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KIIHFUSS, Daniel KNIGHT, Jay MULLAN, Craig CAMPBELL, Mitch DICKINSON, Nigel EDGECOMBE, Mark LAWN, Greg LAWN, Richard MILLS, Richard BAXTER, Shaun BRYANT, Richard CAMPBELL, Hamish FALE, Brad GORDON, Mark TAYLOR, Brad DICKINSON, Philip EDGECOMBE, Simon GIBBS, Simon KIIHFUSS, James SUTHERLAND, Blair WILLEMSEN, Raymond BRYANT, Hamish CLARKE, Graeme JAMIESON, Gordon KENNETH, Anthooy SMITH, Daniel TAYLOR, Richard YU, Vincent
H2 HARVEY, Aaron DIMENT, Luke BLACKLER, Alastair WALKER, Brent SMYTH, Daniel JONES, Kart BRITION, Dane DONOVAN, Peter HUSTON , Harley JONES, Brad STEEDMAN, Alan WILLIAMS, David DUNNING, James EASTWOOD, Hayden HARBUTI, Douglas HUSTON, Campbell YOUNG, Adam ASHTON, Jeremy GATENBY, Ronald HARRE, Raymood HELMS, Cory HOWSE, Bruce LUOND, Kerrin SIMBOLO, Richard BEAN, Andrew COLEY, Bevin ILO, Andy MISKELLY, Nicholas MOREL, David SELUKA, Albert
H3 AIMES, Jared BLAIR, Larry FRENTZ, David WARNER, Greig HILLMAN, Mark JOHNSTON, Matthew ENRIGHT, Craig TOMONO, Mira! · ' HENDERSON, Mark' BIGWOOD, Jasoo JORDAN, Bevin MARSHALL, Dean O'SULLIVAN, Richard PRITCHARD, Michael EASTGATE, Brian ENRIGHT, James
HUTCHINSON, Clint WALTON, Mark WRIGHT, Kane BRIMELOW, Adair DARKE, Anthooy DAVIS, Nicholas DRAVITSKI, Matthew EASTGATE, Eldon MacGUIRE, Bradley MULLER, Richard WARSAL, Ronald COLEY, Kelvin ROBINSON, Blair SZE TU, Henry SZE TU, Willy VIVIANI, Roo
H4 WORTHINGTON, Grant HERBERT, Hasan MOIR, Glenn HAMERTON, Ben JONES, Taniora EDWARDS, Jenny JOHNSON, Matthew MOIR, Ross MORGAN, Nikolas PEASE, Joe TITO, Paul VAN PRAAGH, Luke WALDEN, Paul BOWER, Lance BURTON, Andrew CASKEY, Hayden DIMOND, Christen FISHER, Darran GIBB, Roger HARVIE, Brendoo AMON, Keryn BLUCK, Andrew BURTON, Robert JONES, Michael TITO, Ricky HERBERT, Bryce LEO, Chariton McCALLUM, Steven MORGAN, Aaron MORGAN, Jon PAYNTER, Gregory Tl MAKATA, Obed WASHER, Regan
HS HORGAN , Kurt LILLEY, Ben FEATHER, Marc HOOPER, Vaughan MOURIE, Brendan DONALDSON, Fraser FERRIS, Nick HURLEY, Andrew BELLAMY, Bradley CADMAN, David HERBERT, James NEWLAND, Brad PICKERING, Simon CONDON, Kieran FEATHER, Todd HANN , Ricky HOLMES, Glynn HORGAN, Mark HUNE, Richmond MULLIN, Beauden WEBSTER, Geoffrey WESTON , John DRYDEN, Richard GARVEN, Neville HASTIE, John
McLUSKIE, Jooathon METCALFE, Christopher SCHRIDER, Mark WOLFFRAM, Paul CADMAN, Gartield FEATHER, Campbell WEBSTER, Michael
H6 VDSSELER, Jared PAPPS, David SELWYN, Phillip GULBRANS EN, Tony McGLASHAN, Brenden WHI TE HEAD, Jarrad HILFORD, Philip DAVEY, Adam BREARS, Quentin BRYANT, Wayne JAMIESON, Calum LESTER, Jade CONNOR, Mark GOODIN, Jeremy HAMMERSLEY, Logan HILL, Scott HONEYFIELD, Richard PAPPS, Richard AMMUNDSEN, Monty . HOOK, Matthew LEE, Jae LEVELU, Solomona NEWELL, Jarred PERCIVAL, Damien SHEERAN, Darrell TANNAHILL, Paul PERCIVAL, Lloyd SZE TU, Robertson TORA, Laisiasa YOUNG, Richard
51 RADFORD, Dayle TILYARD,Jarrad PLIMMER, Bryan THOMPSON, Murray SUTION, Rhys WATSON, Andrew MacDONALD, Sean McCOID, Kent Mel SAAC, Craig McLEOD, Luke RATFORD, Benjy· REDMAN, Joel SELLERS, Kevan THOMAS, Brennan VAILALO, Stewart WATKINS , Craig WELLER , Ken WHITEWELL, Nick ' O'KANE, Andrew PARKER, Benjamin PASILI, Aaron PHELAN, Jason PLIMMER, Nicholas scon, Patrick SEARS, Aaron WOOD, Clintoo RUSSELL, Bradley SAMMONS, Daimin WHITIAKER, David WHITWELL, Jonathan ASI, Rooie ROWLAND, Darren TAYLOR, Ashley WATKINS, Rhys
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52 SCRUBY, Jamie SUTHON, Timothy WILLIAMS, Rhys STEWART, Wade REED, Colin WI LSON, Dwayne MERCER, Philip PERl, Michael RICHARDS Adam RUDMAN, Mark PENNINGTON, Jess PICKETI, Malcolm PRICE, Malcolm PRICE, Travis PRIEST, Timothy PRITCHARD, Daniel PROBERT, Davey QUAY, Damn RAE, Larryn STEVENSON, Robert TELFER, Brent WILKS, Darryl RUDMAN , Brett SHEATHER, Heath SIMPSON, Jason SINCLAIR, David STADDON, Mathew TELFER, Daniel PARKER, Michael RICHARDS, Derek TAVENDALE, Andrew WILSON, Greig
53 SUCKY, Mathias WOOD, Jared WHITE, Alistar SOMERS, Jooathan RAMPTON, John PALEMENE, Meki ROBB, Richa rd MURPHY, Daniel O'CARROLL, Peter PIDGEON, Gareth RAMPTON, Damoo ROGUSKI, Joe SEWELL, Daniel SPELMAN, Daniel STRETIO!'l, Daniel TWADDLE, Chris WASWO, Gavin WILSON, David RANDELL, David RAUMATI, Martoo RAVEN, Casey SHERIDAN, Cart MUIR, David TAYLOR, Nicky WELLINGTON, Vaughn WILSON, Adrian WILSON , Andew WOOD, Ryan SCOTI, Duncan STANLEY, William . WATKINS,Jroy WEINSTOCK, Michael
S4 STARK, Curtis, WESTERN, Philip SILBY, Jason TRINGHAM, Solomon WOODS, Todd McPHILLIPS, Cooal O'CARROLL, Brendan REA, Daniel RICHARDSON, Jay
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ROWE, Layton SLINGSBY, Craig SMITH, Daniel STONE, Lyndon WALSH, Caleb WELLS, Aaron WRIGHT, Jasoo OLANDER, Craig PAUL, Shane ROWE, Adrian SLEEP, Kyle SMITH, Graham SMITH, Michael SURGENOR, Matthew TRINGHAM, Jooathan OLSEN, Shannon SOLE, Grant STACHURSKI, Craig STRUTHERS, Roddy WARREN, Daniel WATKINS, James SHURSEN, Ryan STARK, Steven WOODWARD, John
57 SMITH, Fraser · MURPHY, Cart · WISCHNOWSKY, Chris READ, Zane TUAVAO, Kalen! WEIR, Bryan RICKIT, Dylan MITCHELL, Greg READ, Haydon RICHARDS, Cameron SNOWDEN, Jamie THOMPSON, Brendoo WILLIS, Shaun ROOKS , Andrew SHAW, Kristopher SMITH, Justin TAWHARA, Anthony TAYLOR, Lee TAYLOR, Merrick THOMPSON, Grant THOMPSON, Henry THORESEN, Matthew MURPHY, Kristin NIWA,Timu O'NEILL, Daniel ROBERTSON , Craig TAYLOR, Callum HINE, Aaron RAINE, Justin SB VICKERS, Jeremy TONG, Kris TOOLE, Robin WATKINS , Jonathon RUYTER$ , Chris TILLEY, Robert WARD, Jarred WYLIE, Chris TYLEE, Justin McVICAR, Tim MURROW, Preston O'KEEFFE, Wayne RAY, Blair SMITH, Bevan WILLIAMSON, Martin WILSON, And rew WOODWARD, Mark RANFORD, Jason TAULA, Taape TONG, Aaron UDY, Regan
VAN HENGEL, Scott WALKER, David WALKER, Justin WALLER, Gene WALSH, Brenden WATKINS, Stephen RAYN ER, Matthew THORNE, Laytoo
59 TERREY, Laine WATSON, Jeremy WE LLS, Chris STEELE, ian WAITS, Jooathan WILMSHURST, Kris WRIGHT, Brett STANLEY, David McCRACKEN, Roger METCALFE, John MOOREHEAD, Matthew NORTHCOTI, Steven SPIER LING, Gary TAMARAPA, Hami TYRRELL, Glen WELLS, Andrew WOOD, David MORRESEY, David PRESTON, Wiremu SCHADT, Marcel-John TREANOR, Matthew WATSON, Leyton WATIS,Shem WE LHAM, Matthew MOWAT, Gareth THORNHILL, Bryan ROWLANDS, Stephen TWIGLEY, Cameron WOOD, Aaron
510 ROPITINI, Patrick SMITH, James RAUNER, Lucas WILSON, Travis YATES, Adam MacDONALD, Rodney McVICAR, Scott Po-CHING, Jade SCRIMGEOUR, Matthew SOFFE, Che STEVENS, Michael SUHR,Jasoo WARREN, Jay WHITE, Jamie WILKINSON, Henry WILLIAMS, Mike WINTERS, Gavin NEIL, Campbell RATIRAY , Kane SKINNER, Cameron SPIERLING, Paul WHITIAKER, mark WILLIAMS, Troy WILSON, Ben WILSON, Mark WYNIARD, Jay YATES, Jeffrey ROGUSKI, Steve SCOTI,James THOMAS, James SKINNER, Kent SURGENOR, Christopher WATSON, Jason
1992 PRIZEGIVING ADDRESS By MR TOM LARKIN
We' re told life must be lived fOJward but understood backward. That observation takes on a certain poignancy fo r me, for today is my birthday and at 75 I'm already beyond the perspective of 'Forty Years On', which we borrowed from Harrow School long ago and have been singing here eve r since. I can't remember very well what happened on Prizegiving Night, sixty years ago. I have few prizes to show I was there. There must have been guest speakers- but I can't reme mber who they were nor what they said and I have the feeling that, with school almost to end and summer about to begin, the dominant question now, as it almost certainly was 1b..en.. is not what the guest speaker has to say, but how long wil l he take to say it? So let me tell you about eleven minutes. Every now and then you will see a declaration deploring the qualities of young people - idleness, lack of respect, bad dress, sloven ly speech - and so on and then it will be revealed that the attack is made, not by anyone living today, but by some ancient Greek philosopher, or a Tolkien Shogun, or some splenetre Persian general of 400AD . Young people can take comfort from this revelation , Youth is not perpetually in a state of decline from some golden age. Life is rather a roller-coaster ride in which for most of us, success and fortune, happiness and disappointment, highs and lows, profit and loss occur in something like equal measure . Old men forget and their tendency to evoke a past immeasurably superior to the present needs to be tolerated and suspected . As I watched the school rugby team winning the Secondary Schools World Cup and as I look around this school today with its splendid facilities, its sportsfields, its carefully preserved memorabilia, and as I see the vast spread of its activities, intellectual, cultural and sporting I would be hesitant indeed to suggest that things were better in my time . Yet I remember, time and time again, hearing the headmaster of those days, Bill Moyes, prefixing one of his denunciations of our shortcomings with the declaration. "There was a time in this school ... " as in prelude to an evocation of a past heroic age from which we poor miscreants represented a grevious deterioration. Does this mean that I was the unfortunate member of a generation which could match in either those that had QOne before nor those that came after? Not at all. We were the~ at that time, just as some time before we had been the il.!t..u.re. and some time after we were the p.a.st_ We were different, that's all. It was a much simpler age. There were a few distractions- no television, little radio, not many telephones, and hardly any of the technological diversions that confront young people today. Motorcars doing 60 miles an hour were thought of as travelling close to the speed of light. There was a depression then too and I shall remember always the sight of young men going door to door with bundles of sticks and offering them for kindling wood and asking only a penny or two. We played records at 78 revolutions a minute on machines that we had to wind up. Movies meant a lot to us, the People's Theatre cost thre'pence on a Friday night, and there were always newsreels with Hitler raging before some great rally and Mussolini bellowing and bragging from some balcony. The scent of war was beginning to gather and it made us shiver. We did our studies well enough I suppose and we tended to stay at school longer and there was always sport though not in the variety you have today. There was a ritual nod in the direction of tennis, swimming, and athletics but rugby was a dominant passion and cricket, as the Donnelly era developed, became one . Our ceremony tonight is intended to reward the achievements of scholars and sportsmen. Eminence in either capacity is to be admired and for those who combine both aptitudes there is an extra blessing. John Mulgan said 'Most New Zealanders can look back on some game which they played to win and whose issues seemed to them then a good deal more important than a lot that happened .af1eL. To my mind, the lessons to be learned from sport are not as rich and varied as those to be learned say from books - but they are often as important and from some sports the legacy is never ending. Cricket is the most beautifully written about of all sports and next
to boxing it is the most dramatic and as Wordsworth wrote of emotion reco llected in tranq uillity so to this very day, I and thousands like me can evoke cricketing images before that eye which is the bliss of solitude. I have never thought of sport as somethi ng that has to be bundled away in the face of the realities of life. It is as much a reality as any other and as rich in its satisfacti ons and as deceptive as any other. I suppose in making this plea on behalf of sport as a valid preoccupation for us all, I am asking not merely of the prizewinners here tonight but of all who have passed through this school that in whatsoever you do in late r life you fix your gaze in other things than work. Nothing is more important than work- it brings money and money brings choice - and it gives all other activities sharper pleasure and greater meaning . But those activities in turn - sport, music, art, language, readi ng and any of a number of creative pursuits can enhance the quality of our work, lift our eyes beyond our pencil points, and so enrich our lives . Joseph Conrad said this: "Efficiency of a practically flawless land may be reached natural ly in the struggle for bread . But something beyond - a higher point, a subtle and unmistakable touch of love and pride beyond mere skill" . Each of us has to decide whether we are to seek that 'something beyond' and how we are to get there. Experience has been defined as what you have left when everything else has gone. Could I then offer a few suggestions from my experience, from what I have left. In the days before I became respectable, I was in our diplomatic service. Diplomacy is many things but above all it is words - words in their best form and used in the best way to interpret New Zealand to the world and the world to New Zealand. I would hardly be revealing state secrets if I observed that there· have been many occasions when words uttered abroad on New Zealand's behalf have hardly been designed to clarify our position or to enhance our best national interest. This, whether it be a Prime Minister deriding on of the most intel lectually gifted of Americar.J Presidents as a peanut farmer, or another declaring to a puzzled conference "It is better to be free, even though dead Than hungry and alive" or another, saying to a British audience "I want the people of Britain to know that we will send you all the food you want, even if we have to send it free!" Though, of course , this has never been suggested and in any case is quite impossible! These days, we are bombarded with words, full of evasive formulation for unpleasant things, full of economic jargon designed more to conceal than to illuminate , full of gross exaggeration, and an almost breathtaking recklessness with what we were once the sanctities of language. As my wife constantly reminds me, language is in a state of constant change and what is unacceptable today may be commonplace tomorrow. True, but I cannot but feel that the rate of change has become uncomfortably fast and that there is need to guard against the weeds of expression so heedlessly sown by breathless sports commentators, politicians who under pressure speak far too often and far too long , talking heads , and those supremely confident fellows who preside over television 's quiz shows and cheerfully give away bad grammar with the prizes. Ironically, this circumstance comes at a time when the numbers of good books written by New Zealanders has never been greater and the level of literary creativity is high. Those of you who are leaving school where you have been taught to respect the best words in the best order can do yourselves and the community at large a favour if you think of our language as a great girl to be used and enhanced . You will be making your contributions in a setting in which linguistic issues have become complex and compelling in which languages from around the wbole Pacific Basin are being heard here. That is alii have to say. A judge renowned for his severity had a constant offender before him for sentencing and he sentenced him to a prison term of 20 years. "Twenty years!" said the criminal, "I'm 82 years old! I'll never make it!" "Maybe," said the judge, "but I know you'll do your best." Congratulations to you all. And for the future , I know you'll do your best!
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