Waitaki Girls’ High School senior prizegiving
Cultural awards
Hannah Acheson (contribution to school music); Nikita Palmer (contribution to Oamaru Youth Orchestra); Tilly King (year 11 writing prize); Safiya Hunter (year 12 writing prize).
Sports awards
Samantha Atley (trampoline senior champion); TJ Arlidge (senior triathlon champion); Nicole Cope, Brylee Milmine and Lily Rawson (senior triathlon team champions); Nelle Loper (basketball most valuable player); Molly Hurst (netball most outstanding senior); Ruby Smaill (hockey senior player of the season); Florence Robert (most valuable volleyball player); Dani Pule (rugby player of the year); Mackenzie Phillips and Holly Rayne (badminton senior doubles champions); Mackenzie Phillips (badminton senior singles champion); Simone Hamilton and Mackenzie Phillips (tennis senior doubles champions); Mackenzie Phillips (tennis senior singles champion); Mikayla Bryant (trap shooting champion); Madaleine Mansfield (all round endeavour touch rugby player).
Academic awards
Year 11
Auiluma Pasoni (diligence and progress); Paige Jones (2nd level 1 English alternative); Abigail Schaffer (2nd German); Emily Taylor (2nd textiles technology); Emily Braid (2nd music); Kim Tran (2nd art); Brylee Milmine (2nd agriculture); Brooke Meek (2nd history); Sunny Childs (2nd mathematics for numeracy, 2nd skills science); Jessica Cunningham (2nd mathematics, 2nd science); Alex Campbell (1st skills science); Viuku Tuipulotu Katoa (1st level 1 English alternative); Jessica Smaill (1st food and nutrition technology); Abbey Wilson (1st history); Harland Lavell (1st mathematics for numeracy and 2nd English); Lily Rawson (1st English, 2nd digital technology, 2nd geography, 2nd physical education); Jess Kelly (1st business studies, 1st German); Aurora Smyth (1st art, 1st music); Alice Petire (1st agriculture, 1st physical education, 2nd food and nutrition technology); Maddison Marriot (1st science, 1st textiles technology, 2nd business studies); Tilly King (1st digital technology, 1st geography, 1st mathematics and the cup for academic excellence in year 11)
Year 12
Madaleine Mansfield (diligence and progress); Kayla AkurangPirikal (2nd transition); Jemma Buchanan (2nd level 2 English Alternative); Briony McGregor (2nd textiles technology); Tyla Willans (2nd food and nutrition technology); Zoedrian Siliga (2nd music); Gemma Fitzgerald (2nd biology); Louise Douglas (2nd agriculture, 2nd tourism); Grace Ballantyne (2nd geography, 2nd mathematics and statistics); Ssai Sukumar (2nd German, 2nd history); Chloe Clark (1st transition); Sinamoni Sikei (1st dual pathway); Millie Robert (1st level 2 English alternative); Heather Paipuke (1st music); Charlotte Cunningham (1st tourism); Holly Rayne (1st physical education); Safiya Hunter (1st digital technology); Sydney Scott (1st economics); Elizabeth Fountaine (1st art); Rea Wiebus (1st German, 2nd economics); Mackenzie Phillips (1st agriculture, 2nd physical education); Libby Robb (1st food and nutrition technology, 2nd digital technology); Kirsten Rogers (1st textiles technology, 2nd art); Emma Borrie (1st history, 2nd accounting, 2nd English); Anna Onuma (1st accounting, 1st geography, 2nd mathematics); Samantha Atley (1st chemistry, 1st mathematics, 1st physics); Hannah Acheson (1st biology, 1st English, 1st mathematics and statistics, 1st level 3 music, 2nd chemistry, 2nd physics and the trophy for academic excellence in year 12).
Year 13
Jayde McNamara (2nd tourism); Zara Fitzgerald (2nd transition); Grace Liu (2nd music); Rebecca McNeill (2nd physical education); Maddie Forbes (2nd digital technology); Emma Petrie (2nd classical studies, 2nd geography); Ruby MathewsBoon (2nd mathematics – calculus, 2nd physics);); Nivitta Gibb (1st dual pathway); Aali FraserMcLean (1st gateway); Kate Smaill (1st textiles technology); Azra Huffstutler (1st food and nutrition technology); Breanna Greaney (1st chemistry, diligence and progress); Lily Stock (1st drama, 2nd history); Esta Downing (1st digital technology, 2nd textiles technology); Simone Hamilton (1st physical education, 2nd economics, 2nd German); Jessica Hay (1st photography, 2nd biology, 2nd food and nutrition technology, 2nd media studies); Nikki Palmer (1st classical studies, 1st graphics); Wynter Horrell (1st tourism, 1st transition, 2nd gateway); Simran Sadler (1st economics, 1st German, 2nd accounting); Alycia Kinns (1st accounting, 1st biology, 1st mathematics – statistics, 2nd chemistry, 2nd English, prize for top science student); Alyssa Greaney (1st art, 1st geography, 1st mathematics – calculus, 1st physics); Hinako MacMaster (1st English, 1st level 3 Japanese, 1st media studies, 2nd art, 2nd mathematics – statistics, cup for humanities).
Citizenship awards
Esta Downing (Burn House Captain); Rebecca McNeill (Burn House Deputy); Florence Robert (Ferguson House Captain); Kira Mortimer (Ferguson House Deputy); Azra Huffstutler (Gibson House Captain); Jayde McNamara (Gibson House Deputy); Emma Petrie (Wilson House Captain); Kaylah Rawson (Wilson House Deputy); Simone Hamilton (Sports Captain); Storm VoyceMcCulloch (Cultural Captain); Alyssa Greaney (Careers Captain); Sam Trewavas (Health Captain); Simran Sadler (Peer Support Captain); Tegan von Randow (Deputy Peer Support); Holly Beazer (Waitaki Way Captain); Breanna Greaney (Deputy Waitaki Way Captain); Maddie Forbes (Student Representative – Board of Trustees); Kate Paton (Head Boarder); Lily Stock (Deputy Head Girl); Molly Hurst (Head Girl).
Service awards
Wynter Horrell (canteen service); Dani Pule (senior school service); Sei Tiare – Pasifika Group (group effort); Kapa Haka Group (service to the community), Enviro Club (conservation challenge).
Tertiary and special awards
Makayla AkurangiPirika (contribution to Maori culture); Grace Veituna (Pasifika achievement and cultural contribution, Otago University scholarship); Kira Mortimer (Mana Pounamu Tuakana); Te Kowhai Te MoananuiGamble (Mana Pounamu Teina); Azra Huffstutler (Masonic Charitable Trust tertiary award); Breanna Greaney (Zonta tertiary award); Hinako MacMaster (essay competition scholarship, Otago Polytechnic scholarship); Wynter Horrell (vocational award); Holly Beazer (rural tertiary scholarship); Maddison Forbes (University of Otago scholarship); Storm VoyceMcCulloch (Otago University scholarship); Emma Petrie (University of Otago scholarship); Simone Hamilton (Futures Trust scholarship); Alyssa Greaney (all round excellence); Lily Stock (University of Otago scholarship); Simran Sadler (Altrusa tertiary award and Iris Romans Scholarship); Molly Hurst (leadership and inspiration prize, cup for most inspiring senior in sport and Otago University scholarship); Eunice Brown Trust scholarship – Maddison Forbes, Nikita Palmer and Grace Veituna.
Honours awards
Dux house – Wilson; senior sports Dux – Taneisha Fifita; senior cultural Dux – Nikita Palmer; Proxime Accessit – Alycia Kinns; Dux of the school – Hinako MacMaster.