals and we continue to have outstanding results at each competition.

I look forward to next year's competition.

Coach Nicole Kumerich

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Grace Qi, Year 12 Painting

Water Polo

Waterpolo has again continued to be very successful in 2023. The students involved are extremely dedicated and committed to becoming better water polo players which has shown in the results achieved by our teams as well as individual achievements. All teams have amazing support from our coaches, managers and parents which also contributes hugely to the success of the programme.

Premier Girls

The Rangitoto Premier Girls Water Polo team enjoyed a hugely successful 2023 season! Under the phenomenal coaching of Chelsea Geary and Ava Cooper, the team went from strength to strength as the season progressed. Term 4 in 2022 involved trials and weekly trainings, including beach swims at Mairangi Bay during the summer holidays. A preseason tournament over Anniversary Weekend was a great lead-up to Term 1, and in February training ramped up to three sessions weekly, plus one gym session and three individual swim sessions. College Sport games during Term 1 were on Friday and Sunday nights, and we finished fourth with a close loss to Baradene in the finals. We were edged out of the top four by Aquinas at the North Island Secondary Schools to finish fifth with a win over Westlake, later turning the tables by beating Aquinas by one goal at Nationals! We peaked in Christchurch, winning bronze in our final against Baradene, and almost beating the winning team (St Cuthbert) going to penalties in the semi-finals. What a great way to say goodbye to our Year 13s Hayley Boyce and Keira Conboy. A huge thank you to coaches Chelsea and Ava, our amazing manager Angela O’Brien and to Miss Mouat and Mr. Meiklejohn for all your support this year.

Senior B Girls

The Rangi Senior B Water Polo Girls played another great season this year. Despite being a relatively young squad, they achieved 2nd place in their Auckland league. This year the team also participated in the Division 2 National Champs, finishing in 13th place. They all gave it their absolute best and achieved great improvements on both an individual level and as a team. A special mention goes out to our Year 13 player Kayla Gilfillan in her final season of school water polo. Huge thank you to Rachael Roset for coaching the girls again this year and helping them improve each game. Also, to Catherine Armes for managing and supporting the team every week.

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Premier Boys

This year was a big step up for several the players in the Premier Boys Water Polo team, with nine players joining the team after the departure of much of the team last year. The boys had a great start to the season, and performed well in the College Sport Auckland League, narrowly missing out on the bronze medal in a tight final match against Auckland Grammar, to place fourth. A solid performance at the North Island Secondary Schools competition in March saw the boys place 6th, in another tight final game against Auckland Grammar. Third time proved to be the charm when the boys came up against Auckland Grammar again at New Zealand Secondary Schools in Christchurch, finally beating them in the semi-finals. Falling just short of a Top 4 finish, the boys placed 5th—the best boys result of any North Shore school. Coach Jake Lockwood, Manager Felicity Roberts and Team Captain Michael Rodgers did a great job leading this young team to a great start for their first season together.

Senior B Boys

This year’s Senior B Boys Water Polo team was a young team and for most it was their first experience of playing senior water polo. The team were in good hands with coaches Samantha Bentley and Darcy Spark (both Rangitoto alumni) whose skills, knowledge and experience helped the team to improve each game. The team competed in the Senior B grade of the College Sport Auckland League and placed 4th in their division. The highlight of the season was taking part in the New Zealand Secondary School Division 2 Nationals and placed a well-deserved 15th out of 20 teams. Nationals was a tough but great experience for all the players as they were challenged by opponents who were older and bigger. This did not deter the team who played with determination and had a never give up attitude. The team had a mixed bag of results at Nationals with two wins and three losses. A big thank you to Lisa Scott for managing the team this year and to Samantha and Darcy for the time and effort they put into coaching the boys to become better water polo players. Bring on the 2024 season.

Junior Water Polo

This year we had four junior water polo teams. Junior A Boys coached by Michael Rodgers, Junior B Boys coached by Thomas Armes, Junior Girls coached by Robbie Tindall and Junior Mixed coached by Darcy Spark and Samantha Bentley for Term 2, and Mackenzie Rogers and Stevi Cooper for Term 3 and 4. All teams played in the North Harbour competition, with our top teams also competing in the College Sport Auckland League and the North Island Secondary School tournament. All teams saw great improvement throughout the season and came away with some great results.

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Arts Awards

The2023 Arts Awards evening was a vibrant and joyful celebration amidst a swampy-fairy-tale décor—in honour of this year’s school production of Shrek The Musical—with over 150 students recognised for their service, contribution, and achievement in the co-curricular arts at Rangitoto College. We sincerely thank these students for the character, energy, and spirit they bring to our school community, and to the generous and talented staff who facilitate and support the many facets of our co-curricular programmes.

Special Awards 2023

Olive Mortimer & Shane Warman 13 Zigliani Cup for Excellence in Performing Arts 2023 Performing Artist of the Year

Joel Bird 12 Rock Trophy

Kimi Chemlev 13 Concert Band Cup

Millie Cong 10 Wind Orchestra Trophy

Laura Dymond 13 Grant Robinson Memorial Cup for Vocal Enthusiasm and Commitment

Jake Ellis 12 Rock Trophy

Harry Engleback 13 Theatresports/Drama Improvisation Cup

Carly Fear 11 Most Potential in Drama

Rory FenwickRose 13 Choir Cup for Excellence

Jesse Hall-Judge 13 Devotion to Dance

Summer Hawkins 12 Magnum Dance Company Senior Trophy

Taine Hewetson 13 Claire Wheeler Memorial Trophy for Outstanding Effort in Drama

Sammy Hook 13 Best Contribution to Drama

Alex Kim 12 Sinfonia Trophy

Olesya Korchagina 12 Jackson-Tretchikoff Cup for Outstanding Contribution to Stage Sound and Lighting

Lyn Lin 11 Outstanding Achievement in Dance

Lucas Liu 13 Brash Cup for Achievement in Debating

Jennifer Liu 13 Outstanding Creativity Trophy

Greer McKenzie 12 Moynihan/McKinnon Rosebowl for Best Contribution to Debating

Ted Salmon 12 Rock Trophy

Special congratulations to our top trophy winners:

Shane Warman - Best Contribution to Music

Sammy Hook - Best Contribution to Drama

Sophia Snelgrove - Best Contribution to Dance

Olive Mortimer & Shane Warman – Zigliani Cup for Excellence in Performing Arts, and our 2023 Performing Artists of the Year!

Breanna Seo 13 Jazz Orchestra Cup

Daniel Stanger 13

Robbie Cederwall Memorial Trophy for Passion and Dedication in Dance

Daiki Suzuki 13 Concert Band Cup

Dylan Tang 13 Orchestra Cup

Jess Thompson 13 Drama Company Trophy

Frazer Timmis 13

Grant Robinson Memorial Cup for Vocal Enthusiasm and Commitment

Anthony Wang 13 Orchestra Cup

Nithini Weeraratne 10 Junior Jazz Orchestra Trophy

William Wei 13 Chamber Orchestra Cup

Caleb Wright 12 Rock Trophy

Felicia Zhang 13 Outstanding Creativity Trophy

Alicia Zhou 10 Magnum Dance Company Junior Trophy

Marissa Zhou 13 Outstanding Achievement in Dance

Robert Kim 12 Rock Trophy

Jazz Improvisation Trophy

Georgia Aitken 13 Most Potential in Performing Arts

Vocal Trophy

Outstanding Performance in a Production

Olive Mortimer 13 Excellence and Service to Drama

Sophia Snelgrove 13

Shane Warman 13

Excellence and Service to Dance

Most Potential in Dance

Outstanding Creativity Trophy

Best Contribution to Dance

Big Band Trophy

Jazz Combo Trophy

Jazz Improvisation Trophy

Best Contribution to Music

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Sophie Bisset 11

Arts Awards 2023

Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe

Casey Devonshire 12 Excellent Achievement in Drama Company

Echo Dong 13 Outstanding Service to Wind Orchestra

Jake Ellis 12

Myah Findlater 12

Bella Iti 11

Excellent Achievement in Rock

Excellent Achievement in Magnum Senior Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe

Lucas Liu 13 Excellent Achievement in Debating

Zhenni Liu 13 Outstanding Service to Tech Crew

Cody Lunny 13 Outstanding Service to Tech Crew

Brya Mathers 11 Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe

Olivia Maynard 12 Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe

Oscar McMillan 13 Outstanding Service to Wind Orchestra

David Paas 13 Outstanding Service to Wind Orchestra

Paco Poon 13 Outstanding Service to Concert Band

Mila Reid 11 Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe

Ted Salmon 12 Excellent Achievement in Rock

Hayun Seo 13 Outstanding Service to Chamber Orchestra

Serafine Sheldon 13 Outstanding Service to Serenata

Lucas Wang 11 Excellent Achievement in Chamber Music

Bernice Wannenburg 12

Jiwoo Yeam 12

Excellent Achievement in Magnum Senior Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Magnum Senior Troupe

Karni Boock 13 Achievement in Shrek The Musical Outstanding Service to Concert Band

Yule Chon 12 Excellent Achievement in Big Band

Excellent Achievement in Jazz Combo

Andy Colson 12 Excellent Achievement in Big Band Achievement in Jazz Combo

Sam Davies 11 Excellent Achievement in Shrek The Musical Service to Drama Company

Charlotte Dobbs 13 Outstanding Service to Serenata Outstanding Service to The Fundamentals

Harry Engleback 13 Excellent Achievement in Theatresports Outstanding Service to Theatresports

Jessica Han 12 Excellent Achievement in Magnum Senior Troupe Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe

Taine Hewetson 13 Excellent Achievement in Shrek The Musical Outstanding Service to Shrek The Musical

Sammy Hook 13 Excellent Achievement in Drama Company Outstanding Service to Drama Company

Helen Huang 13 Outstanding Service to Serenata Outstanding Service to The Fundamentals

Rebecca Huang 13 Outstanding Service to Serenata Service to Debating

Kayla Hurcum 13 Outstanding Service to Symphony Orchestra Service to Chamber Orchestra

Amanda Li 13 Achievement in Songwriting Outstanding Service to Serenata

Wyatt Liu 11

Achievement in Jazz Orchestra

Significant Contribution to Performing Arts

Angela Ludajic 13 Outstanding Service to Symphony Orchestra

Outstanding Service to Chamber Orchestra

Jay Seo 12

Excellent Achievement in Big Band Achievement in Jazz Combo

Anthony Wang 13 Outstanding Service to Symphony Orchestra Service to Concert Band

Daniel Wei 11

Callum Wilson 13

Jessica Zhu 11

Jorja Boese 11

Laura Dymond 13

Excellent Achievement in Big Band Achievement in Jazz Combo

Excellent Achievement in Theatresports Service to Theatresports

Excellent Achievement in Magnum Senior Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Magnum Senior Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Solo Dance

Achievement in Drama Company

Outstanding Service to Serenata Service to The Fundamentals

Devon FenwickRose 12 Achievement in Jazz Orchestra Service to Sinfonia Orchestra

Ryleigh Hing 12

Significant Contribution to Performing Arts

Excellent Achievement in Magnum Senior Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Solo Dance

Raymond Huang 13 Achievement in Debating

Outstanding Service to Concert Band Service to Debating

Callum KeerKeer 11

Jennifer Liu 13

Harrison Maxwell 12

Daiki Suzuki 13

Dylan Tang 13

Felicia Zhang 13

Excellent Achievement in Big Band

Achievement in Shrek The Musical Service to Symphony Orchestra

Excellent Achievement in Hip Hop Mega Crew

Achievement in Dance Choreography

Outstanding Service to Hip Hop Mega Crew

Excellent Achievement in Drama Company Service to The Fundamentals

Contribution to Performing Arts

Achievement in Shrek The Musical Outstanding Service to Concert Band

Outstanding Service to Symphony Orchestra

Achievement in Shrek The Musical

Outstanding Service to Concert Band

Outstanding Service to Symphony Orchestra

Excellent Achievement in Hip Hop Mega Crew

Achievement in Dance Choreography

Outstanding Service to Hip Hop Mega Crew

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Elinor Coghlan 12

Jesse Hall-Judge 13

Summer Hawkins 12

Jedi Jumig 12

Lyn Lin 11

Feifei Sun 13

Excellent Achievement in Big Band

Excellent Achievement in Drama Company

Excellent Achievement in Jazz Combo

Significant Contribution to Performing Arts

Excellent Achievement in Magnum Senior Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe

Outstanding Service to Magnum Senior Troupe

Outstanding Service to Overture Ballet Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Magnum Senior Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe

Achievement in Dance Choreography Service to Magnum Senior Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Shrek The Musical

Achievement in Songwriting Service to The Fundamentals

Contribution to Performing Arts

Excellent Achievement in Dance Choreography

Excellent Achievement in Magnum Senior Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe

Service to Overture Ballet Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Magnum Senior Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe

Outstanding Service to Magnum Senior Troupe

Outstanding Service to Overture Ballet Troupe

Robert Kim 12

Excellent Achievement in Big Band

Excellent Achievement in Jazz Combo

Excellent Achievement in Rock

Achievement in Shrek The Musical Contribution to Performing Arts

Alex Kim 12

Excellent Achievement in Big Band

Achievement in Jazz Combo

Service to Big Band

Service to Sinfonia Orchestra

Contribution to Performing Arts

Julian Roe 12

Melody Ullrich 12

Brian Wang 13

Sammy Goad 12

Excellent Achievement in Magnum Senior Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Solo Dance Service to Magnum Senior Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Big Band

Excellent Achievement in Jazz Combo

Outstanding Service to Jazz Combo

Service to Big Band

Achievement in Jazz Orchestra

Service to Chamber Orchestra

Service to Serenata

Service to Symphony Orchestra

Significant Contribution to Performing Arts

Jess Thompson 13

Excellent Achievement in Big Band Achievement in Jazz Combo

Achievement in Shrek The Musical Service to Symphony Orchestra

Contribution to Performing Arts

Excellent Achievement in Drama Company

Achievement in Shrek The Musical Achievement in Songwriting

Outstanding Service to Drama Company Service to Magnum Company

William Wei 13

Achievement in Shrek The Musical

Outstanding Service to Chamber Orchestra

Outstanding Service to Symphony Orchestra Service to The Fundamentals

Contribution to Performing Arts

Daniel Stanger 13

Excellent Achievement in Drama Company

Outstanding Service to Cambiata

Outstanding Service to Drama Company

Outstanding Service to Hip Hop Mega Crew

Outstanding Service to The Fundamentals

Contribution to Performing Arts

Marissa Zhou 13

Excellent Achievement in Dance Choreography

Excellent Achievement in Magnum Senior Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe

Outstanding Service to Magnum Senior Troupe

Outstanding Service to Overture Ballet Troupe Service to Hip Hop Mega Crew

Georgia Aitken 13

Excellent Achievement in Drama Company

Excellent Achievement in Shrek The Musical

Outstanding Service to Drama Company

Daniel Kim 13

Excellent Achievement in Big Band

Achievement in Jazz Combo

Achievement in Shrek The Musical Service to Big Band Service to Jazz Combo

Outstanding Service to Magnum Company

Outstanding Service to Shrek The Musical Service to Hip Hop Mega Crew

Contribution to Performing Arts

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Kimi Chemlev 13

Excellent Achievement in Big Band

Outstanding Service to Cambiata

Outstanding Service to Concert Band

Outstanding Service to Symphony Orchestra

Service to Big Band

Service to Jazz Combo

Contribution to Performing Arts

Breanna Seo 13

Achievement in Jazz Combo

Achievement in Jazz Orchestra

Outstanding Service to Jazz Combo

Outstanding Service to Jazz Orchestra

Outstanding Service to Serenata

Outstanding Service to The Fundamentals

Contribution to Performing Arts

Sophia Snelgrove 13

Caleb Wright 12

Excellent Achievement in Hip Hop Mega Crew

Excellent Achievement in Magnum Senior Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe

Outstanding Service to Hip Hop Mega Crew

Outstanding Service to Magnum Senior Troupe

Outstanding Service to Overture Ballet Troupe

Achievement in Dance Choreography

Excellent Achievement in Rock Achievement in Jazz Combo

Achievement in Jazz Orchestra

Achievement in Songwriting Service to Cambiata Service to The Fundamentals

Significant Contribution to Performing Arts

Joel Bird 12

Excellent Achievement in Big Band

Excellent Achievement in Drama Company

Excellent Achievement in Jazz Combo

Excellent Achievement in Rock

Achievement in Shrek The Musical

Achievement in Songwriting Service to Drama Company

Significant Contribution to Performing Arts

Rory FenwickRose 13

Excellent Achievement in Big Band

Outstanding Service to Cambiata

Outstanding Service to Concert Band

Outstanding Service to Symphony Orchestra

Outstanding Service to The Fundamentals

Service to Big Band

Service to Jazz Combo

Significant Contribution to Performing Arts

Shane Warman 13

Excellent Achievement in Big Band

Excellent Achievement in Jazz Combo

Outstanding Service to Big Band

Outstanding Service to Cambiata

Outstanding Service to Concert Band

Outstanding Service to Jazz Combo

Outstanding Service to The Fundamentals

Contribution to Performing Arts

Excellent Achievement in Big Band

Excellent Achievement in Jazz Combo

Achievement in Shrek The Musical

Outstanding Service to Big Band

Outstanding Service to Concert Band

Outstanding Service to Jazz Combo

Outstanding Service to Symphony Orchestra

Outstanding Service to Wind Orchestra Service to The Fundamentals

Significant Contribution to Performing Arts

Olive Mortimer 13

Excellent Achievement in Drama Company

Excellent Achievement in Magnum Company

Excellent Achievement in Magnum Senior Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe

Excellent Achievement in Songwriting

Achievement in Shrek The Musical

Outstanding Service to Drama Company

Outstanding Service to Magnum Company

Outstanding Service to Magnum Senior Troupe

Service to Overture Ballet Troupe

Contribution to Performing Arts

Frazer Timmis
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Merit Awards 2023

Alissa Antipova 10 Service to Tech Crew

Amy Bai 12 Achievement in Jazz Orchestra

Luke Bartram 13 Service to Symphony Orchestra

Hugh Bell 12 Achievement in Drama Company

Alex Brandt 12 Service to Debating

Luke Burkett 11 Achievement in Jazz Orchestra

Anneka Cai 13 Service to Hip Hop Mega Crew

Katrina Chen 12 Service to Debating

Natasha Chen 12 Service to Serenata

Millie Cong 10 Service to Wind Orchestra

Maddi CooperWiki 11 Achievement in Drama Company

Sadie Cusens 11 Service to Drama Company

Carly Fear 11 Achievement in Drama Company

Cole Fraser Cornish 11 Achievement in Jazz Combo

Alyssa Gailer 12 Service to The Minuettes

Maddy Hailes 10 Service to Magnum Junior Troupe

Lianne Kim 12 Service to Debating

Rosie Lenik 10 Achievement in Drama Company

Cynthia Li 13 Service to Debating

Phoebe Lin 12 Service to Debating

Catherine Liu 11 Contribution to Performing Arts

Max Lloyd 10 Achievement in Drama Company

Greer McKenzie 12 Service to Debating

Rory Mulcahy 11 Achievement in Jazz Orchestra

Junsu Na 10 Service to Sinfonia Orchestra

Lily Newman 10 Service to Magnum Junior Troupe

Finley Pollitt 12 Achievement in Jazz Orchestra

Austin Qie 11 Achievement in Jazz Orchestra

Sadra

Rafienezhad 9 Achievement in Drama Company

Mia Rajaratnam 9 Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe

Jacob Rawbone 11 Service to Tech Crew

Theo Rea 10 Achievement in Jazz Combo

Zoe Reynolds 13 Service to Symphony Orchestra

Chloe Seo 11 Achievement in Jazz Orchestra

Katie Shi 10 Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe

Ethan Symons 12 Service to Tech Crew

Daniel Tennant 9 Achievement in Drama Company

James Todd 11 Contribution to Performing Arts

Janice Tsai 10 Achievement in Jazz Orchestra

Seva Valiev 13 Service to Tech Crew

Joshua Wang 10 Service to Sinfonia Orchestra

Victoria Wang 11 Service to Sinfonia Orchestra

Rikutaro Watanabe 10 Achievement in Jazz Orchestra

Mia Weber 12 Service to Magnum Company

Nithini

Weeraratne 10 Service to Junior Jazz Orchestra

Fergus White 10 Achievement in Theatresports

Elliot Wright 9 Excellent Achievement in Big Band

Ryan Yi 11 Achievement in Jazz Orchestra

Brody Donald 10 Achievement in Tech Crew Service to Tech Crew

Troy Etherton 10

Achievement in Drama Company

Achievement in Shrek The Musical

Sophie Haine 10 Service to Junior Jazz Orchestra

Significant Contribution to Performing Arts

Summer Harris 13 Service to Shrek The Musical Service to Tech Crew

Charlie Hodge 12 Achievement in Shrek The Musical Service to Debating

Dylan Johnston 9 Achievement in Jazz Combo

Achievement in Jazz Orchestra

Zion Jun 10 Achievement in Jazz Combo

Excellent Achievement in Big Band

Sofie Kharitonova 11 Service to Serenata Service to The Fundamentals

Ava Leong 13

Achievement in Drama Company Service to Drama Company

Andrew Li 13 Achievement in Debating Service to Debating

Lora Ma 12

Achievement in Jazz Orchestra Service to Jazz Orchestra

Jonathon Sun 13 Achievement in Debating Service to Debating

Alan Sun 11 Service to Chamber Orchestra Service to Symphony Orchestra

Alicia Zhou 10

Harrison Cooper 11

Joshua Curham 10

Excellent Achievement in Overture Ballet Troupe Service to Magnum Junior Troupe

Achievement in Drama Company

Achievement in Theatresports

Contribution to Performing Arts

Excellent Achievement in Big Band Service to Junior Jazz Orchestra

Significant Contribution to Performing Arts

Lauren Haine 12 Service to Serenata Service to The Fundamentals Service to The Minuettes

Ahrin Hong 13

Joules Jordan 12

Achievement in Jazz Combo

Achievement in Jazz Orchestra Service to Jazz Orchestra

Achievement in Songwriting Service to The Fundamentals

Contribution to Performing Arts

Olesya Korchagina 12 Service to Drama Company Service to Shrek The Musical Service to Tech Crew

Hyun-Seop Yun 12

Achievement in Jazz Combo

Achievement in Jazz Orchestra Service to Jazz Orchestra

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Sports Awards

Sport Trophies

Special Award Sportsman of the Year

Special Award Sportswoman of the Year

Special Award Team of the Year

Special Award Emerging Coach of the Year

Special Award Coach of the Year

Special Award Student Official of the Year

Special Award Student Coach of the Year

Special Award Parent/Community Manager of the Year

Special Award Staff Manager of the Year

Special Award T.I.C of the Year

Special Award Emerging T.I.C of the Year

Special Award Contribution to Sport

Special Award Service to Sport

Ryan Jefferson

Summer Osborne

Premier Boys Volleyball

Duane Mutu

Mark Simpkins

Emma Edwards

Michael Rodgers

Michael Penney

Jamie Sowter

Alan Kerr

Tom Hanover

Robbie Tindall

Josh Bullen

Special Award Student Service to Sport Abby Campbell

Special Award Excellence in Sport & Academia - Female

Special Award Excellence in Sport & Academia - Male

Kezia Buissinne

Joe Leith

Special Award Most Outstanding Sporting Moment Double Gold @ Indoor Volleyball

Special Award Female Sport Leadership

Special Award Male Sport Leadership

Athletics Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year

Athletics Male Track & Field Athlete of the Year

Badminton Female Badminton Player of the Year

Badminton Male Badminton Player of the Year

Basketball Female Basketball Player of the Year

Basketball Male Basketball Player of the Year

Beach Volleyball Female Beach Volleyball Player of the Year

Kaia Buckley

Lucas Pritchard

Nadja Kumerich

Joe Dolphin

Felicia Chen & Clara Lam

William Li

Maddison Skelton

Joel Brown

Kiana Stevenson

Beach Volleyball Male Beach Volleyball Player of the Year Ryan Jefferson

Cricket Female Cricket Player of the Year Billie East

Cricket Male Cricket Player of the Year Somesh Fageria

Fencing Female Fencer of the Year Ashleigh Catlett

Fencing Male Fencer of the Year Aaron McMillan

Football Female Football Player of the Year Riley Sheldon

Football Male Football Player of the Year James Watt

Golf Golfer of the Year Amy Im

Hockey Female Hockey Player of the Year Lisa Zhou

Hockey Male Hockey Player of the Year Michael Sykes

Netball Netball Player of the Year Kyel Anderson

Rugby

Female Rugby Player of the Year Nadja Kumerich

Rugby Male Rugby Player of the Year Luke Gillespie

Squash Squash Player of the Year Charlotte Harris

Swimming

Female Swimmer of the Year Summer Osborne

Swimming Male Swimmer of the Year Brendan Visser

Table Tennis Table Tennis Player of the Year Joshua Lu

Tag

Female Tag Player of the Year Ngaawai Simpkins

Tag Male Tag Player of the Year Sakaria Paea

Tennis Tennis Player of the Year Chan Min

Volleyball Female Volleyball Player of the Year Kalea Norton

Volleyball Male Volleyball Player of the Year Ryan Jefferson

Water Polo Female Water Polo Player of the Year Gabrielle Doyle

Water Polo Male Water Polo Player of the Year Michael Rodgers

Weightlifting

Weightlifting

Male Weightlifter of the Year (Northsport Olympic Cup) Ben Kuys

Female Weightlifter of the Year Alice Kudiyarova

Yachting Sailor of the Year

Joe Leith & Josh Ferrissey

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Sport Awards

Artistic Swimming New Zealand Representative Chen Ariel

Artistic Swimming New Zealand Representative Yuhan Li

Athletics Blue Cleo Loader

Athletics Blue

Athletics Blue

Athletics New Zealand Representative, Blue with Distinction & Blue

Joe Dolphin

Mackenzie Guy

Nadja Kumerich

Athletics New Zealand Secondary Schools Nadja Kumerich

Athletics Blue

Reid Davidson

Athletics Blue with Distinction & Blue Talaya Vorster

Athletics Blue Zhan Bowden

Basketball Blue

Basketball Blue

Basketball Blue with Distinction & Blue

Arnold Nam

Joel Brown

Michael Ropotini

Beach Volleyball Blue with Distinction Alice Bell

Beach Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Alice Bell

Beach Volleyball Blue

Bardia Khajeh Gerashi

Beach Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Devyn Golaboski

Beach Volleyball Blue with Distinction Juan Carlos Quintero

Beach Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Juan Carlos Quintero

Beach Volleyball

Beach Volleyball

Beach Volleyball

Beach Volleyball

Beach Volleyball

Beach Volleyball

Beach Volleyball

Beach Volleyball & Volleyball

Beach Volleyball & Volleyball

Beach Volleyball & Volleyball

Blue with Distinction & Blue Kaia Buckley

New Zealand Secondary Schools Kaia Buckley

Blue with Distinction Kalea Norton

New Zealand Representative, Blue with Distinction & Blue Kiana Stevenson

New Zealand Secondary Schools Kiana Stevenson

Blue with Distinction Ngaawai Simpkins

New Zealand Secondary Schools Ryan Jefferson

Blue Alice Bell

Blue with Distinction & Blue Devyn Golaboski

Blue with Distinction Ryan Jefferson

Canoe Racing New Zealand Representative Shinnosuke Koide

Canoe Slalom Blue with Distinction Junsu Na

Canoe Slalom New Zealand Secondary Schools Junsu Na

Canoe Slalom Blue with Distinction Yeonsu Na

Canoe Slalom New Zealand Secondary Schools Yeonsu Na

Cheerleading New Zealand Representative & Blue with Distinction Jada Lee

Cheerleading New Zealand Representative & Blue with Distinction Mia Weber

Cheerleading New Zealand Representative Phoenix Livemore

Cricket Blue Billie East

Cricket Blue Mela Andrews

Cricket Blue Zaara Sain

Cross Country Blue Eryn Westlake

Fencing New Zealand Representative & Blue with Distinction Jenya Abramova

Football Regional Team Achievement 1st XI Boys

Football Regional Team Achievement 1st XI Girls

Football New Zealand Representative & Blue with Distinction Suya Haering

Football & Touch

New Zealand Representative & Blue with Distinction Riley Sheldon

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Golf Blue

Golf Blue

Leo Liu

Oliver kiing

Golf Regional Team Achievement Rangitoto Golf Team

Hockey Regional Team Achievement 1st XI Girls

Hockey Blue

Karate Blue with Distinction

Karate New Zealand Representative & Blue with Distinction

Netball Blue

Netball Blue

Lisa Zhou

Katsuo Ota

Logan Somerville

Kyel Anderson

Maia Pirie

Netball Regional Team Achievement Premier Netball

Rowing Blue

Rowing Blue

Rugby Blue

Rugby Blue

Rugby Blue

Rugby Blue

Rugby Blue

Ellesha Stratful

Tamsin McAsey

Brooke Evans

Casey RichardsonMould

Eduan Kleynhans

Lucas Pritchard

Luke Gillespie

Rugby Regional Team Achievement Premier Girls

Rugby Blue

Rugby Blue

Sailing Blue

Sailing New Zealand Secondary Schools

Sailing Blue

Rosa Pritchard

Taine Hewetson

Alex Hebberd

Alex Hebberd

Arran Begic

Sailing New Zealand Secondary Schools Arran Begic

Sailing Blue

Sailing New Zealand Representative, Blue with Distinction & Blue

Sailing New Zealand Secondary Schools

Sailing New Zealand Representative, Blue with Distinction & Blue

Chloe Turner

Chloe Turner

Chloe Turner

Joe Leith

Sailing New Zealand Secondary Schools Joe Leith

Sailing New Zealand Secondary Schools Joshua Ferrissey

Sailing New Zealand Representative, Blue with Distinction & Blue

Louie Poletti

Sailing New Zealand Secondary Schools Louie Poletti

Sailing New Zealand Representative, Blue with Distinction & Blue Naiomi Ferrissey

Sailing New Zealand Secondary Schools Naiomi Ferrissey

Sailing Regional Team Achievement Rangitoto College Sailing Team

Sailing Blue Tehya Harris

Sailing New Zealand Secondary Schools Tehya Harris

Softball Blue

Jack Baker

Squash Blue Matilda Lowe

Squash Regional Team Achievement Premier Girls

Swimming Blue Alexis Buissinne

Swimming New Zealand Secondary Schools Alexis Buissinne

Swimming Blue Ania Maritz

Swimming New Zealand Secondary Schools Ania Maritz

Swimming Blue with Distinction & Blue Brendan Visser

Swimming Blue Caitlin Cooke

Swimming Blue with Distinction & Blue Charlie Twose

Swimming New Zealand Secondary Schools Charlie Twose

Swimming New Zealand Secondary Schools Chris Kumala

Swimming New Zealand Secondary Schools Clement Choo

Swimming Blue Eileena Bao

Swimming New Zealand Secondary Schools Eileena Bao

Swimming Blue Gabrielle Doyle

Swimming Blue Holly Nelson

Swimming New Zealand Secondary Schools Holly Nelson

Swimming Blue Kezia Buissinne

Swimming New Zealand Secondary Schools Kezia Buissinne

Swimming Blue Nick Cowen

Swimming Blue Olivia Taylor

Swimming New Zealand Secondary Schools Olivia Taylor

Swimming New Zealand Secondary Schools Riley Hurbuns

Swimming New Zealand Secondary Schools Samuel Liu

Swimming New Zealand Representative, Blue with Distinction & Blue Summer Osborne

Table Tennis Blue Joshua Lu

Tennis Blue Chan Min

Tennis Regional Team Achievement Premier Boys

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Alice Bell

Volleyball Blue Anais Blanchard

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Anais Blanchard

Volleyball Blue Cuba Rihari

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Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Cuba Rihari

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Devyn Golaboski

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Devyn Golaboski

Volleyball Blue

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools

Volleyball Blue

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools

Volleyball Blue

Volleyball Blue

Eric Oh

Eric Oh

James Haslam

James Haslam

Jasmine Rugg

Jenny McMillan

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Jenny McMillan

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Joao Petrucci Da

Volleyball Blue

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools

Volleyball Blue

Silva

John de Paiva

Oliveira Ramalho

John de Paiva

Oliveira Ramalho

Joseph Cha

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Joseph Cha

Volleyball Blue

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools

Volleyball Blue

Josh Perks

Josh Perks

Juan Carlos Quintero

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Juan Carlos Quintero

Volleyball Blue

Kaia Buckley

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Kaia Buckley

Volleyball New Zealand Representative, Blue with Distinction & Blue

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools

Kalea Norton

Kalea Norton

Volleyball Blue with Distinction & Blue Kiana Stevenson

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools

Volleyball Blue

Volleyball Blue

Kiana Stevenson

Libby Cleaver

Logan Vorster

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Logan Vorster

Volleyball Blue

Ngaawai Simpkins

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Ngaawai Simpkins

Volleyball Blue

Ryan Jefferson

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Ryan Jefferson

Volleyball Blue

Sienna Rugg

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Sienna Rugg

Volleyball Blue

Taylor Braddock

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Taylor Braddock

Volleyball Blue

Tiana Tuivasa

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Tiana Tuivasa

Volleyball Blue Will Schmidt

Volleyball New Zealand Secondary Schools Will Schmidt

Volleyball & Beach

Volleyball Blue with Distinction & Blue Joao Petrucci Da Silva

Water Polo Blue

Akiera Walsh

Water Polo New Zealand Secondary Schools Akiera Walsh

Water Polo New Zealand Representative & Blue with Distinction Ben Rapley

Water Polo New Zealand Representative, Blue with Distinction & Blue Eloise Raper

Water Polo New Zealand Secondary Schools Eloise Raper

Water Polo New Zealand Representative, Blue with Distinction & Blue Gabrielle Doyle

Water Polo New Zealand Secondary Schools Gabrielle Doyle

Water Polo Blue Gemma O'Brien

Water Polo New Zealand Secondary Schools Gemma O'Brien

Water Polo Blue Hayley Boyce

Water Polo New Zealand Secondary Schools Hayley Boyce

Water Polo Blue Katelyn Boyce

Water Polo New Zealand Secondary Schools Katelyn Boyce

Water Polo Blue Keira Conboy

Water Polo New Zealand Secondary Schools Keira Conboy

Water Polo Blue Mackenzie Rogers

Water Polo New Zealand Secondary Schools Mackenzie Rogers

Water Polo Blue Pippa Southcombe

Water Polo New Zealand Secondary Schools Pippa Southcombe

Water Polo Blue Poppy Kostan

Water Polo New Zealand Secondary Schools Poppy Kostan

Water Polo Blue Rhea Somerville

Water Polo New Zealand Secondary Schools Rhea Somerville

Water Polo Blue Sasha Tindall

Water Polo New Zealand Secondary Schools Sasha Tindall

Water Polo Blue Stevi Cooper

Water Polo New Zealand Secondary Schools Stevi Cooper

Weightlifting Blue with Distinction Alice Kudiyarova

Weightlifting New Zealand Secondary Schools Alice Kudiyarova

Weightlifting Blue With Distinction Angelo Irwin

Weightlifting New Zealand Secondary Schools Angelo Irwin

Weightlifting Blue with Distinction Ben Kuys

Weightlifting New Zealand Secondary Schools Ben Kuys

Weightlifting Blue with Distinction Finn McLuckie

Weightlifting New Zealand Secondary Schools Finn McLuckie

Weightlifting Blue with Distinction & Blue Isabel Gybel

Weightlifting New Zealand Secondary Schools Isabel Gybel

Weightlifting Blue With Distinction Lachlan Hill

Weightlifting New Zealand Secondary Schools Lachlan Hill

Weightlifting Blue with Distinction Namu Gusscott

Weightlifting New Zealand Secondary Schools Namu Gusscott

Wrestling Blue with Distinction Amro Hassouna

Wrestling New Zealand Secondary Schools Amro Hassouna

Wrestling New Zealand Representative & Blue with Distinction Stefan Kumerich

Wrestling New Zealand Secondary Schools Stefan Kumerich

Yachting New Zealand Representative, Blue with Distinction & Blue Joshua Ferrissey

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Māori & Pacifica Awards

Te Amorangi

Reuben Te Haara Ngāpuhi Te Manukura

Maori

Alysha Osborne Whakatōhea

Performing Arts

Manaia Kelleher Ngāpuhi Kapa Haka Performance

Alysha Osbourne Whakatōhea Kapa Haka Contribution

Reuben Te Haara Ngāpuhi Kapa Haka Contribution

Community

Jedidiah Jumig Filipino He Tangata Tiriti

Satsuki Watanabe Japanese He Tangata Tiriti Technology Department Rangitoto College Te Mahuri

Ripeka Pirie Te Whānau ā Apanui Whānau Recognition

Amanda Uenuku Te Arawa Whānau Recognition

Robyn Newman-Hall Murdoch-Hall Whānau Whānau Recognition

Leadership

Jayden Wilson Ngāpuhi

Alysha Osbourne Whakatōhea

Thyrhys Williams Whakatōhea, Te Whānau ā Apanui

Values

Sam Davies Ngāpuhi He Ngākau Manaaki

Roxy Mulholland Ngāti Porou He Ngākau Manaaki

Calais Norman Whakatōhea, Ngāti Kuri He Ngākau Pono

Lyricc Rameka Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Tamatera He Ngākau Pono

Lyric te Whetu Ngāpuhi, Ngāi Tūhoe He Ngākau Maia

Ngaawaimarino Simpkins Ngāpuhi, Te Arawa He Ngākau Maia

Thyrhys Williams Whakatōhea, Whānau-a-Apanui He Tū Whakaiti

Alex Mitt Ngāpuhi He Tū Whakaiti

Elle Williams Ngāti Whātua He Kanohi Kitea

Mahonri Moller Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga He Kanohi Kitea

Pacifica

Pacific Peoples Excellence Award

Rosalie Gerlach Tongan

Performing Arts

Zayliah Holmes Cook Island Performing Arts with Merit

Lyric Taua Samoan, Cook Island Performing Arts with Distinction

Community

Rita Taua Nicholls Samoan Whānau Recognition

Rita Misipati Samoan Whānau Recognition

Moana Naufau Tongan Whānau Recognition

Ofa Gerlech Tongan Whānau Recognition

Leadership

Rosalie Gerlach Tongan

Sports & Service

Maddison Skelton Samoan Junior Sportsperson

Cuba Rihari Cook Island, Māori Senior Sportsperson

Troy Rea Tongan Service with Merit

Charlie Hodge Samoan Service with Merit

Oscar Faamausili Samoan Service with Merit

Sione Naufahu Tongan Service with Excellence

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Senior Prizegiving

Year 11

Alex Chatterton Excellence in Food Technology, Materials Technology & Sports Performance Science

Alexander Davenport Excellence in Digital Art

Alexandra Ong Academic Excellence

Excellence in Accounting, Chinese & Food Technology

Alexandria Skinner Excellence in History Extension

Alexia Rudd Excellence in Digital Art

Alexis Buissinne Academic Excellence

Excellence in Science, Spanish & Sports Performance Science

Alfie Mackenzie Excellence in History Extension

Alice Bell Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & Economics

Alice Knight Excellence in History Extension & Mathematics for Algebra

Alona Boock Excellence in History Extension & Materials Technology

An Ye Academic Excellence Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Ana Magana Hernandez Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Angelina GlinskaFonseca Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Angus Rose Excellence in History Extension, Science Extension (Biological) & Science Extension (Physical)

Anna Fisk Academic Excellence Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Anna Schrott Excellence in English

Aqib Hossain Academic Excellence

Excellence in English Extension, Materials Technology & Science Extension (Biological)

Ariana Johnston Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Armghan Qureshi Excellence in Digital Art & Digital Technology

Astrid Hebbink Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Austin Qie Academic Excellence

Excellence in Electronics, Science Extension (Biological) & Science Extension (Physical)

Bardia Khajeh Gerashi Academic Excellence Excellence in Business Studies & History Extension

Benjamin Lake Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & Physical Education

Bo yi Jiang Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Art & Science Extension (Biological)

Brenda Wong Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business Studies, History Extension & Science Extension (Biological)

Briana Hoy Excellence in Geography Extension & Textiles Technology

Brooke Rogers Excellence in Physical Education

Brya Mathers Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Byron Bae Excellence in Digital Art

Cael Guo Sia Academic Excellence

Excellence in History Extension, Level 2 Mathematics Extension, Science Extension (Biological) & Science Extension (Physical)

Caitlin Saint Excellence in Business Studies, Design & Visual Communication, English Extension & Geography Extension

Callum Keer-Keer Excellence in Science

Callum McCaskie Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Carly Fear Academic Excellence Excellence in Drama, English Extension, History Extension & Spanish

Catherine Liu Academic Excellence

Excellence in Food Technology, Level 2 Mathematics Extension, Science Extension (Biological) & Science Extension (Physical)

Chaei Kwak Excellence in Visual Art

Chaeyoung Moon Excellence in English & Visual Art

Charlotte Flexman Academic Excellence

Excellence in Materials Technology & Sports Performance Science

Charlotte Ng Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, English & History Extension

Charlotte OuthredLampp Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & Visual Art

Cherie Dibble Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & Visual Art

Chloe Gielen Excellence in Health & Sports Performance Science

Chloe Seo Academic Excellence

Excellence in Accounting, Economics, English Extension, Level 2 Mathematics Extension, Science Extension (Biological) & Science Extension (Physical)

Chloe Sharp Excellence in Food Technology

Chuqiao Huang Academic Excellence Excellence in Chinese & Level 2 Mathematics Extension

Ciara Quann Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Claire Yoon Excellence in Visual Art

Clare Ke Yu Excellence in Visual Art

Cole Fraser Cornish Excellence in History Extension & Science Extension (Physical)

Cua Berthelsen Excellence in History Extension & Japanese

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Damien Sheldon Excellence in Business Studies & Digital Technology

Daniel Askew Excellence in Electronics & Science

Daniel Maguire Excellence in Physical Education

Daniel Wang Excellence in History

Daniel Wei Academic Excellence

Excellence in Chinese & Science Extension (Biological)

Daniella Kieser Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Davin Chen Academic Excellence

Excellence in Japanese, Mathematics Extension & Science Extension (Biological)

Deea Malhotra Excellence in History Extension

Di Hu Academic Excellence

Excellence in English, Geography Extension, Level 2 Mathematics Extension, Science Extension (Biological) & Science Extension (Physical)

Di Qiu Gu Excellence in English & History

Elena Lim Academic Excellence

Excellence in Accounting, Level 2 Mathematics

Extension, Science Extension (Physical) & Visual Art

Eliana Heard Academic Excellence

Excellence in English, History Extension, Materials Technology, Mathematics for Algebra & Sports Performance Science

Ella Cleveland Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Ella Williscroft Excellence in Food Technology

Eloise Dean Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Emily Kelly Academic Excellence

Excellence in History & Materials Technology

Emma Edwards Excellence in Materials Technology

Emma Jackson Academic Excellence

Excellence in Drama, History Extension & Media Studies

Emma Robins Academic Excellence Excellence in English

Emmy Hurcum Academic Excellence

Excellence in History, Mathematics for Algebra & Science Extension (Biological)

Enoch Mun Academic Excellence

Excellence in Japanese, Performance Music, Science Extension (Biological) & Science Extension (Physical)

Enyi Zhang Academic Excellence

Excellence in Science Extension (Biological)

Eric Zhu Academic Excellence Excellence in Science Extension (Biological)

Eunchae Jeong Excellence in Business Studies

Eunice Saw Academic Excellence Excellence in Health

Fareh Farhan Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business Studies, Digital Technology & Science Extension (Biological)

Fiona Lin Academic Excellence

Excellence in English & Science Extension (Biological)

Gabriel Lin Academic Excellence

Excellence in Economics, English Extension & Level 2 Mathematics Extension

Gabriel Omozee Excellence in History Extension

Gemma Hutton Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & Digital Art

Gina Son

Grace Williscroft

Academic Excellence

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Dance, Drama, English & History Extension

Guanyu Zhou Excellence in Digital Art

Hamish McLean

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology, Economics & Science Extension (Physical)

Hanji Lee Academic Excellence

Excellence in Visual Art

Hanlu Wang Academic Excellence

Excellence in Chinese, Level 2 Mathematics Extension, Science Extension (Biological) & Science Extension (Physical)

Hannah Davies Excellence in History Extension

Hanxi Liu Excellence in Digital Art

Heidi Hwangbo

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology, Economics & English Extension

Hoa Vuong Excellence in Accounting

Holly Nelson Excellence in History Extension & Sports Performance Science

Holly Stanford Excellence in Business Studies & Science Extension (Biological)

Hsin Liu Academic Excellence

Excellence in History Extension

Huynh Khang

Nguyen Vo Excellence in Business Studies

Hyeon Seok Jang

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business Studies, Digital Technology, Electronics, Mathematics Extension & Science

Hyewon Yang Excellence in Visual Art

Hyorim Shin Excellence in History Extension & Visual Art

Isaac Lee Excellence in History

Isaac Roan Excellence in Food Technology

Isabella Inskip Academic Excellence

Excellence in Textiles Technology

Jackson Harper Excellence in Materials Technology

Jacob Irwin Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business Studies, Digital Technology & Science Extension (Physical)

James Reynolds Excellence in Level 2 Mathematics Extension & Science Extension (Physical)

Jamie Howe Excellence in Accounting

Jasmine Liu Academic Excellence

Excellence in History Extension

Jasmine Rugg Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Jason Lau

Jessica Coughlan

Jessica Tennant

Ji Hun Oh

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business Studies, History Extension & Science Extension (Biological)

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Spanish

Excellence in Drama & History Extension

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Art & History Extension

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Jia Qi Yan

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Accounting, Geography Extension, History Extension & Science

Jiaren Li Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & Visual Art

Jichen Chen Excellence in Science

Jihyeon Ryu Excellence in Level 2 Mathematics Extension

Jimin Yun Academic Excellence

Excellence in Science Extension (Biological) & Visual Art

Joe Leith Academic Excellence

Excellence in Accounting

Joohan Back Excellence in Digital Art

Joseph Cha Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & Digital Art

Joshua Lo Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology, Electronics & Level 2 Mathematics Extension

Joshua Lu Excellence in Economics

Jun de Max Chan Excellence in Economics

Jun Yin Academic Excellence

Excellence in Economics & History Extension

Jungin Choi Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Art & Mathematics Extension

Jungwon Heo Excellence in History

Juwon Ha Excellence in History Extension

Kate Ashton Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, Mathematics for Statistics & Visual Art

Kate Blackett Academic Excellence

Excellence in History Extension, Materials Technology, Science Extension (Biological) & Science Extension (Physical)

Katelyn Boyce Excellence in History Extension

Katie Huang Academic Excellence

Excellence in Health, History Extension, Level 2 Mathematics Extension, Science Extension (Biological) & Science Extension (Physical)

Katrina Cai Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & Science Extension (Physical)

Kezia Buissinne Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology, Mathematics for Algebra, Science, Spanish & Sports Performance Science

Kihong Kim Excellence in Visual Art

Kyle Buenaflor Excellence in Physical Education

Lachlan Merriman Excellence in History Extension

Leen Murad Excellence in History

Leo Wang Excellence in Level 2 Mathematics Extension & Science Extension (Biological)

Lexie Taylor Excellence in Health

Leya Li Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, English, History Extension & Science Extension (Biological)

Liam Guthrie Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology, English Extension & Science Extension (Physical)

Liam McCullough Excellence in Accounting

Lihan Sun Excellence in History Extension

Lila Chiu

Lily Brown

Linh Nhat Luu

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Accounting, Digital Technology, Materials Technology & Mathematics for Algebra

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Textiles Technology & Visual Art

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Economics

Lola Gale Excellence in History

Lucas Wang

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, Level 2 Mathematics Extension & Science Extension (Biological)

Lucia Strydom Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, Mathematics for Statistics & Visual Art

Luke Burkett

Academic Excellence

Excellence in History Extension & Science Extension (Biological)

Lyricc Rameka Excellence in Te Reo Māori

Mackenzie Guy Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Maddison CooperWiki Excellence in English, Health & History Extension

Madeline Bennett

Maia MacFarlane

Maria Bohol

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & Electronics

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business Studies & History Extension

Academic Excellence

Maria Marintchenko Excellence in Japanese

Mario Maurovich Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Marlon Carkeek

Mary Haddad

Matthew Chow

Matungkorn Wattanaken

McKenzie Kruck

Excellence in Digital Art

Academic Excellence

Excellence in English Extension, History Extension, Science Extension (Biological), Science Extension (Physical) & Spanish

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Economics, Mathematics Extension, Science Extension (Biological) & Science Extension (Physical)

Excellence in Digital Art

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, English & Sports Performance Science

Merle Zibolsky Excellence in Digital Art & History Extension

Michael Yang

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Accounting, English Extension, Level 2 Mathematics Extension, Science Extension (Biological) & Science Extension (Physical)

Mikayla Levett

Academic Excellence

Excellence in English

Mikayla Rothery Excellence in History Extension

Mila Reid

Mimiko Fujita

Min Park

Minah Seong

Minh Ta

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Dance, Design & Visual Communication, Geography Extension & Sports Performance Science

Excellence in Science Extension (Biological)

Excellence in English & History Extension

Excellence in Science Extension (Biological), Science Extension (Physical) & Visual Art

Excellence in Japanese

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Minjia Hu Academic Excellence

Excellence in Materials Technology, Science, Textiles Technology & Visual Art

Min-Jun Choi Excellence in History Extension

Morgan Rogers Excellence in English

Muhammad Naqvi Excellence in Mathematics for Statistics

Nashra Qureshi Academic Excellence Excellence in Business Studies

Nevasha Madhoo Excellence in Geography, Health & Science

Nyla Spencer Academic Excellence

Excellence in Geography Extension, Mathematics for Statistics, Science Extension (Biological) & Sports Performance Science

Olivia Cleaver Academic Excellence Excellence in History Extension & Textiles Technology

Olivia Taylor Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, Geography Extension & Science Extension (Biological)

Paul Kim Excellence in Electronics

Poppy Glasgow Academic Excellence Excellence in English

Poppy Kostan Academic Excellence

Excellence in Geography Extension & Sports Performance Science

Qi Han Li Excellence in Textiles Technology

Raamiz Rehman Excellence in History Extension & Science Extension (Biological)

Ray Hu Excellence in Materials Technology

Rebekah Dilts Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business Studies, English Extension, Food Technology & Visual Art

Renee Macaulay Excellence in Accounting

Reuben Tewari Excellence in Materials Technology, Mathematics for Algebra & Science Extension (Biological)

Rina Zhang Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & History Extension

Ronald Fung Excellence in Digital Technology

Roo-Mie Lee Excellence in Visual Art

Ross Pooley Excellence in Physical Education

Ruby McDonald Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Ruby Walkinton Excellence in Visual Art

Ryan Burke Excellence in History Extension & Sports Performance Science

Sadie Cusens Excellence in History Extension

Samuel Davies Excellence in Drama & History Extension

Samuel Gorst Excellence Whakairo

Sang Lee Excellence in Level 2 Mathematics Extension

Santiago Cruz Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology, Mathematics Extension, Science Extension (Biological) & Science Extension (Physical)

Sebastian Scott Excellence in Electronics & History Extension

Selina Ni Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, English Extension, History Extension & Science Extension (Biological)

Selina Weng Academic Excellence Excellence in History Extension & Visual Art

Seungyeon Woo Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & Visual Art

Sha Huang

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Science Extension (Biological)

Shengzhe Yuan Excellence in Visual Art

Shinnosuke Koide Excellence in Japanese

Shion Suzuki Excellence in Japanese & Mathematics for Statistics

Sienna Allen Excellence in Geography & Health

Sierra Kazenbroot Excellence in History Extension

Sione Naufahu Excellence in Physical Education

Sofia Buslon Excellence in Digital Art & Mathematics for Statistics

Sofia Jacomb Excellence in Food Technology

Sofia Malveda Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology, Science Extension (Biological) & Science Extension (Physical)

Sofikuo

Krivoshapkina Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & Visual Art

Sofya Kharitonova Excellence in Mathematics for Algebra

Somya Kumar Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Sophie Bisset

Academic Excellence Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Stella Walker Excellence in History

Stevi Cooper Excellence in History Extension

Suhaan Contractor Excellence in Economics, Science Extension (Biological) & Science Extension (Physical)

Summer Martin Excellence in English & History Extension

Taha Tayyab Academic Excellence

Excellence in Geography Extension & Sports Performance Science

Talaya Vorstser Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Taliya Judd Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Tam Yool Kim Excellence in Science Extension (Biological)

Timea Andrell

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Geography Extension, Level 2 Mathematics Extension, Science Extension (Biological), Science Extension (Physical) & Spanish

Tingting Li Academic Excellence

Excellence in Level 2 Mathematics Extension

Tony Leo Academic Excellence

Excellence in Science Extension (Physical)

Vaanya Singh Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business Studies & Design & Visual Communication

Van Jackman Excellence in History Extension

Vanessa Stirling Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Art, Geography & Textiles Technology

Vanisha Bhana

Wenhao Weng

William Colman

Wyatt Elst

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Economics

Academic Excellence

Excellence in History Extension

Excellence in Electronics

Excellence in Physical Education

177 PRIZEGIVING

Wyatt Liu Excellence in History Extension & Science Extension (Biological)

Xiang Huang Academic Excellence

Excellence in History Extension & Visual Art

Xiaoyu Zhou Excellence in Digital Art

Xingyi Luo Academic Excellence

Excellence in History Extension, Science Extension (Biological) & Visual Art

Xinyi Shu Excellence in Visual Art

Xinyue Hua Academic Excellence

Excellence in Level 2 Mathematics Extension & Science Extension (Physical)

Xueying Ma Excellence in Digital Art

Yea-Won Shin Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Yi Chen Excellence in Japanese

Yi Shan Tan Excellence in Electronics

Yifei Chi Academic Excellence Excellence in Health

Yihan Gou Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, History Extension & Science Extension (Biological)

Yixuan Lin Excellence in Dance

Yohan Lee Excellence in Physical Education

Yuhan Li Excellence in History Extension

Yuki Squires Excellence in Mathematics for Statistics & Visual Art

Yun Liu Academic Excellence

Excellence in Media Studies & Science Extension (Biological)

Yun-Chen Ho Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business Studies, Economics & Mathematics for Algebra

Yunseo Kim Academic Excellence

Excellence in English Extension, History Extension & Visual Art

Yunxuan Sun Excellence in Performance Music

Yuzhen Yu Excellence in History Extension & Visual Art

Zachary Yu Academic Excellence

Excellence in Level 2 Mathematics Extension & Science Extension (Biological)

Zainab Alsakini Academic Excellence Excellence in Accounting

Zane Lilburn Excellence in Physical Education

Zhan Bowden Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Zhaoyuan Li Academic Excellence

Excellence in Japanese, Level 2 Mathematics Extension & Science Extension (Biological)

Zhe Chen Excellence in Digital Technology

Zhen Shan Academic Excellence

Excellence in History Extension, Mathematics for Algebra, Science Extension (Biological) & Textiles Technology

Zimo Liu Academic Excellence Excellence in Science Extension (Physical)

Zixin Ye Academic Excellence Excellence in Science Extension (Biological)

Year 12

Aadvik Kumar Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Biology H.L & Chemistry H.L

Aaron McMillan Excellence in IB Chemistry H.L & Physics H.L

Abigail Schreiber Excellence in Painting

Aidan Lucas Danusantoso

Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Chemistry H.L, Physics H.L & Psychology S.L

Aize Zhao Excellence in Mathematics Extension, Painting & Physics

Alanna Addison Academic Excellence Excellence in History of Art & Spanish Year 12 Leadership Award

Alariah Greenfield Excellence in Statistics

Alessandra Sng Excellence in Geography Extension & Sociology Year 12 Leadership Award

Alexander Butskikh Excellence in Multimedia Technology (ICT)

Alexandra Brandt Excellence in IB Psychology H.L

Alexandra Pineda Excellence in Food Technology

Alice Leader Excellence in IB Biology H.L, English H.L., Psychology H.L & Chemistry S.L Year 12 Leadership Award

Alice Miller Excellence in Design

Allen Li

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Chemistry Extension, Economics, Level 3 Calculus Scholarship & Physics Extension Year 12 Leadership Award

Allen Xiao Excellence in IB Biology H.L & Mandarin Group 2 S.L

Alyssa Gailer Excellence in Health & Statistics

Andrew Colson Excellence in Gateway

Angela Tsang

Audrey Goh

Excellence in IB Psychology H.L

Excellence in Multimedia Technology (ICT)

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Ava Williams Academic Excellence

Excellence in Health, History, Statistics & Te Reo Māori

Avishai Narsey Excellence in Materials Technology

Bao Chau Nguyen Excellence in Business Studies, Geography & Sociology

Bella Anderson Excellence in Food Technology

Ben Logan Excellence in Physical Education

Ben Rapley Excellence in Physical Education

Benjamin Bibbie Year 12 Leadership Award

Benjamin Lee Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Extension, Chemistry

Extension, Economics, Level 3 Calculus Scholarship & Physics Extension Year 12 Leadership Award

Bernice Wannenburg Academic Excellence Excellence in Dance, Design & Painting Year 12 Leadership Award

Billie East Excellence in Sports Performance Science Year 12 Leadership Award

Blake Simpson Academic Excellence

Excellence in Electronics, English Literature, Multimedia Technology (ICT) & Programming

Caitlin Bootten Excellence in Multimedia Technology (ICT)

Caitlin Cooke Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Caitlin Longden Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, English Extension, Geography & Spanish

Calais Norman Excellence in Design Year 12 Leadership Award

Caleb James Pearce Wright Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Extension, Calculus, Chemistry Extension, Performance Music & Physics

Cameron Liefting Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Carissa Billington Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Casey Devonshire Excellence in Media Studies & Sociology Year 12 Leadership Award

Casey RichardsonMould Excellence in Sports Performance Science Year 12 Leadership Award

Cassie Wilcox Excellence in Food Technology

Catherine Lu Academic Excellence

Excellence in Accounting, Biology Extension, Chemistry Extension & Physics Extension Year 12 Leadership Award

Charlotte Smith Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, Painting & Statistics

Chelsea Lampard Excellence in Food Technology

Chloe Attwell Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology, Geography Extension, Health, Statistics & Textiles Technology

Chloe Buckley Excellence in Geography Extension & Statistics

Chloe Robinson Excellence in Painting

Christian Richliev Excellence in Physics Extension

Chunyu Zhang Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Chemistry H.L, Economics H.L, Mandarin Group 2 S.L & Physics S.L

Cole Friedlos Excellence in History

Connie Shum Academic Excellence

Excellence in Physics Extension

Connor Nguyen Excellence in Electronics & Physics Extension Year 12 Leadership Award

Connor Trotter Excellence in Accounting

Cory Huddart Excellence in Materials Technology & Programming

Cruz Cassidy Excellence in Sports Performance Science & Statistics Year 12 Leadership Award

Cuba Rihari Year 12 Leadership Award

Daisy Gao Academic Excellence

Excellence in History Extension Year 12 Leadership Award

Daniel Gao

Daniel Keating

Catherine Rui-Yi

Ong Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business Studies, Economics, Sociology & Statistics Year 12 Leadership Award

Chaemin Lee Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Extension & Mathematics

Extension Year 12 Leadership Award

Chaeyee Jang Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Extension, Chemistry Extension, History Extension, Mathematics Extension & Physics

Charlotte Ho Excellence in Geography Extension & Sociology Year 12 Leadership Award

Charlotte Hodge Excellence in History of Art

Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Chemistry H.L, Maths Analysis and Approaches H.L, Physics H.L & Mandarin Group 2 S.L

Excellence in Multimedia Technology (ICT)

Daniella Glen Excellence in Classical Studies & Physics Extension Year 12 Leadership Award

Desiree Lin Excellence in Chinese Year 12 Leadership Award

Drew Briggs Excellence in History Extension & Sports Performance Science

Dyllan Davies Excellence in English Extension

Eileena Bao Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Chemistry H.L & Physics H.L Year 12 Leadership Award

Elena Li Excellence in Chinese

Elina Polzer

Elinor Coghlan

Excellence in Photography

Excellence in Music Contemporary & Painting Year 12 Leadership Award

Ella Reid-Akehurst Excellence in History Extension Year 12 Leadership Award

Ella Su Year 12 Leadership Award

Elle Williams

Ellia Gillam

Elliot Hyde

Elma Chen

Year 12 Leadership Award

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Sociology

Year 12 Leadership Award

Excellence in Photography

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, Geography Extension, Painting & Statistics

179 PRIZEGIVING

Eloise Raper Excellence in Geography Year 12 Leadership Award

Ema Camus Rogers Academic Excellence

Excellence in Chemistry Extension, Mathematics Extension & Physics Extension Year 12 Leadership Award

Emily Feng Excellence in IB English H.L & Chemistry H.L

Emme Millar Excellence Whakairo

Eric Oh Excellence in Sports Performance Science Year 12 Leadership Award

Erica Alipour Year 12 Leadership Award

Erinn Phoon Excellence in Chemistry Extension, Design & Painting

Eryn Westlake Excellence in Biology Extension, Chemistry Extension & Statistics

Esther Shen Excellence in IB English S.L. & Mandarin Group 2 S.L

Eunhye Park Excellence in IB English H.L & Psychology H.L

Eunsoo Han Excellence in Biology Extension, Mathematics Extension & Physics Extension

Eva Hogg Excellence in Classical Studies & Media Studies

Eva Rostenberg Excellence in Statistics

Finlay McIntosh Excellence in Physics

Fynn Greshon Excellence in History Extension & Sports Performance Science Year 12 Leadership Award

Gabrielle Doyle Excellence in Accounting & Sports Performance Science Year 12 Leadership Award

Georgia FraserMackenzie Excellence in History Extension & Sociology Year 12 Leadership Award

Giselle Maher Excellence in Chinese

Gloria Zhang Academic Excellence

Excellence in History Extension Year 12 Leadership Award

Greer McKenzie Excellence in Biology Extension, Dance & Statistics Year 12 Leadership Award

Guancheng Cai Academic Excellence Excellence in IB Chemistry H.L, Maths Analysis and Approaches H.L, Physics H.L, Mandarin Group 2 S.L & Psychology S.L

Hamish Fleming Excellence in History Extension, Sports Performance Science & Statistics Year 12 Leadership Award

Hanxi Yang Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Extension, Chemistry Extension, Level 3 Calculus Scholarship, Physics Extension & Printmaking

Harrison Maxwell Excellence in Media Studies, Performance Music & Sociology Year 12 Leadership Award

Haruki Kurimasa Excellence in Multimedia Technology (ICT)

Henry Han Excellence in Design

Hualin Wang Excellence in IB Mandarin Group 2 S.L

Husain Hashmi Excellence in IB Business Management H.L

Hyungyu Park Excellence in Design

Hyun-Seop Yun Excellence in Music Contemporary

India Stephenson Excellence in History Extension & Statistics

Isabella Chen Year 12 Leadership Award

Isabella Mumford Excellence in Accounting, Design & Visual Communication & English Extension Year 12 Leadership Award

Isabella Williams Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Jack William Lemmon

Excellence in Physical Education

Jacob Souster Excellence in Statistics

Jade Buchanan Excellence in Level 3 Food Technology

Jaimie Miller Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Jake Ellis

Academic Excellence

Excellence in History & Media Studies

Jay Hunn Seo Year 12 Leadership Award

Jedidiah Jumig Excellence in Performance Music, Sociology & Te Reo Māori Year 12 Leadership Award

Jeremy Hii Excellence in IB Biology H.L & Psychology H.L

Jessica Han Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Extension, Chemistry Extension & Dance

Jessica Stevens Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Jiahui Chen Excellence in Painting

Ji-Hyeok Kim Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Biology H.L, Chemistry H.L & Psychology H.L Year 12 Leadership Award

Jing Zeng Excellence in Design

Jingyi Feng Excellence in IB Mandarin Group 1 H.L

Jiwoo Yeam Year 12 Leadership Award

Joel Bird Excellence in Drama, Performance Music & Statistics

Year 12 Leadership Award

Joey Wong Academic Excellence

Excellence in Chemistry Extension & Economics

Jordan Hawkes Academic Excellence

Excellence in Geography Extension & Physics Extension

Year 12 Leadership Award

Josalind Widjaja

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Extension, Chemistry Extension, Geography Extension, Mathematics Extension & Physics Extension

Year 12 Leadership Award

Joules Jordan Academic Excellence Excellence in History Extension & Spanish

Julian Roe Year 12 Leadership Award

Juni Lee Excellence in Textiles Technology

Ka Lai Wong Excellence in Design

Kalea Norton Excellence in English Literature

Katherine Lim Excellence in Chemistry & Physics

Katrina Chen Year 12 Leadership Award

Katsuo Ota

Kaya Brown

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & Materials Technology

Excellence in Te Reo Māori

Keisha Kingi Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Kelly Hunt

Kenneah Dimacali

Excellence in Materials Technology, Sociology & Sports Performance Science

Year 12 Leadership Award

Excellence in History of Art & Painting

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Kharrie Ailex

Aragon

Excellence in Generic Computing & Textiles Technology

Kiera Knott Year 12 Leadership Award

Kira Beck Excellence in Gateway

Kirsten Greenough Excellence in Sports Performance Science & Statistics

Kyel Anderson Academic Excellence

Excellence in History Extension, Sports Performance Science & Statistics Year 12 Leadership Award

Kyle Oishi Excellence in Japanese

Kyobin Kang Excellence in Design & Japanese

Kyrie Cahyadi Excellence in English Literature & Sociology

Lauren Dowling Academic Excellence Excellence in Business Studies

Lauren Haine Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, History Extension, Painting & Statistics Year 12 Leadership Award

Layla Clarke Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Extension, Calculus, Chemistry Extension, History Extension & Spanish

Leo Liu Excellence in Geography

Leroy Lynskey Excellence in Design

Lewis Lou Year 12 Leadership Award

Lianne Kim Academic Excellence Excellence in Biology Extension, Chemistry Extension, Economics, English Extension, Level 3 Calculus Scholarship & Physics Extension Year 12 Leadership Award

Lilah Preston-

Thomas Academic Excellence Excellence in Sports Performance Science & Statistics

Lily Memrbishi

Excellence in IB Psychology H.L Year 12 Leadership Award

Lily Pates Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Lora Ma Academic Excellence Excellence in Japanese

Louie Norman Poletti Excellence in Materials Technology

Luca Roy Liane Excellence in IB Business Management H.L

Lucas Mann Excellence in Food Technology

Lucienne SelbyPage Excellence in Sports Performance Science Year 12 Leadership Award

Luis Porto Monteiro Excellence in IB Portuguese Group 1 S.L

Luke Gillespie Year 12 Leadership Award

Mackenzie Longmuir

Excellence in History Extension, Spanish, Sports Performance Science & Statistics

Year 12 Leadership Award

Mackenzie Walton Excellence in Design

Marcus Cao Excellence in IB Biology H.L & Geography H.L

Mariam Samak Excellence in IB English H.L

Martin Chemlev Excellence in Photography

Matthew Zhang Excellence in Physics Extension Year 12 Leadership Award

Matthew Zhu Excellence in IB Biology H.L & Chemistry H.L

Matthias PatersonHawes Excellence in Multimedia Technology (ICT)

Medisa Sedighi Excellence in English Creative & Statistics

Meixuan Zhou Excellence in Design & Painting

Melody Rose Ullrich Excellence in Painting Year 12 Leadership Award

Mia Weber Excellence in Photography

Micah Williams Excellence in Music Contemporary

Michael Taylor Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & History Extension

Michelle Lee Excellence in Mathematics Extension & Physics

Mikayla Binns Excellence in Geography Extension Year 12 Leadership Award

Mina Lee

Academic Excellence

Excellence in English Literature & Geography

Extension

Minjoon Kim Excellence in Performance Music

Monte Clegg Excellence in History Extension

Nakita Luo Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Chemistry H.L & Psychology S.L

Nathan Soehendra Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Biology H.L, Chemistry H.L & Maths Interpretation and Applications S.L

Neiva Officer Excellence in Painting

Ngaawaimarino Simpkins

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Media Studies, Sociology & Te Reo Māori

Year 12 Leadership Award

Nicole Dean Excellence in IB Biology H.L, Chemistry H.L & Psychology H.L

Year 12 Leadership Award

Nikita Dnestrovskiy Excellence in IB Physics H.L

Nuri Oh Excellence in Design

Nutrada Perdpipat Excellence in Food Technology & Photography

Olesya Korchagina

Academic Excellence

Excellence in English Extension, History Extension & Statistics

Year 12 Leadership Award

Olivia Maynard Excellence in Business Studies & Design

Orlando Aguilera

Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Physics H.L

Orlando Yi Liang Yuan Excellence in Physical Education

Paige Bell

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Extension, Chemistry Extension, Geography Extension & Sociology

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Paige Little Excellence in Materials Technology Year 12 Leadership Award

Paige Markwick Excellence in Geography Extension & Statistics

Paige Stenton Excellence in English Creative, Health & Painting

Parley Roberts Excellence in Physical Education & Statistics

Phoebe Lin Academic Excellence Excellence in History Extension Year 12 Leadership Award

Phoenix LevetteLivemore Excellence in Food Technology

Preslava Goranova Excellence in IB English H.L & Psychology H.L

Qian Fan Wu Excellence in Design

Qifeng Wan Excellence in Physics Extension

Qingqing Yang Excellence in Performance Music

Raeann Laubscher Excellence in Media Studies Year 12 Leadership Award

Ranidu Fernando Excellence in Calculus

Rebecca Taylor Excellence in Statistics

Rebecca Wang Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & Painting

Reese Donald Excellence in Sports Performance Science Year 12 Leadership Award

Reid Davidson Academic Excellence

Excellence in Electronics, English Literature, Mathematics Extension, Physics Extension & Programming Year 12 Leadership Award

Reina Jimbo Excellence in History Extension

Renee Menzies Academic Excellence

Riana Lee Excellence in Te Reo Māori

Riley Jackman Excellence in Physical Education

Roxanne Barbara Mulholland Excellence in Statistics & Te Reo Māori

Ruicong Ma Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Ruixin Wang Excellence in Photography

Ryan Billington Excellence in Physics & Sports Performance Science

Ryan Langley Excellence in Accounting

Ryan Thorley Excellence in Geography Year 12 Leadership Award

Samantha Goad Academic Excellence Excellence in History Extension & Performance Music Year 12 Leadership Award

Sarah Green Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Extension, English Literature & Statistics

Sarah Lee Year 12 Leadership Award

Satsuki Watanabe Academic Excellence

Excellence in Chemistry Extension, History

Extension & Te Reo Māori Year 12 Leadership Award

Seungju Kim Excellence in Design

Shengnan Qiao Excellence in Accounting

Shirlyn Hii Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Extension, Chemistry Extension & Statistics

Sihyun Kim Academic Excellence Excellence in Design, Japanese & Painting

Sini Patel Excellence in IB Economics H.L, English H.L & History H.L Year 12 Leadership Award

Siwei Huang Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Economics H.L & Physics H.L

Sophia McAulay Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Stephanie Rule Excellence in English Literature & Sociology

Summer Bailey Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Biology H.L, Economics H.L, English H.L, Chemistry S.L & Maths Interpretation and Applications S.L Year 12 Leadership Award

Summer Cox Excellence in Geography Extension

Summer Hawkins Excellence in Dance

Summer McClean Excellence in IB Biology H.L, Chemistry H.L & Psychology H.L

Sungah Yoo Excellence in Design & Painting

Tania Dabiri Excellence in Geography & Health

Ted Salmon Excellence in Geography, History & Physical Education

Tiana Schwarz

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Chemistry Extension, Classical Studies, English Extension, Media Studies & Physics Extension Year 12 Leadership Award

Tiana Tuivasa Excellence Whakairo

Tianyi Yu

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication Year 12 Leadership Award

Timotheus Chang Ling Excellence in Biology Extension & Physics Extension

Toby Coombe Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Trent Smith Excellence in Design

Veronika Miller Excellence in IB Economics H.L

Victor Li

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Chemistry Extension, Design & Visual Communication, Japanese, Mathematics Extension & Physics Extension

Viktoriya Sazhina Academic Excellence

Excellence in History Extension, History of Art, Media Studies & Sociology Year 12 Leadership Award

Vun Hao Chung Excellence in Chinese

Weidong Luo Excellence in IB Chemistry H.L

William Liu Academic Excellence

Excellence in Accounting, Chemistry Extension, Mathematics Extension & Physics Extension

Xiao Chen Year 12 Leadership Award

Xinning Qi Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & Painting

Xiyan Sun Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & English Literature

Xutao Ying

Yeonsu Na

Yeseul Han

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Excellence in IB History H.L, Maths Analysis and Approaches H.L, Physics H.L & Chemistry S.L

Excellence in Design, Design & Visual Communication & Painting

Yifei Li Excellence in Calculus

Yingtong Liu Excellence in Geography Extension

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Yixin Zhang Excellence in IB English H.L & Mandarin Group 2 H.L

Yixuan Wang Excellence in Photography

Yoseb Kim Excellence in IB Biology H.L & Business Management H.L

Youna Hong Year 12 Leadership Award

Yuezhi Li Excellence in Painting

Yuna Noh Year 12 Leadership Award

Yuna Song Excellence in Level 3 Calculus Scholarship Year 12 Leadership Award

Yunshu Bai Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Chemistry H.L, Economics H.L & English S.L

Yuxin Liu Excellence in Chinese

Yuxuan Liu Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Yuzi Qiu Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design, Design & Visual Communication, Japanese & Painting

Zaara Sain Excellence in Sports Performance Science Year 12 Leadership Award

Zachary Robertson Excellence in Physics

Zahin Bhuiyan Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business Studies, Electronics & Sociology

Zara Braithwaite Excellence in English Literature & History Extension

Zara Curd Excellence in English Creative & Multimedia Technology (ICT)

Zi Qi Jacqui Ling Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design, Design & Visual Communication, Painting & Textiles Technology

Zijian Niu

Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Mandarin Group 2 H.L, Maths Analysis and Approaches H.L, Physics H.L, Chemistry S.L & Psychology S.L

Zoe Hopkins Excellence Whakairo

Year 13

Abigail Campbell Academic Excellence Excellence in Biology Scholarship, Chemistry Scholarship, History Scholarship & Statistics Scholarship

Ahrin Hong Excellence in Performance Music

Alesha Read Excellence in Health & Photography

Alice Hout Academic Excellence

Excellence in Chemistry, Economics, English Scholarship, History of Art & Statistics Scholarship

Alysha Osborne Excellence in Sociology & Te Reo Māori

Amy Jisue Miller Excellence in Sociology

Anais Blanchard Excellence in Classical Studies, Sports Performance Science & Statistics

Andrew Chun Li Excellence in Statistics Scholarship

Andrew Davey Excellence in Design & Photography

Angel Lane Excellence in History

Angela Hong Excellence in Painting

Anita Eir Excellence in Food Technology

Anneka Cai Excellence in Design & English Scholarship

Anthony Wang Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Scholarship, Calculus Scholarship, Chemistry Scholarship, English Scholarship & Physics Scholarship

Ashlyn Ji Excellence in Design

Bella Shaw

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Chemistry, Geography, Sociology, Sports Performance Science & Statistics

Benzhuoyan Li Excellence in Photography

Birui Huang Excellence in Biology Scholarship & Chemistry Scholarship

Cahlin Abert Excellence in Media Studies & Sociology

Caitlyn Lawrence Excellence in Pathways to Employment

Catherine Smith Excellence in Geography Scholarship & Textiles Technology

Chaewon Yun Excellence in English Literature

Charisse Cao Excellence in History

Charlotte Dobbs Excellence in English Novel & History Scholarship

Charlotte Harris Excellence in Geography Scholarship

Charlotte Light Academic Excellence

Excellence in Classical Studies, Physics Scholarship & Statistics Scholarship

Cheuk Wing Leung

Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Biology H.L, Chemistry H.L, Economics H.L & Maths Interpretation and Applications S.L

Christine Lin Excellence in Biology Scholarship & Statistics

Chun Tang Excellence in Geography & History Scholarship

Cleo Loader Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Connor Nemeth Excellence in Biology Scholarship & History Scholarship

Daisy Tucker Excellence in English Scholarship & History Scholarship

Daniel Ahn Excellence in History Scholarship

Daniel Chen

Excellence in IB Chemistry H.L, Physics H.L & Mandarin Group 2 S.L

Daniel Kim Excellence in Music Contemporary

Daniel Leece Excellence in Economics Scholarship & Physics Scholarship

David Paas Excellence in IB Geography H.L

Eden Sacke Excellence in Business Studies, Geography Scholarship & Health

Ella Simonsen Excellence in Photography

Emily Zhao Academic Excellence

Excellence in Economics Scholarship & Mandarin

Emma Brandt Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Emma Cheyne Excellence in Painting

Emma Du Preez Excellence in Business Studies

Emma Hodson Excellence in History

Erika Deen Excellence in History Scholarship & Sociology

Esther Liu

Eva Bennett

Eva Hough

Felicia Zhang

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Scholarship, Chemistry Scholarship, Painting, Physics Scholarship & Statistics Scholarship

Excellence in Photography

Excellence in Food Technology

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Dance Performance, English Literature, Geography Scholarship, History Scholarship & Statistics

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Frano Holloway Excellence in Classical Studies & Drama

Frazer Timmis Excellence in Performance Music

Gabriel IngramPuckey Excellence in Photography

Gabriella Olla Excellence in Painting & Photography

Georgia Aitken Excellence in Music Contemporary

Georgia AstridgeEmery Academic Excellence Excellence in Classical Studies, History Scholarship & Sports Performance Science

Geunho Hwang Excellence in Design & Photography

Gustav Zeiler Excellence in Materials Technology

Hanzhang Sun Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Chemistry H.L, Maths Analysis and Approaches H.L & Physics H.L

Harry Engleback Excellence in Classical Studies, Drama & History Scholarship

Hayley Boyce Excellence in Classical Studies, Economics Scholarship & Statistics

Hwanmin Phaeng Excellence in History Scholarship

Hye Hyun Seo Excellence in Design, Painting & Performance Music

Hyun Young Kim Excellence in Chemistry Scholarship & Painting

Hyungjae Kim Excellence in History Scholarship

Ione Tseng Excellence in Biology Scholarship & Statistics Scholarship

Iris Liang Excellence in Food Technology, Materials Technology & Statistics Scholarship

Isaac Lovering Academic Excellence

Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Isabel Gybel Excellence in Physical Education

Jaasleem Kaur Excellence in History Scholarship

Jack McLean Excellence in Accounting, Biology Scholarship & History Scholarship

Jaelynn Kim Excellence in Biology Scholarship & Statistics Scholarship

James Edgeler Excellence in Geography Scholarship

James Todd Excellence in Japanese

Jared Cheng Excellence in Electronics

Jayne Park Excellence in Painting

Jennifer Choi Excellence in Japanese

Jessica Bergin Excellence in English Novel

Jessica Hall-Judge Excellence in Design

Jessica Redpath Excellence in Painting

Jessica Thompson Excellence in Dance Performance, Media Studies & Sociology

Ji Lee Excellence in IB Psychology H.L

Ji Yee Kim Excellence in Painting

Jiayi Dong Excellence in Chemistry Scholarship & Statistics Scholarship

Jingran Huang Excellence in Health

Joel Brown Excellence in Physical Education

Jonathan Hii Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Biology H.L, English H.L, Psychology H.L & Maths Interpretation and Applications S.L

Jonathan Siah Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Scholarship, Chemistry Scholarship, Physics Scholarship & Statistics Scholarship

Jonathon Sun Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Scholarship, Physics Scholarship & Statistics Scholarship

Joseph Jin Excellence in Design

Joshua Peng

Excellence in English Scholarship, History Scholarship & Statistics

Juwon Park Excellence in English Literature & Statistics Scholarship

Kaia Buckley

Academic Excellence

Excellence in English Novel, Sociology & Sports Performance Science

Kaitlyn Tan Excellence in Design

Karni Boock Excellence in IB English H.L & Psychology H.L

Katelyn Bridge Academic Excellence

Excellence in Classical Studies, English Scholarship & Photography

Katherine LingGuthrie Excellence in Photography

Kayla Gilfillan Excellence in Food Technology

Kayla Hurcum Excellence in Painting & Physics Scholarship

Ke Er Liu Excellence in Dance Performance

Kendra Hannay Excellence in Geography & Sports Performance Science

Kevin Chen Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Biology H.L, Chemistry H.L, Maths Analysis and Approaches H.L, Mandarin Group 2 S.L & Psychology S.L

Kevin Huang

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Scholarship, Calculus Scholarship, Chemistry Scholarship, Physics Scholarship & Statistics Scholarship

Khoi Tran Excellence in Photography

Kiana Stevenson Excellence in Sports Performance Science & Statistics

Kiara Frankland Excellence in Classical Studies

Klaus Xu Excellence in Accounting & Chemistry Scholarship

Kyra Tobin Excellence in Geography Scholarship & Health

Laura Dymond

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Classical Studies, Drama, English Scholarship, History of Art & Spanish

Leah Inskip Excellence in Textiles Technology

Liam Senior Excellence in Physics Scholarship

Lucas Pritchard Excellence in Construction

Lucie Knight

Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB French Group 2 H.L, Spanish Group 2 H.L & History S.L

Luke Bartram Excellence in Biology Scholarship, Calculus Scholarship, Chemistry Scholarship & Physics Scholarship

Luna Schmitt Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Lydia Claridge Excellence in Biology Scholarship

Madeleine Brock Excellence in Design

Makyla Henderson

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Scholarship, Chemistry Scholarship, English Scholarship, Physics & Statistics

Marissa Zhou Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Scholarship & Dance Performance

Matilda Lowe

Excellence in Media Studies & Sports Performance Science

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Matthew Allen Catadman Excellence in Media Studies

Matthew Childs Excellence in English Scholarship & History Scholarship

Maya Sharp Excellence in Geography Scholarship

Micah Atkins Excellence in Music Contemporary

Mingqian Liu Excellence in IB Business Management H.L

Minwoo Kim Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Chemistry H.L, Maths Analysis and Approaches H.L, Physics H.L, Economics S.L & English S.L

Miumi Matsumura Excellence in History Scholarship

Na Jung Amy Im Excellence in Food Technology

Nataliya HandrickAdolph Excellence in Food Technology & Photography

Nicholas Gaze Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Niki Rastkar Excellence in Pathways to Employment

Olive Mortimer Excellence in Media Studies

Olivia Parkes Excellence in IB Psychology H.L

Paco Poon Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB English H.L & Psychology H.L

Paul Kim Excellence in Photography

Pitt Qiu Excellence in Geography Scholarship

Rachel Lee Academic Excellence

Excellence in English Literature, Statistics Scholarship & Textiles Technology

Rachel Ruiqi Hu Excellence in IB Mandarin Group 1 H.L

Rachel Xie Academic Excellence

Excellence in Calculus, Chemistry, English Scholarship & Statistics

Raymond Huang Excellence in English Scholarship & Statistics Scholarship

Rebecca Lee Excellence in Design & Design & Visual Communication

Reilly Worsfold Excellence in Japanese

Riley Sheldon Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Ruian Li Excellence in Chemistry Scholarship, Physics Scholarship & Statistics Scholarship

Ruijia Dong Academic Excellence Excellence in Design & Statistics Scholarship

Ruixi Liu Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Scholarship, Design & Visual Communication, English Scholarship, Physics Scholarship & Statistics Scholarship

Runchuan Wang Excellence in Geography Scholarship

Ryan Martin Excellence in Photography

Sam Westerkamp Excellence in Geography Scholarship & Materials Technology

Samantha Hook Excellence in History

Samuel Gordon Excellence in Design

Sanggun Lee Excellence in Design & Photography

Sarah Kukard Excellence in Painting

Savana Akers Excellence in Painting

Sean Hwangbo Excellence in English Literature & Physics

Sebastian Camus Excellence in Biology Scholarship & Physics Scholarship

Selena Fung Excellence in Chemistry Scholarship

Seojin Yoon Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Shane Warman Excellence in Performance Music & Sociology

Shengai Wang Excellence in Calculus

Shi Yu Chen The Dalglish Trophy for Art and Design

Shine Yu Excellence in History

Shiyi Liu Excellence in Design

Shufei Wu

Academic Excellence

Excellence in English Scholarship, Physics Scholarship & Statistics Scholarship

Shuka Iwasaki Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & Painting

Sienna Rugg Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Sila Chaikajonsak Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Biology H.L, Chemistry H.L & Mandarin Group 2 S.L

Sitong Li Excellence in Calculus Scholarship & Design & Visual Communication

Siya Bhatia Excellence in Spanish & Statistics Scholarship

Somesh Fageria Excellence in Physical Education

Soobin Choe Excellence in English Scholarship, History of Art & History Scholarship

Sophia Snelgrove Excellence in Dance Performance

Sophie Lee Excellence in Economics Scholarship & Statistics

Sophie-Rose Moratti Academic Excellence Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, English Scholarship & Photography

Soyoon Park Excellence in Health

Stanley Lau Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Scholarship & Physics Scholarship

Stefan Mishkovski Excellence in Painting

Summer Harris Excellence in Photography

Summer Osborne Excellence in Sports Performance Science

Suya Haering

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Statistics Scholarship

Tabitha Dean Excellence in Economics Scholarship & Statistics Scholarship

Taylor Grant Excellence in History

Thomas Christopher Excellence in Accounting

Thyrhys Te Williams Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & Te Reo Māori

Toby Dean Excellence in Spanish

Tony Michael Aziz

Ishak Excellence in IB Psychology H.L

Tyler Watkin Excellence in Media Studies

Tyler Wichman Excellence in IB Business Management H.L

Vanessa Gower Excellence in Geography

Victor Than Excellence in Design

William Hays Excellence in Statistics

William Li

Academic Excellence

Excellence in IB Business Management H.L, Physics H.L & Mandarin Group 2 S.L

William Wei Academic Excellence

Excellence in Biology Scholarship, Performance Music, Physics Scholarship & Statistics Scholarship

Xin Ren Excellence in Physics Scholarship

Xixi Guan

Excellence in Design & Design & Visual Communication

185 PRIZEGIVING

Yang Zhou Excellence in IB Mandarin Group 1 H.L

Yen Nhi Nguyen Excellence in Biology Scholarship, Calculus, Chemistry Scholarship & History Scholarship

Yennice Saw Excellence in Textiles Technology

Yeonjee Choi Excellence in Geography

Yeonju Ha Excellence in English Literature

Yi Ning Chen Academic Excellence Excellence in Classical Studies, Design & Visual Communication, English Scholarship & History of Art

Yiming Ma Academic Excellence Excellence in IB Biology H.L & Psychology H.L

Yingqi Chen Excellence in History Scholarship & Statistics

Yingxi Zhang Excellence in Geography Scholarship, Japanese, Photography & Statistics

Yingxuan Li Excellence in English Scholarship, Geography Scholarship & Statistics Scholarship

Yu Mee Lee Excellence in Biology Scholarship, English Scholarship & Statistics

Yueyi Wang Excellence in Calculus & Physics Scholarship

Yufei Sun Excellence in Biology Scholarship, English Scholarship & Statistics Scholarship

Yufei Zhang Excellence in English Scholarship, History Scholarship & Statistics Scholarship

Yujin Kim Excellence in Generic Computing

Yuxiao Wu Excellence in Mandarin

Zhengliang Xu Excellence in Calculus

Zhengyi Yan Excellence in Geography Scholarship

Zhenni Liu Excellence in I.B. Mandarin Group 1 H.L.

Zhijin Cao Excellence in Photography

Zhuoxuan Liu Excellence in Media Studies, Physics Scholarship & Statistics Scholarship

Zoe Inskeep Excellence in Statistics & Te Reo Māori

Zoe Reynolds Excellence in Te Reo Māori

Scholarship Awards

Abigail Campbell University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship

Alice Hout University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship

Alysha Osbourne Rangitoto Trust Award

Anais Blachard University of Otago New Frontiers Excellence Entrance Scholarship

Anthony Wang University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship

Bella Shaw University of Otago Leaders of Tomorrow Entrance Scholarship (High Distinction)

Brooke Evans University of Otago Leaders of Tomorrow Entrance Scholarship

Charlotte Light University of Otago Academic Excellence Entrance Scholarship

Daiki Suziki University of Otago Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship

Daniel Stanger University of Otago Leaders of Tomorrow Entrance Scholarship

Emma Brandt University of Otago New Frontiers Excellence Entrance Scholarship

Esther Liu University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship

Frano Holloway Victoria University of Wellington Tangiwai Scholarship for Excellence

Hayley Boyce University of Canterbury UC Hiranga Scholarship for Academic Excellence and Horomata Scholarship for Emerging Leaders

Helen Huang University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship

Hyun Young Kim University of Otago Academic Excellence Entrance Scholarship

Hyungjae Kim University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship

Ione Tseng University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship

Izzie Batkin

Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Find Your Greatness - Hiki Ake (Lift Up) Scholarship

Jaelynn Kim University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship

Jakob De Guzman University of Otago Māori Entrance Scholarship

Jasmin Ju University of Otago Vice-chancellor's Scholarship for International Students

Jessica Honey Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Find your greatness - All Rounder Scholarship

Jiayi Dong University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship

Kayla Hurcum University of Auckland Academic Potential Scholarship

Kendra Hannay University of Otago New Frontiers Excellence Entrance Scholarship

Laura Dymond Victoria University of Wellington Tangiwai Scholarship for Excellence

Liam Senior University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship

Lucas Pritchard Prime Minister's Vocational Excellence Award

Lydia Claridge University of Otago Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship

Makyla Henderson University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship

Nicolas Ouwehand Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Find your greatness - All Rounder Scholarship

Nutrada Perdpipat Photolife Photography Award

Raymond Huang University of Auckland Faculty of Science High Achiever Scholarship

Riley Edwards Rangitoto Trust Award

Rosalie Gerlach Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Find Your Greatness - Kiwa (Māori & Pacific Students) Scholarship

Sophie Lee University of Canterbury UC Hiranga Scholarship for Academic Excellence

Suya Haering University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship

Tabitha Dean University of Canterbury UC Hiranga Scholarship for Academic Excellence

Thyrhys Te Williams Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Find Your Greatness - Kiwa (Māori & Pacific Students) Scholarship

Viktoriya Sazhina University of Auckland Faculty of Arts Award for Year 12

William Wei University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship

Ye Mee Lee University of Otago Leaders of Tomorrow Entrance Scholarship (High Distinction)

Yennice Saw Argyle Textiles Technology Scholarship

Yeonjee Choi Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Find Your Greatness Academic Excellence Scholarship

Yufei Sun University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship

Yufei Zhang University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship

Zoe Reid University of Canterbury UC Hiranga Scholarship for Academic Excellence

Zoe Reynolds

University of Otago New Frontiers Excellence Entrance Scholarship

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Top Subject & Premier Awards

Abigail Campbell The Udy-Bothwell Cup for Year 13 Statistics

Alice Hout Summa Cum Laude

Alysha Osborne Excellence in Leadership Te Manukura (Esteemed Leader)

Anthony Wang Excellence in Service The Cutfield Cup Excellence in Science

Arnold Nam The Rankin Cup for Year 13 Sociology

Bella Shaw The Bell-Stanton Cup for Year 13 Physical Education Summa Cum Laude

Carly Fear The Rosetta Stone Cup for Excellence in Year 11 Languages

Charlotte Harris Excellence in Leadership

Cheuk Wing Leung IB Proxime Accessit

Chloe Seo The Prelude Cup for Excellence in Year 11 English

Ciara Quann The Year 11 Health and Physical Education Cup

Daisy Tucker The Frank Tucker Trophy for Leadership and Service

Felicia Zhang Summa Cum Laude The Geography Research Award

Georgia AstridgeEmery The Jones Cup for Year 13 Social Science

Gracie Zhang The Year 13 Commerce Cup

Guancheng Cai The Johnson Cup for Year 13 Calculus

Ha-Yun Seo Duke of Edinburgh Hillary Gold Award Head Student

Hye Hyun Seo The Dalglish Trophy for Art and Design

Jaasleem Kaur Excellence in Service

Jacob Irwin The Henry Ford Cup for Excellence in Year 11 Commerce

Jedidiah Jumig Te Tākapu - Mōhiotanga o te reo

Jonathan Siah Proxime Accessit

Jonathon Sun DUX

Joshua Peng Head Student The Sir John Allum Cup for General Excellence

Joules Jordan The Moynihan Cup for Special Effort Year 12

Juwon Park Student Volunteer Army Gold Award

Kaia Buckley Head Student The Frank Tucker Trophy for Leadership and Service

Katie Huang The Year 11 Health and Physical Education Cup

Kevin Chen IB Dux

Kevin Huang Summa Cum Laude

Kyel Anderson The Lamb Cup for Year 12 Physical Education

Lachlan Merriman The Year 11 Social Sciences Cup

Laura Dymond Excellence in Leadership Summa Cum Laude

Lianne Kim The Josef Zhang Cup for Year 12 Physics

Lucie Knight The Van Wonderen Cup for Year 13 Languages

Luke Bartram Summa Cum Laude

Lyricc Rameka Te Torea - Whanaketanga o te reo

Mackenzie Longmuir Student Volunteer Army Gold Award

Madeline Bennett The Year 11 Technology Cup

Makyla Henderson Summa Cum Laude

Maya Sharp The Akehurst Cup for Year 13 Geography

Minjia Hu The Year 11 Technology Cup

Minwoo Kim IB Summa Cum Laude

Miumi Matsumura The Peachey Library Service Award

Nicolas Ouwehand Head Student

Nikita Fairgray The Payne Memorial Cup

Olive Mortimer Performing Artist of the year

Rachel Xie Summa Cum Laude

Rebecca Wang The Richardson Cup for Year 12 Design and Visual Communication

Rosalie Gerlach Pasifica Excellence Award

Ruairidh Cliffin The Wade Award for Special Effort

Ruixi Liu Proxime Accessit

Ryan Jefferson Sportsman of the year

Sebastian Camus Excellence in Leadership

Shane Warman Performing Artist of the year

Shi Yu Chen Summa Cum Laude The Dalglish Trophy for Art and Design

Soobin Choe The Bailey Cup for Year 13 History

Sophie-Rose Moratti The Clive Bartleet Award for Photography The Allen Cup for Year 13 Design and Visual Communication

Summer Osborne Sportswoman of the year

Timea Andrell The Rutherford Cup for Excellence in Year 11 Science

Vsevolod Valiev The Year 13 Digital Technology Cup

Will Schmidt The Davis Cup for Service to BOT

William Carpenter The Gordon Cup for Special Effort Year 13

Wing-Hin Young Duke of Edinburgh Hillary Gold Award

Xian Huang Student Volunteer Army Gold Award

Xingyi Luo The Jacqueline Fahey Cup for Excellence in Year 11 Art and Design

Yi Ning Chen Summa Cum Laude

Yingxuan Li Excellence in Service

Yufei Sun Duke of Edinburgh Hillary Gold Award The Carter Cup for Year 13 English

Yufei Zhang Summa Cum Laude

Yunxuan Sun The Year 11 Performing Arts Cup

Zhaoyuan Li The Mirzakhani Cup for Excellence in Year 11 Mathematics

Zhenni Liu Excellence in Service Outstanding International Student Award

Zoe Hopkins Te Awhiorangi - Whakairo

Zoe Reynolds Te Kuaka - Māramatanga o te reo

187 PRIZEGIVING

Junior Prizegiving 2022

Junior Diploma - Blue Awards

Year 9

Tutor Class Student

9CA Avesta Abarghouei

Maya Al-Damluji

Anna Blackett

Florencia Camus Rogers

Ceinwen Evans

Leilani Fair

Sophie Haine

Yi Kan

Oliver Kiing

Dylan Reader

La Ye Xi Zhang

9CD Daniel Ward Able

Katie Warman

Rebekah Williamson

Sara Yao

9CL Reina Lin

Taekyung Hwang

Yixin Pan

Julian Yoon

9FE Yunha Lee

Adhisri Venkat

9HF Henna Hwang

Henry Yoon Hoo Ji

Annie Jin

Mandy Juan Lu

Olivia Li

Grace Oh

Christopher Rui-Han Ong

Kaitlyn Rogers

Joshua Wang

Alex Yang

Xinlei Yu

9HG Aria Alam

Baran Amani

Luca Rowbotham

9KR

Jun Xi Chen

Emily Cudby

Zoe Johnstone

Eugene Joubert

Rosie Lenik

Faith Mead

Jack William Peterson

Kate Thynne

Fergus White

9LI Lucas Cornford

Owen Li

Junsu Na

Elia Pollitt

9MG Leila Davis

9MO

Chloe Turner

Alexander Bai

Jackson Brown

Felicia Chen

Yujin Jung

Ruka Kambe

Zi Lun Jaylen Ling

Eloise Nel

Austin Picard

Jeremy Ren

Melody Wang

Nithini Weeraratne

Emma Xia

Poresha Yee

Lynn Zhang

9NA Caitlin Allen-Jackson

Zion Jun

Zoe Smith

Callum Turver

Sewook Wi

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Brody Donald

Olivia Kumar

Peyton Sass

Janice Tsai

Alex Zhang

9NI Olivia Apperley

Emma Mackrell

9PT Sejin Kim

Seonwoo Kim

Holly Wimpory

9RB Lilah Ellis

Luisa Porto Monteiro

9SE Jaewon Choi

Amelia Andrews

Rebecca Redpath

9TI Luke Van Niekerk

9XE Aadrisa Kumar

Year 10

10BE Maddison Cooper-Wiki

Emmy Hurcum

Mikayla Levett

Yuhan Li

Deea Malhotra

Raamiz Rehman

Reuben Tewari

10CA Timea Andrell

Kate Blackett

Edward Fung

Ronald Fung

Gabriel Lin

Joshua Lo

Holly Stanford

Hanlu Wang

Jia Qi Yan

Enyi Zhang

10CD Gabriella Gui

10CL Jessica Tennant

10CS Cole Fraser Cornish

Oliver Jenkins

Yi Shan Tan

10FE Poppy Glasgow

Victoria Wang

Hyewon Yang

10FE Emily Kelly

Jasmine Liu

Xingyi Luo

Anna Schrott

Yunxuan Sun

Lucas Wang

Zachary Yu

10HG Harrison Cooper

Eliana Heard

Renee Macaulay

Nikita Slesarenko

Talaya Vorstser

Jessica Zhu

10KR Emma Jackson

Nyla Spencer

10LI Mila Reid

10MG

Michael Woolf

Olivia Taylor

10MO Mary Haddad

Isabella Iti

Zhaoyuan Li

Sofia Malveda

James Reynolds

Chloe Seo

Cael Guo Sia

10NA Ruairidh Cliffin

Fareh Farhan

Bo yi Jiang

Charlotte Ng

Daniel Wei

10NB Wenhao Weng

10NI Suhaan Contractor

Carly Fear

Callum Keer-Keer

Leya Li

Weixin Xie

10PT Ariana Johnston

McKenzie Kruck

Vanessa Stirling

10RH Kezia Buissinne

10SC Muhammad Naqvi

10SE

Mikayla Rothery

Brya Mathers

Xinyi Shu

Jun Yin

10SN Zahraa Alsakini

Nicholas Keating

Nikita Steel

10TI Alexis Buissinne

Year 9 Academic Awards

Student Awards

9BE

Ziye Cong

Excellence in Visual Art

Joshua Curham Excellence in Te Reo Māori & Performance Music

Kyla Du Plessis Excellence in Visual Art

Anabelle Gillmore Excellence in Dance & Health & Physical Education

Sofiya Sazhina Excellence in Dance & English

Michael Te Paa Excellence in Music Contemporary

Sasha Tindall Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Maia Wynyard Excellence in Te Reo Māori

9CA

Avesta Abarghouei Excellence in Spanish

Maya Al-Damluji

Elwin Bao

Anna Blackett

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business and Economics, Rock Band & Science

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Mathematics

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology, English, Junior Social Science, Mathematics, Materials Technology & Science

9NB
189 PRIZEGIVING

Ya Bo

Excellence in Visual Art & Music Contemporary

Florencia Camus Rogers Academic Excellence

Leilani Fair

Excellence in Junior Social Science

Excellence in Big Band, Materials Technology, Spanish & STEAM

Sophie Haine Excellence in Big Band, Design & Visual Communication & Junior Social Science

Yi Kan

Oliver Kiing

Excellence in Digital Technology, Materials Technology & Music Contemporary

Excellence in Chinese

Dora Leo Excellence in Digital Technology

Xiaoxiao Li Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology, Junior Social Science & Science

Maddison Phillips Excellence in Digital Technology, Design & Visual Communication & Spanish

Dylan Reader Academic Excellence

Excellence in Health & Physical Education, Science & Spanish

Yanchen Tan Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business and Economics, Junior Social Science, Mathematics & Science

Xinran Tian Excellence in Visual Art, Digital Technology & Science

Zi Wang Excellence in Mathematics

Ayva-Rose Wharerau Excellence in Business and Economics

La Ye Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology, English, Junior Social Science & Spanish

Xi Zhang Academic Excellence

Excellence in Visual Art, Japanese, Junior Social Science, Mathematics & Music Contemporary

Alicia Zhou Excellence in Dance, Digital Technology & Music Contemporary

9CD

Zara Harris Excellence in Digital Technology

Shengxuan Hou Excellence in Business and Economics

Zimeng Luo Excellence in Music Contemporary

Gemma O'Brien Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business and Economics, Food Technology, Rock Band, Science & STEAM

Rebekah Williamson Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, English & Textiles Technology

Hong Wong Excellence in Visual Art, Digital Technology, English & Science

Sara Yao Excellence in Visual Art, Big Band, English & Spanish

9CL

Yi Chen

Excellence in Visual Art

Nathan Grant Excellence in Mathematics

Geunwook Kim Excellence in Drama

Huo Li Excellence in Junior Social Science

Shan Li Excellence in Mathematics

Reina Lin Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology & Junior Social Science

Rikutaro Watanabe

9CS

Cody Briones

Daniel Robert Mulcahy

Excellence in Food Technology & Performance Music

Kyson Norton Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Excellence in Health & Physical Education, Junior Social Science, Te Reo Māori, Performance Music & Science

Excellence in Music Contemporary

Zirui Liu Excellence in Digital Technology

Maria Quezon Excellence in English

Pui Ki Katelyn Tang Excellence in English, Japanese & Science

Zheng Xin Wei Excellence in Mathematics

Yuxuan Wu Excellence in Mathematics

Julian Yoon Excellence in Mathematics

9FE

Emily Dawson Excellence in English

Namu Gusscott Excellence in Music Contemporary

Yui Kim Excellence in English & Mathematics

Jessa Lamb Excellence in English, Performance Music & Spanish

Lily Ocana Excellence in Dance & English

Hana Sugimoto Excellence in Japanese

Cecilia Tang Excellence in English & Music Contemporary

Adhisri Venkat

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business and Economics, English, Food Technology, Junior Social Science & Science

9HF

Amelia Gu Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Chloe Yi Hii

Henna Hwang

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Health & Physical Education, Japanese & Junior Social Science

Academic Excellence

Excellence in English, Japanese, Junior Social Science, Mathematics & Science

Henry Yoon Hoo Ji Excellence in Business and Economics, Drama, Design & Visual Communication & Junior Social Science

Annie Jin

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Visual Art, English, Health & Physical Education & Science

Mandy Juan Lu Academic Excellence Excellence in Science

Yeonhee Kim Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Yvonne Kim Excellence in Chinese

Olivia Li

Gemma Lowe

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Health & Physical Education, Materials Technology & Symphonic Band

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Electronics, Materials Technology, Science & STEAM

Chad Nemeth Excellence in Business and Economics & Health & Physical Education

Grace Oh Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology, Health & Physical Education, Junior Social Science, Mathematics & Science

Christopher Rui-Han Ong

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business and Economics, Chinese, Digital Technology, English, Food Technology, Health & Physical Education, Junior Social Science, Mathematics & Science

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Kaitlyn Rogers Excellence in Dance, Digital Technology, Junior Social Science & Performing Arts

Lila Sandler Excellence in English & Science

Joshua Wang

The Panorama Prize for Prose

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology, Electronics, English, Health & Physical Education, Japanese, Junior Social Science, Mathematics, Science & Symphonic Band

Joshua Wang First in Year 9 Junior Social Science

Alex Yang

Xinlei Yu

9HG

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Electronics, Health & Physical Education, Science & Symphonic Band

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology, Design & Visual Communication, English, Health & Physical Education, Junior Social Science, Mathematics, Performance Music, Science & Spanish

Aria Alam Excellence in Chinese

Baran Amani Excellence in English

Matthew Bradshaw Excellence in Food Technology

Max Carter Excellence in Visual Art, Health & Physical Education & STEAM

Gabriel Isaac

Funtelar Excellence in Digital Technology, English, Junior Social Science & Performance Music

Sophie Glasgow Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Gwang Kim Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business and Economics, English, Junior Social Science & Mathematics

Gwang Kim First in Year 9 Mathematics

Reh Lee Excellence in Dance

Ellen Liu Excellence in Digital Technology & Music Contemporary

Yeonwoo Oh Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, Mathematics, Spanish & STEAM

Jonathon Smith Excellence in Drama

Yusiyan Xie Excellence in Mathematics & Spanish

Melissa Limeng Xu Excellence in Business and Economics, Digital Technology, English & Junior Social Science

9KR

Alissa Antipova Excellence in Digital Technology & Science

Jun Xi Chen Excellence in Visual Art

Emily Cudby Excellence in Performance Music

Ziyuan Huang Excellence in Music Contemporary

Zoe Johnstone Excellence in Junior Social Science & Science

Eric Lei Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology, English & Japanese

Rosie Lenik Excellence in Performing Arts

Faith Mead Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Celine Nasrallah Excellence in Business and Economics & Guitar

Jack William Peterson Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Kiera Solomon Excellence in Dance & Performing Arts

Hayley Stirling Excellence in Dance & Digital Technology

Fergus White Excellence in Spanish

9LI

Laura Allan

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & Spanish

Lola-Rose Bailey Excellence in Textiles Technology

Sofia Bell-Syer Excellence in Spanish

Danyi Cheng Excellence in Mathematics

Lucas Cornford Excellence in Guitar & STEAM

Haged Elmorsy Excellence in Digital Technology

Anna Flora Gybel Excellence in Performing Arts

Juhee Hong Excellence in Chinese

Owen Li Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology, English, Junior Social Science, Mathematics, Materials Technology & Science

Junsu Na Academic Excellence

Excellence in Chinese, Digital Technology, English, Mathematics, Performance Music & Symphonic Band

The Year 9 Performance Music Cup

Emily Poulton Excellence in Visual Art

Sunny Xiao Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business and Economics, Electronics, English, Japanese, Mathematics & Symphonic Band

Anja Zivkovic Excellence in Spanish

9MG

Chloe Baughan

Excellence in Dance, Digital Technology, English, Junior Social Science & Performing Arts

Anastasia Calderon Excellence in English & Spanish

Chloe Choi Excellence in English & Materials Technology

Sienna Houkamau Excellence in Spanish

Joohwan Kim Excellence in Mathematics

Chloe Turner Excellence in Junior Social Science

9MO

Alexander Bai Excellence in Business and Economics & Mathematics

Theo Braithwaite Excellence in Business and Economics & STEAM

Jackson Brown Academic Excellence

Excellence in Junior Social Science & Te Reo Māori

Felicia Chen Academic Excellence Excellence in Chinese & Mathematics

Haoyu Chen

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, English, Japanese, Junior Social Science, Keyboard, Mathematics, Science & STEAM

Michayla de Wet Excellence in Food Technology

Fengcheng Dong Excellence in Mathematics

Zefang FU Excellence in Mathematics

Yujin Jung

Ruka Kambe

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Visual Art, Chinese, Design & Visual Communication, Mathematics & Science

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Electronics, Health & Physical Education, Mathematics & Science

191 PRIZEGIVING

Harmin Lee

Zi Lun Jaylen Ling

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Health & Physical Education, Music Contemporary & Spanish

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Chinese, Health & Physical Education, Mathematics & STEAM

Lily Ma Excellence in Dance, Digital Technology, Te Reo Māori & Science

Kayla Maskell

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Dance, Science & Spanish

Eloise Nel Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business and Economics, English & Junior Social Science

Austin Picard Academic Excellence

Excellence in Chinese, Mathematics & Science

Austin Picard First in Year 9 Science

Jeremy Ren Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business and Economics, Junior Social Science, Mathematics, Science & Spanish

Le Shi Excellence in Dance, Digital Technology & Science

Melody Wang Excellence in Mathematics

Emma Webster Excellence in Business and Economics, Health & Physical Education & Junior Social Science

Nithini Weeraratne Academic Excellence

Excellence in Junior Social Science & Science

Harira Won Excellence in Big Band, Mathematics & Science

Poresha Yee

Lynn Zhang

Academic Excellence

Excellence in English, Junior Social Science, Keyboard, Mathematics, Science & STEAM

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Big Band, English, Junior Social Science, Mathematics, Science & Spanish

Outstanding Achievement in Junior Debating 9NA

Caitlin Allen-Jackson Excellence in English

Susannah Cooper Excellence in Food Technology

Lily Danks Excellence in Dance

Skye Gillespie Excellence in Business and Economics, English, Junior Social Science & Spanish

Zion Jun Excellence in Mathematics

Chulaluck Kanlapanasap Excellence in Music Contemporary

Veronica Ortiz-Rojas Excellence in Spanish

Zoe Smith Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology, Design & Visual Communication, English, Junior Social Science & Te Reo Māori

Sewook Wi Excellence in Chinese 9NB

Mellani Birkett Excellence in Visual Art, Digital Technology, English, Music Contemporary & Spanish

Brody Donald Excellence in Digital Technology

Man Hei Ho Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Chase Kirkland Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Janice Tsai Excellence in Performance Music

Clara Williams Excellence in Digital Technology

Alex Zhang

9NI

Olivia Apperley

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Mathematics & Science

Academic Excellence

Excellence in English, Health & Physical Education, Junior Social Science & Science

Alba Yvonne Dew Excellence in Health & Physical Education & Spanish

Macsen Frith Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Olivia Fuyala Excellence in Te Reo Māori

Nicola Hays Excellence in Drama & English

Emma Mackrell Excellence in Big Band, Digital Technology, Electronics & Science

Eric Taylor Excellence in Dance & Keyboard

Zoe Zhu

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Visual Art, English & Health & Physical Education

Maja Zurek Excellence in Music Contemporary & Spanish

9PT

Noah Claydon Excellence in Te Reo Māori

Sophia Kabzamalova Excellence in Spanish

Sejin Kim Excellence in Chinese & Music Contemporary

Seonwoo Kim Excellence in Chinese, Health & Physical Education, Music Contemporary & Spanish

Renhanrui Li Excellence in Chinese, Health & Physical Education & Music Contemporary

Haoming Liu Excellence in Mathematics

Zachary Scott Excellence in Mathematics

Ethana Warren Excellence in Spanish

Holly Wimpory Excellence in Music Contemporary

9RB

Samantha Bunn Excellence in Dance & Junior Social Science

Lilah Ellis Excellence in Visual Art, Junior Social Science & Spanish

Corban Greenfield Excellence in Mathematics

Kiara Joubert Excellence in Junior Social Science

Avani Kumar Excellence in Food Technology

Jiayan Liu

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Chinese, English, Junior Social Science, Mathematics, Materials Technology, Music Contemporary & Science

Lily Newman Excellence in Dance

Luisa Porto Monteiro Excellence in Visual Art, English & Spanish

Jessica Tan Excellence in Chinese & Junior Social Science

9RH

Oliver Kennedy Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Bessy Krishnan Excellence in Music Contemporary

Baixi Liu

Ethan Swanepoel

Chuling Tong

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Chinese, English, Junior Social Science, Mathematics, Materials Technology, Music Contemporary & Science

Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Academic Excellence

Excellence in English, Mathematics, Music Contemporary & Science

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Maddisen White Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & Health & Physical Education 9SC

Grace Boam Excellence in English & Junior Social Science

Borui Chen Excellence in Chinese

Sean Chua Excellence in Mathematics

Alexis Dowling Excellence in Digital Technology

Lachlan Jackman Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Max Newall Excellence in Digital Technology

Yiyun Pan Excellence in Digital Technology & English

Paige Rees Excellence in Business and Economics

Maddison Skelton Excellence in Junior Social Science

Kenai Stevenson Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Yuetong Wang Excellence in Mathematics & Science

Irvin Wu Academic Excellence Excellence in English & Music Contemporary 9SE

Gemma Agar Excellence in Junior Social Science

Weiyu Chen Excellence in Visual Art

Jaewon Choi Academic Excellence

Excellence in Japanese, Mathematics & Music Contemporary

Hanwen Feng Excellence in Music Contemporary

Lucy Henderson Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Vico Huang Excellence in Chinese

Da Eun Kim Excellence in Japanese & Music Contemporary

Corbin Lawrence Lockyer Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Finn Mikkelson Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Nevada Stacey Excellence in English

Bede Thorburn Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Jessy Westerkamp Excellence in Health & Physical Education & Materials Technology

Yuang Wu Academic Excellence Excellence in Junior Social Science, Mathematics & Science 9SN

Amelia Andrews Academic Excellence Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, English, Health & Physical Education, Music Contemporary, Science & Spanish

Qiao Cheong Excellence in Chinese

Siyuan Li Academic Excellence

Excellence in English, Junior Social Science, Mathematics & Spanish

Carri-Anne Pointer Excellence in Music Contemporary

Rebecca Redpath Academic Excellence

Excellence in English, Junior Social Science, Music Contemporary & Science

Marissa Hui Tan Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Elijah Taylor Excellence in Te Reo Māori

Luke Alan Taylor Excellence in English for Literacy & Health & Physical Education

9SR

Ryen Anderson

Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Olivia Clarke Academic Excellence

Excellence in Electronics, English, Music Contemporary, Science & Spanish

Ava Goldsworthy Excellence in Food Technology

Younghoo Kim Excellence in Spanish

Ben Kuys Excellence in Health & Physical Education & Music Contemporary

Sophie Lysaght Excellence in Dance

Hannah Middleton Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Matthew Peel Excellence in Drama & Spanish

Christian Potter Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Gloria Weng Excellence in Science 9TI

Manuela Atienza Carrasco Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Kaili Brown Academic Excellence Excellence in Mathematics & Science

Tayla Hawkes Excellence in Science

Daniel Heard Excellence in English, Junior Social Science & Spanish

Annabel Lile Excellence in Food Technology

Ananda Purwoko Excellence in Visual Art

Jasmin Timsah Excellence in Digital Technology, English & Spanish

Luke Van Niekerk Excellence in Digital Technology

Cham Sum Yim Excellence in Mathematics & Music Contemporary

9XE

Conor Baden Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, Science & Spanish

Katie Heays-Wilson Academic Excellence Excellence in Science

Aadrisa Kumar Excellence in Digital Technology & English

Kelly Pringle Excellence in Digital Technology

Rhea Morgan Somerville Excellence in Music Contemporary

Hanyue Wang Excellence in Mathematics

YuChuan Xiao Academic Excellence Excellence in Mathematics & Science

Year 9 Academic Awards

Student Awards

10BE

Ryan Burke

Cherie Dibble

Jessica Coughlan

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Health & Physical Education & Junior Social Science

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication & Junior Social Science

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Junior Social Science, Science & Spanish

Chaei Kwak Excellence in Mathematics

Exodus Zhyon

Sapphire

Excellence in Te Reo Māori

193 PRIZEGIVING

Min Park Excellence in Junior Social Science & Mathematics

Claire Yoon Excellence in Visual Art & Junior Social Science

Maddison CooperWiki Excellence in Junior Social Science

Yuhan Li Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business and Economics & Junior Social Science National Achievement in Synchronised Swimming

Emmy Hurcum Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology, English, Health & Physical Education, Junior Social Science & Science

Deea Malhotra Excellence in English & Junior Social Science

Raamiz Rehman Academic Excellence

Excellence in Chinese, English, Health & Physical Education & Junior Social Science

Reuben Tewari Excellence in Health & Physical Education

10CA

Santiago Cruz Excellence in English

Anna Fisk Excellence in Mathematics

Heidi Hwangbo Excellence in English

Paul Kim Excellence in Electronics

Nina Kataoka Excellence in Japanese & Spanish

Poppy Kostan Academic Excellence

Excellence in English, Health & Physical Education, Mathematics & Science National Achievement in Water Polo

Hamish McLean Excellence in Digital Technology

Jihu Lee

Excellence in Business and Economics, English & Health & Physical Education

National Achievement in Swimming

Jasper Quinlan Excellence in Health & Physical Education & Mathematics

Selina Ni Excellence in Visual Art, Chinese, Design & Visual Communication, English & Junior Social Science

Selina Weng Excellence in English

An Ye Excellence in Materials Technology

Zhen Shan Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business and Economics, Chinese, English, Junior Social Science, Mathematics & Science

Kate Blackett Academic Excellence

Excellence in English, Health & Physical Education, Junior Social Science, Materials Technology & Spanish

Gabriel Lin Excellence in English

Joshua Lo Excellence in Digital Technology & Electronics

Holly Stanford Excellence in Drama & Te Reo Māori

Jia Qi Yan Academic Excellence

Excellence in English & Junior Social Science

Enyi Zhang Academic Excellence Excellence in Junior Social Science, Mathematics & Science

Hanlu Wang Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business and Economics, Chinese, English & Junior Social Science

Timea Andrell Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business and Economics, English, Junior Social Science & Science First in Year 10 Junior Social Science

Kate Ashton Excellence in Visual Art

Siu Qian Akira Baxter Excellence in Junior Social Science

Leo Dickinson Excellence in English for Literacy

Tia Epplett

Excellence in Food Technology

Hwi Cha Excellence in Visual Art, English & Health & Physical Education

Andreas Kuys Excellence in Health & Physical Education Junior Boys Player of the year

Matheus Mendes Excellence in Spanish

Jaime Redgrave Excellence in Dance

Damien Sheldon Excellence in Digital Technology & Mathematics

Grace Williscroft Excellence in Dance, English, Junior Social Science & Performing Arts

Gabriella Gui Excellence in Mathematics & Music Contemporary

10CL

Devyn Golaboski Excellence in Health & Physical Education Excellence in Junior Girls Volleyball

Alice Knight Excellence in Spanish

Linh Nhat Luu Excellence in Business and Economics

Lachlan Merriman Excellence in Drama, Health & Physical Education, Junior Social Science & Performing Arts

Zimo LIU Excellence in Mathematics

10CS

Sha Huang Excellence in Chinese

Cole Fraser Cornish Excellence in Business and Economics, Junior Social Science, Music Contemporary & Science

Oliver Jenkins Excellence in Music Contemporary

Yi Shan Tan

10FE

Ivan Adaikin Excellence in Business and Economics, Health & Physical Education & Mathematics

Lila Chiu Excellence in Digital Technology & Mathematics

Namrita Islam Excellence in Business and Economics

Taliya Judd Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Callum McCaskie Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Fiona Lin Academic Excellence Excellence in English, Japanese, Junior Social Science, Mathematics & Science

Jacob Rawbone Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Angus Rose Academic Excellence

Excellence in English, Health & Physical Education, Te Reo Māori, Mathematics & Nga Toi Māori

Eunice Saw Excellence in Digital Technology

Hamza Tayyab Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Poppy Glasgow Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, Health & Physical Education, Science & Spanish National Achievement in Gymnastics

10CD

Davina Agatha Excellence in English

10HF

Yi Chen

Excellence in Digital Technology

Daniel Chua Excellence in STEAM

Matthew Chow Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology, Health & Physical Education, Mathematics & Science

Jungwon Heo Excellence in Health & Physical Education

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Minjia Hu Excellence in Materials Technology

Xihan Geng Excellence in Business and Economics & Mathematics

Yihan Gou

Katie Huang

Liam Guthrie

Academic Excellence

Excellence in English, Junior Social Science & Mathematics

Academic Excellence

Excellence in English, Food Technology, Health & Physical Education, Junior Social Science & Science

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Digital Technology, Electronics, English, Health & Physical Education, Mathematics & Science

Hanji Lee Excellence in English & Food Technology

Tony Leo Excellence in Science

Anton Scherbakov Excellence in Mathematics

Enoch Mun Excellence in Japanese & STEAM

Vaanya Singh Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Leo Wang Excellence in Science

Rina Zhang Excellence in Mathematics

Eric Zhu

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business and Economics & English

Emily Kelly Excellence in Materials Technology

Anna Schrott Excellence in Business and Economics & Mathematics

Jasmine Liu

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Chinese, Digital Technology, English, Health & Physical Education, Science & Textiles Technology

Zachary Yu Excellence in English

Yunxuan Sun

Lucas Wang

Xingyi Luo

10HG

Academic Excellence

Excellence in English, Junior Social Science, Performance Music & Science

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, English, Junior Social Science & Science

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Visual Art, English, Junior Social Science & Science First in Year 10 English

Jorja Boese Excellence in Dance

Ariel Bradshaw Excellence in English

Madeline Bennett

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, English & STEAM The Panorama Prize for Poetry

Samuel Davies Excellence in Drama & English

Molly Gladding Excellence in Performing Arts

Jamie Howe Excellence in Business and Economics

Sofya Kharitonova The Year 10 Performance Music Cup

Rory Mulcahy Excellence in Business and Economics

Junior Librarian Award

Chenxi Zhao Excellence in Chinese

Eliana Heard Academic Excellence

Excellence in English, Food Technology, Junior Social Science, Mathematics, Materials Technology & Science

Junior Girls Hockey Cup

Nikita Slesarenko Excellence in Mathematics

Jessica Zhu Excellence in Dance Outstanding Effort in Junior Dance Trophy

10KR

Zhe Chen Excellence in Japanese

Briana Hoy Excellence in Health & Physical Education

David Huang Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Xiang Huang Excellence in Visual Art & Design & Visual Communication

Wyatt Liu Excellence in Japanese & Science

Jasmine Rugg Excellence in Food Technology Junior Netballer of the Year

Annaliese Sinclair Excellence in Visual Art

Taha Tayyab

Academic Excellence Excellence in Health & Physical Education & Science

Emma Jackson Academic Excellence

Excellence in English, Junior Social Science, Te Reo Māori & Mathematics

Nyla Spencer Academic Excellence

Excellence in Visual Art, English, Health & Physical Education, Junior Social Science & Science

Junior Girls Cross Country Champion

10LI

Hyunjoon Lee National Achievement in Swimming

Bardia Khajeh

Gerashi Academic Excellence Excellence in Mathematics & Spanish

Yixuan Lin Excellence in Chinese, Dance & Design & Visual Communication Outstanding Effort in Junior Dance Trophy

Chloe Noonan Junior Girls Player of the year

Miho Takahashi Excellence in Food Technology & Japanese

Muyou Xie Excellence in Science

Zixin Ye Excellence in Mathematics & Science

Mila Reid Excellence in Business and Economics, Dance, Design & Visual Communication & English

Michael Woolf Excellence in Food Technology

10MG

Holly Burkett Excellence in Food Technology

Alex Chatterton Excellence in Food Technology & Materials Technology

April Gilbert Excellence in Textiles Technology

Maia Lee Excellence in Nga Toi Māori

Hoi Liu Excellence in Mathematics

Brooke Morgan Excellence in Visual Art

Caitlin Saint Excellence in English

Alexandra Tarasova Excellence in English

Olivia Taylor

Academic Excellence

Excellence in English, Health & Physical Education, Junior Social Science & Science

National Achievement in Swimming

10MO

Maria Bohol Excellence in Science

Davin Chen Excellence in Japanese, Mathematics & Science

Chuqiao Huang Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, English & Science

Elena Lim Excellence in Science

Yun Liu

Excellence in Business and Economics

195 PRIZEGIVING

Maia MacFarlane Excellence in English

Theodore Manning Excellence in Science

Hsin Liu Excellence in Business and Economics & Science

Matthew McAulay Excellence in Science

Max Mudford Academic Excellence Excellence in Health & Physical Education & Science

Lihan Sun Excellence in Mathematics

Austin Qie Excellence in Business and Economics & Science

Ciara Quann Excellence in Business and Economics & Food Technology

Felix Xie Excellence in English

Si Xing Yang Excellence in Science

Michael Yang Academic Excellence Excellence in Science

Zhaoyuan Li Academic Excellence Excellence in English & Science

Sofia Malveda Academic Excellence Excellence in Digital Technology, English, Japanese, Mathematics & Science

Isabella Iti Academic Excellence Excellence in Digital Technology, Drama, Electronics, Health & Physical Education & Mathematics Excellence in Junior Drama

James Reynolds Academic Excellence Excellence in Business and Economics, Health & Physical Education & Science

Cael Guo Sia Academic Excellence Excellence in English, Junior Social Science & Science

Chloe Seo Academic Excellence Excellence in Design & Visual Communication, English, Japanese, Junior Social Science & Science

Yunseo Kim Academic Excellence Excellence in Science First in Year 10 Mathematics

Mary Haddad Academic Excellence Excellence in Business and Economics, English, Science & Spanish First in Year 10 Science 10NA

Adrianne Ayson Excellence in Digital Technology

Alona Boock Excellence in Materials Technology

Emma Edwards National Achievement in Netball Umpire

Mimiko Fujita Excellence in Japanese

Kaietsu Ikeguchi Excellence in Mathematics

Ania Maritz National Achievement in Swimming

Hatice Yolbas Excellence in Mathematics

Ruairidh Cliffin Excellence in English

Fareh Farhan Excellence in Mathematics

Bo yi Jiang Excellence in Chinese, Design & Visual Communication & English

Charlotte Ng Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Daniel Wei Academic Excellence Excellence in English & Performance Music

10NB

Stevi Cooper National Achievement in Water Polo Best Contribution to Junior Girls Water Polo

Charlotte Flexman Excellence in English & Mathematics

Jovanna Chin Academic Excellence Excellence in English & Textiles Technology

Tam Yool Kim Excellence in Mathematics

Daniel Paas Excellence in English, Junior Social Science, Science & Spanish

Brenda Wong Excellence in English

Benjamin Yang Excellence in Mathematics

Jihyeon Yu Excellence in Performance Music

Yuzhen Yu Excellence in Visual Art & Mathematics

Wenhao Weng Excellence in English

10NI

Theodore Attwater Excellence in English & Science

Lily Brown Excellence in Junior Social Science & Textiles Technology

Gemma Hutton Excellence in Design & Visual Communication

Paris Lathwood Excellence in Science

Catherine Liu Excellence in Chinese, Food Technology, Junior Social Science & Science The Year 10 Performance Music Cup

Alexia Rudd Excellence in Performance Music

Yea-Won Shin Excellence in Visual Art

Suhaan Contractor Excellence in Science

Luke Burkett

Carly Fear

Academic Excellence Excellence in English & Health & Physical Education

Academic Excellence Excellence in English, Mathematics, Performing Arts & Spanish

Callum Keer-Keer Excellence in Science Clubs Music Trophy for Greatest Contribution to Junior Music

Leya Li

10PT

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business and Economics, Chinese, English, Junior Social Science, Mathematics, Science & STEAM

Jungin Choi Excellence in Visual Art, English, Junior Social Science, Mathematics & Science

Di Hu Excellence in Junior Social Science & Science

Yuki Squires Excellence in Visual Art

Allae Syed Excellence in Visual Art

Minh Ta

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business and Economics, Japanese, Junior Social Science, Mathematics & Science

McKenzie Kruck Excellence in Food Technology

Ariana Johnston Excellence in Business and Economics & Junior Social Science

Vanessa Stirling Excellence in Textiles Technology

10RB

Heavenly An Excellence in Mathematics

Mackenzie Guy Excellence in Food Technology

Olivia Hesling

Jason Lau

Alex Mitt

Excellence in Health & Physical Education & Junior Social Science

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business and Economics, English, Junior Social Science & Mathematics

Excellence in Te Reo Māori

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Maksym Popov Excellence in English

Rosita Misipati Excellence in Business and Economics, English, Food Technology & Health & Physical Education

Brooke Rogers Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Seungyeon Woo Excellence in Mathematics

Tsun Zhao Junior Boys Badminton Champion

10RH

Skye Hawkins Excellence in Junior Girls Tag Football

Ava Khoo-Giles Excellence in Food Technology

Joe Leith Academic Excellence Excellence in English & Mathematics National Achievement in Sailing & Junior Sailor of the year

Bradley Nairn Excellence in Junior Boys Volleyball

Merle Zibolsky Excellence in English

Simnikiwe Sibandze Excellence in Business and Economics & English

Minah Seong Excellence in English, Mathematics & Science

Shengzhe Yuan Excellence in Music Contemporary

Kezia Buissinne Excellence in Digital Technology, English, Materials Technology & Spanish

10SC

Samuel Francis Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Oliver Lowe Excellence in Electronics

Ana Magana Hernandez Excellence in Visual Art

Jamie Rentoul Excellence in Materials Technology

Mikayla Rothery Excellence in English 10SE

Jun de Max Chan Excellence in Business and Economics

Joshua Ferrissey National Achievement in Sailing

Isabella Hammond Excellence in Food Technology

Victor He Excellence in Electronics

Amy Hurly Academic Excellence Excellence in English, Health & Physical Education & Mathematics Junior Girls Athletics Champion

Lachlan McKenzie Junior Boys Athletics Champion

Brya Mathers Excellence in Business and Economics & English

Xinyi Shu Excellence in Visual Art & Mathematics The Outstanding Junior International Student Award

Jun Yin Excellence in Business and Economics, Chinese, English, Junior Social Science, Mathematics & Science

10SN

Joshua Bayes National Achievement in Surf Life Saving & Water Polo

Best Contribution to Junior Boys Water Polo

Hannah Davies Excellence in English

Martin Ilievski Excellence in English & Spanish

Daniella Kieser Excellence in Business and Economics, English & Health & Physical Education

Tingting Li Excellence in Chinese & Mathematics

Holly Nelson National Achievement in Swimming Junior Girls Swimming Champion

Yue Ni Wang Excellence in Visual Art

Nicholas Keating Excellence in English

Nikita Steel Excellence in Food Technology 10SR

Alice Bell

Rebekah Dilts

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Dance, Health & Physical Education & Science

Academic Excellence

Excellence in Business and Economics, English, Health & Physical Education & Junior Social Science

Hayden Marshall Excellence in Visual Art

Chaeyoung Moon Excellence in Business and Economics & Digital Technology

Troy Rea Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Sebastian Taylor Most Promising Junior Boy Basketballer

Regan Slabbert Excellence in Health & Physical Education

Junior Boys Cricketer of the Year

Hoa Vuong Excellence in Chinese, English, Mathematics & Science

10TI

Ronan Finlay Excellence in English for Literacy

Zainab Alsakini Excellence in Food Technology & Mathematics

Isabella Inskip Excellence in Business and Economics, English & Textiles Technology

Aqib Hossain Excellence in Business and Economics, Electronics, English & Mathematics

Maria Marintchenko Excellence in Drama

Roman Newby National Achievement in Weightlifting & Junior Weightlifter of the year

Pippa Southcombe National Achievement in Water Polo

Haiqiao Wang Excellence in Chinese

Alexis Buissinne

Academic Excellence

Excellence in English, Junior Social Science & Materials Technology

197 PRIZEGIVING

Teaching Staff

Aimee Gale BFA; GradDipTchg

Alan Kerr BEd; CertTchg

Alastair Fear BSc (Hons)SpSci; PGCESecPE

Alexandra Goldfinch BMus (Hons); MMus; GDTSE

Alexis Townshend BSc, MTchgLn

Alisha Tilbury MA;BA; GradDipTchg; GradDipArts; DipTravelTourism

Allen O'Regan BA Sci, GradDipTchg

Alysha Dennison BA; GradDipTchg

Amy Berends BA

Amy Reddy BA; GradDip(Sec)

Ana Perez-Kuroki LicentiatePhys; MScPhys; PhD DevSci;GradDipTchg (Sec)

Andrea Marshall BSc; HDE

Andrea Smith BA; BMus; DipTchg; GradDipTchg

Andrew Bian BA; GradDipTchg

Andy Ballard BSc (Hons), GradDipTchg (Sec)

Angela Derbyshire-Smith BSocSc; GradDipTchg (Literacy Educ)

Anna Pointon

Anna Taylor MProStuds; BA; DipTchg

Annabel Finnie GradDipTchg (secondary)

Aria Brighton-Mills MTchgLn (Secondary); BA

Benjamin Pollard BEngTech; GradDipTchg(Sec)

Bronwyn McKeage BA; BComm

Caitlin Windress BAppSc; MTchgL (Dist)

Can Dai MEng

Carmelita Maletino BA; PGDipTchg

Carolyn Higham BSD; GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Carolyn Purdie

Carrie Ingham BA; PostGradCertEd

Catherine Brandt MEd; Bphed; DipTchg

Catherine Udy-Bothwell B.A.

Chaim Reyno GradDipTchg (Sec)

Charmeyne McCollin BA (Hons)

Chelsea Collard BA; GradDipTchg

Cheryl Hanley ACTD; DipSpecialist Subjects

Chester Potter BES

Christine Parkinson BJournalism; Bed; BA(Hons); Med; GradDipTchg(Sec)

Chun Min (Julia) Li BPhEd

Claire McKay BA; GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Clinton Buckley BBS

Colten Tanti B PE Ed

Corrie Morrissey BSc; GradDipTchg

Courtney Whiting BA; GradDipTchg (Sec)

David Edmonds NZADV TC; TC

Di Xiao BSc; GradDipTchg

Diana Feenstra BDESN (textiles); GradDipTchg

Diana Tuisalega BVA; GradDipTchg

Dilek Celik PhD; Msc; GradDipTchg

Don Hastie BSc; DipTchg

Doug Udy-Bothwell BSc; DipTech; DipTchg

Dunja Gordon BA; GradDipSecTchg

Elizabeth Mudford BSc

Ellie Yamaguchi GradDip (Primary Ed)

Emelia Todd-Lister Bsc; PGDipTchgLn

Emily Kennedy BSc (Hon); GradDipTchg

Emma McDonald BInfSc; PostGradDip

Emma Poyner GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Estelle Seaman BA; PGDip Higher Ed

Fay Meiklejohn MEdL (Dist); BPhEd(Dist); DipTchg

Francesca Chen BA; BSc

George Lewis BVA, GradDipTchg (Sec)

George May BPhEd

Georgia Van de Water BA; GradDip(Sec)

Gillian Crowe BSc UoA

Glenn Murphy BA, CertTESOL, GradDipTchg (Sec), GradDipTESSOL

Grace Love DipBuss; BA; Bcom; PGDipTchg

Graeme MacDonald BCom

Graham Lowe BEd; DipTchg

Grahame Cope BSc; DipTchg (Sec); PGDipEL Dst

Han Kwang Park BMus

Heather Warne BPSA; GradDipTchg

Hong Zhang BA; MEdu; GradDip (Secondary); CELTA

Hsiao Wel Wong BE; GradDipTchg; GradDipArts

Hyo Jin Kwon BFA; GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Hyung Won Lee BPhEd; GradDipTchg (Sec); GradCertMathsSci

Ishan Sarmah BA; GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Jacqueline Allen BEd(Hons)

Jade Cattanach BSc, GradDipTchg(Sec)

James Fuiava BSR; GradDipTchg

James Hayes DipTchg; DipSpecialistSubjects, AdvTrade

James Robertson Undergraduate Biology; Msc

James Searle BA; DipTchg (Sec)

Jamie Sowter BPE

Janette Wilson BEd; DipTchg, Advanced Dip Dance/Drama; PGDipCoun

Jay Smith BSc; MEd Couns (Hons); PGCE (Sec Maths)

Jennifer Matthews BA(hon); MA; MTchg

Jennifer Maxwell BPArts; GradDipTchg

Jenny McLean BSc; PostGradDip; GradDipTchg(Sec)

Jessica Langley BVA; GradDipTchg

Jessy Lee BSc; PGDipForensic; MQS; GradDipTchg

Ji Hyun Kim BSc; PGDipChem; GDipTchg(Sec)

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Joanne Yates BSc, DipTchg (Secondary)

John Meeske MSc

Josh Bullen BSR

Julie Strang Bcom; DipTchg

Karen Neale BSc; DipTchg

Karla Holding BA

Kataraina Simpkins BEd

Kate Albert BTchg; BSSci

Kate Fenton DipHSc;GCCareerDev; DipTchg

Kate Gale BSc; PGCE

Kate Sanderson BSc; GradDipTchg

Katie Poynter BDes; GradDipTchg

Katy O'Grady BA(hon); GradDipTchg

Kay Robinson Bmus; GradDipTchg(Sec)

Kayla Polley BSc

Ke'arn Peters

Kelly Young BA English; CW (Hons); GradDipEd

Kim Ciennis-Houang BBiomedSc (Hons)

Kirsty McCrory BA; GradCertTESOL; GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Kirun Trippe GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Kranish Singh BSc;GradDipTchg(Sec)

Kun-Yeop Lee BSc; MTchgLn(Sec)

Kurt Anderson BA; PGDipTchg(Sec)

Laura Hudson BCom; GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Lauren Crowhurst BSc; PGDipTchg (Secondary)

Lauren Walles BA, DipIntDes, GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Leana Strydom BEd; Sports Management and Human Movement Studies

Leandro Mendes BA; GradDipTchg(sec)

Leigh Meggison BA; MA(Hons); MLitt (Hons); DipTchg

Lisa Packer MEd Practitioner Enquiry; PGCE Secondary Art & Design

Logan Milicich

Lu Sun MProfStuds

Lucy Irwin BA; BAhistory(HONS); Master of Teaching

Lydia Grasberger

Madelaine Barrett BA; GradDipTchg

Mallory OBrien BA; GradDipTchg

Maria Carrasco GradDipTchg (Seconary)

Mark Freeman BSc(Hons); PGCE SecSci

Mark Lambert BA; MA; PGCE

Mark Terei BSD, ANCTED

Mark Wilson BPE; DipTchg

Markus Fritsch MA; DipTchg

Matthew Reid BSc (Hons); PGDE (Sec)

Maximilian Bongartz BSc

Michael Randal BA; GradDipArts(Lit); GradDipTchg(Sec)

Michael Stead BSc Med (Hons); MSc Med; PGCE

Michelle Parkinson BA; DipTchg

Mila Pasfield BA; GradDipTchg

Munesh Govender BA; PGDipTchg

My Tran GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Nada Al-Safi PGDipTchg

Natalie Senior BA(hon); GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Neil Harris BSc(Hons); PGCE (Math)

Neil Muirhead Higher Diploma in Ed; Further Diploma in Ed

Ngaire Mackle

Nicola Simms BEd; PGDip Guidance & Coun

Niki Tyson PGCE; MA; PostGradDip; BA(Hons)

Nina Van Bosch

Oliver Gourlay BA; GradDipTchg(Sec)

Olivia Newman BA; LLB; GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Olivia Smith BSc; BA; GDipTchg (Secondary)

Patrick Gale BA(Hons); MEdL; PGCE

Paul Stevens BDVA; GradDipArts; GradDipTchg (Sec)

Pete Duthie BSc; GradDipTchg(Sec)

Peter Harwood MA(Hons); GradDipTchg(Sec)

Peter Morton BPhED

Peter Stewart BSc; Dc; DipTchg

Phoenix Bright-Young BA (1st Class Hons); GradDipTchg (Sec)

Quintin Kwok-Heon GDTSE

Rachael Stephens MSc; GradDipTchg

Rachel Candy BA (Otago) , ATCL (piano), DipSecTch

Rachel Jackson BHSc; GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Rachel Roberts BA

Raewyn Nutsford GradDipTchLn (Secondary)

Rebecca Jones BEd; PGDip Couns; MCouns

Rebecca Place BA; GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Rebekah Philson BA; GradDipTchg; PGDipComms

Regina Noh Bsc; PGDipTchg

Renee Richards BDanceSt (Hons); GradDipTchg

Reymont Chao BSc; GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Roberto Di Muro BA(hon); PGCertFin; GradDipTchg(sec)

Robyn Rusden BA; Bcom; GradDipTchg

Robyn Wood MEduc (STEM Leadership)

Ruth Chong BSc; PGDipPH; MHSc (Hons)

Ryan Borthwick BPhEd

Sabrina Luck BEduc (Hon); PGCE; BCom

Sally Polson Bcom; GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Sally Stockton BA; GrdDipTchg (Secondary)

Samantha Farmiloe BSc; DipTchg

Samantha Schwartz BEd

Samuel Griffith BCom

Sandra Anton Cert Language teaching

Sara Hunt BA; GradDip;TchngDip

Sarah Galbraith MA (1st class hons); GradDipTchg; DipEnvSus

199 PRIZEGIVING

Seeger McLeay BInfoSc; GradDipTchg

Sergey Strokov MSc; GradDipTchg(Sec)

Seth Davies BA(Hons); MA (Hons); CertLang

Shannon Freestone BA; PGDipTchg

Sharon Redpath BSE; DipTchg (PhysEd)

Sherilee Penty ACTD; DipSpecSubjects

Shining Hao MEd; GradDipTchg

Sienna Davis B Broadcasting Comms

Simon Gabion-Sheehan BA; GradDipTchg(Sec)

Siwan Gwynne BA (Hons); MTchgLn

Stephen Gardiner BSc(Hons); GradDipTchg(Sec)

Stephen Roe BSocSci; DipTchg

Steven Morgan BEd(Hons)

Stuart Graham BCom

Su Cheng Yeo BE(Chem), GradDipTchg(Sec)

Sung Jun Cho BMus(Hon)

Susan Russell BA; DipTchg (Secondary)

Tahlia Armstrong BA

Tessa Garton-Voice BA; GradDipTchg

Thomas Hanover BDes; GradDipDes; CELTA; GradDipTchg(sec)

Thomas Shadbolt BA; GradDipTchg(Sec)

Thomas Vlaardingerbroek BA; GradDipTchg

Tobias Clack BA DesTechEd

Tracy Grover BPhEd, DipTeach

Vanessa Rossiter BSocSc; GradCertGiftedEd

Wai Man Amy Udy BCouns; BCom

Yaqi Wang BSc; GradDipTchg

Yasmine Chai BA; GradDipTchg; CertTeReo

Ye Sul Kim GradDipTchg

Yi Li GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Ying Wang MTI; GradDipTchg

Yuka Watanabe BA, DipTchg

Yung-Lin Chang BA; GradDipTchg(Sec)

Support Staff

Abby Lee-Harder

Amba Whiting GCSE

Andrea Te Maari Dip Careers Guidance (Dist); Cert Teacher Aid

Angela Marshall BSSci; PostGradDipEd

Anna Woods BAS

Belinda Lennox

Bill Thompson

Brownderborg Tagaloa

Carla Barberini

Chae Ok Jun MSc (1st Class Hon)

Chantal Burnie AATQB

Cherrill Hurley

Christine Richardson

Christine Surman DipNursing

Christopher Barton

Cody Rikihana

Cy Tsang MSc EngMgt

Damian Gannaway

Danielle Thompson BEd

Dannielle Showler

Dean Blanch BSc

Deanne Littlejohn BSW

Earnest Williams

Elizabeth Ott

Elizabeth Snyman DipNursing

Emma Anthony

Fiona O'Connell BAppSc

Gillian Waghorn

Haidee Roberts BA

Hayley Clare BHSc

Jeong Min Kim MProfStdsDataSci; PGDipStats

Karyn Hopkins

Kathy Pilbrow

Kieran Squires BA; Mcomm

Kirsten Greene

Kirsten Jackson

Kirstin Houlihan

Laura How Dip BS; CertCompProg; DipBanking

Leanne Rogers BTech

Lisa Wiki Cert H & S

Louise Stone

Luiza Gomes National Dip Executive Secretaries

Lynda Lidgard

Maree Noel NZICA

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Marlon Yu BSci (CompSci)

Matthew Stone

Megan Camons CertBusAdmin&Tech; Travel Lv4 NZQF; CertTravel&Tourism

Melissa Higgins Pathway Connect Cert

Melissa Lowe

Nataleigh Moe

Natalie Davidson NDipMicrobiology

Natalie Hastie

Natasha Mouat B Sport & Rec

Nathan Marks CertPerf; CertAdvPerf

Norah Brennan HNatDipGrapDes; BritishSignLg

Norma Paice

Otis Fraser-Cornish

Pamela Watson

Paul Batchelor

Paula Butcher

Penelope Bridle DipGrapDes; Cert Patisserie

Peter Stachurski

Qian Wu MACTI

Ramon Gabito BSc

Robyn Lawry BSc; Dipchng

Ryan Mitchell National Senior Cert; DipITNet; MCPD; MCSA; MCSE

Sally-Anne Thompson

Sarah McConnell Degree 3D Des; LTCL Diploma

Saxon Blair

Stephanie Whitham BSW

Tadhg Brennan

Thushara Fernando

Tracey Dowling

Vanesa Pearce Bachelors; CertEngTchg(adults); Cert Language Tchg; CertESOL (home tutoring)

Victoria Craven CertMatric; CertBusM

Victoria Hitchens

Xenia Foote BA (hon); GradDip PR & Comms

James Fuiava BSR; GradDipTchg

James Hayes DipTchg; DipSpecialistSubjects, AdvTrade

James Robertson Undergraduate Biology; Msc

James Searle BA; DipTchg (Sec)

Jamie Sowter BPE

Janette Wilson BEd; DipTchg, Advanced Dip Dance/Drama; PGDipCoun

Jay Smith BSc; MEd Couns (Hons); PGCE (Sec Maths)

Jennifer Matthews BA(hon); MA; MTchg

Jennifer Maxwell BPArts; GradDipTchg

Jenny McLean BSc; PostGradDip; GradDipTchg(Sec)

Jessica Langley BVA; GradDipTchg

Jessy Lee BSc; PGDipForensic; MQS; GradDipTchg

Ji Hyun Kim BSc; PGDipChem; GDipTchg(Sec)

Joanne Yates BSc, DipTchg (Secondary)

John Meeske MSc

Josh Bullen BSR

Julie Strang Bcom; DipTchg

Karen Neale BSc; DipTchg

Karla Holding BA

Kataraina Simpkins BEd

Kate Albert BTchg; BSSci

Kate Fenton DipHSc;GCCareerDev; DipTchg

Kate Gale BSc; PGCE

Kate Sanderson BSc; GradDipTchg

Katie Poynter BDes; GradDipTchg

Katy O'Grady BA(hon); GradDipTchg

Kay Robinson Bmus; GradDipTchg(Sec)

Kayla Polley BSc

Ke'arn Peters

Kelly Young BA English; CW (Hons); GradDipEd

Kim Ciennis-Houang BBiomedSc (Hons)

Kirsty McCrory BA; GradCertTESOL; GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Kirun Trippe GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Kranish Singh BSc;GradDipTchg(Sec)

Kun-Yeop Lee BSc; MTchgLn(Sec)

Kurt Anderson BA; PGDipTchg(Sec)

Laura Hudson BCom; GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Lauren Crowhurst BSc; PGDipTchg (Secondary)

Lauren Walles BA, DipIntDes, GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Leana Strydom BEd; Sports Management and Human Movement Studies

Leandro Mendes BA; GradDipTchg(sec)

Leigh Meggison BA; MA(Hons); MLitt (Hons); DipTchg

Lisa Packer MEd Practitioner Enquiry; PGCE Secondary Art & Design

Logan Milicich

Lu Sun MProfStuds

Lucy Irwin BA; BAhistory(HONS); Master of Teaching

Lydia Grasberger

Madelaine Barrett BA; GradDipTchg

Mallory OBrien BA; GradDipTchg

Maria Carrasco GradDipTchg (Seconary)

Mark Freeman BSc(Hons); PGCE SecSci

Mark Lambert BA; MA; PGCE

Mark Terei BSD, ANCTED

Mark Wilson BPE; DipTchg

Markus Fritsch MA; DipTchg

Matthew Reid BSc (Hons); PGDE (Sec)

Maximilian Bongartz BSc

Michael Randal BA; GradDipArts(Lit); GradDipTchg(Sec)

Michael Stead BSc Med (Hons); MSc Med; PGCE

201 PRIZEGIVING

Michelle Parkinson BA; DipTchg

Mila Pasfield BA; GradDipTchg

Munesh Govender BA; PGDipTchg

My Tran GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Nada Al-Safi PGDipTchg

Natalie Senior BA(hon); GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Neil Harris BSc(Hons); PGCE (Math)

Neil Muirhead Higher Diploma in Ed; Further Diploma in Ed

Ngaire Mackle

Nicola Simms BEd; PGDip Guidance & Coun

Niki Tyson PGCE; MA; PostGradDip; BA(Hons)

Nina Van Bosch

Oliver Gourlay BA; GradDipTchg(Sec)

Olivia Newman BA; LLB; GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Olivia Smith BSc; BA; GDipTchg (Secondary)

Patrick Gale BA(Hons); MEdL; PGCE

Paul Stevens BDVA; GradDipArts; GradDipTchg (Sec)

Pete Duthie BSc; GradDipTchg(Sec)

Peter Harwood MA(Hons); GradDipTchg(Sec)

Peter Morton BPhED

Peter Stewart BSc; Dc; DipTchg

Phoenix Bright-Young BA (1st Class Hons); GradDipTchg (Sec)

Quintin Kwok-Heon GDTSE

Rachael Stephens MSc; GradDipTchg

Rachel Candy BA (Otago) , ATCL (piano), DipSecTch

Rachel Jackson BHSc; GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Rachel Roberts BA

Raewyn Nutsford GradDipTchLn (Secondary)

Rebecca Jones BEd; PGDip Couns; MCouns

Rebecca Place BA; GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Rebekah Philson BA; GradDipTchg; PGDipComms

Regina Noh Bsc; PGDipTchg

Renee Richards BDanceSt (Hons); GradDipTchg

Reymont Chao BSc; GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Roberto Di Muro BA(hon); PGCertFin; GradDipTchg(sec)

Robyn Rusden BA; Bcom; GradDipTchg

Robyn Wood MEduc (STEM Leadership)

Ruth Chong BSc; PGDipPH; MHSc (Hons)

Ryan Borthwick BPhEd

Sabrina Luck BEduc (Hon); PGCE; BCom

Sally Polson Bcom; GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Sally Stockton BA; GrdDipTchg (Secondary)

Samantha Farmiloe BSc; DipTchg

Samantha Schwartz BEd

Samuel Griffith BCom

Sandra Anton Cert Language teaching

Sara Hunt BA; GradDip;TchngDip

Sarah Galbraith MA (1st class hons); GradDipTchg; DipEnvSus

Seeger McLeay BInfoSc; GradDipTchg

Sergey Strokov MSc; GradDipTchg(Sec)

Seth Davies BA(Hons); MA (Hons); CertLang

Shannon Freestone BA; PGDipTchg

Sharon Redpath BSE; DipTchg (PhysEd)

Sherilee Penty ACTD; DipSpecSubjects

Shining Hao MEd; GradDipTchg

Sienna Davis B Broadcasting Comms

Simon Gabion-Sheehan BA; GradDipTchg(Sec)

Siwan Gwynne BA (Hons); MTchgLn

Stephen Gardiner BSc(Hons); GradDipTchg(Sec)

Stephen Roe BSocSci; DipTchg

Steven Morgan BEd(Hons)

Stuart Graham BCom

Su Cheng Yeo BE(Chem), GradDipTchg(Sec)

Sung Jun Cho BMus(Hon)

Susan Russell BA; DipTchg (Secondary)

Tahlia Armstrong BA

Tessa Garton-Voice BA; GradDipTchg

Thomas Hanover BDes; GradDipDes; CELTA; GradDipTchg(sec)

Thomas Shadbolt BA; GradDipTchg(Sec)

Thomas Vlaardingerbroek BA; GradDipTchg

Tobias Clack BA DesTechEd

Tracy Grover BPhEd, DipTeach

Vanessa Rossiter BSocSc; GradCertGiftedEd

Wai Man Amy Udy BCouns; BCom

Yaqi Wang BSc; GradDipTchg

Yasmine Chai BA; GradDipTchg; CertTeReo

Ye Sul Kim GradDipTchg

Yi Li GradDipTchg (Secondary)

Ying Wang MTI; GradDipTchg

Yuka Watanabe BA, DipTchg

Yung-Lin Chang BA; GradDipTchg(Sec)

Rangitoto College Yearbook 202 Panorama 2023

Year 13 Students

Abigail Campbell Alice Hout Andrew Chun Li Arjun Amarsee Bella Shaw Caitlin Ramsay Catherine Kim Charlotte Hammond Chu Jiao Adam Robins
Benjamin
Chun
Adam
Andrew
Caleb
Ahmed
Amanaki-Lelei
Angel
Aliya Scheirlinck
Andrew
Davey
Arnold Nam
McCardle Caitlyn Lawrence Catherine Lycett Charlotte Harris
Tang
Thompson
Alysha Osborne
Welsh Artem
Tarasov
Benzhuoyan Li
Spain Catherine Smith Charlotte Light Cici Wang
Beshry Makaafi
Lane
Charlotte
CJ
Ahrin Hong Amber
Angela
Blake
Callum
Ce
Ashleigh
Catlett
Birui Huang Caleb Wyatt Cayden Rees
Lin
Avendano
Leveridge
Hong Ashlyn Ji
Harris
Morris Wang Charlotte Nisbett
Claire
Yu Aimee Chandler
Amy
Jisue Miller
Anita
Eir
Ashton
Lathwood Breanna Turnwald Callum Ralph Thomas George Dixon
An-Chi
Celine Chow Chen Huang Cleo
Loader
Alesha Read
Wang Annabelle Hassell Ashton Wheeler Brian Lai Callum Wilson Chae Moon Cheuk Wing Leung Cody Lunny Alex Zhang Anais Blanchard Anneka Cai Ava Coulthard Brian Wang
Cameron
McLean
Alexander
Chaewon Yun Chloe Kruger
Cohen
Glasgow Hebberd Anastasia Trajkov Anthony Wang Ava Leong
Brooke
Evans Cameron Scott Charisse Cao Chloe Mackay Connor Nemeth Alexander Statham Andela Ludajic Antonio Montaperto Azariah Brady KonstantinovsRichmond
Brooke
Leonie Lockyer Camryn Lyon Charlie Twose Christine Lin Cooper Allen Alexander Veldman Andika Pratama
Ao
Liu Bailey Stevenson Cahlin Abert Casey Fester Charlotte Dobbs Christopher Son
203 PRIZEGIVING
Cooper Hardy Corbin Bentley Daniel Qu Dylan Gardner Emma Cheyne Eva CampbellLotonuu Georgia Aitken Guangze Lyu Hexuan Zhou Iris Liang Cristian Nita Daniel Stanger Dylan Miller Emma du Preez Eva Hough Georgia Apperley Gustav Zeiler Hinata Kuroda
Curtis
David
Irtaza Choudhary Richardson Paas
Dylan
Pugh Emma Hodson Fantasia Nair Georgia AstridgeEmery Ha-Yun Seo Hongrui Liu Isaac Lovering Daisy Tucker David Taufa Dyllan Fasen Emma Ilievska Felicia Zhang Georgia Spear Haechan Noh Hongxuan Li Isabel Gybel Dakota Moller Davor Georgiev Dziamyan Ivanchyk Emma Sadler Finley Bullent Geunho Hwang Hajoo Choi Huining Huang Isabel Igliori Damien Dickinson Dexter DeWinter Eden Sacke Enze Zhao Fleur Lennon Ghakim Kukard Hanzhang Sun Hwanmin Phaeng Isabella Sterjova Daniel Ahn Donghyuck Shin Eduan Kleynhans Erika Deen Frano Holloway Gianni Mirabito Hao Long Huang Hye Hyun Seo Isabelle Batkin Daniel Chen Dongook Kim Ella Simonsen Esther Liu Frazer Timmis Ginevra Gioni Harrison Abernethy Hyun Young Kim Jaasleem Kaur Daniel Duthie Dowoong Yang Ellesha Stratful Esther Roberts Gabriel IngramPuckey GonWoo Park Harrison Doyle Hyungjae Kim Jack Chandler Daniel Kim Dykie Suzuki Emily Zhao Ethan Greene Gabriella Olla Gordon Punimata Harry Engleback Hyungmin Cho Jack Hayden Daniel Leece Dylan Francis Emma Brandt Eva Bennett Geon Kim Gracie Zhang Hayley Boyce Ione Tseng
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Jack McLean
Jack
Mullen Jakob Bogdanovas Jayda AllsoppSmith Jessica Thompson
Joaquin Gonzalez Marfin
Joshua Hang Karni Boock
Keira Conboy
Jack
Jakob
Jayden
Jessie
Joel
Joshua Peng Katelyn Bridge Kelly
Klaus Xu Jackson Morris James Edgeler Jayne Park Ji Lee Joel Hodge Joy Jabli
Simatupang Kendra
Jackson O’Regan James George Sobhi Gabriel Jennifer Choi Ji Woo Kim Jonathan Hii Juan Carlos Quintero Katherine He Kevin Chen Kruz Aranui Jacob Badland James Moody Jenny
Ji Yee Kim Jonathan Siah Julia Wong Katherine LingGuthrie Kevin Huang Kushal Kanchinadham Jacques Lemmer James Todd Jessica
Jia Luo
Sun Jun Tai Huo Katie
Kevin
Kimiyo Ng
Woodhead
de Guzman
Wilson
Jamieson
Brown
Riddick
Katharina
Hannay Kosara Chobanova
McMillan
Bergin
Jonathon
Poulton
Soares Vieira Kyra Tobin
Jada Lee James Watt Jessica Brady Jiayi Dong Joonoh Rhee Junha Park Kayla Gilfillan Kezhen Xu Laura Dymond Jaehee Kang Jamie Henderson Jessica Hall-Judge
Khoi
Jared
Jessica
Jing
Joseph
Juwon
Ke Er Liu Kiana
Lavay
Jin Lee Jordan RolfeVyson Junyoung Park Kayla Hurcum
Tran Lauren Agar Jaelynn Kim
Cheng
Honey
Wen Cao
Jin
Park
Stevenson
Arora Jaewon Lee Jasmine Berry Jessica Meng
Jingran Huang Josepha MuellerSteinhardt Kaia Buckley Keanu Van De Ven Kiara Frankland Leah Inskip Jake Oliver Jay Mistry Jessica Redpath Joanna Effendy Josh Ranson Kaitlyn Tan Kei Hang Chan Kimi Chemlev
205 PRIZEGIVING
Leanne Odoom Leo Cheng Logan Janssen Madeleine Brock Meghan Thomson Mingqian Liu Niamh Brackstone-Dowd Olivia Parkes Piper Rea Reilly Buckley
Leo
Song Lucas Dragomir Mahir Prasad Meryam Najar
Oscar
Pitt
Reilly
Leon
Lucas
Minwoo Kim
Niamh
Mason McMillan
Qiu
Worsfold Tama Henderson Pritchard
Makyla
Henderson
Mia
Slabbert
Minze Xie Nicholas
Gaze Oscar Rose Quin Mathers Renee Wong Leyan Gui Lucca Ranzuglia Pino Marissa Zhou Miabella James Miumi Matsumura Nicolas Ouwehand Oskar Sharp Rachel Lee Reuben Te Haara Liam Martin Lucie Knight Marusia Ivannikova
Liam
Luka
Mason
Micah Atkins Montana Harper Nicole De Socio
Paco
Poon
Rachel Ruiqi Hu Richard Peng
Morman Bogosavljevic Newby Michael Gollogly Na Jung Amy Im Nicole Waretini Paea Naufahu Rachel Xie Riley Cara Edwards Liam Senior Lukas Caspian Udy Matilda Lowe Michael Rodgers Nadja Kumerich Niki Rastkar Paige Neethling Rafael Grindlay Riley Sheldon Liangyao Tang Luke Bartram Matthew Allen Catadman Michaela Hillier Naiomi Ferrissey Nikkhil Menon Patrick Xu Rainers Caune Ronin Paruman Lila Morley Luke Bettany Matthew Childs Mikaela Leger Nataliya Handrick-Adolph Nishaal Menon Paul Jeng Ratashya Eliasson Rory FenwickRose Lily Holland Luna Schmitt Maxim Sabchuk Miki Squires Nate Gilbert Olive Mortimer Paul Kim Raymond Huang Rosalie Gerlach Lily Solomon Lydia Claridge Maya Sharp Min Jun Lee Nathan Agethen Olivia Lemmon Peng Tey Rebecca Lee
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Rourke MarrierD’Unienville Ruian Li Sam Westerkamp Selena Fung Shine Yu Siyeon Park Soyoon Park Taine Hewetson Tijana Sporea Tyler Wichman Ruijia Dong Samantha Hook Selina He Shiyi Liu So Eun Choi Stanley Lau Taisarika Petelo Ting Hin Hung Uiryeong Jung Ruixi Liu Samuel Choi Seojin Hong Shufei Wu Sofia Flores Stefan Mishkovski Tamsin McAsey Toby Dean Vanessa Gower Runchuan Wang Samuel Gordon Seojin Yoon Shuka Iwasaki Somesh Fageria Stella Chu Tania Balani Toby Gladding Victor Hong Ruosi Li Sanggun Lee Serafine Sheldon Shuolin Cheng Somin Park Stella Higginson Taylor Grant Toeaso Makiasi Victor Than Ryan Jefferson Sarah Kukard Serena Jaques Shyfana Damay Soobin Choe Summer Harris Te Manewha Jack Rikihana Tong Sun Viktoria Schmid Ryan Martin Savana Akers Seulgi Lim Sienna Rugg Sophia Snelgrove Summer Osborne Thanh Nguyen Tony Michael Aziz Ishak Vince Zhang Ryan Olliff Se Wah Wong Seungwoo Lee Sieun Kim Sophie Johnstone Suya Haering Thomas Burrows Travis Hale Vsevolod Valiev Ryan Zhu Sean Hwangbo Shane Warman Sila Chaikajonsak Sophie Klaassen Tabitha Dean Thomas Christopher Trey Pollard William Carpenter Ryder Sutton Sebastian Camus Rogers Shengai Wang Sitong Li Sophie Lee Tahmid Noor Thomas Gwilt Tyler Hubbard William Hays Rylee Trigg Sebastian Towers Shi Yu Chen Siya Bhatia Sophie-Rose Moratti Taiki Yorifuji Thyrhys Te Williams Tyler Watkin
207 PRIZEGIVING
William Hindley William Li Yan Xuan Xie Yiming Ma Yufei Sun Zhenyu Liu William Wei Yang Zhou Yingqi Chen Yufei Zhang Zhijin Cao Wing-Hin Young Yechan Jeon Yingxi Zhang Yujin Kim Zhuoxuan Liu Wooseong Seo Yen Nhi Nguyen Yingxuan Li Yun-Seo Park Ziqian Yao Xavier Corston Yen-Chi Chou Yitian Wang Yuxiao Wu Zoe Inskeep Xian Huang Yennice Saw Yixuan Liang Yuxuan Sun Zoe Reid Xiaoshi Zeng Yeonjee Choi Youcheng Wang Zac Matthews Zoe Reynolds Xin Ren Yeonju Ha Younsu Ju Zelin Shao Xin Rou Zhou Yeonsoo Lee Youssef Mohamed Abdalla Eltantawi Zhengliang Xu Xixi Guan Yeonsun Choi Yu Mee Lee Zhengyi Yan Xu-Lan Kan Yi Ning Chen Yueyi Wang Zhenni Liu Dave Kang, Year 12 Design Ella Kim, Year 12 Design
Rangitoto College Yearbook 208 Panorama 2023
Erinn Phoon, Year 12 Design

School Roll

9AU

Katsiaryna Adaikina

Imogen Anderson

Loren Brock

Joshua Cha

Shuhan Duan

Trixie Fitt Allen

Liam Glynn

Samantha Hewitt

Lilah Hinton

Ella-Mae Jacomb

Dylan Johnston

Adrianne Laird

Zhiheng Li

Ruiran Liu

Sienna Maurice

Anne Danielle Mesa

Jake Milner

Amber Morgan

Eghosa Omozee

Tyler Patuki

Cooper Robinson-Lea’aetoa

Matei Stanciu

Milan Bernadette Tohill

Liam Turner

Zuodan Wang

Shaye Williams

Cynthia Yang

Zoe Marie Young

Bo Bin Zhang

Leqi Zheng

9BE

Ruby Xiu Arkell

Arran Begic

Leon Belcic

Caio Brito Lima

Jisoo Byun

Mingxuan Joan Chen

Ella Colman

Ethan De Suza

Cleo Duirs

Teresa Graham

Xinbao Guan

Zandar Hanson

Sophie Hassell

Sienna Hickling-Crane

Ethan Hunt

Izaac Hutchins

Mackenzie Keeler

Ji Kim

Jiwan Kwak

Chaeyeon Lee

Jack Li

Asia Mackay

Dylan Murray

Camden Patrick

Lila Poppelbaum

Oliver Preston-Thomas

Ethan Wild

Shi Qi Yang

Hanying You

Daniel Zhou

9CA

Alayna Ahmed

Aiesha Bhuiyan

Zhuo En Cai

Lok Chu

Yuzhe Fan

Andrew Feng

Mila Goldthorpe

Oliver Hartnall

Ethan Jiang

Willow Lane

Samantha Lao

Cathy Liu

Tonghe Liu

Felix Luo

Yikun Lyu

Lara McLeay

Muzidong Ni

Donghyun Oh

Zoha Siddiqui

Madison Simpson

Forest Sun

Kingston Xu

Pingxuan Xu

Aubrey Yu

Chloe Yu

Tiffany Zhai

Jewel Zhang

Ying Yuan Zhang

Yoyo Zhang

Zixiao Zhu

9CD

Chanpichsophea Bounna

Zhixi Bu

Ellie Buckingham

Rebekah Butler

Benjamin Harry Childs

Lily Margaret Duncan

Sijiu He

Emma Hindley

Angelo Irwin

Cohen David James

Matthew Lee

Andre Lima Filippo

Selina Liu

Man Luk

Isabelle Mercier Duran

Raphael Morton

Milla North

Rory Pooley

Sadra Rafienezhad

Lawson Roberts

Talia Rose

Sebastian Schreiber

Elizabeth Stanger

Kayla Turnwald

Xanthe Wanliss

Riley Weber

Angus Wilson

Soomin Yang

Hong Yu

Xiaoting Yuan

Haoxuan Zhang

9CL

Logan Arona

Carter Chase

Hudson Cooper-Ross

Cooper Coulter

Maya Curham

Lily Elst

Bo Farmer

Aaron Harrison

Yasmeen Hourani

Eli Jamieson

Peyton Janssen

Hee Kyo Jung

Jaewoo Kim

Melody Mao

Arley Marshall

Amelia McMurdo

Jackson Murphy

Nadira Neasmith Bosch

Senal Ranasinghe

Bella Steenson

Weini Sun

Jiarong Tang

Stella Taylor

Daniel Tennant

Mela Trayes

Hope Williams

Hayley Wong

Elliot Wright

Yu Han Yang

Chenyue Zhang

9CS

Kari Ang

Ezekiel Antoine

Olive Burrows

Esther Betty Caldwell

Keyla Isabelle Camacho

William Ellis

Isaac Epplett

Alexander Francis

Chase Hawkins

Ava Henderson

Serena Hui Ho

Zachary Jensen

Xinjie Jiang

Sieun Kim

Eden Mahler

Adara Matthews

Varvara Mikulich

Joshua Si-Yun Moon

Charles Noble

Melissa Rezende

Nikita Shabalin

Weiqi Shao

Aimee Stevens

Isabelle Stevenson

Tayla Rose Wall

Ashley Xin Wang

Paige Williams

You Wu

Zijun Wu

Xilin Xu

Kenny Zhang

9ES

Lena Ando

Haoyang Chen

Jordan Jeremy Chen

Yechang Chen

Qingjie Kevin Feng He

Peiling Guo

Nhu Huynh

Chaoyue Kong

Eunchae Lee

Haolun Li

Xuanfei Li

Ze Li

Zelin Li

Zihe Li

Cheng Liu

Gao Liu

Khang Nguyen

Yubo Sun

Chuanyang Wang

YiMing Wang

Yuchuan Wang

Wenao Yang

Bingjie Zhan

Bowen Zhang

Jingyu Zhang

Mingxuan Zhang

Wenliang Zhao

9FE

Guhnwoo Ahn

Hanzhi Bai

Sunny Chen

Ellouise Copping

Annisha Cunningham-Black

Maxwell Davies

Haoran Deng

Adam Freear

Sienna Hiley

Do Youn Jung

Seoyeon Kim

Isabel Lai

Chaewon Lee

Ryan Li

Shangshan Li

Seungjun Lim

Mya Magcaling

Veronika Meshkova

Monte Murphy

Evie Nauer

Kyree Rakena

Qian Ross

Prasun Saraf

Ruby Belle Ullrich

Zijun Alice Wang

Puzhi Xu

Yu Yan Yang

Heyi Yin

Wan Zhang

Zongliang Zhang

9HF

Ji Beak

Yuanhong Ding

Rochelle Dobbs

Bo Zhen Fan

Jingyao Fu

Jocelyn Harvey

Jiyang Hong

Alston Huang

Johnson Kan

Sujung Kwon

Jennifer Lan

Huilin Li

Yixuan Liu

Hyunggyu Park

Jia Seo

Luka Stenton

Sarah Sun

Jared Tan

Cynthia Wang

Hannah Wang

Zhijun Wei

Jin-Yang Jonathan Wung

Jessica Xu

Zinan Xu

Youngeun Yang

Nancy Zhang

Shuhan Zhang

Zile Zhao

9HG

Sylvia Apostol

Yeonsik Choi

Dax Connick

Chloe Couper

Qian Yue Dai

Sienna Farland

Joshua Garner

Vic Geng

Yumi Han

Charlotte Hollis

Katie Hook

Joey Kim

Chaeeun Lee

Jin Lee

Jiwoo Lee

Wing Liu

Junrun Lu

Caitlyn Max

William McDonnell

Runuo Pan

Hongsen Qiu

Ana Ramirez-Hermosillo

Jyothsana Suresh

Zushen Tian

Isabella Van Hof

Dylan Waters

Rachel Wu

Jiming Yang

Shi-En Yu

Jimmy Zi Zhou

9KR

Sebastian Arciszewski

Sean Burke

Elaine Chen

Eli Corbett

Ava Cox

Chanuthi Heva Siyasinghe

Polgahamullage

Shaobo Hong

Aidan Hutchinson

Maisie Briony Janes

Jooah Kim

Ethan Lee

Joshua Lee

Amy Li

Yanxi Liu

Jake Lorimer

Xuan Lu

Larisa McLisky

Minkyung Park

Sophia Rickard

Macklin Rix

Jasper David Scott

Cayleigh Sherborne

Hayeong Shin

Darren Sze

Andre Travis

Anna Vershinina

209 PRIZEGIVING

Miko Williams

Xuan Xie

Yuan Shu Zheng

Luke Zhu

Ruize Zhu

9LI

Sean Basson

Jia Le Cai

Shiran Cheng

Joanne Choi

Emily Craven

Michael Fielding

Kaitlyn Guthrie

Siyu Hou

Jiwoo Jang

Tessa Jenkins

Eric Jia

Carmen Judd

Yuna Ko

Jed Langford

Cheng Li

Selena Jia Qi Li

Jason Jiasheng Luo

Isla McNeil-Allpress

Wanyu Meng

Jean-Pierre Meyer

Amiya Misra

Joshua Park

Qiaojian Qin

Mia Rajaratnam

Cade Ravenhall

Yann Rose

Kyra Simonsen

Justin Wang

Hyoin Yang

Eric Zhang

Xiaoyan Zhang

9MG

Caylem Badenhorst

Xavier Badland

Joshua Barron

Josiah Bayley

Kate Bisset

Songkang Chang

Liviana Dakuidreketi

Amber Diprose

Hao Fan

Isabelle Lockhart Hall

Yehua He

Lachlan Hill

Julia Michael Aziz Ishak

Lama Kattaya

Emma Kirkbride

Madison Leech

Letong Liang

Basil Martin

Zarni Maung

Fynn Miller

Okithya Nellagoda

Clara Park

Gloria Ravutugaga

Ava Schipper

Ethan Shan

Noah Sutherland

Zachary Sutton

Isumi Weerasinghe

Amy Zhao

9MO

Alicia Bai

Nathan Blunden

Ilya Bondin

Kelin Chou

Gemma Elizabeth Hebberd

Lance Henderson

Georgia Jakeman

Yui Jang

Yvonne Kim

Akshaya Kiran

Chris Kumala

Soo Kwon

Katie Lee

Youngjoon Lee

Sam Lin

Gao Han Lu

Haocheng Lyu

Antonio Malak

Quinn Marsden

Alexander Robertson

Vladislav Startsev

Sienna Wharton

Freya Williams

Ethan Wootton

Zhanyi Xiong

Yolanda Yi

Claire Yu

Heeseong Yu

Julia Zhang

Erica Zhou

9NA

Ekka Abergas

Lucca Bailey

Romee Bentham-Weisbach

Victoria Black

Dillon Calder

Lewis Cheng

Lexie Findlater

Josephine Harper

Lola Jelicich

Chloe Kavanagh

Seung-Min Lee

Lexi Li

Qianyuan Lin

Ye Lou

Tamiya Jay Manganda

Xiyan Meng

Yunsong Pan

Jagoda Porczyk

Codi Roozendaal

Thomas Sharp

Emily Shen

Xinran Tao

Marcus Wessels

Lachlan Wright

Tyler Wright

Annie Xiong

George Zhang

Whitney Zheng

9NB

Sebastian Adams

Dominic Brady

Kaden Carr

Liam Dahlberg

Noah Douglas

Oceanne Duroyon

Beetham

Yael Flores

Amanda HeathwaiteCabrera

Al-Walid Hijazi

Jaycee Ji

Shaun Jin

Zelie Jones

JW Jonker

Isabel Krishna

Haoxi Liang

Gabrielle Lu

Liam Macaulay

Jealian Antonette Manzano

Claire Yu Miao

Liam Pember

Franklin Pepper

Vaya Prokopieva

Adela Salca

Yi Shen

Chelsea Simpson

Ching Lam Tsang

Beau Williams

Yuanyu Zhang

Katinka Zilah

9NI

Maya Abdeldayem

Grace Ahn

James Carroll

Meirui Chen

Matthew Diffenthal

Clyde Steven Dioneo

Rocco Edouard-Betsy

Frank Farrell

Benjamin Fraser

Taisiia Gagen-Torn

Laela Higgins

West Hopkins

Krish Jadav

Nathan Keegan

Daniel Kim

Alisha Kopyl

Saya Lang

Yoo Na Lee

Lingfei Liu

Ella Maddox

Kyra O’Shannessey

Amelia Grace Osborne

Chelsea Paxton

Quan Pham

Renee Proulx

Vibhavi Saparamadu

Rachel Sissing

Elijah Souster

Emma Van Heerden

Kevin Yu Wu

Flora Zou

9PT

Thomas Allan

Emily Armes

Olivia Rose Bancroft

Tayla Beachen

Max Casey

Ariane Dawson

Kieran Dong

Emily Alice Glanfield

Zhiyuan Hao

Maya Hoevelt

Junxi Huang

Isabelle Katipa

Ryan Kit

Victoria Lamb

Yiqing Liu

Katie Manu

Macy McAlpine

Cameron McKenzie

Gaia Micarelli

David Mishkovski

Marleyah Pritchard

Dinuli Senuthmee

Rajapakshe

Leo Alessandro Richards

Scarlett Stobbart

Daniel Sun

Seprion Taua Nicholls

Tharana Wanasingha

Mudiyanselage

Annabelle Wang-Levi

Liam Yeats

9RB

Saad Abdullah

Rahaf Ahmed Shamsan

Mohamed Almasah

Peyman Asadi

Logan Bearda

Hayley Cosbrook

Niamh Faloone

Isabella Foote

Yuguo Fu

Tehya Paricha Harris

Jay Hemraj

Ethan Jones

Milla Kao

Gabriel Lalicon

Donggun Lee

Tiana Lee

Ella Louise Martin

Tessa Maunsell

Taylor McCabe

Eden McDonald

Huiwen Niu

Shaylee Pointer

Susan Proffit

Justin Song

Koby Stanaway

Gemma Alycia Ann Uenuku

Huynh Tri Nhan Vo

Hongyi Wu

Tianle Xu

Ivan Young

9RH

Kohl Anderson

Sophie Arz

Sofia Atienza Carrasco

Jessica Bettany

Jessica Coyle

Henry Dowson

Josefa Farfan Saavedra

Mike Fu

Marcus Gjaltema

Isaac Green

Yiqing Guo

Stella Hogg

Maria Trinidad Holzapfel

Gonzalez

Summer Caitlin Jones

Bryn Jury

Seyeon Kim

Zac Lampard

Ya-Xun Liu

Bayley McConchie Le

Bourque

Amelia Irirangi Russell

Teagan Russell

Niday Sen

Bailey Shazell

Xingjian Tang

Taylor Thornton

Holly Walkinton

Sam Whittington

Shyla Wright

Yufan Yao

9SB

Kyle Peter Altorf

Isla Ashdown

Seren Basson

Ryder Campbell

Dru Coleby

Paige Coleman

Madison-Rose Dorrington

Ruby Fisher

William Fisk

Presley Gillbanks

Mariana Jaramillo Areiza

Eliana Jeon

Isla Laursen

Fangyuan Luo

Shayla Matthews

Bronte McMurdo

Luca O’Callaghan

Jake O’Loughlin

Seho Park

Max Parsonson

Zaria Ruby

Zoe Salatielu

Jinyoung Seo

Rosalia Tearea

Yuri Tesima Veiga

Matilda Way

Enzhe Yan

Jinle Zhao

Shiyan Zhao

9SE

Yunha Chung

Nathan Dennerly

Maria Fernandez

Ormaechea

Jessica Halse

Isabella Hempseed

Emily Holt

Tommy Hutton

Emi Liang

Fangjun Liu

Gengyu Liu

Finn McLuckie

Connor Mees

Lin Xi Meng

Alexander Odintsov

Edward Parker

Ryan Peters

Chanelle Potts

Eunseo Sim

Oliver Spencer

Jack Thomson

Elwin Shing Hei Tse

Mingke Wang

Joshua Watkin

Ella Welsh

Mia Wessels

Yaxuan Yu

Alyssa Zhao

Ryan Zhao

Allison Zheng

9SN

Isolena Anderson

Kienan Wai Baxter

Georgie Beesley

Reiann Venus Cartagena

Molly Caunce

Minetta Elder

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Franco Escobar-Muller

Joshua Garner

Rachel Halliday

Szu-Ying Ho

Emelia Honiball

Andy Huang

Edward Hunt

Ziqi Jiang

Hyeonmin Kim

Juwon Kim

Emme Kirkcaldie

Zoe Magiera

Camrin Manuel

Erin Martin

Blake Parsons

Maddox Phillips-Liufalani

Jaz Ronayne

Alex Christian Rossaak

Anika Schafer

Marcus Schwamm

Weilin Shao

Zhirui Wang

Lola Weston

9SR

Luca Aporo

Zoe Baxter

Emily Beaton

Yoel Brancken

Bethany Brunton

Kyle Chisholm-Tippett

Clement Choo

Millie Coombe

Maite Escobar

Islay Fairley

Geordie Lee Greshon

Raphael Hii

Jake Holland

Aysha Maree Ireland

Yiran Kang

Andrew Yik Lau

Wei Ern Lim

Thomas Longden

Justin Louw

Holly Matthews

Ruby Message

Sana Murad

Jaia Brooklyn Mutu

Jayden Ngy

Taylor Parkinson

Fei Qin

Taylor Rawbone

Kyoungrok Shin

Joseph Streeter

Mustafa Yolbas

Logan Yu

9TI

Lily Allen

Jesse Bridge

Nikolas Buenaventura

Isaac Buhrs

Jonathan Choi

Logan Clarke

Casey Findlay

Sophie Guthrie-Mart

Ruby Hawkes

Yaqi He

Sari Henderson

Emma Johnstone

Justin Kisanaban

Elise Maxwell

Tyler Morgan

Michael Olliff

Hunter Robertson

Chloe Rolleston

Charlie Sanders

Xinyu Shi

Jennifer Smith

Ruby Smith

Caleb Stuart

Aston Taylor

Alexander Trotter

Ruby Wandler

Moananui Wynyard

Martin Xu

Tongxin Xu

9XE

Rau Atua-Tavai

Ashlee Cao

Zoe Carr

Jonathan Chen

Xinyu Deng Farzeen Farhan

Kellan Feng

Olivia Esmee Gielen

Jorja Gilmore Brody Grey

Georgii Gusev

Gabriel Hatab

Emily Hesling

Claudio Hodgkinson

Makoto Jac

Alexandra King

Jamie Kruyen

Yui Ying Lam

Mose Lee

Suet Ying Li

Holly McKenzie

Jayda Meek

Mikayla Lyn Nathan

Keaton Purvis

Zoe Rhind

Ryder Michael Smith

Knox Tagaloa

Alice Wyatt

Yuwei Zhang

9ZN

Abdulaziz Al-Juboori

Storm Anderson

Matthew Blair

Daniel Carter

Shuairu Chen

Olga Domracheva

Ivan Gabriel Dos Santos

Samuel Hulme

Siyeon Jung

Alisa Kudiyarova

Dax Laidler

Taegyeong Lee

Cristian Lizamore

Ameer Lo

Andrien Wai kei Lu

Madison Middlewick

Joyce Park

Leigh Pearce

Chloe Scott

Aarin Shah

Flo Tucker

Xuane Van Staden

Ruby Visser

Sophie Wavish

Ziteng Wei

Do-Hee Woo

Lilia Zapart

Bella Zhang

Zihan Zhang

Anna Zurek

10BE

Theodor Manuel Amberg

Luke Beaven

Casey Boyd

Ivy Calonne

Ziye Cong

Joshua Curham

Kyla Du Plessis

Anabelle Gillmore

Jaxson Glyn Hodge

Jin Jeon

Hyoeun Jung

Nikao Annys Woeyram

Kpodonu

Suhani Kumar

Hoi Lau

Cassie Levett

Connor Lloyd-Read

Summer McCormick

Kate Oliver

Theo Rea

Sofiya Sazhina

Sasha Tindall

Dane Waretini

Chloe Willis

Jihyo Yu

Haoming Zhou

10CA

Avesta Abar

Maya Al-Damluji

Elwin Bao

Anna Blackett

Ya Bo

Florencia Camus Rogers

Troy Etherton

Ceinwen Evans

Leilani Fair

Thomas Fearon

Sophie Haine

Brendan He

Yi Kan

Oliver Kiing

Rylan Labuschagne

Dora Leo

Xiaoxiao Li

Xaver McKinnon

Maddison Phillips

Dylan Reader

Yanchen Tan

Xinran Tian

Ayva-Rose Wharerau

La Ye

Hewitt Xun Yong

Xi Zhang

Alicia Zhou

10CD

Daniella Borsato

Hamish Carr

Ava Corrie

Fletcher Fannin

Ella Rose Harding

Zara Harris

Shengxuan Hou

Henry Irvine

Kiara Joubert

Remy Leitch

Yu Liu

Zimeng Luo

Kexin Ma

Yiling Ni

Gemma O’Brien

Raimana Pecqueux

Daniel Pick

Will Samways

Ashvir Singh

Cohen Thomas

Alicia Tuck

Daniel Ward Able

Katie Warman

Rebekah Williamson

Hong Wong

Sara Yao

Moyang Zhang

Zhizhen Zhang

10CL

Matthew Alexander

Jacky Cai

Yi Chen

Izabella Christensen

Jasmine Dale

Luca Farmilo

Brittany Fok

Nathan Grant

Adam Qin Yu Hu

Max Inskeep

Hollie Jackson

Geunwook Kim

Joshua Kim

Huo Chen Li

Shanshan Li

Reina Lin

Corbin Lawrence Lockyer

Mehreet Mahal

Hiryu Makino

Akina Matsuno

Daniel Robert Mulcahy

Olivia Neethling

Skye Rostenberg

Christine Ryu

Mikhail Skachkov

Rikutaro Watanabe

Oscar Williams

Sofia Mhaegan Yu

Yi Zhang

10CS

Cody Briones

Julia Carneiro

Hana Choi

Liam Endres

Carl Hamilton

Brooke Hammond

Liam Hinesly

Zhiting Hu

Taekyung Hwang

Connor Irving

Gyumin Kwak

Sienna Lee

Henry Lewis

Yixin Pan

Micaella Pretorius

Isabelle Prince

Maria Quezon

Ellie Rowbotham

Basel Scott

Jake Steel

Pui Ki Katelyn Tang

Luke Thompson

William Van Der Merwe

Faith Wang

Zheng Xin Wei

Amber Woolford

Yuxuan Wu

Julian Yoon

Jayden Young

10ES

En-Yu Chou

Kaiming Dong

Bing Jiang

Trang Anh Khuc

Jiwoo Lee

Menghao Wang

Wenhao Wang

Zhaoyang Yin

Eito Yokoyama

Chenrui Zhang

Haoyu Zhang

Zhixiang Zhou

Ziyu Zhou

Xun Zhu

10FE

Kenzie Bowden

Jeeahn Cha

Emily Dawson

Kate Derbyshire

Kylan Donaldson

Erica Drought

Yoon-Sang Eom

Namu Gusscott

Yunlong Jia

Yui Kim

Daniel Kruger

Jessa Lamb

James Lee

Yunha Lee

Sanveer Madhoo

Benjamin Marsland

Kayla Maskell

Lily Ocana

Micah Ogilvie

Grace Mikayla Stratton

Hana Sugimoto

Cecilia Tang

Theo Thompson

Sai Wong

Sheng-En Yu

Zekai Yu

Rica Zhao

10HF

Zachary Bailey

Ryan Cho

Joshua Gillespie

Amelia Gu

Leanne Annabella Guan

Chloe Hii

Marcus Huang

Henna Hwang

Henry Yoon Hoo Ji

Annie Jin

Mandy Juan Lu

Yeonhee Kim

Yvonne Kim

Jason He Li

Olivia Li

Gemma Lowe

Jun Manges

Chad Nemeth

Grace Oh

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Christopher Rui-Han Ong

Serena Park

Kaitlyn Rogers

Lila Sandler

Hannah Sinclair

Jessica Wang

Joshua Wang

Sophia Wang

Alex Yang

Xinlei Yu

Bohao Zheng

10HG

Aria Alam

Max Carter

She-Mao Chang

Finn Cowley

Matilda Craig-West

Riley Colin Folan

Kaylee Forrest

Zhara Frey-Sim

Gabriel Isaac Funtelar

Yani Gao

Grace Giles

Sophie Glasgow

Xinqing Hou

Gwang Kim

Junso Lee

Reh Lee

Ellen Liu

Jia Yi Liu

Maryyum Nasir

Kyra Lyn Nathan

Nhi Khanh Ha Nguyen

Yeonwoo Oh

Luca Rowbotham

Lincoln James Seymour

Jonathon Smith

Nate Smith

Matthew Wells

Chun Hei Wu

Yusiyan Xie

Melissa Limeng Xu

Zihao Zhou

10KR

Sarah Mahmoud Alothman

Alissa Antipova

Huaxin Chen

Jun Xi Chen

Sue Ah Cho

Emily Cudby

Amalea Gardi

Yi Huang

Ziyuan Huang

Vanna-Rose Im-Affleck

Zoe Johnstone

Eugene Joubert

Ariana Lawrence

Eric Lei

Rosie Lenik

Jayden Matthews

Faith Mead

Daniel Lopo Nai

Celine Nasrallah

Gaeun Park

Jack William Peterson

Conor Robinson

Aidan Simmons

Kiera Solomon

Kate Thynne

Ksidech Tokeeree

Kwong Hei Anson Tsang

Junzhuo Wang

Fergus White

Aiden Kyungjun Yoo

10LI

Laura Allan

Lola-Rose Bailey

Sofia Bell-Syer

Maxwell Brown

Yiming Cai

Victoria Camus Gonzales

Benjamin Chapman

Ting-Hsun Chen

Danyi Cheng

Eric Cheng

Lucas Cornford

Ronan Debney

Sophie Dunkley

Haged Elmorsy

Santiago Gonzalez Rojas

Anna Flora Gybel

Juhee Hong

Phoebe Ji

Junwoo Kim

Owen Li

Mali Lynskey

Junsu Na

Elia Pollitt

Emily Poulton

Guido Ranzuglia Pino

Isabella Rose Ravenhall

Soyeong Shin

Mads Siegemund

Sunny Xiao

Zheng Zhu

Anja Zivkovic

10MG

Rowen Anderson

Chloe Baughan

Tyra Bickford

Chloe Choi

Alice Coghlan

Rhiannon Dennis

Yuhan Gao

Kenzi Cynric Hernandez

Sienna Houkamau

Ethan Kim

Joohwan Kim

Ryan Kim

Keanu Kumarasamy

Matthew Lee

Taeyun Lee

Yueyang Li

Thaddeus Ling

Adham Mahmoud

George McMillan

Eve Nguyen

Joel Ebenezer Odoom

Arshiyaan Raheem

Mickayla Reis

Angelika Singh

Hayley Stirling

Chloe Turner

Olympia Adela Williams

Jesse Wilson

Daniel Yang

Milu Yoon

10MO

Alexander Bai

Theo Braithwaite

Jackson Brown

Hayden Chan

Felicia Chen

Haoyu Chen

Michayla de Wet

Fengcheng Dong

Zefang Fu

Riley Hurbuns

Edmond Jia

Yujin Jung

Ruka Kambe

Harmin Lee

Zi Lun Jaylen Ling

Pippa Lloyd

Lily Ma

Eloise Nel

Austin Picard

Jeremy Ren

Le Shi

Vincy Tsang

Emma Webster

Nithini Weeraratne

Harira Won

Emma Xia

Poresha Yee

Lynn Zhang

10NA

Caitlin Allen-Jackson

Olive Barrowcliffe

Isha Basheer

Dusty Clegg

Susannah Cooper

Lily Danks

Skye Gillespie

Justin Hou

Glynn Hu

Zion Jun

Noah Kelly

Jedaya Kostanich

Lilly Le Sueur-Nicholls

Prumae Lee

Minh Tu Ly

Veronica Ortiz-Rojas

Ava Prenter

Dillon Pretorius

Lucas Rose

Zoe Smith

Bhattrarath Sudto

Haixin Tian

Callum Turver

Huynh Khanh Nghi Vo

Sewook Wi

Teresa Wong

Jialiang Wu

Silin Wu

Guo Yu

Samuel Zhang

10NB

Summer Atchison

Cooper Atkinson

Mellani Birkett

Anne Margarette

Campomayor

Ngoc Thao Cao

Brody Donald

Scarlet Hansen

Man Hei Ho

Soyoon Jang

Kaylah Kainamu

Reese Knock

Aaryan Krishna

Aidan Kruck

Olivia Kumar

Yubin Kwan

Johnson Lee

Zicheng Liu

Sofie McNee

Mako Ivan Moore

Mila Morles

Ella Nathan

Ethan Peirce

Jeyden Samarawickrama

Peyton Sass

Isla Shearman

Thomas Solomon

Solomon Stratful

Janice Tsai

Karen Van Staden

Clara Williams

Daniel Yao

Alex Zhang

10NI

Spencer Abernethy

Baran Amani

Olivia Apperley

Emily Bootten

Tanaka Coghill

Alba Yvonne Dew

Yuxin Fang

Kobe Fox

Macsen Frith

Olivia Fuyala

Maddison Hailes

Nicola Hays

Bowen Thomas Tagaloa

Healey

David Holland

Youmin Kim

Zedekiah Lui Kolo

Zitao Liao

Emma Mackrell

Mia Panaho

Joshua Sanson

Nikola Sterjov

Haoyang Sui

Ayeesha Tapu

Ashton Tate

Eric Taylor

Zach Van Greuning

Ziane Veldman

Gary Yang

William Yu

Qin Zheng

Zoe Zhu

Maja Zurek

10PT

Blake Bentley

Anastasia Calderon

Noah Claydon

Georgia Drew

Michaela Freimuth

Benjamin Hall

Erin Hemmingsen

Eint Htut

Sophia Kabzamalova

Euan Kao

Sejin Kim

Seonwoo Kim

Heilikutonga Lao

Nevaeh Lash

Renhanrui Li

Haoming Liu

Crystal Manolas

Aston Markwick

Rovin Misipati

Anthony Partridge

Yan Lin Pei

Joe Ivan Proffit

Paris Robertson

Zachary Scott

Jamie Walenkamp

Ethana Warren

Holly Wimpory

Tyler Wiremu

Claire Xu

Mona Zhang

Xinyue Zhou

10RA

Sylahs Ahi-Kaa Bartley

Campbell Bibbie

Leila Davis

Taylor Evans

Oscar Faamausili

Honour Goodhue

Jezariah Tere Mataora

Holmes

Manaia Kelleher

Ashlee Lidgard

Mahonri Moller

James Nathan

Kyson Norton

Kaea Parker

Lauren Pember

Amarlea Rose Rameka

Rea Simpkins

Terily Taua Nicholls

Michael Te Paa

William Warena-Green

Brady Wilson

Maia Wynyard

10RB

Abigail Aubrey

Binuka Basnayake

Mudiyanselage

William Bootten

Samantha Bunn

Reign Dohinog

Lilah Ellis

Pippa Graham

Jack Green

Corban Greenfield

Zengrui He

Avani Kumar

Mason Laslett

Jiayan Liu

Xinyi Ma

Eunice De Manansala

Isla Mason

Lachlan McCaskie

Luisa Monteiro

Lily Newman

Konan Oishi

Alliyah Ysabelle Pascual

Tian Qiu

Ying Shen

Chloe St Johanser

Jessica Tan

Ethan Traill

Asher Webber

Josh Zeiler

Nathania Zhang

Yuqing Zhang

Canran Zhou

Rangitoto College Yearbook 212 Panorama 2023

10RH

Lucas Bartrom

Riley Bull

Wai Chung Marcus Cheung

Rylee Coleman

Leila Curry

Hunter Davies

Phoebe Grant

Noah Greene

Violet Hancock

Georgia Howlett

Amberley Kennedy

Oliver Kennedy

Chase Kirkland

Bessy Krishnan

Orin Le Bourque

Baixi Liu

Kevin Liu

Thomas Mansfield

Macintyre McPhee

Ethan Muzvondiwa

Paige Roper

Sienna Shields

Deacon Stewart

Ethan Swanepoel

Chuling Tong

Dyllan Welsh

Maddisen White

Jamie Young

10SB

Borui Chen

Guo Chen

Sean Chua

Grace de Mulder

Alexis Dowling

Jingyang Du

Jayden Featonby

Archie Max Fitzsimmons

Brooke Gillespie

Fern Harris

Jade Hopkins

Lachlan Jackman

Conor Kennedy

Kang-il Kim

Sohee Kim

Xander Kai Manuel

Kayla McCormick

Max Newall

Yiyun Pan

Chanyeong Park

Paige Rees

Davina Seo

Minseong Seo

Maddison Skelton

Kenai Stevenson

Nadinsa Wanasingha

Mudiyanselage

Yuetong Wang

Keira Webster

Irvin Wu

10SE

Gemma Agar

Marnie Barber

Sasha Barry

Anja Breytenbach

Charli Alice Burkett

Weiyu Chen

Marcus Chun Yin Chiu

Jaewon Choi

Kaleb Currie

Hanwen Feng

Indiana Haslem

Lucy Henderson

Vico Huang

Lennix Kelly

Bokyom Kim

Da Eun Kim

Mianke Koen

Callum Lloyd

Maria Loskoska Postolov

Finn Mikkelson

Jayden Mu

Jaysun Park

Jessica Rapley

Nevada Stacey

Michael Sykes

Kate Taylor

Bede Thorburn

Jessy Westerkamp

Yuang Wu

Jinghong Zhan

10SN

Amelia Andrews

Ivan Artiushkin

Rico Boaler

Qiao Cheong

Chaezelle Heart Garcia

Sadie Gardner

Richie Edward Harnett

Woorim Kang

Dewei Kong

Siyuan Li

Indya Ramari Luke

Daniel Milovanovic

Renee Owen

Carri-Anne Pointer

Daniel Pringle

Hao Qin

Rebecca Redpath

Henry Rossaak

Joanna Ryu

Laurel Sacke

Marissa Hui Tan

Elijah Taylor

Luke Alan Taylor

Daniel Terry

Hamish Walker

Hei Yu Wang

Leonardo Widjaja

Tyrone Woolf

Yahan Yang

Molly-Rose Zaloum

Yi Zhang

Yuanyuan Zheng

10SR

Ryen Anderson

Kyan Bagnall

Siann Beck

Tyler Beehre

Natalie Campbell

Olivia Clarke

Max Collier

Noah Cummings

McKayla Isabella Fuentes

Ava Goldsworthy

Amelia Jones

Daniel Kellie

Jae Kim

Seobin Kim

Younghoo Kim

Ben Kuys

Jaxon Leano-Lesavua

Sophie Lysaght

Hannah Middleton

Greer Muller

Matthew Peel

Christian Potter

Gabriel Ranginui

Honour Rikihana

Scott Thomson

Shivani Unka

Amelia Visser

Gloria Weng

Caitlin Young

Emma Young

MingZhe Zhang

10TI

Manuela Atienza Carrasco

Isabella Lucianna Bridle

Molina

Kaili Brown

Honey Fitt Allen

Lucia Gits

Tayla Hawkes

Daniel Heard

Bawonthat Hemuppathum

Yun-Jui Hsu

Kwan Yui Huang

Annabel Lile

Tyler Makin

Ollie McCartney

Sabrina McDonnell

Malachi O’Dey

Eryn Oelofse

Ananda Purwoko

Muhammad Salman

Finn Schaffer-Swan

Beau Sutton

Oak Tancred

Max Taylor

Jasmin Timsah

Alexandra Twose

Diyara Ualiyeva

Jesse-Lee Upton

Luke Van Niekerk

Ka Ho Wong

Zhenrong Wu

Cham Sum Yim

10XE

Conor Baden

Joel Corston

Ashton Davies

Emma Gaillard

Ziyi Gao

Lincoln Goodgame

Jaena Han

Katie Heays-Wilson

Shinae Hong

Zain Ibrahim

Zhong Xin Jiang

Dewu Kong

Aadrisa Kumar

Dawit Lee

Gayeon Lee

Taeyeon Lee

Isabella McCarthy

Ella McGowan

Ho Sae Mun

Armand Nel

Kelly Pringle

Cole Saunders

Indigo Sharp

Rhea Somerville

Seoyeon Song

Mirabelle Hui Tan

Zara Trendall

Hanyue Wang

Ella Waterman

YuChuan Xiao

Ninglu Xu

11

Sienna Askham

Marara Porter

11AU

Davina Agatha

Daniel Atanasovski

Byron Bae

Vanisha Bhana

Samuel Burrows

Alexander Davenport

Cherie Dibble

Angelina Glinska-Fonseca

Alyan Gokal

Astrid Hebbink

Martin Ilievski

Jordin Joshua

Daniella Kieser

Myka Kirkcaldie

Denis Kuznetsov

Tingting Li

Gabriel Lin

Sacha Maxwell

Callum McCaskie

Xavier McLelland

Gabriel Omozee

Angelina Possi

Jasper Quinlan

Raamiz Rehman

Nicolas Schoonbee

Zhen Shan

Nikita Slesarenko

Lucas Williams

Grace Williscroft

11BE

Zahraa Alsakini

Joshua Bayes

Sophie Bisset

Joseph Cha

Maddison Cooper-Wiki

Cameron Davey

Ellen Du Toit

Devyn Golaboski

Samuel Gorst

Jennifer Holland

Van Jackman

Taliya Judd

Mariia Kalmykova

Alice Knight

Benjamin Lake

Yuhan Li

Carter Little

Hamish McLean

Brooke Morgan

Kayla Morgan

Holly Nelson

Daniel Park

Kseniia Pustovit

Ammar Rampurwala

Alena Sharashkina

Alexandria Skinner

James Todd

Talaya Vorster

Jordan Wyatt

Ivy Zhong

11CA

Timea Andrell

Kate Blackett

Zhan Bowden

Sudi Cai

Yifei Chi

Ivan Chorbadzhiyski

Tyler Corless

Tia Epplett

Savarnya Govender

Jackson Harper

Jamie Howe

Oliver Jenkins

Yoongi Kim

Isaac Lee

Jae-Young Lee

Samuel Liu

Matheus Mendes

Leen Murad

Min Park

Jacob Rawbone

Holly Stanford

Aditya Suresh

James Tyrer

Stella Walker

Yuchen Xiao

Tia Xue-Herewini

11CD

Caitlin Ashdown

Jorja Boese

Zhong Cheng

Terrence Chow

Jessica Coughlan

Jamie Durant

Amelie Eves

Gabriella Gui

James Haslam

Sha Huang

Poppy Kostan

Jihu Lee

Joshua Lo

Linh Nhat Luu

Lachlan Merriman

Alexandra Ong

Joshua Peirce

Emma Robins

Nikita Steel

Yi Shan Tan

Pragya Verma

Ruby Walkinton

Zixuan Xu

Jia Qi Yan

Jessica Zhu

11CL

Ivan Adaikin

Kate Ashton

Katelyn Boyce

Ariel Bradshaw

Julius Brinkmann

Harrison Cooper

Eliza Coventry

Anna Fisk

Eva Harvey

Quinn Heald

Emmy Hurcum

Amy Hurly

Hargun Kaur

Nicholas Keating

Rico Kelleher

Anabella Lamb

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Se Lee

Aaron Lorier-May

Renee Macaulay

Sihu Moon

Selina Ni

Alexander Petana

Angus Rose

Chun Tang

Chan Melanie Tau

Rita Wu

Hyewon Yang

An Ye

Amy Zhang

11CS

Jack Adcock

Siu Qian Akira Baxter

Yingdan Cao

Corey Coutts

Sadie Cusens

Cole Fraser Cornish

Fifi Ge

Sarah Harvey

Benjamin Hollis

Heidi Hwangbo

Holly Kayser

Liam Kim

Natalie Lawrence

Yohan Lee

Jiaren Li

Zirui Liu

Alfie Mackenzie

Jade Maguire

Daniel Morgan

Lyra Pal

Ashton Pienaar

Max Arthur Ross

Eunice Saw

Finn Taylor

Ella-Rachel Te Rarere

Victoria Wang

Zixu Wang

Ronan Yeats

Claire Yoon

11FE

Jin Arvidson

Brianna Bailey

Hannah Beasleigh

Christian Brady

Dominic Brandolino

Lila Chiu

Santiago Cruz

Hannah Davies

Edward Fung

Molly Gladding

Madeleine Hean

Ehren Homan

Namrita Islam

Sofya Kharitonova

Paul Kim

Roo-Mie Lee

Lifeng Li

Connor MacLeod

Deea Malhotra

Rory Mulcahy

Nikolle Palazkova

Ashton Pope

Jevin Samarawickrama

Nicole Schwamm

Hamza Tayyab

Jessica Tennant

Michael Ward Able

Roxy Welsh

Luiza Zaseeva

Felix Zhang

11FL

Emma Edwards

Joshua Ferrissey

Shinnosuke Koide

Joe Leith

11HF

Joohan Back

Madeline Bennett

Ryan Burke

Yunseo Chung

Zayd Daniyal

Eloise Dean

Ronald Fung

Poppy Glasgow

Di Qiu Gu

Eliana Heard

Nikau Huggins

Annalise Johnson

Andreas Kuys

Mikayla Levett

Qi Han Li

Tom Marshall

Summer Martin

Jake O’Brien

Samantha Peters

Ross Pooley

Hamzah Qasem

Yelyzaveta Serdiuk

Damien Sheldon

Reuben Tewari

Hoang Than

Sabian Ward

Selina Weng

Enyi Zhang

Jiashuo Zhang

11HG

Riley Adonis

Cua Berthelsen

Marlon Carkeek

Suhaan Contractor

Rebekah Dilts

Tahi Finkenauer-Carneiro

April Gilbert

Jungwon Heo

Katie Huang

Kaietsu Ikeguchi

Bo yi Jiang

Gune Kim

Hanji Lee

Riley Little

Catherine Liu

Maja Misur

Enoch Mun

Vasilisa Nichols

Roshina Pan

Arnold Quhu

Jessica Scholz

He-Su Seo

Caleb Swan

Miho Takahashi

Lucas Wang

Isabella Wotton

Cohen Wright

Corrin Zhu

Eric Zhu

11KR

Sienna Allen

Daniel Askew

Alona Boock

Alex Chatterton

Jichen Chen

Olivia Cleaver

Leo Copping

Alice Dou

Aidan Fisher

Jack Higgins

Xinrui Hu

Xiang Huang

Dylan Hunter

Cayden Ireland

Armita Kavian-Pour

Jidam Kim

Kihong Kim

Jung Lee

Hoi Liu

Liam McCullough

Lucie Paterson

Armghan Qureshi

Anna Schrott

Yea-Seop Shin

Katrina Tang

Taha Tayyab

Jaylen Wang-Levi

Muyou Xie

Weixin Xie

11LI

Yulia Asakura

Hannah Ashdown

Theodore Attwater

Lauren Bowles

Yi Chen

Ella Cleveland

Logan Coulam

Toby Fletcher

Yihan Gou

Kenneth Hitchen

Eve Hughes

Jungwoo Jung

Emily Kelly

Tam Yool Kim

Jessica Leslie

Wyatt Liu

Xingyi Luo

Daniel Maguire

Chaeyoung Moon

Ji Hun Oh

Yea-Won Shin

Regan Slabbert

Alexandra Tarasova

Tyler Tiare

Sihan Wang

Jamie Watters

Benjamin Yang

Zixin Ye

11MG

Adrianne Ayson

Lachlan Baker

Lily Brown

Zhe Chen

Zhihe Chen

Aimee Cooper

Nikita Fairgray

Gabriel Froggatt

Juwon Ha

Benjamin Hollier

Gemma Hutton

Taein Jung

Angela Kim

Taine Kinley

Leya Li

Joshua Lu

Emma Manuel

Ania Maritz

Daniel Paas

Madai Reeves

Mila Reid

Vaanya Singh

Yeonwoo Song

Christopher Tsai

Max Webster

Joshua Yates

Hatice Yolbas

Yiren Zhao

11MN

Maia Badland

Marco Blaauw

Karli Buitendag

Yi-Cheng Chiu

Min-Jun Choi

Aum Dave

Natalie Ennis

Carly Fear

Xihan Geng

Lanah Harlick

Changeui Hong

Jimin Hwang

Eugene Kang

Junseok Kim

Yeseo Kim

Hyunjoon Lee

Claire Lim

Emma McCardle

Charlotte Ng

Timothy Park

Holly Rix

Mason Roper

Leya Skinner

Filip Sporea

Amos Valenzuela

Hoa Vuong

Daniel Wei

Ryan Yi

Jihyeon Yu

11M0

JeongWon Bae

Jack Booysen

Holly Burkett

Matthew Chow

Lara De La Fuente Cura

Jia Deng

Charlotte Flexman

Jon-Phoenix Grey

Emma Hodson

Ray Hu

Emma Jackson

Sofikuo Krivoshapkina

Somya Kumar

Tony Leo

Si Yi Lin

Hayden Marshall

Eva McCord

Chloe Noonan

Boaz Reuben

Alexia Rudd

Gina Son

Brayden Steyn

Jiawei Sun

Marko Velickovic

Wenhao Weng

Ella Williscroft

Yuzhen Yu

Zachary Yu

11NA

Alice Bell

Kyle Buenaflor

Alana-Blue Chase

Daniel Chua

Koby Dawson

Mikayla Dennis

Mimiko Fujita

Anika Geiger

Hannah Groh

Liam Guthrie

Briana Hoy

David Huang

Jacob Irwin

Sofia Jacomb

Charlie Kemp

Isla Larkins

Nathan Li

Yixuan Lin

Kai Matthews

Jiyongzhen Meng

Lorraine Orseno

Ethan Pek

Blake Radford

Jasmine Rugg

Nyla Spencer

Yunxuan Sun

Daniel Wang

Anthony Wong

Jimin Yun

Ziyang Zhang

11NB

Ema Berankova

Luke Burkett

Xi Chen

Ruairidh Cliffin

Stevi Cooper

Fareh Farhan

Lola Gale

Kento Habgood

Mikesh Hirone

Minjia Hu

Issac Huang

Gabriella Jantke

Bardia Khajeh Gerashi

Paris Lathwood

Tian-Yu Li

Mia Linane

Maximus McLuckie

Madeline McMurdo

Charlotte Outhred-Lampp

James Pinder

Caitlin Saint

Sebastian Scott

Bella Sun

Shion Suzuki

Leo Wang

Hadley Winstone

Brenda Wong

Michael Woolf

Rina Zhang

Guanyu Zhou

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11NI

Euvgenia Abramova

Liam Boulden

Eli Bridge

Holly Brock

William Colman

Stevie Dale

Payton Davidson

Dylan Gouws

Stella Haggerty

Till Hettl

Dominik Hollmann

Sierra Kazenbroot

Mifi Langaoi

Zane Lilburn

Fiona Lin

Hanxi Liu

Sofia Malveda

Lachlan McKenzie

Troy Nisbett

Emily Paul

Joshua Perks

Minah Seong

Yuxiang Shan

Drew Southwick

Lexie Taylor

Wenbo Wang

Enze Zhang

Sen Zhang

11RA

Emma Abraham

Kyra Barron

Samuel Davies

Suharah Holland

Callum Keer-Keer

Maia Lee

Keelyah Manu

Rosita Misipati

Alex Mitt

Sione Naufahu

Manaaki Norman

Hyrum Osborne

Lyricc Rameka

Troy Rea

Brooke Rogers

Exodus Zhyon Sapphire

Lyric Taua

Isaiah Taylor

Olivia Taylor

Sebastian Taylor

Lyric Te Whetu

11RB

Leilani Aiaraisa

Joaquin Camus Gonzalez

Purinut Comkud

Bailey-May Dawson

Daniel Dickson

Isabella Hammond

Daniel Jiang

Ava Khoo-Giles

Henru Kleynhans

Antonia Koehnke

Dui Lao

Carlos Miguel Lim

Hsin Liu

Asher Mendel

Arthur Meng

Maksym Popov

Rosa Pritchard

Guoyuan Song

Lihan Sun

Antonella Vargas Velasquez

Eva Veale

Hanlu Wang

Felix Xie

ShangRan Yao

ZiYue Yao

Yiwen Zhang

Tsun Zhao

Merle Zibolsky

11RH

Soren Allen

Zainab Alsakini

Alexis Buissinne

Jack Burbery-Richards

Rowan Downey

Yun long Du

Lewis Fairley

Cameron Grey

Olivia Hesling

Ziyan Hu

Thomas Kellie

Yunseo Kim

Jason Lau

Hanbin Lim

Yun Liu

Maria Marintchenko

Dylan Mills-Sheehan

Pannawit Pichitmateewong

Zeppelin Rayner Puch

Ciara Quann

Chloe Sharp

Pippa Southcombe

Pak Wing Owen Sze

Mingqi Tang

Haiqiao Wang

Andrew Yang

Clare Ke Yu

Shicheng Yuan

Xiaoyu Zhou

11SB

Heavenly An

Chris David Ballerda

Kezia Buissinne

Oliver Burnet

Anastasija Cenic

Wyatt Elst

Matthew Grieve

Bailiang Guo

Yun-Chen Ho

Di Hu

Jaewoo Kim

McKenzie Kruck

Geon Lee

Zhihan Liu

Samuel Livingston

Phonthira Masingbun

Brya Mathers

Max Mudford

Austin Qie

Nashra Qureshi

Kisari Sapramadu

Dunja Sporea

Minh Ta

Huynh Khang Nguyen Vo

Ruby Watt

Michael Yang

YuQi Yin

11SE

Mohammad Nour

Mahmoud Alothman

Noureldin Louai Aly

Blair Ashford

Lilia Bullent

Quinn Burton

William James Compton

Dhalia Dalupang

Lara Deacon

Christine Du Preez

Ronan Finlay

Ty Fristenberg

Shangshu Guo

Brynn Hammond

Sebastian Alejandro

Holzapfel Gonzalez

Chuqiao Huang

Hyeon Seok Jang

Sungwoo Kim

Isabella Langton

Sang Lee

Finn Louden

Oliver Lowe

Ruby McDonald

Bradley Nairn

Lucy Ranger

Jamie Rentoul

Yuki Squires

Carlos Tagle

Matungkorn Wattanaken

Seungyeon Woo

Shuyan Yu

Yi Tao Zhao

11SN

Harrison Barnes

Thunwarut Boonpherm

Sofia Buslon

Jiwon Byun

Jarmine Louie Carlos

Jungin Choi

Coby Finlayson

Kishalya Govender

Paula Gutierrez Jara

Victor He

Donghyeok Kim

Sean Kimura-Dines

Ao Li

You-Jhen Liao

Elena Lim

Xueying Ma

Nevasha Madhoo

Manreet Mahal

Chuihan Meng

Muhammad Naqvi

Madison Reid

James Reynolds

Supapich Rompotal

Vanessa Stirling

Fernando Valdes

Oliver Ye

Jun Yin

11SR

Daniel Barnett

Fiona Barratt

Ayden Calvert

Shikun Cong

Samuel Francis

Chloe Gielen

Kimberly Gondo

Gabriel Hii

Xinyue Hua

Isabella Inskip

Nikhil Koelmeyer

Chaei Kwak

Bin Mo Li

Gabriel Mateo Lin

Jasmine Liu

Keyu Liu

Sihan Liu

Maia MacFarlane

Maksim Mandic

Theodore Manning

Roman Newby

Daniel Nieuwoudt

Isaac Roan

Morgan Rogers

Hyorim Shin

Lucia Strydom

Jiaan Tang

Briana Wiremu

Kaelan Young

11TI

Moegamat Ramiz Ben

Maria Bohol

Jun de Max Chan

Leweiyang Chang

Cruze Gillbanks

Mackenzie Guy

Aqib Hossain

Isabella Iti

Luyang Li

Jiayi Liu

Zimo Liu

Emersyn Mack

Mario Maurovich

Ashleigh Elizabeth Nelson

Joshua Ocana

Mikayla Rothery

Jarrod Rudkin

Matthew Sayegh

Anton Scherbakov

Jakub Schwager

Hannah Sweetman

Noah Vukcevic

Daozi Wang

Banghan Xiao

Shengzhe Yuan

Youran Zhang

11ZN

Phoenix Boltar

Elizabeth Boyce

Davin Chen

Aysha Curtis

Ticharat Foytong

Ethan Girdler-Brown

Mary Haddad

Jeremy Hou

Eunchae Jeong

Ariana Johnston

Ricky Ku

Zhaoyuan Li

Hailun Liu

Ana Magana Hernandez

Matthew McAulay

Joshua Park

Seohyeon Park

Natnaree Sasut

Chloe Seo

Xinyi Shu

Cael Guo Sia

Allae Syed

Malachi Van Der Westhuizen

Shay Wilson

Jianchenshi Xu

Regan Yue

Qingcai Zeng

Jingfei Zhang

12AU

Zijian Niu

Eunhye Park

Sini Patel

Luis Porto Monteiro

Mariam Samak

Esther Shen

Nathan Soehendra

Hualin Wang

Gemma Wong

Allen Xiao

Chunyu Zhang

Yixin Zhang

12BA

Orlando Aguilera

Cedric Antoine

Aleksandar Atanasovski

Emmerson Bagnall

Yunshu Bai

Summer Bailey

Eileena Bao

Hugh Bell

Alexandra Brandt

Guancheng Cai

Edward Caisley

Marcus Cao

Isabella Chen

Lily Czifra

Aidan Lucas Danusantoso

Nicole Dean

Nikita Dnestrovskiy

Emily Feng

Jingyi Feng

Daniel Gao

Youdao Gao

Preslava Goranova

Husain Hashmi

Weidong Luo

Onyu Sa

Kevin Zhu Song

12BE

Oleh Aksiuta

Bibiana Benkova

Ziyi Cai

Chloe Cochrane-Muir

Andrew Colson

Hamza Dragh

Lauren Haine

Henry Han

Youna Hong

Emily Jenner

Gyuyong Lee

Katherine Lim

Sari Marshall

Maximilian McKinnon

Isabella Mumford

Alesha Rhodes

Yuna Song

Ryan Thorley

Christopher Welsh

Sadeesa Sanduhari

Wijesinghe Arachchige

Jing Zeng

Matthew Zhang

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12BI

Jeremy Hii

Siwei Huang

Flynn Kennedy

Ji-Hyeok Kim

Yoseb Kim

Aadvik Kumar

Alice Leader

Luca Roy Linane

Nakita Luo

Summer McClean

Aaron McMillan

Lily Memrbishi

Veronika Miller

Aida Sufiyah Mohammad

Ridwan

Pablo Morles

Yeonsu Na

Neharika Pilankar

Angela Tsang

Matthew Zhu

12CA

Chelsea Amon

Chanseul Bae

Paige Bell

Frank Cai

Neil Caw

Damian Dawson

Myah Findlater

Alyssa Gailer

Daniella Glen

Audrey Goh

Jordan Hawkes

Summer Hawkins

Ryleigh Hing

Riley Jackman

Matthew Jones

Haruki Kurimasa

Samuel Mann

Sophia McAulay

Yuna Noh

Eric Oh

Sabeen Salman

Chengling Shao

Shayna Singh

Cole Tobin

Erin Wilkinson

Nurira Won

Minghao Zhang

Allen Zhong

12CD

Erica Alipour

Greta Allegro

Jack Beckett

Taylor Braddock

Sharlyn Butcher

Tianyi Tony Cao

Justin Chang

Madison Christensen

Elinor Coghlan

Jacob Dixon

Charlotte Ho

Eddy Jackson

Acacia Kazenbroot

Cameron Lange

Cameron Liefting

Desiree Lin

Liam McCabe

Lara Padrutt

Hyungyu Park

Issei Shibata

Alessandra Sng

Elyas Taher

Denham Turley

Isabella Williams

Iain Wu

12CL

Samuel Bell-Syer

Sofia Bombaci

Andrea Borrelli

Giulio Brambilla

Kyrie Cahyadi

Isaac Chen

Jake Ellis

Jingyi Fang

Yeseul Han

Yiming Hui

Dui Kim

Nahyun Kim

Elena Li

Jorja Marsland

Lily Pates

Brady Pirie

Holly Saunders

Zara Sykes

Caterina Tacconelli

Joel Thorburn

Cassie Wilcox

Aize Zhao

12CS

Leela Cairney

Lorenzo Ciocca

Zara Curd

Joao Petrucci Da Silva

Kenneah Dimacali

Coel England

Greta Hou

Tate Kelly

Yea won Kim

Allen Li

Olivia Maynard

Josh Metcalfe

Ruby O’Sullivan

Zahra Sajjad

Fynnley Shields

Giovanni Tempia

Connor Trotter

Harriet Tucker

Brendan Visser

Kioni Williamson

Gavanni Wilson

Raymond Yang

Terry Zhang

12FE

Bella Anderson

Carissa Billington

Ryan Billington

Drew Briggs

William Cheng

Summer Cox

Nicolas Dwyer

Omar Mohamed Abdalla

Eltantawi

Cedric Estorff

Benjamin Greenough

Timothy Jeffrey

Daniel Lee

Jordan Little

Ben Logan

Lewis Lou

Haruna Matsuno

Charlize Molineaux

Bao Chau Nguyen

Finley Pollitt

Elina Polzer

Mackenzie Rogers

Rebecca Taylor

Giorgia Vassanelli

Ella Mae Williams

Yuanjia Zhang

12FL

Cameron Blair

Caitlin Cooke

Nicholas Cowen

Reid Davidson

Gabrielle Doyle

Stefan Kumerich

Woo Chan Min

Katsuo Ota

Louie Norman Poletti

Eloise Raper

Logan Somerville

Eryn Westlake

12FR

Jack Baker

Billie East

Kees Hofma

Mackenzie Longmuir

Zaara Sain

12HF

Yuqing Cai

Jiahui Chen

Woochan Cho

Zhicheng Cui

Ryan Fickling

Tiano Filmalter

Jessica Han

Riley Housden

Anna Hout

Kohi Kerekere-Anderson

Kiera Knott

Phoebe Lin

Ayrton Miller

Erinn Phoon

Luana Sanderson

Rocco Shields

Joey Wong

Ella Zhao

12HG

Kaden Allsopp-Smith

Sienna Beehre

Elma Chen

Cole Friedlos

Jingmei Guan

Cory Huddart

Kayla Hunt

James Kilkolly

Chelsea Lampard

RuiFei Liu

Gabrielle McClelland

Mateen Mustafa

Nutrada Perdpipat

Rishi Raj

Medisa Sedighi

Blake Simpson

Cynan Walsh

Rebecca Wang

Ka Mei Wong

Meixuan Zhou

12KR

Zara Braithwaite

Marvin Capati

Linyuan Chen

Ella Corrie

Rory Duncan

Colwyn Fransham

Seth Fristenberg

Kirsten Greenough

Charlotte Hodge

Alicia Keane

Jiwon Lee

Yuhan Liang

Zi Qi Jacqui Ling

Liam Linton

Alice Miller

Lauren O’Loughlin

Chau Ngoc Pham

George Roughan

Viktoriya Sazhina

Benjamin Shepherd

India Stephenson

Finlay Tanner

Asher Visser

Oliver Wu

Jiwoo Yeam

12LI

Trey Alley

Chloe Buckley

Martin Chemlev

Hong Wang Cheung

Tania Dabiri

Yixiang Dong

Xinyue Feng

Georgia Fraser-Mackenzie

Fynn Greshon

Jan Hess

Nathan Jennings

Seungju Kim

Cooper Kirkland

Yingtong Liu

Lilah Preston-Thomas

Rua Rhind

Abigail Schreiber

Nils Uphoff

Giacomo Villa

Akiera Walsh

Sophie Winterburn

Qingqing Yang

12MG

Alexander Alsabie

Mikayla Binns

Katrina Chen

Dylan Dakin

Dyllan Davies

Lily Davis

John Gabriel

Jessica Harris

Juwon Jeon

Irene Jo

Kaden Kim

Michelle Lee

Jiarui Li

Finlay Mackenzie-Brayne

Avishai Narsey

Maisie Noble

Mariska Puamau

Christian Richliev

Moxi Shan

Mariia Skachkova

Hayden Smith

Cassidy Turner

Qifeng Wan

Qian Fan Wu

Jerrod Xu

12MN

Liam Barry

Marli Blaauw

Vun Hao Chung

Flynn Dalton

Renee Gambling

Jessie Halliday

Shirlyn Hii

Eunice Jung

Hyun Jo Kim

Sihyun Kim

Addison Ly

Yicheng Mao

Shanay Melville

Kyle Oishi

Yuzi Qiu

Connie Shum

Jenna Voss

Gabriel Wheater

Jihong Yang

12MO

Daniel Babaheydarian

Zahin Bhuiyan

Alexander Butskikh

Ema Camus Rogers

Patrick Cui

Alariah Greenfield

Amr Hassouna

Alexa Hogg

Tonglin Jiang

Kate Jobbins

Lucas Li

Phoenix Livemore

Renee Menzies

Vu Ngoc Suong Nguyen

Neiva Officer

Luiza Olmedo Zander

Zachary Robertson

Jacob Souster

Logan Stirling

Ruixin Wang

Jack Watt

Ka Lai Wong

12NA

Kharrie Ailex Aragon

Flynn Blackmore

Jade Buchanan

Reuben James Capati

Nathan Carr

Jacob Faloone

Luyao Gao

Aaron Gray

Xin Huang

Ting-Chou Juan Lu

Daniel Keating

Seo Lee

Paige Little

Leo Liu

Greer McKenzie

Jaimie Miller

Keilah O’Dey

Noah Pheiffer

Alexandra Pineda

Tiana Schwarz

Lachlan Simmons

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Xiyan Sun

Ethan Symons

Logan Vorster

Richard Xu

Gloria Zhang

12NB

Brooklyn Bradshaw

Wing Chu

Monte Clegg

Ryan De Suza

Lea-Sophie Gessner Nai

Ash Grantham

Mia Horn

Helen Ihle

Bowen Jiang

Dominic Kaaka

Artemis Kavian-Pour

Mina Lee

Yuxuan Liu

Lora Ma

Jaycob Hans Mandagan

Neviah Mendel

Mariafe Quezon

Cullen Riddick

Jack Roberts

Charlotte Smith

Divit Sood

William Wang

Julia Whisken

Jiseok Yang

Sungah Yoo

12NI

Daniel Alexander

Chloe Attwell

Toby Coombe

Tessa Coyle

Ranidu Fernando

Xiaoran Gao

Daniel Gibbs

Briar Hamblyn

Eunsoo Han

Elliot Hyde

Takuma Iwasaki

Quinn James Jude

Jessica Lamont

Jack William Lemmon

William Liu

Yuxin Liu

Virgy Luo

Kate McKenzie

Kyle Naude

Kai Nishida

Kalea Norton

Ryan Powney

Xinning Qi

Lucienne Selby-Page

Trent Smith

Zihao Wang

Orlando Yi Liang Yuan

12PA

Joel Bird

Yule Chon

Casey Devonshire

Devon Fenwick-Rose

Samantha Goad

Jedidiah Jumig

Minjoon Kim

Olesya Korchagina

Raeann Laubscher

Harrison Maxwell

Melody Rose Ullrich

Mia Weber

Caleb James Pearce Wright

12RA

Benjamin Bibbie

Kaya Brown

Cruz Cassidy

Luke Gillespie

Cooper Grant

Martina Hernandez Fernandez

Bheyana Holland

Zayliah Te Inano Holmes

Zoe Hopkins

Keisha Kingi

Sione Hapihau Lao

Riana Lee

Cullen Moller

Roxanne Barbara

Mulholland

Calais Norman

Maia Pirie

Jaren Reiri

Cuba Rihari

Michael Ropotini

Georgia Savage

Kyan Sellars

Ngaawaimarino Simpkins

Chloe Taupau

Tiana Tuivasa

Satsuki Watanabe

Ava Williams

Elle Williams

12RB

Chelsea Barnett

Max Calvert

Kelsea Capper

Mateus Deconto Azevedo

Jeremy Dixon

Reese Donald

Tomas Gajdar

Xinyao Gao

Yiting Gao

Liam Hemmingsen

Yuiko Inoue

Reina Jimbo

Dylan Johnson

Elizabeth Laird

Chaemin Lee

Caitlin Longden

Nuri Oh

Shengnan Qiao

Casey Richardson-Mould

Alex Sanson

Joshua Steenkamp

Paige Stenton

Xinyu Wang

Ben Webber

Archie Weston

12RH

Ryan Cha

Joao de Paiva Oliveira

Ramalho

Felix Joseph Dew

Caius Frith

Scott Glynn

Libby Goodinson

Emma Hannant

Kelly Hunt

Minjun Kim

Alexander Koch

Jaitt Kothare

Timotheus Chang Ling

Catherine Lu

Leroy Lynskey

Vicente Martinez Pedraza

Emme Millar

Keira Miller

Adele Newey

Jack Newman

Catherine Rui-Yi Ong

Will Schmidt

Jessica Stevens

Yixuan Wang

Bernice Wannenburg

Callum Woodhams-Hilt

Flicka Xu

12SB

Kira Beck

Neve Caldwell

Lauren Dowling

Ellia Gillam

Ella Hamilton

Ocean Hay

Chaeyee Jang

Kyobin Kang

Juni Lee

Victor Li

Zhi Xuan Liu

Luke Nel

Kitsumi Yue Yi Ng

Bradley Pretorius

Chloe Robinson

Julian Roe

Ted Salmon

Jay Hunn Seo

Elizabeth Siah

Kurtis Sneddon

Marishelle Van Staden

Brock Wichman

Joshua Yeh

Hyun-Seop Yun

12SE

Dylan Black

Julia Browne

Yibin Chen

Layla Clarke

Jack Collier

Jack Derbyshire

Bianca Gouws

Logan Hale

Eva Hogg

Marin Kaneko

Justin Kang

Huiyeon Kim

Ryan Langley

Sarah Lee

Ruicong Ma

Giselle Maher

Finlay McIntosh

Tyna Josephine Frances

Morrison

Sakaria Lavemai Paea

Ella Reid-Akehurst

Parley Roberts

Ryan Scrymgeour

Freya Smith

Daniel Thompson

Blake Waters

Xutao Ying

Dennis Qingfu Zeng

12SN

Dominic Begic

Caitlin Bootten

Xiao Chen

Sarah Green

Nathan Howlett

June Hwang

Shu-Wen Kan

Dae-Hyun Kim

Jack Leach

Da Yeon Lee

Yuezhi Li

Connor Lithgow

Finian O’Sullivan

Anton Pfaffenberger

Alessandro Porcu

Eva Rostenberg

Mishti Sodhani

Ella Su

Michael Taylor

Daniel Xu

Yaxin Zhang

12SR

Alanna Addison

Karn Ashdown

Christopher Cadag

Kayleigh Campbell

Kristers Caune

Hamish Fleming

Erika Glance

Aleha Hassanian

Lui Hope

Aleen Jenblat

Joules Jordan

Holly Karathanasis

Yanni Kritos

Lexie Lee

Yifei Li

Lucas Mann

Paige Markwick

Connor Nguyen

Nene Noguchi

Judah O’Dey

Matthias Paterson-Hawes

Ben Rapley

Vittorio Rosi Belliere

Stephanie Rule

Nanna Siegemund

George Stuckey

Mackenzie Walton

Micah Williams

12XE

Kyel Anderson

Daisy Gao

Lianne Kim

Benjamin Lee

Josalind Widjaja

Hanxi Yang

Tianyi Yu

13BA

Karni Boock

Kevin Chen

Jonathan Hii

Tony Michael Aziz Ishak

Minwoo Kim

Lucie Knight

Ji Lee

Ao Liu

Yiming Ma

Meryam Najar

David Paas

Olivia Parkes

Paco Poon

Dowoong Yang

13BE

Eva Bennett

Corbin Bentley

Anneka Cai

Shi Yu Chen

Damien Dickinson

Harrison Doyle

Emma du Preez

Nate Gilbert

Selina He

Raymond Huang

Yechan Jeon

Seungwoo Lee

Charlotte Light

Zhenyu Liu

Nishaal Menon

Yen Nhi Nguyen

Juwon Park

Katie Poulton

Bella Shaw

Christopher Son

Yuxuan Sun

Jack Woodhead

Minze Xie

Gracie Zhang

13BI

Sila Chaikajonsak

Daniel Chen

William Hindley

Rachel Ruiqi Hu

Cheuk Wing Leung

William Li

Mingqian Liu

Zhenni Liu

Hanzhang Sun

Tyler Wichman

Yang Zhou

13CA

Cooper Allen

Arjun Amarsee

Tania Balani

Charisse Cao

William Carpenter

Jakob de Guzman

Nicole De Socio

Dexter DeWinter

Selena Fung

Ginevra Gioni

Leon Tama Henderson

Chae Moon

Kimiyo Ng

Siyeon Park

Serafine Sheldon

Leo Song

Caleb Spain

Rachel Xie

Kezhen Xu

Shine Yu

Yingxi Zhang

13CD

Nathan Agethen

Savana Akers

Micah Atkins

CJ Avendano

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Matthew Allen Catadman

Rainers Caune

Jared Cheng

Emma Cheyne

Travis Hale

Sophie Johnstone

Daniel Kim

Dongook Kim

Rebecca Lee

Joonoh Rhee

Eden Sacke

Alexander Statham

Cici Wang

Yuxiao Wu

13CL

Harrison Abernethy

Finley Bullent

Yeonsun Choi

Thomas Christopher

Dyllan Fasen

Samuel Gordon

Angela Hong

Huining Huang

Paul Jeng

Jaelynn Kim

Brian Lai

James Moody

Emma Sadler

Donghyuck Shin

Mia Slabbert

Khoi Tran

An-Chi Wang

Zhengliang Xu

13CS

Jayda Allsopp-Smith

Samuel Choi

Celine Chow

Shyfana Damay

Vanessa Gower

Alice Hout

Jun Tai Huo

Shiyi Liu

Jia Luo

Gianni Mirabito

Fantasia Nair

Paige Neethling

Trey Pollard

Andika Pratama

Pitt Qiu

Adam Robins

Chun Tang

Anastasia Trajkov

13FE

Jessica Bergin

Zhijin Cao

Tabitha Dean

Davor Georgiev

Joaquin Gonzalez Marfin

Ethan Greene

Michaela Hillier

Joel Hodge

Ahrin Hong

Jin Lee

Sitong Li

Cameron Scott

Georgia Spear

Shengai Wang

Julia Wong

Taiki Yorifuji

Xiaoshi Zeng

13FL

Emma Brandt

Yingqi Chen

Lucas Dragomir

Naiomi Ferrissey

Alexander Hebberd

Na Jung Amy Im

Nadja Kumerich

Tamsin McAsey

Summer Osborne

Charlie Twose

Sam Westerkamp

13FR

Jacob Badland

Anais Blanchard

Kaia Buckley

James Edgeler

Brooke Evans

Jessica Honey

Ryan Jefferson

Cleo Loader

Isaac Lovering

Jenny McMillan

Lucas Pritchard

Juan Carlos Quintero

Sienna Rugg

Riley Sheldon

Catherine Smith

Bailey Stevenson

Kiana Stevenson

James Watt

13HF

Cahlin Abert

Georgia Astridge-Emery

Jasmine Berry

Jing Wen Cao

Kimi Chemlev

Hyungmin Cho

Xavier Corston

Erika Deen

Riley Cara Edwards

Sofia Flores

Blake Harris

Charlotte Harris

Jamie Henderson

Ting Hin Hung

Jessie Jamieson

Kushal Kanchinadham

Sophie Klaassen

Jaewon Lee

Iris Liang

Matilda Lowe

Michael Rodgers

Jordan Rolfe-Vyson

Victor Than

Kyra Tobin

Daisy Tucker

Callum Wilson

Renee Wong

Ziqian Yao

13KR

Hayley Boyce

Joel Brown

Reilly Buckley

Ratashya Eliasson

Xixi Guan

Katherine He

Geunho Hwang

Sieun Kim

Caitlyn Lawrence

Cameron McLean

Jack Mullen

Arnold Nam

Jayne Park

Richard Peng

Kelly Riddick

Aliya Scheirlinck

Peng Tey

Breanna Turnwald

Ashton Wheeler

13LI

Ashleigh Catlett

Yi Ning Chen

Irtaza Choudhary

Andrew Davey

Laura Dymond

Montana Harper

Emma Hodson

Chen Huang

Kayla Hurcum

Callum Morris

Ryan Olliff

Ronin Paruman

Mahir Prasad

Alesha Read

Kevin Soares Vieira

Isabella Sterjova

Reilly Worsfold

Seojin Yoon

13MG

Niamh Brackstone-Dowd

So Eun Choi

Yen-Chi Chou

Callum Ralph Thomas

George Dixon

Isabel Gybel

Xian Huang

Zoe Inskeep

Yujin Kim

Hinata Kuroda

Guangze Lyu

Zac Matthews

Oscar McMillan

Nikkhil Menon

Sophie-Rose Moratti

Liam Morman

Haechan Noh

Jessica Redpath

Chaewon Yun

Gustav Zeiler

Alex Zhang

13MN

Siya Bhatia

Leo Cheng

Daniel Duthie

Anita Eir

Thomas Gwilt

Victor Hong

Gabriel Ingram-Puckey

Shuka Iwasaki

Joseph Jin

Paul Kim

Sarah Kukard

Angel Lane

Ruosi Li

Chloe Mackay

Dakota Moller

Thanh Nguyen

Kaitlyn Tan

Lukas Caspian Udy

Yueyi Wang

Caleb Wyatt

13MO

Youssef Mohamed Abdalla

Eltantawi

Rory Fenwick-Rose

Nataliya Handrick-Adolph

Hao Long Huang

Ashlyn Ji

Ji Yee Kim

Jada Lee

Yixuan Liang

Toeaso Makiasi

Ryan Martin

Jack McLean

Amy Jisue Miller

Dylan Miller

Curtis Richardson

Miki Squires

Ce Wang

Zhengyi Yan

13NA

Luka Bogosavljevic

Charlotte Dobbs

Cohen Glasgow

Michael Gollogly

Seojin Hong

Eva Hough

Sean Hwangbo

Isabel Igliori

Emma Ilievska

Ghakim Kukard

Benjamin McCardle

Stefan Mishkovski

Jay Mistry

Lila Morley

Mason Newby

Junha Park

Hwanmin Phaeng

Caitlin Ramsay

Te Manewha Jack Rikihana

Ha-Yun Seo

Youcheng Wang

Tyler Watkin

13NB

Jack Chandler

Shuolin Cheng

Keira Conboy

Somesh Fageria

Taylor Grant

Leyan Gui

Logan Janssen

Chu Jiao

Younsu Ju

Yeonsoo Lee

Olivia Lemmon

Andrew Chun Li

Katherine Ling-Guthrie

Liam Martin

Junyoung Park

Oscar Rose

Oskar Sharp

Ella Simonsen

Alexander Veldman

Patrick Xu

Wing-Hin Young

Hexuan Zhou

13NI

Jakob Bogdanovas

Jessica Brady

Matthew Childs

Jennifer Choi

Lydia Claridge

Joanna Effendy

Kiara Frankland

Dylan Gardner

Lily Holland

Tyler Hubbard

Jaehee Kang

Eduan Kleynhans

Azariah Brady

Konstantinovs-Richmond

Zhuoxuan Liu

Connor Nemeth

Jackson O’Regan

Nicolas Ouwehand

Joshua Peng

Zelin Shao

Lily Solomon

Tong Sun

Ryder Sutton

Nicole Waretini

Ryan Zhu

13PA

Georgia Aitken

Harry Engleback

Taine Hewetson

Samantha Hook

Ke Er Liu

Andela Ludajic

Olive Mortimer

Hye Hyun Seo

Sophia Snelgrove

Daniel Stanger

Jessica Thompson

Frazer Timmis

Brian Wang

Shane Warman

William Wei

Felicia Zhang

Marissa Zhou

13RA

Kruz Aranui

Eva Campbell-Lotonuu

Casey Fester

Rosalie Gerlach

Rafael Grindlay

Miabella James

Mikaela Leger

Amanaki-Lelei Makaafi

Jackson Morris

Paea Naufahu

Alysha Osborne

Taisarika Petelo

Gordon Punimata

Piper Rea

Zoe Reynolds

Maya Sharp

David Taufa

Reuben Te Haara

Thyrhys Te Williams

Jayden Wilson

13RB

Daniel Ahn

Lavay Arora

Stella Chu

Toby Gladding

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Ji Woo Kim

Rachel Lee

Yu Mee Lee

Amber Leveridge

Yun-Seo Park

Lucca Ranzuglia Pino

Niki Rastkar

Maxim Sabchuk

Tijana Sporea

Meghan Thomson

James Todd

Sebastian Towers

Yitian Wang

Klaus Xu

Vince Zhang

13RH

Ahmed Beshry

Madeleine Brock

Ava Coulthard

Jessica Hall-Judge

Annabelle Hassell

Jack Hayden

Makyla Henderson

Frano Holloway

Serena Jaques

Ashton Lathwood

Christine Lin

Charlotte Nisbett

Dylan Pugh

Daniel Qu

Josh Ranson

Cayden Rees

Yennice Saw

Luna Schmitt

Adam Thompson

Ione Tseng

Runchuan Wang

13SB

Isabelle Batkin

Katelyn Bridge

Thomas Burrows

Soobin Choe

Hajoo Choi

Charlotte Hammond

Joshua Hang

Summer Harris

Stella Higginson

Sanggun Lee

Sophie Lee

Charlotte Lin

Cristian Nita

Ellesha Stratful

Dykie Suzuki

Artem Tarasov

Andrew Welsh

Yan Xuan Xie

Enze Zhao

13SE

Georgia Apperley

Kei Hang Chan

Toby Dean

Joe James Dolphin

Dylan Francis

Nicholas Gaze

Yeonju Ha

Jingran Huang

Chloe Kruger

Stanley Lau

Jacques Lemmer

Josepha Mueller-Steinhardt

Jake Oliver

Somin Park

Viktoria Schmid

Katharina Simatupang

Rylee Trigg

Keanu Van De Ven

Emily Zhao

Xin Rou Zhou

13SN

Lauren Agar

Aimee Chandler

James George Sobhi

Gabriel

Kayla Gilfillan

Kendra Hannay

Cooper Hardy

Dziamyan Ivanchyk

Marusia Ivannikova

Joy Jabli

Uiryeong Jung

Xu-Lan Kan

Jaasleem Kaur

Hyun Young Kim

Fleur Lennon

Hongxuan Li

Hongrui Liu

Rourke MarrierD’Unienville

Niamh Mason

Quin Mathers

Tahmid Noor

Gabriella Olla

GonWoo Park

Zoe Reid

Esther Roberts

13SR

Kosara Chobanova

William Hays

Leah Inskip

Catherine Kim

Geon Kim

Min Jun Lee

Daniel Leece

Ava Leong

Benzhuoyan Li

Seulgi Lim

Brooke Leonie Lockyer

Cody Lunny

Catherine Lycett

Camryn Lyon

Miumi Matsumura

Antonio Montaperto

Leanne Odoom

Soyoon Park

Wooseong Seo

Liangyao Tang

Vsevolod Valiev

Se Wah Wong

13XE

Luke Bartram

Abigail Campbell

Sebastian Camus Rogers

Yeonjee Choi

Jiayi Dong

Ruijia Dong

Suya Haering

Birui Huang

Kevin Huang

Hyungjae Kim

Ruian Li

Yingxuan Li

Esther Liu

Ruixi Liu

Jessica Meng

Xin Ren

Liam Senior

Jonathan Siah

Jonathon Sun

Yufei Sun

Anthony Wang

Shufei Wu

Claire Yu

Yufei Zhang

Nerissa Sun, Year 13 Printmaking
219 PRIZEGIVING
Jacqui Ling, Year 12 Visual Art

Signatures

220 Panorama 2023 Rangitoto College Yearbook

Acknowledgements

Panorama would not be possible without the generous assistance of many Rangitoto College staff and students who contributed to the yearbook by providing artwork, writing articles, taking photos, and assisting with proofreading. Particular thanks go to the following people:

Christine Parkinson (Head of the English Department) for judging the Creative Writing competition.

Katie Poynter (Head of the Art Department) for judging the Painting competition.

Paul Stevens (Assistant Head of the Art Department) for judging the Photography competition.

Emma Anthony, Sienna Davis, and Natalie Senior for their general assistance.

Aria Brighton-Mills, Claire McKay, Peter Harwood, Carrie Ingham, Ye Sul Kim, and Carmelita Maletino for assisting with proofreading.

Our sincere thanks also go to Rangitoto College’s student photographers, led by Andrea Te Maari, who have dedicated their time to taking photographs at events throughout the year. Many of their photographs have been used in this yearbook.

Amy Kan Melon Gao

Youna Hong

Julianne Wang

Rebecca Wang

Celia Zhou

Ryan Wang

CC Perdpipat Ruian Li

Seungju Kim

Vivian Wu

Kally Zhang

Greta Hou

Jing Zeng

Gloria Zhang

Nina Liu

Jessica Ma

Josalind Widjaja

Sadie Cusens

Andrea Zhao Amy Yu

Helen Guan

Mina Lee

Jocelyn Li

Lora Ma

Phoebe Lin

Eunice Jung Chaemin Lee

Jia Qi Yan

Poresha Yee

Yuezhi Li

Michelle Kim

Serena Park

Iris Liang

Marguerite Du Toit

Tia Xue-Herewini

Felicia Chen

Yuna Noh

Erica Alipour

Panorama is edited by Rebekah Philson and Phoenix Bright-Young and published by Benefitz.

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