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CONTENTS<br />
Principal’s report 2<br />
Board of Trustees’ reports 3<br />
‘Tokyo Nights’ Formal 4<br />
Head Girl and Head Boy reports 6<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> Student Committees 7<br />
Art Design and Photography 8<br />
Class Acts 10<br />
NCEA Successes 10<br />
Where Are They Now? 11<br />
Anzac Day – 100 years on 14<br />
Year 7 class photos 16<br />
Year 7 Pounawea Camp 18<br />
Rutherford 20<br />
Year 8 class photos 22<br />
Year 8 camps 26<br />
Year 9 class photos 28<br />
Year 9 Marae trip 30<br />
Kapahaka 31<br />
Year 10 class photos 32<br />
Year 10 Art 35<br />
Year 11 Dinner 36<br />
Year 11, 12 and 13 photos 37<br />
Staff photo 38<br />
HQ 39<br />
Creative writing 40<br />
Creative historical eating 45<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> Champs 46<br />
Special sporting achievements 48<br />
Sports Photos 50<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> Haka and Waiata 60<br />
Outdoor Pursuits 61<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> Hostel 62<br />
International Language Centre 64<br />
Drama and Performance 66<br />
<strong>MAC</strong>Stock 68<br />
Jazz Band 68<br />
Rockquest 69<br />
Team Green 70<br />
<strong>MAC</strong>LIC 70<br />
Gateway 71<br />
Debating 71<br />
Students in the Community 72<br />
Polar plunge 74<br />
Leavers’ dinner 75<br />
Survivors 76<br />
Leavers’ Profiles 77<br />
Mr T 83<br />
Straight Up 83<br />
40 Hour Famine 84<br />
Shave for a Cure 84<br />
Sticks ‘n’ Stones 85<br />
SADD 86<br />
Survivors Key 87<br />
Mag Thanks 87<br />
Whanau Photos 88<br />
Please take the time to notice the advertisers in this magazine - their ads help make it possible to record the <strong>MAC</strong> happenings of <strong>2015</strong>.<br />
Enjoy your magazine!<br />
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Tena koutou katoa<br />
Once again it is my privilege to welcome you to a wrap up of the <strong>2015</strong> year at Mount Aspiring College.<br />
Interactive communication with students and parents was highlighted this year with the launch of our new Parent Portal<br />
and the introduction of fortnightly reports, along with live progress reports being available on a regular basis throughout<br />
the year and not merely in July and November. As parents and students, I thank you for embracing this development and<br />
I am confident it will result in students being more involved in, and therefore taking more responsibility for, their own<br />
learning. My thanks to the staff for the time and effort they have put into these reports, ensuring that they provide valuable<br />
feedback and advice on the next steps for learning. The fortnightly reports have provided regular feedback to students and<br />
parents on their level of engagement and their progress in class across all subjects. 93.5% of all <strong>MAC</strong> students regularly<br />
received grades above the expected 6.5/10 threshold and many are working at a 9/10 level. I wish to congratulate those<br />
students and thank them for their desire to make the most of every learning opportunity.<br />
This year’s haka and waiata competition was a highlight for many and the spirit within the college was showcased through<br />
this powerful cultural performance. <strong>2015</strong> also saw Year Nine students and staff visit Te Rau Aroha marae in Bluff as part<br />
of their Education Outside the Classroom. Experiencing the traditions and protocols of marae life were new to most and<br />
the feedback from the students was very encouraging. My sincere thanks to Matua Jeromy for ensuring this unique New<br />
Zealand experience was memorable for all of us.<br />
This year’s magazine captures the talent, thoughts and expressions of the <strong>2015</strong> student body. It reminds us all of the<br />
wonderful opportunities available to the students throughout the year that are made available because parents, supporters<br />
and staff care so much. At <strong>MAC</strong> we often speak of taking advantage of every opportunity that is on offer and I congratulate<br />
the students for doing just that.<br />
One way of measuring a community’s strength is the way in which they assist others. We support many causes including<br />
the 40 Hour Famine, which we have supported annually since 1987. This year the college was awarded a World Vision<br />
Senior Scholarship (one of 31 nationwide) and we were also the highest fundraising school in the lower South Island.<br />
The 40 Hour Famine at <strong>MAC</strong> is synonymous with one person: Mr T, John Turnbull. Mr T retires at the end of the year or,<br />
more accurately, at his request begins a 20-year sabbatical. John’s quiet, sincere and caring manner will be sorely missed<br />
and on behalf of students, colleagues and parents, thank you John and all the best for the future.<br />
This year’s centennial celebration of the Gallipoli campaign was a highlight with student involvement in studies, ANZAC<br />
Day services and the creation of our own Field of Remembrance.<br />
I believe everyone who flicks through this magazine in the future will reflect on the fun they had, the friends they shared<br />
it with, the staff who helped them and really cared and the personal success they enjoyed in <strong>2015</strong>. A school year, like a<br />
magazine, needs input from many to be successful. Congratulations everyone on making <strong>2015</strong> such a success in and out of<br />
the classroom.<br />
Enjoy your magazine, stay safe over the holidays and, whether you return to the college or leave us, thank you for your<br />
contribution to the <strong>2015</strong> <strong>MAC</strong> year.<br />
Wayne Bosley<br />
PRINCIPAL’s REPORT<br />
Richard Hemingway<br />
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Wayne Bosley<br />
Isabella Berry<br />
Johnny Brebner
BOARD OF TRUSTEES’<br />
REPORTS<br />
It has been another exciting year at the college, and the depth of what it offers to its students and staff continues to grow.<br />
<strong>2015</strong> saw two important Ministry of Education processes take place - MOE consultation around future education in the region<br />
and the triennial Education Review Office (ERO) review. Whilst the college had the opportunity during both processes to<br />
showcase many aspects of college life, one area which stood out to our visitors was the importance and respect given to student<br />
voice at <strong>MAC</strong>.<br />
From a BOT viewpoint, whilst there were no trustee elections scheduled for <strong>2015</strong> for parent representatives, the annual<br />
student elections took place in September. We welcome Isabella Berry onto the Board, and look forward to her contribution.<br />
Johnny Brebner is our outgoing student representative. On behalf of the Board, staff and student body, I’d like to thank Johnny<br />
for his significant input over the last year. I would particularly like to thank Johnny for his outstanding contribution during<br />
the MOE processes discussed above.<br />
The year has also been one of consolidating the many initiatives that have been implemented over the last couple of<br />
years, including the KAMAR student management system, fortnightly reporting and the strategic goal of supporting staff<br />
professional development. The development of the college’s facilities continues, and we seek to always ensure the protection<br />
of the green spaces which the college community values so highly. However, I want to highlight one important initiative, and<br />
recognize the great work of staff and students alike. With PB4L in its third year now, the impact of SOAR around the college is<br />
ubiquitous and has really become part of <strong>MAC</strong> culture.<br />
2016 is forecast to see the student roll go beyond 800 for the first time. Whilst not large in New Zealand terms, as the college<br />
grows it is important for us all to focus on the important elements of its culture that make <strong>MAC</strong> special – whanau, house spirit,<br />
participation and support for each other as individuals. Excitingly, growth also brings opportunity and we should embrace<br />
this in terms of the diversity and breadth of curriculum it allows.<br />
For those leaving <strong>MAC</strong> at the end of the year, we wish you well with your next challenges. Always remember that you get back<br />
what you put into life. And for those moving away, make sure you visit the college whenever you are back in town.<br />
Lastly, on behalf of the BOT, I’d like to thank the caring and dedicated staff at <strong>MAC</strong> for another fun and successful year. Have a<br />
peaceful and enjoyable break.<br />
Richard Hemingway, BOT Chair<br />
‘Thank you’ may be an unusual thing to say in circumstances such as these. Certainly, you don’t often expect losing an<br />
election to come with a wealth of positive emotions. And while it’s not the result I wanted, I can’t help but feel an immense<br />
feeling of gratitude and thanks. So, thank you.<br />
Thank you to the students who voted me in and came forward with ideas and issues to help make my job worthwhile.<br />
Thank you to Wayne, Dean, Diana, Tracey, Paul, John, Ian, Richard and many others for helping me and making me feel<br />
accepted on the Board so I could participate as an equal.<br />
Thank you for letting me experience this tremendous privilege and fantastic learning experience. To be chosen to<br />
represent you, the students, in such an important position is an enormous honour. And to be exposed to the inner<br />
mechanisms of the college has been a source of endless fascination.<br />
I would like to also congratulate Bella on her victory (no hard feelings). I know that you will be a more than capable<br />
replacement and I’m sure that you’ll bring your unique style to the meeting table. I wish you the best of luck and I would<br />
like to assure the school that Bella is an excellent choice for Bot Rep. I also send Dean my condolences for having to endure<br />
another year of vegetarian dinners. I’m so, so sorry.<br />
Thanks, well done and the best of luck.<br />
Johnny Brebner<br />
It is with great honour that I have been elected to be the Student Representative on the <strong>MAC</strong> Board of Trustees. This is<br />
a role I take very seriously and am so grateful and excited to be part of such an inspiring group of people. Throughout<br />
the coming year on the Board I hope to face and tackle challenges around the school head-on. After a very competitive<br />
and interesting election I am so pleased that the students of <strong>MAC</strong> placed their faith in me to complete the task as their<br />
representative. Johnny has done an amazing job in his year as BOT rep and I hope to continue his legacy on the Board.<br />
I will continue to push for the recognition of not only sporting but academic and artistic success.<br />
As this has been my first year at <strong>MAC</strong> I felt I have very quickly gotten a grip of the ropes of this fantastic school. I can’t wait<br />
to be back in 2016. Thank you again for electing me as your representative!<br />
Isabella Berry<br />
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TOKYO NIGHTS<br />
<strong>2015</strong> FORMAL<br />
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HEAD GIRL’s<br />
REPORT<br />
It is with the heaviest of hearts that I write my final farewell to Mount Aspiring College. It is a strange feeling to think that next year I<br />
won’t be protected in this ‘safe’ environment - the one place that has facilitated my growth and learning over the past seven years. I’m<br />
excited for what my future holds, yet nervous to step outside this familiar territory. Nonetheless, I cannot continue without firstly thanking<br />
the staff and students who have not only supported me, but the rest of Year 13, in guiding us through a successful year - one that will be<br />
remembered and treasured by each individual.<br />
Words do not describe how much of an experience, an opportunity and an honour it has been to hold the title of Head Girl for <strong>2015</strong>. Not<br />
only has this contributed to the success of my final year, it has also given me the opportunity to give back to those who have aided my<br />
individual growth along this journey. The knowledge, confidence and skills that I have gained from this position will stay with me for a<br />
lifetime, and I cannot thank you all enough for this opportunity. As this leadership system is new to <strong>MAC</strong>, I can wholeheartedly say it has<br />
been a privilege to be one of the first ever students involved in it, and I am excited to see what the rest of the student body has to offer in the<br />
years to come. I strongly encourage every student to strive for a senior position. Not only is it an amazing experience with many life lessons<br />
attached, but it also gives you a chance to leave a personal inscription in the school; one that will be remembered for a lifetime. From a<br />
reflective perspective, I hope to have encouraged each of you to set goals, work hard and get involved in as many school activities as you<br />
can. Ever since I was young, I idolised the student leaders and encouraged myself to adopt a persona that would motivate and influence my<br />
fellow peers. Now, whilst representing the student body, I can honestly say it’s been a privilege and I have enjoyed every second of it.<br />
Working alongside Ellis, as the head student duo of <strong>2015</strong> has been a journey of self discovery, hard work and accomplishment, and I would<br />
once again like to extend my appreciation to staff, students, families, the community and anyone else who has stood by my side along this<br />
seven year milestone. It is never easy letting go of something you truly care about, and leaving this incredible school is one example. <strong>MAC</strong>,<br />
you have been there for the sad, the happy, the challenging and the rewarding, and I conclude my final year of secondary education with a<br />
heart full of gratification and a head full of reminiscence.<br />
Brynee Wilson<br />
HEAD BOY’s<br />
REPORT<br />
I discovered that there was more to being the Head Boy of Mount Aspiring College <strong>2015</strong>, than just the role within the school community.<br />
Before I was to hold such a position within the school I felt I had to gain the respect of my peers and teachers. Once a strong foundation of<br />
trust and respect was established, I was able to develop and grow with the role, with the support from senior students and staff.<br />
<strong>2015</strong> was a year full of opportunities for myself - most of which allowed me to give back to the school environment and repay the school<br />
for all it has given me over the last 7 years.<br />
As Year 13’s we sometimes don’t realise that we play a huge role in developing a school culture that we can all be proud of, whether we<br />
hold a leadership position or not. From my experiences as a Year 7, I was able to reflect on how I viewed senior members of the school<br />
and it helped me grasp the enormity of my role this year as a Year 13 and a role model for the younger members of our school community.<br />
In many of the conversations I have held with Year 7 students this year, I was excited to hear that they believed that they could one day<br />
become Head Boy or Girl of the college. It’s these aspirations from the junior school, which convinced me that Mount Aspiring College’s<br />
future is bright and is something that the school should be excited and proud of. One thing I have discovered this year is that a leadership<br />
role is more successful when it’s a team effort. Collaboration with Brynee, Head Girl, and leaders of the school committees, has made the<br />
job of Head Boy enjoyable and rewarding. I believe that this holistic approach and collaboration has benefited all areas in the school.<br />
It was a privilege for me to hold the Head Boy position this year and I have learnt a lot from my peers and teachers that will hold me in<br />
good stead for my university years and beyond. Thanks heaps everyone. Cheers.<br />
Ellis Meyer-Budge<br />
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STUDENT COMMITTEES<br />
Mount Aspiring College’s values of partnerships, excellence, integrity and<br />
innovation are the basis of the school’s Service and Academic Committee.<br />
Lead by Karyn Munro and chaired by Year 13 students Nina Bowley and<br />
Bronnie Ormandy, the Committee is made up of a group of fourteen Year<br />
12 and 13 students who play a leading role within the school. Established<br />
in 2014, the committee’s areas of involvement are far reaching, driving<br />
activities and supporting students in and out of school. Some of our areas<br />
of involvement include the organising of leavers hoodies, formal, Year 13<br />
polar plunge, Year 11 dinner, Year 13 leavers dinner, Valentine’s day, Year<br />
13 challenge day and <strong>MAC</strong>ademics. This year we have been commended as<br />
increasing academic recognition from Years 7 -13 in weekly assemblies as<br />
well as creating and improving the forward thinking learning community<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> is renowned for. Involvement within the Committee brings added<br />
enjoyment and interest to school life, ultimately working as a team to<br />
enhance the running of <strong>MAC</strong>. The committee often takes on one-off service<br />
fundraising initiatives in response to local, national or international events,<br />
or from organisations seeking support. This year saw us supporting the 40<br />
Hour Famine, Vanuatu’s natural disaster and Shave For a Cure.<br />
Service and Academic Committee<br />
Back: Kath Millis, Kim Robertson, Nina Bowley,<br />
Bronnie Ormandy, Rosie Spearing, April Carter,<br />
Katie Thompson. Front: Helena Crawford, Rick<br />
Sanders, Noel Bisson, Lewis Brooks, Aoife Baker,<br />
Erin Greenwood.<br />
Sports Committee<br />
Back: Tish Telford, Holly Bailey, Ellis Meyer-Budge,<br />
Hank Bilous. Front: Jayden Fisher, Teegan Vink,<br />
Craig Murray.<br />
Absent: Billie Scurr, Nico Schikker, Bailey Nolet.<br />
The Sports Committee of <strong>2015</strong> consisted of eleven students all of which<br />
have backgrounds in a wide variety of sports. Three of our major projects<br />
this year were Summer Quad, the inaugural Mt Hutt College Interschool<br />
and the Year 7&8 Kavanagh Sport Exchange. This year <strong>MAC</strong> was the<br />
host of Quad which took place in late March. The tournament was a<br />
huge success with sportsmanship being strong throughout all year levels<br />
and <strong>MAC</strong> winning yet again. The inaugural Mt Hutt College interschool<br />
was another success with <strong>MAC</strong> winning five out of the six games. The<br />
team work displayed throughout the interschool was outstanding and<br />
hopefully the interschool becomes an annual event on the schools busy<br />
calendar. This year the Year 7&8 Kavanagh Sports Exchange was held at<br />
<strong>MAC</strong>. This was the second time <strong>MAC</strong> had hosted the event and yet again<br />
sportsmanship and team work were shown by all athletes representing<br />
the college. On behalf of all the athletes who competed in these events, we<br />
would like to thank the coaches, referees and supporters because without<br />
them we would not have the opportunity to showcase the talented athletes<br />
and sportsmanship <strong>MAC</strong> is known for. Also congratulations to everyone<br />
who has made representative teams and especially those individuals who<br />
have competed at both national and international levels this year. This is<br />
an outstanding feat and we wish you luck in the future.<br />
Being a part of the Cultural Committee at <strong>MAC</strong> has not only been a great way<br />
to gain leadership experience, but we have also had the opportunity to involve<br />
ourselves in the school lives of junior students, and hopefully given them<br />
someone to look up to and aspire to be like. The Cultural Committee of <strong>2015</strong><br />
is comprised of ten Year 12 and 13 students, all with a variety of backgrounds<br />
in the Arts inside and outside of school. As a group we have spent the year<br />
working on a range of events and activities, including <strong>MAC</strong>’s got Talent, the<br />
school Haka competition, a drama group for eager Year 8 students and more!<br />
We have truly enjoyed every minute of being involved in this year’s Cultural<br />
Committee … best of luck to the candidates for next year and we hope you<br />
will enjoy it as much as we have!<br />
Cultural Committee<br />
Back: Florence Collins Caballero, Connor Moore,<br />
Petra Shotwell, Lucy Hayes, Madison Parslow,<br />
Alyssa Gibson. Front: John Steven, George<br />
Davenport, Jack Arbuckle, Brynee Wilson.<br />
Absent: Riley Bruce.<br />
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ART, DESIGN &<br />
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1. Josh Carlier / 2. Madison Parslow / 3. Daisy Thor-Poet / 4. Laura Hay / 5. Amy Jolly / 6. Georgia Prince<br />
7. Rosie Smith / 8. Emily Scott / 9. Acacia Murray / 10. Acacia Murray / 11. Michaela Rogan / 12. James<br />
Simpkin / 13. Michelle Tomlinson / 14. Maddy Ball / 15. Chloe Larkin / 16. Moana Barnard / 17. Callum<br />
Rennie / 18. Michaela Rogan / 19. Samantha Haines / 20. Sapphire Schwarz / 21. Chloe Larkin / 22. Poppy<br />
Jefferies / 23. Kim Robertson / 24. Michaela Rogan / 25. Madison Parslow / 26. Alexandra Johnston<br />
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CLASS ACTs<br />
Congratulations to our 31st and 32nd Otago Daily Times Class Act excellence awards<br />
recipients, Year 13 students Katherine (Kath) Millis and Noel Bisson who received their<br />
certificates from the Prime Minister, John Key.<br />
Noel is a multi-talented young man who follows his own path. He excels in the classroom, in the<br />
swimming pool and in his contribution to service, sport and academic opportunities. Currently he<br />
is studying NCEA Level Three English, History, Mathematics with Calculus, Chemistry and Physics<br />
and will sit scholarship exams in Chemistry and Physics. Noel was awarded NCEA Levels One<br />
and Two with an excellence endorsement gaining 121 excellence credits at Level One and 129 at<br />
Level Two. Noel has plans to continue studying at Victoria or Canterbury University in 2016. Noel<br />
is a national Division Two swimming medalist and fully involved in <strong>MAC</strong> Debating, Kapa Haka,<br />
Chess Club and the Service and Academic Committee. Noel’s true passion is the environment and<br />
I thank him for his contribution to Team Green. He wishes to make a difference to the way people<br />
think about the environment and we are sure he will succeed in this quest. Noel is a very deserving<br />
recipient of an Otago Daily Times Class Act award and we wish him well for the future.<br />
Kath has been acknowledged for her academic excellence and her service to the college community.<br />
She is currently studying NCEA Level Three Biology, Mathematics with Statistics, Chemistry, Physics<br />
and English. Kath achieved NCEA Levels One and Two with an excellence endorsement, gaining<br />
136 excellence credits at Level One and 112 at Level Two and she will sit scholarship examinations in<br />
English and Mathematics with Statistics. Kath is looking to do a double degree in Law and Science at<br />
Otago University in 2016. Kath has always been fully involved in service activities both at the college<br />
and within the wider community. Many of us can attest to her skills of persuasion as we were asked<br />
to step out of our comfort zones for a good cause. Kath is part of the <strong>MAC</strong> Service and Academic<br />
Committee, Team Green, 40-hour Famine, Senior Debating, ACT Theatre Group and she has been<br />
involved with the local cubs since 2012. She spoke on behalf of the college at the Wanaka ANZAC<br />
service and she has wide involvement and success in regional debating and speech competitions.<br />
Kath has a wonderful sense of community and is passionate about helping people. She is a very<br />
worthy recipient of an Otago Class Act award. We thank her very much for her contribution to<br />
Mount Aspiring College over a number of years and wish her well for the future.<br />
SCHOLARSHIPS<br />
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?<br />
We caught up with 2014 prizewinners Corey Fothergill, Rachel Macpherson<br />
and Eden Brown to ask them about life after <strong>MAC</strong>. Read their answers below...<br />
Corey Fothergill<br />
Dux<br />
Where are you now and what are you currently doing?<br />
Corey: I’m in the Royal New Zealand Air Force as a pilot. This year I have completed basic training<br />
followed by officer training in Blenheim, survival training in Auckland and am currently working in<br />
Ohakea (Palmerston North).<br />
Rachel: Bachelor of Arts, double majoring in criminology and sociology at Victoria University of<br />
Wellington, living at Te Puni Village.<br />
Eden: Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Economics at the University of Otago<br />
What has been the highlight of your time since leaving school?<br />
Corey: Graduating from my officer course in June; it was a massive sense of achievement for me after a<br />
pretty tough 6 months… Getting paid to shoot guns and play sport isn’t bad either!<br />
Rachel: Definitely meeting so many new, different people living at a hall. It’s such a fun lifestyle and it<br />
motivates you to work hard having so many other people studying around you.<br />
Eden: Meeting a new diverse group of people, living in a new city and having a “busy social calendar”.<br />
Rachel Macpherson<br />
Lions Best<br />
All Round Girl<br />
What aspects have been harder than you expected?<br />
Corey: It was a bit of a culture shock leaving <strong>MAC</strong> and Wanaka where everyone is so friendly, to an<br />
environment where people shouted at me and made me do press ups! I also struggled with ironing,<br />
sewing and keeping my room immaculate.<br />
Rachel: Probably the workload, as university work is a lot more self-driven than school - it’s something<br />
you have to learn to motivate yourself to do, but the rewards are pretty great when you do well.<br />
Eden: Getting up for 9am lectures. Nobody is there to slap you on the back of the hand.<br />
Eden Brown<br />
Lions Best<br />
All Round Boy<br />
What is the best advice that you could give to our Year 13 leavers?<br />
Corey: Go and do something that you enjoy. Don’t get too stressed about leaving school. Don’t ignore<br />
your mum’s phone calls – they get really mad!<br />
Rachel: Go into your first year completely open minded and ready to try loads of new things. Put all the<br />
effort in that you can in terms of uni work, but make sure you spend a lot of time getting to know people<br />
and enjoying student life.<br />
Eden: Achieve your goals but don’t burn yourself out before it really counts. It’s an expensive business so<br />
take the scholarship process seriously, free money is the best kind.<br />
And what advice would you give to our Year 12 students heading for Year 13?<br />
Corey: Get stuck in with everything, put your hand up for leadership opportunities and have lots of fun. Make Year 13 your<br />
best year at <strong>MAC</strong>! Put in work on the academic front too, it sucks for people when they can’t pursue something because they<br />
haven’t put the hard yards in at school.<br />
Rachel: Take on as many leadership roles as you can in Year 13, they may seem like a lot of work but are actually really<br />
enjoyable and definitely a bonus on any CV or application.<br />
Eden: Set goals, work hard and achieve. Year 12 is all about grades, and proving you’ve got what it takes. Next year you can<br />
take on some other activities, but make nailing the basics across the board your biggest priority.<br />
Did you feel well prepared when you left <strong>MAC</strong> and, in your experiences this year, were you?<br />
Corey: Although I’ve been put way outside of my comfort zone several times, crucial skills that <strong>MAC</strong> had taught me, like time<br />
management, organization, communication and leadership helped me through it.<br />
Rachel: It was a bit daunting, but it took no time at all to settle in and get into the habits of the workload required here.<br />
Eden: No. You can never know how you’ll react until you are there. First year can be a big change, but stick at it and find a<br />
niche in your new environment.<br />
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ANZAC DAY<br />
John Steven<br />
Here today, together we remember and honour the many thousands of New Zealanders<br />
and Australians that landed on the beaches of Gallipoli one hundred years ago, who<br />
fought alongside each other in desperate conditions to provide support for the assault<br />
on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Many of them gave their lives, many others their health and<br />
sanity. Among those troops stood a man by the name of William John Steven. As my<br />
Great Great Uncle, he fought in the main body of the ANZACS as a Lance Corporal.<br />
Killed in action on August 27th, 1915, William endured months in the frontline. Today,<br />
our family holds the diary kept by him during the war. The little book of hand written<br />
notes that he kept in his breast pocket has a hole piercing its front cover, made by the<br />
bullet which ended his life.<br />
Today, I send my respects to William John Steven, and the many other troops that<br />
served as the ANZACS. This remembrance is, and will be for many more years, a<br />
special commemorative part of our nation’s rich cultural heritage, and it is a day in<br />
which we become acutely aware of one of the vital aspects of our history.<br />
Excerpts from student speeches given at the Lake Wanaka Centre<br />
People may think that our generation is forgetting about our past and the sacrifices<br />
that were made for us to be able to live the carefree lives we have today, but those<br />
who have died in battle live on with us in another way. They are not forgotten. They<br />
are the reason we have peaceful lives - the reason for our freedom, our safety and<br />
our happiness. From Gallipoli to today people who have served for us overseas in<br />
the name of our nation - those who still serve in the Middle East and other areas of<br />
the world - are remembered not only on ANZAC day, but when we consider our<br />
actions for our future. Because this is how our generation must honour heroes of<br />
war - we must guard the freedom they have fought for, as ours are the choices that<br />
will determine the future. We now have the opportunity to live the lives that our<br />
grandparents and great-grandparents died for us to have, and to pass this peace on<br />
to the generation after us. It is a small duty compared to those who fought and died<br />
for us, and one we should strive to uphold in these times that again threaten violence, in<br />
remembrance of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.<br />
Kath Millis<br />
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It was 3am April 25th 1915 as our boats<br />
were heading towards the Gallipoli<br />
peninsula. I was only 15, I’d lied about<br />
my age because I thought it would be an<br />
adventure, I’d be a hero.<br />
We were convinced that we would take<br />
the Turks by surprise and that we would<br />
return victorious. But the second my<br />
boat touched the shore, I could already<br />
see the faint shadow of the Turks’ huge<br />
guns and their soldiers in trenches.<br />
Then, the funnel of one of our steam<br />
boats lit up and gave away the surprise<br />
attack. We were sitting ducks. I knew it.<br />
As we piled onto the shore, the enemy<br />
guns were blasting away at us as we<br />
trudged up the hill. But our rifles only<br />
seemed like water pistols. They had<br />
a clear shot on us from the dunes.<br />
Suddenly I felt a massive shudder<br />
as a bullet ripped through my right<br />
shoulder and out the other side. I<br />
tumbled down to the bottom of the hill<br />
as I heard voices through my head. This<br />
was war!<br />
Alexander Combe 8SL<br />
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM<br />
100 YEARS ON<br />
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7BW<br />
Kalani<br />
Back: Dilara Van, Martha Toghill, Maddi Frazer, Lea McTavish, Mihi McLachlan, Georgie Bruce,<br />
Oceania McFadgen, Tom Millis. Middle: Eve Paddon, Leon Bowie, Jack Welch, Summer Rasmussen,<br />
Caycee Beck, Hunter Hewson, Josh Arthur, Mrs Kate Brown (teacher). Front: Jacob Farrell, Amelia<br />
Dore, Joshua Jarvie, Abhishek Rameshanand, Dewaldt van Eeden, Georgia McGregor, Oliver Prince,<br />
Muirhead. Absent: Hugo Cochrane, Joshua Orton, Emily Prout.<br />
Back: Mrs Clare Scurr (teacher), Nikita Sinclair, Red Simpson, Fin MacDonald, Imy Gordon,<br />
Taki McLachlan, Ethan Brady, Lachy Moore, Ethan Arratia. Middle: Abby East, Evie Simonsohn,<br />
Alice Howard, Molly Barham, Ella Landreth, Meg Thomas, Georgie Burdon. Front: Imogen<br />
Dougherty, Holly Gibson, Thomas Evans, Luca Harrington (with Monty), Romili Townsend, Eli<br />
Emanuel, Caleb Eason, Ryan Young. Absent: Olivia Connolly, Connor George, Ryder Jefferson.<br />
7SC<br />
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Back: Thomas Gibson, Mero Williams, Alana Scott, Abby Fisher, Zach Smith, Bryce Parkhill,<br />
Mackenzie Barnett, Anja Malmo. Middle: Mrs Ruth Stevens (teacher), Nathan Beaton, Helene<br />
Price, Ashley Bates, Will Hofmans, Piper Cavanagh, Alexa McKay, Emily Leahy, Toto Tanabe.<br />
Front: Patrick Hartley, Jimmy Gillespie, Keltan Voyce, Nikita Mayen, Hadley Tamati, Marcel<br />
Bartley, Ollie Alderson, Lauren Rimmer. Absent: Haydn Miles, Lily Willis-King, Keira Somerville,<br />
Emily Knoesen.<br />
7ST<br />
Back: Aleisha Turner, Letitia Haig, Gracie Cartlidge, Ethan Munro, Barnaby Jackson, Jimmy Roughan,<br />
Nevada Wolfgramm, Tom Colbourne. Middle: Mae Cradock, Micah Cousins, Harry Gillespie, Whitney<br />
Bennett, Ashleigh Doran, Neco Richter, Anna Barrett, Tana Hansen. Front: Mustafa Caliskan, Neve<br />
Stalker, Molly Thomsson, Georgia Robertson, Isla Gellatly, Phoenix Fay, Dylan Rimmer, Mrs Katrina Fox<br />
7FX(teacher). Absent: Danielle Carney, Jack Culshaw, Kahu Nepia.<br />
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happy<br />
campers<br />
YEAR 7 CAMP<br />
It was a great experience to swim in the sea.<br />
Piper Cavanagh<br />
I liked the outdoor adventure course, it was fun doing<br />
the obstacles.<br />
Lauren Rimmer<br />
I liked all the activities - there was bow and arrow,<br />
shooting targets and survival hut making.<br />
Tana Hansen<br />
I liked getting to experience the wildlife interaction.<br />
Alana Scott<br />
So I liked the car drive on the way down because we<br />
had other people and we ate chips.<br />
Kahu Nepia<br />
I liked floundering because you got to kill fish. And<br />
it was my birthday on the first day and I got a vanilla<br />
sponge cake.<br />
Jack Culshaw<br />
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RUTHERFORD<br />
Rutherford is an awesome opportunity for kids like me. It has extended me to my limits in heaps of<br />
different ways. Year 7 Rutherford have had heaps of awesome experiences like…<br />
Micronations - Creating your own country and creating flags, maps, national symbols etc<br />
Wonderment and awe - Finding out what wonders us and showing this in 2D or 3D art pieces and<br />
poems.<br />
Number history - Exploring in depth where numbers came from and the history.<br />
I love Rutherford because everybody is the same as me but different as well. I also have made new<br />
friends.<br />
Mrs Brooks is an awesome teacher and she stretches me a lot. It’s a great two hours of fun. It’s what I<br />
look forward to on a Friday. All the different topics have taught me a lot and I’m very grateful.<br />
Meg Thomas<br />
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Mountains<br />
When water starts to freeze<br />
and the trees lose their leaves,<br />
the mountains stand, side by side<br />
helping, trading and changing,<br />
when the colour fades,<br />
but the light stays,<br />
the mountains await snow,<br />
Preparing.<br />
In the hard winter months<br />
when everything suffers,<br />
mountains stand tall<br />
majestic and calming<br />
sheltering, but shading<br />
never moving<br />
Protecting.<br />
When the newborn stand<br />
for the first time,<br />
The mountains look on in love<br />
providing, joyful, daring, foodalicious<br />
and guarding<br />
Patiently.<br />
When the heat comes<br />
and the plants dry out<br />
many wither,<br />
but the mountains stay healthy<br />
fed by the old winter snow<br />
they tower on,<br />
green, gigantic<br />
compact and curvy<br />
Providing adventure. Emily Prout
In Year 8 Rutherford <strong>2015</strong> we started the year off with our invention/inventor topic. In this topic we<br />
learnt about basic inventions, how they work and how they came about. We then went on to study<br />
famous inventor and artist, Leonardo Da Vinci and then an inventor of our choice. For our next project<br />
we had to invent and create a Chindogu. A Chindogu is an almost useless object, some Chindogus made<br />
by the class included a pair of shoes with sandpaper bottoms and a rubber glove with a cloth attached<br />
to the front. Next we worked on creating our own board game. We started the unit by playing original<br />
board games and after an evaluation we started to plan and make our games. Once we had finished<br />
making the games we got several sessions to play and evaluate everyone else’s board games. Term 4<br />
brings the Tournament of Minds, where in teams of 6-8 we take on other schools in unknown thinking<br />
challenges at the Lake Wanaka Centre.<br />
Year 8 Rutherford<br />
This year in Rutherford we were given the challenge to create and make a board game. My group which<br />
included Zelda, Olive and of course myself discovered that making a tactical fun game is not as easy as it<br />
sounds. From the beginning we knew that we wanted to make something to do with ‘maps and countries’.<br />
After much editing, rethinking and many dead ends we managed to design a board game, but after others<br />
played our game it still had some errors! If I was given this challenge again I think I would do much<br />
better because I would have a full understanding of what a game needs.<br />
Tess Martin<br />
Whodunit ???<br />
A pale grey wall, an ivy entwined hall, leaving the pit of my stomach like an empty<br />
mall. A creak of a door, detectives wanting more, an illuminated sign missing from<br />
a store. What more could I ask, what an interesting task, I leave the cab with my hot<br />
chocolate filled flask. A secret rendezvous, meeting to watch a sporting debut, whilst<br />
eating a big pot of steaming stew. We’re on the path of mystery ‘suspicious’, but boy oh<br />
boy that smells delicious, watch out these fellas are malicious. A crumpled note, left by<br />
an old boat, which looks as though it was used to cross a moat! A phone call from the<br />
queen, saying a nasty visitor has been, escaping by boat as he vanishes the scene. Us<br />
detectives race to the palace, where we meet up with maid Alice, only to hear the robbers<br />
words of callous. There are dying embers in the grate, it looks as though the queen has<br />
been tricked into a blind date, and come off second best as he left with her favourite<br />
golden plate. What a day it has been, dealing with the queen, this is by far my favourite<br />
detectives scene. It looks as though these men have done a couple of hit and runs, and I<br />
believe they are the one and only eccentric Ma Baker’s sons. Don’t you worry I will get<br />
them, I will get them with my spray gun !!!<br />
Olive Pujol<br />
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Back: Annika Gibson, Lachie MacDonald, Estelle Norman, Quinn Curtis, Rata Horan, Astelia Aubrey.<br />
Middle: Emma Smith, Hannah Barham, Leithen Henderson, James Ingram, Alfie Baker, James Suddaby,<br />
Jessie McKenzie, Ms Lesley Baynes (teacher). Front: Sam Jewell, Tom Heather, Firth Deacon, Gary Poilvert,<br />
Himaya Dalton, Hugo Darby, Aden Cassaidy, Kahu Griffin. Absent: Zoe Andrews, Tyler Danielson, Ewan<br />
8LBLittle, Tess Martin, Finlay Jones.<br />
Back: Campbell Wright, Jono Watson, Leo Staufenberg, Eamon Green, Charlie Sharratt, Oli<br />
Prince, James Watt, Kareem Jodeh. Middle: Sammy Harry, Cecilia Gardner, Yesol Park, Lucy<br />
Perriam, Laura Neale, Jessica Ecroyd, Rogue Ferguson, Amy Morris, Eamon Smith, Mrs Jenni<br />
McDougall (teacher aide). Front: Elliot Frost, James Parry, Jack Findlay, Declan Lambert,<br />
Josephine Plimmer, Milly Robinson, Maddy Thompson, Sophie Stalker, Ms Maryanne Ahern<br />
(teacher). Absent: Hayley Secker.<br />
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8AH
Back: Annabel Carter, Shanae Sanders, Oscar Humphreys, Luca Georgalli, Jack O’Brien, Oliver<br />
Clements, Owen Lea, Krystal McCutcheon. Middle: Mr Andrew Sloan (teacher), Sophie Sun, Fergus<br />
Read, Sophie Fenn, Charlotte Reveley, Alex Combe, Cameron Howell, Annie Timu. Front: Maye Hall,<br />
Michael Gealogo, Ocean Allemann, Liam Kemp, Maude Rogers, Ronan Kaye, Siena Shotwell, Weston<br />
Bell. Absent: Sungyoon Park, Ines Stephani, Michelle Li, Brianna Kerris, Greysea Steven.<br />
8SL<br />
8WT<br />
Back: Thea Erichsen, Oliver Thomas, Persia Thor-Poet, Sienna Nicholson, Lily King, Jaimee Vink,<br />
Toa Roode, Cameron Gibbins. Middle: Mrs Jane Watson-Taylor (teacher), Mackenzie Thompson,<br />
Anika Fouchee, Jake Jamison, Ryan Schmack, Rhys Hughes, Joel Suddaby, Kirsten Blackley,<br />
Jody Chisholm. Front: Ben McNabb, Zelda Boyd, Olly Rowe, Seb Meredith, Olive Pujol, Marcus<br />
Hetherington, Samantha Traynor, Stan Millwater. Absent: Indigo Hemingway, Natalia Johnson, Mrs<br />
Kristin Sheppard (teacher).<br />
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8SD<br />
Back: Charlie Holmes, Jessica Hollow, Thomas Masters, Teana Haines, Ethan Carleton, Georgia<br />
Evans. Middle: Billea-Nova Chin-Nyika, Jin Wook Hong, Kelly McClimont, Ella Robinson,<br />
Willow Strawson, Shae Barrett-Corrigan, Mrs Michelle Suddaby (teacher). Front: Kate<br />
Goodsell, Daniel O’Donnell, Ashley MacCulloch, Jimin Lee, Meg Breen, Sam Knight, Paris<br />
Woodhouse. Absent: Angus Cagney, Jack Colbourne, Phoenix Cooper, Phoebe Garland, Aimee<br />
McArthur, Tom Roberts, Jaydon Jordi.
YEAR 8 CAMPs<br />
DANGEROUSLY DIRTY<br />
RIDONCULOUSLY RADICAL<br />
INTERESTINGLY INCREDIBLE<br />
FANTABULOUSLY FUN<br />
TREACHEROUS TIMES<br />
KILLER KOOL<br />
AMAZEBALLS ACTIVITY<br />
RESPECTFULLY RIDICULOUS<br />
TERRIFIC TURNS<br />
SUPERB SPINS<br />
Himaya & Emma 8LB<br />
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8SL CAMP RAP<br />
Monday 31st of August, arrive at camp and it’s full of awesomeness.<br />
Tuesday, get out of bed, walk to the carts and I’m fully fed,<br />
Rollin’ down the hill at 100 miles an hour, thinking in my head about a hot, hot shower.<br />
Wednesday, scramble up the stream, got to wear a helmet cause green is mean,<br />
Walk down, shoot at a bear, might take a bullet shell for a souvenir.<br />
Thursday, press ups on the ground, think I’m about to vomit from the smell all around.<br />
Drifting through the mud, dirt on my face thinking that this was a big mistake.<br />
Friday 4th of September, this is going to be a camp to remember,<br />
Think I’m ‘bout to cry ‘cos I don’t want to leave Camp Berwick behind.<br />
by Abel and Shotz a.k.a. Annabel Carter & Siena Shotwell<br />
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9TC<br />
Back: Liam Beaton, Billy Sandri, Georgia Budd, Shaneil Coupe, Blake Hartley, Ben Harrington.<br />
Middle: Callum Smith, Andrew Hay, Ellise Price, Zac Taurua, Jessa Bennett, Ollie Williams<br />
Holloway, Jaime Toepfer. Front: Isabella Thomsson, Clover Lippe, Alex Budweiser-King,<br />
Samantha Clark, Natasha Hamer, Nicole Pittaway, Mitchell Evans, James Watherston. Absent:<br />
Phoenix Brownlie, Isabella Culshaw, Luella Harry, McKenzie Hart, Harry Hughes, Jessica<br />
Paddon, Jihye Song, Leightyn Hessian, Tessa Nathan, Jasper Klein.<br />
Back: Chicane Cooper, Sheree Gamble, Numa Saglibene, Jordan Fox, Peta McKay, Bridget O’Brien,<br />
Eva Wilson, Maggie Stiven. Middle: Patrick Llewellyn, Meg Harraway, Logan Lambert, Jasmine<br />
Murray, Flynn Rosie, Hayley Yule, Madi Gainsford, Lucas Baird, Ruby Jamison, Daniel Hadida.<br />
Front: Jacob Lang, Jessie Fraser, Reilly Arnesen, Max Swift, Elena McFadgen, Jesse Robertson, Amy<br />
Richards, Maelle Darby, Samantha Smith. Absent: Nicolas Seiler.<br />
9CD<br />
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Back: Ben Boyd, Fiona Murray, Ruth Bennie, Kate Richards, Kilita Fouchee, Caitlin Roberts.<br />
Middle: Luke Keen, Olivia Bates, Zhane Skipper, Lucas McTavish, Tom Scott, Wesley Moore,<br />
Kobi Maibach, Jayden Hanson, Tait Scurr. Front: Josh Hasler, Sam Teal, Freya Moore, Molly<br />
Todd, Sophia Fitzgerald, Olly Fotheringham, Jack Harker, Jacob Harwood. Absent: Sam Bastion,<br />
Albie Haynes, Jade Macdonald.<br />
9SP<br />
9SF<br />
Annabel<br />
Back: Flynn Brown, Tyler Greeks, Rurika Sekino, Ben Fussell, Nicholas Rumore, Matthew Wilson,<br />
Heidi Niederer. Middle: Jamie Toomey, Ethan Kerr, Danielle Molloy, Ayla Smalls, Latisha Halcrow,<br />
Ava Plimmer, Angus Harraway, Fletcher Cavanagh. Front: Christina Lamb, Sam Horton, Jessie<br />
Fothergill, Shea Williams, Kasia Balls, Meg Weedon, Kennedy Martin. Absent: Charlie Chisholm,<br />
Fairbairn, Stellar Nepia, Bronson Toghill, Sara Wright, Sophie Nathan.<br />
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Yr 9 MARAE TRIP<br />
At the Year 9 marae trip we enjoyed a large variety of activities.<br />
Some of these activities included haka, waiata and flax weaving<br />
and my favourite was going to the beach.<br />
We went down to the beach and tried to find toheroa.<br />
We went for lots of walks, going to places with cool things, like the war watch<br />
We learnt new hakas and songs.<br />
We played frisbee and Matua told us things about the marae<br />
and the Maori culture.<br />
Matua told us scary stories about the gods.<br />
We ate really good food! I really enjoyed spending time with everyone.<br />
The marae was an amazing building.<br />
Matua Jeromy told us scary stories before we went to sleep.<br />
It was an absolutely amazing experience that anyone could take<br />
part in and feel welcomed - even the teachers!<br />
One-sentence-summaries by 9SP<br />
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There have been a lot of changes for kapa haka this year. Matua Jeromy started the year<br />
off with good routines adding Wednesday afternoons to the schedule allowing two and a<br />
half hours a week to practice. We spent the first half of the year learning new material to<br />
put together a full bracket involving whakaeke, hiimene, waiata, haka, taiaha and poi.<br />
The second half of the year saw the students perform at events for the winter season. We<br />
welcomed new staff to Cardrona Alpine Ski Resort in the Lake Wanaka Centre, opened<br />
the final for the men’s half pipe at the Audi Winter Games and opened the Special Winter<br />
Olympics at the Hawea Hotel.<br />
We have been busy helping with the <strong>MAC</strong> house haka competition, ERO powhiri, junior<br />
school powhiri for international students and senior and junior prizegivings. This group<br />
is fortunate enough to not only have passionate seniors who are confident and can<br />
lead at a high intensity but also many junior students that are equally committed and<br />
improving all the time. It was also great to see so many international students join us<br />
and get involved for a while, we really enjoyed teaching you all a part of NZ heritage and<br />
hopefully you’ll be able to take the haka and waiata home with you.<br />
Although this is a new cultural experience for me, it has been an absolute pleasure to<br />
facilitate and be apart of the <strong>MAC</strong> kapahaka group this year. I am incredibly proud<br />
of their performances and the way they uphold such an important part of our culture<br />
within the school and wider community.<br />
Here are also some highlights from the students:<br />
“Having the para-skiers join us while performing at the welcoming for them”<br />
“Enjoying our Wednesday afternoons and being able to have fun and laugh as a group<br />
when we made mistakes”<br />
“Performing up at Cardrona wearing piupiu in the snow”<br />
“The overwhelming praise from the welcoming powhiri of the Special Olympics”<br />
Kaz Saunders<br />
KAPAHAKA<br />
Students involved in kapahaka<br />
<strong>2015</strong>: Noel Bisson, Riley Bruce,<br />
Matty McLean, Alex Mitchell, Anna<br />
Edwards, Olly McKenzie, Sean Dickey,<br />
Ben Harrington, Jamie Toomey,<br />
Mitchell Evans, Jahnaan Hodson,<br />
Ayla Smalls, Jessie McKenzie, James<br />
Suddaby, Kahu Griffin, Aden Cassaidy,<br />
Jin Wook Hong, Phoenix Cooper.<br />
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10SP<br />
Sadowski-Synnott.<br />
Back: Bella Fraser, Jake Nicholson, Joe Strawson, Gregor Findlay, Alex Plimmer, Johnny Percy,<br />
Lachlan Weir, Riley Christie. Middle: Grace Thomson, Madi Mulqueen, Jessica Curtis, Phoebe<br />
Young, Emilie Barnett, Breagha Rennie, Mel Telford, Mr Euan Simpson (teacher). Front: Ngaio<br />
MacLeod, Zachary Kaye, Joseph Sharratt, Wilfred Spearing, Michael Rankin, Toby Balls, Liam<br />
Kirk, Hannah McNabb. Absent: Manu Barnard, Jake Connolly, Micah Jordi, Sonya Palmer, Zoi<br />
Back: Mila Arnerich, Casey Scurr, Georgia Liley, Alicia Stock. Middle: Sam Pearce, Ty<br />
Sarginson, Maggie Little, Julius Staufenberg, Anna Roberts, Joshua Rogan, Duncan Muir,<br />
Ms Sharon Arlidge (teacher). Front: Simone Johnson, Anton Cousins, Frazer Limmer,<br />
Louis Hughes, Samantha Garrick, Teerin Varongchayakul, Oban Hansen, Erica Ayres.<br />
Absent: Briar Hight, George McDonald, Blake Alty, Leo Milligan, Kai Richards, Anna<br />
Glaeser, Georgia McDonald.<br />
10TC<br />
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Back: Jan Debeur, Cole McIntyre, Henry Hardaker, Ollie Larkin. Middle: Laura Erichsen, Lilly<br />
Trotter, Emily Simpkin, Grace Lee, Teegan Danielson, MacKenzie Muir, Alyx Nyika. Front: Ra<br />
Griffin, Paul Buttler, Jack Landreth, Mitchell Collett, Lochlan Murdoch, Daniel Bastion, Charles<br />
Jewell, Oscar Hetherington. Absent: Megan Blackley, Georgia Fussell, Alistair Garland, Shiana<br />
Matheson, Steven Morris, Matthew Prince, Shenee Pryde, Reanna Shepherd, Bayley Somerville.<br />
10CD<br />
Back: Pete Traill, Ben O’Brien, Phoenix Apa, Sam Howard, Mitchell Regan, Aislyn Fay. Middle:<br />
Brooke Elstob, Avon Duke, James Glynn, Millie Heine, Hannah Humphreys, Nicholas O’Donnell-<br />
Fluit, Sam Coupland. Front: Finn Mueller, Kenzie Robinson, Eliza Rogers, Nadia McNeilly, Ming<br />
Thor-Poet, Tom Rizzi, Claudia Wilkinson, Marli Reyta. Absent: Stirling Deaton, Max Hall, Bradley<br />
10BPTelfer, Joshua Allport, Dara Beattie-Johnson, Summer Trent.<br />
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10SF<br />
Phoomrittikul.<br />
Back: Niamh Schmack, Makayla Rasmussen, Hamish Winder, Samantha Wilkinson, Erina<br />
Tamati, Alyssa Horning. Middle: Ronan Thompson, Jesse Harling, Blade Farrell, Adam Breen,<br />
Greer Porter, Kobi Stevens, Rory Irwin. Front: Kimberley McArthur, Rory Baker, Rory Johns,<br />
Pyper Turner, Holly Wigg, Noah Holmes, Samuel Davey, Nathan Holt. Absent: Mikaela<br />
Condren, Pedro Domingues, Felix Klein, Samantha Limmer, Leo Munro-Heward, Praew<br />
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Year 10 Art<br />
Max Hall<br />
Samantha Wilkinson<br />
Alyssa Horning<br />
Sammy Limmer<br />
Phoenix Apa<br />
Simone Johnson<br />
Students were asked to paint a still life that demonstrated<br />
an understanding of Dechiroco’s surrealist style. They<br />
needed to apply the conventions that he would have used<br />
in the process of developing their own work.
YR 11 DINNER<br />
This year, the Year 11 students dressed to impress, and it was a success, with the biggest turnout<br />
so far of 97 students. The dinner, organised by the Service And Academic Committee, was<br />
held at Edgewater on Sargood Drive and included a three course meal followed by a quiz and<br />
an awards ceremony. The students all looked amazing!<br />
Rosie Spearing
Year 11<br />
Year 12<br />
Year 13<br />
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Staff photo<br />
Back: Andrew Sloan, Marcus Bate, Brendon Robertson, Hamish Crosbie, Rob Bruce, Ed Waddington, Nick Steenson.<br />
Middle Back: Jools Hall, Carol Bradley, Ruth Stevens, Liz Breslin, Kaz Saunders, Petrina Duncan, Sharon Arlidge, Doreen Hale, Florence Micoud, Craig<br />
Jefferies, Luke Faed, Mandy Sherson, Charlotte Lucas, Karyn Munro, Claire Easterbrook, Jude Faircloth.<br />
Middle Front: Laura Williamson, Jessica Zeestraten, Sandra Findlay, Heather Watt, Clare Scurr, Nikki Cotter, Katrina Fox, Maxine Bird, Kirsten Mason,<br />
Jenni McDougall, Jenny Edgar, Joanne Weggery, Michelle Suddaby, Lesley Baynes, Maryanne Ahern.<br />
Front: Murray Allen, Cameron Flude, Simon King, Lincoln Bruce, Vicki Ashton, Dean Sheppard, Wayne Bosley, John Turnbull, Simon Nyhof, Mat<br />
Doyle, Gena Bagley, Alistair Hose, Dawn Bosley, Karen Rochford, Deb McMillan.<br />
Absent: Jane Asberg, Craig Baily, Judi Barton, Craig Bird, Leesa Bracken, Carol Brooks, Perry Brooks, Kate Brown, Denise Bruns, Dave Cassaidy,<br />
Samantha Drayton, Jan Craig, Kay Hart, Tim Harper, Caitlin Harvey, Colleen Howell, Leanne Ingles, Catriona Kearsley, Brenda King, Don King,<br />
Marie Lewis, Kris Logan, Bridget Mackay, Kay McFarlane, Thelma McMurray, Ian McNabb, Emily McRae, Duncan Miles, Ronnie Moffat, Alastair<br />
Monteath, Angela Mote, Llewellyn Murdoch, Jane Newell, Linda Pierce, Bernie Rillstone Caig, Georgie Roberts, Uli Schmidt, Kristin Sheppard, Euan<br />
Simpson, Nickey Smith, Pete Stevenson, Amanda Taylor, Jacky Toepfer, Clare Thomas-Moore, Barbie Sarginson, Kathy Tweedie, Tony Waterworth,<br />
Jane Watson-Taylor, Natalie Whyte, Annabel Wilson, Andrea Woolley.
HQ<br />
<strong>2015</strong> has been the best year for HQ, we have had fun times, trips, games and work along the way. Birthdays were celebrated for everyone in<br />
HQ with food, cupcakes and candles.<br />
We were pleased to welcome Renon back with us this year and then later in the year we farewelled Miek who was one of our favourite<br />
teacher aides.<br />
Going to the school formal was very, very awesome. Scott looked pretty smart in his suit and, as the theme was Tokyo Nights, Renon looked<br />
amazing in her kimono.<br />
Our first trip was to the A&P Show where we enjoyed all the animals and music.<br />
Our next visit was to the Warbirds and Wheels museum at Wanaka airport to see the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car. Johnny Mayen took us<br />
out there in his classic 1969 Camaro car.<br />
We thoroughly enjoyed a visit to Mike Scurr’s farm. We all piled into the back of the truck and Mike drove us around to feed out to the<br />
animals. The best thing was driving the tractor. We all had a turn and someone even drove it backwards.<br />
A trip to the Cromwell swimming pool was a chance for us all to practice our swimming and have fun in the water.<br />
It’s been a busy and successful year with all the positive things and we look forward to having more space next year following the building<br />
extensions to HQ.<br />
Renon Sasaki<br />
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CREATIVE<br />
WRITING<br />
Charlie Jewell, Ollie Larkin<br />
HOW TO SPEAK GEN Z<br />
A is for “AY” (used at the end of a sentence to indicate it’s a question)<br />
B is for “BROMANCE” (male friendship- old school speak for mateship)<br />
C is for “CRAY CRAY” (when life is way too crazy for one word)<br />
D is for “DEFS” (well its easier than spelling definitely..defenately...difinitly.. see why we shorten?)<br />
E is for “EMOTICON” (how else do you say (@_@)<br />
F is for “FAIL” (used with or without EPIC to describe anything not a win)<br />
G is for “G” (e.g wazzup g? because gangstas can’t spell and neither can people who talk to gangstas)<br />
H is for “HARRO!!” (the new hello said with a touch of Swedish tourist)<br />
I is for “I” (because I am the centre of everything)<br />
J is for “JKS” (with media multitasking who has the time to spell jokes?)<br />
K is for “KGO” (I mean why write “okay, go” when you can write KGO)<br />
L is for “LMS” (like my status- another way of asking for some attention)<br />
M is for “MYBAD!” (used instead of saying sorry but at least we are taking ownership)<br />
N is for “NO” (generally said to people in authority)<br />
O is for “ONESIES” (the old/new pyjamas that love to feature in ‘night at home’ selfies)<br />
P is for “PROBS” (what the older gens probs call probably)<br />
Q is for “QT” (a more economical way of spelling cutie)<br />
R is for “RANDOM” (can be randomly used as a random response to almost anything)<br />
S is for “SELFIES” (a photo taken by you, of you, featuring you)<br />
T is for “TOTES” (used to show agreement quicker than a Gen Y can say totally)<br />
U is for “UNFOLLOW” (what you do when someone posts too many food photos on Instagram)<br />
V is for “V” (V means very which is a v quick typing solution for v busy lives)<br />
W is for “WIN” (used to describe anything good)<br />
X is for “XOXOXOX” (used to end any text - Broomers you would say; yours sincerely)<br />
Y is for “YOLO” (you only live once- the excuse for reckless living)<br />
Z is for “ZED” (hey, that’s us- the now generation)<br />
Adele Thomson and Katie Thompson<br />
The Art of Making Friends<br />
She struggled to perceive the simplicity of friendship, as it was never as apparent as it seemed. It wasn’t just<br />
similarity of interests, but the clear-cut opinions duplicated from one another. Hating that her opinion was invalid,<br />
unless it was a clone of the others; leaving a sense of disproportionation. She struggled to come to terms with the<br />
fact that simplicity and stability were two terms fabricated to convey the facility of friendship.<br />
You see. They told her it was easy - “go on you’ll be fine” - but they never knew the terrors that lurked behind a<br />
pink t-shirt and pigtails. They told her to “be brave, and just say hi”, yet they failed to inform her that a lack of<br />
simplicity would ruin any real chance at companionship. The complexity of her mind’s layout baffled all Barbie doll<br />
replicas, as they deprived her from their clique.<br />
You see, it wasn’t a contour, sculpted from the hands of human interaction, but the embodiment of social status<br />
and understanding. It wasn’t the delicate melody that lulled her to sleep; but a configuration and conformation of<br />
acceptance, she would never gain.<br />
And yet, they still wondered why she couldn’t quite grasp it. She had liked to think of herself as an artist, but could<br />
never find it within her heart to follow the simplicity of liberation, she couldn’t just let go. She’d stare at the empty<br />
canvas for hours, with breathtaking ideas, before surrendering to the failure of simplicity. It was in this moment<br />
that she became to hate art, as it offered simplicity that she could never fathom. You see, this was the art of making<br />
friends, and she just couldn’t understand it.<br />
Lucy Hayes<br />
page 40
Tall glassy skyscrapers touch the sky as I drive through the<br />
modern parts of Valencia. But only streets oversit the old<br />
villages with many residents. Grand medieval castles and<br />
towers stand smugly, knowing every little detail of Valencia’s<br />
wonderful history. People are swarming everywhere as I<br />
walk through the streets of Valencia. The population is only<br />
going to keep getting bigger! Many of the buildings are very<br />
modern, but old buildings have been turned into creative<br />
spaces. Valencia is my final destination. Here on the East<br />
Coast of Spain, with the busiest port in the Mediterranean<br />
Sea, it is a frantic but amusing sea breeze walk at the port.<br />
After filling my stomach to the very top, I visited Valencia<br />
Cathedral and Holy Grail. Beautiful, dark wooden carved<br />
panelling decorates the whole cathedral. Gold displays sit in<br />
selected places and old wooden church pews sit tightly and<br />
neatly in an orderly fashion. To think how many people have<br />
been here since the church was first established. It would be a<br />
phenomenal number.<br />
Peta McKay<br />
Millie Heine, Aislyn Fay<br />
If you feel the need right now to take some time for yourself or spend some much needed time with loved ones, then I have<br />
the perfect place for you.<br />
Lying in the centre of the Dodecanese island chain in the Aegean Sea, the Greek island of Kos is really like nothing else on<br />
earth. With its exquisite beaches, interesting sights, tropical temperatures, fanatical nightlife, special history and villages as<br />
pretty as a picture, Kos is really hard to describe in words. One or two weeks on this picture-perfect island is never enough,<br />
people just keep coming back for more.<br />
With a population of around 30 000, Los is the third largest of the Dodecanese islands and is said to be the sacred land of<br />
Asclepius, the ancient Greek god of healing. The spectacular, tree-lined harbour city of Kos town is rich with Ancient Greek<br />
and Roman antiques and the entrance is dominated by the 15th century Castle of the Knights Fortress. A towering spectacle<br />
of impressive stone-work architecture, the castle communicates with the inland through a bridge as it overlooks the lapping<br />
shores of the island’s many beaches. The coastline is full of sun-drenched beaches with numerous heavenly islets right<br />
opposite. There really is not much to fault on this picturesque Greek island.<br />
Kos is a well-developed island with a wide selection of accommodation, from luxurious spa resorts to traditional<br />
guesthouses. There are many hotels and apartments bordering the towns well-sought-after sandy beaches. Everyone is sure<br />
to feel at home somewhere on this island; countless window views of the ocean and flawless surroundings are jaw-dropping!<br />
So, treat yourself to that much-needed break and make a trip to the flawless and completely awe-inspiring island of Kos.<br />
A place I hold dear to me is the desert. Most people don't understand this fascination. I like it because it is a creeping sea of heat<br />
and sand. To me, it's a place where a tsunami of grains forever move at a sluggish, slow pace, allowing the wind to decide its<br />
course. It's where grainy valleys are so deep, they seem to stretch down into hell itself. Sand between your toes is welcome relief<br />
compared to your sticky, boiling shoes after two hours straight walking. But, sand grains getting blown by wind and ending in<br />
your eyes and mouth? Not so much. However, as you finally drag yourself up the final dune nearest to civilisation, you look back<br />
at the hills, mountains, dips and chasms and wonder “How did I do that? How, on earth, did I cross that?”<br />
The desert is where the air is so hot you can taste it. It tastes completely dry, as if someone has put a warm, dry towel in your<br />
mouth and rubbed it around in there. The only thing that can be sensed, sometimes, is heat. Literally, it becomes your entire<br />
existence: taste, heat, touch, heat, you can even hear heat. It is tedious, a monotonous drone, like a huge mosquito constantly<br />
hovering above your head. You can even see heat, the endless expanse of gold and orange consuming all other form of colour,<br />
forcibly pushing hot air into your eyes. The ocean of sand makes you perceive things differently to normal people, and you can't<br />
truly appreciate the beauty of the desert until you have crossed it and reflected on what you did.<br />
The deserts hold beauty that only they can hold, but they also have some of the darkest secrets on this globe. The skeletons of old<br />
tell us that. They are the perpetual reminder that we are at the mercy of the deserts, that we are never in control of them; yet, the<br />
pain they force on you only makes the reward all the sweeter. A view from the highest dune. A simple view, an understated view<br />
of the golden sea that surrounds you. A view that seems rather overdone in the scrapbooks of frequent travellers, who show<br />
their armchair friends, things they can never appreciate. To me, in that moment, it is something amazing. Incredible, maybe<br />
even terrifyingly awe-inspiring.<br />
Only you can see what you see in the desert. Only you can remember then what you remember. Whether it is an evil opponent,<br />
vanquished when your hands clawed you through the last few metres of sand separating you from civilisation or a simple<br />
challenge, tackled the minute you set your foot on the sand. To me, it is an old rival, who tries his very best to beat me, to make<br />
me turn back, stop, die, anything. He never does. I always defeat him. I am better than him, and I will never let him forget it.<br />
Arana McLachlan<br />
page 41
These poems by Max and Dara were selected for publication<br />
in the NZ Secondary School’s Write Off Line anthology.<br />
There were over 120 entries from over 20 schools across<br />
New Zealand. Dara’s poem gained 1st place overall.<br />
Dying Stars<br />
We sit, silent beneath dying stars,<br />
gazing upon the landscape’s scars.<br />
As dust and smog devour the air,<br />
the putrid stench of guilt and fear<br />
crawls beneath the human skin<br />
to fester and infect the next of kin.<br />
The burning flesh of long lost souls<br />
is harvested, and used for coals.<br />
The haunting wail of an infant’s cry<br />
echoes under a desolate sky,<br />
never to be cradled or held again,<br />
only destined for a life of pain.<br />
No screech of tyres or city lights<br />
only spirits roam in cold, dead nights.<br />
Buildings crumble, burn, decay,<br />
humanity’s pride stands in dismay,<br />
abandoned, derelict, lonesome and bare,<br />
riddled with horror, disease and despair.<br />
Tales of children smothered at birth<br />
by mothers gone mad, eyes lit with mirth.<br />
Change<br />
A world in trouble for mistakes we made<br />
no turning back or chance to save.<br />
A thought of change yet nothing is done,<br />
so we read and we write, we walk and we run.<br />
We stay in our boxes, lonely with confusion,<br />
dream of a chance to make a revolution,<br />
but all this deep thought is simply delusion,<br />
and the hope we once had is merely illusion.<br />
The Earth we knew when life was first seeded,<br />
when the world lived in peace, and only took what it needed.<br />
Did we know of a time where life didn’t cost?<br />
Sadly what was and once dreamed is lost.<br />
Do we see the chances we didn’t take?<br />
We’ve got a life to live, decisions to make.<br />
Will we finally know of this fate we have set?<br />
When the end comes, nothing’s worse than regret.<br />
So step out of this box and make this your day;<br />
There’s a world of choice so get on your way.<br />
In fifty years’ time when we finally know,<br />
we’ll wish we started fifty years ago.<br />
Now is the time, there’s no better than here,<br />
let’s make this right and call it square.<br />
We still have time to re-arrange;<br />
to make the world better only starts with a<br />
CHANGE.<br />
Max Hall<br />
CREATIVE<br />
WRITING<br />
Ghosts of those whose memory wanes<br />
who’ve lost the pump of blood in their veins,<br />
and those who do recall, spend their hours<br />
dreaming of a long lost world once ours.<br />
So, we sit, silent beneath dying stars,<br />
gazing upon the landscape’s scars,<br />
and we ponder, wonder, reflect<br />
we, torn asunder by the pain of regret.<br />
Yet a promise hangs, to start anew,<br />
and, a whisper, just a whisper,<br />
of the Earth we knew.<br />
Dara Beattie-Johnson<br />
page 42<br />
Ming Thor-Poet, after Pablo Neruda’s Ode to Conger Chowder
My Valentines Day Present<br />
Ding dong! Rung the doorbell. I bounced out of bed and threw my dressing gown over my shoulders and swung the door open<br />
greeted with a cool morning breeze. Peering round the busy morning streets I took a single step. Thud! A sharp rush of pain<br />
shot through my right leg from kicking a shiny red box that lay on the ground. A black ribbon was wrapped around it.<br />
Valentine’s Day had always been one of my favourite days of the year. Especially two years prior when Nick had absolutely<br />
spoilt me. My favourite was when his dog Nemo was at the door. When I came out he dropped an envelope which had tickets<br />
for a romantic trip for two to Hawaii. Nemo then ran back two blocks to where Nick was waiting.<br />
Grabbing the box I stumble not expecting it to be so heavy. I picked at the ribbon ‘til it came un-done and lifted the lid. A<br />
burst of laughter came out my mouth as I saw the box filled with hundreds of M&M’s. My favourite! The corner of a small box<br />
caught my eye and I grasped it. I opened the box to find a silver ring crafted with small flowers with small diamond centres.<br />
It was so beautiful. I placed it on my finger. Right now I was filled with joy, happiness filled my body and I felt like I was<br />
unbeatable. Nobody or nothing could put me in a bad mood.<br />
I buried my hand in M&Ms to feel thin long stalks which I pulled out to find a bunch of lilies. These have always been my<br />
favourite flowers and Nick always tells me I’m just like them, natural and beautiful.<br />
A smile was now engraved in my face refusing to go away. I reached in again to find one last box right at the bottom, I lifted it<br />
out and pulled the lid off to find a note saying ‘see you tonight’. Beneath the note lay what looked like a dress. I lifted the dress<br />
to my body and admired it. It had a tight black bust that shapes like the top of a heart. Just under the bust and around my rib<br />
cage is a glittery band that holds the shape of the dress. Finished with a soft pink chiffon skirt that floats to the floor.<br />
The rest of the day was a complete rush. If I was to do this dress any justice I would have to look perfect. I walked the three<br />
blocks to the hairdresser and another block to the makeup artist everyone has been talking about. I then took a taxi home and<br />
rushed to get the dress and shoes on as I knew Nick would arrive any second. Waiting quietly, I couldn’t sit still. I didn’t know<br />
whether to feel nervous or excited.<br />
Ding dong! There he was. I rushed to the door and swung it open wrapping my arms around his neck before he had the time to<br />
even say hello. I then stood back and led him up to the lounge. “Where are we going for tea?” I asked.<br />
“It’s a surprise.”<br />
He then tells me that, “You look gorgeous! That dress looks stunning!”<br />
“The person who brought it must have great taste.” I joke back.<br />
“You always have great taste.”<br />
I sit there puzzled at his last reply. What did he mean “You have good taste?” If he brought this shouldn’t he be saying ‘I have<br />
good taste’?<br />
I venture “...but you got this for me?”<br />
Nick laughs dismissively, but I sit there looking at him. He realises I’m not joking.<br />
“I didn’t buy it. I wish I’d thought of that.”<br />
Millions of questions flood into my head. This must be a dream. I pinch myself and feel a wave of pain in my left arm but I’m<br />
still exactly the same as it all was before. By now my emotions get the better of me and tears pour down my face. This was<br />
meant to be a day full of love and happiness. Instead it’s stress and confusion. I try to force the tears to stop but it only seems to<br />
make it worse. Nick is still sitting opposite me frozen, and unsure of what to do. He locks his eyes into mine and says “What’s<br />
going on? I never brought any of this, where did you get it from?”<br />
I try to find something to say but nothing comes out, so I close my mouth. We sit silently.<br />
Caris-Brook Bowler<br />
Fire<br />
Excruciatingly hot burning flames of red, orange and<br />
yellow grow into various forms like a shape shifter. One<br />
innocent touch will burn your skin; it could spread<br />
across a room in the blink of an eye. The crackling<br />
embers storm below, you don’t know if you’re safe or not.<br />
Staring directly at it for too long, your eyes will melt. It is<br />
like if you were tilting your head up and staring directly<br />
at the sun. The flames emit smoke into the air with<br />
power and strength, they are immeasurable and appear<br />
as if they could sweep you up and swallow you whole. It<br />
sometimes seems never ending.<br />
Olly Rowe<br />
Splashes of paint dive off my delicate brush. The colours<br />
dance on my paper like a rainbow flying through the sky,<br />
starting with rosy red, sadly ending with a flaming blob.<br />
Scared by neon paint, the paper lies motionless on the<br />
dull brown table. Full of energy, the dancing paint dives<br />
into a waltz with my brush.<br />
The marvellous paint clouds over my page, creating a<br />
masterpiece. As the light fades, the storm of colours on<br />
my proud paper dry up like a small lake in Africa.<br />
Samantha Traynor<br />
page 43
CREATIVE WRITING<br />
Memoirs of a Spectre<br />
I shivered.<br />
Rain drizzled into a street once so full of life, so flamboyant, so vivacious. Only<br />
two days ago I had been sitting on a table outside this very cafe, a cafe formerly<br />
known as The Shot, now known as nothing more than just another good memory<br />
gone out of business.<br />
Back then, I was perfectly content to simply sit and watch the day pass. And<br />
what a day it was. The pedestrians flowing by seemed to be part of a hive-mind,<br />
a mind set on enjoying the bounties of the city’s glorious existence. Dresses in<br />
hundreds of shades of tangerine, indigo, aqua, lime, cerulean, fuchsia and the rest<br />
of the palette, featuring all the latest fashions for a hot summer’s day with collared<br />
shirts, shorts, light blouses and skirts, the people passing me were more than just<br />
accepting of the day. They were grateful for it.<br />
A light but warm wind waffled waywardly, firing multiple nerve endings within<br />
my head, telling my nose that I was smelling the essence of hot coffee and ever-soslightly<br />
melting asphalt. It wasn’t a particularly overpowering smell, instead it was<br />
more of a jazz ensemble, there for you if you wanted to enjoy, but also perfectly<br />
content to be pushed to the back of your mind and ignored.<br />
The sound of a coffee grinder reached my ears, and the air was filled with the jazz<br />
ensemble and the pleasant noise of laughter and conversation. “Beautiful day isn’t<br />
it?”,“How was work Honey?”, and “What did you say the time was, Dear?”<br />
But now, now it can’t be more different. The lively, flamboyant, vivacious<br />
atmosphere has figuratively died. I just wish I had been as lucky.<br />
The image of the enchanting cafe has ruptured, split. Cracks are showing, with<br />
me in the middle. Pulsing colours have been replaced with a melancholy of<br />
monochromic shades. Light rain spits down, cloud cover the colour of the street<br />
below, a slate grey simply begging to be put out of its misery.<br />
The only colour worth mentioning comes from the yellow police tape (“Police<br />
Line-Do Not Cross”) suspended off orange road-cones, surrounding the quaint<br />
little cafe, and surrounding me. Or at least all that’s left of me. All I am now is a<br />
white chalk-outline against the greys of the sidewalk, a fading memory spreadeagled<br />
out on the concrete.<br />
Luke Burke<br />
Max Hall, Stirling Deaton, Phoenix Apa<br />
page 44
CREATIVE HISTORICAL EATING<br />
The Aztecs were a stunning culture. It's difficult to move past their<br />
radical religious beliefs and practices and understand the complexity<br />
of one of the largest empires on earth at the time. Their capital,<br />
Tenochtitlan, was larger and more organised than any city in Europe<br />
in the 16th century. Their system of tributary states and military<br />
prowess was unmatched in the Americas at the time.<br />
The conquest of Mexico lead by the conquistador Hernan Cortes<br />
replaced the Aztec empire with the Spanish empire. This was<br />
also part of an exchange of plants and animals that is called The<br />
Columbian Exchange. Some of the plants unknown outside the<br />
Americas before 1500 were: tomatoes, potatoes, chili, maize,<br />
avocado, vanilla, guava, tobacco, rubber and the indispensible cacao<br />
bean for making chocolatl.<br />
As part of Year 12 History's study of the conquest of the Aztecs by<br />
the buccaneer Hernan Cortes, we asked Amigos Mexican Cafe if they<br />
could prepare a meal in the style of the Aztecs. The head chef James<br />
was more than keen to have a go and so we were the guinea pigs<br />
(native to Mexico) for an Aztec food adventure.<br />
It was an amazing idea and made us realise that (as always) the food<br />
of the poor (such as the maize gruel atolli) was much less nice than<br />
the poached fish and the chocolatl that the nobility ate.<br />
MENU<br />
Atolli with tomatillo<br />
Quinoa, chili, avocado and tomatillo salad<br />
Banana wrapped fish with Anato (Achiote)<br />
Hominy (Maize)<br />
Pickled Cactus<br />
Pawpaw & Pineapple<br />
100% Cocoa Chocolatl w Honey and Vanilla
ATHLETICS<br />
Year 7 girls<br />
1st Abby East, Ella Landreth<br />
2nd Molly Barham<br />
3rd Piper Cavanagh<br />
Year 8 girls<br />
1st Annie Timu<br />
2nd Anika Fouchee<br />
3rd Laura Neale, Rata Horan<br />
U14 girls<br />
1st Phoenix Brownlie<br />
2nd Annabel Fairbairn, Danielle Molloy<br />
<strong>MAC</strong><br />
Year 7 boys<br />
1st Zach Smith<br />
2nd Red Simpson<br />
3rd Hugo Cochrane<br />
Year 8 boys<br />
1st Ryan Schmack<br />
2nd Fergus Read<br />
3rd Jack Findlay<br />
U14 boys<br />
1st Wesley Moore, James Glynn<br />
2nd Ethan Kerr<br />
3rd Julius Staufenberg, Kobi Stevens<br />
U16 girls<br />
1st Laura MacCulloch<br />
2nd Briar Hight<br />
3rd Samantha Burke<br />
O16 girls<br />
1st Holly Bailey<br />
2nd Bronnie Ormandy, Suzy Turner<br />
3rd Brynee Wilson<br />
U16 boys<br />
1st Ned Williams Holloway<br />
2nd Adam Breen<br />
3rd Janus Staufenberg<br />
O16 boys<br />
1st Teegan Vink<br />
2nd John Steven<br />
3rd Matt Molloy, Toby Lee<br />
SWIMMING<br />
11 year old boys: Jack Findlay<br />
11 year old girls: Piper Cavanagh<br />
12 year old boys: Fergus Read<br />
12 year old girls: Jasmine Murray<br />
13 year old boys: Kobi Stevens<br />
13 year old girls: Jaime Toepfer<br />
U16 boys: Gregor Findlay<br />
U16 girls: Samantha Garrick<br />
O16 boys: Noel Bisson<br />
O16 girls: Ellie Russell<br />
page 46<br />
Swim Records Broken in <strong>2015</strong><br />
BACK STROKE 50m U16 BOYS: Wilfred Spearing 31.97<br />
FREESTYLE 50m 016 BOYS: Noel Bisson 26.12<br />
OPEN BUTTERFLY 25m: Noel Bisson 12.97<br />
OPEN FREESTYLE 100m: Noel Bisson 58.08
CHAMPS<br />
SKI/SNOWBOARD<br />
SKIERS<br />
Year 7/8 Champion Boy: Jin Wook Hong<br />
Year 9/10 Champion Boy: Blake Hartley<br />
Year 9/10 Champion Girl: Kate Richards<br />
Senior Champion Boy: Ben Richards<br />
Senior Champion Girl: Emily-Rose James<br />
SNOWBOARDERS<br />
Year 9/10 Champion Boy: Ronan Thompson<br />
Year 9/10 Champion Girl: Briar Hight<br />
Senior Champion Boy: Cory O’Regan<br />
Senior Champion Girl: Lucy Hayes<br />
MOUNTAIN BIKING<br />
Stunning weather and a field of almost 100 competitors resulted in a great atmosphere of competition at the Dean's Bank<br />
track. Thanks to all the parents for helping with this event. Thanks also to Mons Royale for their support in providing<br />
spot prizes and prizes for the fastest boy (Paul Wright) and girl (Phoebe Young).<br />
Year 7/8 girls<br />
1. Zoe Andrews<br />
2. Jody Chisholm<br />
3. Abby Fisher<br />
Year 9/10 girls<br />
1. Phoebe Young<br />
2. Breagha Rennie<br />
3. Megan Blackley<br />
Senior girls<br />
1. Ellesse Andrews<br />
2. Hannah Rizzi<br />
3. Michaela Rogan<br />
Year 7/8 boys<br />
1. Campbell Wright<br />
2. Oliver Prince<br />
3. Leo Staufenberg<br />
Year 9/10 boys<br />
1. Julius Staufenberg<br />
2. Ty Sarginson<br />
3. Sam Coupland<br />
Senior boys<br />
1. Paul Wright<br />
2. Janus Staufenberg<br />
3. Craig Murray<br />
page 47
YR10<br />
SPECIAL SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS<br />
INTERNATIONAL NZ REPs<br />
Holly Wigg Commonwealth Karate Championships in India 2nd in kata and 2nd in kumite<br />
YR11<br />
Ellesse Andrews Oceania Track Cycling Championships 1st in U19 7.5 km scratch race, 1st in U19 team sprint,<br />
3rd in Open 4km team pursuit, 3rd in U19 omnium<br />
Finn Bilous Junior World Championships 7th in ski halfpipe, 9th in ski slopestyle (U20)<br />
Hamish McLean <strong>2015</strong> Para Swimming World Championship 8th in 400m freestyle<br />
YR12<br />
Mikayla Harvey<br />
YR13<br />
Paul Wright<br />
Junior women's team at the UCI World Cycling Champs<br />
Junior team at the MTB World Championships in Andorra<br />
Hank Bilous<br />
World Junior Freeride Champs in Andorra<br />
European Junior Freeride Tour in Austria<br />
4th place<br />
YR7<br />
NATIONAL<br />
Patrick Hartley National ski championships 1st in slalom<br />
Molly Thomsson NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 1st overall, 1st big mountain, 2nd slopestyle, 2nd halfpipe (Yr 7-8)<br />
Alexa McKay NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 2nd overall, 2nd big mountain, 3rd slopestyle, 3rd halfpipe (Yr 7-8)<br />
Luca Harrington NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 3rd overall, 3rd slopestyle, 3rd halfpipe, 3rd big mountain (Yr 7- 8)<br />
YR8<br />
Ines Stephani NZ tennis championships semi-finalist in singles G12 & under<br />
Michael Gealogo NZ tennis championships 3rd U12<br />
Leo Staufenberg NZ Primary Schools triathlon champs 3rd U12<br />
Ben McNabb NZ cross country ski championships 2nd U14<br />
NZSS cross country ski championships<br />
3rd intermediate boys<br />
Tom Colbourne NZSS cross country ski championships 2nd intermediate boys<br />
NZ cross country skiing championships<br />
3rd U12 freestyle<br />
Campbell Wright NZ cross country skiing championships 1st U12 classic and freestyle<br />
NZSS cross country ski championships<br />
1st intermediate boys<br />
YR9<br />
Meg Harraway NZ waterskiing championships 3rd U14 in slalom<br />
Bella Thomsson NZ Junior Freeride Tour series 2nd equal (U14 female)<br />
Ben Harrington NZ Junior Freeride Tour series 2nd equal (U14 male)<br />
NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 1st big mountain, 2nd halfpipe, 2nd overall (Yr 9-10)<br />
Jessa Bennett NZ cup climbing series 3rd U16 (lead climbing)<br />
Blake Hartley National ski championships 1st overall (U14), 1st giant slalom, super G and slalom<br />
NZ youth ski series<br />
1st overall (U14)<br />
Fiona Murray NZSS kayak champs 3rd in K1, 3rd in C1<br />
YR10<br />
Alistair Garland NZ Junior Freeride Tour series 2nd equal (U14 male)<br />
Blake Alty NZ Junior Freeride Tour series 2nd (snowboard U14)<br />
Ronan Thompson NZ Junior Freeride Tour series 2nd equal (snowboard 15-17 male)<br />
NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 2nd halfpipe, 2nd GS, 3rd slopestyle, 3rd overall (Yr 9-10)<br />
2nd open U18 slopestyle<br />
Ruth Bennie NZSS trap shooting championships 1st overall ladies<br />
Phoebe Young NZ mountain bike championships 2nd U17<br />
National mountain bike cup series<br />
2nd U17<br />
NZSS triathlon champs<br />
2nd U16<br />
NZSS individual road cycling champs<br />
1st time trial, 3rd hill climb, 3rd overall (U16)<br />
Manu Barnard NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 3rd slopestyle, 3rd big mountain (Yr 9-10)<br />
Julius Staufenberg NZ mountain bike cup series 2nd U15<br />
Holly Wigg National karate championships 3rd in kata and 3rd in kumite<br />
NZSS karate championships<br />
3rd in kata and 3rd in kumite<br />
Gregor Findlay NZSS triathlon championships 2nd U16 boys team (swim, run)<br />
Matthew Prince NZSS triathlon championships 2nd U16 boys team (cycle)<br />
Megan Blackley NZ Junior Freeride Tour series 1st (ski U14 female)<br />
NZ Freeski & Snowboard Jr National Championships 3rd overall, 2nd halfpipe (Yr 9-10)<br />
Reanna Shepherd NZ Freeski & Snowboard Jr National Championships 2nd slopestyle (Yr 9-10)<br />
Maggie Little NZ Freeski & Snowboard Jr National Championships 1st overall, 1st halfpipe, 1st slopestyle (Yr 9-10)<br />
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 1st overall, 1st slopestyle, 1st big mountain, 1st halfpipe,<br />
1st GS, 1st gravity cross (Y 9-10)<br />
Briar Hight NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 2nd slopestyle, 2nd halfpipe, 2nd big mountain, 3rd GS, 3rd gravity cross,<br />
2nd overall (Y 9-10)<br />
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YR11<br />
Ellesse Andrews NZ track cycling championships 1st in 500m time trial, 1st in 2000m pursuit, 1st in flying 200, 1st in sprints<br />
2nd in 5km scratch race, 2nd in team sprint<br />
Ella Maluschnig NZSS cross country ski championships 1st secondary girls<br />
Ellen Cagney NZ cross country ski championships 1st (U18) freestyle<br />
Nick Toepfer NZ cross country ski championships 1st (U18) classic<br />
Louis Jones NZ cross country ski championships 1st (U16) classic<br />
NZSS cross country ski champs<br />
1st secondary boys<br />
Finn Bilous NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 1st overall, 1st halfpipe, 1st slopestyle (Yr 11-13)<br />
Hamish McLean NZ Open swimming championships 2nd in 200m medley and 400m freestyle, 3rd in 50m breaststroke and 100m fly<br />
Janus Staufenberg NZSS triathlon championships 2nd (U16)<br />
Ben Richards National ski championships 1st overall (U16), 1st giant slalom, super G and slalom<br />
NZ youth ski series<br />
1st overall (U16)<br />
YR12<br />
Riley Bruce NZSS Maadi Cup rowing champs 2nd in men’s U17 single sculls<br />
Mikayla Harvey National road cycling champs 1st in the road race<br />
Emily Scott NZ Junior Freeride Tour series 1st equal (15-17 female)<br />
NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 2nd big mountain, 3rd halfpipe, 3rd overall (Yr 11-13)<br />
YR13<br />
Paul Wright NZ mountain bike cup series 1st U19<br />
National cyclocross championships 1st junior (17-18)<br />
Hank Bilous NZ Junior Freeride tour series 2nd ski (15-17 male)<br />
NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 2nd slopestyle, 2nd big mountain, 3rd overall (Yr 11-13)<br />
Martin Zietz NZ cross country ski championships 1st U20<br />
NZSS cross country ski champs<br />
2nd secondary boys<br />
Craig Murray NZ Junior Freeride Tour series 1st ski (15-17 male)<br />
NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 1st big mountain, 2nd overall, 2nd halfpipe (Yr 11-13)<br />
GodZone NZ adventure race world series<br />
7th team (and youngest competitor to date!)<br />
Emily-Rose James NZ Freeski & Snowboard National Championships 3rd slopestyle, 3rd big mountain (Yr 11-13)<br />
Thank you to everyone who sent in information so that this section could be collated: the results were inclusive and correct as far as we could check them at the time of going to press.<br />
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Netball A team<br />
Back - Holly Bailey (captain), Laura McCulloch, Lucy<br />
O’Brien, Mackenzie Ayres, Billie Scurr (vice captain),<br />
Brittany Smith, Aly Gibson<br />
Front - Diana Schikker (coach), India O’Donnell-Fluit,<br />
Caitlin Gibson, Brynee Wilson, Kirsten Mason<br />
(manager)<br />
Netball C team<br />
Netball B team<br />
Back - Jenaya Wilkinson,<br />
Alyssa Pryde<br />
Middle - April Carter, Calypso<br />
Hird, Taylor Hawcridge<br />
Front - Brynee Wilson (coach),<br />
Holly Bailey (coach),<br />
Madison Parslow, Zoe<br />
McNeilly<br />
Back - Sarah Cooper-Slee, Rosie Spearing, Ellesse Andrews, Ady<br />
Vincenzi-Johnson, Adele Thomson, Ella Moore<br />
Front - Jamiee Barnett, Erin Greenwood, Anna Liggins<br />
Senior social netball<br />
Yr 11-12 social netball<br />
page 50<br />
Back - Charlotte Wilson, Holly Budd<br />
Middle - Adele Thomson (coach), Aoife Baker,<br />
Olivia Pearce, Sarah Cooper-Slee (coach)<br />
F ront - Lucy Hayes, Tully Stevens, Emily-Rose<br />
James, Abby Swift<br />
Back - Acacia Murray, Jasmyne Hooper, Carisbrook Bowler, Hannah<br />
Rizzi<br />
Middle - Riley Horman, Bella Berry, Veron Pittaway, Jette Cavanagh,<br />
Arlene Gealogo, Bridie Hurley, Issey Lewis<br />
F ront - Sapphire Schwarz, Paige O’Brien, Nicole Price, Johanna Boege,<br />
Jessica Martin, Laura Wellman
Yr 10 Netball A team<br />
Back - Grace Lee<br />
Front - Madi Mulqueen, Eliza Rogers, Erica Ayres,<br />
Samantha Garrick, Holly Wigg<br />
Absent - Millie Heine, Hannah Humphreys,<br />
Brooke Elstob<br />
Year 9 Netball A team<br />
Back - Sophia Fitzgerald, Jordan Fox, Laetitia Halcrow<br />
Front - Maggie Stiven, Hayley Yule, Annabel Fairbairn,<br />
Kasia Balls, Bridget O’Brien<br />
Yr 9/10 Netball players<br />
Back – Caitlin Roberts, Kilita Fouchee, Erina Tamati, Hannah<br />
McNabb, Stella Nepia, Simone Johnson, Mackenzie Hart, Tyler<br />
Greeks<br />
Middle – Elena McFadgen, Freya Moore, Aislyn Fay, Samantha<br />
Wilkinson, Teegan Danielson, Jade MacDonald, Jasmine<br />
Murray, Samantha Smith<br />
Front – Olivia Bates, Nicole Pittaway, Clover Lippe, Greer Porter,<br />
Megan Blackley, Casey Surr, Georgia Budd, Peta McKay<br />
Floor – Reanna Shepherd, Eva Wilson, Jessica Paddon, Fiona<br />
Murray, Alicia Stock, Nadia McNeilly<br />
Yr 7/8 Netball players<br />
Back - Mackenzie Barnett, Willow Strawson, Kirsten<br />
Blackley, Meg Thomas, Ashley Bates, Emily Prout<br />
Middle - Jaimee Vink, Eve Paddon, Meg Breen, Ella<br />
Landreth, Kate Goodsell, Alice Howard, Rata Horan,<br />
Lily Willis-King<br />
Front - Kalani Muirhead, Maddi Frazer, Sienna Nicholson,<br />
Maude Rogers, Krystal McCutcheon, Anna Barrett,<br />
Georgia Robertson, Dilara Van<br />
Back - Nevada Wolfgramm, Georgie Bruce, Olive Pujol, Annie Timu,<br />
Summer Rasmussen, Helene Price, Kelly McClimont<br />
Middle - Erica Ayres (coach), Piper Cavanagh, Billea-Nova Chin-Nyika,<br />
Abby East, Jessie McKenzie, Aleisha Turner, Anja Malmo, Samantha<br />
Garrick (coach)<br />
Front - Isla Gellatly, Gracie Cartlidge, Shanae Sanders, Charlotte Reveley,<br />
Whitney Bennett, Mackenzie Thompson, Danielle Carney, Imy<br />
Gordon, Martha Toghill<br />
Absent - Jody Chisholm, Jessica Ecroyd, Sophie Fenn, Abby Fisher, Anika Fouchee, Holly Gibson, Sammy Harry, Ashley MacCulloch,<br />
Estelle Norman, Josephine Plimmer, Charlotte Reveley, Nikita Sinclair, Lea McTavish<br />
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Back - Manu Barnard, Blake Alty,<br />
Back - Matt McLean, Carl Matalote<br />
Front- Andrew Jopson, Phil Balmes,<br />
Nick O’Donnell-Fluit, Ben O’Brien<br />
Basketball A boys<br />
Jesse Harling<br />
Front - Gregor Findlay, Ben O’Brien,<br />
Nick O’Donnell-Fluit, Sam Howard<br />
Absent - Ben Harrington, Harry Hughes,<br />
Flynn Rosie<br />
Basketball<br />
juniors<br />
Basketball A girls<br />
Back - Briar Hight, Bridget O’Brien<br />
Front - Amy Jolly, India O’Donnell-Fluit,<br />
Lucy O’Brien<br />
Absent - Alyx Nyika, Bella Berry,<br />
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, Zhane Skipper<br />
Volleyball junior boys<br />
Back - Rurika Sekino, Pyper Turner, Laura Erichson<br />
Middle - Sophia Fitzgerald, Reanna Shepherd, Erina Tamati,<br />
Holly Wigg, Fiona Murray, Jessica Zeestraten (coach)<br />
Front - Georgia Budd, Erica Ayres, Greer Porter, Mel Telford,<br />
Samantha Garrick, Briar Hight<br />
Absent - Maggie Little<br />
Back- Alex Plimmer, Lachlan Weir<br />
Middle - Kobi Stevens, Sam Howard, Gregor Findlay<br />
Front - George McDonald, Ben O’Brien, Adam Breen, Nicholas<br />
O’Donnell-Fluit, Alistair Hose (coach)<br />
Volleyball junior girls<br />
Volleyball<br />
senior<br />
girls<br />
Back - Alistair Hose (coach), Gina Lilly, Caitlin<br />
Gibson, Lydia Fookes, Holly Bailey, Aly<br />
Gibson, Jessica Zeestraten (coach)<br />
Front - Erin Greenwood, Brittany Smith,<br />
Emma Clarke, Billie Scurr<br />
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Adventure racing<br />
Back - Cory O’Regan, Sam Coupland, Luke Wright, Ty<br />
Sarginson, Harrison Brown<br />
Middle - Joseph Wilson, Levi Vink, Holly Bailey,<br />
Emily-Rose James, Rosie Spearing, Nick Toepfer, Ned<br />
Williams-Holloway, Campbell Russell<br />
Front - John Steven, Daniel Edwards, Liam McFall,<br />
Bailey Nolet, Teegan Vink, Jayden Fisher, Nico<br />
Schikker, Hank Bilous, Ellis Meyer-Budge<br />
Absent - Campbell Caird, Lydia Fookes, Taylor<br />
Hawcridge, Craig Murray, Suzy Turner, Blair<br />
Underwood, Paul Wright<br />
Yr 7-8 Triathlon<br />
Back - Ryan Young, Aden Cassaidy, Georgie Bruce, Abby East, Georgia<br />
Robertson, Abhishek Rameshanand, Keltan Voyce<br />
Middle - Thomas Evans, Leon Bowie, Annabel Carter, Jaimee Vink,<br />
Krystal McCutcheon, Mackenzie Thompson, Rata Horan, Tom<br />
Colbourne, Jack Welch<br />
Front - Kirsten Blackley, Joel Suddaby, Piper Cavanagh, Sam Knight, Ella<br />
Landreth, Fergus Read, Whitney Bennett, Indigo Hemmingway, Alice<br />
Howard<br />
Absent - Jodie Chisholm, Hugo Cochrane, Jack Culshaw, Sophie Fenn,<br />
Jack Findlay, Abby Fisher, Jimmie Gillespie, Luca Harrington, Sammy<br />
Harry, Cameron Howell, Rhys Hughes, Joshua Jarvie, Liam Kemp,<br />
Owen Lea, Ben McNabb, Kahu Nepia, Jack O’Brien, Oliver Prince<br />
Senior Triathlon<br />
Back - Matthew Prince, Nick Toepfer, Levi Vink, Janus<br />
Staufenberg, Campbell Russell<br />
Front - Gregor Findlay, Luke Wright, Sammy Burke,<br />
Phoebe Young, Courtney Leith, Joseph Wilson,<br />
Harrison Brown<br />
Absent - Ellesse Andrews, Julius Staufenberg, Leo<br />
Staufenberg<br />
Top bike<br />
Back - Ryan Young, Ethan Arratia, Olly Alderson, Thomas Evans, Keltan Voyce<br />
Middle - Will Hofmans, Annabel Carter, Emily Prout, James Suddaby, Georgie<br />
Bruce, Quinn Curtis, Aden Cassaidy<br />
Front - Summer Rasmussen, Whitney Bennett, Ella Landreth, Piper Cavanagh,<br />
Anna Barrett, Maude Rogers<br />
Absent - Zoe Andrews, Hugo Cochrane, Abby East, Jessica Ecroyd, Anika Fouchee,<br />
Holly Gibson, Harry Gillespie, Alexa McKay, Ben McNabb, Lachy Moore, Estelle<br />
Norman, Oli Prince, Red Simpson, Emma Smith, Zach Smith, Leo Staufenberg,<br />
Campbell Wright<br />
Get2Go<br />
Back - Matthew Wilson, Jesse Robertson, Bella Fraser, Jamie Toomey, Flynn Brown<br />
Middle - Fletcher Cavanagh, Breagha Rennie, Phoebe Young, Fiona Murray, Ethan Kerr<br />
Front - Sam Pearce, Gregor Findlay, Matthew Prince, Wilfred Spearing, Oscar<br />
Hetherington, Sam Coupland<br />
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Climbing<br />
sailing<br />
Noah Holmes, Alex Plimmer, Jake<br />
Nicholson, Rory McLean<br />
Back - Jessa Bennett, Charlotte<br />
Coupland, Mila Anerich<br />
Front - Rosie Smith, James<br />
Suddaby, Josephine Schafer<br />
Rowing<br />
Tennis juniors<br />
Ice hockey<br />
Back - Sean Dickey, Breagha<br />
Rennie, Luke Burke, Nicola Sanders<br />
Front - Dougal Stalker, Amber Makeham,<br />
Rick Sanders, Laura Erichsen, Oliver<br />
Jarvie<br />
Target shooting<br />
team<br />
Back -James Glynn, Maddie Ball, Riley Bruce,<br />
Bridie Hurley, Sam Peace, Mr Bruce (coach)<br />
Front - Helena Crawford, Erina Tamati, Greer<br />
Porter, Sam Garrick, Erica Ayres, Olivia<br />
Pearce<br />
Absent - Beth Gale, Riley Homan, Hannah<br />
Humphreys<br />
Sam Neale<br />
Swimming juniors<br />
Back - Cody Sarginson, Ruth<br />
Bennie, Tim Weir<br />
Front - Ty Sargisson, Lachlan<br />
Weir, Sam Pearce<br />
Back -Fergus Read, Shanae Sanders,<br />
Annie Timu, Sam Knight<br />
Front - Georgie Bruce, Anna Barrett,<br />
Annabel Carter, Piper Cavanagh,<br />
Ella Landreth<br />
Absent - Hugo Cochrane, Hugo Darby,<br />
Jack Findlay, Abby Fisher, Luca<br />
Georgalli, Tom Heather, Alexa<br />
McKay, Red Simpson, Zach Smith<br />
Swimming seniors<br />
Orienteering<br />
page 54<br />
Hannah McNabb,<br />
Simone Johnson,<br />
Campbell Russell<br />
Absent - Ellie Russell<br />
Back -Jasmine Murray,<br />
Kobi Stevens, Jaime<br />
Toepfer<br />
Front - Noel Bisson,<br />
Hamish McLean,<br />
Wilfred Spearing
Cross country /<br />
biathlon squad<br />
Back - Matthew Prince, Bella<br />
Fraser, Gregor Findlay,<br />
Harrison Brown<br />
Front - Nick Toepfer, Sammy<br />
Burke, Janus Staufenberg,<br />
Phoebe Young<br />
Absent - Julius Staufenburg,<br />
Fiona Murray<br />
the missing orienteer<br />
Cross country seniors<br />
Back - Emily Prout, Aden Cassaidy, James Suddaby, Joel<br />
Suddaby, Tom Colbourne, Georgie Bruce<br />
Middle - Jack Colbourne, Fiona Murray, Luke Wright, Sheree<br />
Gamble, Angus Cagney, Ian McNabb (manager)<br />
Front - Sammy Burke, Ella Maluschnig, Martin Zietz, Hannah<br />
McNabb, Ellen Cagney, Ben McNabb<br />
Absent - Campbell Wright, Lois Jones, Ella Robinson, Jack<br />
Findlay, Oli Prince, Stanley Millwater<br />
Cross country juniors<br />
Back - Ryan Young, Georgie Bruce, Keltan<br />
Voyce<br />
Middle - Ethan Carleton, Shae Barrett-Corrigan,<br />
James Suddaby, Joel Suddaby, Barnaby<br />
Jackson, Dylan Rimmer<br />
Front - Kalani Muirhead, Abby East, Rata<br />
Horan, Ella Landreth, Molly Barham, Emily<br />
Prout, Lauren Rimmer<br />
Absent - Tana Hansen, Kahu Nepia, Estelle<br />
Norman, Emma Smith, Zach Smith<br />
Back - Ryan Young, Isla Gellatly<br />
Middle - Rata Horan, Billea-Nova Chin-Nyika, Ella Landreth, Emily Prout,<br />
Georgie Bruce, Molly Barham<br />
Front - Abby East, Meg Breen, Fergus Read, Sam Knight, Marcus<br />
Hetherington, Shanae Sanders, Hannah Barham<br />
Absent - Leon Bowie, Hugo Cochrane, Mae Cradock, Jack Findlay, Anika<br />
Fouchee, Jimmy Gillespie, Patrick Hartley, Rhys Hughes, James Parry,<br />
Oli Prince, Ryan Schmack, Zach Smith, Leo Staufenberg, Mackenzie<br />
Thompson<br />
Athletics juniors<br />
Athletics seniors<br />
Back - Harrison Brown, Gregor Findlay<br />
Middle - James Glynn, Janus Staufenberg, Ned Williams<br />
Holloway, Henry Hardaker<br />
Front - Phoebe Young, Sammy Burke, Laura MacCulloch,<br />
Courtney Leith, John Steven<br />
Absent - Shaneil Coupe, Sophia Fitzgerald, Ben Everest, Ollie<br />
Williams Holloway<br />
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cricket First X1<br />
Back - Tim Weir, Harry Seagar, Cody Sarginson,<br />
Gregor Findlay<br />
Front - Ellis Meyer-Budge, Daniel Edwards,<br />
Tom Bowman, Andrew Jopson, Blair Underwood<br />
Absent - Connor Stuart, Sean Webber<br />
junior cricket<br />
Back - Weston Bell, Flynn Brown, Ronan Kaye<br />
Front - Ryan Young, Fergus Read, Sam Knight,<br />
Ollie Alderson<br />
Absent - Hugo Cochrane, Jack Findlay,<br />
Cameron Howell, Oscar Humphreys, Ben<br />
McNabb, Tom Roberts, Oliver Thomas<br />
Yr 9-11<br />
cricket<br />
Back - Flynn Brown, Josh<br />
Hasler<br />
Middle - Sam Teal, Nick<br />
O’Donnell-Fluit, George<br />
McDonald, Adam Breen<br />
Front - Liam Kirk,<br />
Finn Hasler, Lachie Weir,<br />
Gregor Findlay, Chris<br />
Wood<br />
Hockey<br />
Back - Samantha Clark, Sheree Gamble, Shea Williams, Jessica<br />
Curtis, Charlie Chisholm, Georgie Burdon<br />
Middle - Mel Telford, Tegan Wilson, Samuel Sandri, Madi Gainsford,<br />
Tish Telford, Georgia Prince, Leon Kerr<br />
Front - Luke Burke, Bradley Jackson, Mitchie Maluschnig, Daniel<br />
Edwards, Oscar McLaren, William Gerrard, Tristin Weastell<br />
Floor - Romili Townsend, Tom Heather, Ocean Allemann<br />
Hockey<br />
seniors<br />
Back - Mel Telford, Leon Kerr, Madi Gainsford, Georgia Prince<br />
Middle - Tegan Wilson, Sam Sandri, Tristan Weastell, Luke<br />
Burke, Tish Telford<br />
Front - Bradley Jackson, Mitchie Maluschnig, Daniel Edwards,<br />
Oscar Fay, Will Gerrard<br />
Hockey 1st XI<br />
page 56<br />
Back - Bradley Jackson, Mitchie Maluschnig, Oscar McLaren, Daniel<br />
Edwards, Will Gerrard<br />
Middle - Simon Nyhof (coach), Suzy Turner, Tish Telford, Tegan Wilson,<br />
Samuel Sandri, Luke Burke, Madi Gainsford, Kim Baker (coach)<br />
Front - Georgia Prince, Tristan Weastell, Melanie Telford, Leon Kerr
Senior football<br />
Back – Jette Cavanagh, Noah Holmes, Alistair Garland,<br />
Chan Jung, Fergus Brebner, Jesse Mulqueen, Morgan<br />
Allen, Daniel Toomey, Sam Facer<br />
Middle – Nathan Holt, Pedro Domingues, Johnny Percy,<br />
Mitchell Collett, Joseph Sharratt, Michael Rankin, Liam<br />
Kirk, Ra Griffin, Samuel Davey, Bella Fraser, Anna<br />
Roberts<br />
Front – Ben Hadida, Rimu Roode, Alex Plimmer, Jack<br />
Williams, Rory Hannon, Adam Hewson, Levi Vink,<br />
Tom Reaney, Ned Williams Holloway, Harry Waters<br />
Back - Derek Lilly (coach), Ellen Rowlandson, Gina Lilly,<br />
Anna Liggins, Lily Waters, Connor Moore, Fiona Murray,<br />
Jessica Zeestraten (manager)<br />
Front - Anna Roberts, Laura Erichsen, Bella Fraser, Phoenix<br />
Brownlie, Jacinta Borer, Ella Moore, Sam Hayr<br />
Football girls 1st XI<br />
Back – Ollie Alderson, Ethan Arratia, Tana Hansen, Aden Cassaidy, Seb<br />
Meredith, Quinn Curtis, Michael Gealogo, Ronan Kaye, Weston Bell<br />
Middle – Oliver Prince, Thomas Masters, Leon Bowie, Jin-Wook Hong,<br />
Joel Suddaby, Daniel O’Donnell, Oliver Clements, Indigo Hemingway,<br />
James Suddaby, Neco Richter<br />
Front – Kahu Nepia, Shae Barrett-Corrigan, Neve Stalker, Maude<br />
Rogers, Annabel Carter, Olive Pujol, Molly Thomsson, Charlie<br />
Holmes<br />
Year 7/8 football<br />
Senior boys futsal<br />
Back – Thomas Smith, Harry Waters, Ben Hadida,<br />
Sam Facer, Rimu Roode<br />
Front – Matt Smith, Rory Hannon, Adam Hewson<br />
Senior girls futsal<br />
Junior<br />
girls<br />
futsal<br />
Sam Hayr, Jacinta Borer, Megan Bryan,<br />
Gina Lilly, Lily Waters, Connor Moore,<br />
Derek Lilly (coach)<br />
Back – Aimee McArthur, Zoi Sadowski-Synnott,<br />
Anna Roberts, Phoenix Brownlie<br />
Front – Annabel Carter, Mel Telford, Bella Fraser<br />
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Rugby 1st XV<br />
Back - Hank Bilous, Ben Weatherby, Craig Murray,<br />
Connor Stuart, Liam McFall, Josh O’Regan, Matt<br />
Molloy, Oliver Jarvie, Tim Weir<br />
Middle - Hamish Crosbie (coach), Steve Schikker<br />
(manager), Tom Bowman, Dougal Stalker, Cameron<br />
Arnerich, Lachie Garrick, Edward Trombik, John<br />
Steven, Sam Richards, Tony O’Regan (coach)<br />
Front - Zac Shields, Nico Schikker, Teegan Vink, Ellis<br />
Meyer-Budge (captain), Bailey Nolet (vice-captain),<br />
Blair Underwood, Toby Lee<br />
Absent - Nathan Redai, Jack Porter<br />
Upper Clutha<br />
Open grade Gold<br />
Upper Clutha Open<br />
grade Black<br />
Back - Chicane Cooper, Jake Jamison, Sam Teal, Fergus<br />
Read, Rhys Hughes, Jack O’Brien, Eamon Green,<br />
Craig Read (coach)<br />
Front - Phoenix Cooper, Keltan Voyce, Ryan Young,<br />
Ryan Schmack, Mitchell Evans, Thomas Evans,<br />
Joshua Jarvie<br />
Back - Marcel Moore (coach), Alastair Gillespie (coach)<br />
Middle - Leo Staufenberg, Lachie Moore, Zach Smith, James<br />
Watt, Anika Fouchee, Jack Colbourne, Jono Watson, Marcus<br />
Hetherington, Harry Gillespie<br />
Front - Sam Jewell, Dewalt van Eeden, Sam Knight, Jack Findlay,<br />
Hugo Cochrane, Tom Colbourne, Jimmy Gillespie<br />
Upper Clutha U14<br />
Upper Clutha U15<br />
page 58<br />
Back - Keiran Longman, Jacob Scott, Ollie Williams-Holloway,<br />
Michael Manson, James Glynn, Nick Newsted<br />
Middle - Jason Kerr (coach), Callum Smith, Daniel Bastion,<br />
Paul Buttler, Oscar Hetherington, Reilly Arnesen, Duncan<br />
Muir, Tait Scurr, Mike Hasler (coach)<br />
Front - Oliver Fotheringham, Josh Hasler, Ty Sarginson, Sam<br />
Pearce, Matthew Wilson, Ethan Kerr, Jesse Robertson<br />
Back - Nic O’Donnell-Fluit, Phoenix Apa, Lachie Weir,<br />
Henry Hardaker, Jack Landreth<br />
Middle - Scott Jones (coach), Robert Kewitsch, Ben Everest,<br />
Jesse Harling, Bailey Monk, Finlay Nolet, Ben O’Brien,<br />
Jaime Gibbard, Scott Findlay (coach)<br />
Front - Joseph Wilson, Sam Howard, Louis Jones, Kaes<br />
Scott, Gregor Findlay, Adam Breen, Finn Hasler
Girls’ rugby<br />
Back - Brittany Smith, Fiona Murray, Caris-brook<br />
Bowler, Calypso Hird, Laura Waller<br />
Middle - Nico Schikker (coach), Billie Scurr, Bridie<br />
Hurley, Sam Hayr, Tegan Vink (coach), Ellis Meyer-<br />
Budge (coach)<br />
Front - Paige O’Brien, Gina Lilly, Aoife Baker, Holly<br />
Budd, Brynee Wilson, Ellen Rowlandson, Emma<br />
Clarke<br />
Absent - Meg Harraway, Latisha Halcrow, Lydia Fookes,<br />
Zhane Skipper, Abbey Swift, Jacinta Borer<br />
Back - Keltan Voyce, Thomas Evans, Fergus Read, Sam<br />
Knight, Marcus Hetherington, Ollie Alderson, Ryan<br />
Young<br />
Front - Abby East, Billea-Nova Chin-Nyika, Annie<br />
Timu, Meg Breen, Piper Cavanagh, Georgie Bruce<br />
Absent - Jody Chisholm, Hugo Cochrane, Jack Findlay,<br />
Abby Fisher, Anika Fouchee, Rhys Hughes, Lachy<br />
Moore, Tom Roberts, Ryan Schmack, Zach Smith<br />
Rippa rugby<br />
Back - Joel Suddaby, Madi Gainsford, James Suddaby<br />
Front - Red Simpson, Aden Cassaidy<br />
Absent - Kahu Nepia, Fiona Murray, Stellar Nepia, James Watherston<br />
Junior kayaking<br />
Mountain biking<br />
Back - Luke Wright, Harrison Brown, Ty Sarginson<br />
Middle - Phoebe Young, Anton Cousins, Oban Hanson, Sam Coupland<br />
Front - Campbell Russell, Wilfred Spearing, Alex Young, Nick Toepfer,<br />
Joseph Wilson, Janus Staufenberg<br />
Absent - Paul Wright, Campbell Wright, Julius Staufenberg, Matthew<br />
Wilson<br />
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<strong>MAC</strong> HAKA<br />
Hūtia te rito o te harakēkē<br />
Kei hea te kōmako e kō<br />
Kī mai ki ahau he aha te mea nui o tea o<br />
Māku e kī atu he tangata<br />
He tangata hai aue.<br />
He tangata, he tangata<br />
He tangata, he tangata<br />
Ko Maunga Tītītea, tū whakaiti ana<br />
Should you pluck the heart from the flax where will the bellbird sing?<br />
Ask me “What is the greatest thing in this world?”<br />
I will tell you “It is people, it is people, it is people”<br />
Indeed Mt Aspiring remains humble as we acknowledge your arrival.<br />
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Pakipakia<br />
Hī Pakipakia Hī!<br />
Ko Tītītea te maunga tu iho<br />
Aoraki anake—- I a ha ha<br />
Ka tū taku ihi taku wehi taku mana<br />
Ka tū te mākahi ki te whenua hi aue hī!<br />
Ko te awa Mataau e ngunguru nei<br />
Hī au au aue hā<br />
Ko te awa Mataau e ngunguru nei<br />
Hī au au aue hā I a haha<br />
Tū te puehu Hī aue eeeeeeeeee hī!<br />
Tū waewae takahia!<br />
E te ope_taua Haere mai<br />
E te ope_taua Haere mai<br />
Tena wherahia tena turakina<br />
Ara he taua e taua<br />
He taua he taua<br />
He taua he taua<br />
He taua he taua<br />
ara tū ara tē ara tā hī!<br />
Mt Aspiring stands tall, second only to Mt Cook.<br />
May my valour, prestige and determination shine forth.<br />
I leave my impression on this land for future generations.<br />
It is the mighty Clutha river that rumbles thus.<br />
Let the dust arise, stamp your feet.<br />
Be thy friend or foe, we welcome you.<br />
Be thy friend or foe, we beckon you.<br />
Therefore, carve yourself a path, let no obstacle deter you.<br />
It is so,<br />
It is so,<br />
It is so.<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> WAIATA
OP<br />
Outdoor Pursuits involves mountain biking, rock climbing, tramping,<br />
snow caving, snow sports and white water kayaking. These pictures<br />
are just some of the awesome days the students experience in Outdoor<br />
Pursuits. Mat Schweizer<br />
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HOSTEL<br />
Liverpool: Connor, Andrew,<br />
Campbell, Nick, Blair, Daniel.<br />
<strong>2015</strong><br />
Rob Roy: Tom, Josh, Harry,<br />
Liam, Isaac, Ben.<br />
Owner of finger in photo corner unknown.<br />
Avalanche: Taylor, Ellen,<br />
Brittany, Calypso, Sam,<br />
Jacinta.<br />
Cascade: Michelle, Laura,<br />
Lydia, Suzy, Emma, Georgia.<br />
Ask any hosteller what inspired them to move to <strong>MAC</strong>, and you<br />
would most likely receive an answer along the lines of “for an<br />
adventure”, “a taste of the outdoors” or “for some sick pow and the<br />
park life.” Nine months later, as conquering mountains and exploring<br />
the wilderness of Wanaka have become weekly activities, we have<br />
achieved this and much more. Hostel <strong>2015</strong> has certainly exceeded all<br />
expectations.<br />
Our first ‘orientation tramp’ launched us into the year’s actionpacked<br />
line up. This included the gruelling 50km Motatapu mountain<br />
bike race, rafting the Clutha river (which naturally prompted a few<br />
wild raft wars) and the skyline hike up Mt Roy, making for some<br />
breathtaking views.<br />
Term 3 meant the much anticipated ski season was upon us. All could<br />
agree this was a highlight of our year. Sundays were spent on the<br />
slopes of Treble Cone cruising around in our hostel squad, hiking the<br />
summit, and lapping endless steezy rider runs. Hostel has not only<br />
provided a range of incredible adventures, but the opportunity to go<br />
heart-to-heart and express our feelings in a controversial survival<br />
weekend that will not be forgotten. Epic.<br />
Our final year of high school has undoubtedly been hectic; full of<br />
bush bashing, hitting jumps and living on a diet consisting primarily<br />
of free bread and milk. The endless pranks, involving bed flipping and<br />
stripping labels off cans, have also kept us on our toes. But despite all<br />
the conflict over a limited supply of fruit and vegetables and one too<br />
many missing shopping bags, it has been an awesome experience.<br />
Now as the year comes to a close, we realise it is not just the end of<br />
our schooling life, but time to part with people who have become our<br />
family and a place that has provided us with a lifetime of memories.<br />
#yeboi<br />
Calypso Hird and Taylor Hawcridge<br />
Arawhata: Matt, Sam, Tom,<br />
Matt, Sam, Oscar.<br />
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INTERNATIONAL<br />
LANGUAGE CENTRE<br />
This year the ILC team was made up of Mrs Marie Lewis (HOD ESOL Teacher); Megan Van (ESOL Teacher); Mrs Linda<br />
Pierce (General English Teacher); Tracey Hames (Relief ESOL/Night Class & Relieving Assistant Manager); Jools Winstanley<br />
(Night Class Teacher); Jude Faircloth (Homestay Co-ordinator & Relief Teacher); Brenda King (Administrator) and Claire<br />
Easterbrook (International Manager). Here is Claire’s round-up of <strong>2015</strong>:<br />
All of you should be proud of your efforts this year. You have been a long, long way away from home, family and friends and I<br />
think you are so brave to have put yourself out there and come to Wanaka and Mount Aspiring College! Everyone at the ILC –<br />
Mrs Lewis, Brenda King, Jude Faircloth, Linda Pierce, Megan Van and I have loved getting to know you all. This is a summary<br />
of how our year has been…<br />
In Term 1, <strong>2015</strong> it was our pleasure to host international students from Thailand, U.S.A., Korea, Japan, Germany, Italy, Hong<br />
Kong, Switzerland, Chile, Austria, Holland and Brazil. We also had our visit from the Nihon Gakuen High School for boys in<br />
March as well as our sister school from Hokkaido, Sosei High School.<br />
In Term 2 we had two new students from Italy, whose focus was to prepare for our snow. This year there was plenty of that,<br />
which was great.<br />
Term 3 brought more new students and more snow. It was all go in July, which saw 8 students leave us and 19 students arrive.<br />
As always, there are a lot of students from Germany and Italy at this time and you all did really well getting to know everything<br />
new and getting used to the cold! Our winter this year brought us some consistent snowfalls and school was even closed a<br />
couple of times! No doubt you all enjoyed going skiing and snowboarding as part of your school day.<br />
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Night classes started in July and meant the return of Mr Chung and his Korean Alpine Ski Team. They were taught by<br />
Tracey Hames and Jools Winstanley. These are driven students who have great dreams and goals to be the best they can<br />
possibly be – most are working towards the Winter Olympics.<br />
General English has been busy, with students from China, Switzerland, Italy, and migrants from South Africa, Japan,<br />
Sweden and Turkey. Highlights in this programme with Mrs Linda Pierce were the Franz Josef Glacier trip, the Kiwi<br />
Birdpark at Queenstown and a trip to the Cardrona Ski Area and, of course, the English classes!
A special mention this year has to go to our long term students who will leave us at the end of this year...<br />
Julie Konno, who arrived in October, 2012 - Julie, what a great effort you have put in this year on studying for TOEIC,<br />
Level 3 NCEA as well as Entrance Exams for Japanese universities.<br />
Max Ludwig, who arrived for one term in 2014 and ended up staying two years! Well done Max on assimilating into our<br />
Kiwi culture. Good luck at Polytech in Dunedin next year.<br />
To those of you leaving us, stay in touch and join us on Facebook. For those of you returning – see you next year for<br />
another amazing year!<br />
Lastly, to all of our host families who have provided these students with a home and given them the guidance, support,<br />
patience and type of Kiwi experience that they will remember forever – your contribution is such an invaluable one and we<br />
couldn’t do it without you!<br />
ILC Highlights in <strong>2015</strong> were:<br />
Homestay Reunion Tweedie-style in Paris – all ex-students of the Tweedie family met this year in Paris (Felix Reidlbauer,<br />
Vitto Sancipriano, Anne Nijhuis, Damian Scherer, Becky McKay, Vivi Pfannstiel, Philipp Dieckmann)<br />
Anton Guethe– playing for the school team in soccer/participating in Drama Club<br />
Jonathan Jaschke helping to rescue Keno Schnibben and also being an all round nice guy<br />
Mathew Schweizer – <strong>MAC</strong> student to go to our Sister School in Hokkaido and fellow rescue team member for Keno<br />
Hosting the boys from Nihon Gakuen High School from Japan for two weeks<br />
Trips to Franz Josef Glacier, building snowcaves at the Snow Farm and the Term 4 programme – Gunns Camp in Fiordland,<br />
Surf Camp in the Caitlins and camping up at the Mount Aspiring National Park<br />
Anton’s Leavers Speech $!@&<br />
Hosting the second student from the Zurmuehl family – Finn<br />
Having our third Marchetti student – Chiara<br />
Having our second D’Almeida student – Jose (Ze)<br />
Visits from ex students You-suk Chung and Jong Ho Lee who call in constantly because they are studying in Dunedin; Nicolas<br />
Brixle from Germany (here working at Tekapo as a ski instructor - now studying back in Germany); Tessa Nowag, also from<br />
Germany<br />
Alexander Ohnhaus L2 English speech<br />
Martin Zietz in the Big Band Competition in Blenheim, as well as being on the podium up at the Snow Farm for the Winter<br />
Games<br />
Matteo Hoch – getting an A in his Cambridge Exam<br />
Jin Wook Lee – 1st in Year 7 and 8 in <strong>MAC</strong> Champs<br />
Gijs Wolter in 1st XI football team that travelled to Christchurch<br />
Ginevra Diotallevi participating in L2 Drama in “Revenge of the Amazons”<br />
Numa Saglibene getting a personal best in swimming in Dunedin<br />
Chan Jung participating in the Rockquest<br />
Leavers lunches/dinners – slideshows & speeches from everyone – always great!<br />
Jan Debeur winning the Weetbix eating competition in his Whanau.<br />
Thanks for a great year everyone!<br />
And last but not least, Mrs Marie Lewis, Head of ESOL (English for Speakers of a Second<br />
Language) is leaving us this year. Mrs Lewis, as she is known to us, has been with us<br />
since 2002 initially teaching the Korean Ski Team’s Night Classes. She moved to Head<br />
of ESOL in February, 2006 and since then has been helping our international students<br />
with their English. She bought a wealth of experience and great style to the International<br />
Language Centre and we will miss you Marie-Chan!<br />
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DRAMA/PERFORMANCE<br />
SHUDDER<br />
This year, the Level 3 Drama class undertook one of the most challenging<br />
live performances to date. A type of theatre that purely relied on<br />
the physicality and multi role play of each character. Shudder was a<br />
performance revolving around the different personalities of Wellington<br />
and how each individual links together through the natural disaster of<br />
an earthquake. This was challenging yet satisfying as there were many<br />
factors of Shudder that we were not familiar with, such as having the entire<br />
cast on stage for the duration of the play. It was an enjoyable experience<br />
experimenting with our bodies and pushing them to the extreme to create<br />
humour, props and multiple characters. The cast was thrilled with the<br />
complexity of the innovatively-styled performance and it was something<br />
different for the audience's eye to witness.<br />
Brynee Wilson<br />
REVENGE OF THE AMAZONS<br />
The Revenge of the Amazons, a play written in 1983 to take a stab at the formal, male heavy,<br />
William Shakespeare play, “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” offered a perfect opportunity to push<br />
ourselves. It was a long hard working process with the difficulty of not being able to practise in the<br />
Lake Wanaka Centre until the day before we were due to perform but we worked together to make<br />
it happen.<br />
This was a first for our class in two ways: firstly, our class tends to lean towards the more serious<br />
pieces to perform so to be able to perform a piece that would elicit laughter rather than a solemn<br />
mood was a pleasant change. Secondly we, as a class, had never worked on a large stage outside<br />
of school performing, some had experience from other performances such as “Like There’s No<br />
Tomorrow” where there was a large audience but it was still in an intimate setting so working in the<br />
Lake Wanaka Centre was an amazing opportunity that we all thoroughly enjoyed.<br />
The Revenge of the Amazons was a great experience, flowing well thanks to our backstage crew,<br />
make up girls, lighting boys, Holly Mercer and of course the wonderful Emily McRae who continues<br />
to put up with the stress of our class. The majority of the class have been together for a few years so<br />
a class play is always an enjoyable way to end a stressful term and school year. I personally enjoyed<br />
the whole ordeal and am looking forward to another chance to work in that setting next year with<br />
the musical.<br />
Lucy Hayes<br />
A WILDE ROMP<br />
Level 1 Drama’s end of year performance involved snippets from ‘The<br />
Importance of Being Earnest’, a piece by Oscar Wilde from the Victorian era,<br />
and ‘A Woman of No Importance’, also by Oscar Wilde. We had done a standard<br />
on Melodrama at the beginning of the year, so we found it easy to utilize those<br />
acting techniques in this performance; pacing our lines, projecting our voices,<br />
using posture to show age and displaying exaggerated facial expressions to<br />
portray emotions.<br />
The characters weren’t easy to perform, with many periods spent trying to learn<br />
how to carry ourselves like characters older than ourselves. We also learned,<br />
with help from Ms McRae, how to project our voices so we could be heard in a<br />
large theatre. Another difficult part of these characters for some were, in fact,<br />
the costumes, which were a little difficult to move in, and definitely not the most<br />
comfortable. Everyone worked extremely hard, and the finished results were<br />
incredible. Everyone enjoyed this experience, and learned a lot from it.<br />
Amy Knight<br />
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LIKE THERE’S NO TOMORROW<br />
Partying. Drinking. Crying. Partying. Drinking. Dancing. Partying. Drinking: A modern high school after ball with a twist,<br />
but not just any twist, a twist of location, of created framework and of character interpretations. A stand-out show at the recent<br />
Festival of Colour, this piece of community theatre is shockingly real and powerful.<br />
Director Robin Kerr adopts an ‘epic theatre’ style performance by staging this piece in Wanaka’s local boutique bar, Gin<br />
and Raspberry. From the moment the audience walk in, they are immediately immersed in a ‘party scene’. Theatregoers are<br />
then divided into groups depending on the colour of their party hat which was given to them on arrival. Friend groups are<br />
deliberately split up, adding to the disconcerting nature of the show as the line between audience and cast is blurred.<br />
The conventional ‘fourth wall’ theatre concept is broken as the audience are treated as individual ‘partygoers’ – encouraged<br />
to take part in drinking games and awkwardly observe explicit sexual encounters and youthful shows of false bravado from<br />
balconies to bathrooms.<br />
One is led from scene to scene, location to location, inside to outside and back to the dance floor, creating a sense that each<br />
group is experiencing the same thing – time is frozen and you are witnessing every effort of the party from the perspective<br />
of a teenager – conveying a startling but surreal demonstration of how a 17-19 year old reacts to grief under these influences,<br />
within a party context.<br />
Andrew Gunn’s Joseph is daring, passionate and free. The way in which he communicates with his girlfriend (or just a thing?<br />
– you never know with high school relationships) Stacey (Alex Johnston) while she is continuously blaming herself for his<br />
death is truly heartbreaking. His sister, Louise (Holly Mercer) is mentally assessing her sexuality against the pressures of her<br />
schoolmates while Joseph’s best mate, Danny (Jack Arbuckle) attempts to break the ‘bro-code book’ as a signal of respect to the<br />
late leader. Complexities arise through each character and Joseph is there to guide the way back to a new ‘normality’.<br />
Based on a real-life theme, confronting New Zealand’s party culture head on, this show will make you uncomfortable, it will<br />
make you cringe, but it will make you think, and think again.<br />
Jordaine Wilson (abridged – full review at www.onmag.co.nz)<br />
It was a great privilege to work with a total cast of 29 students in the Festival of Colour’s professional<br />
production of Like There’s No Tomorrow. This cast auditioned for the production company<br />
Playground Collective and worked under their expert guidance to achieve a cutting edge performance.<br />
As a teacher it was such a proud moment<br />
to see students take their learning<br />
into the professional realm. They were<br />
incredibly committed and executed<br />
brave and moving performances around<br />
controversial but incredibly important<br />
themes. I would like to thank the Festival<br />
of Colour for its faith in our students and<br />
allowing them an opportunity they will<br />
still cherish for many years to come.<br />
Emily McRae H.O. D Drama<br />
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<strong>MAC</strong><br />
STOCK<br />
At the end of term two this year Macstock took place in the Lake Wanaka Centre<br />
full of fantastic musical talent. Macstock is an annual concert where students from<br />
Year 7 to 13 perform on stage in a real life rock concert. After hours of rehearsals,<br />
students took the stage and performed their best, full of adrenaline and nerves.<br />
The night was divided into three sections, starting with a quieter, acoustic feel and<br />
building up to a much heavier finish, and the night ending with DJ Kaoz and his<br />
EDM madness. The night was a huge success, the Lake Wanaka Centre was packed,<br />
and everyone had a blast. The senior music classes would like to thank all the<br />
parents that came along and helped, the office ladies for all their help with ticketing<br />
and refreshments, and the fantastic crowd who supported the musicians by being<br />
an awesome audience! As said by <strong>MAC</strong> student Ella Maluschnig, ‘It was legitness!’.<br />
Special thanks to Grenville for the superb sounds heard on the night, and also to<br />
Michael and James Hay, Todd Buckley, Sam Sandri, and Duncan Muir for their epic<br />
light show. A massive thank you to Mr Doyle for putting everything together and<br />
making sure the Year 12 and 13’s actually rehearsed (especially Isaac).<br />
Yr 12-13 music students.<br />
JAZZ BAND<br />
On Friday the 16th October the <strong>MAC</strong> senior jazz band travelled down to Invercargill to compete in the Southland Jazz Festival. The<br />
competition was held at the Ascot Park Hotel where there were 9 schools that attended in total. We were the furthest travelling school<br />
and also the largest band with 10 members ranging from Year 8 to Year 13. We played a set of four songs, opening with "Girl from<br />
Ipanema", and followed with a range of tunes including upbeat jazz, "Chameleon", and a bossa nova tune, "Fly Me To The Moon", to<br />
show our range of skills. For the set piece we played our own arrangement of "Oleo" by Sonny Rollands which was a success - the<br />
judges comment was "well rehearsed". We placed third in the group competition, placing behind James Hargest College and Wakatipu<br />
High School that placed first. The judges commended our band for "having a lot of potential" and having a "nice sound". As a band, we<br />
are very proud of this achievement and would like to thank Mrs Mote, Mr Doyle and Bruce who have helped us at weekly jazz band<br />
practices and in organizing this trip to allow us to reach this success.<br />
Daisy Thor-Poet<br />
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Solo/Duo<br />
Acoustic Melody - Ellen Cagney, Paige O’Brien<br />
Parallel - Ellesse Andrews, Ella Maluschnig<br />
Two - Connor Moore, John Steven<br />
Bands<br />
Rosie and Billie - Rosie Spearing, Billie Scurr<br />
Near Armageddon - Isaac Bell, Morgan Allen, Lucan Smith, Tyler Bailey<br />
Evie - Evie Simonsohn<br />
Junior Sound System - Luca Harrington, Red Simpson, Elliot Frost, Oli Thomas<br />
Disconnected - Jordyn McDonald, Sarah Millis, Emma Stalker, Bridget Donovan, Chan Jung<br />
ROCKQUEST<br />
This year’s Rockquest went off with a blast, with many solos, duos and bands from Wakatipu, Cromwell, and Wanaka<br />
showcasing their huge talent and musical expertise. A wide variety of music was heard on the night, ranging from acoustic<br />
folk/ indie guitar to heavy rock, comedic duos to reggae. The audience loved it, and the vibe backstage was exciting and<br />
invigorating! Most of the musicians there had competed before in the nationwide competition, with 2014 solo/duo winner<br />
Sofia Machray back to defend her regional final. It was obviously agreed just by hearing the support given by musicians<br />
to each other that the talent there was outstanding. All of the acts were at a fantastic level. Rockquest is a very educational<br />
and enjoyable event for young musicians to participate in, and everyone can benefit from it. Coming out in 1st place in the<br />
regional finals, a duo of acts from <strong>MAC</strong>, Two (Connor Moore & John Steven) and Near Armageddon (Isaac Bell, Lucan<br />
Smith, Tyler Bailey & Morgan Allen) both had the opportunity to put together a 15 minute live music video that showcased<br />
their own original music. Unfortunately, neither act made it to the national finals, however Near Armageddon was placed<br />
in the top 20 bands nationwide! From the students in Wanaka who competed, we would like to say thank you to Mr Doyle<br />
for helping all the musicians in the process of making their originals, both before and after the regional finals. Roger<br />
Smith for building such an awesome drum platform for the music room and to Elliot Steven for his professional assistance<br />
in recording the submission videos for the national finals! Wanaka students are looking forward to hosting next year’s<br />
Rockquest and hope to keep up the fantastic success that our school has in the competition.<br />
John Steven and Isaac Bell<br />
check this out!<br />
Hello, my name is Steven Morris and I am a 15 year old DJ. It’s taken a long time, but finally, on August 8th <strong>2015</strong>, I released<br />
my first ever EP, “Defiance”. My entire EP is EDM based (electronic dance music). I’ve always liked EDM and have been<br />
influenced by people like Skrillex, Zomboy, Martin Garrix, Tiesto, M4SONIC and many other DJs that<br />
produce this type of music. I started making EDM at the beginning of 2014, and since then, I have made<br />
a total of 45 tracks, eight of which appear on the EP. This year I participated in <strong>MAC</strong>STOCK and last<br />
year was the winner of the “people’s choice award” and “most original award” for <strong>MAC</strong>’s Got Talent! I also<br />
performed at the YAMI conference in May <strong>2015</strong> and met many famous NZ artists such as Dave Dobbyn<br />
and Anika Moa. I like making EDM because of the way it influences people. It’s beat is so.....upbeat! And<br />
I like that, because it’s so fun to listen and dance to! I’m always looking for more sounds and loops to<br />
continue my music, uploading new tracks and I am currently working on my second EP, which is due out early 2016! You<br />
can check out my music on Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify and Google Play (just search “Defiance - Kaoz”)!<br />
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TEAM GREEN<br />
Energy<br />
Following last year’s research and proposal, the Board of Trustees has granted enough money to purchase eight solar panels for<br />
our college. We got quotes and organised the installation. It has not happened yet because it is due on the new building’s roof,<br />
but it is all set up to happen and we are looking forward to it. We’ll sure shout about it when it happens. Meanwhile, the team<br />
has been organising monthly Earth Hours and the drop in energy use has been monitored and shows we can save more than<br />
half of our current consumption, by switching off unused items.<br />
Recycling<br />
The year started with updating the paper recycling bins in all classes. We visited all classes and<br />
brought new boxes wherever needed. A paper recycling campaign was launched throughout the<br />
college. Then we organised the Recycled Art competition where all students and whanau were<br />
invited to create an artwork made out of rubbish or recycled materials. It resulted in 15 interesting<br />
entries. The competition was won by RST whanau and Pisa house.<br />
Fair trade<br />
We’ve also participated in the Fair Trade fortnight, baking fair trade goodies for the teachers and<br />
raising more than $150 for Oxfam. The school has accepted that Fair Trade tea, coffee and sugar will<br />
soon be made available in the staff room instead of the usual products. We are aiming to become a<br />
Fair Trade School through this initiative.<br />
Tree planting time!<br />
Thanks to our recycling efforts and the Paper 4 Trees scheme, we earned 31 trees this year sponsored<br />
by Ziptrek and delivered by Te Kakano who donated another 13 trees so that each whanau can plant a<br />
tree. And so came the much loved and happy tree planting time... Thank you to everyone who helped<br />
plant a native tree this year.<br />
Visit our website http://macteamgreen.wordpress.com and<br />
Like our Facebook Page Mountaspiringcollegeteamgreen<br />
<strong>MAC</strong> LIBRARY<br />
Collections focus<br />
This year, the library has improved the fiction area by removing unused books to make space for popular series: Tom Gates, Gone,<br />
Maze Runner, Divergent, Pretty Little Liars and many more as well as lots of new books.<br />
The knowledge and reference collections have been enhanced in the areas taught at the college, cold war, plants etc… Also, taking<br />
advantage of a fantastic sale at National Geographic, we purchased 25 excellent high quality books for students to enjoy and learn from.<br />
More than 20 new graphic novels have been added to the Picture Books area and the ebook library https://maclic.wheelers.co/ now<br />
offers nearly 200 titles, for free!<br />
Student focus<br />
Following a librarian workshop on service design, we’ve been focusing on improving the library users’ experience, particularly making<br />
it easier and faster to choose and borrow books. AWESOME hovermarks are put inside books recommended by students to stand out<br />
on the shelves. And the Grababook box, conveniently placed on the issue desk, contains favourite and sure-to-please popular books.<br />
Grab one to get a good read in 10 seconds with your eyes shut!<br />
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The library is a great safe place to read, study, learn and have fun.<br />
Check out the library blog maclic.wordpress.com
GATEWAY<br />
Gateway this year has been really good for me as it’s allowed me to get hands-on<br />
experience on a building site. It has also allowed me to be six months ahead in<br />
my paperwork going into an apprenticeship next year. Gateway is a great way to<br />
experience any career you could be interested in for your future.<br />
Blair Underwood Yr 13 Future Carpenter/Builder<br />
How was Gateway for me? Gateway was a<br />
worthwhile experience. It really helped me<br />
learn more about my field of work and has<br />
helped me set in stone what I want to do next<br />
year.<br />
Mat Schweizer Yr 13 Future Outdoor Leader<br />
The Gateway programme was the best part of my school year. Being able to go<br />
out and work in the electrical trade has been really useful for my future choices. I<br />
would recommend it to anyone looking for experience in a field that interests you.<br />
William Gerrard Yr 12 Future Electrician<br />
DEBATING<br />
Debating has seen a very active programme this year with lots of events available and great participation, as well as the<br />
establishment of the <strong>MAC</strong> Debating Group. We started the year with a weekend in Dunedin, taking part in the Russell<br />
McVeagh Otago – Southland interschool debates. This is “university style debating” where we had to prepare impromptu<br />
debates of six minutes. It was an exhausting, but exciting weekend with two full on days where we learnt a lot of good skills.<br />
Once again Rotary supported our Central Otago interschool competition with good, aggressive debating between the<br />
region’s secondary schools. Debating in front of adults was a bit nerve wracking but good for our confidence.<br />
Several students also travelled to Queenstown for a workshop run by the Dunedin University Debating Club. This was<br />
also really interesting, as we got to see some of our judges from the Dunedin competition take part in a debate. Their logic,<br />
humour and quick thinking were really impressive and something to aspire to.<br />
As well as debating, seven students took part in several Model United Nations in Queenstown, Dunedin and Wellington.<br />
These were a great way to experience a different type of debate and to develop our diplomatic skills. Some very talented and<br />
lucky students also had an opportunity to attend the New Zealand Model UN event in June.<br />
Finally, the Mount Aspiring Debating Group would like to thank the students and school community for supporting us in<br />
starting up the club. This year we had a few small debates, but next year we hope to do some much bigger events.<br />
Johnny Brebner<br />
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20 years<br />
of<br />
S.I.C.<br />
The idea for Students in the Community came from Mike<br />
Allison, former <strong>MAC</strong> Principal, on his return from a Woolf<br />
Fisher Scholarship tour of the USA, Canada and Britain.<br />
He wanted to integrate a programme that demanded not<br />
just academic, sporting and cultural excellence, but a more<br />
holistic sense of altruism.<br />
Diana Schikker remembers setting up the programme<br />
in 1995, using existing community contacts and quickly<br />
forging more. “It was actually straightforward. People were<br />
so receptive when I approached them. It was a wonderful<br />
job! Diana particularly enjoyed using the community<br />
specialisation of her Parks and Rec. degree in a wider-thansporting<br />
context.<br />
Diana stayed in the role for two years before Lo Scurr took<br />
over. Lo still enthuses about the role, saying “through the<br />
years I was involved, many students and members of the<br />
community will have had some amazing experiences and<br />
will have stories that should be remembered. I remember<br />
one student who went to visit an older lady and still kept on<br />
visiting her over the years that he went away to university.<br />
They had a real link.” Lo was Students in the Community<br />
Coordinator from 1997 to 2002, when Mary Chaffey took<br />
over. Mary stayed in the role until 2013 and was great<br />
at running the stats – counting up the amount of actual<br />
student hours every year that went into the community.<br />
By the time of the big <strong>MAC</strong> 25th reunion in 2012, it was<br />
46,888 hours and counting. In 2014 that figure topped<br />
50,000 and still counting! Mary left the role in 2013 and<br />
fondly remembers the students. “They were so great.<br />
Always busy with everything and still taking the time to<br />
give back to their community. The ethos of the programme<br />
is still going strong.”<br />
Students volunteer in a wide variety of placements<br />
(regular visits) and projects (one-off events) in the wider<br />
Upper Clutha community, depending on their skills and<br />
availability. They’re encouraged to work with age groups<br />
they wouldn’t usually have contact with – the elderly or<br />
the very young, for example – to coach teams, to help out<br />
behind the scenes, to mentor other students – anything to<br />
give of their time freely to grow their sense of pride and<br />
sense of community.<br />
One of current co-ordinator Liz Breslin’s favourite things is<br />
going out to visit students on placement, “because they’re<br />
always doing good, out there, making a difference. And<br />
we have so many negative stereotypes of teenagers and I<br />
don’t see them here, and neither do all the people that the<br />
Students in the Community visit. They see generous young<br />
people doing good stuff.”
“If you put effort into it, you will<br />
enjoy it.”<br />
Max Ludwig.<br />
“I learned that I can talk to old<br />
people and that they are not<br />
scary! You also learn how to<br />
hold conversations that mean<br />
something, rather than just<br />
chit-chat.”<br />
Sarah Cooper-Slee<br />
“Get amongst!<br />
It is truly rewarding.”<br />
Harry Seagar<br />
STUDENTS<br />
IN THE<br />
COMMUNITY<br />
“Helping at the day care centre<br />
helped with my patience and<br />
this has gone through in other<br />
aspects of my life.”<br />
Poppy Jefferies<br />
“Do something out of<br />
your comfort zone!”<br />
Alex Johnston<br />
“I learnt that<br />
I can actually<br />
communicate<br />
effectively which<br />
suprised me as I<br />
thought I was shy<br />
and would be shy<br />
in these situations”<br />
Emily-Rose James<br />
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POLAR PLUNGE<br />
Keeping with tradition, the Year 13s took part in an early morning polar plunge in the middle of winter<br />
this year. This event was organised by the Service and Academic Committee’s wonderful leader, Karyn,<br />
and all those who participated dressed accordingly to the theme of anything starting with the letters<br />
M, A or C. It was an entertaining event that will surely be remembered by those who took part and was<br />
definitely a good way to lighten the winter mood and test the courage of the Year 13s!<br />
Bronnie Ormandy<br />
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LEAVERS’ DINNER<br />
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SURVIVORS
LEAVERs’ PROFILES<br />
Name: Adele Thomson<br />
ST: Rapping<br />
TM: Quinoa<br />
BM: Year 9<br />
Name: Andrew Jopson<br />
FC: Chemical engineer<br />
TM: Phat 360s<br />
Q: Carpe diem<br />
Name: Aoife Baker<br />
AKA: E fi fo fum<br />
FC: Kanye West tribute act<br />
Q: I’m actually a girl<br />
Name: Ben Weatherby<br />
AKA: Benji<br />
FC: English teacher<br />
TM: Bad calls<br />
Name: Brittany Smith<br />
ST: Parkour<br />
TM: Backflips<br />
BM: Landing the doubleback flip<br />
Name: Calypso Hird<br />
ST: Hitting the park<br />
BM: Stealing Rob Roy’s shopping<br />
bag<br />
Name: Christie Kirk<br />
AKA: Queen B<br />
ST: Injuries<br />
Name: Connor Moore<br />
FC: Potato farmer<br />
TM: Curly hair<br />
BM: New York school trip<br />
Name: Daniel Edwards<br />
ST: Frying eggs with the element<br />
turned off<br />
TM: Getting overly excited about<br />
the weather<br />
Name: Daisy Thor-Poet<br />
ST: Singing to songs without<br />
knowing the words<br />
BM: Deans Bank bike ride, Yr 11<br />
Name: Ellie Russell<br />
FC: Teacher or pharmacist<br />
TM: Scottish<br />
BM: Yr 10 Stewart Island tramp<br />
Name: Emma Clarke<br />
ST: Llama whispering<br />
TM: RPM clothing<br />
BM: Canyoning<br />
Name: Florence Collins Caballero<br />
AKA: Flo-Rida<br />
ST: Hand-eye coordination<br />
Name: Georgia Houghton-Brown<br />
FC: Midwife<br />
TM: Crazy cat lady<br />
BM: The hostel skyline traverse<br />
Name: Hana Evison<br />
AKA: Hannah<br />
ST: Changing subject<br />
FC: Beautician<br />
Name: Harry Waters<br />
ST: Clapping with one hand<br />
FC: Pro FIFA player<br />
BM: Getting painted blue and<br />
being Avatar<br />
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AKA = also known as / ST = secret talent / FC = future career / TM = trade mark / BM = best memory / Q = quote<br />
Name: Isaac Bell<br />
AKA: Isabella<br />
FC: Muse cover band<br />
or professional procrastinator<br />
BM: Rockquest<br />
Name: Jack McLachlan Thomson<br />
Arbuckle<br />
AKA: Ropehead<br />
ST: Tongue-punching<br />
BM: Freestyle Fridays<br />
Name: Katherine Millis<br />
AKA: Bob<br />
BM: Winning triple jump<br />
Q: It’s Friday, right?<br />
Name: Laura Waller<br />
AKA: Lazza, Iron Lady<br />
ST: Cat lover<br />
BM: Roy skyline walk<br />
Name: Lydia Fookes<br />
AKA: Lydz<br />
ST: Parkour<br />
TM: Backflips<br />
Name: Madison Parslow<br />
FC: Vet nurse<br />
Q: It’s so cold even the water’s<br />
ice *slips on ice*<br />
Name: Maximillian Ludwig<br />
AKA: Maximinion<br />
BM: Landing in NZ for the first<br />
time<br />
Q: My English is sucks<br />
Name: Michelle Tomlinson<br />
AKA: Miguel<br />
Q: We’re here for a good time, not<br />
a long time<br />
Name: Sam Keeling<br />
ST: Cutting the bros lunch<br />
FC: Frenchy’s agent<br />
TM: Arawhata is Life<br />
Name: Mila Sumar<br />
ST: Turning every conversation<br />
into song lyrics<br />
BM: Tekapo Camp ice skating<br />
Q: I was born close to my<br />
birthday<br />
Name: Rick Sanders<br />
AKA: Carl<br />
ST: Dismantling pens<br />
FC: Professional fish assassin<br />
Name: Mitchie Maluschnig<br />
ST: Euphoric singing<br />
TM: Grey hoodies<br />
Q: Queni ya ranya ullumë<br />
vanwëumir - Not all those who<br />
wander are lost (JRR Tolkien)<br />
Name: Nick Burns<br />
ST: Unicycling<br />
FC: World’s best electrician<br />
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Name: Noel Bisson<br />
ST: Knowing film characters’<br />
lines before they say them<br />
FC: Chess Grandmaster<br />
Q: Famous last words<br />
Name: Olivia Newman<br />
AKA: Liv, Newman8er<br />
TM: Laugh<br />
Name: Oscar McLaren<br />
ST: Breaking every cup known to<br />
mankind<br />
FC: Samoan language teacher<br />
TM: Going to my recipe book
AKA = also known as / ST = secret talent / FC = future career / TM = trade mark / BM = best memory / Q = quote<br />
Name: Tom Bowman<br />
AKA: Bowman, Tommy B<br />
FC: BSC at Otago Uni<br />
BM: <strong>MAC</strong> 1st XV rugby<br />
Name: Brooke Harwood<br />
FC: Professional chocolate tester<br />
Q: Raisin cookies that look like<br />
chocolate cookies are the main<br />
reason I have trust issues<br />
Name: Thomas Wilkie<br />
AKA: Young Chalkie<br />
FC: Engineer<br />
Q: Nar it's algoods<br />
Name: Josh Carlier<br />
ST: Not hurting animals<br />
BM: Wearing Ms Watt’s glasses<br />
Name: Jiorde White<br />
AKA: Whitey<br />
ST: Growing a neck beard<br />
FC: Pilot<br />
Name: Edward Trombik<br />
AKA: Trombicycle<br />
FC: Counselor<br />
Name: Nico Douglas Schikker<br />
AKA: Doug, Sneaky<br />
TM: Thermals and ski socks<br />
Name: Mikaela Cooper<br />
AKA: Macookie<br />
ST: Spotlight champion<br />
BM: 2013 cross country day<br />
Name: Ellis Meyer-Budge<br />
ST: Give me the aux and I’ll blow<br />
your mind<br />
BM: When the Highlanders<br />
won the Super 15 - UP THE<br />
LANDERS!<br />
Name: Mathew Schweizer<br />
AKA: Schweizy<br />
ST: Freeloader<br />
FC: Freeloading<br />
Name: Alex Johnston<br />
AKA: Baby Alex<br />
FC: Art therapist<br />
BM: Gym Rounders, Day 1, Year 7<br />
Name: Toby Lee<br />
ST: Making profit off petrol money<br />
TM: Sunburn<br />
Q: Monny?<br />
Name: Bronnie Ormandy<br />
AKA: Le Bron<br />
ST: Baking<br />
Name: Poppy Jefferies<br />
AKA: Poops<br />
BM: Year 9<br />
Q: 10 cooked<br />
Name: Katie Thompson<br />
AKA: Little Jakeytrill<br />
BM: Circle of joy with Mrs<br />
Hamilton<br />
Name: Ella Hughes<br />
TM: Wearing household items as<br />
clothing<br />
Q: Shut up I’m hot<br />
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AKA = also known as / ST = secret talent / FC = future career / TM = trade mark / BM = best memory / Q = quote<br />
Name: Bradley Jackson<br />
AKA: Calfy<br />
FC: Chemist<br />
BM: Last day of Year 11<br />
Name: Blair Underwood<br />
AKA: Drip<br />
Q: Come back to me<br />
Name: Teegan Vink<br />
FC: Jet ski driver at WSL<br />
Q: How much for a chicken and<br />
mayo?<br />
Name: Jayden Fisher<br />
AKA: Andy, FB Master<br />
ST: Shredding rugby 08 on PS2<br />
Name: Zoe McNeilly<br />
AKA: Zo, Zozo, ZoBro<br />
ST: The actual Regina George<br />
TM: That horsey kid<br />
Name: Daimler Arcega<br />
AKA: Candy man<br />
ST: Giving out candy<br />
FC: Candy van driver<br />
Name: Tom Rountree<br />
AKA: Salty<br />
FC: Directeur Sportif<br />
Q: It’s a pig of a thing<br />
Name: Harry Seagar<br />
AKA: Group speeches<br />
FC: Viciously receding hairline<br />
BM: OP trips with a hungry Dave<br />
Name: Holly Bailey<br />
AKA: Regina George<br />
ST: Smiling<br />
TM: Constant death stare<br />
Name: Holly Budd<br />
AKA: djbuDD, Budd, Hol<br />
FC: Your assigned bag packer at<br />
your local New World<br />
Q: Who has my TV remotes?<br />
Name: Sarah Cooper-Slee<br />
ST: Not actually being Maori<br />
TM: Crying<br />
BM: Riding the Luggate school<br />
bus<br />
Name: Craig Davis Murray<br />
FC: Canoe Polo<br />
TM: Zoning<br />
Name: Kim Robertson<br />
AKA: Kimmie<br />
TM: Late room<br />
Name: Nina Bowley<br />
AKA: Nins<br />
ST: Making pies<br />
TM: Stressing<br />
Name: Lili Peter<br />
AKA: Lil P<br />
FC: Swift racer<br />
Q: Where did Ra go?<br />
Name: Ra Anderson<br />
AKA: Roar<br />
TM: Black<br />
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AKA = also known as / ST = secret talent / FC = future career / TM = trade mark / BM = best memory / Q = quote<br />
Name: Isaac Alexander<br />
AKA: Isaaaaac<br />
Q: All in<br />
Name: Sam Richards<br />
AKA: Big Poppa<br />
ST: Rock picking<br />
BM: OP adventures with<br />
the bois<br />
Name: Jacinta Borer<br />
AKA: Mum<br />
FC: Plumber<br />
BM: Mount Cook<br />
Name: Matt Belworthy Lewthwaite<br />
AKA: Frenchy<br />
FC: Hustler<br />
BM: The time I stole all the remotes<br />
Name: Phil Balmes<br />
AKA: Mini Hulk<br />
ST: Get big by breathing on weights<br />
FC: Graphic Designer<br />
Name: Petra Shotwell<br />
BM: Lads day - last day of Yr 12,<br />
the girls dressing up as the boys<br />
and invading the ECR and boys’<br />
assembly spot<br />
Name: Holly Mercer<br />
ST: Determining whether to turn<br />
around or not when I hear the<br />
name Holly<br />
Q: This was not at all like High<br />
School Musical<br />
Name: John Steven<br />
ST: Master egg poacher<br />
TM: Mr Doyle Doppelganger / Red<br />
dufflecoat<br />
BM: USA holi..- I mean educational<br />
trip.<br />
Name: Bailey Nolet<br />
Q: It’s pronounced Nolet<br />
Name: Suzanna Turner<br />
ST: Synchronised swimming<br />
FC: Architecture<br />
BM: My year at Hostel<br />
Name: Sean Webber<br />
FC: Helicopter pilot<br />
TM: It doesn’t need mentioned...<br />
Name: Connor Stuart<br />
AKA: Stu, Neanderthal<br />
FC: Own my own business<br />
TM: Human megaphone<br />
Name: Ellen Rowlandson<br />
AKA: El<br />
ST: Freestyle runner<br />
Q: Looseness<br />
Name: Martin Zietz<br />
AKA: The Martian<br />
ST: Solving Rubik’s cube.<br />
Q: How hard can rocket science be<br />
anyway?<br />
Name: Hank Bilous<br />
FC: PE teacher<br />
BM: Flying objects around the<br />
stage<br />
Name: Brynee Wilson<br />
AKA: B to the K, B-ry, Beryony<br />
ST: Can eat 28 chicken nuggets<br />
in 12 mins<br />
Q: Good morning and welcome<br />
to assembly<br />
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AKA = also known as / ST = secret talent / FC = future career / TM = trade mark / BM = best memory / Q = quote<br />
Name: Billie Scurr<br />
ST: Splits on demand<br />
FC: International flight attendant<br />
TM: My hair<br />
Name: Emily-Rose James<br />
AKA: Emzroz<br />
Q: I luv badminton<br />
Name: Matt Smith<br />
AKA: Maattyboo<br />
FC: Making gains, what else?<br />
BM: Having a full pantry after<br />
Saturday shopping<br />
Name: Scott Welch<br />
AKA: Scottie<br />
Name: Campbell Caird<br />
ST: Grade eight in Classical<br />
Recorder<br />
FC: Officer in the NZ Army<br />
Q: But why?<br />
Name: Sam Radford-Park<br />
AKA: Liability<br />
FC: Electrical apprentice<br />
TM: Keeling’s clothes<br />
Name: Samantha Hayr<br />
AKA: Sam<br />
ST: Cooking potatoes<br />
BM: Juicing in Whanau class<br />
Name: Liam McFall<br />
AKA: Ranga<br />
Q: Orange and orange don’t clash<br />
Name: Taylor Hawcridge<br />
AKA: Tay, TayTay, T-Swizzle<br />
TM: The dark horse<br />
Name: Zac Shields<br />
AKA: Taco<br />
ST: Sculling water<br />
TM: Powerade bottle<br />
Name: Paul Wright<br />
FC: n/a<br />
BM: Fridays Yr 11/12<br />
Name: John Turnbull<br />
AKA: JT, Mr T<br />
FC: Bus driver for school trips<br />
Q: True<br />
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“MR T “<br />
The end of this term will see the end of an era with the retirement of Mr John Turnbull, affectionately known as “Mr T,”<br />
from the classroom after 38 years of teaching in Wanaka.<br />
John began his teaching career in 1977 when the District High School became the Wanaka Area School. When Mount<br />
Aspiring College was formed in 1988 he was one of the original staff who moved on to teach at the college. Over the years<br />
he has seen many students pass through the college, including his own children and grandchildren.<br />
John’s specialist teaching subjects are Geography, Social Studies and Tourism and there are many past and present students<br />
who now have a far better understanding of the origins of our local Wanaka landscape thanks to his teaching. He brought<br />
physical geography to life with his glacier exploration field trips to the West Coast and his boat trips on Lake Wanaka. An<br />
added bonus is John’s coach driving licence which has been invaluable on many a class trip.<br />
What people may not know however, is the tireless work that John has put into many areas of school life behind the scenes.<br />
In the early days of the college he was the teacher responsible for the library and archive records and he has also been in<br />
charge of audio visual equipment at the college for many years. The hand behind the video camera presenting the live-feed<br />
playback at Prizegiving ceremonies is John’s. It is John who has created the Prizegiving DVD’s and John who has produced<br />
the archive recordings of our college productions for many years.<br />
He is also the steering force behind the success of many a 40 Hour Famine at <strong>MAC</strong>, offering advice and encouragement to<br />
each year’s organising committee. Over the years he never missed an opportunity to dress up for mufti days (his Bob Marley<br />
dreadlocks and Elton John glitz and glasses spring immediately to mind) and he took an active part in staff skits, often<br />
taking on the role of pianist.<br />
The decision to retire will give John more time to spend with his family, in particular with his wife Cherie, but rumour has it<br />
that he may still drive buses for <strong>MAC</strong> trips.<br />
Driven by his spiritual beliefs, a man of high moral character, patience and integrity, John can always be counted on to offer<br />
words of support and encouragement at all the right times. Always pleasant in manner, loyal, cheerful, considerate and wellloved<br />
by his whanau, “Mr T” will be missed immensely. We thank him sincerely for everything he has contributed to the<br />
college and wish him well for the next chapter of his life.<br />
STRAIGHT UP<br />
The “Straight Up” Christian group was initiated this year with Josephine<br />
Schafer and Cole Masters leading the group, with the assistance of Miss<br />
Weggery. Team leaders Hannah Davey, Rose-Meri Smith, Sam Sandri, Matt<br />
McLean and Ollie McKenzie assisted in the running of fun fortnightly<br />
events, guest speaker sessions and small discussion groups. It has been<br />
great to have new members come along and we hope this group will<br />
continue to go from strength to strength next year.<br />
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40 HOUR FAMINE<br />
$7500 raised!<br />
All the 40 Hour Famine proceeds this year went to Bangladesh, where almost 8 million<br />
children are malnourished. The <strong>2015</strong> 40 Hour Famine core crew was made up of Kath, Laura,<br />
Kim, Rosie, April, Erin, Lucy Aoife, Ellie and myself. At the start of the year we travelled down<br />
to Dunedin to attend a leadership convention to learn about where the money we raise goes<br />
and what we can do to make a difference for those families living in poverty.<br />
We returned with heaps of enthusiasm and dived into the organisation of raising funds for<br />
Bangladesh. We managed to get over 80 participants from Mt Aspiring College, including<br />
students and staff. They dedicated 40 hours of their weekend to go without food, technology,<br />
talking etc. and fund raised by talking to neighbours, teachers, family and they all successfully<br />
‘took a stand’ for families in third world countries.<br />
With the help of Harley Hamilton from World Vision we also organised a bake sale and of<br />
course we had to have Kath Millis’ ‘teachers’ cross country’. The teachers really committed to it<br />
this year in terms of costumes and effort. It was such an awesome event and I hope that it will<br />
continue in the years to come.<br />
We managed to raise just over $7,500, which won us the award for ‘The Most Raised in the<br />
lower South Island’. Because of this I was lucky enough to be selected to represent Mt Aspiring<br />
College at the World Vision and Sanitarium Senior Scholarship Programme in Auckland in<br />
the second week of the October holidays. Along with 30 other students from different schools<br />
all over New Zealand I was challenged over the course of the week with some of the biggest<br />
social justice issues prevalent in our world today, as well as being educated and empowered<br />
to become a better leader. This trip was an amazing experience for me and I met some truly<br />
inspirational people.<br />
Congratulations to everyone who participated and donated funds to the 40 Hour Famine.<br />
All your efforts go towards improving the standard of living and quality of life of people in<br />
Bangladesh which is such an amazing cause! I would like to say a special thank you to Mr. T<br />
for helping us run the 40 Hour Famine this year, your help is always very much appreciated so<br />
thank you!<br />
Nina Bowley<br />
SHAVE for a CURE<br />
$2544.50 raised!<br />
Ten very brave <strong>MAC</strong> students shaved<br />
for a cure for leukaemia and blood<br />
cancer in this year’s fundraiser. The<br />
pony tail cuts and full head shaves<br />
were undertaken by friends and<br />
finished off professionally by Jacob<br />
from Ali Baba’s. Hair longer than<br />
30cm was also donated for wig<br />
making. Students involved were<br />
Jordyn McDonald, Ben Harrington,<br />
Kenzi Robinson, Hannah McNabb,<br />
Amy Jolly, Nick Mercer, Olly<br />
Six New Zealanders are diagnosed with<br />
blood cancer or a related condition every<br />
day. The funds raised by students from the<br />
shaves and a mufti day will help fund core<br />
services such as patient support and research.<br />
Many thanks to those who supported this<br />
cause and especially to Jacob from Ali Baba’s<br />
(who came on his day off to shave) and Mr<br />
Sloan who took the photos.<br />
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STICKS’n’STONES<br />
will break my bones<br />
but words will never hurt me...<br />
Sticks ‘n’ Stones is a student led project managed by Central Otago REAP focused on taking positive action online to reduce<br />
cyberbullying. Students have an enormous amount of experience with life online and can support younger students, their<br />
parents, families and communities to better understand the benefits and pitfalls.<br />
Highlights from <strong>2015</strong>:<br />
Pink Shirt Day<br />
Rainbow Youth Workshop - Sexuality and Gender<br />
Training with Youthline and the Ministry of Youth Development<br />
Web Rangers in Christchurch<br />
Getting our ‘Behind the Scenes’ documentary filming underway - We are hoping this<br />
will be sent out to all the schools in New Zealand and for it to become a part of school’s<br />
health courses. This is extremely exciting! We have started interviewing some of our group<br />
members and prominent people in the society, such as our local Health Nurse and Youth<br />
Police Liaison.<br />
Data Collection - we are really excited to have co-constructed the <strong>2015</strong> survey! With help<br />
from Dr John Fenaughty from the University of Auckland and Adrian Field, an Evaluation<br />
Consultant, we worked through how we could collect more relevant, meaningful and<br />
authentic data from our peers. Typically, data collected from young people is based on<br />
assumptions in the questions that have been posed by adults (also known as old people)<br />
and we believe that this needs to change.<br />
Dinner with Nigel Latta - a chance to present to 300 community members in Cromwell<br />
about the topic “Should your children be allowed social media.” We also interviewed Nigel<br />
about the prospect of him working with us in the future.<br />
Collaboration with Project Rockit and Facebook – “Hit Pause then Post” and “Help a<br />
friend in need.”
SADD<br />
Introducing the <strong>2015</strong> <strong>MAC</strong> SADD committee led by Bronnie Ormandy and Katie Thompson. The<br />
SADD committee is also made up of Year 12 and 13 students; Brynee Wilson, Aoife Baker, Ella Hughes,<br />
Adele Thomson, Sarah Cooper-Slee, Petra Shotwell, Nina Bowley, Erin Greenwood, Lucy Hayes and<br />
April Carter. SADD stands for Students Against Dangerous Driving and our committee is one of many<br />
in schools across New Zealand.<br />
SADD raises awareness and educates drivers within our school and local community about the dangers of driving. These<br />
include weather conditions, drink driving, distractions, speeding and reckless driving. SADD aims to reduce the harm caused<br />
on our roads by dangerous drivers by educating young people about the risks.<br />
This year we have been focusing on driving issues that are more relevant to our community and have organised events which<br />
raise awareness in a practical and interactive way for <strong>MAC</strong> students. In October, <strong>MAC</strong> students witnessed an extremely<br />
realistic (mock up) crash scene outside the school office which provided an example of what can happen if bad decisions are<br />
made whilst driving. Our committee also presented in assemblies, using effective methods including awareness videos to get<br />
the school to understand the level of impact that dangerous driving could have on people.<br />
“empowering, impactful, brilliant”<br />
Ra Anderson<br />
Although the crash was a challenge and a lot of work to organise/plan (with the help of local emergency services), watching<br />
the reactions of the students we believe that it definitely paid off. Hopefully more young people will now realise how common<br />
the dangers of driving are in New Zealand for people of our age.<br />
Katie Thompson
survivors key<br />
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1. Bronnie Ormandy 2. Adele Thomson 3. Jiorde White 4. Poppy Jefferies<br />
5. Nico Schikker 6. Billie Scurr 7. Alex Johnston 8. Katie Thompson 9.<br />
Holly Bailey 10. Rick Sanders 11. Oscar Thompson 12. John Steven 13. Ellie<br />
Russell 14. Brynee Wilson 15. Connor Moore 16. Sarah Cooper-Slee 17. Mila<br />
Sumar 18. Ellis Meyer-Budge 19. Zoe McNeilly 20. Jayden Fisher 21. Brooke<br />
Harwood 22. Hank Bilous 23. Mitchie Malushnig 24. Kath Millis 25. Nina<br />
Bowley 26. Olivia Newman 27. Zac Shields 28. Toby Lee 29. Noel Bisson 30.<br />
Bradley Jackson 31. Petra Shotwell 32. Florence Collins Caballero<br />
Mag thanks<br />
Thank you to everyone who made this magazine possible<br />
this year. Taylor Hawcridge for stunning cover design; Simon<br />
Nyhof for his efficient and official photograph organising<br />
(to a soundtrack of AC/DC and the Got Talent kids);<br />
Andrew Sloan for explaining camera settings and taking<br />
epic photographs; Laura Williamson for design work and<br />
good knowing of shortcuts; Hamish Crosbie for brilliantly<br />
corralling information from the Year 13s; Jacky Toepfer<br />
for coordinating sports teams into various configurations;<br />
Sam Drayton for eagle-eye editing; Mandy Sherson for<br />
her encyclopedic fingertips; Andy Miller for setting up the<br />
templates and the School Committees for choosing from<br />
them; On <strong>Magazine</strong> for letting us use a review and photos;<br />
Nadine Cagney and Alpine Images photography for allowing<br />
their professional shots to grace our pages; World Vision<br />
for the 40 Hour Famine picture, Erin at Tidy Design for<br />
calm last-minute pdf-ing advice and printing the mag and<br />
everyone else who has written for and otherwise contributed<br />
to the magazine.<br />
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Liz Breslin
BARKER<br />
House leaders:<br />
Jack Arbuckle<br />
Billie Scurr<br />
BBW<br />
Mrs Kate Brown<br />
Phoenix Apa,<br />
Mackenzie Ayres,<br />
Georgie Bruce,<br />
Samantha Clark,<br />
Jaspar Duwe, Laura<br />
Erichsen, Jayden<br />
Fisher, Kate Goodsell,<br />
Amelie Hochdoerfer,<br />
Fin MacDonald,<br />
Angus MacLeod,<br />
Kennedy Martin,<br />
Oliver McKenzie,<br />
Seb Meredith, Joshua<br />
Rogan, Jimmy<br />
Roughan, Hayley<br />
Secker, Laetitia<br />
Telford, Jiorde White,<br />
Brynee Wilson.<br />
Ms Vicki Ashton<br />
BAS<br />
Isaac Alexander, Hugo<br />
Darby, Abby East, Ben<br />
Everest, Beth Gale,<br />
Will Hofmans, Robert<br />
Kewitsch, Courtney<br />
Leith, Lachie MacDonald,<br />
Katherine Millis, Bailey<br />
Monk, Kalani Muirhead,<br />
Josephine Plimmer,<br />
Cody Sarginson, Greysea<br />
Steven, Bradley Telfer,<br />
Holly Wigg, Hayley Yule.<br />
Mr Rob Bruce<br />
BBR<br />
Joshua Allport, Brooke<br />
Elstob, Thea Erichsen,<br />
Lydia Fookes, Alistair<br />
Garland, Caitlin<br />
Gibson, Kahu Griffin,<br />
Emily Knoesen,<br />
Christina Lamb,<br />
Krystal McCutcheon,<br />
Tom Reaney, Liam<br />
Richards, Rurika<br />
Sekino, Nicolas Seiler,<br />
Matt Smith, Mel<br />
Telford, Dewaldt van<br />
Eeden, James Watt,<br />
Charlotte Wilson,<br />
Christopher Wood,<br />
Alex Young.<br />
Mr Lincoln Bruce<br />
BBU<br />
Marcel Bartley, Todd<br />
Buckley, George<br />
Davenport, Abby<br />
Fisher, Anika Fouchee,<br />
Holly Gibson, Lennox<br />
Hemingway, Lucas<br />
McTavish, Estelle<br />
Norman, Praew<br />
Phoomrittikul, Kenzie<br />
Robinson, Michaela<br />
Rogan, Tom Rountree,<br />
Nicola Sanders, Lucan<br />
Smith, Zac Taurua,<br />
Hamish Winder.<br />
Blake Alty, Tyler Bailey,<br />
Faenza Clausen, Caleb<br />
Eason, Jessie Fothergill,<br />
Jack Harker, Indigo<br />
Hemingway, James<br />
Ingram, Alexandra<br />
Johnston, Clover Lippe,<br />
Aimee McArthur, Ella<br />
Morrison, Alex Plimmer,<br />
Emily Simpkin, Thomas<br />
Smith, Toto Tanabe,<br />
Samantha Traynor, Blair<br />
Underwood.<br />
BBY<br />
Mr Wayne Bosley<br />
Mr Hamish Crosbie<br />
BCB<br />
Nicholas Bates, Weston<br />
Bell, Madi Gainsford, Aly<br />
Gibson, Lucy Hayes, Oscar<br />
Hetherington, Grace Lee,<br />
Ella Maluschnig, Thomas<br />
Masters, Jessie McKenzie,<br />
Haydn Miles, Leo Milligan,<br />
Alexander Ohnhaus, Emily<br />
Prout, Oscar Thompson,<br />
Isabella Thomsson, Edward<br />
Trombik, Suzy Turner,<br />
Tomas Winder.<br />
Sam Bastion, Olivia<br />
Bates, Nina Bowley, Jack<br />
Goodsell, Jin Wook Hong,<br />
Jai Jenkins-Foreman, Declan<br />
Lambert, Patrick Llewellyn,<br />
Mitchie Maluschnig, Laura<br />
Neale, Alyx Nyika, Bronnie<br />
Ormandy, Dylan Rimmer,<br />
Ty Sarginson, Sapphire<br />
Schwarz, Nicholas Smith,<br />
Annabelle Taurua-Smith,<br />
Molly Thomsson.<br />
BFL<br />
Mr Cameron Flude<br />
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Mrs Kris Logan<br />
BLO<br />
Erica Ayres, Harrison<br />
Brown, Josh Carlier,<br />
Claudia Crini, Phoebe<br />
Garland, Teresa Haap,<br />
Blake Hartley, Kareem<br />
Jodeh, Ngaio MacLeod,<br />
Ashley McAdam, Sarah<br />
Millis, Sam Neale,<br />
James Parry, Gary<br />
Poilvert, Kai Richards,<br />
Tait Scurr, Brittany<br />
Smith, Samantha Smith,<br />
Aleisha Turner.<br />
IRON<br />
House leaders:<br />
Connor Moore<br />
John Steven<br />
Mrs Clare Scurr<br />
BSC<br />
Ocean Allemann,<br />
Maddy Ball, Quinn<br />
Bartley, Flynn<br />
Brown, Riley Bruce,<br />
Mikaela Condren,<br />
Isla Gellatly, Natasha<br />
Hamer, Patrick<br />
Hartley, Rory Irwin,<br />
Logan Lambert,<br />
Lea McTavish, Maia<br />
Poilvert, Rick Sanders,<br />
Billie Scurr, Annie<br />
Timu, Sara Wright,<br />
Niclas Wuesthoff.<br />
Mrs Lesley Baynes<br />
ILB<br />
Shae Barrett-Corrigan,<br />
Johanna Boege, Caris-Brook<br />
Bowler, Meg Breen, Phoenix<br />
Brownlie, Piper Cavanagh,<br />
Anna Edwards, Jacob Farrell,<br />
Lachlan Garrick, Jacob<br />
Harwood, Louis Jones,<br />
Andrew Jopson, Christie<br />
Kirk, Frazer Limmer, Kelly<br />
McClimont, Finlay Nolet,<br />
Greer Porter, Joseph Sharratt.<br />
Mr John Turnbull<br />
BTU<br />
Holly Bailey, Ashley Bates,<br />
Emile Coote, Maelle<br />
Darby, Patrick Gainsford,<br />
Ra Griffin, Liam Kemp,<br />
Toby Lee, Rory McLean,<br />
Lucy Perriam, Michael<br />
Rankin, Shanae Sanders,<br />
Isabela Savino Starling,<br />
Callum Smith, Eamon<br />
Smith, Laura Smith, Lilly<br />
Trotter, Ady Vincenzi-<br />
Johnson, Keltan Voyce.<br />
Ollie Alderson, Holly Budd,<br />
Danielle Carney, April Carter,<br />
Aislyn Fay, James Glynn,<br />
Harry Hughes, Jake Jamison,<br />
Michelle Li, Georgia Liley,<br />
Tess Martin, Liam McFall,<br />
Jessica Paddon, Veron<br />
Pittaway, Carlin Richter, Sam<br />
Teal, Lily Waters, Tim Weir.<br />
IBN<br />
Mrs Denise Bruns<br />
Jack Arbuckle, Phil<br />
Balmes, Daniel Bastion,<br />
Sarah Cooper-Slee,<br />
Helena Crawford,<br />
Kilita Fouchee, Marcus<br />
Hetherington, Owen Lea,<br />
Matt McLean,<br />
Tom Millis, Madison<br />
Parslow, Lauren Rimmer,<br />
Flynn Rosie, Caitlin<br />
Sanders, Josephine<br />
Schafer, James Simpkin,<br />
Teerin Varongchayakul,<br />
Phoebe Young.<br />
BWE<br />
Ms Joanne Weggery<br />
Mrs Jenny Edgar<br />
Mr Simon Nyhof<br />
IED<br />
Ethan Arratia, Emilie<br />
Barnett, Alex Combe,<br />
Mae Cradock, Jessica<br />
Curtis, Spencer Deaton,<br />
Sam Facer, Jordan Fox,<br />
Cameron Gibbins, Laura<br />
Hay, Sam Horton, Sam<br />
Keeling, Jasmine Murray,<br />
Olivia Newman, Cory<br />
O’Regan, Johnny Percy,<br />
Tully Stevens, Laura<br />
Wellman, Thomas Wilkie.<br />
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ICS<br />
Whitney Bennett, Georgia Budd, Jake Connolly, Sean Dickey,<br />
Georgia Fussell, William Gerrard, Jamie Gibbard, Teana<br />
Haines, Ben Harrington, Taylor Hawcridge, Ella Hughes, Oscar<br />
Humphreys, Neco Richter, Numa Saglibene, Billy Sandri, Alicia<br />
Stock, Ned Williams Holloway, Ryan Young.<br />
IBA<br />
Mackenzie Barnett, Jessa Bennett, Stirling Deaton, Emma Goth, Luca<br />
Harrington, Calypso Hird, Hannah Humphreys, Ruby Jamison, Brianna Kerris,<br />
Liam Kirk, India O’Donnell-Fluit, Tom Roberts, Nicholas Rumore, Nikita<br />
Sinclair, Janus Staufenberg, John Steven, Mackenzie Thompson, Lachlan Weir,<br />
Jordan Wouters.<br />
Ms Gena Bagley<br />
IHR<br />
Mr Dave Cassaidy<br />
Ashleigh Cram, Jack Culshaw, Jan Debeur, Ashleigh Doran, Rogue<br />
Ferguson, Sophia Fitzgerald, Paulina Groppe, Samantha Haines,<br />
Andrew Hay, Louis Hughes, Connor Moore, Acacia Murray,<br />
Nicholas O’Donnell-Fluit, Jack Porter, Eliza Rogers, Zoi Sadowski-<br />
Synnott, Samuel Sandri, Harry Waters, Jono Watson.<br />
IFX<br />
Aritsara Aiamsathit, Jose Americano Vieira D’Almeida, Jette Cavanagh, Isabella<br />
Culshaw, Elih Grace, Henry Hardaker, Brooke Harwood, Shiana Matheson,<br />
Bailey Nolet, Joshua Orton, Anna Roberts, Maude Rogers, Charlie Sharratt,<br />
Zac Shields, Emma Smith, Julius Staufenberg, Tristin Weastell, Ollie Williams<br />
Holloway.<br />
Ms Katrina Fox<br />
IMC<br />
Ms Caitlin Harvey<br />
Zelda Boyd, Adam Breen, Charlotte Coupland, Imogen Dougherty,<br />
Christy Facer, Annabel Fairbairn, Phoenix Fay, Bella Fraser, Ben<br />
Fussell, Cameron Howell, Josh O’Regan, Tom Rizzi, Maximilian<br />
Rubner, Sophie Stalker, Leo Staufenberg, Martha Toghill, Sean<br />
Webber, Eva Wilson, Nikita Wouters.<br />
IDL<br />
Isaac Bell, Ben Boyd, Ellen Cagney, Aden Cassaidy, Fletch Cavanagh, Olivia<br />
Connolly, Jessica Ecroyd, Daniel Edwards, Sarah Ernsting, Jessie Fraser, Georgia<br />
Houghton-Brown, Jack Landreth, Cole Masters, Eric Nicholson, Sonya Palmer,<br />
Hannah Rizzi, Olly Rowe, Red Simpson, Samuel Thompson.<br />
Mr Mat Doyle<br />
IWS<br />
Mrs Deborah McMillan<br />
Jaimee Barnett, Paul Buttler, Angus Cagney, Ethan Carleton, Tom<br />
Caulton, Sam Coupland, Amelia Dore, Anton Guethe, McKenzie<br />
Hart, Bridie Hurley, Natalia Johnson, Chan Jung, Carl Matalote,<br />
Olive Pujol, Kim Robertson, Reilly Sadowski-Synnott, Reanna<br />
Shepherd, Zach Smith, Bronson Toghill.<br />
IBL<br />
Daimler Arcega, Caycee Beck, Jacinta Borer, Annabella Bruce, Annabel Carter,<br />
Samantha Garrick, Brayden Horton, Luke Keen, Leon Kerr, Maximillian<br />
Ludwig, Zach Martin, Daniel O’Donnell, Eve Paddon, Nicole Pittaway,<br />
Mitchell Regan, Emma Stalker, Kobi Stevens.<br />
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Ms Carol Bradley<br />
Ms Annabel Wilson
PISA<br />
PAL<br />
Ra Anderson, Franco Lauritano Araya, Aoife Baker, Mitchell Evans, Eamon<br />
Green, Daniel Hadida, Sam Howard, Chiara Marchetti San Martino Di<br />
Muriaglio, Jessica Martin, Oceania McFadgen, Craig Murray, Tim Plucker,<br />
Caitlin Roberts, Rose-Meri Smith, Bayley Somerville, Joe Strawson, Grace<br />
Thomson, Romili Townsend, Valtteri Vaakanainen.<br />
House leaders:<br />
Nico Schikker<br />
Aoife Baker<br />
Mr Murray Allen<br />
PBI<br />
Morgan Allen, Kasia Balls, Noel Bisson, Maddi Frazer, Josh<br />
Hasler, Sam Hayr, Alice Howard, Charles Jewell, Gina Lilly, Baiden<br />
Mathews, Georgia McGregor, Holly Mercer, Alex Mitchell, Leo<br />
Munro-Heward, Ming Thor-Poet, Joshua Ward, Ben Weatherby.<br />
PBD<br />
Wiracha Boonrod, Emma Clarke, Himaya Dalton, Thomas Evans, Jack Findlay,<br />
Ben Hadida, Latisha Halcrow, Leightyn Hessian, Ewan Little, Laura MacCulloch,<br />
Nikita Mayen, Kimberley McArthur, Nick Mercer, Duncan Muir, Ellise Price,<br />
Renon Sasaki, Jenaya Wilkinson, Paul Wright.<br />
Mrs Dawn Bosley<br />
Mr Craig Baily<br />
PHO<br />
Brynn Anderson Bull, Alfie Baker, Leon Bowie, Chicane Cooper,<br />
Tom Heather, Hunter Hewson, Jaz Hooper, Sam Jewell, Simone<br />
Johnson, Tara Lawrence, Gero Lemke, Cole McIntyre, Arana<br />
McLachlan, Zoe McNeilly, Fiona Murray, Makayla Rasmussen,<br />
Zhane Skipper, Meg Thomas, Persia Thor-Poet.<br />
PDU<br />
Tom Bowman, Bridget Donovan, Eli Emanuel, Merle Freitag, Sheree Gamble,<br />
Jayden Hanson, Finn Hasler, Ava Hughes, Nadia McNeilly, Bailey Mills, Jake<br />
Nicholson, Nathan Redai, Emily Scott, Casey Scurr, Willow Strawson, Oliver<br />
Thomas, Daisy Thor-Poet, Jack Welch.<br />
Ms Petrina Duncan<br />
PMU<br />
Mr Alistair Hose<br />
Lucas Baird, Lewis Brooks, Mustafa Caliskan, Rata Horan, George<br />
McDonald, Hamish McLean, Kiera McLeod, Luis Munro, Sienna<br />
Nicholson, Sungyoon Park, Summer Rasmussen, Ryan Schmack,<br />
Rosie Spearing, Connor Stuart, Mila Sumar, Katie Thompson,<br />
Pyper Turner, Meg Weedon, Gijs Wolter.<br />
PLE<br />
Mitchell Collett, Shaneil Coupe, Firth Deacon, Michael Gealogo, Erin<br />
Greenwood, Libby Henderson, Bradley Jackson, Jimin Lee, Heidi Niederer,<br />
Yesol Park, Oliver Prince, Jorden Rasmussen, Ben Roberts, Tom Scott, Michelle<br />
Tomlinson, Pete Traill, Dilara Van, Samantha Wilkinson.<br />
Mrs Marie Lewis<br />
Ms Karyn Munro<br />
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ROY<br />
House leaders:<br />
Petra Shotwell<br />
Hank Bilous<br />
Ethan Brady, Florence Collins Caballero, Phoenix Cooper, Simon<br />
Dalley, Josh Dobbie, Sophie Fenn, Arlene Gealogo, Tyler Greeks,<br />
Adam Hewson, Rhys Hughes, Issey Lewis, Maggie Little, Mihi<br />
McLachlan, MacKenzie Muir, Ethan Munro, Matthew Prince, Nico<br />
Schikker, Luke Wright.<br />
PWD<br />
Mr Ed Waddington<br />
RAR<br />
Isabella Berry, Nick Burns, Gracie Cartlidge, Pedro Domingues,<br />
Oscar Fay, Briar Hight, Anja Malmo, Hannah McNabb, Stan<br />
Millwater, Freya Moore, Jack O’Brien, Bryce Parkhill, Alyssa Pryde,<br />
Jesse Robertson, Campbell Russell, Siena Shotwell, Shea Williams.<br />
PRB<br />
Megan Bryan, Mikaela Cooper, Gregor Findlay, Thomas Gibson, Harry<br />
Gillespie, Rory Hannon, Albie Haynes, Jessica Hollow, Luca Horeni, Zachary<br />
Kaye, Anna Liggins, Ashley MacCulloch, Oli Prince, Sam Radford-Park, Marli<br />
Reyta, Jamie Toomey, Summer Trent, Lily Willis-King, Campbell Wright.<br />
Mr Brendon Robertson<br />
Mrs Sharon Arlidge<br />
RAH<br />
Liam Beaton, Matt Belworthy Lewthwaite, Riley Christie, Anton<br />
Cousins, Elliot Frost, Oban Hansen, Sammy Harry, Mikayla<br />
Harvey, James Hey, Lachy Moore, Lucy O’Brien, Ava Plimmer,<br />
Georgia Robertson, Ethan Ross, Neve Stalker, Sophie Sun.<br />
PSL<br />
Josh Arthur, Hugo Baird, Rory Baker, Georgie Burdon, Annika Gibson, Leithen<br />
Henderson, Jade Macdonald, Georgia McDonald, Elena McFadgen, Taki<br />
McLachlan, Toby Murray, Nicole Price, Fergus Read, Niamh Schmack, Tatar<br />
Solot, Keira Somerville, Wilfred Spearing, Daniel Toomey, James Watherston<br />
Mr Andrew Sloan<br />
RFA<br />
Ms Maryanne Ahern<br />
Mila Arnerich, Hank Bilous, Alex Budweiser-King, Alexander<br />
Buschack, Hannah Davey, Charlie Holmes, Nathan Holt, Joshua Jarvie,<br />
Emily Leahy, Amy Morris, Finn Mueller, Paige O’Brien, Sam Pearce,<br />
Rimu Roode, Jihye Song, Molly Todd,<br />
Laura Waller, Mero Williams.<br />
PZE<br />
Toby Balls, Ruth Bennie, Cecilia Gardner, Jimmy Gillespie, Sam Hooper,<br />
Jonathan Jaschke, Poppy Jefferies, Rory Johns, Ronan Kaye, Ethan Kerr, Anton<br />
Le Prevost-Smith, Nick Lumsden, Rosie Munro, Helene Price, Georgia Prince,<br />
Daniel Regal, Ella Robinson, Milly Robinson, Scott Welch, Claudia Wilkinson.<br />
Mrs Jess Zeestraten<br />
Mr Luke Faed<br />
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RMR<br />
Hugo Agstner, Hannah Barham, Manu Barnard, Anna Barrett,<br />
Finn Bilous, Andre Cardoso Codeceira, Hugo Cochrane, Jesse<br />
Harling, Angus Harraway, Luella Harry, Miri Hight, Alyssa<br />
Horning, Alexa McKay, Ella Moore, Callum Rennie, Toa Roode,<br />
Petra Shotwell, Teegan Vink, Paris Woodhouse.<br />
RMN<br />
Zoe Andrews, Teegan Danielson, Maye Hall, Tana Hansen, Ella Landreth,<br />
Jordyn McDonald, Danielle Molloy, Ellie Moore, Steven Morris, Jesse Mulqueen,<br />
Lochlan Murdoch, Olivia Pearce, Ben Richards, Ellie Russell, Dougal Stalker,<br />
James Suddaby, Matthew Wilson, Martin Zietz.<br />
Mr Ian McNabb<br />
RSD<br />
Mrs Emily McRae<br />
Cameron Arnerich, James Bird, Luke Burke, Jody Chisholm,<br />
Oliver Clements, Hana Evison, Imy Gordon, Riley Homan, Lily<br />
King, Jacob Lang, Samantha Limmer, Ellis Meyer-Budge, Madi<br />
Mulqueen, Hadley Tamati, Ronan Thompson, Jaime Toepfer,<br />
Tegan Wilson, Finn Zurmuehl.<br />
RRO<br />
Nathan Beaton, Kirsten Blackley, Lily Bowman, Jack Colbourne, Georgia<br />
Evans, Olly Fotheringham, Millie Heine, Sam Knight, Ollie Larkin, Oscar<br />
McLaren, Kahu Nepia, Breagha Rennie, Charlotte Reveley, Amy Richards, Ellen<br />
Rowlandson, Alana Scott, Jack Williams.<br />
Ms Karen Rochford<br />
RSH<br />
Mrs Michelle Suddaby<br />
Murilo Amoedo Conde, Astelia Aubrey, Dara Beattie-Johnson,<br />
Campbell Caird, Tom Colbourne, Micah Cousins, Blade Farrell,<br />
Meg Harraway, Michael Hey, Emily-Rose James, Amy Knight, Matt<br />
Molloy, Lili Peter, Kate Richards, Joel Suddaby, Max Swift, Adele<br />
Thomson, Jaimee Vink, Nevada Wolfgramm.<br />
RSI<br />
Moana Barnard, Fergus Brebner, Samantha Burke, Billea-Nova Chin-Nyika,<br />
Anna Glaeser, Noah Holmes, Barnaby Jackson, Kobi Maibach, Ben McNabb,<br />
Wesley Moore, Paige Murdoch, Stellar Nepia, Harry Seagar, Evie Simonsohn,<br />
Cedric Stephani, Abbey Swift, Erina Tamati, Nick Toepfer, Jesse Watkinson.<br />
Mr Euan Simpson<br />
RWT<br />
Mr Dean Sheppard<br />
Ellesse Andrews, Megan Blackley, Charlie Chisholm, Quinn<br />
Curtis, Samuel Davey, Avon Duke, Letitia Haig, Oliver Jarvie,<br />
Amy Jolly, Peta McKay, Ben O’Brien, Kate O’Brien, Abhishek<br />
Rameshanand, Noah Regan-Roach, Sam Richards, Ayla Smalls,<br />
Ines Stephani, Franz Stoeger, Ryan Summerell.<br />
RST<br />
Reilly Arnesen, Molly Barham, Johnny Brebner, Tyler Danielson, Luca<br />
Georgalli, Max Hall, Ryder Jefferson, Finlay Jones, Julie Konno, Chloe Larkin,<br />
Amber Makeham, Bridget O’Brien, Shenee Pryde, Mathew Schweizer, Maggie<br />
Stiven, Maddy Thompson, Levi Vink, Joseph Wilson.<br />
Mrs Ruth Stevens<br />
Mrs Kristin Sheppard<br />
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