Northside Magazine 2016/17 by North Harbour Club

NORTHSIDE MAGAZINE

ElizaMcCartney AIMES Supreme Award Winner 2016

THIRTEENTH ANNUAL ISSUE 2016/2017 The annual magazine of the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust, celebrating the achievements of the exceptional young people of our region and the support they receive from the Club â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Members, Sponsors and Supporters.

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Above: The 2016 AIMES Award Winners:- From left, Miller Christensen-Yule (Music); Joel Granger (Arts); Eliza McCartney (Sport & Supreme Award); Michael MacDonald (Education); Avalon Biddle (Judges Award); Joseph Bergin (Service to the Community). Not pictured, Sian Simpson (Innovation).

CONTENTS

President’s Message....................................................................................................................................3 Trustees 2016/2017....................................................................................................................................5 Members 2016/2017...................................................................................................................................5

North Harbour Club Contacts: Christie Parkin – Administration & Events (christie@northharbourclub.co.nz) Telephone 021 277 0699

About the North Harbour Club.....................................................................................................................8

Peter White – Membership, Sponsorship & AIMES Applications (peter@northharbourclub.co.nz) Telephone 027 477 8485

Business Excellence Network....................................................................................................................13

PO Box 300 558, Albany, Auckland VISIT ONLINE: www.northharbourclub.co.nz

Becoming a Member...................................................................................................................................9 Sponsors...................................................................................................................................................11 North Harbour Club Administration Team...................................................................................................12 AIMES SUPREME & SPORT AWARD WINNER 2016: Eliza McCartney.....................................................14 AIMES ARTS AWARD WINNER 2016: Joel Granger..................................................................................16 AIMES INNOVATION AWARD WINNER 2016: Sian Simpson.....................................................................18 AIMES MUSIC AWARD WINNER 2016: Miller Christensen-Yule.................................................................20 AIMES EDUCATION AWARD WINNER 2016: Michael MacDonald.............................................................22 AIMES SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AWARD WINNER 2016: Joseph Bergin......................................24 AIMES Judges Special Award 2016: Avalon Biddle...................................................................................26 AIMES Award Judging...............................................................................................................................28

Northside is published annually for the club by Benefitz. VISIT ONLINE: www.benefitz.co.nz

BELLINGHAM WALLACE EMERGING TALENT AWARD WINNERS 2016..................................................31 5 BIG QUESTIONS – Kevin McLean..........................................................................................................35 LIBRARY LANE JUNIOR AIMES AWARD WINNERS 2016.........................................................................36 AIMES AWARDS GALA DINNER 2016......................................................................................................40

PUBLISHER/EDITOR: Aidan Bennett (aidan@benefitz.co.nz) Telephone 09-477-4701 or 021-500-997

LIBRARY LANE JUNIOR AIMES AWARDS PRESENTATIONS 2016...........................................................42

CONTENT: Aidan Bennett; Heather Vermeer; Christine Young

CATCHING UP WITH THE WINNERS: Dr Carl Hume.................................................................................50

ADVERTISING: Aidan Bennett. DESIGN: Crystal Sharp PRINTING: Benefitz. The opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily the views of the North Harbour Club or the publishers.

BELLINGHAM WALLACE EMERGING TALENT AWARDS PRESENTATION 2016......................................44 PEOPLE AT THE AWARDS 2016...............................................................................................................46 NORTH HARBOUR CLUB AIMES WINNERS NETWORK..........................................................................48 AIMES AWARD WINNER UPDATES 2015-2012........................................................................................52 AIMES AWARD WINNERS 1996-2011..................................................................................................... 74 5 BIG QUESTIONS – Vicki Barrie...............................................................................................................76 NORTH HARBOUR BUSINESS HALL OF FAME........................................................................................78 5 BIG QUESTIONS – Sean Parsons..........................................................................................................83 NORTH HARBOUR CLUB EVENTS – THE AFTER 5’s IN 2016.................................................................84 LEXUS OF NORTH SHORE.......................................................................................................................87

LEXUS OF NORTH SHORE CHARITY LUNCHES 2016.............................................................................88 CELEBRATING HONORARY MEMBERS: John Bishop..............................................................................90

5 BIG QUESTIONS – Angela Cameron......................................................................................................91

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THE LAST WORD – Phil Brosnan..............................................................................................................92

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Aidan Bennett and the 2016 AIMES Award recipients on stage at the gala dinner held at the Bruce Mason Centre in November.

TICKING OFF THE KPIs… The North Harbour Club is a charitable organisation that proudly celebrates excellence. It has been doing so since 1995. I am hugely proud to have led the club through a very satisfying and rewarding 12 months. Our achievements are well documented in this 13th issue of Northside which I also love producing on an annual basis. As you will discover in the magazine, there are three key ‘drivers’ for the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust. Firstly, to promote the region; Secondly, for business people to meet and network; Thirdly, to reward youngsters through the annual AIMES Awards. These were established by our founders over 21 years ago and firmly remain the annual KPI tick references for the trust board. Clearly, the AIMES Awards are a real focus. We tick off parts one and two while raising funds that are then granted to our youngsters who are achieving wonderful things. In the past year we have provided a further $180,000 worth of AIMES Awards, taking the total value of grants to over $1.83 million since the clubs inception. As you will read in this issue the youngsters who were awarded in 2016 have already achieved some significant things and have kept the bar very high. Having fun has always been a key ingredient of the club’s activities as well and we do that through a wide range of events that most often include fine wine and good food. We certainly kept up that tradition in 2016 with four great Lexus of North Shore sponsored charity lunches, two dinners, a cocktail party and five ‘After 5’ networking events hosted by members.

Assuming the responsibility for the regions Business Hall of Fame has also been a good move for the club as it fits with the key objectives and our overall focus on celebrating excellence. We had a wonderful inaugural North Harbour Business Hall of Fame dinner in September and inducted four very worthy new laureates and presented our inaugural lifetime achievement award. The North Harbour Club would not function as it does without the efforts of some key people. We have a great group of trustees, all community leaders who have kept the organisation aiming high. This year we have welcomed two new trustees in Mike Atkinson and John Cobb. We have also welcomed Christie Parkin (Events and Administration) and Peter White (Sponsorship and Membership) in paid roles with the club. They have both played a key role in ensuring we are achieving excellence across all of our club activity. Finally a big thank you to all our valued sponsors and members. The ‘family’ of sponsors play a big part in enabling us to make these significant AIMES Awards grants. It is our key source of revenue. The members are what the club is all about – doing what we do for the overall good of the region. I feel sure we have kept our founders proud with what we have achieved over the past year. Enjoy reading about it all in this edition of Northside.

Aidan Bennett President North Harbour Club & Charitable Trust n

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North Harbour Club Trustees at the 2016 AIMES Awards Gala Dinner. From left: Gary Simpson, Hugh Stedman, Ngaio Merrick, Mike Atkinson, Tammy McLeod, Andrea Davies, Aidan Bennett, Mark Jago and Phil Brosnan.

NORTH HARBOUR CLUB & CHARITABLE TRUST

TRUSTEES 2016 2017 President: Aidan Bennett Managing Director, Benefitz. Email: aidan@benefitz.co.nz Vice President: Phil Brosnan Managing Director, Brosnan Construction. Email: phil@brosnanconstruction.co.nz Trustee: Mike Atkinson Director, Bellingham Wallace. Email: mikea@bellinghamwallace.co.nz Trustee: John Cobb Director, Symonite. Email: j.cobb@symonite.co.nz Trustee: Andrea Davies Campus Registrar, Massey University Auckland. Email: a.l.davies@massey.ac.nz Trustee: Mark Jago CEO, Lexus of North Shore and North Shore Toyota. Email: markjago@nst.co.nz Trustee: Tammy McLeod Director, Davenports Harbour Lawyers. Email: Tammy@dhlawyers.co.nz Trustee: Ngaio Merrick Business Manager, Lewis Holdings Limited. Email: ngaio@quadrant.co.nz Trustee: Gary Simpson Partner, Simpson Western Lawyers. Email: garys@simpsonwestern.co.nz Trustee: Hugh Stedman Managing Director, 300 Richmond Limited. Email: stedmans@xtra.co.nz

Graham Collie Clyde Colson Nixon Cooper LIFE MEMBERS Steve Corbett Joan Finlayson Neil Craigen Peter & Michelle Wall Mike Cruickshank Gary Monk Jan Dawson Tristan Dean Honorary Members David Delamare John Bishop Edward Delamare Bob Jago Nick Delamare Professor Ian Watson Tony Dench Bert Denee BOARD OF TRUSTEES Daryl Devereux Aidan Bennett (President) Stephen Dil Phil Brosnan (Vice-President) Dave Donaldson Mike Atkinson Wade Downey John Cobb Terry Dunleavy Andrea Davies Eric Faesen Kloet Mark Jago Simon Farland Tammy McLeod David Ferguson Ngaio Merrick Greg Fittelli Gary Simpson Dean Flyger Hugh Stedman Don Galbraith Colin Gibbons SECRETARY/TREASURER Zane Gifford Kevin Clifford Bruno Goedeke John Gold AMBASSADORS John Grant Cameron Calkoen Craig Gregory Shane Cortese Paul Gunn Ian Jones Jane Guy Peter Montgomery Kirk Hardy Mike Hare MEMBERS Tanya Hart Max Abbott Colin Harvey Colin Abercrombie John Hastings Philip Adamson CJ Healy Paul Alexander Daniel Henderson John Algie Michelle Henderson Chris Allen Nick Hern Raymond Barnes Brian Hight Vickie Barrie Andrew Hill Paul Bayer Lisa Hill Walid Bayouk David Hodge Matthew Bellingham Terry Holt Francine Bennett Gary Howarth John Berry Nick Howe-Smith Trish Blackmore Lyle Irwin Paul Blackwell Dima Ivanov Nicolette Bodewes Craig Jenkins Janine Brinsdon Steve Jurkovich John Broderick Annette Kann Russell Brooke Nick Kearney Louise Brooks Stephen Kendall-Jones Julian Brown Chris Kennings Scott Browne Lloyd Kirby Paul Brownsey Sue Kohn-Taylor Graeme Budler Dave Lane Kane Butler Steven Langerak Sky Cai Alan Le Noel Ian Calderwood Bob Leveloff Angela Cameron Sir David Levene Graham Catley Murray Lockwood Barbara Cavanagh Kate Luxton David Charlesworth Liam Lyons Fleur Clough Andrew MacKenzie

Haydn MacKenzie Chris Maclean David Macleod Steve Maharey Lynda Mann Janet Marshall John Matthews Jim Matthewson Bob McGuigan Kevin McLean Forres McPheat Bob McRae Tracey Mehrtens Roz Mexted Karen Murrell Murray Nancekivell Geoff Nash Richard Neale Ken Noble Brett Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Riley Ann Old Tim Oughton Jugdis Parbhu Sean Parsons Sherida Penman-Walters Nicki Pettigrew Richard Poole Mark Powell Bob Quaid Anthony Quirk Chris Reeve Greg Remmington Ralph Roberts Paul Rodgers John Sandford Andrew Schnauer James Sclater Kate Shevland Mike Single Rod Slater Bill Smale Greg Smale Nicola Smee Bruce Spooner John Spooner Sue Stanaway Mike Stanley David Stedman Irene Symes Ian Taylor Peter Taylor James Thomas Andrew Thomson Ann Tod Bruce Tong Paul Tooley Scott Travis John Twomey Paul Vermaak Greg Ward Logan Whitelaw Alan Wiltshire Alex Witten-Hannah Dean Young Greg Young Ted Zorn

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NORTH HARBOUR CLUB TRUSTEES

TWO NEW TRUSTEES IN 2016 At the 2016 AGM the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust welcomed two new trustees to the board that administers the charitable organisation – Mike Atkinson and John Cobb. They replaced Matthew Bellingham and Sue Stanaway as trustees.

John Cobb is a director of North Shore based business Heco Group – a group of construction related business including, Symonite Panels, ACM Fabricators, KBL Serene Joinery, Solar Edge, Shingle Shake, and SPS Building. The businesses supply and install high quality architectural products focussed on the building envelope.

John Cobb

NORTHSIDE: How long have you lived on the north side of the bridge? JOHN COBB: I have lived in or around Takapuna for my entire life. Boring I know, but have never seen the logic in moving away from the best place on earth! NS: What do you love most about the lifestyle in general? JC: Water sports, in particular sailing, have always been a large part of my life. Access to the North Shore beaches is such a unique aspect of living in Takapuna. I am very much enjoying watching the development of Takapuna and Milford with new apartment buildings, restaurants and bars and other leisure facilities. It's an exciting time for the area. Its also been a great place to raise a family with access to excellent schools and all sorts of outdoor activities for young people. The only issue is I suspect my children, probably like me, will never want to leave!

Mike Atkinson is a director of accountancy firm Bellingham Wallace. As well as being a long time sponsor, Bellingham Wallace have served for many years as the honorary treasurers of the club, so Mike had worked closely with the trust board as the treasurer in the past.

Mike Atkinson

NORTHSIDE: How long have you lived on the north side of the bridge? MIKE ATKINSON: I grew up in Mt Roskill, but in the early 2000s I got pulled to the other side by my wife and have lived on the Shore ever since. NS: What do you love most about the lifestyle in general? MA: I enjoy the access to amazing beaches, restaurants, parks, and a different pace. I’m lucky enough to live out in the country (just north of Albany), so I also get to enjoy the amazing stars on a clear dark night, away from the hustle and bustle. NS: How did you get involved with the NH Club? MA: I was first introduced to the Club via Matt Bellingham, one of my fellow Directors, and was then appointed as the Club’s treasurer in 2012. I took that mantle for a couple of years, and after a year out, I put my name forward to be a trustee at the 2016 AGM.

NS: How did you get involved with the North Harbour Club? JC: I was introduced to the North Harbour Club by Hugh Stedman many years ago and attended a number of functions, the AIMES awards and lunches as Hugh's guest and eventually Hugh suggested I join. Those who know Hugh will be aware of how persuasive he can be! I'm glad he encouraged me though as I enjoy it immensely.

NS: What to you enjoy most about your involvement? MA: I really enjoy seeing the culmination of the Clubs efforts via the AIMES awards. It’s an amazing celebration of extraordinary talent, and it’s incredible to see how the Club impacts the lives of so many gifted young people. I also enjoy the opportunity to meet with like-minded people either at networking events, or lunches, whilst enjoying good food and wine.

NS: What do you enjoy most about your involvement? JC: I enjoy socialising with people I have known for many years and meeting other interesting people that live on the North Shore and our wider region. I also enjoy supporting the clubs main activity – the AIMES Awards. I am continually amazed at the talent and achievements of AIMES awardees. I find it incredibly inspiring.

NS: What are your ambitions for the club during your time as a trustee? MA: I’m really keen to ensure that the Club’s financial sustainability is maintained and the level of grants continue to increase. I am also really keen to broaden mentoring opportunities, not only for worthy AIMES recipients, but also for young members looking to develop their own skills and to be connected with experienced and successful older members.

NS: What are your ambitions for the club during your time as a trustee? JC: I would like to help maintain the clubs objectives and goals as originally intended by the founding members. The platform they set has proved to be very sound. Also to work with the other trustees and members to help with the continued growth and support the AIMES Awards programme that delivers to youth of the North Harbour region. NS: What AIMES Award would you have been closest to picking up if you were 20 again? JC: Unfortunately I would have been nowhere... ! n

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NS: What AIMES Award would you have been closest to picking up if you were 20 again? MA: Based on the talent on display at the recent AIMES Awards, I’m far from being awarded an AIMES Award in any category, with all those talented youngsters. That said, if I was 20 again, and maybe another 4-5 inches taller, and genes from Michael Jordan, I would have fancied myself in the Sports category based on my basketball skills... hang on... back to reality again! Contact: mikea@bellinghamwallace.co.nz n

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Members of the North Harbour Club, who are all residents or have their businesses in the North Harbour area, have, among other stated aims, the desire to promote excellence by encouraging and providing financial assistance to the young people of the North Harbour region who have significant ability in their chosen field and display personal characteristics which make them worthy of our support.

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The North Harbour Club (and Charitable Trust) was established on 18 May, 1995. A group of North Shore business people met and established a constitution with the following objectives: 1. To promote the North Harbour region. 2. For business establishments of the region to meet and network for the good of the region. 3. To form a Charitable Trust to raise funds and present scholarships to the youth of the North Harbour region through the trusts annual AIMES Awards. To qualify for the AIMES Awards, recipients must have shown outstanding ability or potential in the areas of the Arts, Innovation, Music, Education, Sport and Service to the Community. The North Harbour Club is an association of Auckland’s North Shore and North Harbour leaders in local affairs, business, education, sport and social development.

The annual magazine of the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust, celebrating the achievements of the exceptional young people of our region and the support they receive from the Club – Members, Sponsors and Supporters.

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ElizaMcCartney

CARL HUME AIMES Supreme Award Winner 2015

AIMES Supreme Award Winner 2016

The annual AIMES Awards are the highest-profile face of the North Harbour Club, but the objectives of the club are five-fold: 1. To establish and maintain a club of non-political character for Members to meet through regular lunches and social activities. 2. To establish a charitable trust, known as The North Harbour Club Charitable Trust, to promote and develop local talent in the fields covered by the AIMES Awards. 3. To support cultural, sporting and recreational activities in the North Harbour Region. 4. To foster a spirit of pride in the North Harbour Region. 5. To foster a ‘good neighbour’ and ‘good citizen’ ethos in the North Harbour Region. Membership of the North Harbour Club returns benefits to Members as well as the young people the Club chooses to reward.

FUNDRAISING EVENTS A series of events throughout the year, including dinners, charity lunches and other functions/events, allow members to mix and mingle while enjoying good food and fine wine. In this way Members receive an opportunity to meet each other, entertain clients and help our outstanding young achievers advance their careers at the same time. The aim of these events is also to raise funds to enable the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust to continue to make grants to the young people who receive the annual AIMES Awards. Financial contributions from members, through being involved in these events, are essential for ongoing funding of club.

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Funding is also gained by the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust through sponsorships. These include sponsorship of the AIMES Awards categories (called letter sponsors), and also through a group of sponsors called ‘We’re Building North Harbour’. There are also support sponsors who provide products and services to the club. n

INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE

NORTH HARBOUR CLUB? You can find our criteria for application and download an application pack from www.northharbourclub.co.nz/membership or contact Peter White – peter@northharbourclub.co.nz HOW TO APPLY: > You must be nominated by a current member of the North Harbour Club > Submit your CV and Application Form > Applications are submitted at each Trustee meeting for approval > Successful applications will be notified within 5 working days of each Trustee meeting.

CRITERIA FOR MEMBERSHIP: To be a Member of the North Harbour Club you need to:-

• Understand that application for membership is at the discretion of the Trustees of the North Harbour Club Charitable Trust

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP: Membership of the North Harbour Club returns benefits to Members as well as the young people the Club chooses to reward. These include: • Make a difference to youth striving for excellence • Fabulous speakers • High energy, engaging lunches • Introductions and connections to other North Harbour Club Members

• Be a North Harbour Resident, or have your primary Business located in the North Harbour area; and

• Option to host or speak at an After 5

• Be a leader in local affairs, business, education, sport and/or social development; and

• Priority ticket purchasing for lunches and AIMES Awards

• Be of good character with values and goals that align with those of the North Harbour Club; and

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• Contribute to the Club to support its goals, by way of regular attendance at Club fundraising events and/or sponsorship of the North Harbour Club (Our primary goal is altruistic in nature, in recognising, rewarding and developing our extraordinary talented young people of the North Harbour region, and as such we have high expectations of our members including that they contribute in the order of $5000 per annum to the Club, through attendance at events and/or sponsorship)

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OUR FANTASTIC SPONSORS Since it’s inception in 1995, the North Harbour Club has relied on donations from generous sponsors to ensure the continued success of the Club and Charitable Trust. These sponsors, many whose logos have been there since the very early days have been instrumental in contributing to the incredible sum of $1.8M that has been awarded to talented youth of the North Harbour region. You will find these sponsors outlined throughout this magazine (logos are on the facing page) and we urge you to consider using them whenever possible in your own business.

AIMES AWARDS 'LETTER' SPONSORS Each ‘Letter’ Sponsor provides money that is awarded directly to their category winner who then goes on to use this to continue achieving excellence in their field. Our current AIMES Awards Letter Sponsors are:

ARTS

AUCKLAND LIVE/BRUCE MASON CENTRE

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MASSEY UNIVERSITY

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ALBANY TOYOTA

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KRISTIN SCHOOL

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AIMES EMERGING TALENT AWARDS BELLINGHAM WALLACE Recognising those 'emerging' in each AIMES category.

JUNIOR EXCELLENCE AWARDS NZ FORCE CONSTRUCTION & LIBRARY LANE Recognising those achieving excellence aged 10 - 13 years

BUILDING NORTH HARBOUR SPONSORS A concept created in 2006, our Building North Harbour sponsors are just that – local businesses committed to building and developing our region.

NORTH HARBOUR CLUB EVENT AND SUPPORT SPONSORS Our support sponsors provide the club with various support around events, marketing and even gym memberships for our AIMES Winners.

NORTH HARBOUR CLUB SPECIALIST SPONSORS We also have four sponsorships around specific events the club is involved in or supports:-

North Harbour Club Charity lunches LEXUS OF NORTH SHORE Lexus of North Shore have been long time sponsors of the four Charity Lunches we host every year.

North Harbour Business Hall of Fame MILFORD ASSET MANAGEMENT In partnership we recognise those who have a story of achieving excellence in business and contributing greatly to their specific communities

North Harbour Club Members Network RSM NEW ZEALAND Our members network fosters membership of the club. This is sponsored by local accountancy firm RSM New Zealand.

North Harbour Club AIMES Winners Network SIMPSON WESTERN LAWYERS This is our 'alumni' of AIMES Award recipients over 20 years. It is generously supported by law firm Simpson Western.

Business Excellence Network (BEN Breakfasts) This popular business breakfast programme is organised by BEN with support from sponsors Schnauer & Co, BDO, Westpac and ATEED. For many years funds raised as a result of this breakfast programme have been generously gifted to the club to support the AIMES Awards.

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NORTH HARBOUR CLUB ADMINISTRATION TEAM

A CHAT WITH...

CHRISTIE & PETE

SHARING THE DUAL ROLE OF MAKING THE NORTH HARBOUR CLUB HUM! During 2016 the North Harbour Club made great strides in the overall administration of the club. When our highly respected young GM Courtney Jackson resigned in March/April the club advertised for a replacement and ended up settling on a dual role due to the high calibre of two applicants. Subsequently, Christie Parkin (Events and Administration) and Peter White (Sponsorship, Membership and AIMES Applications) were engaged to look after these specific areas. They started in May. Both Christie and Pete are passionate locals who work tirelessly for the club. For this issue of Northside we thought we would put some questions to them so members and readers could learn a little more about them and their respective roles. ABOUT CHRISTIE: Christie Parkin moved to the East Coast Bays from Hibiscus Coast while a student at Rangitoto College. After school she travelled all around the world and spent most of her time in the US after working as a Camp Counsellor at a Summer Camp. She has a strong CV having worked at North Harbour Stadium (on North Harbour Club events); looking after sponsorship and events for the Vodafone Warriors; in tourism managing sales for AJ Hackett Bungy; then in to the business development and marketing for the Maritime Museum in the Viaduct. She says she feels like she has come full circle working with the North Harbour Club back in her home patch again! ABOUT PETER: Peter White will be well known to most. He has been a long-time member of the club and served as a trustee for a decade. He has also been an AIMES judge and a sponsor which means he is well equipped for the role. Pete first qualified as a PE teacher (Otago University) and taught for 10 years at Selwyn and Long Bay College’s. He was GM for a chain of gyms throughout New Zealand for five years before opening Beachside Health Club in Browns Bay, which he and wife Jayne owned for 24 years. He has always had an interest in local politics and affairs and was a North Shore City councillor and East Coast Bays local board member and has been involved

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in town centre rejuvenation spending eight years as the GM of the Takapuna Beach Business Association and a further year establishing the Henderson Lincoln Business Association. Peter has had a lifetime involvement in Rugby as a player, a strength and conditioning coach (Auckland; NZ Rugby League; Harbour Rugby, Chiefs and Barbarians Rugby; as well as working with the All Blacks in their preparation for the 1995 Rugby World Cup). For many years he has been a liaison officer with international rugby teams touring New Zealand (he has the job for the upcoming 2017 British and Irish Lions). Most recently he has been managing the successful North Harbour Rugby Mitre 10 Cup side. NORTHSIDE: You guys obviously love the region, Why? CHRISTIE: What’s not to love!? The beaches, the cafes, the parks and playgrounds, so much to do right on our doorstep. I think sometimes we forget just how lucky we are to live in a place like this. PETE: I love the lifestyle of the North Harbour region – marvellous beaches and parks, great hospitality, the close knit caring community, outstanding education providers, and the safe environment. I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else! NS: Tell us about your families. CHRISTIE: My partner Greg and I have a daughter, Ellie. She will be two in March this year and is currently running circles around us, but she makes us laugh every single day! PETE: I am married to Jayne and between us we have four children (and their partners) and six grandchildren whom provide us with constant pleasure. NS: What do you guys love doing in your leisure time? CHRISTIE: Heading to the beach – swimming, paddle boarding or just taking the dog for a run around. PETE: Spending time with friends and family; training (swimming, cycling, paddling, gym); travel; wine and food; reading. NS: You are both dedicated and passionate about your roles. What do you particularly like about what you do for

BUSINESS EXCELLENCE NETWORK (BEN)

the North Harbour Club? CHRISTIE: I love the variety of events. It is incredibly interesting organising a corporate fundraising lunch one day, networking events for our members and AIMES alumni, the black tie Business Hall of Fame Awards, right through to the year round planning for the AIMES Awards Gala Dinner. Everyone is so passionate and it gives you a real buzz when the guests enjoy themselves at our events, and to see our Alumni performing on stage. PETE: Working with like-minded people who really care about the North Harbour region and are committed to assisting our extremely talented youth become the best they can be, future leaders and role models to the next generation. It is a real privilege to meet applicants and then to watch the careers of winners. They are outstanding young men and women. NS: Do you guys have a North Harbour Club goal for 2017? CHRISTIE: I would love to continue working with the committees on the calibre and variety of events – ensuring we are offering our members excellent opportunities to meet and be engaged throughout the year. I would also love to crack the 200 mark for applications for AIMES Awards this year! PETE: To ensure members feel welcome, embrace our ethos, participate fully in all activities and as a consequence enhance our ability to assist the youth of the North Shore achieve excellence. Also to strengthen relationships with sponsors, identifying opportunities to recognise further the valuable contribution they make. NS: Would you have got an AIMES Award in your younger years? CHRISTIE: Haha – no, probably not! I was too busy travelling the world and meeting different people. The AIMES winners (and applicants) are a very impressive bunch and it makes me think I should have done more in my younger years! PETE: About as much chance as winning lotto! NOTE: Christie is engaged to work around 30-35 hours per week for the club and these hours vary according to events schedules etc. She is in the club office (located at Davenports Harbour Lawyers) most work days. Pete is engaged to work 10-20 hours a week and is very much a roving worker for the club. He fits the role in to other work he does, mainly in rugby. Contact: Christie@northharbourclub.co.nz or peter@northharbourclub.co.nz n

BUSINESS EXCELLENCE NETWORK (BEN)

CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR AIMES AWARDS Since 2007 the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust has received significant annual financial contributions from the Business Excellence Network (BEN). BEN organises regular business Nick Kearney (left), presenting the Business Excellence breakfasts on the Network (BEN) funds to North Harbour Club President Aidan Bennett at the AIMES Gala Dinner. North Shore and engage high quality business speakers. Any surplus profits from these business breakfasts go to charity and the North Harbour Club has been very grateful to have been their charity of choice for a decade. The BEN breakfasts were an idea of David Schnauer 12 years ago. He set them up with assistance from the prior business arm of the North Shore City Council – Enterprise North Shore. Since inception, the same four entities have been involved in organising them each year, BDO, Schnauer and Co, Westpac and now Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED), which replaced Enterprise North Shore when the councils merged. The breakfasts take place every second month on the North Shore and attract up to 170 business people from throughout the North Harbour region. At the 2016 AIMES Awards Gala Dinner Nick Kearney of Schnauer and Co. was on hand to represent BEN and announce that they were gifting a further $10,000 to the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust to go towards the AIMES Awards. All funds provided by BEN have been used for AIMES Awards grants. "The breakfasts are a fantastic way to achieve three things," explains Nick Kearney of BEN and Schnauer and Co. "First, getting your day off to a great start with likeminded others over a decent breakfast. Second, being informed, and at times entertained, by top class speakers from New Zealand business. But mostly, and importantly, all money raised goes to aspiring, and inspiring, North Harbour youth to enables them to achieve their goals in Arts, Innovation, Music, Sport, Education or Service to the Community (AIMES). "The breakfasts are on the North Shore, and the funds raised from them are delivered to incredibly talented North Shore youth. You only need to attend the AIMES gala dinner each November to see how seriously talented these young people are, and in turn, how beneficial they are to this community and country. The breakfasts have raised close to $120,000 for the AIMES awards over the last 11 years, and the BEN network intends to keep going in the future. But it is only possible with the support of business locals. While BEN does have regular attendees, we can accommodate more guests at the breakfasts, and the talented youth of North Shore would all love to see you there this year!” For 2017 there are some fantastic speakers lined up for the breakfasts:Wednesday 15 March – Naomi Ballantyne, Managing Director, Partners Life; Wednesday 10 May – Anna Curzon, Managing Director, Xero; Wednesday 5 July – David McLean, CEO, Westpac New Zealand; Thursday 14 September – Brett O’Riley, Chief Executive, Auckland Tourism Events and Economic Development; Wednesday 15 November – speaker still to be confirmed. To register for the breakfasts, and for more information on them please go to the ATEED website... www.aucklandnz.com/business/business-excellencenetwork n

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AIMES SUPREME AWARD WINNER

WINNERS 2016

Eliza McCartney with the Sir Peter Blake Trophy as the AIMES Supreme Award recipient.

Supreme Award & Sport Award 2016

SUPREME AWARD GOES TO...

ELIZA M CARTNEY C

POLE VAULTER (19)

The AIMES Awards in 2016 was the second time that 19 year old Eliza McCartney has been recognised by the North Harbour Club. She first won an AIMES Emerging Talent Award in 2014. In 2016 she went all the way, winning the AIMES Sport Award and also picking up the AIMES Supreme Award. "Being recognised by your community, where you live and train, is always very special," said Eliza after receiving her two awards in November 2016. "It is an honour to receive the awards, and an honour to be following all the incredible young people recognised before me. I absolutely loved the awards evening and especially enjoyed the Rio theme. It was a fun night and a great way to celebrate the success of young people in the community." 2016 has been a a good year for the pole-vaulter. When applying for this AIMES Award in July, Eliza had this to say from Germany where she was preparing for the Olympics… “2020 had been the Olympic games that I was aiming for but things started coming

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together really well in late 2015 and I managed to jump the A standard required for Olympic nomination off a short run up in November.” History tells us that 2016 turned out to be a pretty special year for her when she won a bronze medal at the Olympics in Rio, capturing the nation and becoming the youngest Olympic medallist in the Women’s Pole Vault. “Six years ago when I first started learning to pole vault I never imagined that in 2016 it would have become my full time occupation and that I’d be heading to the Olympics. The feeling of knowing that I would be going to Rio was amazing but we quickly reset the goal to have a go at the World Junior record while I was still eligible. I had a couple of competitions lined up, came close but didn’t do it until on December 19th when I found myself at the last competition of the year lining up for my third and final attempt at the 4.64m I needed. The feeling of seeing the bar still there as I fell was exhilarating and is what keeps me wanting to do more. It was incredibly satisfying to know that I have jumped higher than any

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other woman under 20 in the world.” Next Eliza managed to do the 4.71m needed to qualify for the IAAF World Indoor Champs and then extended her personal best and all of her records with a 4.80m jump at Nationals in March this year. That vault ranked her at number 11 on the world all time list. The IAAF World Indoor Champs was in Portland, Oregon, USA and was Eliza’s first competition amongst the best senior women pole vaulters in the world. She says It was like an Olympic final and all but two of the top 10 women were there. “It was an incredible atmosphere. I got fifth and I learned so much about vaulting at that level.” Outside of Pole Vault, Eliza – always a high academic achiever at Takapuna Grammar – is still studying Physiology at Auckland University, although it has recently taken a back seat. She achieved an A+ in the one paper she has done and Eliza says that studying gives her some balance and she is focused on working towards her degree and she still plans to study medicine in the future. “I have also really enjoyed some of the sponsorship and promotional sides of my sport. I was chosen by the NZ Olympic Committee to be involved with their sponsor campaign and to model the team uniform when it was launched. I also enjoyed being part of the New Zealand Olympic Committee Rio 2016 ‘Be The Inspiration’ campaign and the High Performance Sport New Zealand ‘This is High Performance’ campaign.” “I have also been invited by several schools to speak at their assemblies and found that enormously rewarding. I feel quite strongly about healthy eating and chose some simple messages to talk about with the children. This is something I would like to do more of in the future.” Recently Eliza also became an ambassador for Beef and Lamb New Zealand, joining existing athlete ambassadors Lisa Carrington, Sophie Pascoe and Sarah Walker. “I have been fortunate to be recognised with a number of awards in the last year and was again chosen as a finalist for the Halberg Emerging Talent award. This year I won which was a huge honour and gave me a real boost to feel they believed I have what it

takes to succeed in my sport.” “I am very grateful for the support that the North Harbour Club have provided for me through the AIMES Awards programme. I really enjoy being part of the network and manage to get to a few (AIMES Winners Network) gatherings where I always meet such an interesting range of people.” Eliza says that AIMES Awards funds will be used directly to help her and her coach travel and compete in Europe as a build up to the IAAF World Champs in London next year. "Pole vault is a technical event which means my coach, Jeremy McColl is completely vital to everything I do in this sport. In 2017 we are planning on going to Europe for their summer and I not only need to get myself there, but also Jeremy. The funds from these awards will go a long way in supporting us to get to the major competitions in Europe." Eliza says her long term goal is to get to the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 and be competitive for an Olympic medal. She certainly has a steely determination. "No matter what aspect of life it is, if you have a drive for something and set a goal, there should be nothing in the way of you working hard to get there." When asked what her 10 year plan is, Eliza has a determination around that as well. "In 10 years time I want to be top of my game in the world, the person to beat." As the recipient of the NORTH HARBOUR CLUB AIMES SPORT AWARD (sponsored by AUT Millennium) and the AIMES Supreme Award, Eliza McCartney received $30,000. As the AIMES Supreme Award recipient she also gets to keep the Sir Peter Blake Trophy for 12 months. n

Eliza McCartney accepted her AIMES Supreme Award from North Harbour Club Patron Peter Menzies and President Aidan Bennett.

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WINNERS 2016

ARTS AWARD 2016

OUR SINGING AND DANCING SENSATION

JOEL GRANGER ACTOR/SINGER (22)

22 year old Actor and Singer Joel Granger was the winner of the AIMES Arts Award in 2016. Joel attended Kristin School where he excelled academically as well as in performing arts. From Year 7 at Kristin, Joel was awarded DUX three times, and in Year 11 he achieved NCEA Level 1 with an Excellence endorsement – one of the highest grade point averages that Kristin had ever achieved. At the completion of his schooling at Kristin, Joel was awarded an International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma with a score of 41/45, placing him in the top 5% of the world and resulting in an invitation to Government House for the Top Scholar Awards ceremony. In Year 13, Joel was also chosen as Deputy Head Boy at Kristin. In that same year he received the Foundation Cup, Kristin’s most prestigious award, for demonstrating the true Kristin spirit. Joel was also heavily involved in Kristin’s Performing Arts programme. Highlights included the role of Jesus in their 2011 performance of Jesus Christ Superstar; he played Jacob Gens in the historical play Ghetto; and had the dual lead roles of Munkustrap and Skimbleshanks in Cats. After leaving school Joel studied at WAAPA (Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts) in Perth. He was one of only three students who were accepted straight out of school. He was thrilled, saying... “With alumni including Hugh Jackman,

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Tim Minchin and Lisa McCune, WAAPA was always my dream choice when growing up in New Zealand.” At WAAPA Joel played the lead role of Theo in Atlantis; was cast as the supporting role of Glad Hand in West Side Story; played Emmett Forrest the male lead in Legally Blonde the Musical. Joel received three prestigious awards at WAAPA for his achievements before graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Theatre. And you guessed it… it was done with High Distinction and he was invited to join the Golden Key International Honours Society, which recognises the top 15% of students in regards to academic achievement. After graduating drama school Joel moved to Melbourne and was fortunate to sign with leading agents Marquee Management. Joel says… “As a performer, I believe the key to career longevity is the versatility of the work you can take, and I appreciate that Marquee see me as an actor first and foremost, who is capable of any performance work. This is especially beneficial in a time when Music Theatre Actors’ are often wrongly viewed as only being capable of performing in musicals.” Joel has followed advice to immerse himself in the industry. He has performed twice as part of Melbourne’s Homegrown concert and has been chosen to perform at Theatrepeople’s Industry Night, performing solo alongside many of Australia’s top established performers.

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He was also cast as the supporting lead of Bernstein in Doorstep Arts’ production of Dogfight and received great reviews… “Joel Granger has only recently graduated but is already a fully formed performer with a charismatic presence laced with humour and natural charm. We will certainly be seeing a lot of him over the next decade.” After Dogfight came StageArt’s Titanic The MusicaI, playing Harold Bride allowing him to show a more vulnerable, youthful side, with a more classical singing tone. Again great reviews… “My standout performer was unexpected: keep an eye out for Joel Granger. My guess is that we’ll be seeing a lot more of him in the coming years. A beautiful voice and some nuanced acting made him a joy to watch.” Joel has recently filmed his first Television role; as the supporting character of Mark in Please Like Me, a show that airs on ABC in Australia and Pivot in the US this November. Joel says that probably the most exciting project of this year has been the chance to return to New Zealand and perform on home soil in New Zealand Opera’s production of Sweeney Todd – cast as Tobias Ragg, one of his dream roles. Critics have been glowing about his performances back home… “Toby Ragg was played by Joel Granger, a very young New Zealand singer. He was magnificent in that role, right from the moment he stepped out on stage, he just captures you”. Most recently Joel has scored the lead role in a new Australian musical, The Gathering, produced by Vic Theatre Company. He is excited to be part of the development of a new Australian work, and to be one of the first people ever to play this character. We put these questions to Joel for Northside in December 2016, just a few weeks after he received his AIMES Award. What does winning the AIMES ARTS AWARD mean to you? The incredibly rewarding validation that my home town is willing to instill such a vote of confidence in me and my career, and feeling very lucky to know that I'll always have support back home. Did you enjoy the gala awards evening? I had such a wonderful time. I was very honoured to be able to perform alongside Penny Dodd and the wonderful orchestra. I was also grateful for the opportunity to thank all those who had helped me along the way, and to be inspired by all the other winners. What will you be using the funds for? Already I have been gratefully using the funding to more extensively continue singing and dance lessons. I am also already looking towards part time screen acting courses and part time dance courses, with the funds being paramount in allowing me to develop my skills.

Joel Granger received his North Harbour Club AIMES Arts Award from Maree Laurent of sponsor Auckland Live/Bruce Mason Centre.

What will you be doing in 2017? After finishing the show I am currently in ('The Gathering'), I will continue to live in Melbourne and enhance my training, as well as continuing to audition for future work. Already there are potential developments in the works for future projects for me, which is very exciting. What are your long term goals? To maintain consistent work as an actor in the mediums of music theatre, theatre, film and television; whether in Australia and New Zealand, or maybe even in the U.S or the U.K in the future. You have been living overseas for a few years now, what do you miss about home? Obviously being around all my family, and I'm incredibly grateful for any chance I get to come back home or for them to visit me. Any advice for others following in your foot steps? Keep training, keep watching theatre and films and keep continuing to be inspired. Keep meeting people and listening to their advice, and making sure that you continue to pursue this industry because you love it deeply. In 10 years time I want to be.... Creatively fulfilled and surrounded by the wonderful people in the industry that I love. Appropriately, Joel Granger has been recognised by the North Harbour Club previously. He was the recipient of an AIMES Emerging Talent Award including a $5,000 grant in 2013. Joel says this support is absolutely crucial in allowing him to pursue his passion as his career. As the recipient of the NORTH HARBOUR CLUB AIMES ARTS AWARD (sponsored by Auckland Live & the Bruce Mason Centre) Joel Granger received $15,000! n

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WINNERS 2016

INNOVATION AWARD 2016

AIMES INNOVATION AWARD NUMBER TWO!

SIAN SIMPSON ENTREPRENEUR (25)

Very seldom has an AIMES Award been won by the same recipient two years in a row. But this is the case with 23-year-old Sian Simpson receiving the Innovation Award again in 2016, after also receiving it in 2015. Sian attended Pinehurst School, Rangitoto College and Massey University. She now talks at all of these places. She's a self-confessed "jack of all trades” from leading an exciting athletic life, representing New Zealand in Dancesport as a youth, and now presenting New Zealand as a young entrepreneur, marketer and community manager at the Kiwi Landing Pad in San Francisco, where she’s helping Kiwi technology companies expand into the US market. Sian is also passionate about giving a helping hand to the next generation of New Zealanders, using her community management and experiences from the Kiwi Landing Pad. She actively speaks at many New Zealand schools and universities and takes an active role in mentoring students. Sian’s busy entrepreneurial year has included:- Launching a new website called NZinSF (NZinSF.com) which is a Kiwi guide for New Zealanders to assimilate better into San Francisco; Starting a new innovative program called BNZ Shouldertap to help fund and accelerate high growth New Zealand startups; Enabling New Zealand’s Youth 'Future Festival' working with Guy Ryan, previous

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Young New Zealander of the Year and Founder of the Inspiring Stories Trust and Future Festival; Speaking to Schools and also hosting them at the Kiwi Landing Pad; Becoming a Video expert – working with SaaStr, developing their entire video brand, producing all of their videos that get three million views to their blog a month; Started a new company (Quirk Media) to work on digital marketing and brand strategy; Was one of 12 speakers at Christchurch Tech Summit which is one of the biggest conferences in New Zealand for businesses and entrepreneurs; Mentoring youngsters, with one landing a permanent job in San Francisco; Mentor for top New Zealand Accelerators – Lightning Lab Accelerator and Vodafone Xone Accelerator; In late 2015 started the Sales and Marketing Jam (NZSMJ) – helping New Zealand companies to create something to build capability and fill the gap before they land in the US market. These are now running every six months in New Zealand and are supported by ATEED, Grow Wellington, CDC, Ministry of Awesome, Air New Zealand, Vodafone, BNZ, NZTE & 90 Seconds. Sian has a strong passion for community, technology, people, women, education and travel. She goes to many countries a year and meets with local influencers; she embodies the don’t travel ‘live’ with an effort to encourage other people to get local and experience the real nature of a place not just gloss over the top of it. She’s a self proclaimed global citizen visiting many countries a year

AIMES INNOVATION AWARD 2016 Sponsored by MASSEY UNIVERSITY

supercharge New Zealand and make technology the number one export. Long term, find a way to help billions of people be more comfortable with themselves and part of the global community.

studying community and the impact of technology and investment in these communities. She is particularly fascinated by developing countries skipping technology generations and what this means for the workforce of the future. During the year Sian travelled to Africa to participate in Bike Zambia which is a seven day, 500km+ bicycle ride from Lusaka to Livingstone to raise money and awareness for AIDS, girls’ education, and poverty in Zambia. She took an active role and raised over USD$4500 for the cause. The group of 30 riders from all over the world raised USD$165,000. As you would expect Sian has some firm plans and future aspirations: These include:- Handing over the Kiwi Landing Pad at the end of 2017 as a successful community for New Zealand technology companies; Working with top New Zealand brands/ agencies on their community strategy (Air New Zealand, BNZ, NZTA); Being a published author by 2018; Start a technology company in 2018. We put these questions to Sian Simpson for Northside in December 2016, just a few weeks after she received her second AIMES Award. What does winning the AIMES INNOVATION AWARD mean to you? It was amazing and humbling to receive the award again. It was a great moment for me to look back at the year and realise how much I'd achieved. It's crazy to think that in 12 months I've made so much progress so keeping up the consistency and doubling down was a great milestone for me. What will you be using the funds for? I'll be using the funds to work on side projects and for investing. I also have a huge emphasis on personal and professional development that I will spend some money on.

What do you miss about home – New Zealand and the North Shore? I've been home 4 times in the last 3 months which is really lucky. Things I miss, include friends and family that I have known for a long time. The familiarity of everything and how easy it is to do things. The kiwi lifestyle and being able to get away often and stay in friends holiday homes in beautiful parts of the country. I also miss driving a lot on our windy roads with music blaring and the multitude of fun outdoors activities that there are. Mostly the kiwi culture that is kind, gentle, authentic and humble. Any advice for others following in your foot steps? Be real, unashamedly you. Be the best person you can be for you, surround yourself with good people and do good honest work. Don't be defined by the status quo. Work hard but be gentle on yourself, remember to have some fun. If there are some things that you think you will get around to but you haven't done them yet, let them go, you never will get around to them and they consume cognitive load. Be a part of as many awesome communities as you can, it's all about people, people, people. Lastly, some advice I was given recently, if you are a smart person, don't just take from your smarts, make sure you nourish it too with reading and discovery. In 10 years time I want to be.... Doing something expansive with meaningful resources, entrenched in community and the world, a true global citizen and financially independent. Still learning, being true to myself, having fun and surrounded by great people. As the recipient of the NORTH HARBOUR CLUB AIMES INNOVATION AWARD (sponsored by Massey University)… Sian Simpson received $15,000. n

What will you be doing in 2017? In 2017 I will be running the Kiwi Landing Pad, we have a great strategy and are going large for 2017 - watch this space, we have some awesome things planned. There will be a lot more travel as we are changing our strategy slightly, I'll be backwards and forwards between New Zealand, US & Australia regularly. I'm looking forward to helping the group on the North Shore set up the Youth Innovation Hub using my community experience and local connections. What are your long term goals/ambitions? Long term goals and ambitions is to help people design their perfect lives, to be financially independent, build a meaningful business and continue seeing the world. Short term is continuing to

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WINNERS 2016

Miller Christensen-Yule performing at the 2016 AIMES Awards Gala Dinner where he also received the AIMES Music Award, sponsored by Albany Toyota.

MUSIC AWARD 2016

LOVING LIFE AS A MUSICIAN!

MILLER CHRISTENSEN-YULE SINGER-SONGWRITER (25)

Former Northcote College Head Boy Miller Christensen-Yule first applied (unsuccessfully) for an AIMES Award in 2012. In that application he said that he “wanted to make a living from music, music production and composition” and “to record an album of original songs”. Four years on he’s ticked quite a few boxes. Following encouragement from his parents, Miller began learning drums at age 11. They noticed an uncanny ability to keep time when he was banging chopsticks on upturned pots and pans. He joined a rock band as the drummer at intermediate school and was noticed by a senior music student from Northcote College who asked him to enrol at the school in order to join his jazz combo. The fact that Northcote had a reputation for its music also made it an easy decision. From his first year at Northcote Miller was part of the Big Band as well as The Jazz Combo. They played gigs and shows around many North Shore venues and also played at the Monterey Jazz Festival and Disneyland in 2005. 2008 was a watershed year for Miller. For the first time ever he

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let his voice be heard at the school talent quest in front of 400 of his peers. "It was a pivotal moment for me.” he says. “ It was the beginning of my move out from behind the safety of the drum kit.” Along the way he has had vocal lessons from leading singer Debbie Harwood. Fast-forward eight years and Miller Christensen-Yule has released his own album called 'Shoot Me In The Heart’. The 5-track EP Album debuted at number four in the New Zealand Top 20 and at number 23 in the Official Top 40. Miller has become an exceptionally versatile musician. He plays every instrument on the album – guitar, bass, drums, piano, organ, mouth harp as well as doing the vocals and backing vocals. Together with friends, Miller has also produced three videos for songs off the album. The video for the title track has been played on MTV, TV3, The Edge TV with Chris Mac and is part of the Air New Zealand In-Flight play list. It would be easy to think that Miller’s world was music and nothing but music. He has excelled academically and has always been a keen sport player, competing athletically and playing soccer from primary school age, an Auckland Rep from age 10, and a

AIMES MUSIC AWARD 2016 Sponsored by ALBANY TOYOTA

Miller Christensen-Yule accepted his AIMES Music Award from Haydn Mackenzie of sponsor Albany Toyota (right).

member of the Northcote College First XI. He still plays weekly Indoor Soccer at North Shore YMCA and has played with Birkenhead and Forrest Hill. His ties with Northcote College remain strong. Twice a year he returns as part of the Old Boys Soccer team that plays the current First XI. He continues an involvement with the school talent quests – as judge or guest performer. He has spoken at Career Day and is also planning a concert for Northcote College. Miller graduated with a Diploma in Audio Engineering and Electronic Music Production (with honours) from MAINZ – the Music Audio Institute of NZ. He took over running his father’s recording studio for several months while he was overseas and now works as an Audio Engineer and Music Composer at an Auckland ad agency (.99) where he has composed original music for a number of television and radio productions. He has also recorded and engineered a weekly children’s radio show with Suzy Cato that won the Best Children’s Show in the New Zealand Radio Awards 2015. He also composed original music for the movie ‘Hip Hop-eration' in 2014. More recently Miller has been supporting Hollie Smith on her 2016 New Zealand Tour. Hollie also attended Northcote College and won an AIMES Music Award in 2007. Miller was also a finalist for 2016 NZ Music Awards – Best Engineer (with his father Phil Yule) for recording/mixing the debut EP ‘Shoot Me In The Heart’. In December he supported Ben Harper on his New Zealand Tour. When applying for an AIMES Award in 2016 Miller explained that his plan if he won was to take some unpaid leave and complete his second album project in a block of time. He has no less than 20 unreleased songs. Grant funds will also go towards alleviating recording costs. We put these questions to Miller for Northside in December 2016, just a few weeks after he received his AIMES Music Award. What does winning the AIMES ARTS AWARD mean to you? It's amazing. A real confidence boost to know that I'm doing something right with my music. To be recognised and to have the faith of so many people behind me and what I'm aiming to do with my music is really heart warming. Very pleased to join a long list of other awesome AIMES music winners as well!

Did you enjoy the evening? Yes, had a very nice evening. I got to sit with the music award sponsor, Albany Toyota. It was really cool to hang out with them and my friends and family. Performing with a full band/orchestra on a big stage was super awesome as well! What will you be using the funds for? The funds have already helped me tour around NZ to support Ben Harper at Vector Arena in Auckland, Church Road Winery in Napier and The Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington. The rest of the money will help towards recording more music, releasing an album, paying for management/PR, making music videos and maybe some overseas trips. I'll stretch it as much as I can...there won't be any left over for sure!!! What will you be doing in 2017? I'm starting 2017 locked away recording more songs. I'm going to release some new material and music videos. I would love to play heaps more concerts with my new amazing band. I might be heading overseas at some point for some exciting work as well. What are your long term goals/ambitions? To make a living off my music, performing and touring. I want to write, record, release and perform more great songs to more great people. My main goal is to look back later in my life and have no regrets. I want to look back and think "I did everything I could and achieved some amazing things". That's my goal. Any advice for others following in your foot steps? Don't get comfortable. Keep moving. Be the person who is always there. Hang around long enough to get noticed. Be nice. Help people. In 10 years time I want to be.... Headlining my own shows, filling venues around the world, performing the same songs I perform today...only in 10 years time they will be my classic hits/back catalog! As the recipient of the NORTH HARBOUR CLUB AIMES MUSIC AWARD (sponsored by Albany Toyota)… Miller Christensen-Yule received $15,000. Headshot Photo Credit: Lee Stapleton

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WINNERS 2016

EDUCATION AWARD 2016

FOCUSSED ON FLUID DYNAMICS AND TURBULENT FLOWS

MICHAEL MACDONALD SCHOLAR/ENGINEER (24)

24-year-old former Rangitoto College, Murrays Bay Primary and Intermediate student Michael MacDonald is now in the fourth year of his PhD in mechanical engineering at the University of Melbourne. Prior to moving to Melbourne he completed his undergraduate Bachelor of Engineering degree with First Class Honours at the University of Auckland, specialising in Engineering Science. In the past year Michael has been involved in the writing of journal articles from work conducted during his PhD. One has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, which is one of the most prestigious journals in his field. He has an additional paper that is also under review in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics and is currently writing his PhD thesis, due to be complete by the end of this year. Michael's research involves investigating how turbulent fluid flows are affected by rough-walls. This kind of situation is extremely common in engineering contexts. A common example is the flow of sea water around a ship hull that has been covered by barnacles or tube worms. Intuitively, we know this will increase drag (a wellpolished, smooth hull would be preferable) which means an increase in fuel use. However, predicting exactly how much the drag increases by for a given rough surface is difficult and expensive, which is what Michael's PhD aims to address. "Ultimately, I hope that the results of my research will give a greater understanding to the effects that roughness has in engineering situations,” says Michael. "As I am now in my fourth year of my PhD, I have become more involved in writing journal articles and conference proceedings. I have had my first peer-reviewed paper accepted in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics with an additional paper currently under review. These papers will form the basis of my PhD thesis, which I expect to have completed by the end of 2016." In the final year of his undergraduate degree at the University of Auckland, Michael completed a research project that involved using numerical simulations to investigate how the hydrodynamic

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interactions produced by swimming microorganisms interact with other microorganisms in the colony, and the affect this has on the diffusion or dispersion of the colony as a whole. "While this is quite an academic project, the results of this general field of research have applications in bio-reactors and artificial microorganism design,” explained Michael. "My supervisor for this project submitted the results to the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences last year which resulted in my first journal publication." At the University of Melbourne Michael has become increasingly involved in the tutoring and education of students. He has been a tutor for several graduate-level fluids courses, including advanced fluids courses taken by other PhD students. Prior to this, at the University of Auckland, he was employed as a teaching assistant for a third year engineering design and modelling paper. He was primarily responsible for helping students with their design project of designing, manufacturing and testing a small wind turbine. Michael was also a personal tutor to high-school students at Rangitoto College during his undergraduate degree. Outside of university, Michael maintains a keen interest in tramping. He also belongs to several professional organisations related to engineering as a student member; the American Physical Society (APS), the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), the Institute of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) and the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS). After completing his PhD, Michael is planning to become a researcher in fluid dynamics. "I am open to both academic post-doctoral fellowship positions, as well as more commercially orientated positions in firms with a strong research and development department. My career decisions will also be influenced by my desire to ultimately return and settle in New Zealand, hopefully on the North Shore. Given the support that the North Shore community has given me in my studies and upbringing, I hope to contribute to it in the future.”

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We put these questions to Michael for Northside in December 2016, just a few weeks after he received his AIMES Education Award. What does winning the AIMES EDUCATION AWARD mean to you? It has been a huge honour receiving the Aimes Education award. I know how tough the competition for the AIMES awards is, and it's very humbling to be standing up there next to some of New Zealand's brightest young individuals. It has also been great receiving such support for my studies and research over the years. Did you enjoy the evening? Of course! The Rio theme was great and the North Harbour club really put on an amazing night. I was lucky enough to be able to enjoy it with both of my parents and my fiancĂŠe, which made it all the more special. What will you be using the funds for? The funds will be a huge help for my studies at the University of Melbourne. They will enable me to focus on my research and help me afford the high Michael MacDonald receiving his AIMES Education Award in 2016 from Tim Oughton of sponsor Kristin School. cost of living in Melbourne. Moreover, these funds will be used to help me attend international Otherwise, I've found Melbourne to be quite similar to Auckland, so conferences in which I can present my own research, as well as it hasn't seemed like too much of a change. Probably the biggest interact with some of the leading figures in my field. I have just difference I've noticed is actually in the accent - I find I am constantly been accepted to attend the 10th International Symposium on made aware that I am not in my home country whenever I talk to Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, which will be held in people, be it at the shops, restaurants or uni. Coming home and Chicago in July, 2017. The funds will be extremely beneficial in hearing the kiwi accent everywhere certainly sounds much more helping me attend this symposium. natural to me! What will you be doing in 2017? I am nearing the end of my PhD and will be finished in early 2017. Following this, I am intending to perform postdoctoral research at an overseas university, probably in the US. I have not yet settled on a location, however I am in contact with researchers in LA and San Francisco. What are your long term goals/ambitions? I intend to become a researcher in my field of fluid dynamics and particularly turbulent flows. This will likely involve working at a University as a lecturer and then hopefully a professor. One of reasons I like this career path is that it involves both research and teaching. The latter is a great avenue for interacting with the upcoming generation and teaching them the current state of knowledge. What do you miss about home? Obviously I miss all of my friends and family that I have known growing up on the Shore. I moved to Melbourne not knowing many people, however have since built up a great network of friends there.

Any advice for others following in your foot steps? Any kind of science/engineering research career requires a solid foundation in the basics - this is achieved at high school and during your undergraduate degree. I think it's important to remain focussed during this time, even if it seems like what is being taught is not particularly important or useful. I'm constantly amazed by how much of my research really just boils down to simple principles taught during high school calculus or physics classes. In 10 years time I want to be.... A researcher involved in fluid dynamics and turbulent flows. Hopefully by this point I would have a faculty position at a leading University. This is the third AIMES Award that Michael MacDonald has received. He first received an AIMES Emerging Talent Award in 2010 and an AIMES Education Award in 2013. As the recipient of the NORTH HARBOUR CLUB AIMES EDUCATION AWARD (sponsored by Kristin School)â&#x20AC;Ś Michael MacDonald received $15,000. n

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WINNERS 2016

Service to the Community Award 2016

JOSEPH BERGIN LAWYER/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (24) At just 24 years of age, former Rosmini College deputy head boy Joseph Bergin is an exceptional young man. It was an outstanding achievement when he was first-elected as a local board member in Auckland’s new council in 2010, at just 18 years of age. Since that elevation he has continued an impressive period of community service that has seen him rewarded twice previously with an AIMES Award. Joseph first received an AIMES Emerging Talent Award in 2010 followed by an AIMES Service to the Community Award in 2012. A further AIMES Award this year comes on the back of his continued community service and his work driving youth innovation on the North Shore. “These awards provided quite literally life-changing opportunities to me, as fellow recipients and many of the club members have become some of my best friends and most dependable mentors these past six years,” says Joseph. “Over and above this, the two financial grants went a significant way towards paying for my 2010 and 2013 election campaigns.” For the past six years Joseph has served on the Devonport-

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Takapuna Local Board of the Auckland Council. For two terms he has been the youngest of the 170 elected members who make up the Auckland Council across the 21 local boards and the governing body. Upon re-election in 2013 he was made Deputy Chair (aged 21) and then in 2015 he became the Chair, at just 23. In that time he has also completed his law degree and worked as a clerk at two different national law firms. His council role has included portfolios for community and social wellbeing; community safety; libraries; community facilities; economic development; town centres; governance and finance. Right through Joseph’s service to the community on the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board of the Auckland Council he has been a strong advocate for youth. He has been a champion for the development of a Youth Innovation Centre on the North Shore. “For the past eight years since I first got involved with the Birkenhead-Northcote Community Board as a youth representative, I have been arguing and researching and lobbying and whatever else it has taken to advance this Youth Innovation project,” explains Joseph. “Between myself, the former Youthworx Trust, the Zeal

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Education Trust and Sonia Thursby and the YES Foundation we have collectively considered, evaluated and presented more than 15 proposals for a centre for youth development somewhere on the North Shore. Time and time again I found myself in the political minority as successive Councils and Boards delayed decision-making on any centre in favour of further reports and studies. That all changed this year. When the Takapuna RSA closed, the club building reverted to Council ownership and a politically agreeable site was finally available for a youth centre.” “Given the worrying conclusions identified in the Local Economic Development Action Plan that there are inadequate meaningful pathways to high-tech future-focused occupations for North Shore youth, the proposal was re-centred around not just a dedicated facility for young people but one with innovation as a core emphasis.” After running a public tender and interviewing potential tenants for the space, the Joseph Bergin led Devonport-Takapuna Local Board – in what he describes as the highlight of his political career – unanimously approved the lease and an initial funding grant to the team at the Yes Foundation for New Zealand’s first youth innovation centre based at the RSA site in Takapuna. “A task remains to get the building Joseph Bergin (centre) receiving his 2016 AIMES Service to the Community Award from John Twomey (right). refurbished and raise the money to run it, but after eight years of advocating for this project, nothing is going to typically only offers between 10 and 15 fellowships in any given stop us from getting the centre up and running by the end of next year. year,” says Joseph. "The Youth Innovation Centre is getting closer and closer to In addition to his AIMES Awards, Joseph has also previously a reality with the head lease coming been recognised for his service to the community with a North into effect on October 1st Shore City Council Civic Award in 2010, a New Zealander of the and a strong, youth-led Year Local Heroes Medal in 2010 and the Robert Ned Covich collaborative approach Scholarship for his university studies in 2010. In his final year at guiding all aspects of the Rosmini College he received the College All Rounder Trophy for project." overall achievement across academia, athletics, the arts and spiritual direction and the Antonio Rosmini Cup for service. As the recipient of the "As the end of my second term on the Local Board drew nearer NORTH HARBOUR the end, I declared my decision not to seek a third term and instead CLUB AIMES SERVICE to embark on my professional legal career," said Joseph late in TO THE COMMUNITY 2016 after receiving his award. "To do this I will be returning to my AWARD (sponsored former firm Kensington Swan in the new year looking forward to by ASB), Joe Bergin expanding my environmental and public law advocacy. received $15,000. n "In the interim I plan to further my immersion in the Youth Innovation Centre project, starting with some overseas travel to Europe and America with the assistance of a fellowship grant from the Sir Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. I will be exploring how 'municipalities and NGOs across Europe promote and incentivise local economic development specifically in the youth innovation space and examining programmes and facilities that have been used to achieve this'. Although it is not yet clear how many fellowships have been offered for this round, however the Trust

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WINNERS 2016

Avalon speaking after accepting her AIMES Award at the gala dinner in November 2016.

Judges Special AWARD 2016

OUR AIMES WINNER IN THE FAST LANE!

AVALON BIDDLE

MOTOR CYCLE ROAD RACER (24) Some years the AIMES Awards Judges come across an applicant who they believe deserves an AIMES Award, despite not being chosen for the category that has been applied for. This is the case with outstanding young 24-year-old motor cycle road racer Avalon Biddle in 2016. Orewa based Avalon attended Pinehurst School and Massey University and has raced motorcycles since age six with North Harbour mini motocross club, Avalon took to road racing at age 13 and hasn’t looked back. In 2012, at age 19, Avalon first moved overseas spending seven months racing in the prestigious Italian Championship which was her first experience in Europe.

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Despite many mishaps and financial difficulties over the past five years she has continued to race both at home in New Zealand and also at the European level, spending more than half the year living by herself in Europe to further her dreams. The hard work paid off in 2015 as Avalon had her most successful year yet; winning the New Zealand Superlite (450cc) championship, the European Women’s Cup and she was asked to race for Moriwaki at the Suzuka Endurance event. 2016 is looking even better for Avalon, she is leading the Women’s Cup once again, and achieving magnificent results against the boys in the European Junior Cup – taking a career best eighth place finish in Misano Adriatico, Italy, in the middle of the year.

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Avalon currently races in the European Junior Cup and European Women’s Cup as a stepping stone to her goal of racing professionally in World Supersport. The European Junior Cup, support class to the MOTUL FIM Superbike World championship, races at eight of the European rounds of the Championship and is open to 14 to 24 year old male and female competitors. With the young riders from 23 nations competing on identically prepared Honda CBR 650F machinery, the European Junior Cup is regularly one of the most exciting and close fought races of the weekend. "My goal is to be the first woman to race in the World 600cc championship,” says Avalon. “This is a grueling production racing class filled with the best professional men in the world. I also aim to continue racing at home to inspire other young racers and women, coaching them so others can follow in my European/World Championship success." Road Racing is an open gender sport – and currently the only form of motorcycling with no Women’s specific World Championship. The past two years racing in the FIM European Women’s Cup is the only time in her career Avalon has been recognised for being a female in a male dominated sport, despite still racing amongst the boys, females score points for the Women’s Cup alongside the European Junior Cup. If she is to reach her goal of racing in the World 600cc Championships she will be the only female to ever do so. "Racing amongst the best men in the world is my goal and I hope to show what women can achieve. Not just there to make up numbers but to compete with the best in the world! "I work closely with the FIM (International Motorcycle Federation) to develop the sport for females, and we hope that within the next five years there will be a world championship for women. However, in the meantime my goals remain firmly in racing in the Open-Gender open-age World 600cc Championship. "The sport is biased towards men due to the heavy weight of the motorcycle and the high levels of aggression required but I know with the right attitude and work ethic I can continue to achieve this world standard." The World Superbike paddock is the pinnacle of production motorcycle racing in the world. With factory teams from Ducati, Yamaha, Kawasaki, MV Agusta, Aprilia and BMW, this series races bikes equivalent to what customers can buy for street use. The series began in 1988 and since then has gained a huge worldwide following, now televised in more than 30 countries. World Supersport events attract over 30,000 spectators throughout a weekend, targeting a market of highly passionate and active fans from all over the world. Motorsport enthusiasts make up the large portion of this demographic.

AB: Did you enjoy the evening? AB: It was amazing! The room decor took my breath away and I couldn't stop taking photos. I also really enjoyed meeting members of the club and fellow recipients. AB: What will you be using the funds for? AB: To help me get back to racing overseas again next year, hopefully in Europe or Asia. AB: What will you be doing in 2017? AB: From January to March I will be racing the New Zealand Superbike Championship in the 600cc Supersport class. This is against the best male riders in the country and is going to be tough! After this we are planning on heading back to Europe but still trying to find the budget to do so. AB: What are your long term goals/ambitions? AB: To be the first female to race full time in World Supersport (the World Championship for 600cc machines). This is run at World Superbikes and the highest level of the sport for my category. AB: Any advice for others following in your foot steps? AB: Always work harder than you think you need to. Winning is the name of the game but it's never enough, you have to constantly work on being the full package both on and off the track. AB: Complete the following – In 10 years time I want to be.... AB: Mentoring other young riders coming through the New Zealand racing scene. As the recipient of the NORTH HARBOUR CLUB AIMES JUDGES SPECIAL AWARD Avalon Biddle received $15,000. n

We put these questions to Avalon for Northside in December 2016, just a few weeks after she received her AIMES Award. AIDAN BENNETT: What does winning the AIMES Award mean to you? AVALON BIDDLE: It is something really special for me because it means that Motorcycling is being recognised by the general public, who don't necessarily understand much about the sport. It's such an exciting spectacle & would be great to get more interest in New Zealand. Its also means local people are helping me achieve my goals on the world stage which is very special too.

Avalon Biddle (centre) with North Harbour Club AIMES Judging Panel Chair Andrea Davies (left) and President Aidan Bennett.

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AIMES AWARDS JUDGING

Members of the 2016 Junior Excellence Awards judging panel, from left: Fay Mason, Sue Stanaway (Chair), Catherine Lamb and Gary Simpson.

AIMES AWARDS JUDGING CHALLENGING BUT VERY REWARDING! One of the toughest yet most rewarding tasks on the North Harbour Club calendar is judging the annual AIMES Awards. In 2016 that involved considering 150 applications, before finally settling on seven AIMES Award recipients, seven AIMES Emerging Talent Award recipients and six Junior Excellence Award recipients from applicants aged 13 years or younger. In 2015 the decision was taken to establish two different panels. One panel to judge the AIMES and Emerging Talent Awards and a separate panel to judge the Junior Excellence Awards. In 2016 these judging panels were led by Andrea Davies (Campus Registrar at Massey University Albany and North Harbour Club Trustee) and Sue Stanaway (General Manager of Bayleys Foundation and former North Harbour Club Trustee) respectively. “The process is pretty slick,” explained Andrea Davies, when quizzed on how they consider the growing number of applications for AIMES Awards. “The judges do a great deal of reading of all applications and the accompanying documentation. After this we come together to establish a shortlist. We then interview each of these candidates on the shortlist and really enjoy meeting each of them. It is their opportunity to convey face to face – in person or via Skype if they are overseas – why they believe they are worthy of an AIMES Award.” Many North Harbour Club trustees and members have been involved in the judging process over the 21 years of the club’s

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existence and they always say it is a humbling experience, meeting amazingly talented and driven young people. “The standard was once again very high in 2016,” adds Sue Stanaway. “It is a thrill that the overall number of applicants have increased over the past two years in both the AIMES and Junior categories. I really enjoyed working with the youngsters. Those we chose to receive awards were exceptional and many who missed were not too far behind and will undoubtedly go on to feature in future years.” AIMES and Emerging Talent Awards Judges for 2016 were:Andrea Davies (Chair); Mike Stanley (CEO, AUT Millennium); Maree Laurent (Cultural Partnerships Director, Regional Facilities Auckland); Dean Flyger (Sports Director, Westlake Girls High School) Andrew McDonald (Doctor and previous AIMES Award recipient 2008/2010/2012) Sherida Penman-Walters (Principal, Pinehurst School). Junior Excellence Awards Judges for 2016 were:Sue Stanaway (Chair); Gary Simpson (Partner, Simpson Western Lawyers and North Harbour Club Trustee) Fay Mason (retired school principal); Catherine Lamb (former GM of North Harbour Club), Sherida Penman-Walters (Principal, Pinehurst School). For information about the 2017 Awards visit: www.northharbourclub.co.nz. n

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BELLINGHAM WALLACE AIMES EMERGING TALENT AWARDS 2016

EMERGING TALENT AWARD RECIPIENTS 2016

EMMA LANE (19) DANCER/SINGER

AIMES Emerging Talent Award Winner 2016 Emma is currently studying in London at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. The focused and goal driven Torbay Dancer/Singer attended Torbay Primary, Northcross Intermediate and Westlake Girls High School. She says as far back as she can remember there have always been two things that she has been passionate about – physical fitness (either in sport or dance) and a determination to achieve something on a world stage. “When I was little I always wanted to go to the Olympics but for the past few years this has changed to dance.” At Torbay Primary she played a lot of different sports. She was good enough to get into North Harbour Touch teams and to be House Captain and receive the Top Sportsperson Award. At Northcross Intermediate she tried everything and achieved in Netball, Touch and Basketball. In year eight she received a Special Service to the School Award for being involved in so many sports. Her progression to Westlake Girls was primarily with sport in mind and she was chosen for the New Zealand Under 15 Girls Touch team. Despite this dance was starting to become more and more important to her. At the age of four Emma began performing, doing ballet and then contemporary dance with the Marian McDermott School of Dance in Torbay. A place where she has performed in numerous shows over the years. “When I was 15 I made the incredibly difficult decision to give up my sport and concentrate on my dance,” explained Emma when making her AIMES Award application. “Although dance is good for a sportsperson’s body, the reverse isn’t true and I had to make a choice.” Emma was fortunate enough to audition and make it into One Step Beyond, an acclaimed youth dance company based in Torbay. The Company has featured at many Auckland events such as Tempo Dance Festival and You Dance, where as well as performing Emma has been able to choreograph works too. She has also attended workshops with NZ School of Dance and Black Grace and attended Summer School with Okareka Dance Company – from whom she was lucky enough to win a return scholarship. “In 2014 One Step Beyond was invited to attend the Commonwealth Youth Dance Festival in Glasgow, the only New Zealand Company to attend this event which showcased dancers from all over the Commonwealth as part of the lead up to the Commonwealth Games. We were also lucky enough to take part in a flash mob in the Glasgow central railway station that was featured on BBC news as well as Big Dance – a simultaneous dance piece featuring dancers who danced in the streets of Glasgow, Trafalgar Square and outside the Sydney Opera House at the same time.

When I was 15 I made the incredibly difficult decision to give up my sport and concentrate on my dance… Although dance is good for a sportsperson’s body, the reverse isn’t true and I had to make a choice. “It was while attending workshops with dancers there, and afterwards in London that my dream to attend a really top international dance school took root, and when I returned I decided to take a chance and audition for some of the schools in the United Kingdom. You can imagine my joy when I got into my dream school.” Emma started to study fulltime dance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London in September last year. She is only the second New Zealander to do so. “As you can imagine as a 17 year old and having lived in Auckland on the North Shore my entire life knowing everyone and everything, suddenly moving to London by myself has been extremely hard. I believe this past year has not only helped me tremendously with my dancing but has also allowed me to grow so much. The life skills and knowledge I have gained being by myself in such a big city.” “I have been exposed to a whole new world of contemporary dance this year. Trinity Laban has helped me to improve my technique as a performer and creativity as a choreographer as well as introducing me to other talented students and teachers.” Once Emma has completed her studies the dream is to dance in an international company but also one day to return to New Zealand and open her own dance school. “After being exposed to the world of contemporary dance in London for a year now I am even more inspired to bring back what I have learnt to New Zealand. Emma Lane received a North Harbour Club Emerging Talent Award (sponsored by Bellingham Wallace) and a grant of $5000. n

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ANDREW COSHAN (23) SINGER/DANCER/ACTOR AIMES Emerging Talent Award Winner 2016

Former Takapuna Grammar student Andrew Coshan is currently studying at the Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). With 20 places a year available, and an average of 500 applicants from all over the world, this is a huge achievement. Andrew follows in the footsteps of previous North Harbour Club AIMES Emerging Talent Award recipient Joel Granger, who graduated recently from WAAPA. Andrew was brought up in Narrowneck and attended Belmont Primary and Intermediate Schools before going to Takapuna Grammar. He is the only New Zealand student who gained acceptance to WAAPA this year and says he wears that badge with pride. WAAPA has the best musical theatre course in the southern hemisphere and is renowned all over the world. Notable graduates include Hugh Jackman and Tim Minchin. Before going to WAAPA, Andrew had performed in many leading New Zealand musical theatre productions. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat, Les Miserables, Hairspray, Mamma Mia and Phantom of the Opera. “When I finish my remaining two years at WAAPA, I graduate at the end of 2018, I plan to move over to Melbourne where most of the Australian professional musical theatre agents and companies operate.” Says Andrew. “I plan to work in professional musical theatre. After this I hope to have obtained enough work to have a healthy resume to back me up while I try to take on West End in London, or Broadway in New York. My long term plan is to return to New Zealand where I will share my teachings, experiences and talents with New Zealand youth, teaching them how to succeed in the musical theatre world.” Since applying for an AIMES Award Andrew has achieved further things at WAAPA. In the first WAAPA show run of 2017, the second year Music Theatre students are doing the play “Lord of the Flies” and Andrew was recently cast as the lead antagonist, Jack. Andrew has been generously flown home from Perth, Australia by Air New Zealand. Andrew Coshan received a North Harbour Club Emerging Talent Award (sponsored by Bellingham Wallace) and a grant of $5000. n

SCOTT WILSON (21)

MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING AIMES Emerging Talent Award Winner 2016 21 year old Massey University student Scott Wilson is a passionate and driven Mechatronics Engineering student who loves the potential technology has for our lives. He loves to create innovative solutions to ultimately improve people’s lives around the world. He’s a high academic achiever. At Orewa

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College he passed NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3 with excellence and these high marks have continued at Massey University as he has been on the Pro Vice Chancellors Merit List for 2013, 2014, and 2015. In addition, his current grade in his Engineering with Honours degree is an A+ average. Scott says this is all giving him a good platform to start a successful career in Product Development Engineering. “I have undertaken a number of projects in my Engineering degree to date. However, my interest in technology and how we can use technology to make the world a better place has been around for a very long time. From expressing my dream to be an ‘inventor’ from the age of seven, I am now chasing that dream.” In 2009, at the Year 10 Science Fair at Orewa College, Scott designed an electric car that uses wind turbines to recharge the batteries, winning a top of class award. This design would make electric cars much more user friendly by increasing the distance travelled before recharge and would reduce the carbon footprint of cars altogether. His current research project for his final year of his degree is investigating the use of Audio feedback for upper limb amputees to restore the sense of touch. When an amputee loses a limb, they not only lose the motor function of that limb, but they also lose the sensation of touch. This touch sensation is necessary for successfully performing everyday tasks with the hands, without relying on vision. The use of audio feedback is his current area of research and he has been processing results to see how we can better capture how people listen, to then provide the best information to the amputee. Other notable projects throughout his Engineering degree have incuded:A smart watch for people who work alone, a very real safety issue for a number of professions. The watch monitors the person’s vital signs and can automatically alert emergency services to the user’s location in case of emergency. An autonomous, four wheeled robot platform for towing a spray unit around a paddock. The spray unit is designed to detect where a cow has urinated and then sprays the urine rich area to spread out the nitrogen in the soil. This helps reduce the nitrogen from the urine getting into the water table and damaging the environment. “Over 2015/2016 summer I interned at Fisher and Paykel Healthcare working on a new humidifier product that will improve reliability and comfort for patients requiring humidified breathing assistance. I was attracted to that job due to its impact and commitment to improving people’s, in particular, patients’ lives. The products are meaningful and not just designed to make money.” Scott also loves his sport. He is president of the Massey University Albany Rugby Club. In 2015, the club won the Best Sports Club Award at Massey University Albany. “My future aspirations in Engineering are to undertake a research based Masters of Engineering Degree and then begin a career in innovative, meaningful Engineering. My overall aim is to use engineering to improve lives, and use innovative technology to solve some of the problems we face today.” Since applying for an AIMES Award Scott has also heard that his paper on ‘Audio Sensory Substitution for Human-in-the-loop Force Feedback of Upper Limb Prosthetics’ has been accepted for presentation at the 23rd International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP2016), held in Nanjing, China. Scott Wilson received a North Harbour Club Emerging Talent Award (sponsored by Bellingham Wallace) and a grant of $5000. n

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JACKY SIU (20) MUSICIAN/CELLIST

AIMES Emerging Talent Award Winner 2016 Since applying for the AIMES awards back in early August, 20 year old former Westlake Boys student Jacky Siu has had an extremely busy few months. At the end of August, he completed a six-month Fellowship for the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra – one of two leading orchestras in New Zealand. Just a week later, in early September, he completed his Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours at the University of Waikato. He was required to complete an accelerated Honours year in anticipation for his Masters of Music commencing in the middle of September, in London. When we caught up with him in mid-October he had spent a month as a full-time Masters student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama – an institution which ranks ninth worldwide amongst every arts and performance-based institution at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels. Jacky was awarded a scholarship worth $20,000 to complete a specially designed Masters degree at Guildhall in London. “Since being at Guildhall, I have been taking lessons with world-class performers and professors; played alongside members of the London Symphony Orchestra,” reported Jacky. "I have performed in such venues as the Barbican Centre and am fully immersing myself in the rich culture that is available in London. Although I am in a very different place to New Zealand, I always feel a strong connection to home and am always proud to tell everyone where I was brought up. It is a great honour to receive an AIMES Award from a wonderful organisation which has been recognizing success for over 20 years." In 1997, Jacky and his family immigrated to New Zealand in search of a more liberating lifestyle and education system. They settled down on the Shore and after 18 years have all developed a strong connection with this area. Jacky’s first introduction to music came from a local music centre in Birkdale, where he began Saturday morning cello lessons. “My strong connection to the North Shore has been strengthened by the fond memories I have made here through my performances. I always felt like I owed something back to the community that brought me up so during my (Westlake) high school years I proactively looked for ways to perform in public. These included performing at cultural events, music festivals, casual gigs and rest homes. These were all vital in building my confidence as a performer and at age 16 I was awarded a full scholarship to study at the University of Waikato under James Tennant.” Jacky has been Associate Principal Cellist of the National Youth Orchestra, Principal Cellist of the Auckland Youth Orchestra, finalist in the University of Waikato Concerto Competition, winner of the University of Waikato Chamber Music Competition and a recipient of two Performing Arts Blues Awards. He was a founding member of the cello quartet ‘QUATTRO’ which won the Pettman/Royal Overseas League Chamber Music Scholarship in 2014. As part of the award, he completed a concert tour of the UK, playing in such venues as St Martin’s in the Fields. During the tour, he received lessons from Gregor Horsch, Enrico Bronzi and the Kuss Quartet. As a soloist, he has played at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Lake District

Summer School Festival. Other highlights for Jacky include performing a four-concert tour of the Shostakovich Cello Concerto No.1 as the winner of the Auckland Youth Orchestra Soloist Competition. Most recently, Jacky has been selected as an annual Fellow for both the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and New Zealand Symphony Orchestras. Through these programmes he has been receiving contract work with the best orchestras in the country and learning how to be a true professional at his craft. “Eventually I want to find my way back home, to work for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and teach at a University.” Jacky Siu received a North Harbour Club Emerging Talent Award (sponsored by Bellingham Wallace) and a grant of $5000. n

ALEXIA HILBERTIDOU (17) SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AIMES Emerging Talent Award Winner 2016

17-year-old Albany Senior High School student Alexia Hilbertidou is the founder and CEO of GirlBoss, an organisation with one key mission in mind - to inspire, empower and equip New Zealand girls to become the change makers of the future. GirlBoss encourages girls to:- Embrace male-dominated STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) fields; Develop their leadership and entrepreneurial skills; Connect with other like-minded youth; Aid and enable their communities. It’s aimed at supporting young women from 13 to 18 years old into STEM careers. “My vision is to see New Zealand young women embrace STEM, leadership, and business so that they can become the changemakers of the future,” explained Alexia in her AIMES Awards application. “Gender equality will enable us to out educate, out innovate, out build, the rest of the world resulting in greater economic success for New Zealand as a whole. This aspiration is the result of my own experiences. At 14 I was the only girl in my school’s tech team. At 16 I was the only girl in my Digital Technology class and now, at 17 I am the only girl taking Advanced Physics at my school. My isolation inspired me to create a community of ambitious young women and to advocate for gender equity in STEM and other fields.” This year Alexia organised a two-day GirlBoss conference that had 380 attendees and 27 speakers – including Dr. Michelle Dickinson aka Nanogirl, Labour MP Jacinda Adern as well as Anna Curzon, and Theresa Gattung. The event was such a success that Alexia plans to take the event to Wellington and Christchurch early next year. GirlBoss is one of New Zealand’s largest organisations for young women it has 1000 members and 40 GirlBoss Ambassadors in 20 schools in both Auckland and Wellington. Alexia is also collaborating with Xero to encourage under presented youth into STEM through GirlBoss “Coding with Xero” Classes. She has secured sponsorship from Xero (who provide teachers and devices) and is currently working with The Ministry for Pacific Peoples and the Auckland Girls Grammar Pasifika Parents Network to have coding classes for Maori and Pasifika young women. She led the first class of 30 young women in September. Another Alexia initiative, The GirlBoss Leadership Day, was held

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recently and inspired 50 New Zealand young women from across the country. The day involved intensive mentorship with The Global Women Network, Xero Software Engineers, Beca Engineers, and Auckland Mayoral Candidate: Chloe Swarbrick. “I pitched this event to both Xero and Orion Health and was able to get sponsorship so that the event was only $10 and hence any girl could attend regardless of their socioeconomic background.” During the year Alexia has also launched Teaching“Online Design” (website making) classes for 30 year seven and eight students at Albany Junior High School. “The classes are conducted an hour a week and I have specifically targeted this age group to encourage them into STEM before they choose their high school subjects. I ensure that the classes are a safe space where attendees feel supported and included. Early classes of this initiative saw real progress and transformation in the students.” Clearly, young Alexia is not one to stand still for too long. She has also founded KaiShare (www.kaishare.co.nz), an online platform which allows organisations with excess food to notify food banks. KaiShare won the 2015 Unitec App Competition (first place worth $30,000) and has been successfully implemented in Pak N Save Ormiston and Countdown Roselands. Alexia is currently working with Goodman Fielder to implement KaiShare in over 100 supermarkets throughout Auckland and ensure all their excess chilled foods are donated to those in need. In early October Alexia’s efforts were also rewarded nationally when she was presented with the Westpac Women of Influence Young Leader award, given to the most influential woman in New Zealand under 25.

My vision is to see New Zealand young women embrace STEM, leadership, and business so that they can become the changemakers of the future, Alexia is currently in her final year of high school. Her aim is to take a gap year in 2017 to focus on her organisation. This will include touring the country and establishing Tech and Leadership Workshops for young people throughout New Zealand. Alexia Hilbertidou received a North Harbour Club Emerging Talent Award (sponsored by Bellingham Wallace) and a grant of $5000. n

KATE (18) & GRETA (16) STEWART YACHTING AIMES Emerging Talent Award Winner 2016 In a first for the North Harbour Club an AIMES Award has been made jointly in 2016 to sisters, Kate and Greta Stewart. For the past two years the Stewart sisters have been turning heads in the yachting world in the super competitive 29er Class.

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Kate and Greta grew up on the Shore, attending Vauxhall Primary and Kristin School. They are now sailing for New Zealand around the world and are currently based in Bermuda. Kate Stewart was a New Zealand Yachting Emerging Talent Winner in 2014. In that year she won the prestigious P-Class Tauranga Cup event, becoming only the second female to ever win this cup, with Lesley Egnot being the other. The trophy, which with the Tanner Cup is the top prize in P-Class sailing, has been held by some of the country’s greats, including Chris Dickson, Dean Barker and Ray Davies. In doing so she won the honour of representing North Harbour in the prestigious Tanner Cup in 2013. Kate had previously represented New Zealand internationally in the Optimist class (North American Champs in Bermuda in 2013). At the time international yachting media had this to say... “Kate, who turned 16 in September, is one of the hottest young talents in sailing taking 1st place in the prestigious Tauranga Cup for P-Class sailors. She goes down in history as the second female ever to have won the Tauranga Cup.” Younger sister Greta also had a strong Tauranga Cup regatta in 2014, finishing ninth overall. She followed this up with a third place at the Tauranga Cup in 2015, also winning the honour of representing North Harbour in the prestigious Tanner Cup, in 2015. She has also represented New Zealand internationally in the Optimist class at the European Championship in Ireland in 2014. The sisters have gone on to team up in the 29er Class and have already tasted success that has seen them recently rewarded by Yachting New Zealand in the 2016 Volvo Yachting Excellence Awards. They have been awarded a joint Yachting New Zealand Youth Performance Award which will be presented in late November at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. This is the second national award to Kate Stewart. In 2014 she was the winner of Yachting New Zealand’s Aon Emerging Talent Award, becoming the first female to take the honour. The sisters tasted early international success when New Zealand won four medals at the 2015 ISAF Youth World Sailing Championships sailed in Langkawi, Malaysia. The report said: “The good news just keeps coming with sisters Kate and Greta Stewart, from the North Shore, moving up into third place, on equal points to second, but taking home the bronze medal on count-back. Responding well to the high pressure situation the girls sailed a phenomenal final race.” Kate and Greta have sailed out of both the Wakatere Boating Club (Narrowneck) and Murrays Bay Sailing Club. They are currently gaining valuable experience all over the world and are strong contenders for medals at world events and Olympics in the years to come. Kate & Greta Stewart achievements 2015/2016:2016 – USA 29er Nationals, June (Newport, Rhode Island) = 1st Girls; German 29er Nationals (July) = 5th Girls; 2016 Open Worlds July (Medemblik, Holland) = 6th Girls; North American 29er Champs, August (Kingston, Canada) = 1st Girls. 2015 – British 29er Nationals = 5th Girls; 2015 Open Worlds (Wales): 6th Girls; 2015 Top Girls at NZ Youth Trials; ISAF Youth Worlds Dec 2015 (Malaysia) = BRONZE MEDAL; Invited to attend USA Olympic Development Programme training in Miami (held about 4 times a year). Kate & Greta Stewart received a North Harbour Club Emerging Talent Award (sponsored by Bellingham Wallace) and a grant of $8000. n

FLORIDA FATANITAVAKE (18) RUGBY PLAYER

5 Big Questions…

AIMES Emerging Talent Award Winner 2016 Glenfield College sporting dynamo Florida Fatanitavake has set her long term goals as playing in the Rugby World Cup and Olympics. She has excelled at Rugby, Touch, Tag, Athletics and Netball and has been the Glenfield College Sportswomen of the Year for the past two years in a row. “I have been in sport since as long as I can remember from my early days at primary school to the present day,” explained Florida in her AIMES application. “It has long been a goal of mine to play sport at the highest level I possibly can. “Over the last two years I have chosen to focus on my chosen sport of Rugby. This has been hard as it has meant that I have had to withdraw some of my commitments in other sports at a representative level, however I continue to proudly represent my school in these pursuits.” Florida’s achievements, outlined below, have seen her represent her country in nine different teams and she is determined to continue on this path of representation towards her ultimate goal of competing at the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup and also the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. For the 15 a-side game Florida represents North Harbour in the FPC competition. “My goal is to represent my province with pride and seek further recognition from selectors and the TV audience so that I can be included in the New Zealand Black Ferns team for the 2016 Tour to London, England.” “In terms of the Seven’s, having been involved in the wider training group for the Rio Olympic Games, this has made me more determined than ever to board the plane to Tokyo in 2020.” In October there was a camp for selected players by the New Zealand Seven’s coaches and following this process Florida was aiming to be chosen in the squad for the Dubai Seven’s held in December. Florida’s achievements to date:Rugby – New Zealand Open Women’s 7’s Development Team 2015, 2016; New Zealand U18’s 7’s Team; 2016; Harbour Open Women’s 15’s FPC Team 2016; Harbour Open Women’s 7’s 2016; Harbour U18’s Women’s 15’s 2016; Harbour U18’s Women’s 7’s (National Champions – Captain) 2016. Tag – New Zealand U18’s Captain 2016; New Zealand Open Women’s World Cup Squad 2015; Greater Auckland Champions (Captain – Glenfield College) 2016; North Harbour U18’s Women’s Captain 2016; North Harbour U16’s (National Champions) 2015; New Zealand U18’s 2011, 2012. Touch – New Zealand U17’s 2015 and 2014; North Harbour U17’s 2015 and 2014. Netball – North Harbour A U17’s 2015; North Harbour A U15’s 2014. Athletics – North Harbour 100m Champion 2013, 2012, 2011; North Harbour Long Jump 3rd Place 2012 Glenfield College Sportswoman of the Year, 2014 and 2015. Florida Fatanitavake received a North Harbour Club Emerging Talent Award (sponsored by Bellingham Wallace) and development opportunities including training and equipment to the value of $5000. n

Kevin McLean Partner, Private Banking, BNZ 1. What do you love about living in the North Shore & North Harbour area? What we love most about living on the North Shore is the sense of living in a smaller community within close proximity to what has become a vibrant modern city. We love the proximity to lovely beaches, the wonderful choices for dining and entertainment, the fantastic schools and the sense of pride and achievement that is demonstrated by so many of our young people. 2. How did you come to be living in our little slice of paradise? I have spent most of my life living on the North Shore. Born in Birkenhead and went to school at Birkenhead Primary School, Northcote Intermediate School and Northcote College and later attended Massey University in Albany. 3. What is your favourite spot in the North Shore and North Harbour area? There are many favourite spots, but I guess one of our favorite’s is North Head on a sunny Sunday afternoon with fish and chips and a nice bottle of wine watching the boating activity on the Waitemata Harbour. 4. What is the one thing you feel we could do better as a region? I think we could do a lot more to attract innovative entrepreneurs to locate their businesses to the North Shore where there is an educated, talented and motivated workforce attracted to the many benefits of living and working here. There are some exciting new technology firms that already call the North Shore home, with some great ideas generated by the Grow North - Smart Innovation District initiative led by Massey University in conjunction with the local business community. We need local support and leadership to improve connectivity between the Universities, entrepreneurs, and investment capital to turn ideas into great businesses. 5. Complete the following… “On a typical sunny North Shore & North Harbour day of leisure I love to… ... walk from Takapuna beach to Milford beach around the rocks and have breakfast or just a coffee at one of the many wonderful cafes in Milford and Takapuna.” Kevin McLean is a North Harbour Club member. He is a Partner, Private Banking, at BNZ Partners North Shore and lives in Takapuna with his wife Barb. n

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JUNIOR AIMES AWARD RECIPIENTS 2016 SATINE FINER-NEUHAUSER (13) HENRY MENG (12) MUSICIAN/SINGER/ACTOR/DANCER PIANIST Junior AIMES Award 2016

At 13, Satine Finer-Neuhauser is passionate about the performing arts and aspires to pursue a career in music, theatre, and performance. The former Murrays Bay Intermediate and current Westlake Girls student began dancing at the age of two and fell in love with the theatre when she took to the Bruce Mason Centre stage in her first acting role at the age of four. Although classically trained in Ballet, Jazz, and American Tap, Satine has also experimented with Lyrical, Contemporary, and Hip Hop dance styles and considers herself an “all-rounder”. “My passion for music began when at the age of seven I started playing the fife,” explained Satine when making her award application. “My teacher (Mary O’Brien) said that I had a natural talent and encouraged me to learn to play the flute. Within my first year of playing, I entered the New Zealand Woodwind Competitions and won “Best Performance of a New Zealand Work” in the Primary/ Intermediate Class. I went on to win this title again the following year.” Satine successfully passed her Grade 5 ABRSM Flute exam in 2015 and at the time of application was preparing to sit her Grade 5 ABRSM Music Theory and Grade 6 ABRSM Flute exams. This year she has also begun learning to play the Piccolo. Satine has been singing from a very young age and has been under the tutelage of Janice Webb for the past two and a half years. She is currently preparing to sit her Grade 5 Trinity Singing exam. In addition to singing, flute and piccolo, Satine is also learning to play the guitar and piano, and aspires to learn music composition and song-writing. She also attends weekly drama classes and participates in local and youth theatre at every opportunity possible. Satine is in Westlake Girls premier choir (Cantare) and is a member of Westlake’s Symphonic Band and Flute Choir. At the tender age of ten, Satine developed Complex Regional Pain Syndrome – an incurable neurological condition which causes the patient to suffer from non-stop pain which is ranked higher than childbirth, cancer, and a limb amputation. Despite being unable to walk for seven months, Satine continued to play the flute. She was facing a lifetime of disability, however, against all odds, she surprised the medical profession by curing herself – and has since inspired dozens of others (both children and adults alike) to follow in her footsteps. Satine has been 100% free of pain for over two and a half years now and is living life to the absolute fullest. She won’t even let dyslexia prevent her from achieving academically as well as in her chosen field of the performing arts. When applying, Satine explained that she would put funds received towards her music studies, with the view to going on to tertiary level training in both flute and singing performance as well as music composition. Satine aspires to become a music teacher whilst continuing to pursue performance opportunities in all aspects of theatre. Satine Finer-Neuhauser received a North Harbour Club Junior Excellence Award (sponsored by Library Lane) and a grant of $3000. n

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13-year-old Henry Meng has attended Willow Park School, Forrest Hill School and is currently at Takapuna Normal Intermediate. He started his adventures in Piano, Improvisation and Composition when he was just four years old, playing an unnamed story that he had improvised. In the first competition that Henry entered, at the age of eight – the South Auckland Performing Arts Society competition – he came first. Henry entered playing a piece named ‘Gigue’ by Johann Sebastian Bach, which he would later find out was challenging for competitors two or three years older. In 2011 and 2012, Henry became involved in the Willow Park School Talent Quest. He was a finalist and claimed second place, up against other more popular types of presentations such as magicians and gymnasts. Henry says that he would have competed again in 2013... “except frankly no such competition existed”. “In 2013, I wrote my first Piano Concerto consisting of 10 types of instruments, around 45 if counting individual instruments,” explained Henry, when applying for his North Harbour Club Junior Excellence Award. “I received a Forrest Hill School Music Award at the end of 2014. A year later and it was Piano once again with my acceptance to the annual Forrest Hill Talent Show, receiving loud applause and some cheers after I performed. A symphony of 12 different types of instruments came a while later.” While at Intermediate School Henry has performed a concert at the Lewis Eady showroom featuring two of his best works. He has received no less than 13 awards at competitions. These have included – the Lang Lang New Zealand Youth Piano competition; North Shore Performing Arts Society competition; Hamilton Society competition. Some of these were achieved with a broken hammer inside his piano. “With $3000 (the award grant), not only could that hammer be fixed – and the sound produced returned to normal, but my future musical career could be further galvanised,” said Henry Meng at the end of his application. Henry Meng received a North Harbour Club Junior Excellence Award (sponsored by Library Lane) and indeed a grant of $3000. n

I received a Forrest Hill School Music Award at the end of 2014. A year later and it was Piano once again with my acceptance to the annual Forrest Hill Talent Show…

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RICO BEARMAN (13)

NADIA EVANS (12)

Junior AIMES Award 2016

BMX

13-year-old Rico Bearman of Greenhithe has already tasted international success on the world BMX stage and has firm ambitions to be the very best. Rico went to Oteha Valley Primary and currently attends Murrays Bay Intermediate. He says his long term goal is to be the best athlete and person that he can be. “Ultimately I would like to compete at the Olympics and not just be an athlete making up the numbers, I want to win a medal,” was the message young Rico detailed for judges with his application for this award. “I know there is a few years before I get to that level. My short term goal is to continue to compete at World Championships as much as I can.” Rico has been doing this already. Traveling to America and Australia to compete on their local circuits as part of the New Zealand Junior High Performance BMX squad. At the time of making the application he had just returned from a week training in Australia, and going forward he had the following planned:- Continue with personal trainer - travel required where possible to Tauranga for PT sessions, Track sessions, travel to Tulsa (USA) for one on one training with coaches for the USA Grand Nationals; travel to Wellington, New Plymouth and other parts of the country for various races/training; there was a trip scheduled to Australia in September, then racing in Nerang (Australia) in January 2017; planning was also under way for another trip to the USA before the Worlds in July 2017 (Rockhill, USA). “Until now, my parents have funded all my travel and expenses. Awarded funds would allow me to attend more international races that will benefit my riding as they race/train all year whereas the New Zealand season is only October through to April, making it hard to get racing in the lead up to the worlds in July.”

My short term goal is to continue to compete at World Championships… Rico Bearman – Achievements to date 4 X World BMX Champion; 8 X NZ National Bmx Champion; 4 x Nerang International winner (Australia); 1st Winter National (Arizona, USA): 1st Gator National (Florida, USA): 1st Cajun National (Louisanna, USA): 1st Vegas National (Las Vegas, USA); 1st Pine Rivers Classic (Australia): 1st NSW state titles ( Australia): 1st Nerang International (Australia); 1st Track attack (Melbourne, Australia ): 1st Mighty 11 Trans Tasman Series; Selected to be the New Zealand Captain for Trans Trasman Challenge against Australia 2014; Team SPEEDCO (USA) rider; Oteha Valley Primary School Sportsperson of the Year. Rico Bearman received a North Harbour Club Junior Excellence Award (sponsored by Library Lane) and a grant of $3000. n

ATHLETICS

12-year-old Northcross Intermediate student Nadia Evans has been setting athletic records all over the country for years. The Torbay Sprinter and Long Jumper clearly has a very bright future, with Commonwealth and Olympic Games medals in her sight. When aged just eight, the North Harbour Bays Cougars athlete unofficially broke the World Record for the long jump, achieving 4.23 metres in New Plymouth. Official records were not kept for those under 10, but 4.20m is believed to be the previous best. She repeated this as a nine year old (4.47m, 2cm clear of previous record). As a nine year old Nadia also broke the 60m, 100m and 200m Auckland sprinting records. As a 10 year old in 2014 she won eight medals across the North and South Island Colgate Games meets. At the North Island’s held in Wellington she won 100m, 200m, 400mm and the Long Jump Gold Medals and then repeated this at the South Island meet held in Dunedin. This is for athletes aged seven to 14 years. In doing so she set personal bests and broke Auckland records. In 2016 she received the Auckland Athlete of the Year for 11 years old’s. Included in her achievements was breaking a 31 year record for the 200 metres, recording a time of 26.61 seconds. During the 2015/2016 season Nadia also ran a personal best in the 100m of 12.88. She also won the Auckland Junior Pentathlon and represented Auckland against Australia in the Trans-Tasman Challenge and won Gold’s in the 100m, 200m and a Silver in the Long Jump. For a third time she also won the John Hamlin Trophy for the best performance at the North Island Colgate Games – winning Golds in 100m, 200m, 400m, Long Jump and 4x 100 Relay. “I would like to compete against the fastest girls in Australia in order to develop my skills further and push myself,” explained Nadia in her North Harbour Club Junior Excellence Award application. “I am currently the fastest girl in New Zealand in my age group and I feel that I would benefit from overseas competitions. If I was successful in winning an award I would put the funds towards coaching and attending important major competitions in New Zealand and Australia.” “I intend to continue my sprint training in the coming season with my coach Steve Erkkila. He is an excellent coach and brings out the best in me. I train twice a week as well as attending a club night and any weekend competitions.” Nadia’s times are fast enough to meet the qualifying standards for the under 14 age group for the Australian Junior Championships in March 2017. Nadia has set some solid goals. In the future she wants to become an Elite Athlete. She says she is willing to work hard to achieve these dreams and goals that include:- Being selected for major athletics champs around the world and win medals in Sprinting and Long Jump. The timeline she has set is 2021 (age 16) to go to World Youth Champs; 2022 (17/18) Junior Olympics and possibly Commonwealth Games; 2024 (19) World Junior Champs and possibly Olympics. Then through until 2036 her goal is to attend every Commonwealth and Olympic Games – six in all. Nadia Evans received a North Harbour Club Junior Excellence Award (sponsored by Library Lane) and indeed a grant of $3000. n

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DANIEL STODDART (13) GYMNAST

Junior AIMES Award 2016 Daniel Stoddart attended Red Beach Primary, Northcross Intermediate and is currently at Westlake Boys High School. His goal is to win an Olympic Gold Medal in Gymnastics. The 13-year-old North Harbour representative has been learning gymnastics since he was four years old. The dedicated youngster trains five days a week for 50 weeks of the year and attends camps every school holidays. This dedication to being the best he can be represents more than 1,000 hours each year. Daniel’s highlights to date have been winning New Zealand Nationals and representing New Zealand as the youngest member of the New Zealand Men’s team at both the 2014 Australian National Championships in Melbourne, and the 2015 Valerie Luikin Invitational in the USA. Another highlight for Daniel was being selected to be part of the New Zealand 360 Development Squad. There are six in the squad from around the country, aged 13-17. This squad meets regularly for training camps and is intended to become the New Zealand team for future Olympic and Commonwealth Games. “Gymnastics is a costly sport and we need to pay our own way in most aspects so it would help my family and me a lot to get an award,” explained Daniel when applying for the Junior Excellence Award. “It is planned that the 360 Squad will compete overseas again in the near future. This will be self-funded so the award grant will be greatly appreciated.” “My goals for the future are to win New Zealand national titles in the coming years, qualify for the Pacific Rim in 2017 (an under 18 gymnastics competition held every two years), compete in the Commonwealth Games in 2022, 2026 and in the Olympics in 2024 and 2028. By then I will be 25 years old and have my best chance to win a gold medal.” Daniel Stoddart’s results to date:2012 NZ Nationals (Level 4): All Around Champion; Floor 1st; Pommel 1st; Rings 2nd; Vault 3rd; Parallel Bars 1st; High Bar 1st. 2013 NZ Nationals (Level 5): All Around Champion; Floor 1st; Pommel 3rd; Rings 1st; Parallel Bars 1st; High Bar 1st. 2014 NZ Team for Australian Nationals, May 2014, Melbourne. 2014 NZ Nationals (Level 6): Floor 1st; Rings 1st; Vault 3rd; Parallel Bars 1st; High Bar 2nd. 2014 AIMS Intermediate School Tournament: 1st All Around; Gold Medal. 2015 NZ Secondary Schools Gymnastics A Grade: 2nd All Around. 2015 Selected for New Zealand Men’s Team to compete at the Valerie Lukin Invitational in the USA (Level 8): Floor 3rd. 2015 NZ Nationals (Level 7, Under 14 years): Floor 2nd; Pommel 2nd; Rings 2nd; Vault 2nd; Parallel Bars 2nd; High Bar 2nd; 2nd All Around. 2016 Mason Gillespie Championships (Level 8): 1st All Around. 2016 NZ Secondary Schools A Grade: 2nd All Around. 2016 NZ Nationals: to be held September-October 2016 in Invercargill. Daniel Stoddart received a North Harbour Club Junior Excellence Award (sponsored by Library Lane) and a grant of $3000. n

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NORTHCROSS KAPA HAKA GROUP SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY Junior AIMES Award 2016

Groups have won North Harbour Club AIMES/ Excellence Awards, but never one as big as Northcross Intermediate’s Kapa Haka Group. This is a group that is active in the community and consistently achieve at very high standards. Their efforts over many years are rewarded with a North Harbour Club Junior Excellence Award. The group involves a large number of students from different backgrounds and experiences. The children find that participation in the group enables them to experience Maori culture in a variety of contexts:- Te reo (language); Tikanga (correct ways); Kawa (processes and practices); Whanaungatanga (relationships); Mahi tahi (group work); Manaakitanga (support) and Aroha (love and care). “Kapa Haka is performed at the convergence between theatrical and the sporting, a disciplined display of artistry in song and dance, but also a vigorous competition for prizes and demonstration of physical and linguistic prowess,” explains Mark Jensen, the man often referred to as Northcross Intermediate’s awesome Kapa Haka Teacher. Recent achievements for the group have included performing at:Unveiling of the Waharoa (2012); the release of a CD Whakaaria Mai! (2013); 12 Community Performances (2014); Staging of ‘Parihaka’ School Production (2015). 2016 has been a step up again for the group, with these achievements being documented up until the time of applying for the award:- School powhiri; Performance for the Auckland North Shore Friendship Force; Murrays Bay Primary Cultural Festival; Opening performance at Inside/Outside Exhibition at Mairangi Arts Centre; Welcome performance for Japanese Cultural Exchange students; Evening of Dance performance at Northcross Intermediate; Performance at Discovery’s Play Centre, Constellation Drive; Performance at North Shore Play Centre. “In addition, Northcross Intermediate is currently collaborating with both Long Bay Primary and Long Bay College to develop more of a continuum and sharing of tikanga,” says Mark Jensen. “Through sharing of waiata, whakatauki and moteatea, we are hoping to allow for students to make meaningful transition through their schooling in the Bays, through their dedication and passion for Kapa Haka and our collective kaupapa.” Award funds will be directed into piu piu outfits for their roopu. They are also hoping to establish a regular gathering of the local schools, where a traditional hangi meal is a feature. The Northcross Kapa Haka Group received a North Harbour Club Junior Excellence Award (sponsored by Library Lane) and a grant of $3000. n

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2016 AIMES AWARDS GALA DINNER AT THE BRUCE MASON CENTRE The North Harbour Club’s annual AIMES Awards Gala Dinner is one of the regions highest profile social events. A gala night when a crowd of up to 500 gets dressed up to celebrate excellence achieved by fabulous young people of our region. In 2015 a crowd of over 600 attended the event held at The Langham Hotel in Auckland. The venue (formerly The Sheraton), was where the original club gala dinner was held during the first year of the club in 1995. For 2016, the AIMES Awards Gala Dinner returned to its spiritual home – the wonderful Bruce Mason Centre in Takapuna on Saturday November 12th. The sell-out crowd were treated to a superb evening of entertainment that included performances from AIMES Awards recipients. The evening took a ‘Rio’ theme, appropriate given the achievements of our youngsters at the 2016 Olympic Games, held in the South American city just a few months before. The ‘Rio Dancers and Drummers’ and ‘Banda Latina’ added to the colour and entertainment of the occasion. MC for the evening was North Harbour Club ambassador Shane Cortese, who sang and danced with the Rio Dancers during the evening. AIMES winners who performed included the Northcross Intermediate Kapa Haka Group (2016 Junior Excellence Award Winners), Andrew Coshan (2016 AIMES Emerging Talent Winner), Joel Granger (2016 AIMES Arts Winner) and Miller Christensen-Yule (2016 AIMES Music Winner). In 2016, 20 young people received AIMES Awards and grants to the value of $180,000. This brought the total level of grants the club has made to over $1.83 million. Seven AIMES Awards were presented at the AIMES Awards Gala Dinner at The Bruce Mason Centre on Saturday November 12th. A further seven AIMES Emerging Talent Awards and six Junior Excellence Awards were awarded at a cocktail function on Friday November 11th held at the same venue. n

Six of the seven 2016 AIMES recipients were at the gala dinner to accept their award. From left, Miller Christensen-Yule (Music), Joel Granger (the Arts), Eliza McCartney (Sport and Supreme award), Michael MacDonald (Education), Avalon Biddle (Judges Award), Joseph Bergin (Service to the Community).

The Rio Dancers.

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AIMES Supreme Award winner Eliza McCartney addresses the crowd.

North Harbour Club Patron Peter Menzies (right) joined President Aidan Bennett to present the AIMES Supreme Award to Eliza McCartney.

AWARDS GALA DINNER 2016

Joel Granger receiving his AIMES Arts Award from Maree Laurent of Auckland Live/Bruce Mason Centre and North Harbour Club President Aidan Bennett.

Miller Christensen-Yule receiving his AIMES Music Award from Haydon Mackenzie of sponsor Albany Toyota (right) and North Harbour Club President Aidan Bennett.

Shane Cortese singing with the Rio Dancers.

AIMES Emerging Talent Award recipient Andrew Coshan sang the national anthem.

Joe Bergin receiving his AIMES Service to the Community Award from John Twomey of sponsor ASB (right) and North Harbour Club President Aidan Bennett.

Motor cycle racer Avalon Biddle received the AIMES Judges Special Award from North Harbour Club President Aidan Bennett.

Michael MacDonald receiving his AIMES Education Award from Tim Oughton, Executive Principal of sponsor Kristin School (right) and North Harbour Club President Aidan Bennett.

The AIMES Innovation Award was accepted for Sian Simpson (who is based overseas) by her mother Rosanna. It was presentated by Professor Peter Lineham of sponsor Massey University (right) and North Harbour Club President Aidan Bennett.

A big colourful crowd!

Eliza McCartney was presented with the AIMES Sport Award by Mike Stanley of sponsor AUT Millennium (right) and North Harbour Club President Aidan Bennett.

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LIBRARY LANE JUNIOR EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS 2016

CELEBRATING JUNIOR EXCELLENCE!

NORTH HARBOUR CLUB JUNIOR EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2016 The North Harbour Club introduced the Junior Excellence Awards to the AIMES Awards programme in 2015, recognising excellence being achieved by young folk in the region aged between 10 and 13 years old. Previously the awards had only covered from age 14 through to 25 years old. The 2016 North Harbour Club Junior Excellence Awards were held in conjunction with the AIMES Emerging Talent Awards with a cocktail function at the Bruce Mason Centre on Friday November 11th, the night preceding the AIMES Awards Gala Dinner. The Junior Excellence Awards are sponsored by NZ Force Construction and their Library Lane development. Director Sky Cai is a member of the North Harbour Club. Sky was on hand to present the awards along with North Harbour Club Life Member Gary Monk. The award recipients were announced by Sue Stanaway, Chair of the Junior Excellence Awards Judging committee. In 2016 six Junior Excellence Awards were presented to:- Satine Finer-Neuhauser (Musician/Singer/Actor/Dancer); Henry Meng (Pianist); Rico Bearman (BMX); Nadia Evans (Athletics); Daniel Stoddart (Gymnastics); Northcross Kapa Haka Group (Cultural Entertainment). Each recipient received their award and a grant of $3000. n

2016 Junior Excellence Award winners with Sky Cai of sponsor Library Lane (left) and North Harbour Club President Aidan Bennett (right).

A large crowd were in attendance.

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Nadia Evans was presented with her Junior Excellence Award by Sky Cai (Library Lane) and North Harbour Club Life Member Gary Monk.

LIBRARY LANE JUNIOR EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS 2016

Daniel Stoddart was presented with his Junior Excellence Award by Sky Cai (Library Lane) and North Harbour Club Life Member Gary Monk.

2015 Junior Excellence Award winner Jaden Movold addressed the crowd prior to the award presentations.

Northcross Intermediate Kapa Haka Group gave a stunning performance.

Junior Excellence Awards Judging Chair Sue Stanaway.

Northcross Kapa Haka Group members with their Junior Excellence Award and Gary Monk (North Harbour Club Life Member), Sky Cai (of Sponsor Library Lane) and North Harbour Club President Aidan Bennett.

Satine Finer-Neuhauser received her Junior Excellence Award from Sky Cai (Library Lane) and North Harbour Club Life Member Gary Monk.

Rico Bearman with his Junior Excellence Award and Gary Monk (North Harbour Club Life Member), Sky Cai (of Sponsor Library Lane) and North Harbour Club President Aidan Bennett.

Junior Excellence Award recipient Satine Finer-Neuhauser performed a lovely piece.

Henry Meng was presented with his Junior Excellence Award by Sky Cai (Library Lane) and North Harbour Club Life Member Gary Monk.

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BELLINGHAM WALLACE AIMES EMERGING TALENT AWARDS 2016

2016 AIMES Emerging Talent Award recipients.

AIMES EMERGING TALENT RECOGNISED

2016 AIMES EMERGING TALENT AWARDS PRESENTATIONS Back in 2007, due to the growing number of high calibre applications, on the recommendation of the judging panel, the North Harbour Club decided to introduce a 'second tier' element to the AIMES Awards programme. This became know as the AIMES Emerging Talent Awards. These awards recognised those applicants who hadn't quite achieved the ultimate award, but whom the judges believed were worthy of support to encourage them in their careers and to come back and apply again. Many AIMES Emerging Talent Award recipients have done just that. In fact, three of the past five AIMES Supreme Award Winners â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Eliza McCartney, Ben Sanders, Lydia Ko â&#x20AC;&#x201C; have all won AIMES Emerging Talent Awards before winning AIMES Awards. These awards are sponsored by leading accountancy firm Bellingham Wallace. Partners of the firm include former President of the North Harbour Club Matthew Bellingham and current trustee Mike Atkinson. The 2016 AIMES Emerging Talent Awards were presented (along with the Junior Excellence Awards) at a cocktail function held on the first floor of the Bruce Mason Centre on Friday November 11th. Awards were presented on the evening by Matthew Bellingham and North Harbour Club Vice President Phil Brosnan to:- Andrew Coshan (Actor/Dancer/Singer); Scott Wilson (Mechatronics Engineer); Alexia Hibertidou (for Community Service) and Florida Fatanitavake (Rugby Player). Other recipients who were overseas and unable to attend were:- Jacky Siu (Musician/Cellist), Kate and Greta Stewart (Yachties) and Emma Lane (Dancer/Singer). Emma's award was accepted by her father. Each recipient received their award and a grant of $5,000. n

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BELLINGHAM WALLACE AIMES EMERGING TALENT AWARDS 2016

Andrew Coshan with his AIMES Emerging Talent Award and Aaron Wallace, Mike Atkinson and Matthew Bellingham of sponsor Bellingham Wallace.

AIMES Judging Chair Andrea Davies announced the award winners.

Alexia Hibertidou was presented with her award by Matthew Bellingham (Bellingham Wallace) and North Harbour Club Vice President Phil Brosnan (right).

Scott Wilson was presented with his award by Matthew Bellingham (Bellingham Wallace) and North Harbour Club Vice President Phil Brosnan (right).

Florida Fatanitavake with her AIMES Emerging Talent Award and Mike Atkinson, Matthew Bellingham and Aaron Wallace of sponsor Bellingham Wallace.

Andrew Coshan entertained the audience.

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PEOPLE AT THE AWARDS 2016 AIMES AWARDS GALA DINNER

Adam Wood, Lisa, Blair, Jan, Forres, Runa, Kevin and Nicola McPheat.

Peter White, Gary and Lesley Monk, Jayne White.

Grant Kerr, Maggie Barry, Joseph Bergin and Joan Finlayson.

Trevor Stanaway, Beulah Thomson, Steph Banks, Sue Stanaway.

Graham and Kathryn Collie.

Les Christensen, Bana and Niki Manoa, Phil Yule, Shane Manoa, Elliott Christensen-Yule, Surita Manoa.

Jo Rowles, Sarah Andrews, Joel Andrews, Georgia Glover.

James Mortimer, Cam Calkoen, Jayne and Peter White.

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Dave and Andrew Coshan, Patrice and Louise de Marigny.

Jonathan and Sandra Coleman

Michelle Bennett, Joan Finlayson, Jayne White, Katherine Finlayson.

Peter and MIchelle Wall, Amber and Bronson Arter.

PEOPLE AT THE AWARDS 2016

Matthew and Tarryn Bellingham.

Mark and Jennie Jago, Gary and Diane Simpson.

Ken and Sue Noble, Margaret and Brian Hight.

Jugdis and Julie Parbhu.

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Front - Maria Evans, Nadia Evans, Sharna Evans, Ann Smith; Back - Liz Cook, Mike Evans, Steve Erkkila.

Sherida Penman Walters, Fay Mason, Sue Stanaway.

Phil Stoddart, Natalie Stoddart, Daniel Stoddart, Caroline Spencer, Sue Spencer, John Spencer.

Phil Brosnan, Gary Monk, Wendy and Hugh Stedman.

Aidan Bennett, Satine Finer-Neuhauser, Tony Oudshoorn, Franciska Neuhauser.

Karen Wilson, Paul Wilson, Scott Wilson, Caitlin Mowett, Nicole Wilson, Alex Wilson.

Christie Parkin, Sue Stanaway.

Michelle Fan, Zhiming Li, Sky Cai.

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NORTH HARBOUR CLUB AIMES WINNERS NETWORK

Takapuna, May: Jon, Amy Smith, Aidan Bennett, Christie Parkin.

San Francisco: Phil Brosnan, Nodira Koussainova, Aidan Bennett, Sian Simpson, Gary Monk, Richard Stebbing.

San Francisco: AIMES Alumni Nodira Koussainova (second from left) with Lesley Monk, Laura Burton and Sarah Greenway.

Takapuna, May: Nigel Bartlett, Neil and Lise Movold, Harry Bartlett, Tom Ashley.

Takapuna, November: Sherida Penman-Walters, Avalon Biddle, Travis.

Takapuna, November: Anna-Louise Herzog, Lina Kim.

YEAR TWO FOR WINNERS NETWORK As a result of the AIMES Awards being held since 1995 we now have our ‘alumni’ (AIMES Awards recipients) based all around the globe doing wonderful things. The total number is approaching 300. We now call this alumni group our ‘AIMES Winners Network’, an initiative that was formally established in 2014. The winners network got a real boost at that time when leading local law firm Simpson Western Lawyers agreed to provide sponsorship. The desire of the trustees was to establish a programme that ensures we stay in touch with the young people we have rewarded with AIMES Awards in the belief that a whole range of positive things would come from this improved communication. “For a long time we have conveyed a message to our AIMES recipients that the providing of the award and the attached funds is just the start of their relationship with the club,” says North Harbour Club Life Member and former Trustee Gary Monk, who is also on the AIMES Winners Network steering committee. “We want to take an interest in their career progress, ensure they continue to communicate and interact with members and fellow

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alumni, and stay involved with the club during their career. It is a real thrill that we now see some of our alumni coming back as members and AIMES Award judges. We see having a strong alumni and network as hugely important for the future of the North Harbour Club.” Dima Ivanov (AIMES IT, Innovation and Science Award 2006) and Cam Calkoen (AIMES Service to the Community 2006 and 2009) are two alumni who are giving back to the club as members, and also by leading the AIMES Winners Network as members of the steering committee, along with Gary Monk, trustee Gary Simpson and President Aidan Bennett. "The turnout rate is something you would expect from an event that has real history, I guess that it shows how connected the winners do remain to the club and all that it stands for,” said Cam Calkoen, when talking (in late 2015) about the progress the AIMES Winners Network made in the first full year. “This has been executed wonderfully and I know it will continue. We have a stunning group of achievers who not only inspire but do and will give back. For there to be a continual buzz between club members and alumni will see more transitions from on the stage to on a

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San Francisco: AIMES Alumni Richard Stebbing and Aidan Bennett.

Takapuna, November: Julie, Michael MacDonald, Joan Finlayson.

Kiwi Tim Brown, the founder of AllBirds, was an interesting guest speaker at the San Francisco event.

Takapuna, May: Joe Bergin, Michelle Bennett, Gary and Lesley Monk, Cam Calkoen.

Takapuna, November: Daniel Playne, Chiara Soon, Haydn Mackenzie, Dima Ivanov.

table, from receiving to guiding. The North Harbour Club needs to remain a key beat to the heart of the North Shore and who better than winners who know what it takes to succeed.” “Year one was all about establishment and getting started and year two will be about building on the momentum we’re creating,” adds Dima Ivanov. “We want to repeat the event in London at some stage, hold an event on the West Coast of the USA and have another two or three events in Auckland. No changes to the format – same casual-style catch ups for past winners and club trustees to talk about whatever it is they want to talk about!” 12 months on we can report that the AIMES Winners Network does indeed remain very strong. Four events were held in 2016, two of them in New Zealand (Takapuna in early May and midNovember) and two overseas. There was a second event in London (early June), hosted by Gary Simpson and Matthew Flinn (2007 AIMES Education and Supreme recipient) who is now a Barrister practicing in the UK. In 2016, President Aidan Bennett and Vice President Phil Brosnan joined with Sian Simpson (2015

North Harbour Club Trustee Gary Simpson (left) and his wife Diane (sixth from left) with alumni and partners at the AIMES Winners Network function held in London in mid-2016. The AIMES winners in the photo are: Alex Verster (second from left); Jason Bae (fifth from left); Amalia Hall (fourth from right); Matthew Flinn (second from right) and Bridget Costello (right).

Takapuna, May: Jaden Movold, Cam Calkoen, Alise Movold.

Takapuna, May: Peter Menzies, Loren O'Sullivan.

Takapuna, November: Peter White, Terenzo Bozzone, Aidan Bennett, Ian Watson.

Takapuna, May.

and 2016 AIMES Innovation Award recipient) to host our first AIMES Winners Network event in the USA. This was in San Francisco (in early November) where Sian is based, managing The Kiwi Landing Pad. n

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CATCHING UP WITH THE WINNERS: DR CARL HUME

Carl Hume.

CATCHING UP WITH

DR CARL HUME AIMES SUPREME AWARD 2015 In 2015 the AIMES Supreme Award was won by young Forrest Hill Doctor Carl Hume. Carl also won the AIMES Education Award. Looking at what he has achieved in his 25 years, it is very clear to see why Carl was chosen as the AIMES Supreme Award winner in 2015. Carl graduated from The University of Auckland in 2015, with an exemplary university record and a multitude of research papers already produced. In 2014, he was awarded the prestigious Deans Prize as the medical student to have achieved the highest overall grade in his year, and the Alice Bush Memorial Prize for being the paediatrics departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top performing student. The year before, he was given the Department of Anaesthesiology Prize for achieving the highest

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grades in the anaesthetics component of the degree in 2013. He maintained a grade average between A and A+ throughout his university studies and he received distinctions for performance in every one of his clinical years. Carl's medical interests lay primarily in academic neurosurgery. In late 2015 he presented some of his research at the Neurosurgical Society of Australasiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual Conference, being invited by a specialist neurosurgeon to present alongside him. He has engaged in much research throughout his six year medicine degree, choosing to delve into such areas as reproductive technology, ethics concerning end of life care and non-speaking patients, and infection control.

I have used the funds to book in to a number of training courses that will assist me in gaining access to vocational training these include an introduction to the practice of anaesthetics, care for the critically ill, and advanced paediatric life support. It has also eased the pressure of my gargantuan student loan! Aidan Bennett caught up with Carl in late 2016 to see what he has been up to in the 12 months since he picked up his AIMES Awards. AIDAN BENNETT: What have you been up to since receiving your AIMES Awards in 2015? CARL HUME: I have been working at North Shore Hospital in medicine and surgery, as well as editing a couple of my papers from medical school. I am still living in Forrest Hill, though currently I am travelling to Middlemore hospital for work in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).

Carl Hume.

AB: What did the funds enable you to do? CH: I have used the funds to book in to a number of training courses that will assist me in gaining access to vocational training - these include an introduction to the practice of anaesthetics, care for the critically ill, and advanced paediatric life support. It has also eased the pressure of my gargantuan student loan! AB: What are you future goals in your career? CH: I am now planning on pursuing anaesthetics, and applications for the next step open 2017. All going well I will be working as a senior house officer in anaesthetics come the end of 2017/beginning of 2018. I am also involved in a new study looking at management of the glamorous problem that is constipation. AB: Any interesting travels for you and Fleur this year or any planned for next year? CH: Other than travelling to Wellington for one of the aforementioned courses, we are planning on renting a bach somewhere nice (up north) at a point during the summer. Otherwise my work and Fleur's study will keep us fairly close by. Carl received $30,000 worth of AIMES Awards grants in 2015. $15,000 for the Kristin School-sponsored Education Award and a further $15,000 for the Supreme Award. n

Carl Hume talking at the 2015 AIMES Awards Gala Dinner after receiving his AIMES Supreme Award.

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AWARD WINNER UPDATES As has been detailed in this issue of Northside, the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust was formed in 1995. Since this time the club has awarded over $1.83 million to the youth of the North Harbour region through the annual AIMES Awards. The first grant was made in 1995. The inaugural AIMES Awards dinner was first held in 1996 and this hugely successful annual event has been the focus of the club's activities ever since. In these pages we have provided an update from award recipients from the past four years. It is a thrill for North Harbour Club members that these AIMES Award recipients continue to achieve at the highest levels.

CATCHING UP WITH THE RECIPIENTS 2015 TO 2012...

2015

AIMES AWARD WINNERS AIMES Supreme Award ($15,000) & AIMES Education Award ($15,000) – Carl Hume, Medicine; Arts Award ($15,000) – Emily Scott, Soprano; Innovation Award ($15,000) – Sian Simpson, Growing NZ's Technology Ecosystem; Music Award ($15,000) – Alexander Verster, Double Bass; Sport Award ($15,000 each - Joint Winners) – Michael Brake, Rowing & Gemma Jones, Olympic Yachting; Service to the Community Award ($15,000) – Mattea Mrkusic, Human Rights and Climate Change. The 2015 AIMES Emerging Talent Award recipients were: Elizabeth Mandeno, Elizabeth Lunn, Shauno Isomura, Louisa Wang, Brendon Thomas, Danielle McKenzie, Britt Kindred, Lina Kim (they each received $5000). Junior Excellence Award Winners 2015 ($3000 each):- Blake Tolmie; Iain Lam; Cameron Brownsey; Catherine Oh; Matthew O’Connor, Jaden Movold and Judges Special Award Quillan Denton ($2000).

CAMERON BROWNSEY Junior Excellence Award 2015

2015 has been an exciting year for Classical Singer and Performer Cameron, with lots of positives but also one big negative as his biggest supporter, his Mum, passed away after a battle with cancer. Cameron began high school at Westlake Boys and immediately found his second home in the music department. He is a member of both auditioned choirs, the boys only Voicemale and the combined girls and boys choir, Chorolation. Both choirs competed at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Big Sing competition in Dunedin, with Voicemale winning Gold, and

Chorolation the overall Platinum prize for best choir. As well, Cameron competed in the Boys and Girls school talent quest final and plays baritone saxophone in the Stage Band. Away from school, he was also busy with exams, Cameron Brownsey passing Vocal, Piano and Musical Theatre exams. Cameron won both the North Shore Performing Arts Society and South Auckland Performing Arts Society Vocal competitions. He also played Malcolm in the North Shore Musical Theatre production of “13”, and Kurt in the Centrestage production of “Sound of Music”. Other highlights including winning the Opera Factory’s Opera Idol competition and singing at the North Shore Business Hall of Fame awards dinner. Plans for 2016 include more exams, more singing, more shows and a trip to the UK to take in lots of West End shows!

MICHAEL BRAKE AIMES Sport Award 2015

After I received an AIMES award last year I returned to Karapiro for the 2015/2016 summer to join the elite men's heavy weight sweep squad. The time between selection and trials in February was made up of a lot of small boat rowing - a big change from training and competing in the eight during the Kiwi winter. With different rowers I achieved a variety of results at domestic regattas with the most notable being an early season win in the straight four over our successful international lightweight four. When summer squad concluded in early February I went back to the Auckland regional team in the build up for the 2016 National Champs. With fellow crew mates I took home two national titles and a second place. After Nationals came trials for the Rio Olympic team. It is one of the most gruelling weeks of the year with max exertion testing and racing across seven days. I was fortunate enough to be reselected for an unchanged men's eight. In the men's eight field this year we placed fifth at the second World Cup regatta in Lucerne and third at the third World Cup regatta in Poznan. Between regattas and prior to the Olympic Games

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Michael Brake (right) with fellow team members at the Olympics in Rio.

we spent time training in Italy and Switzerland on various camps. Two weeks before the games started we travelled to Rio from Heathrow Airport. Usain Bolt was on our plane and seeing him proved to be the first of many star struck experiences in the weeks to come! I could go on and on about the Olympic experience because it was truly humbling and inspiring to witness sporting history being written by some of the world's best athletes. Instead I had better keep things to the point. The racing was tough, and rough weather early in the regatta made for an even bigger challenge. We attacked it none the less and came away with a disappointing result but immeasurable knowledge and lessons learnt. Sixth place was my result alongside the other eight crew members and coach. Moving on from the Rio Olympic cycle I have my sights set on Tokyo and have resumed training with the 2016/2017 summer development squad. Congratulations to the other athletes that competed in Rio. It was an amazing team to be surrounded by when taking my first step on the Olympic grounds. Thank you for your continued support! – Michael Brake

BRITT KINDRED

AIMES Emerging Talent Award 2015 I was extremely honoured to receive an AIMES Award in 2015-2016. Since receiving this award I have represented New Zealand on the WSL qualifying series and pro junior events. This was an amazing opportunity competing against the Worlds best Open and Under 18 women and wouldn’t of been possible without the support from AIMES. After travelling around Australia alone with nothing

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Elizabeth Mandeno (in blue on the right-hand side), singing in the Wales International Academy of Voice.

but my suitcase, surfboards and bus tickets to and from events I was given the opportunity to Captain the NZ junior team at the World Junior Championships in the Azores Island off the coast of Portugal. I was extremely proud to Captain New Zealand to a 10th place finish out of the 38 Countries competing, the best placing for NZ in 15 years. Back in New Zealand I have been competing on the NZ series, where I won the NZ National Scholastic Championships U18 Auckland Champs U18, South Island Champs Open womens and U18, NZ Backdoor Raglan U20s, NZ Backdoor Hawkes Bay Bash Open Women’s. Overall I finished 1st in the under 20s and an extremely close 2nd in the open women’s. It’s been a very busy year finishing my schooling with year 13 exams and fitting in my training and events. I cannot thank the North Harbour Club for backing me to allow me to achieve my dreams.

ELIZABETH MANDENO AIMES Emerging Talent Award 2015

I have had an excellent year at the Wales International Academy of Voice. My vocal technique, musicianship and onstage presence have all grown considerably, and I took part in many successful concerts in London, Cardiff (including singing at the Don Gordon Theatre, the main base of Welsh National Opera) and Carmarthen. In the meantime I have been getting to know new contacts in Europe, and intend to audition for agents and opera houses there from next year. I have since been back to New Zealand to visit family and friends, and to sing in several concerts around the country, including being the soprano soloist for Handel’s Messiah with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. Thank you North Harbour Club for helping me get this far – I’m looking forward to the next step!

MATTHEW O'CONNER Junior Excellence Award 2015

Towards the beginning of this year I went to compete over in Sydney, Australia at the Kenpo 5.0 Oceania Championships. At this tournament I placed second overall amongst really tough competition. Throughout the year I have been working hard towards getting my next belt in the Adult syllabus and graded a step closer a couple of weeks ago. Having completed the Kids & Teens Black Belt Syllabus already, one of my big goals now, is to sit for my full Adult black belt in 2018 at the Worlds

Competition in Las Vegas in front of the best Kenpo 5.0 instructors in the World, it’s a huge and honourable event. I have to be 16 in order to be able to sit for my Adult Black Belt and luckily I will have just had my birthday by a couple of days, so will be the eligible age to do this. The Oceania Competitions will be held at Lake Karapiro in New Zealand, May next year, so it will be nice to be at home for this one. MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) is an additional commitment I have picked up this year, in order to add depth to my training. I have also worked hard on trying to improve my own students, that have progressed to their next given belt multiple times this year and done extremely well in tournaments. I am looking forward to passing over more of my knowledge about the sport to them and helping them grow further as Martial Artists, seeing what they can accomplish in 2017. Resolution: Life is about giving to others and being mindful of what is happening around you and contributing in a positive way. So every opportunity where I can do this whether it be in martial arts or in my community, I will continue to do. In order to stay engaged, committed and focused I need to constantly look to push my own boundaries, not be afraid to try new things and to continually give back to others in their training as this in turn develops my own martial art skills as well as aiding in my own personal development.

ELIZABETH LUNN

AIMES Emerging Talent Award 2015 I have now completed my first year of medicine at Gonville and Caius College at the University of Cambridge. I feel humbled to be studying there and not a day goes by that I have not found myself in awe of the brilliant minds that have attended the College’s and sat in the same lecture theatres. Being eager to get the most from my university experience I have joined a number of clubs and organisations. In particular I have enjoyed attending debates and talks at the Union, as well as being the only first year on the May Ball committee which has given me invaluable experience in organising a 1300 guest event. I am now back on the committee in an assistant president role. I was appointed to the position of welfare officer in the Gonville and Caius Medical Society, and will stand for a more executive position in the forthcoming election. From an academic perspective the increased workload and difficulty of the material has been challenging, however, I remain fascinated by the subject matter and feel increasingly fortunate to have found my vocation so early in life. Of

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particular enjoyment have been the practical aspects of the course, varying from cadaveric dissection to purifying and amplifying our own DNA. This year I have greatly enjoyed my time working in a pathology laboratory in Cambridge. This time has mostly been spent working with viruses, utilising different assays to identify and quantify them. Teaching has always been something I get great enjoyment out of and as such over the summer I plan to teach English in Japan and/or Korea. In the mean time, the nose is to the grindstone as it were; second year is notorious for its amount of content with approximately 1500 pages of text to absorb.

ALEXANDER VERSTER AIMES Music Award 2015

London is consistently proving itself the best place to be for a classical double bassist, with each concert leading to several more. Over the past year I have been steadily filling out a check-list of London's famous concert venues with performances at the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Cadogan Hall, St John's Smith Square, and the Royal Opera House. In addition to large symphony orchestras I have also frequently been playing with chamber groups and baroque ensembles - an altogether different challenge with

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is staggering and I remain extremely grateful to the North Harbour Club for their substantial contribution. A recent video of a rather flamboyant double bass piece as well as a recording of my first composition can be found here: www.youtube.com/user/avbigband/videos

SHAUNO ISOMURA

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Shauno Isomura (left) performing at an Auckland Town Hall concert.

Mattea Mrkusic (right) at the Paris Climate Talks.

Lina Kim

gut strings, frets and unusual tuning systems! I have even had a number of opportunities to be the soloist which is always a rare treat for double bassists. A particular highlight was performing the most famous of double bass concertos (by Italian composer Giovanni Bottesini) at the Italian Embassy. My first academic year at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance has been, and continues to be highly enjoyable, demanding, and productive. I have achieved distinctions for all my projects and assessments so far, including the MMus Major recital, and was lucky enough to be offered some professional work by an external examiner on the panel of my orchestral audition assessment. For the remainder of my time here I will be focusing on composition, specifically a major work for soloist and symphony orchestra that may just turn out to be the first ever double bass concerto by a New Zealand composer! Earlier this year I was thrilled to win the Vernon Elliot Double Bass competition at Trinity. In the meantime, my hunt for an instrument continues. I am currently borrowing three different basses which is certainly an enormous privilege but will hopefully be purchasing my own soon, which will of course be significantly helped by my AIMES Award. The value of these instruments

Many great things have happened for me within the last year, and has been a very busy year. But certainly a huge step up towards my dreams of becoming a professional violinist. This year I became a prize winner of two international music competitions and two national music competition. The Salzburg Grand Prize Virtuoso International String Competition (1st place), Salut International Music Competition (2nd place), Chamber Music New Zealand Society Prize (1st place) and the Pettman Concerto Auckland String Competition (1st place). From the successes of these competition I was invited to perform in the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria and the Salut international music festival in Fiuggi Italy. Unfortunately there was a clash in schedule as I was invited to do a series of concerts in Tomakomai Japan at the time, I could not make it to these performances. Also, from the success of the national competition, I was given the privilege to take part in all of the 2016 Pettman International Masterclass series, allowing me to receive tutelage from numerous violinists from throughout the world. I was also recently given the Dame Malvina Major Arts Excellence Award. September this year, I went on a concert tour in association with Chamber Music New Zealand as the lead violinist of the Pettman String Quintet. We were invited to perform in amazing venues including the Auckland Town Hall and the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington which are regarded as one of the best concert halls throughout Australasia at large. The concert in the Michael Fowler Centre was broadcast live on National Radio and was given an excellent review by Peter Mechen “…this was music-making of a remarkably accomplished level as regards both individual and ensemble skills, these players able to realise the beauties and intricacies of the music with great aplomb and sensitivity.”

MATTEA MRKUSIC

AIMES Service to the Community Award 2015 What a whirlwind of a year! To name a few highlights... Last northern winter, I attended the Paris Climate Talks (COP21) as a delegate with Aotearoa Youth Leadership Institute. It was certainly special to be in Paris as the historic international climate agreement was being negotiated, though the outcome of COP21 left me geared up to work harder on the issue of climate justice. During the northern spring, I decided to swap my university textbooks for a camera, a microphone and a plane ticket to Kiribati, a low-lying island nation in Micronesia. On paper, I was undertaking senior thesis research on how the people of Kiribati conceptualize climate change induced

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migration—the idea that climate change impacts might act as a migration incentive in coming decades. Over the course of my two month stay, I was deeply inspired by the work of local climate activists, who strongly denounce the transnational injustice of climate change. I came back to Harvard with a series of video interviews, dozens of portraits, and a growing realization: I couldn’t publish my findings in a purely academic realm. It became clear that I needed to connect frontline stories with the high carbon-emitting audiences. I decided a creative thesis was the best way to amplify and elevate the voices of climate migration frontline community members. Since then, I've been working on a multimedia storytelling website, featuring a podcast, a series of photographs, and a collection of written stories about climate justice in Kiribati. Over the northern summer, I moved to New York City to work on a climate change documentary series, Years of Living Dangerously. The Emmyaward winning series, which aired on National Geographic in October 2016, featured wellknown correspondents such as former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, NY Times journalist Thomas Friedman, and David Letterman. As an editorial intern, I was lucky to have the mentorship of several documentary producers, including a fellow Kiwi, Martha Jeffries. Now, I'm back at Harvard University in Boston, and I'm tucking into writing my senior thesis. In May 2017, I will graduate from Harvard with a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Studies and Human Rights. While I'm looking forward to the new adventures around the corner, I'm deeply enjoying my last year, and the fact that I can say that learning is my profession. As ever, I remain grateful for the support of the North Harbor Club for enabling me to continue my environmental and human rights work."

LINA KIM

AIMES Emerging Talent Award 2015 Cultural diversity, youth voice and International Relations are three words that sum up 2017 for me. I began my first year at the University of Auckland, studying Law and Politics/International Relations. International Relations has definitely been an area of my passion ever since I was young - and I absolutely loved it. I was very fortunate to be an Auckland Law School Law Entrant Prize Winner, and studying the conjoint degree has definitely inspired me more to pursue a career in politics in the future. It’s given me the determination to be the person that brings change to our community, especially for the most vulnerable people in our society. Alongside my studies, I have continued my involvement with UN Youth. This year I was lucky enough to be elected on UN Youth Auckland’s Regional Council. It was also a fantastic experience running the UN Youth Innovation Competition as Assistant Coordinator, an event that invited approximately 150 high school and tertiary students to find solutions to a hypothetical health crisis in the Pacific. It was most inspiring to see youth coming up with real-life solutions and engaging with global affairs. Also, as the 2017

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25 year old Massey Alumni Sian Simpson, has won the Innovation award two years in a row. She’s a marketer, entrepreneur and community manager at the Kiwi Landing Pad in San Francisco, where she’s helping many Kiwi technology companies to expand in America.

21 year old Scott Wilson won the North Harbour club emerging talent award at the 2016 AIMES. He is a passionate and driven Megatronics Engineering student at Massey University who loves to create innovative technology solutions that ultimately improve people’s lives around the world.

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EMILY SCOTT

AIMES Arts Award 2015 Around this time a year ago I had just learned that I had been accepted into the University of California, Los Angeles Master of Music program in Classical Voice Performance. I moved overseas away from my family and friends for the first time in my life, out on my big adventure to follow my dream of becoming a professional opera singer. This has easily been the most terrifying decision I have ever had to make! I felt incredible trepidation knowing that I would be moving away from the country and people I love so much. I doubted if I would be able to live up to the expectations of the internationally recognised faculty at UCLA and was curious about how well I would fare amongst my new peers. I had never been to America before and had not travelled anywhere other than Australia without the company of my family. I created an idea of a country based on what I knew from movies, television and tabloids; I envisioned a place so unlike New Zealand that I was nervous about what I was about to encounter. I am ecstatic to be able to say that I could not have been more wrong. Upon arriving to America there was an unexpected mid-September heat wave. Averaging 37 degrees centigrade daily, it was perhaps not the most ideal time to familiarise myself with the UCLA campus, which is large enough that it has its own zip code. The first

Coordinator for UN Youth Auckland Ambassador’s programme, I will work to promote UN Youth events and global affairs at high schools across Auckland. I have continued my engagement for youth voice in the community as Board member of the Upper Harbour Primary School Board. As former Deputy Chair of the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board, I have always advocated for a youth centre in our region - and finally seeing the Youth Innovation project unravel is exciting. It’s fantastic working and planning ideas with passionate people and youth to create a facility where youth can truly unleash their potential. In saying that, I have also loved sharing, performing and connecting with the older generation in our community. This year I have performed and volunteered at various events hosted by organisations like the Older Women’s Network and at the International Day of the Older Persons event in Takapuna. I’ve also recently been added as a Board member of the Takapuna Communities Families Trust Board and will continue sharing my passion I have for connecting the older and younger generations together in our community. Aside from that, I am currently working on a youth civics education project that aims to enhance constitutional understanding for young Kiwis with some legal scholars. Our group is currently planning events for tertiary and high school students in 2017 that would stimulate discussion between legal professors and youth about issues like having a single written Constitution. Through getting the AIMES award last year, I have networked and met so many inspiring, people and have loved performing at the AIMES Sponsors

day of classes brought an orientation session with the UCLA Voice faculty and the entirety of the students of the department (maybe 45 students in total, 12 of which were graduates). The students and faculty members are kind and generous, and I was warmly welcomed by everyone. Most told me that they loved my accent, one adored Lord of the Rings, others asked various questions about New Zealand. It feels like a lifetime has passed since my preparation for my arrival at UCLA. I have grown and learned so much in my time here, and the students I met nine months ago are now some of my dearest friends. My voice has grown and expanded in ways I never would have thought possible. Prior to my arrival at UCLA, I was unaware of its standing as one of the top universities in the world; not only is UCLA the number 2 ranked public school in the United States, it is consistently ranked among the top 10 and 25 universities in the world by various news publications, I am proud to have achieved a GPA of 3.86 while also performing lead roles in Così fan tutte and The Tragedy of Carmen, which required an uncountable amount of hours learning music and rehearsing throughout the entire year. It is absolutely thrilling to announce that I have been chosen to perform the role of Cinderella in Massenet’s Cendrillon for the main UCLA Opera Production in the upcoming stage production! This is absolutely delightful as Massenet is one of my favourite composers, and this will be my

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very first French role. In addition I am currently working on two roles at the recommendation of Peter Kazaras, Director of Opera Studies at UCLA; these two roles are Adina from Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and Susanna from Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. Together with these three roles I am preparing my Master recital repertoire, which will include songs by New Zealand composer Douglas Lilburn and the Maori lullaby ‘Hine e hine,’ as well as featuring images of our beautiful country. Every day I am reminded that the reason that I am able to continue my studies and the pursuit of my dream as a member of one of the most storied musical and theatrical traditions is because of the incredible gratitude of groups such as the North Harbour Club. It would have been quite literally impossible for me to have completed this past year without their generous gifts.

evening too. Through the award, I was also able to open my perspective about cultural diversity, traveling to Shanghai, Seoul and am going to Samoa in a few weeks. I’d like to thank the club for such a fantastic opportunity over the past year.

IAIN LAM

Junior Excellence Award 2015 After winning the Junior AIMES award in 2015, I enrolled in a Physics online course by Berkeley University and this year in year 8 I have continued with my Science and Maths extension at school. I am doing NCEA Level 2 Physics and NCEA Level 2 Maths and was the top student in the year 12 NCEA Level 2 Physics. After school, I am actively involved in the school robotics club and was part of the alliance which reached the semi-finals of the VEX National Robotics Championship 2016. I captained the school rocketry team which participated in the NZ 2016 Rocketry Challenge in November. After two successful launches, our team managed to achieve second place. In April 2016, our family traveled to the UK and visited a few schools whilst spending a few days in Cambridge. After some advice from an experienced educational psychologist, we have decided to move to the UK in 2017 in order to enhance my chance of gaining admission to the University of Cambridge. I am so grateful to have full support from my parents on my decision as they will need to give up our life here and start a new chapter in a new country.

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I have had very memorable 11 years in this lovely country and will certainly miss my friends and all the teachers who have helped and supported me in realizing my passion in maths and science.

QUILLAN DENTON Junior Excellence Award 2015

Since I received the Junior AIMES Award and $2,000 grant, I have been able to get formal voice coaching that I had wanted but could not afford. As a Year 9 entering college, I also become the youngest ever member of the auditioned choir, The Fundamentals, at Rangitoto College. Being part of The Fundamentals allowed me to participate in many performances, including attending the Big Sing Finale this year in Dunedin, which was a most enjoyable experience, as well as being part of the backing vocals for the Graham Candy concert held at the College in September. I have been awarded a number of school awards for my participation in the choirs and music over this last year.

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Quillan Denton with his proud parents at the Rangitoto College Arts Awards.

Catherine Oh with North Harbour Club member John Algie.

I am continuing to pursue my passion for singing and music, taking every opportunity I can get. I am sitting my Grade 4 singing exam on December the 15th, which my vocal coach encouraged me to do. Hopefully when I pass the Grade 4 exam it will open up more opportunities to me as well. Not only has the award given me the means to pursue my passion, but it has inspired me to do more in music, and explore further into the arts. I am also taking many classes at school to improve my experience in the arts. I have recently chosen to do a Music Performance course at school next year, and plan to do drama as welI, and I have the AIMES Award to thank for this. As I gain more confidence in my singing and music I will look forward to auditioning more with groups outside of the college to extend myself and gain more experience. Winning the award opened up a world of possibilities which I remain very grateful for. I also look forward to applying and participating in the Aimes Awards in the future!

CATHERINE OH

Junior Excellence Award 2015 The Junior AIMES Award I received last year supported me to receive instrumental lessons for oboe and next year will be helping me get to an exciting Pacific Music Festival hosted in Hawaii. I was able to be a part of this trip from being accepted into the Rangitoto Orchestra and receiving the part of first oboe. During the course of this year, I was given a place in SOS, the premier girls choir of Rangitoto College during my participation in the junior girls choir, Singlets. During late October, I had my vocal audition to stabilise my place in the choirs. I was accepted into having the part of soprano part 1 for both SOS and Fundamentals. Fundamentals being one of the national award-winning choirs of New Zealand. At the Music Awards Evening in mid October, I received an award for ‘Contribution towards music’ and at the end of year junior prize giving, received the trophy for ‘Best Contribution towards

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GEMMA JONES AIMES Sport Award 2015

2016 has been a year I've been looking forward to for a long time and it didn't disappoint. To begin the year my crew and I competed in the world cup in Miami and the Nacra 17 world champs in Clearwater, Florida. After these events a lot of weaknesses showed up that we needed to address before the Olympics in August so a bit of a regrouping and replanning had to take place for the next few months to be best ready for the games. Shortly after a curve ball was thrown at us when I broke a small bone in my wrist while sailing at Sail Auckland regatta. So not the best start to the Olympic year! After I healed we set off to Europe to compete in the world cup in France and then to a training camp in Rio. We were performing well in Rio and were getting to know the conditions of the bay pretty well so that gave us a lot of confidence before heading back to England for our last competition before the olympics. At the world cup in England a lot of the hard work we had been putting in was finally clicking into place and showing in the racing although not transferring into results yet. After a well deserved break back at home we were into our final build up in Rio. This was our 6th time in Rio so we were starting to get to know the place pretty well and it was cool to see the place getting set up for the olympics as we were getting set up too. Our training was going well and we felt ready and excited for the racing to get underway! It didn't hit me that it was the Olympic games until I walked out at the Olympic ceremony and were with all of the other athletes. The sailing team didn't stay in the village so for us it felt like just another normal regatta which suited me well for performance. The racing at the Olympics was something else! I thought that I would be too nervous to enjoy the experience but before we started racing I reached a point where I felt that we had put everything into the last 4 years and

we weren't going to make any game changing improvements now so just go out there and show them what you got. I wasn't watching the results as the 5 days of racing went by, until before the medal race which is the last race and double points scoring and only the top 10 boats race. It wasn't until the night before that Blair pointed out that I was the only female skipper in the medal race and the youngest. We were in the hunt for a medal and it was all very close between the top 7 boats so it was all on for the medal race and all we had to do was to win the race to give us a chance for any colour medal. Just before we were about to launch Sam Meech our laser sailor had just won bronze and we were cheering for him and we had just heard that Pete and Blair had already secured gold. We had to calm ourselves down again before racing to not be over excited! We were in a good mindset and it seemed like the rest of the fleet were very nervous as they made it easy for us to sail the best race we had ever sailed to win the race. Shortly after crossing the finish line we looked back to see what the points would be and it was heart breaking after performing so well to see us finish 4th so close to a medal - 4 points off gold. We are still happy with how far we have come over the last 4 years and how much of an enjoyable experience the Olympics were and it has now left us fired up to go and fight hard for the next Olympics in Tokyo! Post Olympics I have been really enjoying the down time but it wasn't long until I was back sailing again where I got invited to sail in the first all female team in the extreme sailing series in Portugal which was an amazing experience again going from sailing with one guy to a team of 9 girls! It was great to see and experience the professional side of sailing. Currently I am trialling to skipper the Youth (under 24) Americas Cup team for New Zealand which will take place in Bermuda just before the America's Cup and sailed in the AC45s. I would be the only female in the competition, someone has to go and show those boys how its done! Bring it on.

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KIT REILLY

AIMES Emerging Talent Award 2014 Since winning an Emerging Talent award in 2014, I have been consistently striving to reach my goal of being professional dancer. For the past 2 years I have been studying intensely 6 days a week full time at the New Zealand School of Dance in Wellington under the directorship of Garry Trinder, majoring in Contemporary Dance. The school has been life changing for me, and has gained a recognition for being one of the best training institutions of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. This is undoubtedly achieved by the schools incredible teaching staff including the head of the contemporary program Paula Steeds-Huston and core tutors Tor Colombus and Jarek Cemerek, the schools facilities and the amount of external opportunities and guest tutors we are exposed to. In the past 12 months I have had many opportunities presented to me including performing in the schools annual Choreographic Season which is a collaborative project between the 2nd and 3rd year contemporary students where we make a full length work from scratch and perform for an 11 show season. In August I was part of a special collaborative project with Toi Whakaari (NZ Drama School) where I was paired with my own lighting/technical student to craft and perform a 5 minute solo which I was then lucky enough to be chosen to perform at the schools insight performances in September. In November I was part of the schools Graduation Season, another 11 show season, where I performed in 2 excerpt pieces. The first being "He Taonga" choreographed by Taane Mete

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and Taiaroa Royal, directors of Okareka Dance Company and the second being "Political Mother" choreographed by Hofesh Shechter and restaged by Sam Coren. At this same time I was also applying for the schools Diploma year (3rd and final year) which only a select few are chosen for. I am incredibly lucky and grateful to say that I am one of these few people and will be attending the school for this in 2017. During this time I will strive to begin establishing myself as an artist as it is my final year of training and employment as a professional dancer is intended to be my next step. I am looking into various company secondments and placement opportunities in NZ and further afield. Without the support I received from winning the North Harbour Club AIMES Emerging Talent Award, none of this would be possible. I will be forever grateful and blessed by this and will keep you all updated on my future endeavours.

Music’ and received the certificate for best Spanish student, Music student, and Performance Music student in the class. Next year, I will also be starting to teach oboe at the Bays Music Centre based at Murrays Bay Intermediate for 9-12 year olds. For the past year, being a part of both instrumental and vocal groups enabled me to understand music better from two perspectives and I look forward to my musical life at Rangitoto College for the years to come. My long term goal would be to maintain the connection with the AIMES community and become one of the best teenage oboists New Zealand has to offer.

JADEN MOVOLD

second year in a row. I continue to be an ambassador for the Yes Disability Resource Centre and Achilles International NZ, and in October I became an ambassador for The Jonesy’s Youth Foundation. With Achilles I participated in various events around the country throughout the year and attended a kid’s fun run in Wellington twice in the past year where I not only participated but also spoke to school kids about being active and help raise money for Achilles. I am moving ahead as a competitive paraswimmer and compete in monthly swim meets and regional championships. I’m hoping to compete at the NZ Junior Nationals next year. I continue participating in the Weet-Bix Kids tryathlons during the season and by January 2017 I will be celebrating my 20th Try. My story really inspired Sanitarium so I became an official Weet-Bix kid and appear on the cover of the new cereal boxes. With Wheelchair basketball our team have won two tournaments this season and I was awarded Most Improved Player for my club for the second year in a row. I also am in the community with my club teaching students in other schools how to play the game and changing people’s perceptions towards young people with disabilities. In the past year, I was invited to speak about overcoming challenges to success at Kristin Middle School assembly and at Murrays Bay Primary School Prizegiving evening. I am often invited to speak to the media about my passions. I am looking forward to 2017 in continuing to set new challenges for myself and work hard at changing people’s perceptions about disability. If you want to keep updated with my busy life, feel free to follow me on social media and check out my website: www.jadenmovold.com

LOUISA WANG

AIMES Emerging Talent Award 2015 Over the past 12 months I have been very active both in and out of school at Harvard University. During my last "summer" break I had the exciting opportunity of interning at an Education and Business consulting firm in Tokyo. I am currently the Co-Director of International Projects for the Harvard Social Enterprise Association, the Finance Chair of the Harvard Korean Association, the Director of Comp and Public Relations for the Organization of Asian American Sisters in Service. I have also volunteered with the PBHA Chinatown Citizenship Tutoring program helping elders study English and American history so they can pass

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Jaden Movold – is now an official Weet-Bix kid and appears on the packaging.

It was such an honour to win the 2015 Junior Excellence Award for Service to the Community last year and the past 12 months have been super busy for me. Here are some of my highlights: In early 2016 I was voted in as one of two boy School Leaders for Murrays Bay Intermediate School (with a student population of almost 1100). I loved my varied roles within the school as a leader and the opportunity to create my own projects, including a school Diversity Group. Recently I won the East Coast Bays Lions Award for Leadership in the School Community for the

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Danielle McKenzie receiving her AIMES Emerging Talent Award in 2015 from Matthew Bellingham of sponsor Bellingham Wallace.

their citizenship examination. Having studied Japanese since high school, working in Tokyo was a dream come true. I had the privilege to work with the Japanese Double Dutch Association, beat boxer Tatsuya, and presented my ideas to a panel of Japanese CEOs and Forbes Japan. I also taught social entrepreneurship and presentation skills at a summer camp for Japanese students aged 8 17. It was a very rewarding experience, and I really grew close with the students, communicating the whole week in Japanese. Furthermore I had the opportunity to really immerse in the city of Tokyo and live with two of the sweetest host families I could ever hope for. I am very excited for what is to come this year. As the Co-director of International Projects, I am organizing a volunteering trip to Beijing during spring break. Due to population control in China, it has become increasingly difficult for the children of migrant workers to enrol in public schools. Along with 20 recruited Harvard volunteers and Chinese student volunteers from Peking University we will be visiting the Dandelion School for Migrant Worker's Children, where we will be teaching a self-designed curriculum to the middle school students and hopefully inspiring them to strive for a brighter future.

DANIELLE MCKENZIE

AIMES Emerging Talent Award 2015 Mid November saw me head to Fiji for the ISA Paddleboard World Champs. Here I placed second in both the Technical and distance races. There was some hot competition in Fiji. It was an amazing competition and one that was a first for me. Mid December I raced the Mount Monster which is an endurance surf life saving event held at Mount Maunganui Beach. Here I took out first place and smashed the rest of the open women's field by over eight minutes breaking my previous course record. In Australia I am currently leading the Summer of Surf Board and Ski Series along with the Aussie Bodies taplin. The Summer of Surf is some of the hottest surf life saving racing in the country. Currently I am preparing for the Kelloggs Nutrigrain Ironwoman Series Final event which will be held in Cronulla in late February.

Harry Bartlett with his dance teacher John Carey and the cups he won as Midlands Champ in the UK.

Ben Sanders

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AIMES AWARD WINNERS Supreme AIMES Award for Excellence: Ben Sanders (Author) - total grant of $25,000, Excellence in the Arts ($10,000): Ben Sanders (Author), Excellence in IT, Innovation and Science ($10,000): Leighton Watson (Geo-Scientist), Excellence in Music ($10,000): Hye-Won Suh (Flute Performance), Excellence in Education ($10,000): Finn Lowery (Scholar), Excellence in Sport ($10,000): Teneale Hatton (Sprint Canoeing), Excellence in Service to the Community ($10,000): Dannie Cullen (Science Communication), AIMES Judges' Special Awards: Tayla Alexander (Singer) & David Light (Boxer). Received $4,000 and $6,000 respectively. The 2014 AIMES Emerging Talent Award recipients were: Harry Bartlett, Lewis Fry, Emily Scott, Kit Reilly, Nicole Ashby, Eliza McCartney, Gemma Jones, Daniel Hoy (they each received $5000).

HARRY BARTLETT

2014 AIMES EMERGING TALENT AWARD Winning an AIMES Emerging Talent Award in 2014 was such an honour. Not only to represent a sport that I work so hard in, but also to show those that no matter what sport you participate in, or what you do, if you have a passion it can take you all over the world, along with providing motivation for younger kids at home wanting to get into something different particularly guys and in my case dance. The last 12 months have been pretty busy finishing year13 at Pinehurst, passing my final exams and starting Massey University studying a sports degree eventually looking into sports psychology. I have also kept up with my heavy dance training schedule, travelling a lot with dance, finishing just outside the top 10 at this year's World Irish

Dancing Championships in Glasgow and coming fourth at the North American Championships in Orlando. The first Male from New Zealand to ever stand on the blocks at this event for my age so this was a proud moment for me. I continue to strive to break into the top 10 in the world, and this year I was given the opportunity and accepted to live, dance and train at the Carey Academy in Birmingham, England. I had seen this dance school at the movies when I was 10 years old and hoping one day I might get there. In August after saving every penny I had through part time work, fundraising and the generous help of my family and friends I left for the UK. At 18, not knowing anyone really, I arrived have become settled. I have got a part time job and bought myself a little car. I dance with the Carey Academy, a very prestigious dance school. Sadly a month after arriving in the UK, I broke my foot during a private lesson which was tough, especially as I was so far away. I was very fortunate to have a lot of support here in the UK and many calls back home. But with Kiwi determination I was up dancing again in six weeks and happy to say I just won the UK Midlands Championships for my age group and am off to the World Championships in Dublin to dance in both solos and teams. I feel very fortunate to be here and have worked so hard to earn my place on the dancing stage and continue to try and do my best. I hope I inspire others to give things a go, and like me, kids get to live their dream. I look forward to been part of the North Harbour Club and AIMES network for a long time. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Harry Bartlett.

BEN SANDERS

AIMES Arts & Supreme Award 2014 This year has been a nice balance between engineering and writing. I work two days per week for Airey Consultants in Takapuna as a structural engineer, and three days a week at home writing fiction. My last novel American Blood was published in the US, Australia and New Zealand in December 2015, and was released in Germany, Italy, Hungary, Russia, Czech Republic and Japan throughout 2016. American Blood was meant to be a movie from Warner Bros. starring Bradley Cooper.

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Unfortunately they scrapped it, thereby thwarting my chances of being filthy rich and friends with Coop. Another US studio has bought the TV rights, so hopefully at some stage my work will appear on television. I was a guest at the Toronto Festival of Authors in October, where I performed a reading of my work, and took part in a panel discussion with three other writers. I then spent a week in New York to visit my publisher and research 2018’s book. My latest novel Marshall’s Law was published in Australia and New Zealand in December 2016, and is released in the States in April 2017.

LEIGHTON WATSON

AIMES IT, Innovation & Science Award 2014 I am in my third year of a PhD in the Department of Geophysics at Stanford University. My research focuses on developing methods to better understand volcanic eruptions. The past year has been productive academically. Firstly, I have been able to make significant progress on my research. I am working on several projects related to volcanoes, in collaboration with researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden and Boise State University in Idaho. In addition, I am involved in a project with an engineering company that is designing a more environmentally friendly marine seismic source. Secondly, I passed my qualifying exam. This is a major milestone that marks the advancement to PhD candidacy and passing is an indication of the department's faith in my research skills. Thirdly, I have begun to contribute to the academic community with the peer-review of scientific papers. Finally, over the summer I supervised an undergraduate intern for an eight-week research project. I was responsible for formulating his project and providing guidance and assistance to ensure his progress. This was a rewarding experience that provided me with a taste of what being a professor is like. I was involved in a student group that organized a geological field trip to New Zealand. We visited sites of geological and environmental interest, such as the exposure of the Alpine Fault near Franz Josef and the fault scarp from the 1855 Wairarapa earthquake. I was able to act as a tour guide for the group showing them around many of the destinations that I had visited before. Nonetheless, it was an educational experience to view New Zealand from an outside perspective and I was able to gain valuable insight into how numerous geological processes work together to shape New Zealand. Outside of academia, I have become involved in

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the outdoor community on campus. I was elected as the graduate student representative on the Outdoor Council, the student group that helps to shape the direction of the university's outdoor education program. I am also in the process of revitalizing the university's tramping club that lapsed into inaction several years before I arrived at Stanford.

TAYLA ALEXANDER AIMES Judges Award 2014

Since winning the AIMES Special Judges Award in 2014, Tayla has worked with respected music producers and released her songs globally through iTunes. She has collaborated with other performers such as Viktoria Tocca, Gray Bartlett and in 2016 she was chosen to study opera at the prestigious Auckland Opera Studio with renowned singing teacher Frances Wilson-Fitzgerald. The Auckland Opera Studio is a Charitable Trust providing work and tuition for talented young singers considered to have national and international potential and are being geared for high level training in Europe and the USA. Tayla is the youngest student to study under Frances. Tayla has completed some key performances this year including :The Austrian National Day, The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (world’s largest bank) annual event performed in Chinese; The Winter series at The Vivian Gallery; and several evening classical performances at The Auckland Opera Studio. Tayla has also been approached by International composer David Infante to write the lyrics for his score for an original song called “Fairytale” The songbirds latest music video “Nella Fantasia” reached 170 000 views in a few weeks on her Facebook. www.facebook.com/Taylasmusic/ page with 1200 shares, 2800 reactions and 212 comments. www.facebook.com/Taylasmusic/ videos/1390992570928919/

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Tayla Alexander.

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ever - that we are enormously lucky to live in this country. It is one of the most peaceful and civilised places on the planet, where opportunities are generally abundant. This is especially true of the North Shore, for which I am extremely grateful. Looking towards 2017, I will remain deeply thankful for this. At the same time, I will no doubt spend some time reflecting on how we can assist others, both at home and abroad, to develop a similarly wonderful framework for life.

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DANNIE CULLEN

This year I decided to take a pause in my studies at Oxford to gain some practical legal experience. Having been engrossed in study for the better part of six years, I signed on with the Public Defence Service in Auckland with a view to gaining some raw experience at the coal face of the New Zealand criminal justice system. Thankfully, the job has delivered that and much more. In my role I provide criminal defence services to those who qualify for legal aid. As tough as it can be, it has been a privilege to work with members of our community who find themselves in crisis moments in their lives and to try to make a difference for them. I am also supported by a bunch of energetic and professional lawyers whom I greatly admire for their commitment to social justice and for their approach to life and work. It has been an insightful and inspirational experience so far and I look forward to more of the same in 2017. It has also been an absolute pleasure returning to New Zealand and the North Shore. Having spent 2015 on four different continents and experiencing various walks of life, it is clear to me now - as

As I make a big leap from the small wooden rowboat onto the lake’s edge, I find myself reflecting upon 2016. I’ve just finished up assisting plankton sampling as a newly minted Auckland Zoo field volunteer and as I hastily haul the boat back in I recall how this year has provided me many opportunities to volunteer in my local community. The life of a volunteer is always varied and different and certainly keeps me on my toes and out of trouble! Earlier this year you would’ve found me patrolling the beaches of Rotoroa Island in the iconic yellow vest ensuring the biosecurity of this pest-free island conducting boat checks as well as directing a special marine-themed event for Seaweek 2016 teaching younger children about the rocky shore and marine environment. Earlier this year I had my first foray into the world of science communication production as a little fish in a big pond (please excuse the pun) working on Natural History New Zealand’s ‘Big Pacific’ series as a Dive Shoot Supervisor and Underwater Assistant as well as editing Auckland Zoo’s ‘Zoo

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Tales’ web-series. Additionally I was invited as a board member of the Zoological Society of Auckland which runs a series of talks and events throughout the year to inspire, excite, educate members and guests in addition to supporting conservation projects utilising funds derived from these activities. I continue to spend my weekends as an Aquarist and Dive Instructor at Kelly Tarlton’s SEA LIFE Aquarium where I am continuously inspired by the work of Kelly Tarlton himself and am able to share my passion and knowledge for the underwater world and the creatures that inhabit it with visitors and young children. This year I was also lucky enough to experience diving off the Great Barrier Reef for the first time. It was absolutely fascinating to observe the different kinds of marine ecosystems at play and the interactions between species that we don’t see here in New Zealand. The tropical warm water wasn’t too bad either I suppose! However, no matter what I do, or where I am in the world, I always find myself connected and contributing to the underwater world in some way, something that I understand may not have been possible without the local support and sponsorship of the North Harbour Club.

LEWIS FRY

AIMES Emerging Talent Award 2014 I have the privilege today to look at the AIMES Emerging Talent Award in 2014 as a key fork in the road in my life. With the award I was able to pursue an extra degree outside of medicine to do research for a year. I loved it. I worked in a lab at the Centre for Eye Research Australia & the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health studying the potential to reverse vision loss in the eye disease glaucoma. I have presented my research around the world (including in Auckland), and discovered a real passion for the power of medical research and knowledge to help patients. I now write this from a small Caribbean island off the coast of Belize where I am pursuing a few dreams on my scuba diving bucket list, looking back on a fantastic year. I am about to graduate from my medical degree at Monash University in Melbourne, winning the university prizes for surgery, ophthalmology, and geriatrics. A scholarship also took me to rural Swaziland for six weeks to do an elective in ophthalmology. It is always challenging to see the realities of medicine in a low resource setting, but touching to see simple surgeries cure years of blindness. Most excitingly however, I have been selected to represent New Zealand as a Rhodes Scholar

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for 2017. This scholarship to the University of Oxford will allow me to pursue a DPhil in Clinical Neuroscience to study emerging therapies for diseases of the retina that cause blindness. I’m looking forward to an amazing experience. Beyond Oxford I hope to continue training as an ophthalmologist and scientist to help patients with blinding diseases and contribute to medical research in New Zealand. There are many adventures and challenges ahead. I look forward to updating you as this journey progresses!

NICOLE ASHBY

AIMES Emerging Talent Award 2014 My year has been a patchwork quilt made up of a number of different projects and experiences. I gained my Master’s in Education from Harvard in May which was a surreal and special moment. I have huge gratitude for everybody on the North Shore who made it possible for me to reach this milestone, including the North Harbour Club for their support, the many teachers who shaped my learning at school, the medical professionals who patched me back up when I injured my knee last year mid-degree, and most importantly my family and friends. After the Harvard commencement ceremony I returned home to our beautiful North Shore. My goal since then has been to re-engage with the academic and professional fields here in Aotearoa/New Zealand while maintaining my work with colleagues in the USA. Amongst my many projects this year have been completing a postgraduate certificate at Massey University, Albany, to deepen my understanding of educational psychology practice in the New Zealand context; co-authoring and presenting a large piece of research (meta-analysing the neural correlates of mathematical and reading-related cognition); and continuing to work remotely on other academic projects that I began at Harvard. I have also been re-grounding myself in New Zealand educational environments, working at Numberworks’nWords in Takapuna to support

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students’ mathematics learning, and volunteering at our local Onepoto Primary school to help where I can and ensure I am up to speed with what happens in the classroom. My challenge has been to maintain the momentum from my time in the USA and to explore how I might be able to use my new knowledge and skills to ameliorate the learning experiences of young people in New Zealand. Next year I will be doing an internship year working towards registration as an educational psychologist, to fill in another piece of my professional jigsaw. I then hope to work at the nexus of educational psychology practice, cognitive neuroscience research and educational intervention to help young people to overcome obstacles, dream big and pursue their goals.

TENEALE HATTON AIMES Sport Award 2014

This year has been pretty exciting. Some ups and downs. Starting with getting my best K1 sprint results beating Lisa Carrington in the K1 500 but unfortunately due to politics selection for the Olympics was not to be. Never the less I turned my focus to ocean ski and focused on the World Series where I came away with 3 wins and 2 seconds over the series which are pretty positive results heading into next years world championships in Hong Kong which I'm hoping to retain from 2015. My focus now is a little different until February as I set the challenge of competing and completing at the 1-day coast to coast event. I'm pretty excited for what is to come and although there has been some setbacks, it's nice to have support from those around me to keep me going. I also wouldn't have got to where I had without the funding the North Harbour Club provided through the AIMES Awards. The Sport Award in 2014 and the Emerging Talent Award in 2012. This kick started my kayaking successes allowing me to go away to international training camps and provide me with an appropriate racing K1 that fitted me. I also completed my postgraduate studies in Intensive Care Paramedicine this year along with a Bachelor of Commerce. Along with this I have been working full time as a paramedic which has provided some challenges around balancing life, sport, education and career but I'm loving it and hope to continue on an up and progress further in all those areas.

DANIEL HOY

AIMES Emerging Talent Award 2014 Over the past twelve months I’ve been traveling

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the world with racing in triathlon. It started in February with the New Zealand season where I raced the Continental Cup in Takapuna where I finished fifth in the open mens race. After this I went to Australia for two races where I was second in both, one being the open men's. This was the Oceania Cup which was held at Penrith. This race qualified me for world champs later in the year which would be held in Mexico in September. Before then I had a campaign in Asia where a group from New Zealand went over and raced two Asia Cup races, one in Japan and one in Singapore. I finished seventh and second in them. These were both important races as they would be my last races before World Champs in Mexico and it was also good to race there as they were both hot climates just like Mexico. Before the world's we did a training camp on the Gold Coast and then to Clermont in America to train in the heat before we raced. Mexico was an awesome experience and one of the coolest racing destinations I’ve been too. I finished up fourth at the Under 19 World Champs and still have one more year to go next year! After the world's I raced two more ITU races, one in Hong Kong where I finished first and one in Korea. After a long season I then took a break from training to be a normal kid for a while before building up a running block for some track races at the end of the year. I am currently building back into training for the 2017 season that will start at the end of January.

2013

AIMES AWARD WINNERS AIMES Supreme Award ($20,000) & Music Award ($10,000) – Ella Yelich-O'Connor, Singer/Song Writter/Musician; AIMES Arts Award ($10,000) – Bridget Costello, Musical Theatre Performer; AIMES IT, Innovation & Science Award ($10,000) – Sarah Mitchell, Scientist; AIMES Education Award ($10,000) – Michael MacDonald, Scholar; AIMES Sport Award ($10,000) – Andrew Maloney, Sailor; AIMES Service to the Community Award ($10,000) – Loren O'Sullivan, Community Volunteer; AIMES Special Judges Award ($10,000) – Liam Stone, Diver.

Bridget Costello

In addition there were six recipients of the North Harbour Club Emerging Talent Awards in 2013. They were: Joel Granger, Matthew Jones, Alex Taylor, George Muir, Georgia Williams, Finn Howard, Natalie Te Paa, Keon Park (they each received $4000).

BRIDGET COSTELLO AIMES Music Award 2013

Bridget was thrilled to join the West End cast of Phantom of the Opera in August in the role of Swing. As Swing, she plays all six female ensemble tracks. Each track involves different characters, harmonies, staging, movement and costume. Bridget is considered an offstage Swing, performing for holiday leave, sickness and injury (sometimes at a minutes’ notice) and is generally onstage 95% of the time. In September Bridget was involved in the shows 30th Anniversary Gala with original cast members. This year the cast have been fortunate enough to rehearse with Hal Prince, Gillian Lynn and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Earlier this year Bridget played the role of the Opera Singer in the virtual reality commercial for Etihad Airways starring Nicole Kidman. The commercial was filmed in Abu Dhabi with CMS Productions and was a fantastic experience. Last Christmas Bridget performed the role of Princess in The Tinderbox at The Charing Cross Theatre. Bridget has now lived in London for three years and has successfully secured a five-year Exceptional Talent Visa.

SARAH MITCHELL

AIMES IT, Innovation & Science Award 2013 In March 2016 I completed my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology. It was an incredible challenge, both academically and personally, but I am happy to say that I am now a Doctor!

Sarah Mitchell

My research involved writing optimization algorithms to help design the next generation of lithium-ion batteries for applications such as mobile phones and portable electronic devices. This work was recently published in the Journal of Power Sources, a highly respected journal for the battery community. I returned home to New Zealand upon the completion of my Ph.D. Whilst I enjoyed my time in the States, there’s certainly no place like home! Since being back I have spent several months enjoying a change of pace renovating a house in Devonport. My sister Stephanie and I are now beginning an exciting new phase of founding a tech startup based here on the Shore. It’s a whole new adventure and we are very excited to see what the future will hold!

ANDREW (ANDY) MALONEY AIMES Sport Award 2013

It has been a whirlwind twelve months. 2016 was a year that had been highlighted in my mind ever since I can remember, as an Olympic year that I was targeting in the Laser Class. One NZ representative in the Laser was to be selected in May 2016, to compete at the Olympic Games a few months later. Sam Meech and I had a tight battle all the way through over the past four years, and at the final World Cup selection event in France, April this year, his podium place sealed the deal, with my 4th place coming up short. The following few months was a pretty rough time. When you spend every hour of every day for four years focused on one goal, and then it ends so abruptly it is a tough pill to swallow. At first I was left with a feeling of failure and emptiness, having spent all that time and effort in the end for what? I soon realized that I had to remember all the good times I had along the way, the great people I worked alongside within my support team, and the awesome competitors I battled over the years. There were many highlights along the way too, that will remain in my memory forever. With all that in mind, and the seriously amazing support from my coach, family and girlfriend, I managed to start looking forward and seek new challenges. After a short training stint with Sam in Rio to support his final push for a medal a few weeks later, I began chatting with friends and receiving some great advice. I knew I needed a change for the short-term future. I was still passionate about sailing, and was eager to get involved with bigger boat racing at a high performance level. It didn’t happen overnight, but some great opportunities eventually came up and I was getting excited to get back racing. Then a dream opportunity popped up, to trial with Emirates Team NZ as a

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sailing team member for the 35th America’s Cup. The combination of my fitness and sailing skills gained through my Olympic level sailing gave me a good base to work hard over that trial period. The work ethic and determination that competing in an Olympic sport gives you can never be underestimated. I’m now signed up with Emirates Team NZ through to June 2017. Every day at work I’m presented with new challenges, whether it is physical in grinding on the boat to power it around the race track, or learning to laminate carbon and build pieces for the new race boat. I’m enjoying each day and really focused on contributing as much as I can from now until the end of the 35th America’s Cup. Working with a team towards one goal of bringing the Cup home is very rewarding. It’s been an up and down time, but I can sleep at night knowing that I gave my Rio 2016 campaign everything I had. I learned a lot along the way, and that Olympic fire still burns deep inside me. There’s a good chance that after the 35th America’s Cup I’ll get back into the Olympic side of our sport, but for now the epic challenge of bringing the Cup home is a goal I am 100% committed to and loving every minute of it. Without the support over the last four years, my Olympic experience wouldn’t have been possible and I wouldn’t be where I am today. Thanks to everyone including the AIMES Awards and North Harbour Club.

KEON PARK

AIMES Emerging Talent Award 2013 For the past year, I have been met with a thick red tape (security clearance [for which a US citizenship is required]) for advancing my career in energy/cutting edge research, regulations within the NZ&US division of Rhodes/Rutherford scholarships classified me ineligible to apply for award programs to study in England and to make matters worse my project idea of self-assembling active nanoparticles (in solvent media for application in logic gates) had been passed onto an incoming PhD student. After much persistence, however, I am happy to announce that I will be starting my PhD candidacy at UNSW working on developing and progressing Photocatalysis with application in direct water-hydrogen conversion and water/ air purification using light (new materials in composition and crystal structure and exploring size dependent quantum properties for tuneable bandgap photocatalysis of pollutants for environment restoration and of water for pursuit of hydrogen fuel generation). I spent most of the past year working as a junior chemist at PQ Corp, a zeolite based hydrocarbon catalysis subsidiary of Shell and in the spare time arming myself with as much knowledge of the world as I could, I started off with computer programming in basic languages and an introduction to deep learning/artificial intelligence. I am hoping to connect with future colleagues to explore the application of artificial intelligence in new functional materials development during my PhD candidacy. And then my life took an interesting turn where

I spent a fair bit of time getting involved in politics and studying the economy, volunteering at phonebanks for the recent election, getting involved in meet-up forums for open discussions and email correspondence with some of the top academics like Noam Chomsky and Robert Reich. For me it had kicked off in university, a couple hundred pages into Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations where Smith points out the stupidity of man that ensues true division of labor. He brings to attention the dangers behind relying on the ruling class and in hoping that “by an invisible hand…“ our problems will rectify itself. The resulting product of division of labor in American politics is pretty clear, a generally marginalized and disenfranchised society with very little public understanding of domestic and foreign policies and often fed misleading news pieces to turn against, blame and fear one other (blacks in the 90’s, immigrants throughout the 20th century, welfare recipients and muslims today.) Election and news cycles rarely touch on the policies and instead focus on candidate’s character to tend to the publics lack of understanding. Meanwhile, certain corporations have established a quid pro quo political system further strengthened by the recently passed citizens united act of 2010 (of which 1. many were not aware of and 2. those who were aware expressed overwhelming bipartisan disapproval). The result of this revolving door shows a distribution of the lion’s share of new wealth to the top 1% of society (through trade policies, deregulations & questionable subsidies) and a generally melting of the middle class. A growing discontent of the people and a general shifting of the constituency of the government from the majority to the opulence of the minority and an associated shifting of the political spectrum further towards the right. To save our NZ society from falling into a similar sort of degeneration that is largely responsible for the populism behind Donald Trump we should consider the notion that education is not only a tool by which we obtain marketable skills but also one necessary to learn about the workings of the world. It was particularly interesting for me to see that most top tier American universities (and this idea is not unique to Ivy league institutions) required roughly half non-major courses to graduate – a curriculum aimed at diversifying the views of the future leaders. The recent election results and the clean sweep (judicial, legislative, executive) of the US government to the Republican party has some very real consequences for global citizens. In the 100 day proposal of the transition team and appointment of prominent figures we can speculate on the general policies that may ensue Trump’s presidency. The most striking to me is the nomination of Scott Pruitt (a climate change denier) to the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, the nomination of Rex Tillerson as the secretary of state and his $50 proposal in exploration, excavation, transportation and processing of fossil fuels. His repatriation holiday (which was proven to be a failed policy of equity bubbles created by

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Keon Park with wife Anna and their dog Pepper at Franklin Square, PA.

increased dividend payouts and share buyback) of an estimated 15% of the US GDP worth of cash. Proposed dismantling of Dodd Frank, a regulation passed to regulate the freedom in “financial innovation” to prevent a repeat of the financial meltdown of 2008. A 2 for 1 promise of 2 deregulations per every regulation passed. The result is likely to be a run wild economy full of bubbles which can each be tested like an explosion that may trigger a nuclear meltdown, the more fundamental flaws created by the exploitation of economic rules. And then there is the largely controversial trade agreement which Trump wants to renegotiate in America’s favor. Many academics who have had access to segments of even the old TPPA argued that the segments leaked show high levels of investor rights protectionism including a bolstered ISDS and patent extensions. As we head towards a more globally capitalistic society we are witnessing more aggression from corporations towards the nations - an interesting incident not too widely discussed was the negotiation set forth by the US representatives to undermine Australia’s Evidence Based Medicine with claims that Australia’s EBM was interfering with laissez faire, free market, principles. Numerous independent studies (including publications at the Yale law school) have shown the ever-increasing burden of drug prices shift from corporations to the taxpayers through forms of intellectual property term extensions – Applying this to NZ, what can be saved from tariffs cuts by the exporting companies will be paid in full and then some by taxpayers in the form of intellectual property extensions reflected in the products such as drugs we import paid for by our social medicare program. Then it leads us to question, will the money accumulated by the exporters be used to grow new jobs in NZ or will it end up in the pockets of the investors through dividends and higher stock prices from buybacks? We’re back to discussing trickle down Raeganomics. It is my belief that we as a nation cannot rely on global superpowers to be “fair” and we must have the people at the forefront of the battle for our own rights and liberties. That the complacency of our population from a lack of civics education may be keeping us from striving towards independence whether it be in innovation, pharma, trade, in securing energy or economic independence. As for my career, I still feel the allure of quest for knowledge (for me, learning is the ultimate high) and I seem to have an insatiable yearning

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ELLA YELICH-O'CONNOR (LORDE) North Harbour Club Supreme & Arts Awards Winner 2013 Two years on from winning the Supreme AIMES Award and from her ground-breaking first album Pure Heroine and its hit single ‘Royals’, 2016 was expected to be the year Lorde (Ella Yelich-O’Connor) released a much-awaited second album. That hasn’t happened – but she’s maintained the faith of her followers, who continue to wait for her next oeuvre. 2016 started on a very public high at the Brit Awards in February, just weeks after David Bowie’s death, when Lorde paid an emotional tribute to the superstar with ‘Life on Mars?’, backed by Bowie's band from his last tour in 2003. Since then, her appearances have been largely limited to Facebook and Twitter posts – no major concerts, and no new album – or at least not yet. In November, the day before she turned 20, Lorde wrote a long introspective post to her fans on Facebook, that outlines where she is at better than anything we could write. Here are a few extracts that sum up her 2016: “Sometime in the last year or so, part of me crossed over. For one thing, I made a very deliberate choice to withdraw for a little while from a public life. I haven’t had my hair or makeup done in a year, the free handbags dried up LONG ago, and the paparazzi at the airport are almost always for someone else. And let me tell you, as much as I love being full noise album cycle girl, it's been a … joy. (every once in a while I am recognised on the street - one of you breathlessly clutches my hand, shaking and speaking quickly, and I feel this SHOCK of love.) “I turned inwards to my friends, my family, towards this moment, so I could learn more about who I was, and so I could let this new project show itself to me. “And oh my god, it was a colossal year! … My heart broke. I moved out of home and into the city and I made new friends and started to realize that no-one is just good or bad, that everyone is both. I started to discover in a profound, scary, blood-aching way who I was when I was alone, what I did when I did things only for myself…, learning what it’s like to be an adult, even talking like one sometimes, until I caught myself…. “And then I wrote a record about it, … and I’m in New York getting it done. And tomorrow, I’m not a kid any more… Writing Pure Heroine was my way of enshrining our teenage glory, putting it up in lights forever so that part of me never dies, and this record - well, this one is about what comes next.

Ella Yelich-O'Connor (Lorde) visited AIMES Music Award sponsor Albany Toyota in late 2013. She is pictured (centre) with Haydn Mackenzie, Chiara Soons and Shenae and Andrew Mackenzie of Albany Toyota.

Ella Yelich-O'Connor (Lorde) with the Sir Peter Blake Trophy which she received as the AIMES Supreme Award Winner in 2013.

2016 started on a very public high at the Brit Awards in February, just weeks after David Bowie’s death, when Lorde paid an emotional tribute to the superstar with ‘Life on Mars?’ “I want nothing more than to spill my guts RIGHT NOW about the whole thing - I want you to see the album cover, pore over the lyrics (the best I’ve written in my life), touch the merch, experience the live show. I can hardly stop myself from typing out the name. I just need to keep working a while longer to

make it as good as it can be. You'll have to hold on. The big day is not tomorrow, or even next month realistically, but soon. I know you understand. `“What I'm trying to say is: this is a special birthday. The party is about to start. I am about to show you the new world.”

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for new technology - of imagining routes to achieving what has not been possible before. I hope to capitalize on this upcoming opportunity, make lasting connections, expand my understanding, research and grow into a prominent scientist, all-the-while keeping an open mind to new ideas and expanding my view of the world. I am driven by a motivation to build a career and a portfolio of knowledge in new technologies to apply innovation in furthering growth for the people, with the hopes of one day cutting down on our dependence of foreign intellectual property. It’s hard to explain but I feel a sense of civic responsibility to give back to the nations and its people that has helped shape me and my thoughts. While I feel the need to pursue my own dreams for now, I recognize I have been afforded these amazing opportunities as an individual of extreme privilege with scholarships from both the North Harbor Club and the US federal grants. I hope to one day be in a position where I can also contribute to help foster future talent and give opportunities to the coming generations. I want to formally thank the donors for your generous contribution and I will keep you updated on our exciting adventures, my quest for the holy grail of energy and the development of my career.

LOREN O'SULLIVAN

AIMES Service to the Community Awards 2013 (& 2007) After receiving the AIMES Award in 2013 for Community Service, I spent one more year volunteering at a children’s home, NPH Honduras, in Central America. This is a home with over 500 children who have been orphaned, abandoned or abused. When I came back to New Zealand in 2015, I started teaching at Sacred Heart College which I really enjoyed. At the beginning of 2016 I was appointed to the exciting role of Director of NPH New Zealand. This role involves spreading awareness and raising funds for our 9 children’s homes across Latin America. Through speaking presentations, applying for grants and organising fundraising events, it has been beautiful to see NPH NZ grow. It is an incredibly rewarding feeling to be able to send much needed funds to help these kids. This year I have been very humbled by all the generous people I have met. Thank you to everyone who has helped in any way. The support I have received from the North Shore community has been enormous! A special thank you to the North Harbour Club, and in particular to Benefitz and Bellingham Wallace for all your support. I can’t wait to visit our children in Mexico and Honduras next March with a team of Kiwi volunteers. I look forward to seeing how our funds are helping our kids and changing their lives. For my personal life, it’s also been a fantastic year! I am now engaged to my lovely

Loren O'Sullivan and her fiancé Leonardo Diaz.

Peruvian fiancé, Leonardo Diaz. We look forward to tying the knot on the North Shore. To find out more about what we do at NPH to help orphaned and abandoned children, please visit: www.nph-nz.org

LIAM STONE

AIMES Judges Award 2013 Living, training and studying in Knoxville Tennessee agrees with Liam Stone who commenced a four year diving scholarship with the University of Tennessee in 2015. He was immediately successful winning, as a Freshman, the US South East Conference 3 metre title, breaking a 16 year old record in the process, and followed this up making the final of the US NCAA event (US Nationals). In 2016, Liam has done even better winning the US National 1 metre title at the NCAA Championships breaking a twelve year drought for Tennessee. Dennis Gear, a former New Zealand coach and long time North Harbour resident, described this as arguably the best result achieved by a New Zealand diver surpassing even Commonwealth Games medal performances. Despite being one of the youngest competitors on the Men’s international circuit and being unable to compete as much as he would like in FINA Grand Prix events, Liam achieved a Top 25 world ranking in the Men’s 3 metre. In the World Championships in Russia he set a New Zealand record for 3 metre which was followed with a 1 metre record at the Oceania Championships. He also made Top 8 finishes in each of the Canadian and Puerto Rico Grand Prix events. Liam is half way through his time at Tennessee where he is studying kinesiology (sport science) and loving the experience. He describes the access to world class facilities and regular intense top competition as “just amazing and something New Zealand cannot provide”. He is looking forward to a small but well earned break back in New Zealand over Christmas before returning to the USA for more competition and build up to the 2017 World Championships in Hungary.

GEORGE MUIR

AIMES Emerging Talent Award 2013 2016 has been an slightly disjointed year for me. I played my 50th test for the Blacksticks in march against Korea in a series we won 3-0. That was a huge honour for me and made even better by being able to play it in Auckland with my friends and family in the crowd. After this tournament I was part of the team who competed in the Sultan of Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia. We came in

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as defending champions but had to settle this year for 3rd place, beating Malaysia in a shoot out for the bronze medal. Australia went on to win. After this tournament my year took a bit of a turn, a hamstring tear was followed by missing out on Olympic selection and then in my first game back I had a nasty collision which resulted in a dislocated shoulder. I am currently recovering from shoulder surgery to repair the damage done in this injury. In between the dislocation and surgery I captained the North Harbour mens side in the National Hockey League. After round robin we were in a three way tie for first place but due to the tournament rules we missed out on the final. Off the turf I have completed my Commerce degree from the University of Auckland and am now in the final stages of my law degree. Rehab from surgery is going well and I am looking to be back on the turf early 2017 for a big year of hockey!

GEORGIA WILLIAMS

AIMES Emerging Talent Award 2013 2016 has been a very important year for me as I was chasing and an Olympic medal on the track in the Women's Team Pursuit. I was in New Zealand for the start of the year, based in Cambridge training at the Home of Cycling. I was selected as one of the five girls to compete at Rio. My team mates and I headed to America for the first part of our build up at the start of June. We then headed to Belgium for a few weeks and our last phase was completed in France. The training was next level with many hours spent on the bike and in the gym.

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Alex Taylor (centre).

Unfortunately my team mates and I just missed out on a medal placing 4th. We were all heart broken. When I returned home from Rio I had a good month of the bike recovering physically and mentally. I've been back into training for awhile now and loving it. I'm really motivated for next year which is more road racing based. I will compete in the Elite road cycling National Champs in January where I will be chasing the national title after placing 2nd twice. Another big event will be in April for the World Champs on the velodrome in Hong Kong. Then I will head to Italy to race for 5 months for my professional road cycling team called BePink. Looking forward to it, with my big goals of the Commonweath Games on the Gold Coast and Tokyo Olympics on my mind.

ALEX TAYLOR

AIMES Emerging Talent Award 2013 2016 was a good year for performances of my works. The New York-based Enso Quartet toured New Zealand in May, performing my “a coincidence of surfaces”, commissioned by Chamber Music New Zealand. Also in May, Unstuck Opera under director Frances Moore presented a second season of Dido and Aeneas Recomposed at the Basement Theatre in Auckland. This production will tour to BATS in Wellington in April this year. NZTrio and international tenor superstar Simon O’Neill performed my arrangement of four Strauss songs in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, with soloist Ben Hoadley and conductor Hamish McKeich, recorded my Bassoon Concerto as part of the NZ Composer Sessions. The Westlake Concert Band commissioned and performed “a summoning” in the KBB Music Festival.

In the middle of the year I attended a number of festivals and courses. At the Darmstadt Summer Courses in Germany I participated in the Writing and Radio Workshop run by Anne Hilde Neset and Peter Meanwell, and with fellow New Zealand composer Celeste Oram presented The Unauthorised History of New Zealand Music, a live radio play which we reprised at the Audio Foundation in Auckland later in the year. I also attended the Lucerne Festival and the Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music. I attended the Nelson Composers Workshop as both tutor and performer. In 2016 I wrote reviews and articles for a number of publications including Radio New Zealand (as part of the Auckland Arts Festival), the Pantograph Punch, and Real Time Arts in Australia. I continued to serve on the Composers Association of New Zealand committee and on the SOUNZ Composers Advisory Panel. I finished an opera, The Last Delirium of Arthur Rimbaud, which will be staged by Unstuck Opera later this year. I lectured at the University of Auckland in Composition and Orchestration. With composer Eve de CastroRobinson I presented concerts of contemporary performance under the banner of hear|say, including an event as part of Auckland Arts Festival’s White Night. In November I was awarded one of three Arts Foundation New Generation Awards for my work as a composer and musician. 2017 promises many exciting ventures. I am currently writing a flute concerto for American flutist Abigail Sperling. I will attend the Tanglewood Music Centre from June to August, learning from some outstanding composers including Thomas Adès and Osvaldo Golijov. I will always be grateful for the support of the North Harbour Club. All the best for 2017.

2012

AIMES AWARD WINNERS AIMES Supreme Award ($20,000) & Sports Award ($10,000) – Lydia Ko, Golfer; AIMES Arts Award ($10,000) – Rob Tucker, Artist; AIMES IT, Innovation & Science Award ($10,000) – Amy Smith, Neuro-Scientist; AIMES Music Award ($10,000) – Jason Bae, Musician; AIMES Education Award ($10,000) – Andrew MacDonald, Doctor;

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AIMES Service to the Community Award ($10,000) – Joseph Bergin, Community/ Youth Ambassador. In addition there were six recipients of the North Harbour Club Emerging Talent Awards in 2012. They were: Petra Bullock, Nick Hall, Teneale Hatton, Sarah Mitchell, Mattea Mrkusic, Jeremy Reid, Ben Sanders (they each received $4000).

JEREMY REID

AIMES Emerging Talent Award 2012 For the past year I have been busy writing and completing my doctoral dissertation at the University of Arizona. While not nearly as exciting in terms of events as I'm sure the people either side of me on this page are, it has been deeply rewarding exploring issues in the history of democratic theory and constitutionalism, as well as teaching my own courses at the university level on ancient philosophy and ethics. For those interested, my dissertation argues that Plato and Aristotle saw the primary role of democratic institutions as limiting the power that rulers could exercise and in preventing those rulers from using that power for their own gain rather than the benefit of those over whom they ruled; on the other hand, I content that Plato and Aristotle also thought that the main flaw of democracy was that it failed to find an adequate place for expertise and scientific judgment in the face of popular voting, systematic biases, and widespread ignorance about what the best policies are. Some have noted that this topic is somewhat timely given recent political events. Though most of my time has been spent reading, typing in front of a computer, or lecturing in the classroom, I have also had the opportunity to travel to a number of conferences and academic events in San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Princeton, Philadelphia, Flagstaff, Charleston, and Washington DC. All going to plan, I will be defending my dissertation in May and hopefully starting a job as a professor in July (though I write this deep in the midst of job application season). Stay tuned for more concrete news!

ANDREW MACDONALD AIMES Education Award 2012

2016 has been a year of change and growth for me. I have continued my work as a doctor specialising in surgery for the past year. For most

of 2015 and 2016 I worked as an orthopaedic surgery registrar (junior doctor in specialist training) in spine surgery at North Shore Hospital and Auckland City Hospital. Ultimately I am hoping to continue with my current line of work and training and eventually specialise as a surgeon. This year I moved on to work as a registrar in neurosurgery at Waikato Hospital. This unfortunately has forced me to leave the North Shore region (and Auckland altogether) and shift to Hamilton – the first time I have lived out of Auckland for any length of time. The process however has been valuable experience for me, although I am not yet fully accustomed to the weather and quietness of Hamilton living! I have been working in neurosurgery for the past 6 months, focussing on brain surgery and spine surgery. I have been lucky to have had a lot of outstanding opportunities to learn and perform aspects of brain and spine surgery myself, including burr hole procedures and craniotomies (opening up the skull) for head injury/trauma patients with brain bleeds. The work in neurosurgery involves a lot of serious and life-threatening conditions. The majority of patients treated are suffering from serious head injuries/trauma, brain tumours or brain bleeds. The prognosis for many of these conditions can be poor and a lot of my work involves supporting people and their families through major surgery and life-changing medical conditions. This work involves seeing a lot of patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as well as occasionally some very lengthy (i.e. all day) and complex operations. I was lucky also this year to be asked to be a member of the AIMES Awards judging panel. This was a very special project for me as I felt that the work that I did for the judging panel was a small bit of service back to the North Harbour Club after all the support that I have been provided in the past. It was certainly an eye-opening experience to be part of the interview panel from the judging side (and much less stressful, I must add). As with all of the other judges, I was impressed by the high standard of applications across the AIMES Award categories and have come to appreciate just how challenging it is for the judging panel to make the tough decision of who to nominate for each award. It was a great pleasure to meet again with the members of the North Harbour Club, some of who I value as cherished friends. I am looking forward to ongoing involvement with the Club in the years to come.

JASON BAE

AIMES Music Award 2012 When I won the AIMES Music Award in 2012, I was able to use the scholarship prize money to buy a plane ticket to London in order to take a live audition at the Royal Academy of Music. My audition was successful and I was one of 10 applicants from all around the world to be accepted as a Masters student in piano performance. Last year, I have graduated my Master of Arts in piano performance with the highest distinction award, DipRAM. For the past twelve months; I have given recitals at the Quarry Theatre at St. Luke’s Bedford, U.K, St Mary Magdalene Church in London, King’s Place

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Hall in London where I also performed chamber music with musicians from Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Steinway Hall in London, Korean Cultural Centre at Trafalgar Square in London and St.George the Martyr Church in London. In New Zealand, I have performed Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 “Emperor” with Bay of Plenty Symphonia at Tauranga Baycourts Theatre, recitals at School of Music Theatre, University of Auckland and at newly renovated Lewis Eady Showroom. This year, I have been appointed as School of Music Visiting Fellow at University of Auckland where I taught undergraduate and postgraduate piano students for a week, presented two public masterclasses and a lecture for the composition students. Also, I have recently been appointed as ‘Steinway Artist’ by the Steinway and Sons Piano headquarter in Hamburg, Germany. I will be giving a piano recital at St. Martin-inthe-Fields Church in London next February. Parallel to my concerts as a pianist, I have made a conducting debut with Berlin Sinfonietta and GOOEN.SEMBLE orchestra for the 2016 Bloomsbury Festival in London. I will be also conducting University of North Florida Symphony Orchestra in U.S.A next year as well as giving a chamber music recital and teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate piano students as a Visiting Artist. www.jasonbaepianist.com.

NICK HALL

AIMES Emerging Talent Award 2012 If you ask someone how their year has been they will undoubtedly say busy. For some reason it seems that something has been in the water this year and it has led people to do amazing things, pack their schedules full and continue on their exciting journeys. The last 12 months for me has been exactly this! My last update described how after winning an 'AIMES Emerging Talent Award' in 2013 I completed my Masters in Music (Trumpet Performance) at the University of British Columbia in Canada and on the conclusion of my studies was offered a trumpet position in the Band of the Royal New Zealand Navy. This year I have still been working hard in the Band with many exciting performances for the Navy's 75th Birthday. I was very honored to be asked to to go to France and Belgium for Anzac Day. I played the Last Post at around ten ceremonies in order to mark 100 years since WW1. This trip was one of the most incredible performance opportunities that I have had and I will always remain grateful to the NZ Defence Force for allowing me to represent them internationally on such an important occasion. Outside of my Navy life I can often be found treading the boards as the drag queen Anita

Wigl'it. In October this year, along with my best friend and fellow performer I purchased the drag queen cabaret/restaurant Caluzzi. Caluzzi is a dinner theatre like no other! You are served by drag queen waitress' and then enjoy their hilarious shows. I feel very honored to have taken over a cabaret that has been thriving for 20 years. Next on the agenda is writing a cabaret show for Auckland Pride which will be performed at Caluzzi (watch this space!) and filming a drag queen TV show... all while performing at least weekly in the Navy Band!! It's been a hectic but fabulous 2016 and I look forward to updating you next year and finding out, with you, which exciting direction my life and future will follow.

AMY SMITH

AIMES IT, Innovation & Science Award 2012 I have now been working as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford for 3 years. It has been an amazing opportunity to work in such a special place. I have been able to make the most of Oxford life by going to college dinners and functions, learning to row and riding a bike to get from one campus to another. My research has been part of the Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre that has clinicians and researchers working towards the goal of better understanding the early pathological processes of disease. This information will allow us to find preventative treatments in the future. I have also had the opportunity to work with several other groups in Oxford, learning new techniques and making connections. In 2016 I presented my work at an international neuroscience conference in Girona, Spain. It was a great opportunity to hear about new advances in my field of neuro-degeneration, and to meet researchers from across Europe. I also attended a Parkinson’s UK conference in Leeds where I was happy to meet some fellow Kiwi's! I am now in the process of publishing this work and will be excited to see it in print soon. As an aside from work I have been occupied by the organizational task of wedding planning! Luckily my partner and I have very helpful parents on the North Shore and we can’t wait to be back soon for a summer wedding!

Amy Smith

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Lydia Ko accepting her AIMES Supreme Award in 2012

LYDIA KO

North Harbour Club Supreme & Sport Awards Winner 2012 Lydia Ko took out the AIMES Supreme Award in 2012, aged just 15 and still at Pinehurst School, but already the world’s No.1 female amateur golfer. Less than a year later, in October 2013, she turned professional and not unexpectedly was granted membership for the LPGA 2014 season. She had, after all, been the top-ranked female amateur golfer in the world for two and a half years at that stage, the youngest person ever to win a professional golf tour event, youngest person ever to win an LPGA Tour event, and the only amateur to win two LPGA Tour events. In 2015 she capped this with becoming the youngest player, male or female, to reach No.1 in the world. In November 2015, she won the LPGA Player of the Year Award by two points over arch-rival Inbee Park, chalking up another “youngest” accolade as youngest winner in the 49 years of the award. Her success continued unabated into 2016. In early 2016 she was named Young New Zealander of the Year (an award open to 1530 year-olds) and for the first half of the year continued to add to her string of LPGA titles. By October last year she had won 14 LPGA titles – a tally only ever surpassed by 38 other

Tour players. She won an LPGA Tour Major Victory in each of 2015 (The Evian Championship in France) and 2016 (ANA Inspiration), as well as in 2016 the Kia Classic, the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, and the Marathon Classic. Her career winnings now top $7.3million US dollars ($NZ10.5 million). Lydia won the most recent of her LPGA titles in mid-July 2016. In August, despite high hopes of an Olympic gold medal, and her first ever hole-inone, she had to settle for a silver medal, though she was clearly delighted to be on the Olympic podium. Since August, her results, against her astonishingly high standards, dropped off and she missed out on taking the 2016 Player of the Year Award, though she remains women’s No.1 player on the LPGA Tour. Perhaps as a result of her inability to maintain the form that has made her so respected in the golfing world, at the end of 2016 Lydia made changes to her support team, firing caddy Jason Hamilton with whom she had won 10 tournaments in two years, and cutting ties with coaches David Leadbetter and Sean Hogan. She has also, much to the consternation of some commentators, switched clubs, a move that has unbalanced the game of some lesser players. Given her age – she is still a teenager – this may simply be a sign of a young player stamping her own mark on how she plays the game. There’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that there is much more to come for Lydia Ko.

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2010

2007

The AIMES Award winners for 2011 were:Supreme ($20,000) & IT, Innovation & Science Award ($10,000) – Richard Stebbing Arts Award ($10,000) – Elliot Christensen-Yule Music Award ($10,000) – Moses MacKay Education Award ($10,000) – Blake Hansen Sport Award ($10,000) – Thomas Abercrombie Service to the Community Award ($10,000) – Amanda Judd Emerging Talent Awards 2011 ($4,000 each) – lexandra Foster, Adam Gerrett, Seok Jun Bing, Aine Kelly-Costello, Lydia Ko, Rebecca Dubber.

The AIMES Award winners for 2010 were:Supreme ($20,000) & AIMES Sports ($10,000) – Jacko Gill Arts Award ($10,000) – Verity Burgess IT, Innovation & Science Award ($10,000) – David MacDonald Music Award ($10,000 each - Joint Winners) – Sophie Bird; Will Martin Education Award ($10,000) – Andrew MacDonald Service to the Community Award ($10,000) – Anita Walbran Judges Special Award ($6,000) – Shaun Quincey Emerging Talent Awards 2010 ($4,000 each) – Maddie Dillon, Chloe Francis, Stephanie Mitchell, The Naked & Famous, Michael Macdonald, Joseph Bergin.

2009

The AIMES Award winners for 2009 were:Supreme ($20,000) & Sport Award ($10,000) – Melissa Ingram Arts Award ($10,000) – Anna-Louise Dillon-Herzog IT, Innovation & Science Award ($10,000 each - Joint Winners) – Daniel Playne & Yvette Perrott Music Award ($10,000 each - Joint Winners) – Grayson Masefield & Amalia Hall Education Award ($10,000) – Adrienne Anderson Service To The Community Award ($10,000) – Cameron Calkoen Emerging Talent Awards ($4,000 each) – Sophie Corbidge, Chris Rahardja, Jenna Gallie, Jason Bae, Ellen Deverall, Arkesh Patel.

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The AIMES Award winners for 2008 were:Supreme Award ($20,000) & Sport Award ($10,000) – Tom Ashley Arts Award ($10,000) – Sophie Henderson IT, Innovation & Science Award ($10,000) – Daniel Playne Education Award ($10,000) – Naomi Jones Service To The Community Award ($10,000) – Sean Yang Judges Special Award ($7,000) – Melissa Ingram Emerging Talent Awards ($4,000 each) – Verity Burgess, Brittany Carter, Andrew MacDonald, Andrew Maloney,Yvette Perrott, Yousif Rassam, Chris Steele, Erin Taylor,The Earlybirds (Filip Kostovich, Jared Aisher, Michael Cannon, Sean Patterson and Kane ter Veer).

The AIMES Award winners for 2007 were:Supreme Award ($15,000) & EducationAward ($10,000) – Matthew Flinn Arts Award ($10,000) – Ananth Gopal IT, Innovation & Science Award ($10,000) – Daniel Playne Music Award ($10,000 each - three Winners) – Sarah McCallum, Tanya Cooling & Hollie Smith Sport Award ($10,000) – Jo Aleh Service To The Community Award ($10,000) – Loren O’Sullivan Emerging Talent Awards ($2000 each) – Samuel Coldicutt, Robert Ellis, Mikhail Koudinov, Alexandra Maloney, Stephen Smith, Rob Tucker

2006

The AIMES Award winners for 2006 were:Joint Supreme Award ($10,000 each) & Sport Award ($10,000 each) – Juliette Haigh & Rebecca Spence Arts Award ($8,000) – Dmitri (Dima) Ivanov IT, Innovation & Science Award ($8,000) – Hayley Reynolds Music Award ($8,000 each - Joint winners) – Julia McCarthy & Sarah McCracken Education Award ($8,000) – Chye-Ching Huang Service To The Community Award ($8,000) – Cameron Calkoen Emerging Talent Awards ($2000 each) – Tom Ashley, Richard Chen, Caroline Grey, Blake Hansen. Violinist Richard Chen also received $5,000 from Corelli School for production of his own CD.

As has been detailed elsewhere in Northside, the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust was formed in 1995. As of November 2016 the Club has awarded over $1.83 million to the young people of the North Harbour region through the annual AIMES Awards. We have featured reports from some recent winners in previous pages. These are the other AIMES Awards recipients dating back to 1996.

2005

The AIMES Award winners for 2005 were:Supreme Award ($10,000) & IT, Innovation & Science Award ($7,000) – Nodira Khoussainova Arts Award ($7,000) – Ananth Gopal Music Award ($5,000 plus $5,000 from Corelli School for production of a CD) – The Checks (Rock Band) Karel Chabera, Jacob Moore, Ed Knowles, Sven Petterson, Callum Martin Education Award ($5,000) – Elizabeth Duncan Sport Award ($5,000) – Hannah McLean Judges Special Award ($5,000) – Amalia Hall

2004

The AIMES Award winners for 2004 were:Supreme Award ($10,000) & IT, Innovation & Science Award ($7,000) – Heather Brown Arts Award ($5,000) – Kendra Oxley Music Award ($5,000 plus $5,000 from Corelli School for production of a CD) – Simone Roggen Education Award ($5,000 each, Joint winners) – Vicki McCall & Nicole Roughan Sport Award ($5,000 each, Joint winners) – Juliette Haigh & Corney Swanepoel

2003

The AIMES Award winners for 2003 were:Supreme Award ($20,000) & Music Award ($7,000) – Kristen Darragh Arts Award ($8,000) – Felicity Rogers IT, Innovation & Science Award ($8,000) – Nodira Khoussainova Music Award ($5,000 plus $5,000 from Corelli School for production of a CD) – Matthew Flinn Education Award ($8,000) – Karen Lindsay Sport Award ($8,000) – James Cressey

2002

The AIMES Award winners for 2002 were:Supreme Award ($10,000) & Sport Award ($8,000) – Terenzo Bozzone Arts Award ($8,000) – Anna-Louise Herzog

IT, Innovation & Science Award ($8,000) – Michael Brown Music Award ($8,000) – Sarah McCallum Music Award ($5,000) – Robbie Ellis Education Award ($8,000) – James Russell

2001

The AIMES Award winners for 2001 were:Supreme ($5,000) & Education Award ($8,000) – Mark Robinson Arts Award ($8,000) – Helen Candy Music Award ($9,000) – Sarah McCallum Music Award ($4,000 each) – Emma Buckton, Vanessa McGowan Education Award ($5,000) – Paul Bracewell Education Award ($3,000) – Ian Munro Sport Award ($8,000) – Michael Bullot Sport Award ($7,000) – Terenzo Bozzone Sport Award ($2,000) – Dean Kent Sport Award ($2,000) – Jennifer Dryburgh Judges Special Award ($1,000) – Fleur Ritchie Judges Special Award ($500 each) – Jordan Barnes, Jonathan Coulam

2000

The AIMES Award winners for 2000 were:Supreme Award ($5,000) & Education Award ($8,000) – Clarissa Dunn Arts Award ($8,000) – Andrea Proud Music Award ($8,000) – Lara Hall Sport Award ($8,000) – Monique Robins Sport Award ($5,000) – Scott Talbot-Cameron Sport Award ($5,000) – Steven Ferguson Sport Award ($3,000) – Michael Bassett Sport Award ($3,000) – Terenzo Bozzone Sport Award ($2,000) – Simon Rea

1999

The AIMES Award winners for 1999 were:Supreme Award & Music Award ($8,000) – Rainer Gibbons Arts Award ($1,500) – Mark Wells Arts Award ($1,000) – Helen Candy Arts Award ($1,000) – Felicity Rogers Arts Award ($1,000) – Elaine Dowsett Arts Award ($1,000) – Jon Gorrie Arts Award ($500) – Bradley Fagan

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$1.83 MILLION 5 Big Questions… AWARDED... (CONTINUED) Music Award ($500) – Ji-Hyun Kim Music Award (Presented with a Picolo Clarinet) – Teresa Davis Education Award ($3,000) – Nikolozi Meladze Education & Sport Awards ($2,000) – Jamie Voss Sport Award ($5,000) – Benjamin Pilley Sport Award ($5,000) – Jennifer Dryburg Sport Award ($2,500) – Slavik Shorinov

1998

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Principal, Northcote College 1. What do you love about living in the North Shore and North Harbour area? I love that the North Shore is in New Zealand and I adore being surrounded by the sea. At this time of the year that also means that I am surrounded by flowering pohutukawa. 2. How did you come to be living in our little slice of paradise? I moved to the North Shore in the late 80s after just one year living in Mt Albert. My husband at the time was a boat builder and working on the Shore and we had friends who were very happy living here. 3. What is your favourite spot in the North Shore & North Harbour area? Takapuna Beach. For many years I lived close by and I have always enjoyed swimming and walking along that beautiful expanse of beach. I admit to being a bit too fond of the Takapuna Beach Café, particularly the lemon curd and yoghurt ice cream, hence the need for walking and swimming. 4. What is the one thing you feel we could do better as a region? Water quality needs attention. It distresses me that it is not safe to swim after rain. We must be able to solve this problem. 5. Complete the following… “On a typical sunny North Shore & North Harbour day of leisure I would... visit the wonderful Devonport Library, perhaps take the ferry to the city or browse the local second hand shops, and of course spend some time at the beach. n

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The AIMES Award winners for 1998 were:Supreme Award & Sport Award ($8,000) – Nathan Handley Music Award (Presented with Baby Grand Piano) – Justin Bird Music Award ($3,750) – Neil Watson Education Award ($2,500) – Amanda Rubick Sport Award ($2,000) – Jemima Smeadley Sport Award ($2,000) – Alister Gair Sport Award ($2,000) – Felicity Gould-Hope Sport Award ($2,000) – Jennifer Dryburgh Sport Award ($2,000) – Jayson Herbert

1997

The AIMES Award winners for 1997 were:Supreme Award & Education Award ($6,000) – Philip Misur Music Award ($3,000) – Lara Hall Education Award ($2,000) – Claire Speedy Sport Award ($2,000) – Sarah Macky Sport Award ($2,000) – Jayson Herbert Sport Award ($2,000) – Alastair Gair Sport Award ($2,000) – Julie Worth Sport Award ($2,000) – Craig Harper Sport Award ($2,000) – Matthew Davies Sport Award ($2,000) – Nathan Handley

1996

The AIMES Award winners for 1996 were:Supreme Award & Arts Award ($10,000) – Patricia Bolton Music Award ($2,000) – Ben Hoadley Music Award ($1,500) – Aron Ottingon Sport Award ($5,000) – Daniel Slater Sport Award ($2,500) – Matt Brown Sport Award ($2,500) – Simon Cooke Sport Award ($1,000) – Jacqui Ashworth Sport Award ($1,000) – Abby Lye Sport Award ($1,000) – Emma Tepavac Music Award ($1,150) – Cameron Bettridge (Presented 1995) n

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New and existing Laureates with sponsors, judges and North Harbour Club leaders after the presentations.

CELEBRATING LOCAL BUSINESS LEADERS

NORTH HARBOUR BUSINESS HALL OF FAME INDUCTIONS 2016 In 2015 the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust proudly assumed responsibility for the North Shore Business Hall of Fame. This was the programme that acknowledged the contributions made by business people on the North Shore. It was initially set-up by North Shore City Council but went into recess when the combined Auckland Council was formed in 2010. With an appropriate name change – to ‘North Harbour Business Hall of Fame’ – a relaunch was conducted in late 2015 with the aim to make our first new inductions from 2016. All existing laureattes were automatically inducted into the relaunched entity. Those were:- Ralph Roberts, the late Jim and Geoff Smale, Sir Stephen Tindall, Sir Graeme Avery, Sir David Levene, Sir Peter Maire, Diane Foreman, Peter Menzies, Ian Calderwood, David Charlesworth, Colin Harvey, Gary Monk and Jan Dawson. So 2016 was a hugely exciting time for the club with the first inductions made at the inaugural North Harbour Business Hall of Fame black tie dinner held at The Wharf function centre at Northcote Point. The club was also thrilled to welcome a valued sponsor for the Business Hall of Fame, Milford Asset Management. The four new inductees were chosen by a judging panel consisting of former North Harbour Club President Matthew Bellingham as chair, along with Sir Peter Maire, club trustee Ngaio Merrick, life member Gary Monk and member Jan Dawson. "I couldn't think of a more deserving group of people to lead

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the beginning of a new era of recognising business success in the North Harbour region,” said Matthew Bellingham, when announcing the new laureattes at the mid-September function. "We have so many inspirational leaders that either live in our region or have their main place of work in our region, and who apply their wealth of experience to benefit our community. It is a privilege to be involved in recognising these people." The first inductees were Paul and Liz Blackwell, who own Pak'n Save Albany, New Zealand’s largest and busiest supermarket, the SkyCity Breakers, and publishing company PQ Blackwell. They are great believers in giving back to the community and youth, and their philanthropy is wide reaching supporting the Well Foundation, YES Disability Centre, Heart Kids of New Zealand and Starship Hospital. The third inductee was John Spooner, the joint owner (with his brother Roger) of New Zealand’s largest electrical wholesaler, JA Russell Ltd, which is 100% Zealand owned and operated. Three friends Jack Spooner, Albert Hopkins and Russell Williamson originally founded the business in 1951. 65 years later there are 68 branches employing more than 600 staff. John Spooner is a life-long resident of the North Shore, a member of the Rotary Club of Takapuna North and Trustee for YES Disability from the inception of the Resource Centre. The giving of his time and expertise continues to be a valuable resource for local charitable organisations and the community.

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Cabinet Minister the Hon Steven Joyce (centre) was the guest speaker for the evening. He is pictured with Liz and Paul Blackwell.

Existing Laureate and North Harbour Club Life Member Gary Monk (left) and Matthew Bellingham (right) made the lifetime award presentation to Sir David Levene.

Existing Laureate and North Harbour Club Patron Peter Menzies (right) and Matthew Bellingham (left) made the presentation to Paul and Liz Blackwell.

Annette Presley's presentation was made by existing Laureate Ralph Roberts (left) and Matt Bellingham.

The fourth inductee was Annette Presley, who founded her first company, the IT recruitment firm Stratum, in 1987 at the age of 24. Since then she has co-founded several successful telecommunications and information technology companies in New Zealand and Australia, including Call Australia, CallPlus and i4free and Slingshot. Annette encourages women technology entrepreneurs, supports start-up businesses, was patron of the charity StepUP and has actively supported Dress for Success, Shine and Kidz First Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital. Annette has her own charity Elicit to inspire and encourage young girls to cast off personal limitations and change their lives by dreaming big. Closing the formal part of the night the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to well-known and hugely respected local businessperson and philanthropist Sir David Levene. About the North Harbour Business Hall of Fame:- Established originally in 2004 it celebrates exemplary efforts in North Harbour business and the community. To be considered for induction, a nominee must be a current business leader, whom has applied their skills and success to benefit the community. Nominations are open on an ongoing basis for the North Harbour Business Hall of Fame and laureates will be inducted at an annual dinner event. For more information regarding the nomination process visit: www.northharbourclub.co.nz n

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NORTH HARBOUR BUSINESS HALL OF FAME - LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Sir David Levene gave a heartwarming address when accepting his lifetime achievement award.

CELEBRATING...

SIR DAVID LEVENE NORTH HARBOUR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2016 North Shore local Sir David Levene has long been a massive giver to the community. All he has done for business and philanthropy in New Zealand was recognised in September by his local community when he was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural North Harbour Business Hall of Fame dinner held at The Wharf at Northcote Point. Sir David's story is an interesting one and those who attended the dinner heard his passion for what he does and what he has done when he gave his inspirational acceptance speech after the presentation. As a young lad, David worked most holidays in his father (Lewis Levene) and uncle’s paint shop. He would fill the bottles and tins with turpentine, weigh out the putty and serve any customers. "My Dad was a painter and I can remember him coming home and saying to my Mother, there’s no money this week – we have to pay Philips and Impey’s account," explained David during his acceptance speech. "I was never hungry but there was always a feeling of unease."

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At the end of 1942, Lewis announced that David would finish his education as a boarder at New Plymouth Boys High School. David’s best subject at school was mathematics and he developed some mastery in Latin. In the first few weeks at New Plymouth Boys High, David set himself some goals: to pass the university entrance exam; to represent the school in rugby; and, to be a prefect. He attained every one. He was always conscious of the large sum of money his father handed over each term for him to be at New Plymouth. David reflected on how he joined the family firm. "One night I got home cold, wet and tired and was complaining. My dad said 'as a chemist (a career being considered) you’ll only have one shop, why don’t you come and work in your uncle’s and my paint shop'. I thought that sounded great – I could ride in the warm car with Dad on the way to and from work, read my book at the back and serve the occasional customer, so I went into the paint business." In 1960, David married Billie Arkle and they moved into an old roughcast house on the water’s edge at Milford with Elizabeth, the first of their two children. Their son, Mark, was born a few years

5 Big Questions… Lois Tibby, Olga Simon, Sir David Levene, David Tibby at the 2016 North Harbour Business Hall of Fame dinner.

later. After many alterations, David continues to live in their house at Milford. On a business trip to the United States in 1959, David was exposed to trends that were to influence the future direction of the firm profoundly. The most important of these changes were the advent of supermarkets, the rise of the shopping centre and the need for parking for any successful retailing. As David later expressed, “it was like having tomorrow’s newspaper.” "At 22 I said to my dad and uncle 'you guys have been around as long as Smith & Smith and Tingey & Co, and you have one shop and they are all over NZ! – and it’s because you don’t sell paint to painters!' My dad said 'we’re not giving credit to painters – we know how hard it is to make a living painting'. I kept nagging and in the end my Dad said 'Okay, you do it your way and if you lose it all, it’s on your head'. There wasn’t much to lose – we had about 10,000 pounds a year in revenue." By 1994 there were 52 Levene retail stores, plus paint and wallpaper factories and David decided to sell the Levene chain to Skellerup "In 1994 I sold the business – minus buildings – to Skellerup Industries and within three and a half years they had wrecked it. When it went into receivership it was one of the worst days of my life when 1000 of my people were put out of work without holiday pay and no redundancy." When selling the Levene chain David changed his business to Lewis Holdings Limited (in memory of his father). This new company is still the investment vehicle for a large proportion of the family investments. In 1995, David formed a property company called Quadrant Properties which is a significant commercial property developer and owner. So property and investing in mainly startup businesses has been the main focus. "We have built a successful property investment business and I like to back young people with good ideas in about 30 startup businesses. This is very satisfying because it ensures that I mix with the young people and not old fuddy duddies like myself!" Giving time is just as important as giving money and the David Levene Foundation is a generous benefactor to many charitable, educational and sporting organisations. David was awarded an KNZM and OBE, has received an honorary doctorate in Literature from Massey University and an honorary doctorate in law from Auckland University. He has been inducted into Manukau City’s Business Hall of Fame, the North Harbour Business Hall of Fame and New Zealand Business Hall of Fame. Sir David started his speech by referring to himself as "a boy originally from Ponsonby" (although the Shore has been home for around 60 years!). He concluded by saying... "And so a little boy from Ponsonby wishes to thank the North Harbour Club for this enormous honour." n

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1. What do you love about living in the North Shore and North Harbour area? It is a beautiful place with great people and with everything we have on our doorstep offers a lifestyle that's second to none. 2. How did you come to be living in our little slice of paradise? My family has been living on the Shore for over 100 years. I grew up in Milford and still haven’t found anywhere in the whole world that’s a better place to live in. 3. What is your favourite spot in the North Shore and North Harbour area? That’s a very difficult question as there are so many great places! I think I’ll have to settle on Takapuna beach as it is a beautiful beach in the heart of the city yet the surrounding area has terrific amenities. 4. What is the one thing you feel we could do better as a region? We need to take better care of the environment. I hate to see plastic bags and bottles washed up on the shoreline. That stuff takes hundreds of years to break down. My wife and I went on holiday in Thailand recently and I was disgusted by the sea, which looked so inviting, but was actually a soup of plastic rubbish! 5. Complete the following… “On a typical sunny North Shore & North Harbour day of leisure I love to… ... get up early and go for a bike ride with mates followed by a quick dip at Takapuna beach. I would then go for a walk with my wife Tanya and our dog after which we would go and enjoy some good coffee at a local cafe. After that it would be terrific to go for a sail on the Gulf with friends followed by a barbeque with family and friends on our deck as the sun sets.” Sean Parsons is a North Harbour Club member and partner in Milford based accountancy and taxation firm Hall & Parsons. He lives in Takapuna with his wife Tanya. n

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NORTH HARBOUR CLUB EVENTS - THE AFTER 5'S IN 2016

MEMBERS LOVING THE AFTER 5’S! The resurgence of the regular ‘After 5’ networking events continued during the year with five well attended events held in 2016. These events provide a chance for all of the 180-plus North Harbour Club members to mix in an informal setting and to also interact with people from the hosting member business. Often an entertaining guest speaker is also engaged or a theme is chosen. Our desire is we also include AIMES alumni at these events, asking them to provide an update of their progress. n

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– THURSDAY MARCH 3RD

The first North Harbour Club After 5 event for 2016 was held at Bayleys North Shore Commercial’s office in Auburn Street, Takapuna, hosted by members Nick Howe-Smith and Daryl Devereux. The guest speaker for the evening was Mattea Mrkusic, who was the recipient of the AIMES Service to the Community Award, and a grant of $15,000, in 2015. Mattea spoke to the gathering about her semester-long research and advocacy project in Kiribati, where she is studying the impact of climate displacement on our Pacific neighbours. She planned to publish her findings in her Harvard thesis working in collaboration with Professor Sunil Amrith, who specialises in climate displacement and environmental history.

EUROVINTAGE AT FINE WINE DELIVERY COMPANY

– WEDNESDAY APRIL 6TH

The second North Harbour Club After 5 event of the year was hosted by long-time member and generous wine provider Nick Hern from EuroVintage Wines, in conjunction with the Fine Wine Delivery Company (Jeff and Richard Poole) at their wonderful super store in Constellation Drive. A large crowd were able to sample some great wines courtesy of both Nick and the Fine Wine Delivery Company.

BNZ PARTNERS

– THURSDAY JUNE 2ND

Club members Tony Dench and Kevin McLean of BNZ Partners hosted the third After 5 of the year at their new BNZ Takapuna Partners Centre and Branch. Guest speaker for the evening was Andy Hamilton, CEO of not-for-profit business growth entity ‘The Icehouse’. BNZ have been long-time supporters and sponsors of the initiative and Andy gave an entertaining address around the future of business.

ANZ

– WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31ST

The fourth After 5 for 2016 was hosted by club member Lynda Mann and her ANZ team on Wednesday 31st August at their Albany Business Centre. A big crowd attended the ANZ event that included an interesting guest speaker Lance Burdett who has been consulting and coaching on enhanced communications and personal resilience since 2007. He has studied human behaviour and specialized in suicide intervention and has worked as a crisis negotiator for over 13 years, becoming the National Advisor for all NZ Police Negotiation Teams. He ran numerous high-risk negotiations including the Napier Siege and the highly-publicised Paremoremo prison hostage situation.

RSM NEW ZEALAND

– WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 30TH

A highlight of the After 5 programme is the annual Christmas After 5 and this year it was hosted by members Lyle Irwin and Lloyd Kirby at their RSM New Zealand offices in Albany. It was a really fun night with the surprise entertainer being a magician who kept sectors of the crowd entertained right through the evening. The guest speaker was Alexia Hilbertidou, the recipient of an AIMES Emerging Talent Award in 2016 for service to the community. The exceptional 17 year old Albany Senior College student was the founder of an initiative called GirlBoss. Her achievements are profiled in this issue. Every attendee went away from the event with a goodie bag courtesy of RSM!

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EUROVINTAGE AT FINE WINE…

David McKeown, Ian Taylor, Dave and Lesley Lane.

Catherine Lamb, Christie Parkin, Courtney Jackson.

John Cobb, Phil Brosnan, Hugh Stedman.

Michelle Bennett, Judy Alexander, Gael Taylor.

John Gold, Andrew Schnauer, Annette Kahn, Mike Hare.

BNZ PARTNERS…

Don Galbraith, Greg Smale, Greg Ward.

Kevin McLean, John Berry, Paul Brownsey.

Gal Thompson, Peter Wall, Dave Donaldson, Tony Dench.

Gal Thompson, Kristine Wilson, Rauly Wilson, and Stephen Hookway

Gary Monk, Geoff Nash, Jo Rowles.

Andy Hamilton Talking.

ANZ EVENT…

Penny Ford, Gary Howarth, Maurice Stack.

Dianne Simpson, Fay Mason, Gary Simpson.

Lynda Mann, Tammy McLeod and Jeremy Parsons.

Alistair Shelton, Lloyd Kirby, Peter White.

Lynda Mann, Jo and Bob McRae.

RSM NEW ZEALAND…

Hugh and Wendy Stedman, Aidan Bennett.

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LEXUS OF NORTH SHORE

SHARING THE VALUE NOVELLI AND LEXUS OF NORTH SHORE... Since 2010 Lexus of North Shore have been the sponsors of the annual North Harbour Club Charity Lunch series. This is the series of four lunches that we have during the year with quality speakers, great food and fine wine. The alignment between Lexus and the North Harbour Club is a very appropriate one, with the strong emphasis on excellence. As well as excellence, Lexus spells out luxury and prestige, sure. But it’s not just a car. It shows that you value dependability, design, and innovation. It shows that you have arrived, and how. It is not surprising that some of the most influential and successful people drive a Lexus. We went to talk with Dave Pinker, inspiring entrepreneur and director of locally based business Novelli to find out why he chose Lexus from the other luxury cars in the market. He didn’t choose just one Lexus – he has a fleet of them for his creative promotional marketing agency that brings brands to life with world-leading promotional apparel and merchandise from across the globe. Novelli has evolved to become a major supplier to the New Zealand apparel and creative promotional goods market. Owned by the same passionate family since 1931, it can be relied upon for a wealth of experience and expertise. NORTHSIDE: What was your latest purchase from Lexus of North Shore? DAVE PINKER: I have purchased seven Lexus, and the latest Lexus purchases were a brand new 2016 Lexus RX350 and Lexus RX450h. NS: Why did you choose the Lexus RX? DP: Having already owned and Novelli CEO Dave Pinker. driven different Lexus models I wanted a SUV delivering a luxurious and powerful ride that was also reasonably priced. Well, I think for what you get, these Lexus vehicles are just that. I’m really happy with our RX450 Hybrid purchase since it ticks all the innovative boxes but I personally prefer to drive the RX350 because I like to hear the engine. NS: Choose three words to describe the New Lexus RX you drive? DP: Quality, comfort, reliability. NS: What Lexus features do you most appreciate? DP: The engine. I really like the feeling of a smooth drive backed

The Novelli Lexus line-up outside their North Shore head office.

with power. For me it’s about acknowledging all the research and design time that has gone into creating each feature, the interior is intuitive and you know they have designed the features for the driver rather than just to look good. The new exterior design stands out more and is instantly recognisable, which I consider important. NS: Why did Novelli choose to drive Lexus as company vehicles? DP: When the vehicle you drive is both a personal choice and a company decision, it is more about representing the company, knowing the company is supplying the best for employees and making first impressions count. For a high-end vehicle, I think it's fair what you're paying. There’s no comparison in my mind, it’s a cost effective solution for us to own both new and pre-owned Lexus. I think our company Novelli reflects similar attributes as Lexus, in terms of durability, quality, and craftsmanship. NS: What are your thoughts around a vehicle being a reflection of a company’s values and branding? DP: I think it's important. As Novelli grew over the years, we transferred from using Toyota to Lexus. We still use Toyota vehicles for my industrial companies but Novelli required a more luxurious and progressive vehicle. At Novelli, we have similar beliefs as Lexus valuing higher ideals, change and innovation, and like Lexus of North Shore we know it’s important to share knowledge and give the best possible service at every opportunity. More than an innovator, Lexus is a visionary which clearly meets with Dave Pinker’s own thinking. There is something about a Lexus that makes heads turn. No matter what you are looking for, with the ongoing development of new models and technology, there is most likely a Lexus model that can meet your needs. Talk to Mark Jago and his team today! LEXUS OF NORTH SHORE – 4 Link Drive, Wairau Park. Email: info@lexusofnorthshore.co.nz. Phone 09-442-3670. www.lexusofnorthshore.co.nz n

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LEXUS OF NORTH SHORE CHARITY LUNCHES 2016

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The North Harbour Club Charity Luncheons have long been highlights of the events calendar. Since 2010 the lunch programme has been known as the Lexus of North Shore Charity Lunches, due to the generous sponsorship of Mark and Bob Jago. Four Luncheon events were held in 2016.

Kathryn and Jon Dunn, Tammy McLeod, Kevin Moses.

Diana Mannering, Gareth Wilson, Kristina Qu, Sue McKay.

CEO'S LUNCH

Hugh and Wendy Stedman, Liz Blackwell, Lesley Monk, Paul Blackwell.

Nick Howe-Smith, Daryl Devereux, Kevin McLean.

Chris Hall, Lauren Mackenzie, Paul Gregory, Gal Thompson, Megan McCallum.

– FRIDAY MARCH 11TH AT QBE STADIUM

The North Harbour Club hosted a large crowd in the main function room of QBE Stadium for the first Lexus of North Shore Charity Lunch for 2016 on Friday March 11th.The lunch featured an interesting panel presentation from three prominent CEOs with local connections – Mark Powell, ex-The Warehouse and CEO in Residence at Massey University; Emerald Group CEO Diane Foreman; and KEA NZ CEO Craig Donaldson. The MC was Andrew Patterson of NBR Business Radio.

Prime Minister John Key.

David Baines, Michele Bluck, Carolyn and Brooke Willoughby.

Chiara Soons, Andrew MacKenzie, Laurie Burt, Michael Meredith, Craig King, Robin Simpson.

Dr Jeffrey Strangl, Nicky Lukar, Stephen Kendall-Jones.

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Lisa Hill, Jane Carolan, Karen Rumble, Lynette Lamont.

– TUESDAY JUNE 21ST AT QBE STADIUM

Former Prime Minister John Key was always a big drawcard for our lunches. He had been a lunch speaker on four occasions for the club during his time as PM. 2016 was no different as 500 people came along for the Lexus of North Shore Charity Lunch held at QBE Stadium in June. As usual, Key gave an entertaining address to the big crowd. Andrew Patterson was once again a great MC and the club’s Immediate Past President Matthew Bellingham filled in for the official duties in the absence of club President Aidan Bennett and Vice President Phil Brosnan who were both overseas. There were some fantastic auction items including a framed drawing of the Beehive by the Prime Minister (donated by the PM), a full set of XXIO Golf Clubs (donated by The Golf Warehouse) valued at $5000. The Golf Warehouse also donated one dozen golf balls that had been personalised for John Key. Key gave a set of the same golf balls to President Barack Obama when he played the round with him in Hawaii.

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LEXUS OF NORTH SHORE CHARITY LUNCHES 2016

Aidan Bennett, Art Green, Michelle Bennett, Sarah Laurie.

Sue Stanaway, Michelle Wall, Michele Berry.

HEALTH & WELLBEING LUNCH

Jordan Downey, Wade Downey, Stephanie Busby.

– TUESDAY AUGUST 2ND AT THE SPENCER ON BYRON

Over 300 guests filled The Spencer on Byron for the Lexus of North Shore Charity Health & Wellbeing Lunch. Hosted by MC Nerida Cortese, the lunch proved to be very entertaining – particularly for the ladies. Guest Speaker Art Green talked about his nutrition business Clean Paleo, as well as his time on the television program The Bachelor NZ. Attendees were also treated to some wise words from Shore-based wellness expert Sarah Laurie and they also caught up with what talented AIMES Award recipient Anna-Louise Herzog has been up to since winning her award in 2009. Anna-Louise, now studying to be a lawyer, won an AIMES Arts Award and also practices Yoga at Yoga Sanctuary in Mairangi Bay. Appropriately, Anna-Louise closed the lunch with some Shavasana – yoga breathing and meditation. The lunch also included an auction, raffle and opening words from North Harbour Club Trustee and Lunch Chair Tammy McLeod and closing words from President Aidan Bennett.

Alex Maloney, Jo Aleh, Peter Montgomery.

Jo Aleh, Sir Russell Coutts, Alex Maloney.

Tom Ashley, Jo Aleh.

SIR RUSSELL COUTTS LUNCH – WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 21ST AT THE SPENCER ON BYRON Kiwi yachting legend Sir Russell Coutts was the guest speaker for the final Lexus of North Shore Charity lunch of the year in September. He is an Olympic gold medalist and five time winner of the Americas Cup (twice for New Zealand). Sir Russell is now based in the North Harbour region (living in Whangaparaoa), he is also the CEO of the Americas Cup Event Authority. He proved to be an excellent speaker given that the next America’s Cup event is due to be held in Bermuda in 2017 and that newly established Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series (the warm-up series) was well under way. Sir Russell provided some interesting insights into the America’s Cup – past and present. The large crowd of around 350 enjoyed his address immensely. It was a thrill for the club to have three of our AIMES Award recipients at the lunch who have won Olympic medals – Jo Aleh (Gold at London, Silver at Rio), Alex Maloney (Silver at Rio) and Tom Ashley (Gold at Beijing). MC Peter Montgomery interviewed Jo and Alex about their success at Rio. Another feature of the lunch was an auction that had a real America’s Cup flavor thanks to the generosity of North Harbour Club Life Members Peter and Michell Wall and long-time member Rod Slater. Peter and Michelle Wall donated the starboard steering wheel from NZL60 which beat Prada in the defence of the Americas Cup in Auckland 2000. It was mounted with a plaque detailing each of the five race results. Russell was the skipper and very sportingly handed over the helm to Dean Barker for the deciding race. Peter had bought the wheel at an auction 15-16 years ago. Rod Slater donated one of his two specially mounted Moet Chandon America’s Cup Cork’s. This was the cork that flew from the first bottle of champagne to be opened on NZL32 after she crossed the finish line in San Diego, to win the Americas Cup for NZ in 1995. Many years ago Rod had commissioned well known designer Peter Haithornthwaite to build an impressive mounting for the cork which was beautifully presented with the signatures of Sir Peter Blake, Russell Coutts (now Sir Russell) and Bruno Trouble of Louis Vuitton. These items, along with an America’s Cup spray jacket signed by the 2016 Oracle Team USA Crew (generously donated by Sir Russell Coutts) and a limited edition framed 2015 All Blacks jersey signed by Richie McCaw (donated by Gary Monk) raised some valuable funds for the club. All funds received from these auctions and raffles held at the lunches and club events go towards funds for the AIMES Award grants.

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CELEBRATING HONORARY MEMBERS

JOHN BISHOP

HONORARY MEMBER, NORTH HARBOUR CLUB In early 2016, John Bishop was made an Honorary Member of the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust. John is recognised as one of two key founders of the club and has stayed involved during the two decades it has been in existence. Aidan Bennett included this chapter on John's involvement for the book 'The First Twenty Years of Excellence' produced in late 2015 to celebrate two decades of the North Harbour Club. John Bishop was clearly one of the key thinkers behind the establishment of the North Harbour Club. Back in the mid-90’s John was the Area Manager for ASB north of the Harbour Bridge. It was John who brainstormed the need for a leadership group with Ross Finlayson, and it was very much the resources he had at the ASB that made it happen. “To say that Ross Finlayson was forceful would be an understatement,” says John Bishop. “I first came across him when he was looking for funding for the North Harbour Stadium, of which he was the driving force. He was determined to get the funding and left no stone unturned until the ASB agreed to do it. We had those initial chats over a coffee in Takapuna, and it was during this time that we established the need for a “Carbine Club" type of organisation for the Shore. Other than Rotary clubs we had no such organisation where business and community leaders could engage for the good of the region – and clearly at that time for the good of the North Harbour Stadium!” As a result of their initial coffee chats and ASB’s support of the stadium, it was agreed that John Bishop would host a lunch at the ASB Business Centre. Leading local business people Peter Scott (Lion Nathan) and Bob Jago (Toyota dealer) were also invited to attend, as was Dave Chambers who supported John Bishop as the ASB Relationship Manager on the Shore. “That lunch meeting covered many aspects of what the club could look like. I can recall Peter Scott voicing the need for the organisation to have clear aspirations. After the meeting Ross and I – supported by Dave Chambers – did a lot of work on formulating a trust deed and logo and we organised the Marist Rugby Clubrooms meeting to communicate and sell the initiative to a wider sector of leaders. “Coming up with the logo was an interesting process. This fell to Dave Chambers and myself and it was not our forte. We were bankers and not creative types. I can remember going to the Takapuna Library and trying to get some inspiration from looking at a whole lot of stuff there. Ultimately the concept was probably copied from something we saw. “Dave Chambers was a delightful

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John Bishop

character and did a great deal of running around when we were establishing the club and setting the platform for its launch. We had more lunches that involved other people to work out more details and I can remember there not being a lot of time between that period and the first gala dinner at the Sheraton. It all happened very quickly. With Ross involved one of the very early and clear directives was that fine wine and good food was to be an integral part of the club’s make-up. “Bob Jago also hosted meetings that kept momentum going. Bob was keen to see the club established as a way that business leaders could network for the good of the region. The initial idea was that the club would have some exclusivity with a membership of around 25-40 people maximum. It was not to be elitist but people with connections. People such as PJ Montgomery (America’s Cup) and David Abercrombie, then closely involved with the All Blacks were invited to be members. Scotty was well connected and knew most of these people. It was Scotty who suggested and organised Sir Peter Blake to be the founding patron. He also arranged

most of the auction items for that initial gala dinner and was a driving force behind organising the dinner. It was his nature to leave no stone unturned with the organisation. Everything was picture-perfect to ensure a high class and professional function." John Bishop was the ‘settlor of the trust’ and still regards the formation of the club as one of the best things he has been involved in. “My interest initially was to grow ASB’s presence in the region, but for me it morphed into something bigger than that with great aspirations, supporting youth and the philanthropic aspects,” says John. “I am proud of my involvement and it was a thrill that Ralph Norris and Hugh Burrett received letters from people congratulatiing myself and ASB on our involvement with the new entity. For my career this was very good and from a personal point of view I found it all very rewarding.” Around 12 months after this initial set-up period for the club John was moved to a national role with ASB. He therefore stood down as a trustee and remained an active member of the club as he has always resided on the Shore. In 2005, having left ASB and moved in to private enterprise, John came back and did another five years as a trustee. “I enjoyed the second stint as a trustee with one of the highlights being responsible for organising the Sir Peter Blake Trophy that is now received by the AIMES Supreme Award Winner each year, to keep for 12 months. Finding that has a bit of a story to it as well. We were holidaying up north and was in Whangarei where I saw a lovely Whale Sculpture. So good that I had to track down the artist/sculptor. I visited him at his gallery in Mangawhai and it was there I saw the Blake sculpture and twigged on the idea of it making a great AIMES trophy. It was a limited edition and I managed to borrow it to show Ross who loved it. The club subsequently ordered two and we ended up buying the mould. One of the trophies is used for the AIMES Awards, the other was donated by the club to Takapuna Grammar – Sir Peter’s old school. They were opening the Sir Peter Blake block at the time so this was the club’s contribution to the school.” John Bishop regards his role in the formation of the North Harbour Club and his ongoing involvement as a great chapter in his life. NOTE: The North Harbour Club is hugely greatful to John Bishop and his wife Emma for the contributions they have made to the club. John Bishop is one of three Honorary Members of the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust. The others are founding Trustee Bob Jago and former Trustee and Judging Chair Ian Watson. n

5 Big Questions… Angela and Paul Cameron with their daughters Grace and Aimee on the Milford foot bridge.

Angela

Cameron

1. What do you love about living in the North Shore and North Harbour area? For me its a combination of the environment and the people. We have access to some of the best beaches around, have great cafes and an awesome focus on outdoor living. I also think that our region has some of the most talented ambitious people around. I love things like the AIMES awards – it is all positive and aspirational. We have turned out the likes of Lorde, Lydia Ko and Eliza McCartney – which is great when you have two young daughters looking for healthy role models. 2. How did you come to be living in our little slice of paradise? We started out living on the Air Force base (my husband said we were living North West back then). Over time we have moved closer to the beach and cannot imagine living anywhere else in Auckland now. 3. What is your favourite spot in the North Shore and North Harbour area? The walk between Milford and Takapuna is magical and could be a huge tourist destination – if only the path was fixed up! 4. What is the one thing you feel we could do better as a region? Do you know – on the whole I think we do exceptionally well. If there was anything, I would just like to ensure that we retain a close community connection so that very few of us are struggling and there is always support for those who need it. 5. Complete the following… “On a typical sunny North Shore & North Harbour day of leisure I love to… ... walk from Milford to Takapuna and then go have something special at Cafe Mimosa (their chocolate brownies are legendary). Hang out at Takapuna Library with my bookworm girls and catch a movie at the Berkeley Cinema." Angela Cameron is a North Harbour Club member and Managing Director of Consult Recruitment based in Takapuna. She lives locally with her husband Paul and their two young daughters, Grace and Aimee. n

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THE LAST WORD: PHIL BROSNAN

Phil Brosnan

THE LAST WORD 2016 – THE BEST WE’VE HAD! Having read this magazine, I’m sure you will agree that 2016 was an outstanding year for the North Harbour Club. It started off with some uncertainty when our very capable GM Courtney Jackson tendered her resignation. Faced with what some might see as an unwelcome challenge, the trustees set about finding her replacement and I’m sure you will agree with me when I say that we have ended up with an excellent administration and event team in Christie Parkin and Peter White, whom are profiled on earlier pages. Setting aside the change in this team, the year was always going to hold a few challenges for the club including living up to the 20th Anniversary celebrations of 2015. I was therefore delighted with the feedback that we received, suggesting that the 2016 AIMES Gala Dinner was the best we’ve had, testament to the new crew. This year we have seen our fraternity of past recipients achieve outstanding results in their individual pursuits and it has been highly rewarding to see these outstanding individuals interacting at our AIMES Winners Network events, one of which was held in San Francisco. The opportunities that will result from this cross-pollination of our very best young people are endless. This year the club adopted the North Harbour Business Hall of Fame programme after it fell into disuse following the establishment of Auckland’s Super City a few years back. It was an absolute pleasure to attend our inaugural dinner celebrating the inductions of the newest members to this prestigious group

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– another opportunity for the club to celebrate excellence in the region. I moved to Auckland from Dunedin at the beginning of 2004 and early that year I was lucky enough to connect with club member Daryl Devereux. Recognising that I was new to Auckland, Daryl suggested that if I wanted to connect with local leaders I should join the North Harbour Club. As some of you may know, I manage to get my fair share of traveling in, both nationally as well as around the world. In doing this I have visited communities in developing and developed countries and I have never seen anything that comes close to what the club is doing here in the North Harbour Region. It is with great satisfaction that I call the region home and I will be forever grateful to Daryl for encouraging me to join the club. I have always made sure that I attended every event that I could and in doing so I have built an excellent network and made some great friends. If you are considering joining the club I urge you to do so without delay and if you are new to the club take up every opportunity the club provides, you will not regret it. Phil Brosnan is Managing Director of North Harbour based business Brosnan Construction and is the Vice President of the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust. He joined the club in 2004 and became a trustee in 2009 and has also chaired the club’s AIMES Awards Gala Dinner committee for the past few years. Phil and his wife Michelle live rurally at Dairy Flat. n

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