Mahurangi College Yearbook 2019 by Mahurangi College

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KIA ORA KOUTOU.

WELCOME TO THE 2019 MAHURANGI COLLEGE YEARBOOK, WHICH I AM SURE YOU WILL ENJOY. HOPEFULLY YOU WILL FIND IT A RECORD OF FUN TIMES, FIRENDS AND ACTIVITIES THAT YOU WILL WANT TO KEE AND REFER BACK TO IN FUTURE YEARS. LAST YEAR'S NCEA RESULTS WERE AGAIN WELL ABOVE NATIONAL AND DECILE 7 PASS RATES AT ALL LEVELS AND IT WAS PLEASING TO BE ABLE TO AWARD A RECORD 101 ACADEMIC BLUES THIS YEAR FOR STUDENTS WHO GAINED EXCELLENCE ENDORSEMENTS AT EXCELLENCE LEVEL, (ie 5O OR MORE CREDITS AT EXCELLENCE) Our student leaders showed excellent leadership throughout the year, particularly at the time of the mosque attack in March, in Christchurch, with special student led assemblies held and many fundraising activities. Special thanks to our Head prefect team: George D’Urban-Burgess, Jane Wilcock, William Paterson and Francesca Bennett. Also to Willa Thompson-Ahern, chairperson of our Student Exec and Liam Price, the student rep on our board. Orange

house won the interhouse competition once again this year. The house was very well led by Samuel Chitty, Lucy Rowe and Eden Connolly. The school show “The Sound of Music” was a highlight of the year. The music, acting, dance, costumes and set were all exceptional, as were our lead characters, Emily Martin as Maria and Tolstoy Hardy as Captain von Trapp. The 3 sold out evening performances and 5 matinees were enjoyed by all.

At the cultural blues evening 37 blues and 14 special awards were presented to students who had achieved outstandingly well this year in various forms of the arts. The Performing Arts Person of the Year was Drew Janssen and the Cultural Person of the Year was Emily Martin. A feature of the awards this year was the number of blues for students who achieved outstandingly well in the dance, with both our school groups, Impulse Dance and Momentum

Cover artwork by Pipi Ross - 1st equal in L3 Art Painting & The Maltby Family Cup and Lions Warkworth for Senior Art Prize recipient

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Dance, performing many public performances of a very high standard. Vanya Dunn achieved second place for Y12 solo in the Dance NZ Made North Harbour Secondary Schools dance competition, Brandon Lewis came first in Year 11, Amali Shore came first in Year 10 and Katie Hawkin came first in Year 8. At the sporting blues awards, 60 blues were presented to students who had gained regional or national representation in their

56 sport. Sportswoman of the Year was shared between Emma North and Rowan Buick who were both members of the NZ Under Water Hockey U19 team which won the world championships in Nottingham this year. The Sportsman of the Year was awarded to Robbie McFarlane who broke Robin Brookeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long standing school javelin record, won the Auckland champs and the North Island Athletic champs for javelin, and was a North Harbour Rep at Rugby.

To all our Year 13 students, we have enjoyed having you here at Mahurangi College and look forward to hearing great things about each one of you as you move into the future. Mahuhikiterangi. David Macleod Principal

HEAD HEAD prefects Prefects

2019 WAS A FUN, but challenging year. As a leadership group, we have been given so many memorable opportunities, such as speaking at the ANZAC services in Warkworth, organising events like the Year 13 leaversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; day and the school ball, as well as being involved in school exchanges, sporting events and junior school socials. Although some of these challenges were tough, I have grown personally and have formed some great memories. The best results and the most satisfaction came through working with the whole prefect and exec team. Everyone has worked so hard this year, and this has made life so much easier. Jane, Will and Fran have worked incredibly hard to do the best job they could. This was obvious in the success of the school ball, the first ever hosted at the Hilton Hotel, which seemed to be enjoyed by all those who attended. I am going to miss the whole Year 13 group. Everyone has been very kind and a lot of fun. It is a strange, but exciting feeling knowing that we are about to walk into the real world. I believe Mahu has provided us with the best opportunities possible as we begin to pursue our chosen careers next year. Good luck everyone - come see me in Wellington if you are passing through! George D'Urban-Burgess - Head Boy THIS YEAR HAS BEEN ONE of the best but most challenging years of my life. But, I wouldn't have wanted it to go any other way. From writing a speech for the Warkworth ANZAC day service to planning the ball and leavers hoodies to making sure all my school work was up to date, there was no time to sit back and have a break. The most memorable event this year for me would have to be planning the ball. This was a pleasure to organise and to see all your hard work pay off on the night was truly rewarding. The year has been full of many memories and laughs that I will treasure forever. However, this would not have been possible without the help of some remarkable people. Thank you, George, for your positivity and calm mindset, thank you, Francesca, for always being someone I could rely on and thank you, William, for your outgoing ideas to make every event more special. This year would not be possible without Mrs Johnston and Mrs Yau. Thank you for your guidance this year it has made our job that little bit easier. Thank you for reminding us about the little things we had missed, but most of all thank you for allowing us to speak our mind and not questioning what we had planned. To the year 13â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thank you for all the hard work you have put in this year. My last year has truly been the best year at college, I'm sad to say goodbye but I know it's time to start a new chapter in my life. Good luck to you all as we move to a new chapter of our lives. Jane Wilcox - Head Girl.

thethe deputies deputies THIS YEAR HAS BROUGHT many challenges, from juggling internals, to speaking at the ANZAC service in Warkworth, to deciding the venue for the biggest social event of the year. These tasks were all made easier by the support from the other Head Prefects and the incredible Mrs Yau and Mrs Johnston. Between George’s relaxed persona, William’s quirky ideas and Jane’s enthusiastic attitude, there was never a boring Tuesday lunchtime. Thank you for all your support and allowing me to be a part of such an awesome team! I think one of the most rewarding experiences I've ever had at Mahurangi College was seeing the bright smiling faces from our peers as they walked into the room on ball night. After 5 months organising the event, nerves were running high, hoping it would all turned out as we envisioned. To hear that it was a success was fulfilling to say the least, and I am proud to have been involved in such a special night. It made the lunchtimes folding multiple invitations worth it and it will always be a highlight of my year. Reflecting on my time at Mahu, I am sad to be leaving such a pride-filled school but excited to experience what comes next. To my peers, thank you for making 2019 so enjoyable and I wish you all the best for the future. Francesca Bennett - Deputy Head Girl AFTER 7 YEARS AT MAHU, it's sad to think my next couple of weeks will be my last. I have certainly made the most of my last seven years through embracing all the amazing cultural and sporting opportunities that the school creates for its students, with fond memories of sailing, football and hockey. I can undoubtedly say that although I have loved my sporting involvement the thing that makes Mahurangi College so special is the people. People whom I have grown up with since primary school and who have become amazing assets in my role as Deputy Head Boy, I've heavily relied on my peer's help for many events, such as our Christchurch Memorial assembly and ANZAC day, where without the help of the year 13's these events would not have been possible. I believe a great show off sportsmanship and camaraderie of my fellow year 13's and a particular highlight of my role this year was ‘the bake-off’, between the student exec and the prefects, with the winner taking the coveted trophy and of course the bragging rights. I've learned a lot over high school but something that will always stick with me is to always embrace opportunities, as you never know what they might lead to. And although high school is primarily academic and yes it is. A social and academic balance is crucial. William Paterson - Deputy Head Boy

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leaders leaders George Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Urban Burgess HEAD BOY

Jane Wilcock HEAD GIRL

William Paterson DEPUTY HEAD BOY

Francesca Bennett DEPUTY HEAD GIRL

House Leaders Leaders House

Shar Illingworth

Claudia Stevenson

Max Harrison

Caprice Gifford

Taryn Peddle

Robbie McFarlane

Lucy Rowe

Eden Connolly

Samuel Chitty

Caitlin Rouse

Tolstoy Hardie

Jordan Vegar

Anna Schollum

Brianna Cadwallader

Lucas Smith

Kate Powell

Cayle Farmiloe

BLUE HOUSE

ORANGE HOUSE

RED HOUSE

BLUE HOUSE

ORANGE HOUSE

RED HOUSE

BLUE HOUSE

ORANGE HOUSE

RED HOUSE

GREEN HOUSE

PURPLE HOUSE

Emily Martin

YELLOW HOUSE

GREEN HOUSE

PURPLE HOUSE

YELLOW HOUSE

GREEN HOUSE

PURPLE HOUSE

YELLOW HOUSE

Student Executive

Willa Thompson-Ahern Benjamin Holland

STUDENT EXEC CHAIR STUDENT EXEC SECTRETARY

Summer Sweeney

Joseph Martin

Billie-Lee Wilson

Emma Foote

Samara Shore

Kimberley Allen HEALTH & SAFETY

JUNIOR SCHOOL

Takimoana Phillips

Alesha McFarlane

Kotua Kotua

EVENTS

MAORI REP

MIDDLE SCHOOL

EVENTS

ENVIROMENT

Molly Illingworth

Davina Jones

Angelique Boisseau

BOT REP

Ritang Tumoa

FRIENDS OF MAHU

Liam Price

PEER MENTORING

PASIFIKA REP

Yr 13 REP

CHARITIES

PUBLICITY PREFECT

Daisy Flavell

Jessica Benwell PEER MEDIATION

INT. STUDENTS

Genevieve Jensen

Emma Stretch

Liam Price

SADD

WELLNESS

LIBRARY PREFECT

Aya Horie

WELLNESS

Cultural Cultural Prefects Prefects Principal's Prefects

Elena Cooper

Ysabella Stevenson

Drew Janssen

Luke Mackinnon

Jessica Leaning

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Class

BACK ROW: Hannah Perkins, Angelique Boisseau, Alesha McFarlane, Benjamin Smith, Aran Corteen, Paige Healey,

6TH ROW: Summer Sweeney, Molly Illingworth, Sophie Boyle, Jean Letoa, Meredyth Bailey, Lara Ehrig, Emma Foote, Rebecca Parkinson, Kimberley Allen,

5TH ROW: Nathan Heron, Hikari Nishida, Holly Rusher, Aleicha Burdett-Rhodes, Niquisha Epiha, Justine Quintal, Kawasaki, Brendon Ellis, Tionee Robertson, Genevieve Jensen, Taiga Koike

4TH ROW: Kamataku Takaatu, Dale Garlick, Jason Tunnicliffe, Ryutaro Ueno, Alla-Joye Reeves, Cory Palmer, Shintaro Mori, Anais Bentley, Ryo Hayata, Athol Came

3RD ROW: Konrad Morrison, Storm Mckenzie, Oliver Smith, Benjamin Holland, Connor Simpson, Jonathan Bassett, Drew Janssen, Shunichi Suetsugu, Blake Toi, Jordan Vegar, Blake Lambert, Fletch Ostling

2ND ROW: Helena Anderson, Bayley Hudson, Chontel rose Anderson, Paige Jones, Maria Dodiarto, Phoenix Burke, Emily Mahady, Lizara Cuthell, Mizuki Imamura

FRONT ROW: Kate Powell, Max Harrison, Claudia Stevenson, Robbie McFarlane, Emma Stretch, Samuel Chitty, Taryn Peddle, Tolstoy Hardie, Caprice Gifford, Luke Mackinnon, Emily Martin, Lucy Rowe

2019

people

Samara Shore, Kartini Clarke, Yuki Tateishi, Rikuto Suzuki, Intuane Fa'ale, Elena Cooper, Jessica Benwell, Pipi Ross Johanna Hugel, Ruby Gordon, Eden Connolly, Macey Stuart, Paris Flynn, Teue Sika, Kate Niccolls, Bella Kenney, Anna Schollum, Carlin Greenwood, Willa Thompson-Ahern, Davina Jones, Uriel Teo, Taliea Burdett-Rhodes, Rena Lucas Smith, Leo Holder, Harry Clarke, Jared Lambert, Toshitatsu Iwai, Joseph Martin, Charlie Eyre, Lucas Edgerley,

Jack Brown, Murdoch Rutherford, Sam Banks, Lars Noordhoek, Ethan Rebenschied, Zayde Lee, Ethan Whitham,

Daisy Flavell, Billie Wilson, Taegyn Lambert, Arni Lewin, Caitlin Rouse, Aya Horie, Mikayla Rogers, Chontelle Ruthe,

Francesca Bennett, George D'Urban-Burgess, Cath Johnston, Mark Neville, Jane Wilcock, Cayle Farmiloe,

STUDENT EXEC

STUDENT EXEC REP Being this year’s Chair of Student Executive has been a great. This year Ben and I have had the privilege of running the wonderful 2019 Student Executive! Within this role we have enjoyed working with Mr Elder and Mr Tennant as well as helping the 18 members of this years executive with their various roles. Throughout the year we have run successful mufti days and fundraisers supporting Starship, World Vision and numerous other projects. Our members have been busy organising and coordinating many events including SADD week, the International Food Festival, 40 Hour Famine and the opening of the new Year 13 common room. We also have a number of members committed to the progress of subgroups within the school such as Enviro Group, Junior and Middle School Council, peer mentoring and mediating. In addition to this I had the opportunity to take part in the Model United Nations Assembly along with our BoT rep Liam, for which our entry fee was kindly sponsored by the local rotary club. After a busy year Ben and I would like to thank every member who committed their time and effort and we wish all the best to our successors! Willa Thomspon-Ahern & Ben Holland

EVENTS REPS As Events reps, we experienced a whole new side to college. Our focus was to get the whole school involved in as many entertaining and inclusive events outside the classroom. These included fundraising activities, a talent show and the Game of Chaos. During this year our nation was devastated from the mosque attack shooting in Christchurch; we wanted to help out so we organised a bake sale and sausage sizzle, where the total from that day all went towards Cashmere High School in Christchurch whom were widely affected. Another fundraiser we organised was Gumboot Day - raising awareness of mental health. We received generous donations towards this important cause. The Talent Show was a popular event, with a variety of acts ranging from Years 7-13 attracting a huge audition list and a great audience for the final performance day. Ryutaro the Magic Man coming out on top! Our final event ‘Chaos' was introduced this year and was a hit for the Years 9-13. We both really enjoyed seeing so many people enjoying competing to be the last man standing and the event received so much positive feedback. - Emma Foote and Samara Shore.

FRIENDS OF MAHU Executive has been a great It Being this year’s Chair of Student Friends of Mahu teachers with is a pleasure to be able to work and parents.

ts year for us. There are many even This year has been a successful at make it happen ey mon the put and raise fund that we are able to at the school production and fund. We are able to sell snacks money we made for the school the And . show e the school danc . production was $775.30 nd hand uniform for students was Our unicycle sell of selling seco 5 in term 2. Aside from that also successful with a sales of $85 aims for year 9-10 girls. The that show talk ul we got a successf talk was about Am I pretty? her and speaker was Angela Barnett pressure and beauty industry. This This focus on social media, peer g and have enjoyed the great ndin atte ents event has a lot of stud the Pacifica tshirt and this for talk. We are also able to fundraise went well. the voice of Friends of Mahu. This I love being able to work and be opportunity for me to work with and e has been a great experienc g the year. Ritang Tumoa amazing teachers and parents durin

THEN & NOW Anais Bentley

Anna Schollum

Bailey Hudson

Billie Wilson

Charlie Eyre

Claudia Stevenson

Connor Simpson

Cory Palmer

Davina Jones

Eden Connolly

Emily Mahady

Ethan Whitham

Jane Wilcock

Jessica Leaning

Joseph Martin

Justine Quintal

Kate Powell

Maria Dodiarto

Meredyth Bailey

Molly Illingworth

Paige Jones

Shar Illingworth

THEN & NOW Sophie Boyle

Summer Sweeney

Caprice Gifford

Daisy Flavell

Emily Martin

George D'Urban-Burgess

Kate Niccolls

Emma Foote

Lucas Smith

Lucy Rowe

Macey Stuart

Max Harrison

Sam Thompson

Thomas Hutchinson

Zayde Lee

Angelique Boisseau

Emma Stretch

Briana Cadwallader

Elena Cooper

Macey Stuart

Samuel Chitty

Aya Horie

Caitlin Rouse

Charlie Eyre

Francesca Bennett

Luke Mackinnon

Paris Keane

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PARIDIS D'HIVER

FITTING TO THE THEME, a cold night hung over Mahurangi College as five bus loads of senior students were whisked away to the heart of Auckland’s viaduct.

Inside the Hilton Hotel we found the perfect respite from the cold, in a ballroom transformed to a wonderland of blue and white. The night quickly disappeared in a flurry of photos and dance moves, capped by a lively prefect dance and the crowning of our 2019 Royal Family. Coco Bone and Samuel Telfer took Prince and Princess, with

Rebecca Parkinson taking Queen alongside King Kotua Kotua.

Paradis d’Hiver was a delight, and we were left with but a single thought we’d won the ball. Special thanks to Mrs Johnston, Mrs Yau and Miss Woodfield for their guidance, and of course to Head Prefects Jane Wilcock, William Paterson, Francesca Bennett and George D’Urban-Burgess for their work behindthe-scenes - and the countless ornate invitations folded. Sam Chitty

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Blue. 1

Joella Tomkins, Elisabeth Haque, Corbin Ashford, Lachlan Ferguson, Essence Sopoaga, Drue Thomas, Jorja Heyns, Jack Miles, Riley Barclay, Reiko Pham, Keighley Saunders, Monique Hawken, Nicole Addis, Mr Pulsford, Jack Whyman, Millar Stevens, Jacob Aley, Lenka Pollock, Blake Stevenson, Marnix Bubbert. Absent: Arleigha Armstrong, Jared Clark, Paris Flynn, Elisabeth Haque, Eria Kaneama, Jack Leaning, Mia Nguyen.

Mia McCormick, George Miles, Shar Illingworth, Zeal Mcculloch, Bruno Nola, Alesha McFarlane, Antonia Hasselbach, Cooper Stevens, Marizanne Smit, Hope Sakey, Isla Ward-Stewart, Toshitatsu Iwai, Nathan Shirley, Katie Hawken, Hayz Berry, Taylor Evans, Mika Pirihi-Lynch, Josh Lambert, Mrs Taylor, Carlos Skinner, Zane Carter, Con Sopoaga, Breagh McGee, Rueben Webb, Riley Brown. Absent: Reedan Young-Ivil.

Aliya Allen, Ryder Van Reemst, Charlotte Telfer, Melody Bedggood, Eva Sterling, Ryutaro Ueno, Sophie Allis-Burton, Ava Brown, Lucy Read, Joseph Martin, Kyle Harris, Deagan Heyns, Finley Clapp, Indi Coman-Meyer, Logan Harris, Judah Hagger. Absent: Sophie Ewing, Jessica Leaning, Blair Dunlop, Vokil Mateev, Bruno Rees-Baker, Samara Shore, Tiri Ferguson, Melody Piclisan-Perrin, Oliver Corteen.

Shona Illingworth, Noah Barclay, Ten Kuwata, Claudia Sterling, Eliza Rusher, Elise Tomkins, Jasper Ashford, Amali Shore, Kyla Ruthe, Ruby Cooper, Yardayn Hagger, Paige Brown, Shawn Greene, Kiara Galliani-Ferrer, Wessel Bubbert, Ms Holm, Nikora Mathieson, Lewis Savage, Mali Prictor, Ashton Baker. Absent: Ava Berry, Amy Collinson, Thomas Daniels, Zayde Lee, Kassidy Rolfe-Vyson, Pipi Ross.

William Lyttle, Ella Bartlett, Tinesha Chamberlain-TeWhiu, Sophia Mateeva, Luke Shirley, Tatum Robinson, Sophie Witberg, Ethan Guerin, Mona Schmidt, Mya Dunlop, Eden Lewin, Benny Hertzer, James Elder, Olivia Prior, Sofia Barnett, Raine Cassidy, Jacky Smith, Luke Wood, Mr Sweeney, Molly Illingworth, Ryo Hayata, Eden Langsford Absent: Rikki Chambers, Benny Hertzer, Eden Lewin, Konrad Morrison, Chontelle Ruthe, Ryan Torckler, Hannah White.

Lachlan Simpson, Benjamin Smith, Josh Stewart, Brooke Harris, Liam Hooper, Jason Tunnicliffe, Elaine Ebaraima Anatete, Finn Stevenson, Connagh Webb, Breila Straka, Nathan Stuart, Lauren Batley, Kruz Knight, Brooke Savage, Lucee Illingworth, Akoia Teakin, Mr Boesley, Taj Robinson, Gemma Moore, Leonardo Abellan-Soriano, Ariki Kaho. Absent: Paige Healey, Alex Gibson, Sonny Jackson, Keisha Collins, Paige Flynn.

The mighty Blue House has achieved amazingly throughout the entire year! Our enthusiasm, participation and hard work ethic lead us to our winning success in the Haka as well as coming through strong consistently in every other event. We're proud of everything Blue House has achieved together as a house and we hope you all continue to do Blue House proud. Our competitive attitude and sportsmanship is greatly valued throughout all house competitions. We would like to thank Mr Ganley, all the Blue House teachers, seniors and whanau reps for contributing great ideas and for making our job easier. To everyone's contribution across the year we just wanted to say a huge thanks to you all for making our role as the Blue House prefects an awesome experience. Shar, Claudia and Max

Connor Stables, Alex Tunnicliffe, Liam Guerin, Lucas Edgerley, Kate Rowe, Claudia Stevenson, Benjamin Cooper, Brandon Lewis, Cole Teirney, Thomas Wallington, Megan Freeman, Rachel McGuire, Piper Kingi-Smith, Arni Lewin, McKenzie O'Sullivan, Lukah Townsend, Lauren Wilson, Kali Le prou, Ashley Harris, Ms McNae, Dylan Hunt, Xavier Thomson, Chloe Satterthwaite, Kohen Gordine. Absent: Triton Chamberlain-Te-Whai, Molly Ross, Ella Sims, Flynn Ferguson, Dillan Krieg, Katie O'HigginsThomass.

Maddie Miles, Louise Makin, Grace Webb, Tommo McGuire, Tyler Taffard-Baker, Eria Erika, Alice Cleland, Sheyne Gibson, Chloe Sutherland, Catherine Thatcher, Sophia Brunton, Satchien Vijayakumaran, James Collinson, Casper Waller, Levi Trout, Maja Plesko, Danielle Ruthe, George Jack, Olivia White, Mrs Marshall. Absent: Aran Corteen, Tom Mason, Holly Rusher, Cisco South, Aria Tobin, Dakota Corringham.

Matang Teakin, Finlay McDonald, Billie South, Bree Illingworth, Vanya Dunn, Reuben Smith, Campbell Aley, Tom Barnett, Gemma Davies, Nat Ward, George Barnao-Petrie, Jamie Glassford, Ameline Makin, Connor Simpson, Jessie Stone, Jade Aitken, Leon Varty, Brooklyn Waugh, Kauri Morrison, Kane Hume, Amber Russell, Harry Clarke, Ms Soriano-Andaluz, Samson Cowen, MÄ ia Kaho, Grace Close, Siena Satterthwaite, Absent: Willow Dysart, Sage Lee, Oliver Witberg.

Matthew Elder, Macey Stuart, Max Harrison, Ryan Stam, Ben Read, Tyler Keppler, Rj Brown, Rosa Donaldson, Jorjia Tomey, Amie Tunnicliffe, Damian Spiers, Milly Stewart, Coral Griffiths, Grace Cooper, Riley Crofskey, Sharlize Jull, Mr Griffin, Max Matthews, Jemma Wright, Macy Ramel-Spain, Kahu McKenzie, Tyler Allis-Burton. Absent: Maz Blackler, Hone Mathieson, Lexie Van Santen. ,

Green. 1

Daniel Vaotangi, Angus Holland, Ethan O'Neill, Cody Bagby, Elouise Balfour, Angelique Boisseau, Keira Burridge, Lewis Calder, Brianna Stanners,Chance Trotter, Aspen Holt, Maddy Ashe, Lola Wech, Lainey Clayton, Jake Adams, Runa Aoyanagi, Sid Trotter, Bella Corry, Miss Goodwin., Chontel-rose Anderson, Harley De Graaff, Isabel Free, Liam Barry. Absent: Finn Tomlinson, Tutolu Manumalo, Jo Brendel, Lainey Clayton, Imogyn Dalgety, Archie Molloy, Mikayla Rogers, Jane Wilcock.

Joe Huey, Zale Godfrey, Cameron Walters, Sam Macky, Harrison Sterling, Siobhan Murphy, Makayla Petersen, Thomas Ockleston, Erin Whittley-Pegg, Nicholas Hopkins, Grifin Crawford, Mikey Harema, Mikey Harema, Terrayne Collins-Maginley, Sakura Ludolph, Tycey Feleti, Maddison Wech, Sommer Bell, Conrad Blank, Neda Fauesina, Lucy Innes, Ms Hinton, Kaycee Norton, Tyeana Schedewy, Kaylee Alcock, Absent: Zak Bagby, Benjamin Bliss, Teamo Onekawa, Joe Huey.

Cruize McIvor, Izzy Ashe, Ella-Jae West, Aspen Burridge, Justine Quintal, Kyla Harema, Noah O'Malley, Alice Brooker, Leah Sainty, Jessica Love, Rhys Niccolls, Tuhirangi Dawson, Grace De Witt, Aaliyah Phillips, Teimaalaima Manumalo, Riley O'Neill, Ms Hardie, Rylee Cotton, Ruby Wech, Luca Zylstra-Law, Hubery Zhang, Sam Jenner, Salesi Vaotangi. Absent: Zeila Harrison.

Billy-James Hemana-Dawson, Antonio Morgan, Kate Niccolls, Sapphire Harema, Charlie Thornicroft, Jack Anderson, Max Grimshaw, Ayako Sudo, Sapphire Herama, Alex Bindon, Zac Crawford, Johnny Huey, Haillee Greaves, Renee Stanners, Ethan Rebenschied, Carlos Costa Leversha, Mrs Hards, Kyan Slade, Jacob White, Pipi Thomson, Lola Hamilton. Absent: Eli Paddison, Ruby Bagby, Joshua Ockleston, Sky Wongchuen.

Kevin McNeil, Eva Glavish, Emily O'Neill, Ricki Kemp, Emeilia Thatcher, Zac Lewis, Leo Holder, Briannagh Lynch, Maddi Brooker, Samantha Williams-Robson, Ren Shoji, Oliver Graham, Callum McNeil, Jesse Attwood, Brody Ludolph, Hiroto Ichii, Maisie Balfour, Cody Wech, Mr Prins, Bjorn Burnell, Tiua Biremon, Reece Hemana, Charlie Cheeseman, Brayden Boyle, Taaric Haig. Absent: Ben Hooper, Paige Stone, Emma Stretch.

Dylan Michel, Kristel Davies, Polly Games, Jason Paddison, Grace Richards, Daniel McFarlane, Zalea Tipping, Tobi Higginson, Lara Ehrig, Dante Phillips, Poppy Hallam, Mia Obradovich Bent, Oliver Janes, Finian Taylor, Aran Niccolls, Kenzie Jackson, Miss Armstrong, Ella Prime-Pemberton, Willa ThompsonAhern, Robbie McFarlane, Tiua Kanipule-Eritai, Jordan Teio. Absent: Malie Biremon, Summer Alcock, Fern Julian, Keighly McNeil, Daniel Love, Bailee Sterling.

This year Green House has managed to achieve 2nd place after coming out on top at both Interhouse Athletics and Jump Jam. As leaders this year, we are proud of our house coming together as a team to create an environment that supports and works together to develop continuously. Thank you for being one giant family, keeping things fun and enjoyable throughout the year. We couldn't have asked to lead a better group of people that made every part of it exciting. From dressing up as dinosaurs to boogying through Jump Jam, we couldn't have laughed more throughout each event. To everyone in Green House, we thank you for joining in and coming along to support. Whether you were cheering on the sideline or joining in you made it all worth it and a lot more enjoyable. We will miss you all next year. Goodbye, and good luck! Taryn, Robbie, and Caprice

Oskar Janes, Cristina Costa Leversha, Kezia Gleeson, Paula Hoppe, Caitlin Love, Andre Farnell, Skylah Short, Devita Tambunan, Shane McNeil, Jowan Nute, Lani Hemana, Ari O'Malley, Christian Attwood, Gus Berger, Miss Reid, Ricardo Santiago Ellison, Alexie Ferguson, Ruby Hamilton, Hayden King. Absent: Danny Blank, Daytona Greaves, Daniel Lee, Riley Smith, Ana Vaotangi.

Cooper Rodden, Chrysanthe Hawken, Lynita Holloway, Billie Wilson, Sophie Stretch, Eli Hallam, Flynn Calder, Kane Oldham, Caprisha Godfrey, Sinead Moaho-Shine, Chelsea Wilson, NgÄ kau CollinsMaginley, Benjamin Holland, Jack Brown, Eli Rountree, Mrs Heke, Saphire Moke, Maddie Lucena, Kyra Norton, Scarlett Patton, Blake Toi. Absent: Konwae Anihana-Pugh, Kobe Davis, Kayde Schedewy, Jaden Takiari, Sara Taylor, Andrew Trotter, Oliver Whittley-Pegg.

Jack De Witt, Tabitha Gleeson, Taylah Ferris, Tara Williams, Jiaqi Zheng, Dion Corry, Bridie Sattler, Mia O'Sullivan, Brooke Stafford, Jade Bickerton, Tommy Wilson, Cain Fallon, Adam Hopkins, Keala West, Lucy Butler, Tevalega Feleti, Mrs Tennant, Ava King, Van Smith, Keelan Boyd, Milla Reekie, Emma North. Absent: Johanna Hugel, Abiatara Tepulolo.

Ruby Corry, Ryan Fairweather, Jack Retimana, Maia Collins Bowman, Riley Deans, Taryn Peddle, Ava Manumalo, Milaan Armstrong-Parrant, Saskia Wigman, Holly Bell, Samantha Johnson, Kate Innes, Rebekah Nicholls, Daniel White, Breeze Donaldson, Lily Ward, Carter Bishop, Isabella Gimblett, Sean James-Johns, Mr King, Rocco Lee, Jade Davies, Lochie Reid, Kaleb McGoram. Absent: Tessa Berger, Caprice Gifford, Tegan Richards.

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Kirrah-Lea Armstrong, Ty Connolly, Tioti Robertson, Katie Fuller, Gina Mazzon, Talia Bentley, Sophie Bolstad, Declan Middleton, Isabella O'Flynn, Caleb Brown, Isobelle Ferreira, Troy Healey, George Williams-Mart, Tait Brown, Oliver Shandilya, Nivaah Puhi, Ashley Came, Mr Bundenberg, Ruby Kane, Lachlan Cassidy, Rahu Atkins, Paige Jamieson, Cooper Steen, Dylan Brebner-Fox. Absent: Holly Druce, Ethan Reiff, Uriel Teo

Oscar Bond, Nathan Heron, Harri Mills, Cameron Davey, Bowen Clist, Poppy Billington, Kaitati Robertson, Quinn Collings, Flynn Burke, Amore Swart, Libby Elstone, Carlos Ferreira, Dan Wenzlick, Alex Paule, Brooke Lucas, Ashlie Bissett, Charlotte Cassidy, Ritang Tumoa, Ms Cross, Ryan BrebnerFox, Leon Taing, Kaya Travan, Elisha Hollis, Absent: Josephine Greenwood, Nick Healey, Rizza Gracio.

Katelyn Pow, Ruby Geurts, Amber He, Ella-Renee Hargreaves, Yash Topiwala, Willow Whitham, Diago Winkler, Jaime Dunn, Gabby Magnusson, Faye Dobson, Jessie Chapman, Oliver Adams, Violetta Paprotskaya, Mizuki Imamura, Aya Horie, Timothy Roper, Dr Zhang, Meredyth Bailey, Kyle Fireson, Anais Bentley. Absent: Curran Blanchette-Burton, Jack Bremner, Gabriella Dawson, Charlotte Greenwood, Lexx Meale.

Enlesly Ioane, Lucian Teo, Tan Robertson, Jayden Earley, Aborina Arawatau, Jackson Gravatt, Chloe Billington, John Taylor, Daniel Bailey, Joel Preikschat, Jared Lambert, Karairai Takaatu, Bella Bentley, Ewan Waddell, Cody Allison, Sam Macky, Shiah Fenning, Lakshmi Ranju, Kayla Sutton, Tumoa Tumoa, Mr Brewer, Kahu Mckenzie, Kara Strong, Bella Pollard. Absent: Luca Corinaldi, Zach Smith.

Maxwell Meale, Flynn Christian, Yonna Clist, Allyson Sheffield, Anna Sollitt, Alec Webb, Mackenzie Butler, Lizara Cuthell, Hannah MacLachlan, Eden Healey, Ruby Smith, Hutch Teina, Tiraha Gazzard, Finlay Robson, Jonny Chapman, Ashley Morrison, Erin Passingham, William Chapman, Mr Taylor. Absent: Ryan Membery: Estelle Bastin, Francesca Bennett, Storm Mckenzie, Yoshinari Nakamura, William Paterson, Kamataku Takaatu.

Klay Hockenhull, Elena Torresan, Shannon Harris, Charlotte O'Connor, Nathaniel Chapman, Jamie Noyer, Brayden Strong, Megan Maclachlan, Reefe Hale, Caitlin Sidwell, Rudy Skilton, Tionee Robertson, Aimee Goddard, Catherine Paterson, Fletch Ostling, Jaegar Brennan, Catalina Porter, Olivia King, Cormac Blennerhassett, Mrs Maginley, Luca Cornege-Kjaer, Raven Dela Cruz, Jaiah Gray, Regan Grice, Sophie Callender. Absent: Oliver Davies, Michaela Pow, Kaea Puhi.

ORANGE HOUSE RETAINS THE CUP FOR 2019!! Given that two of us were fresh recruits to the house this year, none of us could have anticipated the heights that Orange would take things to! You guys came together and more than built on the momentum set by last year’s win. Every step of the way, Orange House, we were consistently impressed by your enthusiasm and drive. There wasn’t a single weak link across either the whanaus or the year levels. The result was a great atmosphere and energy, that carried into every house event. You brought it Orange; whether it called for hoeing-down during Jump Jam, diving in the pool for swimming, or especially for what we’re most proud off - uniting to give a powerful haka performance. Leading you all has been an honour. Best of luck to next year’s leaders, keep this party going! Good hustle team. Samuel, Eden and Lucy

Cory Stubbs, Shanick Simmonds, Juliette Twhigg, Nikki Wood, Ava Bravenboer, Natalia Meale, Max Boundy, Bella Colman, Sarah Pow, Naoto Onishi, Jack Merton-McCafferty, Finn Craig, Chanelle Douglas, Ethan Pollard, Mr Bukasa, Mia Morrison, Riley Dearlove, Craig Taylor, Charlie Blampied, Ian Thysse, Eden Connolly. Absent: Jaeshana Kira, Jamie Spence, Candice Brewer.

Kody Bolstad, Hoani Birch, Vanessa Healey, Letia Arawatau, Noah Magnusson, Holly Olsen, Toby Webb, Luka Bennett-Smith, Taegyn Lambert, Sarah Coop, Shakiya Davy, Alicia Webb, Frederick Mayall, Henry Mohr, Celine Taing, Ms Chitty, Darcy Stewart, Jade Campbell, Hana Miyazaki, Ursula Graham. Absent: Petra Blanchette-Burton, Zoe Spence, Kelly McKnight, Guy van Egmond, James Waddell.

Tim Alekseev, Olivia Hamilton, William Healey, Sophie Joblin, Nartis Brennan, McKenzie Reid, Safia Price, Savanna Conradie, Cadence Davis, Alex Craig, Emma Munro, Mr Stewart, Ethan Whitham, Connor Passingham, Lucas Membery, Anna Williams-Mart, Mattie Collings, Aiden Velthuysen. Absent: Phoenix Burke, Riley Clark, Caitlyn Clarke, Brandon Ellis, Sasha Jamieson, Deanna Laird, Gemma Norton, Denali Stubbs.

Samuel Chitty, Joshua Clarkson, Jared Membery, Benjamin Paterson, Lucy Rowe, Sophie Boyle, Erin Lane, James Webb, Dana Huisman, Grady Collis, Ngauea Taaun, Lyall Sutton, Melissa Thysse, Hope Weller, Melissa Thysse, Sila Colman, James Fuller, Danielle Peck, Dali Smith, Scarlett Hughes, Niall Christian, Mrs Stanbra, Ayla Harrison, Amy Miller, Ryan Berger, Emilia Porter.

Purple. 1

Ryan Broughton-Johnson, Chalise Tolhopf, Charlize Graham, Sophia Brown, Rikuto Suzuki, Taiga Koike, Jack Campbell, Abigail Pushenko, Caitlin Johnson, Zali Taylor, Jeston Brown, Blake Ion, Liam Kumerich, Wynn Coleman, Kristen Taylor, Jonas Anderson, Indiana Durrant, Lars Noordhoek, Mr Morris, Sam Hurt, Hope Oliver, Alex Kemp-McNish, Isaac Sims, Rushlee Hudson. Absent: Megan Darch, Kylee Perrin, Gabriel Tahitah.

Davey Newcomb, Stephanie Walsh, Joel Evans, Jayden Shrubb, Charlie Law, Devon Warden, Lizzy Perkins, Abby Charlton, Isabella McCormick, Tehina Courtenay, Miss Turrell, Tualagi Greene, Isla Gove-Larritt, Riley James, Kereopa Karaitiana, Oscar Sandstrom. Absent: Alisha Campbell, Isla GoveLarritt, Melissa Hart, Kotua Kotua, Zaria Newrick, Makayla Paganini, Heath Rigby, Alex Rouse, Maia Smith, Bwaroko Tebutoka.

Liam Anderson, Blake Heaven, Tamatea Winiana, Cate Walker, Perry Pitcher, Calista Goffin, Tahlia Graham, Charlie Iversen, Sean Greene, Ambrosia Hardie, Marie Putnam, Franz Eller, Mr Waugh, Kiera Thomson, Carys Davies, Scott Marshall, Jake Paganini, Kerwin Brown. Absent: Caitlin Rouse, Bradley Davan, Monique Edwards, Gala Emmerton, Sam Farrell, Sara Newcomb, Thomas Vegar.

Tegan Davies, Harley Wade, Beau Morgan, Beau Bone, Phoebe McCracken, Josh Perkinson, Estonia Hardie, Tayla Shrubb, Ashton Searle, Seth Olive, Logan Scarth, Millah Fox, Sarah Pushenko, Samuel Hudson, Jamie Farrell. Absent: Mr Winiana, HyeBin Jung, Rena Kawasaki, Devin Lee, Ryda Matthews, Takuya Narita, Hannah Perkins, Izzy Rhodes, Jaden Shaw, Connor Elsmore, Luke Brown, Ethan Genet, Hannah Perkins

Ruby Oliver, Tenika Johns-Tuakeu, Maya Elsmore, Victor Dodiarto, Grace Thompson, Korotaake Tebutokai, Dominic Courtenay, Matte Perrin, Abby Sceats, Roman Hardie-Lyne, So Fukuda, Chieri Oka, Akira Manwaring, Mrs Rowsell-Starkey, Cameron McCracken, Daisy Levi, Shay Britton, Sophie Gabriel, Isla Sherriff, Priyal Patel, Broady Amiss. Absent: Mikko Gibson, Oliver Smith, Jordan Vegar, Taylor Williams.

Bailey Mason, Katerina Hoffmann, Jess McCormick, Shintaro Mori, Josh Tomlinson, Barnaby Hayward, Zoe Gabriel, Akito Suzuki, Jhett Thomas, Jean Letoa, Kadyn Sinclair-Underwood, Shaylah Bowmast, Olivia Dobbs, Indy Jackson, Katie Rhodes, Clark Putnam, Mrs Holdgate, Lucy Campbell, Ava Auber, Josh Hodgson, Connor Jollivet, Anne Santos,Absent: Helena Anderson, Zoey Marsden, Hikari Nishida, Matthew Smith

It has been an enjoyable year leading Purple House through the incredibly fun house events and the slightly less exciting house assemblies. Our results may not reflect it, but Purple House has had a year of great participation, positive attitudes and encouragement. The highlight of our year would have to be Futsal - taking the event out with a team of keen players determined to win. Purple House is a house to be proud of, and we appreciate all the effort and involvement you have put into your house this year. We have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to lead, get involved and grow together as a house. We thank you for a great year and wish you well for 2020. Tolstoy, Jordan and Caitlin

Theo Steens, Elena Hawes, Rebecca Parkinson, Nathaniel Vernardakis, Jack Peel, Kate Popham, Jayden Smith, Odessa Hardie-Lyne, Annabelle Robertson, Georgia Howlett, Mitchell Heaven, Lincoln Son, Asha Liberts, Zoe Knapp Spens-Black, Fletcher Sceats, Luka Vegar, Maria Dodiarto, Murdoch Rutherford, Mr Ennis, Soren Namana, Sarah Morrison, Saskia Reid, Josef Michels, Declan Shaw, Millie Palmer. Absent: Adam Atkinson, Julia Kosler.

Michael Pushenko, Dylan Hathaway,George Bogue, Roman Hardie-Lyne, Shota Hashimoto, Xarie Manwaring, Kyron Smith, David Kira, Nik Redwood, Mackenzie Durrant, Gretel Michels, Molly Marshall, Faith Elsmore, Evie Munro, Mattie Jacobs, Logan Marsh, Lexi Emerson, Samuel Goffin, Ms Caldwell, Troy Taylor, Armani Britton. Absent: Samantha Hall, Momoka Abe, Alex Walker.

Elijah McNeil, Luke Hawes, Caspian Hardie, Peter McHale, Nina Robertson, Olivia Jones, Jessica Walker, Robbie Ennis, Oliver Warden, Jordan Liberts, Annabel Milburn, Ruby Taylor, Jamie Cameron, Nicholas Lowdon, Chloe Macfarlane, Carmen Jury, Amy Lambert, Yang Sun, Fergus Charlton, Zack Woodcock, Athena Rodd, Finn Gibson, Maddy Priem, Alister Mortensen, Ms West, Inangaro Haurua, Zoe Turner, Murdoch Phillips, Eli Sands, Ivy Mason. Absent: Morgan Griffin ,Paris Toomey.

Tolstoy Hardie, Dante Franklin-Wati, Kupe Emmerton, Ricco Gaensicke, Will Turner, Grace Oliver, Annabelle McKenzie, Coco Bone, Beatrix Hardie-Lyne, Charkana Green-McLeod, Emmy Cowan, Georgia Marshall, Taylor Turner, Miriama Iversen, Ms Hojem, Taylor Jury, Owen Durrant, Madi Burns. Absent: Nikoia Benfield, Charlie Casey, Hunter Cotterill, Reuben Evans, Bayley Hudson, Izaak Lees, Rylie Travers.

Red. 1

Cameron Keats, Tim MacGillivray, Ben Young, Lily Wilkins, Emily Collins, Jethro Saleupolu, Nathan Barber, Avril Bartlett, Annika Bayer, Flynn Powell, Jacob Mathers, Robin-Lee Brummer, Jade Gregory, Jean Keet, Dale Garlick, Mr Schnetler, Jade Fussell, Davina Leafa, Gracie Pickett, Kiara Wilson, Logan Sykes. Absent: Diondre Anderson, Noa Brumby, Brianna Cadwallader, Sianah Hopper, Grace Sammons.

Sammie Le Bas, Jacob Furniss, Jayden Barber, Cole Mathers, Abby Ettrich, Alla-Joye Reeves, Malia Tomas, Joy Saleupolu, Gemma Schollum, Raaua Taua, Daniel Barnett, Keya Prajapati, Aaron Graham, Daman Roberts, Ezra Morley, Charlie Eyre, Miss Fredrickson, Anthony Ngakuru, Sam Banks, Daniel Cameron. Absent: Bianca Frandsen, Briar Minson, Titera Bura, Myah Cato, Alicia Graham, Austin Nightingale, Mary Cavanagh, Tae Wyatt.

Michaela McDonald, Jaz McMullan, Lennox Wright, Alexandra Gordon, Sarah Hughes, Elyse Ettritch, Dylan Roberts, Talia Carstensen, Ava Jane-Rashleigh, Caila Curtis, Thomas Guy, Lucas Smith, Lucas Daum, Neo Stanbra, Acacia Tippett, Holly Jamieson, Jacob Chown-Mills, Mrs Carse, Kayla Olsen, Ruby Darby, Zac Gray, Scott van Bakel, Nathan Strong. Absent: Ysabella Stevenson, Tom Tyrrell.

Anna Schollum, Rachael Hughes, Mia Cooper, Jahlia Epiha, Antoinette Newbold, Samuel Rickwood, Yuki Tateishi, Naumi Teinabo, Andy Schollum, Sam Bayer, Samuel Burton, Ella Tunnard, Emma Hart, Anahera Boyd, Tekarara Airam, Tula Brumby, Indigo Parker, Ayesha Bhandari, Mr Gipps, Mahlia Anderson, Taine Mahue, Michael MacGillivray, Matang Airam, Ah-Lee Ebiretia. Absent: Danielle Keats, George Knight, Joseph Morrison, Nathaniel Tate-Allen.

Kaitlyn Repia, Sigi Merrick, Jak Carden, Jessica Young, Raymond Gedye, Flynn Medland, Amelia Burton, Sienna Innes, Helen Ly, Blake Olsen, Louise Daum, Mr Yates, Ying Chao Zhao, Grace Holt, Georgia Lorenzen, Alex Van Bakel, Jeremiah Saleupolu. Absent: Keetan Anderson, Ethan Bayer, Jessica Benwell, Ademe Breedt,Zac Cooper, Olivia France, Oscar Grimshaw, Javiah Lipsey-Maclean, Quinn Morley, Joseph Repia, Kaitlyn Repia, Kye Williamson.

Maddison Jane-Rashleigh, Alice Williams, Kimberley Allen, Zara Innes, Sam Darby, Oliver Cunneen, Braxxton Petricevich, Marco Demeulemeester, Phoenix Newbold, Arlo Harrison, Kade Carden, Elizabeth Hepoto, Mr Lenihan, Maia Martin, Brooke Connor, Isabella Lambert, O'Shana Lima, Andrew McNaughten, Joseph Chisholm. Absent: Tatiana Bronkhorst, Ioanna Corrie, Drew Janssen, Blake Lambert, Anthony Moore, Taylor Perris, Teatiia Teinabo.

The opportunity to represent Red House this year has been an experience we have all enjoyed. Although Red House never seems to quite finish on top, we are all still super proud of the students and the enthusiasm they bring. This year we placed 2nd in the Haka competition - the highlight of Red House's year. We showed huge potential in our house when we all worked together. We love the people of Red House and the year we have had. Engaging with the Year 7 and 8 Students - the future generations of Red House, has allowed us to build a closer relationship with our house. We wish red house the best of luck for the future! Brianna, Anna & Lucas

Nasia McLennan, Jade Tomas, Eliza Eyre , Len Donnell, Ronak Patel, Aaron Skipper, Jadah WalkerKelly, Isla Holt, Niqisha Epiha, Courtney Vaissiere, Callum Hall, Emma Foote, Perrine Duchesnes, Mason Newbold, Josiah Joyce, Sapphire Vuletich, Taj Oliver, Mr Dutton, Seth Comrie, Ruby Topia, Xzavier Andrew-Martyn, Zach Gibbs, Sebastian Smith. Absent: Jessica Macgillivray, Corban Martin, Samuel Rowe Walker.

Ranelle Le Bas, Luke Gray, Finn Massey, Jamison Lawrence, Athol Came, Jumpei Arai, Zongbei Wu, Louisa Vaissiere, Riley Gibbs, Oscar Jiang, Maddison Cato, Haydn Roscoe, Shawn Neale, Calum Boyd, Kaspa Edmonds, Mrs Bank, Kylie Collins, Shanae Curtis, Archy Prajapati, Zulykha Van de Wijdeven, Olivia Hay. Absent: Mahana Demeulemeester, Kororia Murray, Elisha Wyatt, Matai Young.

Zac Geary, Tui Collier, Cameron McMullan, Thomas Hutchinson, Carey Skinner, Tobey Sykes, Jamie Sinclair, Koko DeMeulemeester, Liam Price, Jessica McNaughten, Tiffany Marsh, Yuki Baba, Isabella Titcomb, Ruby Thomas, Samara Powell, Hamish Strong, Ashley Houniet, Marcus Speed, Ms Mayday, Joel Gedye, Jacob Knott, Zinny Harrison, Emma-Jayne Clayden, Joshua Wech. Absent: Yuki Baba, Finley Lawlor-Mendez, Nicholas Schollum, Eli Waterhouse.

Samuel Thompson, Charl Brummer, Ruby Gordon, Vincent Howell, Reuben Benwell, Rowan Buick, Dontaye Davis, Jackson Guy, Kiara Coulthard, Finn Cunneen, Taylah Neale, Ella Woodcock, Joe Rickwood, Renee Perris, Livana Brown, Mr McNaughten, Gemma Price, Matthew Hay, Nikita Penniall, Tenacious Hopkins, Kyla Payne. Absent: Tyrin Lipsey-Maclean, Abby Higgins, Isla Henderson.

Yellow. 1

Madeline Martin, Holly Ripley, Marlan Dewage, Carlin Greenwood, Kaiwey Chong, Austyn Holbrow, Cory Palmer, Micah Gibson, Portia Goldsbury, Saloni Fine, Jake Beardmore, Jared Mcdonnell, Matthew North, Georgia Bowden, Finn McClintock, Marcus Leabourn, Nieve Kearns, Mrs Taylor, Russell Ellis, Torey Flaherty, Shan Shan Wade, Trent Eagle. Absent: Barabei Baukie, Flynn Foote.

Summer Sweeney, Kartini Clarke, Flynn Van Gemmert, Reuben Hood, Ethan Scalabrini, Bianca Munro, Thomas Mulock-Houwer, Gemma Ashton, Samuel Telfer, Anna Veer, Jenna Farrell, Sophia Jones, Ben Blair, Mr Stirling, Flynn Mahady, Jack Torkington, Tommy D'Urban-Burgess, Brennan Nicholls, Jonathan Bassett. Absent: Sachin Austin, Otetika Baukie, Kaeleb Dovey, Santana Fletcher, Deane Jones, Neleta Lanyon, Jazmin Mathers, Evodia Rataro, Amberley Shannon, Ben McMurtie.

Leroy Eru, Emma Veer, Rhianna Schedewy, Poppy Stenbeck, Grace Adams, Jayden Mather, Harrison Watts, Nick Cooper, Daniel D'Urban-Burgess, Ethan Heald, River Usmar, Jessica Telfer, Korbyn Holbrow, Amelia Martin, Mia Beardmore, Esme Greenwood, Kate Powell, Sam Peo, Sam Wilson, Dillon Smith, Mrs McMillan, Freya Beardmore. Absent: Cayle Farmiloe, Mika Jacoby-Pati, Rosie Muirhead.

Genevieve Jensen, Luka Rissman, Jack Hewitt, Malia McLellan, Samara Paxton-Penman, Ben McMurtrie, Sandie Foster, Emy Roberts, Jennifer Gregson, Mabo Yau, Aaron Heald, Kieran McClintock, Caitlin Scalabrini, Rita Browne, Mr Welch, Jacob Burgess, Jake Rambande Dewage, Rama Marrow, Gemma Hollis, Alex Jensen. Absent: Taliea Burdett-Rhodes, George D'Urban-Burgess, Lizzie Houston, Luke Mackinnon, Draco Pareta, Rowan Quigley, Carla Sanders, Cole Sussock.

Michael Gregson, Alex Barnes, Elena Cooper, Serge Sweeney, Zac Farmiloe, Cam Taylor, Stephanie Owen, Bianca Millar, Brenna Sullivan, Matthew Telfer, Liam Donoghue, Charlie Green, Alyssa Gore, Mrs Stimson, Rosa McChesney, Reagan Shalley, Luca Herbulot, Abbie Lethbridge, Atlantis Pareta. Absent: Jonathan Bassett, Marlon Fa'ale, Saffy Flaherty, Logan Jones, Lily Powell, Teue Sika, Carissa Smith.

Nicholas Mulock-Houwer, Ben Powell, Emily Martin, Tenaija Fletcher, Patrick Yorke, Alisha Callahan, Annabella Newton, Jack Lanyon, Kaitlyn Monti-Ellery, Bella Casanelia, Mili Ah-Lee, Levi Lonsdale, Larz Schedewy-Johnson, Luca Issell, Mrs Searle, Jacques Millar, Joe Kuwano, Isabel Mather, Mollie Rouse, Absent: Matthew Bowyer, Daisy Flavell, Emily Mahady, Tekaretaake Nawaia, Katelyn Rankin, Shunichi Suetsugu, Charlee Fraider.

What a year Yellow has had! Starting off with Interhouse Swimming (back in the banana suits!), we had a great turnout and the energy was awesome! Haka and Basketball were close 2nd and 3rds followed by Athletics, Futsal & Jump Jam (thanks for 4th, George!). The amount of effort and energy that everyone put into the activities and costumes has been amazing, so thanks to everyone for doing us proud! Having grown up in Yellow House for the 7 years of being here at Mahu, we are going to miss it; but good luck for next year! Emily, Kate & Cayle

Harrison Mann, Zoe Peacock, Megan Heald, Sophie Mahady, James McMurtrie,Saffron SchedewyJohnson, Zahli Lethbridge, Atangibuti Kamarie, Kiki Shalley, Pete Chow, Kahn Thompson, Liam MacFarlane, Morgen Meredith, Brooke Mirfin, Mr Frost, Ioue Lanyon, Tara Chieng, Cayden Steffener, Leo Rissman, Mike Chui. Absent: Aleicha Burdett-Rhodes, Rosie Chapman-Wilding, Intuane Fa'ale, Paige Jones, Caleb Ripley, Vincent Schroeder.

Kody Mayes, Aniwa Heke, Fletcher Shaw, Patrick Mackinnon, Anna Pashley, Jamie Dalzell, Tamsin Greenwood, Deja Pareta, Seb Pearce, Jonathan Gregson, Tristan Melling, Mr Koers, Josh Blair, Ruby Taylor, Amy McMurtrie, Christian Patterson, Ned Parker, Blake Ryburn. Absent: Hinata Aki, Alexa Clifton, Leah Jones, Jordan Lonsdale, Nadia Schedewy, Kyuss Scott, Nicolas Sturm.

Alexander Rutherford, Ana Fine, Grace Lewis, Lockie O'Neill, Zayde Wyatt, Dayna Edwards, Khadija Clarke, Eddi Rhedfern, Kieran Kearns, Jess Palmer, Joshua Burgess, Portia Houston, Samara Melling, Harry Sharpe, Luci Millar, Ziggy Neely, Josh Bowyer, Jackson Edwards, Toby Hewertson, Jodie Shaw, Thomas Peacock, Mr Dockery, Isabella Gipps, Cleo Carmichael, Charlotte Gardner. Absent: Phoebe Georgetti Davina Jones, Leilani Jones.

Grace Whiting, Volaki Meafou, Sota Takeda, Daniel Russell, Takimoana Phillips, Matteo McClintock, Bella Kenney, Wei Shin Chong, Koharu Shino, Liam Jamieson, Anna Downs, Zara Yorke, Kaea Heke, Hannah Spragg, Minnie Stratton, Hannah Donoghue, Ashton Werner, Ms Wade, Zoe Parry, Lily Newall, Mia Mills, Troy Olssoncz, Max Stenbeck, Benjamin Baukie, Absent: Trinity Beardmore, Holly Hewitt, Jack Rodgers.

INTERHOUSE Athletics GREEN HOUSE WIN

Another fantastic Interhouse Athletics event was held in March; the highlight of the Interhouse calendar. Students joined into the event with great gusto, and Green House found themselves the eventual winners followed by Orange in second place and Blue in third. Best dressed teacher was Mrs Goodwyn with her fabulous face green and white painting, and best dressed student was Jennifer Gregson in a cute yellow number. The day was captured by Davina Jones, Emma Foote & Connor Simpson.

INTERHOUSE Jump Jam GREEN HOUSE WIN

The final Interhouse event for the year was Jump Jam, which enjoyed a great turn out. Green house were the overall winners followed by Blue in 2nd place and Orange in 3rd in their denims. Thanks to the wonderful judges and to Karlie Stanbra for running the event.

INTERHOUSE Haka

BLUE & ORANGE HOUSE WIN

The haka competition was an intensely fought battle by all 6 houses. The judges awarded the trophy for 2019 to Blue and Orange Houses - it was too close to call a clear winner. Red came in second followed by a tie between Green,Purple and Yellow. The prefects performed their haka followed by a repeat performance by Blue and Orange, with all the houses joining in at the end, to close out another great afternoon's House competition. Thanks to Emma Foote & Davina Jones for the awesome photography.

INTERHOUSE Swimming ORANGE HOUSE WIN

Congratulations to Orange House; winners for Interhouse Swimming 2019! The year's first house event was a bright and high energy occasion, going off without a problem, even under threat of bad weather. Well done to everyone who attended and a big thank you to all the students and teachers who ran the event! Thanks to Davina Jones, Samara Shore and Emma Foote for taking photos.

Kapa Haka TIHEI MAURI ORA. In Term 1 our Senior Kapa Haka group attended the Te Taitokerau festival up at Whangarei Girls High. With the introduction of a new haka and using the taiaha for boys and girls using patu. Our performance was a shining light of what is possible when you have students committed to each other. Aniwa Heke being Wahine Kaitataki and Tamatea Winiana Tane Kaitataki lead with mana and kaha to make the audience sit up and pay attention.

Term 2 was a quiet term while the group started to learn their new programme preparing for the Kaipara Festival in November, but we did manage to visit Summerset Retirement Village.

During the First Term holidays the Kapa Haka again performed at the RSA for ANZAC day.

The group had alot to prepare for Term 4 as they had the Kaipara Festival being

Term 3 had the Kapa Haka group performing at the Amberlea Rest home which was very much appreciated by the residents.

hosted by Kaipara College, Vets Luncheon at the RSA, where the Kapa Haka group not only performed old Maori war songs but a number of Vera Lynns catchy World War songs also. To end the year the Kapa Haka group went on their Road Show Performance. The Kapa Haka strives to develop positive relationships within the group and within the community. Michael Winiana

Pasifika Pasifika KAM NA MAURI, Talofa, Malo Lelei, Talofa Lava, Bula Vinaka, and a warm greeting from the Pasifika group of Mahurangi College. This year kicked off with the privilege of performing at the A&P show where the girls were able to embrace their love for dancing and sharing the vibes from the Pacific Islands. Next in our performance list of the year, was the Primary School Kiribati Independence Celebration with our brothers, sisters and cousins. We also performed for the residents at Amberleigh Resthome and were able to wear our new printed t-shirts, our thanks to the Friends of Mahu for the donation and to past student Tauua for the design. This year we once again attended Polyfest and Aganuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;u, 4 year groups also had great days at PILOT. We have had the privilege of a weekly session with mentors from North Harbour Sports during which we have played games, held workshops & made some yummy food. In the first week of this term we played volleyball against the staff and some of us were invited into whanau classes to teach something of our culture. Congratulations this year go to Elaine for winning the year 10 speech competition and to Kotua for being one of only 20 students from New Zealand who were chosen to attend a leadership course in Rarotonga. His thanks go to all those who helped make this possible. If thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one thing that 2019 has taught us, it would be to never doubt ourselves and to ask for a helping hand whenever it's needed.

THE student learning centre IT HAS BEEN ALL GO FOR the Student Learning Centre in 2019. The camps and school wide outdoor activities in Term 1 certainly kept the students fit and active. Our students participated in Year 13, Year 7 and Year 8 camps with great enthusiasm.

We were fortunate to have the team from ‘Circability’ come and introduce us to some circus and performance based activities. We became quite expert at spinning plates and juggling balls and were joined by some of our ex-students and friends from AIM for these sessions. It was fun being able to share the learning experiences together.

Chontel-rose will be turning 21 in Term 4 and this event will be celebrated! We farewelled students at the end of 2018 and this year we will be saying ‘haere rā’ to three of our seniors as they move onto the next stage of their lives.

A visit to Goat Island Marine Discovery Centre was a highlight. The staff there taught us about the sea creatures that can be found in the marine reserve. Some of us were more confident at picking up the creatures in the touch tanks than others! We learned about some of the things we can all do to help look after our marine environment.

Thanks to the staff and students who have supported our students in 2019 to participate in all that Mahurangi College has to offer.

Our regular events such as Special Olympics on the North Shore continued. Our teams acquitted themselves well and returned with ribbons to show for their efforts. We continued our weekly visits to the Warkworth Library in Terms 2 and 3. The students were treated to some great sessions run by the library staff.

We wish them all the best.

Penny Bates

internationals internationals MY YEAR IN NEW ZEALAND has recently come to an end. It was a really worthwhile experience that I will never forget. The International Student director gave us the choice between heaps of subjects - of which my favourite subjects were Hospitality, (we got to cook and bake so many cool dishes) and Art Painting. The trips, the college arranged, around the country were fantastic and we got to experience all New Zealand had to offer from Hobbit holes to river rafting in the South Island. It all made my year a trip of a lifetime. My host family became like my second family over the year, they showed me all the natural highlights in the area and I enjoyed the trips with them a lot. Now I´m back in Germany, I´m so happy that I´ve met wonderful people who made my stay so awesome. Johanna Hugel.

JUNIORSCHOOL

IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER WONDERFUL year in our Year 7 and 8 classrooms. With our four syndicates, Tui, Kea, Huia and Pouakai exploring an eclectic mix of topics under the umbrella concepts of PRIDE, Heritage, Consumerism and Sustainability & Kaitiakitanga (Guardianship). Where possible our core subjects of math, English, science and social science were integrated into these concepts.

As well as our camps, education outside the classroom has taken us to the Warkworth Museum and Wenderholm. We have also had visitors come in from Attitude, Life Education, Rhythm Interactive, World Vision and many experts from our local community. In Term 3 this year we held a Trade Fair afternoon/evening where we show cased our efforts inquiring into consumerism. Students investigated a wide range of ideas and presented an equally wide range of projects from photographic reports to upcycled items for sale to board games to company development to investigative journalism to mock reality TV episodes, and more.

With the introduction of Digital Technologies to the New Zealand Curriculum in 2020 we have continued to be a head of the game, incorporating computational thinking into many areas of our core teaching and exploring creative programming through the use of microbit sets purchased for every classroom. PRIDE awards have encouraged our students to strive to live our values of: Pursuing excellence; Respecting self, other and our place; being Innovative and curious; Determined and resilient; and Empathetic and kind. We have also continued to build on our lifelong learning habits of managing self, relating to others, participating and contributing, thinking and using language, symbols and texts. We are very proud of the work completed by our forward thinking Year 7s and 8s. Caroline Armstrong

In the

Y R A IL BR A day in library life...

Open the doors at 8.00 am and by 8.30am 100+ students have wandered in enjoying the warmth of the newly installed heat pumps. The computers are in demand with students printing assessments. The bell goes and there is a rush to issue a book or an ipad. Class times can be hectic or quiet, there is no day the same. First this morning we have L2 History researching and writing up their current topic, using the curated websites and boxes of print resources. Before lunch we have Year 7 and 8 classes in for their library session. Some finish work, some complete a task in the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Explore the Libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; booklets and others are curled up on a bean bag quietly reading. One of the library staff demonstrates how to log on to the Wheelers eplatform app to access audio and ebooks. Next a Year 9 and 10 class for reading. Staff book talk some new titles and then help individual students with their book choices. Lunchtime the student librarians and library prefects arrive. Friendly chatter and laughter resound in our workroom space. Then they are busy with their tasks. Today the prefects are assisting with a makerspace activity. Soon paper planes are flying in all directions. A couple of teachers come in and join the fun. Period 5. The day is nearly over. Time to change the themed display. In between all the days activity we complete a book order adding in the student requests, prepare a report for the library committee, read through the notes from our National Library network meeting and discuss plans for2020. Jeanette Cornege-Dill - Library Manager

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Camp Ruakaka IN TERM 1, ALL OUR YEAR 7 classes had a wonderful time at Marsden Bay Christian Camp. Kea syndicate enjoyed the sunny north from February 18th - 20th, with the Tui team following them on the 20th- 22nd. This was the first time we had taken a three day camp with our Year 7s and it certainly made for a superb start to the school year. It was a wonderful time for our new Mahurangi students to get to know each other and challenge themselves with activities like flying fox, waterslides, paddle boarding, kayaking, archery, target shooting and more. Shane Gould of Blue Light was instrumental in providing many if the wide range of activities the children were able to participate in. In the evenings the students impressed us with their talents competing for camp bragging rights through performing a vast array of skits, jokes and songs. The camp was made all the more successful by the enthusiastic group of parents who gave up their time to come and run the activities. As always we owe them a huge debt of gratitude as school camps like this would not be possible without them. This was the first time we had visited this particular camp site, we had so much fun we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to take the 2020 group.

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OUR YEAR 8's HAD AN ACTION PACKED start to Term 2 with a trip to Camp Adair Hunua Ranges. Our nine classes spent three days and two nights away together. The camp was a brilliant chance for the students to experience new challenges, push themselves outside their comfort zones and make new friends. Instructors lead our groups through excellent activities such as a variety of high ropes courses, a very muddy confidence course, archery, raft building, orienteering, team building and an epic water slide. We were so proud of our students as we saw them living our school values and showing determination, resilience, respect, empathy and kindness. Thank you to our wonderful students, parent helpers and teachers for making Year 8 Camp 2019 such a success.

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THE YEAR 9's RETURNED safely from the Karangahake Gorge wet, muddy and beaming. Some of the programme had to be modified due to the higher than normal river levels and tents had to be bailed out and relocated early on in the programme, but the teachers and parents saw real growth in our students as they faced challenges and overcame them. Thank you to the parents who gave up the comforts of home to come with us and to the teachers who plan and prep for camp and keep us to schedule. Particular thanks to our new prefects for 2019 who generously gave their time and were exemplary in their conduct and dealing with the year 9â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. We are all very proud of our students.

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IT'S JUST ON DUSK AND the Kawau Kat is mid channel between ‘Man O War Passage’ - Great Barrier Island and Little Barrier Island. The vessel glides to a slow idle as a huge pod of dolphins surrounds it. These graceful creatures are jumping and cavorting all around the boat, dancing in around it's wake. Everyone aboard is at the railings taking in the fantastic spectacle. The captain reckons it’s the most dolphins he’s ever seen in one place - possibly over a hundred. What a fitting climax to our week away, tramping and camping around the northern reaches of Great Barrier Island. Five groups of 20 or so students, parents and staff had set out from Sandspit five days earlier, to arrive early dawn at Port Fitzroy. From there each set out for a different location to begin the hikes along the Kiwiriki, Mt Hobson, Haratoanga and the Tramline trails. The tramps are tough, strenuous uphill and down again battles in the blazing heat

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of the day. But the party conquered all as the numerous blisters, cuts, scrapes and aching muscles can attest. Each group has their own special moment, whether that was fighting off the sharks at Haratoanga Beach, feasting on the eels at ‘The Green’, swimming lazily around ‘Busch’s Beach’ or taking the terrifying mattress drop at Okiwi School. Unfortunately another great camp had to come to an end. The students coming away with a new found respect for their endurance and many great new friendships and experiences to remember for a lifetime. If you ever get a chance - you have to go, it’s just too good an expedition to miss out on. For the record Mr King’s Baker Company took top honours in the ‘Great Barrier Island Idol Variety Show' with a very tuneful and heartfelt rendition of their version of 'The Cup Song’. Russell Stirling - T/c Year 13 Camp.

Rotorua AT THE END OF TERM 2, 48 students went down to Rotorua on the Level 1 Geography Trip, staying in individual cabins at Tui Ridge. We were studying the sustainable use of the Geothermal resources for a 3 credit internally assessed standard. We visited the Skyline Skyrides, where Mr Gipps retained his crown as staff luge champion, Kuirau Park, Te Puna, NZMACI and even found time for a swim and spa at the Aquatic Centre. The students were fantastic and the learning excellent. A big thank you to the staff and parents who made the trip possible.

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IN APRIL, THE YEAR 12 GEOGRAPHY classes headed to Tongariro Natural Environment to carry out their geographic research. After a long 7 hour bus ride with plenty of sightseeing stops we arrived at the Rangipo Desert to carry out the first lot of data collection alongside getting the hang of the geographic equipment. Each of the many groups collected, observed, took photos, sketched, collaborated in the cold winds in the Rangipo. After the data collection everyone was eager to get to our home for the next 3 nights; Pipers Lodge. We emerged the next day out of our rooms with an early breakfast at 6:30am and headed out to the beginning of the Tongariro Crossing. A large 19 km walk starting from the Mangatepopo Valley to the Ketetahi Springs continuing walking past Mt Ngauruhoe, once up along the ridgeline a strong chilly wind picked up giving us a fight against the elements to make it to the red crater and the emerald lakes alongside seeing the sights of many astonishing geographic processes along the way. Each hill, twist and turn never seemed to stop. Once we made it to the peak of Mt Tongariro and the cloud cleared, the astonishing view

of the crater lake and emerald lakes come into view. Breathtaking. Even enduring the walk up the Devilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s staircase (which is aptley named) was well worth the struggle - the feeling having completed it is still with me today. That night we drove back to Pipers Lodge (our basecamp) and got ready for the feast at the Chateau. Having dinner at the Chateau that night was our way of celebrating the successful crossing of the Tongariro environment. Everyone got dressed up and enjoyed the evening even finishing the night of with ping pong and pool. The next day we finished off the collection of the data in the Rangitoto Podocarp forest and wrapped up the day in Ohakune (town of the giant carrot) and headed home the next day with many memories left in our heads of this fantastic geography trip. A special thanks goes out to all the parents and teachers that helped make this trip possible- literally couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have done it without you. Shona Illingworth L2 Student.

CHINA 18 STRANGERS ON A TRIP of a lifetime. 21 days, 10 cities, 5 trains, 4 planes and so many amazing sights. Accompanied by Helen Elder and Qing Zhang we set off for China in the September holidays. This trip was full of many different cultural experiences which forced us to step outside of our comfort zones as we navigated the food, the language, the heat and the people. From the Great Wall of China where we stood in awe as the sun set over the mountains to the vibrant city of Shanghai, we embraced all that we encountered. We watched students

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perform jaw dropping feats of strength and agility during a kung fu performance and participated in a wide range of activities from cooking classes to hiking and biking in the Guilin region and along the city walls of Xian. We were wowed by the Terracotta Warriors and learnt to barter hard in the local markets. The days were long but time flew quickly. We left as strangers but are now friends for life.

SPIRIT OF ADVENTure

A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to our dedicated, amazing and talented Spirit of Adventure team! The team of ten Year 10 students along with Mr Howson and 13 crew members took part in the schools' challenge, competing against 3 other schools. Our team had an amazing time and overcame some personal, mental and physical challenges throughout the week. But the whole team had an absolute blast. Meeting new lifelong friends and creating memories they will never forget. Some highlights of the trip were: breathtaking views of the sunset, swimming with a pod of dolphins, playing beach games ashore. Sitting in the sun and watching the waves rolling by and singing songs with new friends. The team were involved in both land and water based activities. Such as learning how to work the sails of the ship, helping to cook and serve meals, cleaning duties around the ship, rowing trips to and from shore,

nightwatch duties, beach games, as well as lots of different activities and games on the boat.

The freezing 6.30am swims in the morning certainly woke the teams up for each day. Certainly making them appreciate the 3 second warm shower afterward. The team slept in a very tight sleeping space with all the girls in one cabin and boys in another. With no room to move. The teams also had to learn various knots to use throughout the boat on the ropes. The teams put these knots to use during night games which the teams participated in during the evenings. These included building small towers, writing songs and team chants and flags. As well as charades and writing in our log books about our adventure. Our mahu team had a blast throughout the week on the spirit of New Zealand and no doubt made lifelong friends and memories that they will never forget. Madeline Martin

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ART TRIPS

Level 2 Design visits the Sculptureum I can remember in Year 8, planning a time in the summer where I could dress up, go out with my friends and see the gorgeous pieces of art that these sculpture gardens house. Flash forward 4 years to the beginning of Level 2 Design and I finally got the chance to go. On arrival, this quickly became one of the prettiest places I had ever been to. One of my favourite sculptures was right at the start, inviting us in was a little bronze fawn encouraging us to sit and take photos. I love the beauty of this gorgeous young doe and she started the trip off with a high because I got a really good photo with her! Along our walk through the first garden, we met with statues of lions, giraffes, little children, dogs, and so much more. The walk isn't just sculptures; it is a wonderful and exciting journey through pathways surrounded by the most beautiful sculptures, live animals, reflective quotes and blooming botanics. There are three gardens which extend over 1.5km; each step is completely worth it. I think it was the great variety of art that struck me the most; whether you love animal sculptures or geometric inspired work there was something for everyone. There are realistic, or cartoon-like sculptures, even some lego heads appeared. This trip quickly became one of my top school trips, the memories of these gardens lasting forever. So, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ever in Matakana, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d plan a trip! Candice Brewer

L2 & 3 Art Painting students visit the city In early May the Year 12/13 Art Painting class visited the Auckland Art Gallery. We had a really good day and everyone came back excited having learnt about some key New Zealand artwork and discovering some new techniques. We spent the first 3/4 hour looking at art in the gallery, which included Colin McCahon, Rita Angus and Gretchen Albrecht. The students worked in groups discussing the techniques and messages conveyed in the art works. We then went to the studio where the students were taken through a series of collaborative exercises, which enabled them to focus on thinking about each mark or technique and how they related together in a work. They were able to experiment with a range of different materials from eye droppers, sponges, rollers, scrapers, gel mediums etc. The workshop ended with the students creating an A3 work using any of the experimental techniques they had discovered in the workshop. Sally Mayday

HISTORY LEVEL 3 HISTORY STUDENTS, myself and Mr Johnston embarked on a two day trip to the Bay of Islands to research an historical event of significance to New Zealanders. The event being the lead up to and the aftermath of the signing of The Treaty of Waitangi and the importance of the areas within the Bay of Islands. Mr Johnston is our Northern War expert and brought to life the individuals, tensions, conflict and battles that were to engulf the

area. We visited Ruapekapeka Pa which enabled us to see the basic layout of Kawiti’s ‘batnest’ then on to Russell (Kororareka) via the Opua car ferry to tour Pompallier House; the former headquarters of the French Catholic missionaries to the Western Pacific. Next up was a trip to the Waitangi Treaty grounds and new museum that has a wealth of resources held there. Students were also able to explore both The Treaty house where James Busby - the British

Governments representative to New Zealand, conducted his business and the beautiful Te Whare Rūnanga (the House of Assembly) meeting house that was built facing the Treaty House. The two buildings together symbolising the partnership agreed between Māori and the British Crown. The students proved themselves to be worthy ambassadors of the college and it was a pleasure to take them on this trip. Mrs Stimpson

Level 1 History students explore the archives of the Auckland Museum. IN MARCH, LEVEL ONE HISTORY students ventured off to The Auckland War Memorial Museum. This trip was organised in order to support the students in their inquiries into the battles that New Zealanders were involved in during WW1. Students chose to look at the campaigns in Gallipoli, Passchendaele and the Somme as well as the liberation of Le Quesnoy. The students were able to visit the Scars on the Heart exhibition plus the two new research libraries that have been opened. Pou Maumahara has an extensive collection of resources to use plus willing museum volunteers that pointed the students in the right direction. Pou Kanohi was more interactive with students able to dress as soldiers and use virtual reality to see the impact of the guns on the Western Front. Our students were also able to collect primary resources the interactive system which could be accessed at school.We look forward to reading the students findings. The Year 11’s proved themselves to be wonderful ambassadors for the school and it was a pleasure to spend the day with the group.

the DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD THE AWARD STUDENTS HAVE TO spend several months participating in a physical activity, learning a new skill and volunteering in the community. They also take part in an adventurous expedition or exploration. This year the Bronze award students practiced tramping and camping at Tawharanui reserve and then did their qualifying journey tramping up Rangitoto island and across to a campsite on Motutapu island. They covered 24 km carrying full packs and had fun exploring the WWII bunkers, volcanic lava caves and island scenery. Silver award students explored the impact of visitors on our forests. They tested their fitness, bike skills and head for heights in Woodhill forest and researched information ready for their qualifying exploration. This took part in the Redwoods in Rotorua where they walked through the trees on a Canopy tour and learnt about conservation efforts. They also went mountain biking and tramping on various tracks through the forest. They presented their findings in a video report a few weeks later.

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YEAR 10 SOCIAL STUDIES left for the capital at the end of last year to see some of your national archives and treasures. Day 1 they visited the National Library to see the Declaration of Independence - He Whakatupunga, the documents of the Treaty of Waitangi - Te Tiriti O Waiting and the suffrage petition of 1893. Day 2 was a great day at Te Papa including Gallipoli, The Scale of our War exhibition, time in the parliament debating chamber followed by valuable time with Minister Tracey Martin. The students had an amazing time, represented the school well, and thoroughly enjoyed the trip.

PEER MEDIATION Keeping our school safe and positive

IT HAS BEEN MY GREAT HONOUR to lead the Peer Mediation Team this year. We have been working hard to help the school to solve the problems of bullying. I have gained a lot of knowledge from being part of the team for the last 2 years and have seen every side to mediation at Mahurangi College. What we are doing here is going to create a huge difference for our school as the trained team go from strength to strength. I have enjoyed being able to help people work out their problems and work together with people who don’t get along in order to improve their lives and happiness at school. Our team this year has been very strong and I would like to see it continue to grow over the next few years. The events that we ran over the year such as Pink Shirt Day and Peace Week were enjoyable. A group of us also benefited from attending the Peace Symposium this year which was very informative and provided the members of the Mediation team that attended with some valuable information. We met together in Auckland with other student mediation teams and some great speaker. Next year’s theme is “Peace and The Arts’ for those lucky enough to attend. I think mediation is a great tool to help students gain confidence in themselves, help others along the way and it is a terrific method for combating bullying though learning to understand ourselves and others more deeply. Jessica Benwell

MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNCIL THE COUNCIL STARTED THE YEAR with a leadership program organised by Mrs Taylor and Mr and Mrs Johnston. Some of our group then went down to Warkworth Primary School to do interactive leadership activities with their Junior Council, helping them to improve and expand on their skills of being a leader. They then helped to organize Maori Language Week and set up the assembly hall with rako sticks, flax weaving, poi making, and other fun activities in addition to some awesome kai. Our events group has made a few videos demonstrating our PRIDE values and our environmental group is working on a project to help clean up our school by making bins more attractive and improving cleanups. For the end of the year, we have organized an intergenerational tour of the school for some of the elder members of our community.

DANCE

IT HAS BEEN A VERY EXCITING year in the Dance department this year! Dance classes were extended into year 12, and continued to run at years 7-11. A new auditioned performance group was created, called Impulse Dance Group, to cater for the vast numbers of talented dancers here at Mahu. This ran alongside Momentum Dance Company, training weekly and performing at various events throughout the year including school assemblies, the Dance Showcase, Cultural Blues and at Amberlea Rest Home in Algies Bay. Dance Club continued to run at lunchtimes for most of the year, along with a new Hip Hop Group. Both of these groups were open to anyone who wanted to attend, and each had students from a range of year levels involved. Earlier in the year, the Level 1 Dance Class went to see Aladdin at the Civic Theatre in Auckland to inspire them towards their musical theatre performance at the Dance Showcase. Dancers of all levels were also treated to an Afro Dance Fusion Workshop with Antonio Bukhar this year - a high energy class full of body movement and lots of sweat! Momentum Dance Company represented Mahurangi College at the DanceNZMade Interschool Auckland Regional competition in August, with some great results. Brandon Lewis received a nomination and went on to compete his solo at the national competition later in the year. Some students from Momentum also represented the college at the Bay Salsa Festival, performing on a national stage and learning from a range of national and international dancers.

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THE AUDITORIUM WAS ALIVE with the sound of music in June, as 62 students and countless crew worked hard to arrange a rendition of the iconic show “The Sound Of Music”. With all four matinees and three evening performances sold out, the response to the show was outstanding. The heartwarming story tells of Maria Rainer (played by Emily Martin), a tomboyish postulant from an Austrian Abbey who is sent to be a governess at a household with seven children run by a widowed naval captain (played by Tolstoy Hardie). With music and free-spirited joy being introduced back into the house, Maria and The Captain find themselves falling for one another, and soon get married. Unfortunately; the post-war political regime of the time forces the family to escape Austria and seek a home elsewhere.

The camaraderie that formed between cast members and crew was fantastic with people breaking into song backstage, inside jokes being formed and an all-round determination being shown. The many classic songs which were sung by both cast and audience alike such as “The Hills Are Alive”, “Do, Re Mi”, and “Sixteen Going On Seventeen” were thanks to the dedicated team of musicians led by the talented Mitchell Houlbrooke. Most of the costumes, which lit up the stage, were designed and created by the director; Mrs Wendy Sutherland (with over 730 hours worth of sewing) as well as Vicky and Maureen Davies. Many ex-students such as Alex Hill and Sam Wakelin volunteered in the back-

stage and tech which gave the show it’s final polished look. The endless support from staff, parents and volunteers from the community was invaluable; with countless people giving their time and talents in many forms. Being her last school production as director, Wendy Sutherland worked harder than ever to bring this amazing show to life, and all the cast and crew are forever grateful. Start to finish, the show was energetic, uplifting and moving. With a standing ovation and the public asking for more performances, the response couldn’t have been better. Emily Martin

MUSIC 2019 HAS SEEN THE BAND programme flourish at the College. The Kahui Ako Band has mushroomed with 40 plus players now. The band continues to support primary aged students who join us to practise on Wednesdays before school. It has been really satisfying to see those students who were at primary in 2018 now become second year players and wear the Mahurangi College uniform this year. This is our philosophy for growing a band, in action. The Stage Band continues on Wednesday afternoons and there are students who have moved up from the Kahui Ako and are now playing in this band as a natural stepping stone. There are also a few who play in both bands they are so keen. The Jazz Combo has added Alex Bindon on bass guitar this year and Robbie Ennis on drums - two talented and experienced musicians from Year 12 and this group has been ably led by Drew Janssen on guitar this year.

GIGS & CONCERTS THE JAZZ COMBO ATTENDED the Roger Fox Big Band Workshops and Concert at the end of May, which was a truly inspirational line-up of national and international jazz stars and gave rise to the advent of the turtle neck as staple uniform for this group. The Combo also participated in the 2019 Bay of Islands Jazz and Blues Festival and wowed everyone with their skill and pizzazz. The Band Showcase evening in August gave all the bands the opportunity to perform with a giant combined Kahui Ako Band and Stage Band rendition of the Farandole by Georges Bizet, as well as sax and brass ensembles, Harmony Group and the SmokeFree RockQuest best vocals winners, Elevate. Our staples of Cultural Blues and Senior and Junior Prize givings were also on our calendar as well as joint concerts with Warkworth Primary. In conclusion 2019 has been a great learning and playing year for us all and we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to see what unfolds for us in 2020! Lyn Dashper

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LEVEL 3 HOSPITALITY HAS GROWN by leaps and bounds this year. We have almost doubled the number of students, compared to last year, and currently about 40% of Year 13 students take Hospitality. The course is a great way to give them some basic cooking skills and nutrition knowledge

before they head off into the wider world.

The Hospitality students also get Barista training and finish with a Barista Certificate so they can be easily employed. The other students and staff are very happy about this because they get to buy the results at Mahuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Excellent Espresso Bar!

Other achievements this year include: catering for various staff and community functions and selling soup to the staff during Term 3. Additionally, we have a select group of students who are working with SLC students in the garden and are making some delicious treats, such as rhubarb crumble, from the produce. Debbie Hodder

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TECHNOLOGY DESIGN & VISUAL COMMUNICATION Design and Visual Communication students completed a range of creative designs this year, with Level 1 students designing a transportable shop, Level 2’s designing a beach house that considered the challenging ocean-front environment, and Level 3’s having open choice, including things like electric cars and bikes, an eco-village, a stadium, an exo-suit and even a space station plant lab!

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ENGINEERING students have honed their mechanical, cutting and marking out skills through a range of projects this year, lathing and machining raw metals, brazing and welding; to create a range of creative items and precision mechanical components. FURNITURE students have developed hand and machine tool use through various creative projects, including everything from deck chairs to ukuleles. They have learned valuable carpentry and other industry skills, and gained a range of practical credits that will set them up well for anything from home hobbies to future work in the construction industries. DESIGN TECHNOLOGY students have produced a range of innovative designs using cutting edge technology. Level 3 students have designed and constructed electric vehicle’s for the EVolocity competition. Level 2 students designed and constructed swing chairs with laser-cut inlays, and finished up with their own custom designed and 3D printed drones.

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Design Tech IN YEAR 13 DESIGN TECHNOLOGY, students complete one project: The Evolocity Electric Vehicle. The Evolocity competition is a unique event in New Zealand where teams compete in a range of events to decide who has built the best electric vehicle. It includes 2 and 3+ wheel events with the regionals held in Auckland in September and the nationals in Hamilton in November. This competition helps prepare students for exciting 21st century careers and empowers them to create a more sustainable future. Once again the Mahu entrants did incredibly well. A massive congratulations to our teams who took out the following: Fastest in Drag Race Thors Hammer (Takimoana, Lars and Fletch) Best Economy Run Scent of Musk (Robbie, Cayle and Nathan) Fastest in Street Circuit Show Award (Best across all categories) Killer Watt (Rikuto, Joseph, Thomas and Lucas) Most Innovative Engineering Trike tribe (Kyle, Jared, Corry and Kelly) Three of our four teams - Thors Hammer, Scent of Musk and Killer Watt - will be heading to the National Competition on 23 November, in Hamilton. Paul Lenihan

TEXTILES y g o l o n Tech

TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS have had heaps of fun designing and making a range of projects this year. The most popular garment was a screen printed hoody that the Year 10 students made from scratch. The students surprised themselves with how well the fleece hoodies turned out and they had many compliments at the Technology Showcase. Senior students challenged themselves by adapting patterns to make fashionable and unique garments, learning new techniques and processes on the way. Garments included fleece tops, fully lined Bomber

jackets and denim garments that included 3D printed elements, laser cutting and LED lights. The focus was on future textiles and how fabrics and components are being made from unexpected sources. The Year 13 students used digital printing to create their fabric designs and then incorporated this into a garment. Trips this year included a visit to AUT Fashion course, Auckland Art Gallery to experience the Pasific Sisters fashion exhibition and Auckland Museum to see a fascinating exhibition on Bags throughout history and different cultures. Gail Smith

CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY ACADEMY

THE CONSTUCTION ACADEMY was established this year as part the Board of Trustees's Vision to provide a meaningful and effective pathway for students to enter a career in the construction trades. A national and global skills shortage has created opportunity for students to “earn while they learn” in a trade and the Construction Academy allows students to experience various related trades through carefully planned work experience opportunities to ensure they make informed career choices when they leave school. Students in Yr 12 and 13 are enrolled with the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation ( BCITO) and thus gain credits towards towards their future apprenticeship as well as their NCEA qualification. Besides offering skills and theoretical

knowledge, great emphasis is placed on the student’s all round work readiness by building their confidence, self esteem and capacity to work in a team. Partnering with local businesses and experienced tradesmen has proven very successful thus far and have successfully placed several students in full time apprenticeships already. We aim to develop a greater awareness about the significant opportunity in the trades that remains relatively unknown to many students. "We don’t know what we don’t know"- giving students the opportunity to meaningfully expand their knowledge and experience in the trades while at school is significant; it brings purpose and urgency to their learning which spills over to all aspects of their schooling. Mr Hugo Vaughan

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SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY is offered to Years 7-10 as a Tech Option. In Sustainability class students look at the connections between people, the environment and profit. As a class, students investigate problems and take action to try and make a difference. This year we have been running the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recycling program. With over 70 classrooms offering recycling, it takes an entire Year 9 class of dedicated students to get the bins emptied and returned in one hour. We have also been tackling the litter problem around the school, with students making anti-litter videos to show in assemblies. This spring we have started a school

garden where we are beginning to grow our own food. In addition we planted over 700 native trees on a local farm from seedlings we started growing last spring. Year 10 students learned about Kauri Dieback and made signs to keep students from going over the fences into the protected area. Lastly, twice this year we participated in shellfish monitoring in the Whangateau Harbourâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the information we collected is used by the ministry to evaluate the health of the area and to make decisions on harvesting in the harbour. It was a productive year and students really did make a difference around the school. Naomi Wade

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Commerce IT'S BEEN ANOTHER exciting year in the commerce department! The year kicked off with our Year 13's going to the Young Enterprise Timata (Kick Off) event at AUT. This involved the students taking their business idea and pitching to a variety of entrepreneurs to obtain initial feedback. The focus was on sustainability - reuse, recycle, repurpose. This year business ideas ranged from interactive grow kitsets, sustainable lighting solutions, reusable food wraps, biltong, charity organic chocolate pizza treats and kiribati traditional lollies. In early June the students went to AUT again to pitch their ideas in front of a panel of entrepreneurs. All teams perfected their pitches and did Mahu proud. There have been four main challenges during the year which all teams have submitted for. Final results results are due December 2019. In April business students were able to put in their application for a hotly contested place at Entrepreneurs in Action event. William Paterson and Ysabella Stevenson were successful in securing a place which took place in Wellington for a weekend of fast-paced competition as they tackled

two back-to-back business challenges. William said “ It was a life changing experience. I was with like minded individuals, fostered creativity and it really pushed me outside of my comfort zone. It was a memorable moment travelling down to Wellington and being paired up with strangers I had never met before doing different challenges!” In June and August we ran two very successful market days with our Year 10 Enterprise Classes, Year 11 Commerce and Business classes. As you can see fun times had by all. We were fortunate to have Graedon Parker co-founder of Organic Mechanic to come to speak to all the business and commerce students and participate in a Q&A about his entrepreneurial journey so far. Reiko Pham Year 12 was particularly inspired by his visit. “Graedon gave a very inspirational talk about how he set up his business with his friends on leaving University. It showed me what can be achieved if you have a passion.” Rebecca West

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WRITING COMPETITION WINNERS

Year 7 1st Place - Milla Reekie 2nd Place - Tessa Berger 3rd Place - Gemma Price

Year 9 1st Place - Luci Millar 2nd Place - Jodie Shaw 3rd Place - Lakshmi Ranju

Senior Creative 1st Place - Anais Bentley 2nd Place - River Usmar 3rd Place - Finley Lawlor-Mendez

Year 8 1st Place - Rosie Chapman Wilding 2nd Place - Rylie Travers 3rd Place - Sasha Jamieson

Year 10 1st Place - Chelsea Wilson 2nd Place - Zoe Knapp Spens-Black 3rd Place - Marie Putnam

Senior Academic 1st Place - Samuel Chitty 2nd Place - Grifin Crawford 3rd Place - Robbie Ennis

First Place - by Milla Reekie 1st Place Creative Writing, Year 7 When my Dad bought tickets to a rugby game, my face fell in annoyance. My name is Holly. I have bright green eyes, light brown, wavy hair and freckles dotted across my nose. I'm just an average 7 year old. Being an 'average 7- year- old' my favourite sport is NOT rugby. "How are you this upset Holly? We've even grabbed the best row; legs eleven!" Dad handed me the ticket and I wandered away, keeping my mouth shut. On the day of the rugby game, Dad was jittery with excitement. Flooding into the stadium were the supporters bearing signs to hold up during the big game. Suddenly, Dad grabbed my hand and I was dragged closer and closer to the roaring stadium. Once we were inside the restless stadium, Dad and I tried to find our seats through the anxious crowd. After we had located row 11, the rugby players started jogging out to the field, confident as anything. Dad couldn’t mask his excitement as the game began... Somewhere in the midst of the tackles and whistles and scrums and the balls flying up to the clouds, I needed to use the bathroom. “Yeah, yeah, okay,” Dad grumbled, showing that he knew where I was going. His grey, glassy eyes were still transfixed on the soaring rugby ball. Quickly, I walked through the sea of howling supporters and made my way to the bathrooms. Once I had finished in there, I wandered towards my seat, watching others buy snacks, drinks and flags bearing a team’s name. Without warning, the stadium erupted into chaos. “There must've been a try,” I thought to myself, “I should probably go back to my seat.” Eager to watch the rest of the game, I dashed through the stadium. Finally, I saw the seats. But where was mine? Dad was out of sight. After racking my brain, I realised I couldn’t remember my seat number. My heart skipped a beat; “Where was my Dad?” The crowd roared like rolling thunder. I stood frozen on the spot as the commentary of the game washed over me. My eyes were stinging and I felt a tear fall down my cheek. I had no idea what to do. I tried to remember the row we were seated in. “Dad probably wouldn’t realise I’m gone.” I cried to myself, remembering his eyes locked on the ball. Suddenly, the crowd exploded into cheering again. I looked up to the field and saw the try-scorer run a victory lap. The commentators were howling in disbelief: “And there’s legs eleven scoring yet another try...” - the rest was drowned out by the hollering supporters. And then I remembered something that Dad had said to me. Before he handed me the ticket; about legs eleven. I couldn’t remember exactly, but then it clicked. “How are you this upset Holly? We’ve even grabbed the best row; legs eleven!” Dashing through the rows of seats, my tears slid from my face and I couldn't help but smile. I could see the pom-pom on the top of Dad's rugby beanie bobbing up and down in the vast crowd. The plastic number 11 on the side of Dad's seat shone under the light. Panting, I ran over to take a seat beside him. "Where were you?! You missed two tries!!"

Making His Mark - by Rosie Chapman-Wilding 1st place, Creative Writing, Year 8 Easy job. Pick up some stuff for the Boss: get in, get out and don’t get greedy. Johnny had been given the address scribbled on the back of an old cigarette packet, which he now held firmly between nicotine stained fingers. He rounded a corner, confronting the house that lay before him. It must have been pretty when it was first built - but now? It was just eerie; ivy clambered up chipped red bricks, tiles sighed like old skin; weeds poked up through the frequent cracks in the concrete and the roof seemed to be attempting to swallow itself in some feeble attempt to survive. Johnny walked slowly towards a copper address plaque caked in thick black grime that shielded the number from view. Licking chapped lips he wiped the aged sludge away, revealing the address shielded beneath: 101 Kaipirau Drive. This was the place. Hacking up a ball of phlegm, he decided to decorate the plaque even further. Johnny’s steel capped boots strode slowly around to the house to a side door, stones crunching beneath his heavy frame. With one smooth motion, he darted his hand under a soggy mat, procured an ornate key and unlocked the raw wooden door. The door surrendered to his touch and opened, swirling a thick layer of dust that made him cough and splutter. As the dust danced, Johnny remembered a fact from school: 70% of all household dust is made from skin. He wished he remembered more things from Oakwood Grammar. Storm settling, Johnny sighed; flunking out of school had been his worst mistake. He had enjoyed it, been good at it even! But he had thrown it all away to hang out with a gang of older kids. They hadn't even liked him. Past reminiscing, he shook his head and surveyed minimal surroundings. Bare wooden floorboards had sunk with age and a single glinting light bulb hung from a fractured ceiling. Johnny searched for the light switch, fingers fumbling on wrinkled wallpaper. Finally his gnarled fingers tapped a switch, flicking it upwards and illuminating the room. Unhealthy eyes widened at what lay before him: silver watches, strings of pearls, bejewelled golden necklaces, wedding rings and bracelets were stashed about the room in mountainous piles. One pile in particular caught his attention - Rolexes and other watches. Intrigued, Johnny sauntered towards it. He had never had enough money to afford a Rolex himself. Crouching down casually, he picked up the nearest watch. Gold. Ruby studded. Nice. Don’t get greedy, the Boss had warned him. He shrugged. Over his wrist it went, landing heavily upon his Polynesian Mako tattoo. An abnormal chill settled upon the room. Eyes seemed to bore into his back as the light bulb pulsed momentarily. Breath catching heavily, Johnny spun around. Stony eyes glared at him. Or rather, the eyes of a tired angelic figure did. Allowing his lungs to flood once more with relief, he gazed at the silent figure playing its harp, stuck eternally on beige wallpaper. Breathing still ragged, he shrugged and returned his attention to the Rolexes. Why the heck are there so many valuables? His thought was quickly lost to a short attention span. Pacing slowly around the room and searching for more jewellery, another puzzle appeared before him. Johnny’s head cocked to the side as step by step he was drawn towards the wall. Fingers nervously flicked his Mako tattoo; (continues over)

Cont. he felt fearful, but did not know why. Sneezes came fast as his footfalls kicked up cyclonic clouds of dust. Johnny's hand was lured towards one of the tikis on the wall; it mocked him as his shaking fingers danced along. He froze. Where he had trailed his fingers along the wall, a raised trail appeared. Fear encased him as he went in for a closer inspection; the previously smooth paper was now covered in what resembled plucked chicken skin. His breath was torn from his lungs. Anxious pangs filled his chest. Realization struck. He grabbed frenziedly at his tattoo, staring at the thin green and blue ribbons that snaked within his own wrist. Sweat oozed from his brow in heavy beads. His heart skipped a beat. He stared at the ‘wallpaper’ in front of him, his own skin prickling up in exactly the same way. It wasn’t wallpaper: ‘Skin,’ he rasped. The light flickered off like his own fragile heartbeat. A soft clattering sound filled the room as a golden Rolex ricocheted off bare floorboards, scattered clouds of new-born dust sprites settling down upon it. Johnny could not be seen - save for a vivid black mark on the wall, where, mere moments ago, the boy’s nicotine-stained fingers had brushed.

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by Luci Millar 1st place, Year 9 Creative Writing I felt my hands tremble shaking around the built up sweat settled on my palm. I had never been so nervous. Tonight was my chance to show off my intelligence, tonight was the school’s well known Science Fair. The perfect opportunity for students to finally present their science experiments that took 7 head aching days and 8 dreadful nights to create. Crumpled uniform and well worn leather shoes filled the lit up hall. Bored smiles were painted on the teacher and parents' faces as they slowly made their way around the different science experiments that lined up along the everlasting rusty tables. Colourful posters and designs hang up around the hall. Hustling people wove around the different experiments. I glanced over to my experiment, a blackish brown volcano sat in the middle of a carefully arranged beach. Roughly formatted rocks were glued together to make a 15cm high volcano. A crimson red squiggly line rimmed the top of a volcano to make it look like lava was overflowing. My nose itches from the strange chemicals that traveled around the hall. Teachers, students and parents make a tightly huddled circle around me and my now fizzling volcano. I felt their eyes lock onto me, suddenly my heart was thumping out of my chest. I waited patiently for the loud chatter to stop using it as a sign when to start. Still waiting for the crowd's attention, the pesky chatters shattered when a deep husky voice barked “take it away”. Quickly my heart sank as I realised that Mrs Tranq was standing directly in front of me. Mrs Tranq had a brick like face, firmly fixed and grumpy. Mrs Tranq was the only person that quite physically sent sharp shivers down my spine. My hands danced uncontrollably as I grabbed the ingredients I needed, I then sprinkled them into the volcano model. I muttered about what I was doing to my interested audience. With my back against my model, my eyes were glued to the ground, too scared to make any sort of eye contact with Mrs Tranq. Suddenly the volcano grew angry, fizzing and crackling. I turned around to witness a plate sized chunk of red slime fly across the room then splatter all over Mrs Tranq. Shocked, parents cupped their hands over their mouths while students quietly giggled. Beneath the sticky slime I could see that Mrs Tranq’s bushy eyebrows were furrowed and I sensed the steam bursting out of her ears. I held my breath as I feared what was coming next. Mrs Tranq turned to me with a look that screamed “I want to hurt you.” She raised her hand that trembled with frustration then pointing to the flashing exit sign. I followed her pointed finger and paced my embarrassed self out of the hall. Slouching outside, my head was like a busy city, disappointment crowding my brain. I knew that after the hard work I did not manage to show off my intelligence but only show off that I was a nervous wreck.

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Society - by Chelsea Wilson

1st place, Year 10 Creative Writing

Society; you say it's ok to have different skin tones, but we hear whispers behind our backs, saying you prefer lighter to darker. It's no secret. Blonde hair, blue eyes beautiful? Black hair, brown eyes Not up to your standards? Society; you tell us how to act, look, speak, what friends to make, what posts to like. Is there something I’m missing? Should I starve myself to become likable, become artificial like the sweeteners I consume? Should I dye my hair and make it blonde, Wrap myself in someone else's skin? Should I or should I not change for you. You, Society, forget beauty is in the eye of the beholder, So shed the toxic bubble that's grown around you, like a second skin. Be careful, Society is a spider, waiting for you to fall into its web of lies and deceit.

When we Were Young- by Chelsea Wilson Faces shining with adoration, smiles reaching their eyes as they looked around; New people. New school. Everything being soaked in by curious faces. Everything can change in the space of a year; people grow older, smiles not reaching their eyes anymore, bored of the same routine. Friend groups split, fade into oblivion while we sit there wishing it was still the same. Fake. That is what everyone has become; no real smiles anymore hiding our identity with masks. Always following the same routine, while in the background everything falls...apart...by...the...seams. It may start with subtle fraying but fraying turns into rips and rips into holes. The holes in the soles of my shoes grow bigger as the school year ends but they won't disappear. Because when you walk away nothing reverts back to what it was a year ago I can see that but can you?

Sorry To Postmodern You: A Critical Reading of Postmodernism in Boots Riley’s 'Sorry To Bother You.' by Samuel Chitty - 1st place, Senior Academic Writing As humans, we have an innate desire to question the world around us. It is perhaps central to our very humanity to consider, criticise, and pull apart. These desires influence the way we interact with literature, forcing us into a constant evaluation of the content we are absorbing. Such principles are touchstones of postmodernism, which in practice seeks to deconstruct established modern ideals and movements. Postmodernism was born as a tool to unpick the modernist cultural movement, which itself was a reaction to Western transformation spurred by the industrialist shift. With a postmodernist boom observed in the mid-to-late twentieth century, society was soon alight with postmodernist examination, as we began to question our conditioning to act, behave and slave to particular ways of life. It was something which infected every facet of life - whether art, architecture or our entire social hierarchy. It is assumed by many that in its nature, postmodernism is indefinable. More accurately, postmodernism is an influence, and a perspective. Crucial to recognising the threads of postmodernism as an influence are the formative theorists, who give us the revisionist perspectives we can use to view our developing society. Sociologist Jean-Francois Lyotard presented the concepts of order/disorder, and their frail existence under what he coined as society’s pre-determined ‘grand narratives’. In line with this, French Philosopher Michel Foucault deals with ideas concerning knowledge and power, affirming that they exist as a rigid and inescapable form of social control, alongside Foucault’s grand narratives. The expressions of these theorists are crucial to postmodern understanding, and can be used as an exploration into our modern media. Sorry To Bother You (2018), directed by Boots Riley, can easily be examined through a postmodern lens. It is an absurdist romp following the meteoric rise of Cassius Green as a career telemarketer, and the problems that arise alongside his new profit and persona. Thanks to the theorists above, we can immediately identify the postmodern threads that run within the film. Concepts of knowledge and power are central to Cassius’ rise, so too are the ideas of order and disorder, with the film being alive with threats of anarchy and revolution. Examining the film via the application of Foucault and Lyotard’s theories confirms the extent that postmodern theory maintains a hold over our modern media. A touchstone of postmodernism is the acknowledgement toward the overarching structures which our society functions as a part of. Theorist Jean Lyotard coins these structures as grand- or master-narratives,

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affirming that “Totality, and stability, and order are maintained in modern societies through the means of [these] narratives, which are stories a culture tells itself about its practices and beliefs.” Here, Lyotard offers an affirmation that our culture within society is to slave to any given common goal. The desire of society as a whole gets ingrained in us, wearing us down so we have no choice but to accept these goal as truths. One such goal (and truth) in society is the focus on capitalism and wealth. However when we deconstruct this truth using postmodernism, we can expose these cycles of capitalism as being underpinned by both greed and a blind submission to collective desires. This holds true especially within Western society, evidenced through the world of Sorry To Bother You. While strictly outlined as fictitious, the setting of the film is identifiable as a satirical take on present-day California, and of wider America itself. After scraping his way into an entry-level telemarketing job with RegalView, Cassius is immediately told “If you do real good, eventually, you may even be a power caller. Where they make the real money.” The set-up is an obvious postmodern jab at the cycles of wealth and greed, stemming from our culture of capitalism - affirming these cycles as a ‘grand narrative’. With this established, the question then arises of what place, order and disorder plays under this narrative. After all, Lyotard affirms that “Modern societies rely on continually establishing a binary opposition between "order" and "disorder," so that they can assert the superiority of "order." But to do this, they have to have things that represent "disorder’”. His position is clear - these grand narratives can only operate under the hold of tidy societal order. There is a definite sense of anti-establishment within Lyotard’s suggestions, something expected in postmodernism, as a movement characterised by criticism and rejection. In Sorry To Bother You, RegalView is characterised by a definite sense of order - take their mantra, ‘stick to the script’. A conversation between Cassius and a member of the clandestine union communicates the level of order imposed over the employees, when it’s mentioned that “we can’t talk here.” This signposts a clear sense of order being imposed within the business - signalled to us through claustrophobic camerawork and hushed diegetic sound. We sense the danger in them talking to each other, and that the RegalView assertion of order is so strict that any attempt at disorder has to be done in secret. It is impressed that the undoubtable aim for RegalView, a capitalistic hive-mind of business, is order over disorder. An extract of Samuel's piece

Senior Creative Writing

Otto Peterson looked exactly how you’d expect somebody who eats human flesh to look. His mop of jet black hair, limp and lifeless, stuck to his scalp, as he stood in the queue at the post office. He smirked. Otto had no real reason to be in the post office but it gave him a thrill to stand so close to others- Others that had no idea of the outrageous things he did in his free time. He observed the woman standing to his left, in the other line for the counter. A plump toddler clung to her hip with his pudgy legs, as she rifled around her bag for her wallet. Otto sniffed. He could smell her perfume. Cheap, knock off Chanel. She let out an audible sigh of relief, plucking her tired purse from her bag. Otto let a smile creep over the corner of his lips. This woman was blissfully ignorant of the fact that the gentleman to her right had eaten human flesh for breakfast. Otto turned his gaze to the teenaged girl across the room, just within his view. She slouched next to a greeting card display. Her thumb lazily slugged across her phone screen, her eyes idly fixed to whatever she was scrolling through. The bold pinks and purples of her crop top and mini skirt indicated a sense of confidence. She looked like the type of girl who would call Otto names- that happened a lot when he was a teenager. But what did it really matter now? He had the power and she had no clue. She was within 10 metres of him, yet she was completely unaware that Otto had half the body of a yoga mum in his freezer. Right in the bottom- below the frozen peas. This made Otto very happy. He didn’t understand why. It just did. And then suddenly the sound of a throat being cleared from behind. Otto’s head turned to the creature stood staunchly behind him. “Move.” The man grunted.

His dead eyes seemed to sink further into his skull as he nodded towards the post office counter. Otto had reached the front of the line. He turned back to the counter, slowly drawing his eyes away from the brute behind him. He plucked a small handful of stamps up from the container on the post office desk- a last minute purchase, lazily covering his real intentions for being in the shop. Otto slowly looked up, to meet the eyes of the girl serving him. They were the colour of a slightly burnt hot cross bun. “That comes to $3.70.” He liked her skin. Unblemished and soft. Like the skin of an apricot. “Will you be paying with eftpos or cash?” Her nostrils twitched slightly. Otto wondered if she could smell the blood on his breath. He hoped so. “Cash.. please” Refusing to break eye contact with the girl, Otto retrieved his wallet. He dropped the coins down onto the counter. A slick tendril of hair dangled in front of his wire-rimmed glasses. The girl gulped. Her slim fingers moved nimbly, picking up the coins and placing them in the soft palm of her hand. Nice hands. Otto decided he would eat them last. She slid the stamps across the counter to Otto. “Have a good day” A smile slithered across Otto’s lips at the wavering inflection of the girl’s voice. Stuffing the stamps into his pocket, he winked at her before ambling out of the post office. The yoga mum would have to wait in his freezer a little longer. Otto had a new meal in mind.

ABBEY SCEATS - L1 Painting

SAKURA LUDOLPH - L1 Painting

CAREY SKINNER - L1 Painting

MONA SCHMIDT - L1 Painting

POLLY GAMES - L1 Painting

LOUISA DAUM - L1 Painting

MACKENZIE BUTLER - L1 Painting

CATHERINE THATCHER - L2 Painting

GRACE THOMPSON - L1 Painting

LEILANI JONES - L2 Painting

KATIE FULLER - L2 Painting

OLIVIA WHITE - L2 Painting

art painting showcase

WILLOW WHITHAM - L2 Painting

AYAKO SUDO - L2 Painting

ASPEN HOLT - L2 Painting

NASIA MCLENNAN - L2 Painting

STEPHANIE WALSH - L3 Painting

NIQISHA EPIHA - L3 Painting

EMMA STRETCH - L3 Painting

GENEVIEVE JENSEN - L3 Painting

PIPI ROSS - L3 Painting

TALEIA BURDETT-RHODES - L3 Painting

HOLLY RUSHER - L3 Painting

ETHAN WHITHAM - L3 Painting

NATHANIEL VERNADARKIS - L1 Design

CHLOE BILLINGTON - L1 Design

RYAN BROUGHTON-JOHNSON - L1 Design

RILEY SMITH - L1 Design

PATRICK MACKINNON - L1 Design

TAJ OLIVER - L1 Design

CARISSA SMITH - L2 Design

CANDICE BREWER - L2 Design

JULIETTE TWHIGG - L2 Design

SARA HUGHES - L2 Design

art design showcase

PETER MCHALE - L2 Design

PERRY PITCHER - L2 Design

SOPHIE BOYLE - L3 Design

WILLOW WHITHAM - L2 Design

EMILY MAHADY - L3 Design

DAISY FLAVEL - L3 Design

ETHAN REBENSCHIED - L3 Design

JUSTINE QUINTAL - L3 Design

SAMUEL CHITTY - L3 Design

MURDOCH RUTHERFORD - L3 Design

REBECCA PARKINSON - L3 Design

LUKE MACKINNON - L3 Design

ZAYDE LEE - L3 Design

ABIGAIL PUSHENKO - L2 Photography

ANNABELLE MCKENZIE - L2 Photography

RYAN TORKLER - L2 Photography

ABIGAIL PUSHENKO - L2 Photography

THOMAS DANIELS - L2 Photography

CAMPBELL ALLEY - L2 Photography

JACOB MATHERS - L2 Photography

NASIA MCLENNAN - L2 Photography

ANNABELLE MCKENZIE - L2 Photography

REIKO PHAM - L2 Photography

art photography showcase

EMILY MAHADY - L3 Photography

CONNOR SIMPSON - L3 Photography

BAYLEY HUDSON - L3 Photography

PIPI ROSS - L3 Photography

DAISY FLAVEL - L3 Photography

BLAKE TOI - L3 Photography

SUMMER SWEENEY - L3 Photography

SAMARA SHORE- L3 Photography

REBECCA PARKINSON - L3 Photography

JUSTINE QUINTAL - L3 Photography

ZAYDE LEE - L3 Photography

MEREDYTH BAILEY - L3 Photography

ATHLETICS SEASON WAS VERY successful at both school and representitive level. The season started with school athletics day at Shoesmith Domain. The weather was supurb and was matched by some hot competition on the track and field with many school records broken.

ATHLETICS DAY A big thank you to staff who worked hard all day.

NEW RECORDS SET AT SHOESMITH DOMAIN

OVERALL INDIVIDUAL CHAMPS: (Highest accumulated points over a maximum of 6 events)

Murdoch Phillips - Year 7 Boys Annika Bayer - Year 7 Girls Hamish Strong - Year 8 Boys Louise Makin - Year 8 Girls Daniel Vaotangi - Junior Boys Amelia Burton - Junior Girls Josh Lambert - Intermediate Boys Shona Illingworth - Intermediate Girls George D'Urban-Burgess - Senior Boys Brianna Cadwallader - Senior Girls

The A.I.M.S Games

WE HAD A REALLY SUCCESSFUL YEAR overall for our Y7&8 teams away at AIMS tournament in mid September. Massive thanks goes to our amazing staff and parents who gave up their week to coach, manage, drive, cook, wash uniforms, cheer and support our kids through such an amazing experience. You are all amazing! Final results and placings are as follows: Rockclimbing: Esme Greenwood finished 4th overall in the climbing finals, just missing out on the bronze medal by one climb. She climbed a personal best time of 8 seconds up the speed wall, so a superb achievement for her! Mulitsport: Max Matthews finished 9th overall in the Year 7 Multisport event. Swimming: Joe Kuwano finished 14th overall in the breaststroke event.

Cross Country: Our Year 7 boys and girls teams both finished 14th overall. Hockey Boys: The boys finished 10th overall of 15 teams. A great overall result for a team that usually plays 11-a-side format. Hockey Girls: The girls finished up13th overall of 22 teams. A good way to finish just outside the top 12. Rugby 7â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: The 7's completed their tournament with a win, 2 losses, draw, and a brilliant runaway try from Murdoch Phillips to secure their final win of the tournament and finish 31st overall of 55 teams. Quick Rip: The Quick Rip team completed their tournament with two losses, a draw, and two exciting wins. Matai Young intercepted a pass, to bag a run away try in golden point extra time, in their final game, to secure 9th

place overall of 31 teams. It was by far the most exciting moment to finish the week off; our Quick Rip team was also our best performing team of the tournament! Netball: The girls completed their tournament with two losses and two solid performances to secure back to back wins to finish 53rd overall of 125 teams. Thursdays highlight was being live streamed on AIMS TV completing their warm up jump jam routine after the rugby boys' game! Football: The team completed their tournament with a further three convincing wins - enough to make the coach dance! Their final game was a solid battle that went to nail biting penalties, the boys finishing 34th overall of 56 teams. Karlie Stanbra - Sports Coordinator

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archery 2019 HAS SEEN MANY FRESH faces on the archery range, with students new and old taking the opportunity to learn a new skill. This year, we have had students coming in from other schools in the area just to join us for our weekly after-school meetings. We have even had the pleasure of instructing a group of exchange students all the way from Germany. There has been much natural talent observed in these new students, as well as potential to become extraordinary archers. I hope to see some of their names on the world stage someday in the future. As the year draws to a close, I know that I leave the Mahurangi College Archery Team in capable hands. Special thanks to Mr and Mrs Tennant for hosting the meetings. Without you, none of this would have been possible. I wish you all the best for years to come. Cory Palmer - Archery Team Captain 2019

TouchRugby

After placing in the top 4 at last years NZSS touch tournament. The team is very motivated to perform well in this year's tournament in December held at Rotorua International Stadium. Earlier in the year the team played in the Auckland premier mixed competition. Drawing with Orewa college in two round robin

games meant we would face them in the premier grade final. The team played well and managed to win the game with a final score of 10-6. This puts the team in good stead for the end of year, even though the competition will be a lot tougher at the national tournament. The team started training for the tournament at the end

of term 2 with 1 training a month, starting back up to three times a week at the end of term 3. The team is thoroughly looking forward to the tournament and are hoping on maintaining our place in the top 4.

Basketball SENIOR BOYS The U19 Boys Basketball team started the season out strong, winning their first two games to start off with a 2-0 record. However, due to many unforeseen injuries the games following did not go the way we would have liked them to. Even with these injuries our team still managed to finish the season strong, winning our last four games in a row, ending the season with a 6-5 record. Ethan Rebenschied

SENIOR GIRLS With a lot of new players, it has been a year full of learning and laughter. Everyone's worked hard and played to the their very best every game. Even though we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always come away with the results that we wanted, we left happy with the way we had played. I am so proud of how much the team's improvement and effort they put into the game this year. Caitlin Rouse

Awards

RECOGNISING EXCELLENCE IN BASKETBALL Most Valuable Player Alice Cleland Daniel McFarlane Javiah Lipsey-Maclean Tamatea Winiana Caitlin Rouse Maddie Miles Daniel Vaotangi Ethan Rebenschied

Yr 7/8 Flames Yr 7/8 Stormers Y 7/8 Eagles Under 17 Boys L2 Under 19 Girls (a) Under 19 Girls (a) Junior Boys L2 Open Grade Men

Most Improved Player Mia Cooper Year 7/8 Flames Oscar Sandstrom Year 7/8 Eagles Jake Adam Year 7/8 Stormers Brooklyn Waugh Junior Boys L2 Logan Sykes Under 17 Boys L2 Bayley Hudson Under 19 Girls 9 (a) Helen Ly Under 19 Girls 9 (b) Gala Emmerton Under 19 Girls 9 (b) Sam Banks Open Grade Men Trophy Winners Te Kaiamo Trophy for joint Leadership: Jack Brown and Ethan Rebenschied Manuhiri Leadership Trophy: Tamatea Winiana Rongo Leadership Trophy: Emma Foote Whero Leadership Trophy: Eva Sterling Boy Player of the Year: Jack Brown Girl Player of the Year: Caitlin Rouse Year 7/8 Team Coach: Tan Robertson & Sterling Harrison

CROSSCOUNTRY

MAY THIS YEAR SAW OVER 500 Mahu' students participate in the college’s annual Cross Country running event at the Warkworth Show Grounds. Competitors showed great strength and determination in battling the elements to complete the challenging, three paddock, course. Congratulations to everyone who took part and a special thanks to the staff and senior students who helped out on the day.

results

SENIOR BOYS

George D’urban-Burgess

Rikuto Suzuki Dillon Smith

1st 2nd 3rd

SENIOR GIRLS Lucy Rowe

Samantha Williams-Robson

Aimee Goddard

1st 2nd 3rd

INTERMEDIATE BOYS Josh Lambert 1st Nathan Strong 2nd James Webb 3rd

INTERMEDIATE GIRLS Shona Illingworth 1st Tula Brumby 2nd Zara Innes 3rd

JUNIOR BOYS Zac Cooper Tom Tyrrell Jayden Earley

1st 2nd 3rd

JUNIOR GIRLS Grace Richards Charlotte O'Connor Madeline Martin

1st 2nd 3rd

YEAR 8 BOYS Ziggy Neely Tommo McGuire Hamish Strong

1st 2nd 3rd

YEAR 8 GIRLS Miriama Iversen Zoe Peacock Sasha Jamieson

1st 2nd 3rd

YEAR 7 BOYS Ben Hooper/ Max Matthews Rocco Lee Oliver Witberg

1st= 2nd 3rd

YEAR 7 GIRLS Sofia Barnett Charlie Blampied Georgia Lorenzen

1st 2nd 3rd

Winter Tournament WE HAD AN AMAZING Winter Tournament this year! Final results from our senior teams: Hockey 1XI Boys: 11th overall Hockey 1XI Girls: 12th overall Football 1XI Girls: 12th overall

Football U15 Boys: 12th overall (pictured) Netball: 19th overall Rock Climbing: Kate Niccolls 5th overall Rugby: 3rd overall UWH x 3 Teams: Senior Open 7th overall, Junior Open A: 4th overall

Junior Girls: 3rd overall Special thanks to all the coaches, managers, cooks, drivers and parent supporters for all our teams throughout the week. Our teams are lucky to have you!

U15 GAMES

THE U15 GAMES IS A TWO DAY sports festival for Year 9 and 10's, that is about engaging young people in a positive and fun environment. This is the first year for this event. The sporting codes involved were: Fast Five Netball, Touch, Futsal and Golf. Mahurangi College had the biggest participation rate with 51 students involved out of 250 participants. We took away, Five Netball teams, One mixed touch, Two Futsal and Two golf players to the Bay of Plenty to compete. Thanks to all involved who made this trip possible and a BIG THANK YOU!! to Karlie Stanbra for all her hard work behind the scenes and getting Mahurangi College involved!! Results for the overall standings as follows: Football Boys: Finished 43 of 57 teams overall Hockey Boys: Finished 13 of 14 teams overall Hockey Girls: Finished 19 of 22 teams overall Netball Girls: Finished 90 of 122 teams overall Rugby Boys: Finished 28 of 42 teams overall Futsal: Finished 17 Cross Country: Miriama Iversen finished 84 of 164 Year7 Girl runners Multisport: Mia Stanley-Hunt finished 25 of 35 Y7 Girl competitors Rockclimbing: Mia Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Sullivan finished 27 and Bella Casanelia finished 34 of 45 Year 7 Girl climbers. Kaylee Glenn finished 9 of 35 Year 8 Climbers.

HAURAKI EXCHANGE

55 YEARS OF EXCHANGES

IN JULY, OUR COLLEGE took part in the two day, 55th annual Hauraki Sports Exchange, marking the start with both schools competing in what we like to think of as the '9th Challenge' amongst the other 8 sporting matches that are held - the haka; and we are proud to say the students of Mahurangi did our school proud! Day 1 Results: Girls Football: Mahurangi won 1-0. Boys Basketball: Hauraki won 96 - 48 Hockey Girls: Hauraki won (in the last 30 secs) 1-0 Hockey boys: Hauraki won 8-1 Ending the first day with a result of Hauraki winning 3-1. The day was great and Hauraki put

on a delicious buffet dinner and dessert with a fun trivial pursuit to keep everyone entertained.

had a great time! I would like to thank all the staff, coaches, and parents involved.

Day 2 Results: Boys Football: Mahurangi won 5-2 1st XV Rugby: Mahurangi won 34-26 Netball won: Mahurangi won 61-32 Girls Basketball: Hauraki won 109-18

Wayne Frost, Michael Winiana, Shane Dawson, Noel Roberts, Abby McNae, Peter Ennis, Michael Sweeney, Denise Le Bas, Gwen Hawken, Mike Rodden, Bruce Gravatt, Bevan Sterling, Fiona Rouse, and Dean Brewer. I would also like to thank Lisa Cardno and Karlie Stanbra for helping out with the admin and setup of the exchange.

Ending the second day with a result of Mahurangi winning 3-1. The overall exchange result was a 4 ALL DRAW. This means that whoever won the trophy the previous year then retains the trophy. Unfortunately for Mahurangi, Hauraki got to keep the trophy. The two days ran really well. All the students

Next year we have to get a 9th sporting match involved to offset the chance of a draw happening again. Nga Mihi

ROCK

climbing

84 AT THE START OF THE YEAR our club competed in the Glen Eden Extreme Edge Interschool series. Congratulations to Esme who placed first equal in her division in Bouldering, and 3rd in Top

MOTOCROSS THE SCHOOL MOTOCROSS TEAM is in its sixth year of running now in, although not a huge number of riders we have been doing very well at events. At the end of 2018 the team headed to Hauraki Plains College Nailing the Peat, with many of the team placing on the podium, and overall getting first place as a team. Other events that have been attended so far in 2019 have been the Tauranga Boys event at TECT Park, Rotorua Boys at the Rotorua Motocross track, Hauraki Plains Cross Country at Maramarua, and the North King Country Schools event. With a few events still left in the calendar we all hope we place well. A special mention to the parents for taking the time to get us riders all over the country to compete and also the riders. If we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the riders we wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a team, and I hope this continues strong in years to come. Anna Schollum - Team Captain

Ropes (climbing). A few members went on to compete in the Verticle Adventures Interschool series - round 2 in June. Luka, Esme and Nikita all performed to a high level, especially as it was Luka's first competition. Esme came 2nd in the

U12 division and followed that success on with finishing 4th at AIMS Games. Kate Niccolls also did well this year, finshing 5th at the NZSS Champs.

Sailing

THE SAILING TEAM HAS HAD a successful 2019 season. This year's season started in February with the team travelling up to Whangarei to compete in the spring regatta, coming 4th overall. After some training and development sessions with past Mahu sailors, we returned to Whangarei for regionals.

Cricket IN TERM 1 THE 1ST XI cricket team travelled to Kensington Park in Whangarei to compete in the annual Bruce Scott Trophy. A young team looking to develop their skills came up against very strong Kamo and Whangarei Boys' High Schools and ultimately finished 3rd. The regional midweek Wyatt Cup was revived after a one year absence, with the boys losing in a close match to Rodney in the semi finals

A successful weekend; coming back with the Whangarei vs Mahurangi trophy. Nationals was fortunately once again held at Algies Bay where we were accompanied by local vessels such as the Jane Gifford and team favourite, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Big Bertha', coming 14th in New Zealand.

sport

I wish the team luck at next year's Christchurch nationals and after five years in the team, I am very saddened to leave, but I leave hopeful that the large uptake in numbers this year, is a sign of what is to come. Good luck Mahu... I look forward to coming back! William Paterson (Co-Captain)

and then beating Bream Bay in the final over of the match to finish 3rd.

cool experience for these lads to play on the same pitch the Blackcaps do.

The junior team competed in the regional qualifiers for the NZ Cup. A poor first match put the boys out of the running to move on to the next stage of the national competition, but they recovered well to win the both games on day two comfortably.

Player numbers have steadily increased over the last few years and a big thank you needs to go to the local cricket community for their support and drive at the primary school level. Anthony Koers

Finally, a number of junior players had their hard work rewarded with selection in the Rodney District Year 7&8 representative side that played against Whangarei District side on the Cobham Oval grass wicket - a

Hoc key 2019

THE 1XI HAVE HAD ANOTHER successful season, competing in exchanges against sister schools: Hauraki Plains where the girls faced an unlucky loss in the last 5 minutes 0 -1 and Mt Roskill grammar exchange where girls held out until the end drawing 1-1. In the school year we managed to come 1st in Harbour 1A games. The girls then had a fighter of a season where they convincely took top spot in the top North Harbour competition. The girls worked extremely hard and were rewarded in the final of North Harbour A grade, exceeding expectations in a final win against Westlake juniors 8-1. We have had an enormous amount of support from friends and family this year both at home and away games which has really enhanced the girls' experience this year. To everyone who made the trip down to Harbour we thank you. The team was lead this year by new coach Abby Mcnae, who brought her positivity and team mindset to every training and game. It has been a fantastic season and to the 7 girls leaving, we wish you all the best for you future endeavours on and off the hockey field. Shar Illingworth

THE 2XI HOCKEY GIRLS team has had a fantastic year. The girls have all trained hard and it showed with results on the field. Their worst result was a 3-0 loss with most games either won or lost by one goal. They travelled through to Hauraki Plains to play their 2nd IX which they lost 1-0. It was a great weekend will now become an annual event. Thanks to the girls for all their hard work, Debbie our amazing manager and the parents who came rain or shine to watch the games. Tom Greenwood, Coach

MAHURANGI BOYS HOCKEY HAS HAD yet another strong year with the team being placed in the Harbour 1A grade. The year started strong with a 1-0 win over Kristin 2nd XI. Followed by another strong game against WBHS with Mahurangi coming out on top 3-1. As the team was still developing, we had a few harder games. An example of this was the game between Rosminis 2nd XI with a 1-1 draw and the game against Northcote 1st XI ending in a 0-0 draw. These draws were then followed by a strong win over TGS 2nd XI ending in a 2-0 win to us the results followed this trend for the remainder of the season with us beating Pinehurst 4-1. Overall these results landed us with a strong 4th place. The boys went into tournament with mixed thoughts as some of the teams we would be playing would be incredibly well structured, most of them Supercity teams. Luckily the boys pulled through with us finishing in a strong 11th place. The boys and I would like to thank the new coaches Shane Dawson and Noel David Roberts who stepped up brilliantly inspiring the boys to do well in all aspects of the game. I would also like to thank the managers Warren Jones (Juice) and Julia Blennerhasset who organised and kept

the boys on track. And finally, the parents who put in countless hours of work to make sure tournament and transport ran smoothly. I wish the Boys best of luck in their future hockey endeavours, wherever it may lead them. Connor Simpson INTERMEDIATE AND JUNIOR BOYS This season has been a challenging one but a year of huge growth in the team members. We entered one team in the A grade North Harbour competition and while we had lots of tough games, each of the players took their skills and fitness to a higher level. It was great to have vocal support from the sidelines at home and away fixtures. Our coach Winnie brought the best out of us at our practices, with our skills, strategy and mental fitness all improving as the season progressed. After the regular season, a group of boys travelled to Tauranga to compete in the AIMS games where we played 6 a side which is a much faster game with new strategies. They made the changes and played well against teams who had played 6 aside all year. Commendably, they managed to hold eventual second placed Highlands School to 4-3 loss. We are all grateful for the work that Tania, Ben and Winnie put in to the team.

PRIZE GIVING MOST VALUABLE PLAYER 1st XI Boys - Cormac Blennerhassett 1st XI Girls - Shona Illingworth 2nd XI Boys - Thomas Vegar 2nd XI Girls - Louise Daum 3rd XI Girls - Rosa Donaldson 1st Year 7/8 Girls - Sienna Innes 1st Year 7/8 Boys - Cooper Steen 2nd Year 7/8 Girls - Denali Stubbs 3rd Year 7/8 Girls - Mollie Rouse MOST IMPROVED PLAYER 1st XI Boys - Volaki Meafou 1st XI Girls - Ava Berry 2nd XI Boys - Cooper Stevens 2nd XI Girls - Sara Taylor 3rd XI Girls - Maddison Cato 1st Year 7/8 Boys - Matteo McClintock 1st Year 7/8 Girls - Dakota Corringham 2nd Year 7/8 Girls - Bella Pollard 3rd Year 7/8 Girls - Elisha Hollis BEST TEAM PLAYER 1st XI Boys - Eli Waterhouse 1st XI Girls - Jane Wilcock 2nd XI Boys - Harri Mills

2nd XI Girls - Hannah MacLachlan 3rd XI Girls - Breeze Donaldson 1st Year 7/8 Boys - Andre McNaughten 1st Year 7/8 Girls - Charlie Blampied 2nd Year 7/8 Girls - Esme Greenwood 3rd Year 7/8 Girls - Mika Pirihi-Lynch TOURNAMENT PLAYER 1st XI Boys - Grifin Crawford 1st XI Girls - Molly Illingworth 1st Year 7/8 Boys - Max Grimshaw 1st Year 7/8 Girls - Annabella Newton SPECIAL AWARDS Mahurangi College Club Cup: Cormac Blennerhassett Shar Illingworth Morrison Family Cup: Sasha Jamieson Kearins Trophy: Zara Innes Warkworth Supporters Trophy: James Collinson Logan Jones Wyatt Family Cup: Connor Jollivet

Netball

NETBALL PREM A TEAM

IT HAS BEEN A LONG SEASON and what an exciting season it has been for the Netball Premier Team. With a squad of 10 girls; some of us never having played together; the first few weeks of our season was about team bonding and building our strong culture. The wins of our first few games in the first round, at North Harbour, cemented our position in the premier grade. The grade was definitely a challenge for our team, where we had to adapt to the pressure and high standard of netball. Our team had several great wins outside our league too. These were against Mt Roskill and Hauraki Plains, during the annual exchanges. We were able to uphold the Matoma Cup for the 5th year in a row, which is a highlight of our season. The team is looking forward to tournament week which is close to home this year. We have some big goals we want to achieve. Lastly, a huge thank you to our coaches, manager and parents, for the constant support throughout the season. Kate Powell

JUNIOR NETBALL THANK YOU FOR A GREAT YEAR 7/8 2019 Netball Season! Thank you to all our coaches, managers and parents for taking your personal time to coach and encourage our teams; for ensuring our PRIDE values are displayed on court and in school. The most important thank you goes to our students for your sportsmanship, resilience and determination! The final results are: Netball 7/1: Tied 4th place in their grade 2 of Flight Netball 7/2: 1st place in their grade 7 of Championship Netball 7/3: 2nd place in their grade 7 of Championship Netball 8/1: 1st place in their grade 2 of Championship Netball 8/2: 4th place in their grade 4 of Championship Netball 8/3: 6th place in their grade 7 of Championship A special congratulations to Netball 8/1 who never lost a game all season. Adele Holm - TIC Netball Year 7/8

NETBALL SPECIAL AWARDS

Congratulations to the following recipients who were recognised for their commitment to netball at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prizegiving.

Holdgate Trophy Year 7 - Ava Brown Wendy Dunn Trophy Year 8 - Louise Makin Kowhai Physio Intermediate - Louise Makin Kowhai Physio Senior - Maia Collins Bowman Hawken Trophy - Emma Foote Student Coach of the Year - Eden Connelly, Chrysanthe Hawken Umpire of the Year - Jamie Glassford ANZ Sportsperson of the Year for All Round Excellence - Kate Powell Ellen Cooper Memorial Award - Chrysanthe Hawken The Drost Trophy for the most outstanding player of the year - Ranelle Le Bas & Chrysanthe Hawken Rhodes PRIDE Trophy - Jessica Leaning The Dockery Trophy for most improved Student Umpire - Cate Walker The Pixie Jones Year 9 PRIDE Trophy - Paige Brown Year 8 PRIDE Trophy - Tycey Feleti Year 7 PRIDE Trophy - Kiara Wilson

BOYS RUGBY

THE 1st XV THIS YEAR had a lot of pressure to back up the cessful year we had last year.

We started the year off well with 32-12 win against Mt Roskill college in our annual preseason exchange. Our next preseason fixture was for the Murray Jones shield against Orewa College, unfortunately we couldn't get the result we were hoping for going down 39-15. The regular season began with a dominant showing from the team scoring 435 points and only conceding 86. We went through the regular season undefeated winning 10 out of 10 matches, which gave us a home semi final against Rosmini. We managed to beat Rosmini 64-0 which secured us a top two finish and a place in the final against Kaipara College. The final was a very nail biting game. Coming back from 24-5 the team showed their hunger to win back to back finals, with three minutes remaining we got a penalty kick to go up 2524. The team managed to hold out Kaipara for the remaining minutes, securing the 1B championship. We then went down to Papamoa to play in the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Rugby by the Beachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tournament. Unfortunately we couldn't get the result we were wanting, placing 3rd place. I want to thank the team and our coaches, Mike Rodden, Bruce Gravatt, Chris Martin and Rachel Hallam for everything you've done for us this season. Cooper Rodden - Captain

AWARDS BOYS RUGBY

1st XV: Players' Player: Intuane Fa’ale Team Player: Robert McFarlane Most Improved Player: Jack Miles Most Valuable Player: Cooper Rodden 2nd XV: Players' Player: Ian Thysse Team Player: Tamatea Winiana Most Improved Player: George Bogue Most Valuable Player: Ian Thysse 5th Grade: Players' Player: Jarvis Denton Team Player: Cam Taylor Most Improved Player: Malie Biremon Most Valuable Player: Daniel D’Urban-Burgess

GIRLS RUGBY

OUR 2019 GIRLS RUGBY season began with a thrilling international exchange with a Canadian girls team. We were delighted to participate, as sadly we do not get the opportunity to compete in the many annual school exchanges.

6th Grade: Players' Player: Ty Connolly Team Player: Jack Anderson Most Improved Player: Ben Cooper Most Valuable Player: Ty Connolly 7th Grade: Players' Player: Luke Shirley GIRLS RUGBY U15 Girls Quick Rip: Players' Player: Sammie Le Bas Most Valuable Player: Devin Lee Girls Team: Players' Player: Tenaija Fletcher Team Player: Samantha WilliamsRobson Most Improved Player: Macey Stuart Most Valuable Player: Tenaija Fletcher

Our North Harbour Schools competition standard is continuing to develop, in a bid to progress girls rugby. Introduced this year, we played 12 aside instead of 10, games were extended to 25 minute halves, as opposed to 10 minute quarters, and scrums became contested. For the first time we played grading games to determine whether we would play in the championship or development grade, as more schools showed interest. When presented with the opportunity to choose which grade we entered, we decided to play in the development grade, with the goal of winning it. We had lots of fun playing numerous games in muddy conditions. On the completion of all pool games, we qualified top, after winning all our games. We faced Massey in our semi-finals, and were all expecting to win. Unfortunately, we lost. The following week we bounced back to beat Orewa convincingly, to place 3rd. Yet again we have been lucky enough to have several German exchange students join our team this season. A special thanks to our first-class coaches Mr Ganley and Mr Cooper, our lovely manager Miss Ruland and to all our parents and supporters who have followed us throughout our season. Finally, our team wishes to congratulate our captain, Tenaija Fletcher, on her selection into the North Harbour Women’s team. Roll on next season! Samantha Williams-Robson

FOOTBALL SENIOR BOYS GOING INTO THE NEW season with our Boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First XI, we were riddled with uncertainty but also excitement. With a new coach, some great new players including some very talented exchange students, and after just being promoted to a higher division, none of us could predict how this season would play out. However we came out firing, winning against some of the top teams in our division, quickly making us the team to beat. Though we had a few unfortunate results here and there, this success continued for most of the season. In the end the amazing performances from the boys allowed us to finish 2nd overall, giving us a chance to be promoted yet again for the second year in a row. None of this success would have been possible without our amazing coach Logan, committed players, and excellent management staff. Thank you all for such a great 2019 season. Sam Telfer - Captain

Awards

RECOGNISING EXCELLENCE IN FOOTBALL Most Valuable Player Ben Holland Nik Redwood Zali Taylor Katie Rhodes Jack De Witt Most Improved Player Naoto Onishi Kye Williamson Caitlin Johnson Sophia Mateeva Liam Anderson Sportsmanship Ethan Reiff Zac Lewis Joella Tomkins Phoebe McCracken Kaspa Edmonds

1XI Boys 2XI Boys 1XI Girls 2XI Girls Year 9 & 10 1XI Boys 2XI Boys 1XI Girls 2XI Girls Year 9 & 10 1XI Boys 2XI Boys 1XI Girls 2XI Girls Year 9 & 10

Most Promising Player Caitlin Johnson 1XI Girls SPECIAL AWARDS Player of the Year Robbie Ennis 1XI Boys Players Player Robbie Ennis 1XI Boys Most Promising Player Caitlin Johnson 1XI Girls

Special Olympics LIZARA CUTHELL REPRESENTED Mahurangi College at the Special Olympics West NHB School Swimming event, achieving 1st in 50m Freestyle, 2nd in 50m Butterfly (competing against boys), 2nd in 4 x 25m relay and 3rd in the 50m backstroke.

More recently Lizara was invited and accepted by the Paralympics NZ Classification team to compete as a paraathlete at the College Sport Auckland Individual Swimming Championships. Not only did she have to overcome anxiety swimming in an unfamiliar pool, with different starting blocks - with only 2 para-swimmers entered - she also had to compete with non-para swimmers. Her bravery and tenacity paid off. As she was the only swimmer in her classification, she achieved Gold in the 100m Para Backstroke, 100m Parafreestyle and the 100m Para-individual Medley. She has come far physically, technically and mentally to achieve this.

Champions

SCHOOL CHAMPS This year we had a great turn out to all our champion events with strong competitors. Below are the 2019 results for the champions in swimming, cross country and athletes. SWIMMING CHAMPS Year 7 - Fergus Charlton , Annika Bayer Year 8 - Joe Kuwano, Miriama Iversen Junior - Aaron Skipper, Ava Bravenboer Intermediate - Logan Syke, Zarli Taylor Senior - Rikuto Suzuki, Samara Shore CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPS Year 7 - Ben Hooper / Max Matthews, Sofia Barnett Year 8 - Ziggy Neely, Miriama Iversen Junior - Jack Cooper, Grace Richards Intermediate - Josh lambert, Shona Illingworth Senior - George Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Urban-Burgess, Lucy Rowe ATHLETE CHAMPS Year 7 - Murdoch Phillips, Annika Bayer Year 8 - Hamish Strong, Louise Marilyn Makin Junior - Daniel Vaotangi, Amelia Burton Intermediate - Josh Lambert, Shona Illingworth Senior - George Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Urban-Burgess, Brianna Cadwallader

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2019 HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING year for Mahu Underwater Hockey despite no pool to train in for a large part of the season! A reshuffle saw Colin Sneddon, after many years of service, growing the sport ,and the strong culture; hand over to Kyla Wakefield. The season started in February with the ‘Have a Go Day’ resulting in 20 plus eager new students joining, to create a very successful development squad, two additional junior teams and one senior. Mahu has been lucky to have two ex-students return to coaching, NZ U24 player Elliott Sneddon (Senior Open), and Ryan O’Connor (Junior Open A), as well as ex-NZ player and local with no affiliation to Mahu, Sabrina Quarente joining us to coach the Junior Girls. All three successfully coached their teams into two Silvers and a fourth placing at regional level, two Golds and a Bronze at the Auckland schools comp, and qualifying placings for the Nationals tournament in Wellington, in which the Junior Girls came home with Bronze, Junior Open A team fourth, Senior Open A team 7th and four junior players named in the Nationals Tournament teams. Of particular note Mahu UWH won School of the Year in the Auckland comp, four juniors and eight seniors were selected for the Northern U18 training squad, and three current and four ex-students played in the Worlds comp in Sheffield in September bringing home three Golds and a Bronze. Mahu UWH thanks all our parents, coaches, managers, committee, players, and Karlie Stanbra for all your commitment and support this year. Kim Hewitt

WAKA AMA

THE SCHOOL'S NEW WAKA AMA club was started in June of 2018 with only a few members. The club paddles on Saturday mornings at the Omaha boat ramp, under the umbrella of the Omaha Outrigger Canoe club and has use of all their equipment. Nine months after the club was first started, we had enough committed members to put together

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a mixed junior W6 (6 man waka). The team was called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mahu Toaâ&#x20AC;? and competed in their first regatta as part of the Bay of Islands Waka Ama Festival in Paihia.

In October 2018 senior members Leah Jones and myself both competed in a 10km race on the Mahurangi River in W1 and W2. I also competed in a 20km W2 relay race in Paihia.

The crew, coached by Sarah Johns and steered by Aran Niccolls, did a 500 m sprint race and after winning their heat they then went into finals.

Big thanks to coaches Sarah Johns, Gavin Jones and manager Susanne Jones. Davina Jones

ZONE DAYS

JUNIORS GETTING OUT THERE AND HAVING A GO ONCE AGAIN OUR YEAR 7 and 8 students have represented Mahurangi College while playing at multiple sports days called Zone Days. Zone days are a popular tournament day for our Y7 & 8 students to test their hand in a variety of different sporting codes. Our most successful days this year were had by our girls hockey team and our cross country runners.

PasifikaFono

CELEBRATING OUR PASIFIKA STUDENTS' SUCCESSES

Special Awards

OUTSTANDING PASIFIKA STUDENT: Epitomises Pasifika values. Outstanding work ethic, compassionate, kind and considerate ELAINE EBARAIMA ANATETE OUTSTANDING SENIOR PASIFIKA STUDENT: A wonderful student, hardworking, diligent, kind, helpful and supportive TEVALEGA FELETI OUTSTANDING PASIFIKA STUDENT: Shows all the school values everyday. Impeccable work ethic, respectful, caring, helpful and kind TYCEY FELELTI PASIFIKA FUTURES SCHOLARSHIP: Hardworking and respectful student who does all the right things in class. An excellent role model. RITANG TUMOA

Merits ELAINE EBARAIMA ANATETE - Working hard to succeed, persevering through challenges, and helping her classmates understand Winning the Year 10 speech competition Outstanding work ethic in English LETIA ARAWATAU - Being diligent and well mannered MALIE BIREMON - Being diligent and well mannered Having a good attitude, being respectful and earnest TEVALEGA FELETI - Being hardworking and diligent, always bringing a smile to class, a positive attitude Leading her group and supporting others Positive encouragement, helping others KOTUA KOTUA - Achieving well in Level 3 Leadership and role modelling JEAN LETOA - Being warm, personable and caring, a thoughtful and capable geographer who is collaborative and persistent to achieve her best Showing a good attitude, being respectful and trying hard despite sometimes struggling with the content of assessments

OTETIKA BAUKIE - Positive, hardworking, helpful to others, generous with his time. Respectful, helpful and genuinely wants to do well at school Hardworking acts on feedback, works well with others, has made great progress.Respectful and a pleasure to teach TITERA BURA - Being so well mannered, polite, respectful, kind, hardworking, humble, empathetic, supportive, well respected DAVINA LEAFA - Always trying hard in mathematics and having a good attitude NAUMI TEINABO - Outstanding learner who asks questions, thinks and plans. She brings positivity, determination and smiles to our class Wonderful whanau student Well mannered, polite, respectful, kind Student Mediation Team RITANG TUMOA - Being an outstanding learner, motivated, interested, digs deeper to extend her understanding. Caring, thoughtful and collaborative Achieving so well in Level 3. TYCEY FELELTI - Achieving to a high standard in mathematics, writing and inquiry. Always does her best, keen to learn, supportive TEATILA TEINABO - Hard working, academic, kind and achieving to a high standard in mathematics and writing DANIEL VAOTANGI - Listening and asking questions, being respectful of the class environment MILI AH-LEE - Working at a high proficient level for the past three assessments Friendly, diligent and thoughtful class member. Her hard work and effort in class

JOY SALEUPOLU - Consistently displaying a high work ethic and striving for excellence in all subjects

IONNA CORRIE - Showing leadership and respect, supportive of others when learning, strives for excellence high standards

TAVALEGA FELETI - Her positive encouragement and help to others and for cleaning and tidying the classroom just because she felt it needed it

DOMINIC COURTENAY - Calm, positive and open approach to learning. A collaborative learner, has a broad range of source interpretation skills Capable social scientist

EBIRETIA AH-LEE - Coming out of her shell, helping others Determined and focused, respect for learning and others, perseverance and warmth in class

OLIVER JANES - Enthusiastic, motivated learner, enjoys learning with others and independently, loves exploring new topics and extending his knowledge and understanding

KARAIRAI TAKAATU - focused and determined learner - independently and collaboratively Strives for high levels of achievement and does her best consistently BARABEI BAUKIE - Extremely respectful at all times. Has worked well in Outdoor Education, a strong player in the 1 XV team MARLAN DEWAGE - Focused, gets on with work, a talent for drawing. Doing your best is worth celebrating VOLAKI MEAFOU - Academic achievement EVODIA RATARO - Being polite and making excellent effort ESSENSE SOPOAGA - Good work ethic, confident public speaking skills and caring of fellow students KAMATAKU TAKAATU - Diligent work ethic, perceptive and independent work skills RAAUA TAUA - Achieves high standards in class. AKOIA TEAKIN - Hard working, lovely student. Lots of character and generally brings spirit and joy to the classroom TENIKA JOHNS-TUAKEU - Amazing, hardworking student, shows all of the school values. Kind and thoughtful, helps others and give things a go ATANGIBUTI KAMARIE - A huge improvement in attitude KOROTAAKE TEBUTOKAI - Being a great whanau representative SALONI FINE - Focused, wonderful, positive, good-humoured nature. Completes work to a highÂ standard, great academic progress ANA VOTANGI - Trying hard academically, gets on well with others, polite, kind, gets work done on time TEIMAALAIMA MANUMALO - Well mannered and a respectful student. Always doing her best and working hard CHANCE TROTTER - Works well in class, trys her best, respectful and considerate of her peers, offers to help those who need it

Whaiate iti kahurangi AN EVENING OF MAORI CULTURAL, SPORTING & ACADEMIC SUCCESS

Whaia te iti kahurangi was held on Wednesday 11 September which was a night to acknowledge our tamariki and their academic, Nga Toi (cultural) and Hakinakina (sporting) achievements. The night was MCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ed by senior students Aniwa Heke and Takimoana Phillips. The Kapa Haka entertained us with a thrilling performance of Rakau, Taiaha, Poi and lovely Waiata. Our attention was then focused on the achievements our maori students have accomplished at the

Special Awards

NGA TEINA (YR 7-8) TE TOHU PATIKI Miriama Iverson NGA WAENGANUI (YR 9-11) TE TOHU POUTAMA Aniwa Heke NGA TUAKANA (YR 12-13) TE TOHU WHETU Benjamin Holland LONG SERVICE AWARD Takimoana Phillips TU MANA MAORI TROPHY FOR OUTSTANDING MAORI ROLE MODEL STUDENT Tamatea Winiana THE WILSON WIRIHANA MEMORIAL TROPHY FOR EXCELLENT EFFORT AND ATTITUDE IN ALL ASPECTS OF MAORI CULTURE Aniwa Heke

Academic Achievements YEAR 7 DILIGENT AWARD Alexa Clifton, Grace Cooper, Finn Gibson, Ariki Kaho, Kyla Payne, Mali Prictor, Nathaniel Tate-Allen, Kiara Wilson

end of 2018 and throughout this year. Mr Macleod highlighted the exceptionally high rates Mahurangi Maori students have reached in comparison to similar decile schools in New Zealand. Three prestigious awards were presented to students who achieved highly. Nga teina year 7-8 Te tohu Patiki award went to Miriama Iverson (Year 8) who has been a member of the Rockquest Livewire Band. Nga Waenganui (9-11) Te tohu pa

was awarded to Aniwa Heke for the second year running (Year 11) who are both involved with Kapa Haka as well as their individual sports and singing. The senior award Nga Tuakana (12-13) Te tohu Whetu went to Ben Holland who has excelled in his sporting including leadership in Touch, 1st XI hockey, and Kapa Haka. We are very proud of all the rangitahi in our kura who have exceeded our expectations and continue to thrive to the highest potential.

YEAR 7 HIGH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Sophie Callender, Jaime Dunn, Inangaro Haurua, Daniel McFarlane

YEAR 13 RECOGNITION OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Ashley Came, Emma Foote, Blake Toi

YEAR 8 DILIGENCE AWARD Riley Barclay, Calum Boyd, Amy Miller, Grace Cooper

YEAR 13 LEVEL 2 MERIT ENDORSEMENT 2018 Eden Connolly, Robbie McFarlane, Konrad Morrison

YEAR 8 HIGH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Miriama Iversen, Jaden Takiari YEAR 9 HIGH ACHIEVEMENT Quinn Collings, Leroy Eru, Taylah Ferris, Kaea Heke, Billy Hemena-Dawson, Indy Jackson, Josiah Joyce, Sammie Le Bas, Hone Mathieson, Jade Tomas, Brooklyn Waugh YEAR 10 GPA BETWEEN 75-89% Noah Barclay, Grace Close, Caitlin Johnson, Deja Pareta, Chelsea Wilson YEAR 10 WITH GPA 90% AND OVER Maia Collins Bowman, Terrayne CollinsMaginley, Grace Lewis YEAR 11 WITH 20 CREDITS OR OVER WITH EXCELLENCE Chloe Billington, Poppy Billington, Calista Goffin, Arlo Harrison, Zinny Harrison, Aniwa Heke, Ben McMurtrie, Flynn Medland, Heath Rigby YEAR 12, LEVEL 1 EXCELLENCE ENDORSEMENT 2018 Chrsanthe Hawken, Ruby Cooper, Liam Hooper, Ranelle Le Bas

YEAR 13 LEVEL 2 EXCELLENCE ENDORSEMENT 2018 Ben Holland, Davina Jones, Luke Mackinnon, Kate Powell

Sporting Achievements Hope Weller, Ava Brown, Paige Brown, Maia Collins Bowman, Ava Jan-Rashleigh, Chrysanthe Hawken, Kevin McNeil, Heath Rigby, Jaden Takiari, Tamatea Winiana, Robbie McFarlane, Patrick Mackinnon

Arts Achievements

Kaea Heke, Aniwa Heke, Leah Jones, Sammie Le Bas, Ben McMurtie

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AcademicBlues

RECOGNISING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN 2018

EVERY YEAR MAHURANGI college recognises outstanding academic achievement by awarding our highest achieving students at our Academic Blues evening. Held in February, the awards are given based on the previous yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

achievement, the results of which are made available in January. Our students have worked hard and been diligent and that has lead to their academic success and we are proud to recognise this by awarding them with our highest honour, an Academic Blue.

Year 11 Recipients - OUTSTANDING ACHIEVERS IN 2018

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded with Academic Blues for their outstanding achievements in 2018. ANNA PASHLEY 50 Excellence, 38 Merit.

RANELLE LE BAS 75 Excellence, 45 Merit.

PERRY PITCHER 88 Excellence, 16 Merit.

RYAN MEMBERY 50 Excellence, 44 Merit.

PETER MCHALE 76 Excellence, 34 Merit.

VANYA DUNN 89 Excellence, 22 Merit.

ANNABELLE MCKENZIE 53 Excellence, 45 Merit.

FINIAN TAYLOR 78 Excellence, 40 Merit.

KATE ROWE 90 Excellence, 26 Merit.

MACKENZIE DURRANT 53 Excellence, 46 Merit.

KATERINA HOFFMANN 81 Excellence, 30 Merit.

EMMA NORTH 91 Excellence, 23 Merit.

TOMMY WILSON 55 Excellence, 27 Merit.

ALEX BINDON 81 Excellence, 37 Merit.

JOWAN NUTE 93 Excellence, 20 Merit.

CHRYSANTHE HAWKEN 56 Excellence, 28 Merit.

WILLOW WHITHAM 82 Excellence, 23 Merit.

GRIFIN CRAWFORD 94 Excellence, 27 Merit.

TAN ROBERTSON 57 Excellence, 47 Merit. RUBY COOPER 57 Excellence, 51 Merit. TIM ALEKSEEV 58 Excellence, 43 Merit. LIAM HOOPER 61 Excellence, 27 Merit. KATE POPHAM 63 Excellence, 36 Merit. RHIANNA SCHEDEWY 63 Excellence, 46 Merit. JULIETTE TWHIGG 67 Excellence, 11 Merit. CANDICE BREWER 71 Excellence, 19 Merit.

(Across only 5 subjects)

RYAN STAM 83 Excellence, 24 Merit. SAMANTHA WILLIAMS-ROBSON

83 Excellence, 30 Merit. AIMEE GODDARD 85 Excellence, 26 Merit. RIVER USMAR 86 Excellence, 16 Merit.

Junior Dux

KATIE O'HIGGINS-THOMASS

Most Excellence Credits Level 1

GRACE OLIVER 95 Excellence, 24 Merit. COCO BONE 98 Excellence, 18 Merit. JESS MCCORMICK 102 Excellence, 19 Merit. LEILANI JONES 104 Excellence, 12 Merit.

NASIA MCLENNAN 86 Excellence, 36 Merit.

CARISSA SMITH 109 Excellence, 4 Merit.

RYAN TORCKLER 87 Excellence, 33 Merit.

ABIGAIL PUSHENKO 110 Excellence, 12 Merit.

FINN MASSEY 87 Excellence, 35 Merit.

ROBBIE ENNIS 118 Excellence.

ROBBIE ENNIS

Most Excellence Credits Level 2

REIKO PHAM 73 Excellence, 36 Merit. CORMAC BLENNERHASSETT

74 Excellence, 33 Merit. MAXWELL MEALE 75 Excellence, 27 Merit.

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WILLA THOMPSON-AHERN

Thirlestane Award 2018

Scholarship 2018

CHRISTIAN POLAND Highest Grade Point Average at L3

TOP SUBJECT SCHOLARS NATIONALLY Awarded to only the top students in each subject nationally. Congratulations to the following:

The GPA in his top 100 credits was 422 with a total of 98 Excellence credits out of the 108 credits entered.

SABRINA YARNDLEY Chemistry ALEX MEDLAND Drama CHRISTIAN POLAND Calculus and History

Year 12 Recipients - OUTSTANDING ACHIEVERS IN 2018

Year 13 Recipients -

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVERS IN 2018

ELENA COOPER 51 Excellence, 33 Merit.

CAPRICE GIFFORD 62 Excellence, 42 Merit.

KATE NICCOLLS 78 Excellence, 20 Merit.

ROSA KESKIC 50 Excellence, 8 Merit.

CONNOR SIMPSON 51 Excellence, 36 Merit.

TOLSTOY HARDIE 64 Excellence, 36 Merit.

KATE POWELL 79 Excellence, 21 Merit.

LIANA SYKES 72 Excellence, 23 Merit.

LUCAS SMITH 55 Excellence, 27 Merit.

GEORGE D'URBAN-BURGESS

65 Excellence, 26 Merit.

MACEY STUART 80 Excellence, 38 Merit.

CICELY DRIVER 54 Excellence, 3 Merit.

JANE WILCOCK 55 Excellence, 35 Merit.

SOPHIE BOYLE 65 Excellence, 35 Merit.

EMMA STRETCH 81 Excellence, 12 Merit.

SAMUEL TWHIGG 55 Excellence, 20 Merit.

MOLLY ILLINGWORTH 56 Excellence, 48 Merit.

DAVINA JONES 66 Excellence, 50 Merit.

LUCY ROWE 81 Excellence 26 Merit.

PIPPA HUTCHINSON 56 Excellence, 31 Merit.

LIAM PRICE 58 Excellence, 27 Merit.

EMILY MAHADY 71 Excellence, 38 Merit.

WILLIAM PATERSON 88 Excellence, 30 Merit.

JACKSON CRAWFORD 59 Excellence, 30 Merit.

ANGELIQUE BOISSEAU 59 Excellence, 26 Merit.

ANAIS BENTLEY 73 Excellence, 17 Merit.

MARIA DODIARTO 99 Excellence 13 Merit.

ALEX MEDLAND 60 Excellence, 12 Merit.

CAYLE FARMILOE 59 Excellence, 35 Merit.

SHAR ILLINGWORTH 74 Excellence, 18 Merit.

SAMUEL CHITTY 100 Excellence 10 Merit.

ELLA MARTIN 61 Excellence, 34 Merit.

STEPHANIE WALSH 61 Excellence, 25 Merit.

CAITLIN ROUSE 75 Excellence, 32 Merit.

BRIANNA CADWALLADER 104 Excellence 8 Merit.

MACKENZIE BUICK 64 Excellence, 23 Merit.

HOLLY RUSHER 62 Excellence, 16 Merit.

FRANCESCA BENNETT 76 Excellence, 20 Merit.

YSABELLA STEVENSON 107 Excellence 13 Merit.

CLAUDIA MUNRO 66 Excellence, 10 Merit.

PIPI ROSS 62 Excellence, 29 Merit.

BENJAMIN HOLLAND 76 Excellence, 35 Merit.

WILLA THOMPSON-AHERN 114 Excellence 6 Merit.

KARL POLAND 68 Excellence, 6 Merit.

LUKE MACKINNON 62 Excellence, 36 Merit.

DREW JANSSEN 77 Excellence, 35 Merit.

RUBY HAYWARD 74 Excellence, 9 Merit. DAMIAN MONADJEM 75 Excellence, 25 Merit. SOPHIA TORRESAN 83 Excellence, 4 Merit. LEXIE MCGILLIVRAY 85 Excellence, 12 Merit. SANDER STAM 86 Excellence, 4 Merit. SABRINA YARNDLEY 97 Excellence, 10 Merit. CHRISTIAN POLAND 98 Excellence, 10 Merit.

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CulturalBlues

AN EVENING OF CULTURAL CELEBRATION

THIS YEAR'S CULTURAL Blues awards evening was a feast of student entertainment provided by music, arts, drama and kapa haka groups. A well deserved congratulations to all those students in acknowledgement of their contribution to the cultural life of Mahurangi College over the years.

Highlight performances were given by a range of talented students. Overall it was a very enjoyable evening for all involved and for the audience. A huge thanks go to the staff, performers and students involved in making it a success.

Special Awards - OUTSTANDING CULTURAL SERVICE

Congratulations to the following students who won special cultural awards this year. These awards represent outstanding cultural service and achievement. AMALI SHORE

WILLOW WHITHAM

Year 10 Up and Coming Award Hungerford Trophy

The Elliott Cup for the Visual Arts Person of the Year

EMILY MARTIN

ANNA WILLIAMS-MART & ARAN NICCOLLS Junior Cultural Blue Year 7 & 8 Outstanding Students

Basil Kirker Award for Services to Choral Singing & Moira Atkinson Trophy for Best Performing Artist

DREW JANSEN

LIAM PRICE

KOTUA KOTUA

The Atkins Award for Most Talented, Committed and Supportive Drama Student

Southern Paprika Award for commitment to Pasifika performance

NASIA MCLENNAN

KRISTEL DAVIES

EMMA STRETCH

BEN MCMURTIE

Bissett Family Art Cup

Technical support cup

DREW JENSEN

EMILY MARTIN

Dashper Instrumental Music Award for the talented, committed & supportive instrumental musician

The cultural person of the year trophy for best performing artist.

Anne Dewey Dance Trophy

JANE WILCOCK Spenceley Trophy for Most Dedicated Student to Music and Performing Arts

Dance Makers Cup Senior Award for Performance Arts

NASIA MCLENNAN Mahu Media Award for outstanding contribution to media studies

Services to culture Library Award

Morris & James Writing Competition

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YEAR 7 WINNERS:

YEAR 9 WINNERS:

SENIOR CREATIVE WRITING:

1st - MILLA REEKIE 2nd - TESSA BERGER 3rd - GEMMA PRICE

1st - LUCI MILLAR 2nd - JODIE SHAW 3rd - LAKSHMI RANJU

1st - ANAIS BENTLEY 2nd - RIVER USMAR 3rd - FINLEY LAWLOR-MENDEZ

YEAR 8 WINNERS:

YEAR 10 WINNERS:

SENIOR ACADEMIC WRITING:

1st - ROSIE CHAPMAN-WILDING 2nd - RYLIE TRAVERS 3rd - SASHA JAMIESON

1st - CHELSEA WILSON 2nd - ZOE KNAPP SPENS-BLACK 3rd - MARIE PUTNAM

1st - SAMUEL CHITTY 2nd - GRIFIN CRAWFORD 3rd - ROBBIE ENNIS

Cultural Blues Awards - BLUES MERITS & CERTIFICATES

Congratulations to all the students who won Cultural Blues and Merit awards this year, as well as those who are recognised for their services to culture at the school.

Cultural Blues

Cultural Merits

Service to Cultural Merit

Brandon Lewis, Kristel Davies, Vanya

Grace Richards, Leilani Jones, Willow Whitham, Perry Pitcher, Kartini Clarke, Reiko Pham,, Mackenzie, Mackenzie Durrant, Ryan Torkler, Cody Allison, Zoey Marsden

George, Bogue, Samuel Rickwood, Peter Mchale, Elaine Anatete

Dunn, Ameline Makin, Robbie Ennis, Alex Bindon, Ryan Stam, Kaea Heke, Leah Jones, Samuel Chitty, Michaela Pow, Emily Martin, Guy van Egmond, Amali Shore, Jane Wilcock, Elena Cooper, Holly Rusher, Tolstoy Hardie, Bianca Munro, Ysabella Stevenson, Drew Janssen, Maria Dodiarto, Caprice Gifford, Hinata Aki, Jessica Telsford, Caspian Hardie

Service to Cultural Blue Maxwell Meale, Nasia McLennan, Gretel Michels, Jessica McNaughten, Titang Tumoa, Aboriana Arawatau, Naumi Teinabo, Ben McMurtrie

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SportsBlues

CELEBRATING SPORTING SUCCESS

A BLUES AWARD IS A prestigious distinction that is presented to a student who has achieved outstanding success in a sporting activity. 2019 has been another outstanding year of participation and achievement.

Blues Award winners are expected to represent Mahurangi College in their particular sport wherever possible. They should have met some of these criteria: represent to at least provincial level at the highest grade possible - e.g. an

Auckland, North Harbour, Northland or NZ representative. Win a provincial title or be in the top six at national competitions. Must show good sportsmanship, attend practices regularly, lead by example and perform outstandingly in their sport during that year. Be selected in a tournament team at a provincial, regional or national championship. Aside from the Blues Awards we also award students who have provided a service to

Merit Awards

Blues Awards

ATHLETICS: Maia Collins Bowman, Zac Cooper HOCKEY: Dakota Corringham, Torey Flaherty, Annabella Newton, Shona Illingworth, Juliette Twhigg, CROSS COUNTRY: Grace Richards, Tula Brumby, Zac Cooper, NETBALL: Ava Brown, Paige Brown, Grace Lewis SWIMMING: Lizara Cuthell TAG: Daniel Viatangi UNDER WATER HOCKEY: Jayden Mather, Caleb Ripley, Juliette Twhigg WATERSPORTS: Jayden Earley, Kupe Emmerton, Blake Stevenson

ATHLETICS: Brianna Cadwallader, George D'Urban-Burgess, Ava Jane-Rashleigh, Leah Jones, Robbie Mcfarlane, Lucy Rowe, Amelia Burton BADMINGTON: Victor Dodiarto BASEBALL: Jaden Takiari CRICKET: Connor Jollivet EQUESTRIAN: Ella Bartlett, Tula Brumby, Bailee Sterling GYMSPORT: Sebastian Smith HOCKEY: Shar Illingworth, Zara Innes, Sienna Innes, Sasha Jamieson, Connor Jollivet KARATE: Aimee Goddard, Toby Ewing, Jayden Earley, Heath Rigby MOTORCROSS: Logan Jones, Nicholas Schollum, Anna Schollum NETBALL: Louise Makin ROCK CLIMBING: Esme Greenwood, Kate Niccolls RUGBY: Titera Bura, Tenaija Fletcher, Robbie McFarlane, Korotaake Tebutokai, Chrysanthe Hawken, Patrick Mackinnon, Kevin McNeil, Ryan Membery, Cooper Rodden, Chance Trotter, Samantha Williams-Robson SHEARING: Gus Berger SOFTBALL: Jamie Glassford, Hope Weller SWIMMING: Zali Taylor, Grace Richards

SERVICES TO SPORT MERIT AWARD Ruby Wech, Tommo McGuire, Isabel Mather, Tabitha Gleeson, Toby Ewing, Erin Lane, Jayden Mather, Eli Hallam, Elyza Eyre, Chrysanthe Hawken, Eden Connolly

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sport. Every sport needs Coaches, Managers and Referees or Umpires. Services to Sport recognises the efforts of those who volunteer and provide a competent and consistent service for the whole season. Service to Sports Blues winners should complete courses or qualifications for their chosen sports, and provide competent and consistent service for a full season. (cont. over)

TAG FOOTBALL: Louise Makin, Ava JaneRashleigh TOUCH: Alice Cleland, Eden Connolly, George D'Urban-Burgess, Chrysanthe Hawken, Tamatea Winiana, Daniel D'Urban-Burgess, Sienna Innes UNDER WATER HOCKEY: Rowan Buick, Emma North, Charlotte O'Connor, Finn Stevenson, Rachel McGuire WATER SPORTS: Mahana DeMeulemeester

SERVICES TO SPORT BLUE AWARD Ava Jane-Rashleigh, Paige Brown, John Taylor, Charlotte O'Connor, Abby Charlton, Rachel McGuire, Jamie Glassford, Maia Colliins Bowman, Madeline Martin, Tamsin Greenwood, Ryan Broughton-Johnson, Jayden Mather, Lockie O'Neill, Leah Jones, Kate Rowe, Emma North, Juliette Twhigg, Jack Campbell, Rowan Buick, Caleb Ripley, Leilani Jones, Kate Niccolls, Kimberley Allen, Grace Lewis

Perhaps the most difficult to attain is the NZ Achievers award. This is awarded to students who have performed outstandingly and gained representative honours at a National or International Level, have won a National Title, or have been selected in a National or International Tournament Team. Amazingly we have a range of students who have gained this high honour. Finally, our top awards are for the Sportsman, Sportswoman and Team of the Year. 2019 saw so

many successes it was difficult to choose, but our winners are undoubtedly outstanding in their respective fields. To be eligible for the Sportswoman and Sports-man awards we look for a student who has had excellent commitment and sportsman-ship, and the right attitude. Nominees need to have been involved in a wide range of sporting activities both in and out of school, and need to have achieved in

their sports or shown they have participated to a high level. The criteria for these awards are demanding, but we are proud to say that many of our students meet these year after year. Sport is alive and well at Mahurangi College, and we look forward to seeing what these top performers go on to achieve in future.

Team of the Year SENIOR MIXED TOUCH 4th at Auckland National Champs

Sportswomen of the Year ROWAN BUICK & EMMA NORTH Members of the NZ Underwater Hockey U19 team. Won the world championships in Nottingham this year.

Sportsman of the Year

New Zealand Achievers

ROBBIE MCFARLANE

GYMSPORT: Sebastian Smith

Broke Robyn Brooke's long standing Mahurangi College javelin record. Won the Auckland and the North Island Athletic champs for javelin. North Harbour Rep for Rugby.

UNDERWATER HOCKEY: Emma North UNDERWATER HOCKEY: Rowan Buick TOUCH RUGBY: Chrysanthe Hawken

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Prize Giving DUX & PROXIME ACCESSIT

Mahurangi College top honours

YSABELLA STEVENSON DUX The Barfoot & Thompson Prize and the Patricia & Alan Schedewy Family Cup

Academic Awards & Scholarships EMILY MARTIN

• The Mike Pero Real Estate Young Person Of The Year Scholarship ($2000)

CLAUDIA STEVENSON

• McDonald Adams Optometrists' Scholarship ($500)

ELI WATERHOUSE LEAH JONES

• The Full Spectrum Training Facility Aspiring Athlete Scholarship ($2,500 membersip & mentoring)

MIKAYLA ROGERS

• The New Zealand School of Tourism Scholarship ($500)

RITUNG TUMOA

• Pasifika Futures Trophy sponsored by the Warkworth Birthing Centre ($1000)

SOPHIE BOYLE

• The Bailey Earley Memorial Scholarship ($2000)

ZACH SMITH

• Future Apprenticeship Scholarship - Leggoe Electrical ($300)

LOGAN HARRIS

• Future Apprenticeship Scholarship - Steve Haycock Ltd ($300)

JESSICA BENWELL

• Kowhai Physio and Hand Therapy Scholarship ($350)

SAMUEL CHITTY

• Dolly Wynyard Trust Scholarships ($1,500) • The Brooking Family Award & the Dyson Smythe & Gladwell Prize for History • University of Otago Vice Chancellor's Scholarship ($8,000) • Victoria University Tangiwai Scholarship ($5,000)

TARYN PEDDLE

• The Hauser-Raspe Foundation Grant (Fees & Accom over $35,000)

ANAIS BENTLEY

• The Dolly Wynyard Trust Scholarship ($1,500) • Victoria University Tangiwai Scholarship ($5,000)

EMMA STRETCH

• The Dolly Wynyard Trust Scholarship ($1,500)

DANIEL WHITE

• The Warkworth Driving Academy Scholarship ($500)

MARIA DODIARTO

• The Argyle Manufacturing and Pip Foote of Re/Max Group Scholarship ($500) • University of Otago Vice Chancellor's Scholarship ($8,000)

YSABELLA STEVENSON

• The Dolly Wynyard Trust Scholarship ($1,500) • University of Otago Academic Excellence Ent. Scholarship ($35,000) • Victoria University Tangiwai Scholarship • University of Auckland Top Achievers Scholarship ($20,000)

LUKE MACKINNON KATE NICOLLS LUCAS SMITH JORDAN VEGAR RIKUTO SUZUKI

SAMUEL CHITTY PROXIME ACCESSIT The Alon and Audrey Shaw Cup, the Gubbs Motors and Mason Contractors Award

YSABELLA STEVENSON & WILLA THOMPSON -AHERN $35,000 University of Otago

Academic Excellence Entrance Scholarship recipients

• University of Canterbury 'Go Canterbury' Scholarship ($5,000)

WILLA THOMPSON-AHERN

• University of Otago Academic Excellence Entrance Scholarship ($35,000)

MACEY STUART

• University of Otago Vice Chancellor's Scholarship ($5,000)

CAPRICE GIFFORD MOLLY ILLINGWORTH CAITLIN ROUSE CONNOR SIMPSON

• University of Otago Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarships ($6,000)

BRIANNA CADWALLADER

• The University of Auckland Faculty of Business and Economics Undergraduate Scholarship ($5,000) • The Argyle Manufacturing & Pip Foote of Re/Max Group Schol. ($500) • Victoria University Tangiwai Scholarship ($5,000)

SHAR ILLINGWORTH

• University of Otago Frontiers Entrance Scholarship ($2,500)

DREW JENSEN

• Victoria University Tangiwai Scholarship ($5,000) • University of Otago Frontiers Entrance Scholarship ($2,500)

WILLIAM PATERSON

• University of Canterbury Emerging Leaders Scholarship ($5,000) • University of Canterbury College of Business and Law First Year Award for Excellence ($6,000) • University of Otago Performance Entrance Scholarship ($16,000) • University of Canterbury Excel Scholarship ($5,000) • Victoria University Tangiwai Scholarship ($5,000)

ELENA COOPER

• University of Otago Frontiers Entrance Scholarship ($2,500)

JANE WILCOX

• Auckland Uni of Technology School Leavers Scholarship ($6,500) • University of Otago 150th Entrance Scholarship ($6,000)

FRANCESCA BENNETT

• Victoria University Tangiwai Scholarship ($5,000) • University of Otago Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarships ($6,000)

TOLSTOY HARDIE KATE POWELL LUCY ROWE

CAYLE FARMILOE BEN HOLLAND

• Victoria University Tangiwai Scholarship ($5,000)

• Warkworth Community Scholarship ($300)

School Sports Champions JOSH LAMBERT - Int. Boys’ Athletic Champ

SHONA ILLINGWORTH - Int. Girls’ Athletic Champ JOSH LAMBERT - Int. Boys’ Cross Country Champ SHONA ILLINGWORTH - Int. Girls’ Cross Country Champ GEORGE D'URBAN BURGESS - Senior Boys’ Athletic Champ

BRIANNA CADWALLADER - Senior Girls’ Athletic Champion GEORGE D'URBAN BURGESS - Senior Boys’ Cross Country Champ

LUCY ROWE -Senior Girls’ Cross Country Champ LOGAN SYKES - Intermediate Boys’ Swimming Champ

Ysabella Stevenson, Cory Palmer, William Paterson, Jordan Vegar, Samuel Chitty

ZALI TAYLOR -Intermediate Girls’ Swimming Champ RIKUTO SUZUKI - Senior Boys’ Swimming Champ SAMARA SHORE - Senior Girls’ Swimming Champ CORY PALMER - Top Archer (Mahurangi College Archery)

Special Awards Year 11 & 12

Cameron McCraken, Robbie Ennis & Ryan Torckler

SKY WONGCHUEN

• The Price Trophy and the Totalspan Steel Buildings Prize for diligence in the face of adversity

KOROTAAKE TEBUTOKAI

• The Tania Dalton Foundation Award

MACKENZIE BUTLER

• The Norman Roke Memorial Plaque and the SBA Accounting Warkworth Prize for Excellence in Level 1 in technology subjects

RYAN TOCRKLER

• The Anthoni and Dudding Cup and the Warkworth Dental Prize for the highest achieving student across multiple sciences at Level 2

ROBBIE ENNIS

• The Lions Club for Kowhai Coast Prize for Debating

CAMERON MCCRAKEN

• The Lions Club Kowhai Coast Shield The Student Learning Centre pupil who is diligent and shows a caring and positive attitude.

Special Awards Year 13 JANE WILCOX

• The Friends of Mahu Award for Head Girl • The Granville Shield and the Intimate Apparel Prize for Civic Responsibilities

GEORGE D'URBAN-BURGESS

• The Friends of Mahu Prize for Head Boy

FRANCESCA BENNETT

• The Friends of Mahu Prize for Deputy Head Girl • The Withers & Co Prize for the senior girl who shows the most initiative, self-reliance and consideration for others

WILLIAM PATERSON

• The Friends of Mahu Prize for Deputy Head Boy • The Rodney Lodge of Freemasons Prize for the senior boy who shows the most initiative, self-reliance and consideration for others • The Lions Young Ambassodor of the 21st Century ($500 prize)

MEREDYTH BAILEY

• The Quintal Family Cup and The MS Engineering Prize for diligence in Technology

SAMUEL CHITTY

• The Warkworth Lions Cup and Prize for Excellence in Public Speaking

PIPI ROSS

• The Maltby Family Cup and Lions Warkworth Award for Senior Art

JORDAN VEGAR

• The C L Moore Trophy and The Kowhai Surgery Prize for the highest achieving student across multiple sciences at Level 3

ALEICHA BURDETT-RHODES

• The Chocolate Brown Prize for creativity and professionalism in Hospitality

OLIVER SMITH

• The Andrew Coombs Memorial Trophy and The Isometric Solutions Prize for the most deserving pupil in Level 3 Digital Technology

JOSEPH MARTIN

• The Coresteel Buildings Prize for Innovation

EMMA STRETCH

• The Leggoe Electrical Prize for a student with dyslexia, displaying perseverance and achievement

WILLA THOMPSON-AHERN

• The Year 13 Award and The Lions Club of Warkworth Prize for Leadership • The Ex-Pupils’ Rose Bowl and the Warkworth Dental Prize for Best All-Rounder

JARED LAMBERT

• The Tawharanui Regional Park Conservation Award and the Coresteel Buildings Rodney Prize

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MeritAwards

TOP IN SUBJECT AWARDS

The highest achievers in each subject

Congratulations to the following students who won top in subject awards this year. These awards represent outstanding academic achievement in individual subjects.

LEVEL 1

1st place in Level 1 Subjects

LEVEL 2

1st place in Level 2 Subjects

CHLOE BILLINGTON

• History

WILLOW WHITHAM

• The Design & Landscape Prize for 1st equal Art Design

GUY VAN EGMOND

• Hospitality

ALEX PAULE

NASIA MCLENNAN

• Spanish

• The Camera Shop Prize for Art Photography • The Mahurangi Matters Prize for Media Studies

KEYA PRAJAPATI

• Business Studies

ELI HALLAM

• The Composite Joinery Prize for Furniture

HEATH RIGBY

• Health

ANNA PASHLEY

• The Countdown Prize for Hospitality

RHIANNA SCHEDEWY

• The Buckton Consulting Surveyors Prize for Math with Statistics

KATIE O'HIGGINS THOMASS

• Design & Vis Com • Science • English

KATIE FULLER

• The Brick Bay Prize for Art Painting

VINCENT HOWELL

• Life Skills

RILEY O'NEILL

• The Southern Paprika Prize for Tourism

ZOEY MARSDEN

• 1st equal Dance

JACK MERTON-MACAFFERTY

• The Rhodes for Roads Prize for Mechanical Engineering

OLIVIA HAY

• Music

JOWAN NUTE

ZALI TAYLOR

• 1st equal PE

• The Dyson, Smythe & Gladwell Prize for English • The Mahurangi Vision Prize for History • The Kawau Bay Health Prize 1st equal for Geography

TAJ OLIVER

• Art Design

KATERINA HOFFMANN

MACKENZIE BUTLER

• Art Painting • Textile Tech

• The Kowhai Physiotherapy and Hand Therapy Clinic Prize for Biology

ZONGBEI WU

• The Stihl Shop Prize for ESOL

LEXIE VAN SANTEN

• Media Studies

NICHOLAS MULOCK-HOUWER

• The Composite Joinery Prize for Design Tech

BEN MCMURTIE

• Digital Tech

• The 3 Dimensional Buildiers Prize for 1st equal Design & Vis Com

ASPEN BURRIDGE

• Drama

CORMAC BENNERHASSETT

JUMPEI ARAI

• ESOL

RYAN TORCKLER

• The Life Pharmacy Prize for Physics

NATHAN STRONG

• Design Tech

ALEX BINDON

• The Warkworth Engraving Prize for Music

SOPHIE STRETCH

• Geography

ESSENSE SOPOAGA

• The Countdown Warkworth Prize for Transition

ALEX TUNNICLIFFE

• Mathmatics

ABIGAIL PUSHENKO

• The Bavage Chapman Prize for Business Studies

ANIWA HEKE

• Te Reo Maori

ROBBIE ENNIS

• The Warkworth Surveyors Prize for Chemistry • The Buckton Consulting Surveyors Prize for Math with Calculus

JOSH LAMBERT

• 1st equal PE

VANYA DUNN

• The Active Plus Warkworth Prize for Dance

ZINNY HARRISON

• 1st equal Dance

ANNABEL MILBURN

• The Warkworth Golf Club Prize for Drama

GRIFFIN CRAWFORD

• The Rhodes for Roads Prize for 1st equal in Geography

AIMEE GODDARD

• The Kowhai Physiotherapy and Hand Therapy Clinic Prize for Health

CARISSA SMITH

• The Brick Bay Wines Prize for 1st equal Art Design

DANIEL WHITE

• The Leggoe Electrical Prize for Construction Academy

JESS MCCORMICK

• The Isometrics Solutions for Digital Technology • The Kowhai Surgery Prize for Spanish

TAMATEA WINIANA

• The Briar Rose Flowers Prize for Te Reo Maori

KATE ROWE

• The Warkworth Car & Truck Rentals Prize for 1st equal Design & Vis Com

CANDICE BREWER

• The Hush Hair & Retail Prize for Textile

RANELLE LE BAS

• The Kowhai Physiotherapy and Hand Therapy Clinic Prize for PE

Taj Oliver, Kaya Prajapati, Zoey Marsden, Zyne Harrison, Nathan Strong, Ben McMurtie

Emma Stretch, Willa Thompson-Ahern, Jordan Vegar, Jared Lambert

Robbie Ennis, Griffin Crawford, Leilani Jones, Ryan Torckler, Willow Whitham

LEVEL 3

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

1st place in Level 3 Subjects

Highest grade point average

ANAIS BENTLEY

• The Dyson Smyth & Gladwell Prize for Classics

CORY PALMER

• The Rodney Surgical Centre Prize for Math with Calculus • The Isometric Prize for Web Design

BRIANNA CADWALLADER

• The Kowhai Physiotherapy & Hand Therapy Clinic Prize PE

BENJAMIN HOLLAND

• The Kawau Bay Health Prize for Geography

RIKUTO SUZUKI

• The White Cliffs Timber Limited Prize for Design Tech

BRANDON ELLIS

• The Machinery House Prize for for Furniture

• SASKIA WIGMAN

DANIEL LOVE

• The Adams Driving School Prize for Gateway

• AVA BERRY

ZACH SMITH

• The Leggoe Electrical Prize for Construction Academy

• JESS PALMER

PARIS TOOMEY

• The Matakana Pub Prize for Hospitality

YSABELLA STEVENSON

• The Kowhai Surgery Prize for Music • The Insight Legal Prize for 1st Equal in English

ETHAN REBENSCHIED

• The Buckton Consulting Surveyors Prize for Math with Statstistics

The Warkworth Taxi and Bus Service Award / The St Pierres Warkworth Award / The Planning Collective Award / The Summerset Falls and Stihl Shop Warkworth Award for Academic Achievement in Year 12 across 6 subjects

MEREDYTH BAILEY

• The Warkworth Laundry Prize for Tourism

• ROBBIE ENNIS

WILLIAM PATTERSON

• The Bavage Chapman Prize for Business Studies • The Buckton Consulting Surveyors Prize for Math

• WILLOW WHITHAM

JORDAN VEGAR

• The Warkworth Vets Prize for Physics • The Speed Award and the Warkworth Surveyors Prize for Excellence in Year 13 Chemistry

• GRIFFIN CRAWFORD

SAMUEL CHITTY

• The Brick Bay Wines Prize for Art Design • The Dyson Smythe & Gladwell Prize for History • The Mahurangi Matters Prize for Media Studies • The Insight Legal Prize for 1st Equal in English

PIPI ROSS

• The Rodney Surgical Centre Prize for 1st Equal Art Painting • The Photolife Prize for Art Photography • The Hush Hair & Retail Prize for Textile Tech

STEPHANIE WALSH

• The Brick Bay Wines Prize for First Equal Art Painting

MARIA DODIARTO

• The Warkworth Surveyors Prize for Biology

EMMA STRETCH

• The Camera Shop Warkworth Prize for Design & Vis Com

WILLA THOMPSON-AHERN

• The Dyson Smythe & Gladwell Prize for Drama

SHINTARO MORI

• The Stihl Shop Prize for ESOL

The following awards go to the students with the highest grade point average in their top 100 credits. These awards recognise consistently high achievement across a range of subject areas.

LEVEL 1 The Isometric and Life Pharmacy Award / The St Pierres Warkworth Award / The Summerset Falls Warkworth Award for Academic Excellence Year 11 across 6 subjects

• KATIE O'HIGGINS-THOMASS

• MACKENZIE BUTLER

LEVEL 2

• LEILANI JONES

• RYAN TORCKLER

AWARD FOR DILIGENCE For students gaining 5 or more diligence certificates at Y11 or 12 and 4 or more for Y13. • YR 11 - The Warehouse Stationery Award JESSICA MCNAUGHTEN • YR 12 - The Coast Limited Award SAMARA MELLING • YR 12 - The SBA Accounting Warkworth Special Award for diligence for six commendations in both Level 1 and Level 2 HOANI BIRCH • YR 13 - The Sentinel Homes Award BRIANNA CADWALLADER

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Staff 2019

BACK ROW: Kelly Hall, Claire McMillan, Peter Johnston, Alison Moncrieff, Danielle Turrell, Bronwyn Hards, Christine Meek,Suzanne Fenton, Lisa Cardno, Ben Howson, Lisa Bissett, Rachel Heke,Ashlee Reid, Maria Marshall, Abby McNae 6TH ROW: Toni Beer, Joanna Jessop, Ruth Chitty, Jasmine Cross, Carryn Hojem, Evel yn Dashper, Andrew Gipps, Mark Neville, Nico Bukasa, Maree Drost, Gareth McNaughten, Penny Bates, Iona Robinson, Jeanette Cornege-Dill, Ellyse Goodwin, Tina Searle 5TH ROW: Kirsten Witberg, Natasha Duffett, Gail Smith, Sue O'Reilly, Simon Yates, Aran Taylor, Helen Elder, Nicola Rhodes, Karlie Stanbra, Wayne Frost, Adele Holm, Yvonne Holdgate, Louise Graham, Emily Woodfield, Qing Zhang 4TH ROW: Anne Taylor, Verity Rowsell-Starkey, Hugo Vaughan, Peter Ennis, James Griffin, Christopher Welch, Bethany Hardie, Michael Sweeney, Jamie McLagan, Carmel Bank, Sally Maday, Vivienne Paterson, Bonnie Maginley, Paul Lenihan, Natalie Caldwell 3RD ROW: Khamal Ganley, Mathieu Pulsford, Caroline Armstrong, Jonathan Dutton, Andrew Allen, Ian McHale, Daniel Boesley, Johan Schnetler, Adam Dockary, Carl Brewer, Tamara Hemara, Anthony Koers, Grant Waugh, Craig Morris, Gaynor Tahitahi, Michael Winiana 2ND ROW: Linda Harrison, Marsha Stimson, Santi Carse, Tanya Jensen, Michelle Kemp, Ruth Soriano-Andaluz, Sandy Martin, Kerry Jenner, Caroline Lane, Geraldine Healy, Lori Yau, Beverley Tennant, Naomi wade, Debbie Hodder, Carla Strachan, Gay Murphy FRONT ROW: Keith Tennant, Gill Kearins, Liana Ruland, Gerald Walker, Charlotte Gipps, Christina Merrick, Alistair Elder, David Macleod, Catherine Wynne, Abi Mantaj, Cath Johnston, Nyree Norrington, Daren King, Michael Stewart, Vern Dempster

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3CHRISTOPHER WELCH Kia Ora, I’m the best there is at what I do, and what I do isn’t very nice...I teach maths. I came from a land of ice and snow, where the sun rarely shines and the cold wind blows. I cut my teeth teaching in Lancashire for 10 years, and I have learnt many things since being here. Chur bro.

IONA ROBINSON4

BRONWYN HARDS 5

Kia Ora!! I'm a first year English teacher and am thrilled to be a part of the Mahurangi College whanau. I completed my Bachelor of Arts in History and English at Auckland University, followed by a Graduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching. I grew up in the leafy suburbs of Central Auckland, surrounded by houses, cars and volcanoes so living in this area is certainly different! I have a passion for film, creative writing and camps. In my spare time I enjoy playing hockey and kayaking.

Kia ora koutou, my name is Bronwyn Hards. I am very excited to start 2019 at Mahurangi College, having only moved to Matakana in January this year. I have spent most of my career in South Auckland, the last 6 years teaching in Otara while living in Papakura. I have 3 children, 2 girls and 1 boy all attending the College. I'm looking forward to spending time at the beautiful beaches and walking tracks that surround the area as outdoor activities are a passion of mine. Nga mihi.

3 MICHAEL SWEENEY Kia ora!!! I am originally from the UK where I taught Science for 4 years and where I met my partner Miss Cross. We decided to move to NZ in 2018 and spent a year at Pukekohe High School before moving to Mahu. It was an easy decision to move up to this area. We are loving our time here and are really grateful for the opportunity. I am really passionate about sport and have enjoyed being involved with the football teams at Mahu.

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MARK NEVILLE4

JAMES GRIFFIN 5

Kia Ora, I am delighted to be a part of the Mahurangi teaching staff and school community. I was born in Ireland and started my teaching career there before moving to New Zealand in 2000. I am very passionate about education and strongly believe that students need to feel happy, safe and connected to flourish. I have taught at Orewa College, St. Peter’s College, Auckland Grammar School and Green Bay High School. I am married to Brenda and we have two sons and a daughter. When I have time I enjoy playing golf and following the Irish rugby team and the AB’s of course.

Dia Dhuit/Kia Ora, James Griffin is ainm dom. I left the home of the best Rugby team in the world (Ireland) after I finished my degree. I am a qualified Maths and Science teacher but prefer to teach Maths so have done so for the last few years. I have taught in the Isle of Man, Vietnam and now New Zealand. Always looking for suggestions of places to see in this beautiful country. Slán go fóill!

on.the.staff MRS NORRINGTON HOF ART

ART PAINTING

MS MADAY

MS PRINGLE

MRS RHODES

MR GANLEY

MR MCLAGAN PE TEACHER

HEALTH & PE

MR ENNIS

MS HARDS

MR MCNAUGHTEN

MR MACLEOD

MR ELDER

MRS WYNNE

MR DUTTON

MRS SUTHERLAND

MRS DASHPER

MRS STEEN

MRS CARDNO

PRINCIPAL

MR PULSFORD

MISS WOODFIELD

MR KOERS

MRS DROST HEALTH & PE

PE & COORDINATOR

MR DOCKERY

MS HOOD

MR BREWER

MRS McNAE

MRS HOLM

MRS MARSHALL

MRS TAYLOR

MS TURRELL

MRS ROBERTSON

MR MATTHEWS

MRS HINTON

MRS JESSOP

MS GOODWIN

MS ROBINSON

MISS CROSS

MRS MANTAJ

MRS LIGHT

MR BUKASA

MR GRIFFIN

MS HOJEM

MR HOWSON

MS CALDWELL

MRS WAUGH

MR YATES

MISS MCMILLAN

HEALTH & PE

JUNIORS

ENGLISH

HEAD OF MATH

SCIENCE

MRS GIPPS

HOF SOCIAL SCIENCES

MRS SMITH TIC TEXTILES

MRS TAHITAHI

HEALTH & PE

JUNIORS

ENGLISH

MATH

SCIENCE

MS WEST

ART DESIGN

JUNIORS

ENGLISH/MEDIA

MATH

SCIENCE

MR MORRIS

JUNIORS

ENGLISH

MATH

SCIENCE

MS STIMPSON

BUSINESS STUDIES

HISTORY & CLASSICS

MRS CARSE

MRS HODDER

MR WAUGH

FOOD TECH

MS WITBERG

FOOD TECH

MRS KEMP

SENCO TEACHER AIDE

MRS CHITTENDEN

MRS MACKENZIE SLC TEACHER AIDE

SLC TEACHER AIDE

MS JENNER

MRS CORNEGE-DILL

MRS LANE

GUIDANCE

JUNIORS

TIC BUSINESS

TIC SENCO

SLC TEACHER AIDE

ART PHOTOGRAPHY

LIBRARY MANAGER

SENCO TEACHER AIDE

MS FULLER

LIBRARIAN

METAL TECH

MRS GRAHAM

SENCO TEACHER AIDE

MS DRUM

SLC TEACHER AIDE

MRS MCLENNAN LIBRARIAN

TIC DANCE

JUNIORS

ENGLISH

MATH

SCIENCE

MR STIRLING

TIC DRAMA

MRS STANBRA

MRS MASON

MR FROST

HEALTH & PE

MS HARDIE

MRS MAGINLEY

MRS HEALY

MISS ARMSTRONG

MISS RULAND

MS CHITTY

MR SHIELD

MRS MONCRIEFF

MS JENSEN TIC ESOL

MRS SORIANO-ANDALUZ TIC SPANISH

MR WINIANA

MRS SEARLE

MR WELSH

DR ZHANG

MR NEVILLE MATH

HEAD OF SCIENCE

MS WADE

MRS BANK

MRS MORAN

MR MCHALE

Mr CORTEEN

MRS HOLDGATE

JUNIORS

ENGLISH

MATH

MR SWEENEY SCIENCE

MR TAYLOR

TECHNOLOGY

MRS MARSH

SENCO TEACHER AIDE SENCO TEACHER AIDE

STUDENT SERVICES

MRS HEKE

JUNIORS

MR LENIHAN

MR JOHNSTON

MS KEARINS

HOF HEALTH & PE

MS MERRICK

MRS ROSWELL-STARKEY JUNIORS

MR PRINS

TIC INTERNATIONALS

MR TENNANT

SOCIAL SCIENCE

MS HARRISON

HEAD OF MUSIC

MR BLYTH

HOF JUNIOR FACULTY

SOCIAL SCIENCE

GRAPHIC DESIGN

HEAD OF MUSIC

MRS MURPHY TIC ESOL

MRS STRACHAN

EXECUTIVE OFFICER

SPORTS COORDINATOR SPORTS COORDINATOR

JUNIORS

SOCIAL SCIENCE/ TIC ESOL

MATH

SCIENCE

MR GIPPS

SOCIAL SCIENCE

MR DEMPSTER

HOF DIGITAL TECH/IT

MRS BATES

JUNIORS

MATH

SCIENCE

MR STEWART

TIC TECHNOLOGY

MR SCHNETLER

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

MRS BENWELL

JUNIORS

HOF LANGUAGES

SCIENCE

TIC VOCATIONAL TECH

MR VAUGHN

CONSTRUCTION ACADEMY

MRS FENTON

JUNIORS

ENGLISH

TIC MAORI

MR WALKER

SCIENCE

TIC HOSPITALITY

MR KING

TIC MEDIA STUDIES

MS MARTIN

TIC SPECIAL ED

SLC TEACHER AIDE

SLC TEACHER AIDE/SCIENCE

SLC TEACHER AIDE

MS NELITA

MRS PENNIALL

MRS JOHNSTON

MRS YAU

MRS O'REILLY

MISS BEER

ESOL

MRS BISSETT

PRINCIPAL'S PA

NURSE

MRS MEEK

ACCOUNTS ADMIN

CAREERS

SENIOR MANAGEMENT PA

CAREERS

ASSISTANT SECRETARY

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Autographs

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That's 2019 done & dusted...

It's quite the task getting the yearbook together each year, thanks to all of you that helped make it happen. Extra special thanks this year goes to Davina Jones who did an amazing job in her role as Publicity Prefect. She delivered content when I needed it and was so prompt with everything I asked for. Thank you to Willow Whitham who also did a great job getting content and proofing design. Great photos were submitted by Davina, Emma Foote and Connor Simpson of our many events and Karlie took loads of great sports photos this year too. Thanks also to Brenda Howson for all the proof reading and Michael Stewart for final checks. Thanks everyone! Cally Whitham - Editor Layout & Design: Cally Whitham Photography: Cally Whitham, Karlie Stanbra, Davina Jones, Emma Foote, Connor Simpson, Brenda Howson, Photolife, Cactus Events Photography, Vern Dempster Cover art work: Pipi Ross - The Maltby Family Cup and Lions Warkworth Award for Senior Art recipient Back cover art work: Katie Fuller - 1st in L2 Art Painting

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Katie Fuller 1st in L2 Art Painting