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Gone but not forgotten Upcoming Events
musical Cats for eight months, after successfully auditioning for a place on the show on the Royal Carribean ship Oasis of the Seas. The cast start rehearsals in Miami before heading off, docking between New York and Miami.
Pippa Griffiths (2015) pictured with Rector Christine Leighton after graduating from the University of Auckland Medical School with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.
Pippa Griffiths
Kelera Nawai-Caucau (2016) has joined the Northern Stars for the 2023 ANZ Premiership netball season.
Zack Rumble (2017) was selected for the New Zealand Men’s Under-23 coxed four which placed sixth in the A final at the World Championships at Lake Varese in July.
Ben Taylor (2017) competed in the 2022 World Rowing Championships in Racice, Czech Republic with the Rowing NZ Elite team.
Taylor Graham (2018) won the 2022 New Zealand TT Premier Class at the National TT Champs. He competed in 14 races, in two classes over two days to be crowned Premier Class Champion on his Production Can-am.
Cam Jackson (2018) opened the batting and kept wicket for a cricket team in The Hague that was placed second in the Netherlands’ Division 2, 50-over League. Cam was also the top run-scorer.
Bella Ambrosius (2019) was selected for the New Zealand Women’s Māori Hockey – Te Waipounamu team.
Olivia Brett (2019) competed in the 2022 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships at Lake Banook, Canada in August, alongside Dame Lisa Carrington.
Campbell Wilson (2020) was named New Zealand Young Piper of the Year for 2022.
Campbell Wilson
Lose Faingaanuku (2021) represented the Tongan netball team which was undefeated at the Oceania Netball Qualifiers. This has qualified the team for the Netball World Cup in 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Isabella Galvan (2021) joined the Netball New Zealand Board in August as one of two Youth Representatives, following her appointment as Co-Chair of the Netball New Zealand Youth Board (NNZYB).
Tapenisa Havea (2021 – Head Girl) competed in the World Athletics U20 Championships in Santiago de Cali, Colombia where she was fourth in shot put, throwing a personal best of 15.97m, just 9cm off a medal. She placed seventh in the discus with a season’s best throw of 53.4m
Emma Inglis (2021) raced in the Women's Championship Fours at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, representing Temple University, Philadelphia, with her crew finishing 12th. The Head of the Charles Regatta is the largest threeday regatta in the world, with over 11,000 athletes competing.
Tanae Lavery (2021) was named ‘Rookie of the Year’ for 2022 in the International 3×3.EXE Premier basketball competition. He played in Japan as a member of Lincoln University’s RAMS.EXE Squad, which was the only New Zealand team to advance beyond the round of 32.
Kiara Bercelli (2022) was selected for the Girls’ U17 World Cup football squad, which competed in India.
Cricket
A number of Old Collegians featured in a Canterbury versus Otago cricket game. Canterbury A: Henry Shipley (2014), Rhys Mariu (Captain) and Jesse Frew (both 2019). Otago A: Llew Johnson (Captain), Oscar Wilson (both 2017), Cam Jackson (2018) and Andrew Hazeldine (2012), coached by Ben McCord (2005).
but Gone not
forgotten
Allan Reynish (1943) Rex Harrison (1943 Graham Robinson (1943) Sir Miles Warren (1946) Alister Waddell (1950) Allen Moore (1951) David Gray (1955) Duncan Field (1955) Ian Stokes (1956) Robin Pawsey (1957) Jim Lawton (1957) Bruce Bartlett (1958) Clyde Collins (1959) Murray Johns (1959) David (Jim) Ellis (1960) Jeremy Feron (1963) Keith McIntosh (1963) Cambell Currie (1965) David Wright (1966) Brent Firkin (1966) Ross McKenzie (1968) Andrew Brand (1970) Ian Levick (1971) Peter Talbot (1973) Hamish McLean (1976)
Events
for 2023
Founders’ Day Weekend, 60 Years On, Classes of 1962–1966 and 1963–1967 17–18 March 2023
ANZAC Day 25 April
40 Years On Reunion (1983–1987) 23–24 June
For the full 2022/2023 Old Collegian Events Calendar, please visit stac.nz/OldColsEvents
