Class notes

Distinguished Professor Roy Kerr FRS CNZM FRSNZ (1950) was named as a semi-finalist in the 2023 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards. Roy is an eminent mathematician, internationally renowned for a discovery that sparked a revolution in physics when he discovered an exact solution to the Einstein field equation of general relativity, making him the first New Zealander to be awarded the Einstein Medal by the Albert Einstein Society in 2012. In 2022, University of Canterbury asteroid hunters named an asteroid they discovered after Roy.

Hamish Rennie (1976) was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the New Zealand Planning Institute. This follows receiving the President’s Award for Graduate Research Supervision in 2020 by the New Zealand Geographical Society. Hamish was appointed as Head of the Department of Environmental Management at Lincoln University for 2023.

enjoyed the opportunity to take a small part alongside the other actors in the film. In February, Jonathan spent the afternoon with the Year 13 Media students going over industry roles and script breakdown, plus some great information for our future filmmakers. He also shared some insights from his career, including his experience working with renowned American director, Stanley Kubrick.

Amiria Rule (née Marsh, 2001) and Jamie Wright (2012) have joined the teaching staff at St Andrew’s College in 2023.

Thomas Eves (2006) performed Hummel’s TrumpetConcerto as a trumpet soloist with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra as part of the Appalachian Dream concerts at The Piano.

Amosa Faitaua-Nanai (2015) was a coach of the St Andrew’s U19 netball team in 2022 and participated in the World Fast5 Netball. He was also named MVP against Australia.

Hamish Rennie

Brett Lilly (1985), recently competed in the Canterbury District Trapshooting Championships where he finished second in B Grade single rise, following a shoot off. He shot exceptionally well in all of the rounds and won the overall B Grade category with a score of 217/255.

In November 2022, the St Andrew’s campus was used as the set for a film, which was written and directed by Jonathan Ogilvie (1979). Jonathan (PhD from Macquarie University Sydney for his thesis The Cinematics of Surveillance and his screenplay Lone Wolf) is producing a film, loosely autobiographical, with the working title of Head South. A few of St Andrew’s Drama students and a couple of Pipe Band students

Thomas Eves

Harrison Crooks (2012) is an engineering geologist working in Brisbane.

Richie Mo’unga (2012) signed a three-year deal with Japanese rugby club Toshiba, starting in 2024.

Mitchell Crooks (2013) is a physiotherapist working in the Wellington Hospital area.

Robbie Stokes (2013) won the opening round of the 2023 Mainland Rally Championship held on the first of the two-day Otago Rally.

Henry Shipley (2014) was awarded the ANZ Aotearoa Player of the Match with a maiden international five-wicket bag (5–31) against Sri Lanka in his fourth appearance for New Zealand. He also made the Black Caps ODI squad for their tours of Pakistan (three ODIs) and India (three ODIs) in January. He wreaked havoc for Canterbury in the cricket team’s Ford Trophy win against Wellington by picking up five wickets, which included a hat trick. It was the fourth hat trick in the 52 years of the competition, and the first ever for Canterbury.

Thomas Russel , Zack Rumble and Ben Taylor (all 2017) were selected for the 2022 Rowing New Zealand Elite Development Squad.

Britney-Lee Nicholson (2017) and Frankie Morrow (2019) have been selected to represent Canterbury in the Ford Futsal National Super League 2023.

Juliet Robertson (2017) played for the New Zealand korfball team in the IKF Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship, where New Zealand placed fourth. This qualified them to go to the World Games in 2023 and is the first time New Zealand has made it to the semi-finals.

Blair Currie (2018) was selected for the football season’s All Conference 1st team and awarded Conference Defensive Player of the Week during November at Spring Arbor University in Michigan, USA. In December, her Spring Arbor Cougars team won the national NAIA Women’s Championship Tournament. Blair was named Defensive Player of the Tournament, and was named in the Tournament team. She finished as the top-ranked goalkeeper across all 188 NAIA women’s football colleges. Blair was also selected for the All-American College team, the first New Zealand footballer since All Whites star, Joe Bell, in 2019 to achieve this feat.

Marcus Armstrong (2018) was named the fourth IndyCar driver in the Chip Ganassi Racing line-up for 2023. In the season opener he finished 11th and Top Rookie.

Rhys Mariu (2019) had an outstanding first-class debut for Canterbury, scoring 68 in the first innings and guiding Canterbury home to an outright win over Northern Districts with a 78 not out in the second innings.

Seb Calder (2019) and Joel Lam (2020) represented the Crusaders, against fellow Old Cols Will Stodart (2021) and Sam Gilbert (2016) who lined-up for the Highlanders, in the first game for the Farmlands Cup Pre-Season.

Benji Freeman (2021) signed with the Taranaki Steelformers Airs basketball team for the 2023 Sal’s New Zealand NBL season

Tapenisa Havea (Head Girl 2021) was one of 76 nominees in the 60th ISPS Handa Halberg Awards, run by the Halberg Foundation. Tapenisa was nominated in the Sky Sport Emerging Talent category for her incredible performances as a shot put and discus athlete.

Holly Munro (2021) was named as one of three new apprentice players ahead of the 2023 ANZ Premiership. She joined the Premiership team for various training sessions to get a taste of the elite netball environment and has been a part of the Tactix pre-season. She was also selected for the National Netball League Mainland squad.

Arlya Guard (2022) was named in the Development squad.

In February, Molly Spark (2021) raced in both the Coast to Coast and then the gruelling Godzone just 12 days later.

Kiara Bercelli (2022) has signed a professional contract with U C Sampdoria in the Italy Serie A League, which is the highest level of football in Italy. Kiara played for St Andrew’s in the 1st XI in 2020–2021, which won the Canterbury Championships, and the St Andrew’s Girls’ futsal team, which won a bronze medal nationally.