Class notes

Roy Kerr

Roy Kerr (1950) has been awarded the prestigious Crafoord Prize for his fundamental work on rotating black holes and their astrophysical consequences. The award was designed to be a close equivalent to the Nobel Prize, which does not have a category for astronomy. Colin Johnson Colin Johnson (1958), owner of Johnson’s Grocer, is retiring after 60 years serving the people of Canterbury. Johnson’s has been an iconic Christchurch family business, with Colin’s father buying the Colombo Street store in 1949 after it was originally established in 1911. Following the earthquakes, Johnson’s Grocer moved into the Re:Start Mall and was a shining example of post-disaster recovery. Geoff Clements (1965) who has a Queen's Service Medal for services to the television industry, filmed his 200th test for Sky Sport in February. Chris Adams (1996) is writing a commission for the College orchestra to celebrate the St Andrew's Centenary. He is currently Head of Music at King's College in Auckland, and was previously the Mozart Fellow at the University of Otago and the Auckland Philharmonia Composer in Residence. Steven Hartley (2001) has worked on all the audio for the New Zealand cricket tour. He has also been part of the crew for the Super Rugby Competition, New Zealand Golf Open, and the World Bowls Series at the beginning of the year. Jordan Mauger (2001) is the latest star of the New Zealand reality television series, The Bachelor. Jordan has previously worked on super yachts, managed bars and has been an assistant director on film shoots. He recently starred in two episodes of Outrageous Fortune spin-off Westside,

playing Rod Nugent.

Jordan Mauger

Pete Fairbairn (2004) is the Communications Manager for the Rugby Union Players’ Association in Australia. He has also recently become an authenticated Guinness World Record Adjudicator. Jing Song (2004) recently won the IWSC Award for Pinot Noir (the top accolade in wine producing). At just 29, Jing is the youngest wine producer in New Zealand history to win this international award.

Jing Song

Robbie Manson (2007) has been selected to represent New Zealand in the double sculls at the Rio Olympics, in August, alongside crew mate Chris Harris.

Indy Kraal (2008) was first across all female age groups at the New Zealand Ironman in Taupo, and is competing in the World Championships in Hawaii.

Henry Nicholls

Henry Nicholls (2009) made his debut for the Black Caps ODI squad against Sri Lanka on Boxing Day, and made his test debut against Australia in February. Henry is in good company as his older brother Willy Nicholls (2007) is the media correspondent for the Black Caps.

Paddy Carroll (2009) was the winner of the prestigious Museum Art Hotel Scholarship for 2014. In the same year he studied bouffon at Paddy Carroll L’École Philippe Gaulier in Paris. His theatre credits include Molière’s The Misanthrope (Long Cloud Youth Theatre); Macbeth (Young Shakespeare Company); The Pillowman (Bright Orange Walls); and Rittiford Street (Playshop). Recently he has been touring New Zealand with The Book of Everything (Silo Theatre in association with the Auckland Arts Festival).

Stef Chang (2010) gained a Bachelor of Performing Arts from NASDA (National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art). It was great to see Stef Chang her back onstage at the College last year, as a professional, starring in the touring show Crash Bash. She also appeared in Amadeus at The Court Theatre as Katherina Cavalieri and Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story for Showbiz as Maria Elena. Stef is now living in Hollywood, and has landed lead roles in a number of projects including independently produced films. She was recently invited to join SAG-AFTRA, the Screen Actors Guild of America.