2017 AIMES Awards Programme

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SOUVENIR BOOK

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CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE November is a time of the year that those involved with the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust really cherish. It is the time when all the efforts of the club for the year culminate in the awarding of AIMES Awards to outstanding young people of the region.

For me, putting together the content for these AIMES Awards souvenir books has been an annual task for many years. It is something I enjoy immensely. Working through the submissions of our winners who have been carefully chosen by our panel of judges, and learning about their achievements to date is truly heartwarming.

In 2017 the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust will award $200,000 worth of AIMES Awards grants. As you will read in the pages of this souvenir book, this year we are presenting six AIMES Awards (with one of these recipients to also receive the supreme award and the Sir Peter Blake Trophy), nine AIMES Emerging Talent Awards and seven AIMES Junior Excellence Awards. The recipients have been chosen from 176 applications.

Congratulations to all of our 2017 award recipients. You are clearly achieving excellence in your field and now join a pretty exclusive club.

It is our hope that this recognition will assist you in fulfilling your full potential on the world stage. This is only the start of your journey with the North Harbour Club as our desire is that you will stay in touch and participate in our AIMES Winners Network (Alumni programme).

In addition, our club members are all leaders and are here to provide support and mentoring that you may need in your career.

I want to thank judging chairs Andrea Davies (AIMES and

Emerging Talent) and Sue Stanaway (Junior Excellence) and their respective teams of judges. As you read they have done a stellar job in choosing our 2017 AIMES Awards recipients. Taking 176 outstanding applicants and choosing 22 is not an easy task when the calibre is so high.

Thank you to our generous sponsors – an integral ingredient to enable us to do what we do. You all play an important part in the ongoing success of this club. What is special is that many of these sponsors have been with us for a long long time, having really bought in to our stated goals.

I want to also acknowledge my fellow trustees. A very special bunch of hardworking business and community leaders who share a passion for the region and the organisation. We are only the gatekeepers for a period and are focused on ensuring that the legacy of this fantastic organisation only gets stronger during our tenure.

Finally, all the members and stakeholders of the North Harbour Club should be extremely proud of our ongoing achievements as an organisation. Significantly, at the completion of the 2017 AIMES Awards, we will have made cash grants in excess of $2 million to more than 300 young people of the region since 1995. We continue to make a difference.

Enjoy reading about these fantastic young people.

Aidan Bennett President North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust

NORTH HARBOUR CLUB

MEMBERS 2017 PATRON Peter Menzies LIFE MEMBERS Joan Finlayson Peter & Michelle Wall Gary Monk HONORARY MEMBERS John Bishop Bob Jago Professor Ian Watson BOARD OF TRUSTEES Aidan Bennett (President) Phil Brosnan (Vice-President) Mike Atkinson John Cobb Andrea Davies Mark Jago Sue Kohn-Taylor Kevin McLean Tammy McLeod Ngaio Merrick Hugh Stedman AMBASSADORS Cameron Calkoen Shane Cortese Ian Jones Peter Montgomery MEMBERS Max Abbott Philip Adamson Paul Alexander John Algie Chris Allen Raymond Barnes Vicki Barrie Paul Bayer Walid Bayouk Matthew Bellingham John Berry Trish Blackmore Paul Blackwell Nicolette Bodewes Janine Brinsdon John Broderick Julian Brown Scott Browne

Paul Brownsey Jonno Buckley Graeme Budler Kane Butler Sky Cai Ian Calderwood Angela Cameron Graham Catley Barbara Cavanagh David Charlesworth Graham Collie Clyde Colson Nixon Cooper Richard Coote Steve Corbett Neil Craigen Mike Cruickshank Colin Dale Jan Dawson Tristan Dean Nick Delamare Tony Dench Bert Denee Glen Denham Daryl Devereux Stephen Dil Dave Donaldson Bill Donovan Wade Downey Terry Dunleavy Eric Faesen Kloet Simon Farland David Ferguson Dean Flyger Fay Freeman Greg Frittelli Don Galbraith Patrick Gale Colin Gibbons Zane Gifford Bruno Goedeke John Gold Craig Gregory Paul Gunn Jane Guy Kirk Hardy Mike Hare Colin Harvey John Hastings CJ Healy Daniel Henderson

Michelle Henderson Nick Hern Brian Hight Andrew Hill Nick Hill Terry Holt Gary Howarth Nick Howe-Smith Lorene Hurd Lyle Irwin Dima Ivanov Steve Jurkovich Annette Kann Nick Kearney Ben Kelsey Stephen Kendall-Jones Chris Kennings Lloyd Kirby Dave Lane Steven Langerak Alan Le Noel Bob Leveloff Sir David Levene Murray Lockwood Kate Luxton Liam Lyons Andrew MacKenzie Haydn MacKenzie Chris Maclean David Macleod Ron MacRae Lynda Mann Janet Marshall John Matthews Raewyn Matthys-Morris Bob McGuigan Forres McPheat Bob McRae Tracey Mehrtens Grant Murray Karen Murrell Murray Nancekivell Geoff Nash Tony Nicholson Bridget Nicol Mary Nixon Ken Noble Ann Old Brett O’Riley Tim Oughton Jugdis Parbhu

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Sean Parsons Jeremy Parsons Richard Poole Mark Powell Bob Quaid Alex Reed Chris Reeve Greg Remmington Ralph Roberts Paul Rodgers John Sandford Andrew Schnauer James Sclater Kate Shevland Gary Simpson Mike Single Rod Slater Bill Smale Greg Smale Nicola Smee Bill Speedy Bruce Spooner John Spooner Sue Stanaway Mike Stanley Jane Stanley David Stedman Irene Symes Jan Thomas James Thomas Andrew Thomson Ann Tod Bruce Tong Scott Travis Jonathan Tredray John Twomey Paul Vermaak Craig Waller Allan Watts Logan Whitelaw Lisa Whyte Alan Wiltshire Alex Witten-Hannah Greg Young Dean Young Ted Zorn

THE CLUB The North Harbour club was established on the 18th May, 1995.

Originally, a group of North Shore business people met and established a constitution with the objectives below: 1.

To promote the North Harbour region.

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For business establishments of the region to meet and network for the good of the region.

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To form a Charitable Trust to raise funds and present scholarships to the youth of the North Harbour region through the annual AIMES Awards.

To be eligible for an AIMES Award, recipients (aged between 10 & 13 for a Junior AIMES Award and 14 & 25 for an Emerging Talent or AIMES Award) must display excellence in the areas of the Arts; IT, Innovation & Science; Music; Education; Sport and Service to the Community.

Now in its 22nd year, the North Harbour Club continues to be an association of North Harbour/North Shore leaders in local affairs, business, education, sport and social development.

Members of the club, who are all residents or have their businesses on the North Shore and North Harbour region, 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.

The annual AIMES Awards are the highest-profile initiative of the North Harbour Club, but the objectives are five-fold: 1.

To establish and maintain a club of non-political character for Members to meet through regular lunches and social activities.

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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.

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To support cultural, sporting and recreational activities in the region.

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To foster a spirit of pride in the region.

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To foster a ‘good neighbour’ and ‘good citizen’ ethos in the region.

In October 2015, the North Harbour Club also assumed responsibility for the North Harbour Business Hall of Fame (previously Enterprise North Shore Business Hall of Fame). The 14 laureates already inducted were acknowledged and are now laureates under the new Hall of Fame.

Established originally in 2004, it celebrates exemplary efforts in North Harbour business and the community and is part of the club’s ongoing programme of rewarding success.

Visit: www.northharbourclub.co.nz For further details contact: Christie Parkin, Administration & Events; Phone: 021 277 0699; Email: christie@northharbourclub.co.nz Peter White; Membership & Sponsorship; Phone: 0274 778 485; Email: peter@northharbourclub.co.nz

The North Harbour Club & Charitable Trust acknowledges the ongoing support of our fantastic sponsors…

NORTH HARBOUR CLUB AIMES AWARDS SPONSORS

WE’RE BUILDING NORTH HARBOUR SPONSORS

NORTH HARBOUR CLUB EVENT & SUPPORT SPONSORS

PROUD SPONSOR OF THE AIMES WINNERS NETWORK

NORTH HARBOUR CLUB MEMBERSHIP SPONSOR

EXCLUSIVE TRAVEL PARTNER

NORTH HARBOUR BUSINESS HALL OF FAME SPONSOR

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AIMES AWARD

RECIPIENTS 2017 AWARDS PRESENTED :

AIMES ARTS AWARD 2017: Melanie Bracewell

AIMES INNOVATION AWARD 2017: Jun Bing

AIMES MUSIC AWARD 2017: Jacky Siu

AIMES EDUCATION AWARD 2017: Lewis Fry

AIMES SPORT AWARD 2017: Alex Maloney & Molly Meech

AIMES SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AWARD 2017: Alexia Hilbertidou The overall AIMES SUPREME AWARD WINNER for 2017 will be chosen from these seven recipients and announced at the conclusion of tonights event.

ARTS AWARD

SPONSO RED BY AS B B AN K

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MELANIE BRACEWELL

COMEDY EXTRAORDINAIRE COMEDIAN (22) Comedian Melanie Bracewell grew up in the North Shore, developing a passion for performing arts through her school years and beyond. This passion started from playing the Wicked Witch of the West as a 10 year old at Kauri Park School (which to this day, she says is probably a highlight) to taking the main role of Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors in her senior years at Birkenhead College.

"There was one thing that remained consistent through those years – I knew I wanted to perform,” explained Melanie in her AIMES Award application. "I wasn’t sure if it would be acting, or singing, or television presenting, I just remember the buzz of performing, knowing those were the happiest moments of my life. Maybe I just love attention, who knows!"

Melanie was deputy head girl of Birkenhead College, delivering weekly speeches for the school, which she would always try and ingest a bit of humour into. "There’s nothing more boring than hearing about clearing up rubbish, but if I could do it and make people laugh at the same time, I knew I was doing a good job.”

In her time at Birkenhead College Melanie, a real all rounder, amassed a bunch of awards for academics, performance and sport.

In her final year 2013 – Deputy Head Girl; Proxime Accessit Award (Second to Dux); Sportswoman of the Year; Rizzo in Grease; Excellence in Acting; Trophy for Best Actress. 2012 – Excellence in Acting; First in Drama; Excellence in Vocal Performance and Dance; Most Inspiring Netball Player.

Towards the end of high school she received the Significant Student scholarship for AUT and decided she wanted to pursue a Bachelor of Communications. Melanie majored in Television and Screen production, and had multiple short films that were chosen for the FLAVOURZ annual short film festival. She graduated with a degree achieved with very high grades.

"It was around November of 2014, my first year of university, when I tried stand up for the very first time. There was a competition at the time titled ‘Seven Days Comedy Apprentice’ that, upon being egged on by my friends, I decided to enter. I had to make a video of myself being funny for a minute, which is surprisingly, really blimmin’ difficult. Thankfully, my silly joke about checkout dividers was good enough and I was selected to be one of the six finalists.

We all got to do a mini 7 Days at the Classic Comedy Bar, and then it was up to the New Zealand public to decide. In the meantime, I decided to book myself for a RAW comedy gig. My reasoning was, if I didn’t win, I wanted to have something else to focus on. On the other hand, if I did miraculously win, I didn’t want to look like some chick who just wanted to be on TV for two minutes while people struggled with their comedy careers. Thankfully I won, and appeared on the show in November 2014. Unfortunately along with the prize was a corporate stand up gig for McDonalds. I had done one gig at that point and smashed it, so I thought it’d be easy. Hoo boy. No. Absolutely not. Oh man. Turns out 60 year old men in business suits trying to eat their dinner isn’t my demographic!

"Within a few months I entered the RAW Comedy Quest alongside hundreds of more experienced comedians and I won that too! It was an amazing feeling, and that’s when I knew that a career in stand-up was my dream. It’s something you don’t even consider as a girl growing up. I’ve met plenty of women in comedy that never thought of it as an option until it was basically thrust in front of them. Some of my male comedian friends, however, have told me that they knew they wanted to do comedy as young as 12. I think the biggest reason is representation. I loved watching comedy growing up, my Dad is probably my biggest influence, so I was obviously familiar with Richard Pryor and Monty Python but I never saw any women doing comedy on television growing up. It never even crossed my mind."

Since then, Melanie has been performing regularly throughout

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New Zealand. In just a few short years she's amassed quite a few achievements in comedy, radio and television.

Melanie Bracewell’s achievements include:WINNER: 2014 7 Days Comedy Apprentice; 2015 Raw Comedy Quest Champion; 2016 Best Twitter Comedy Guild Award; 2017 NZICF Best Newcomer Award.

NOMINEE: 2016 Best Female Comedian Comedy Guild Award; 2016 Best Breakthrough Artist Comedy Guild Award; 2016 Best Blog Comedy Guild Award; 2016 NZICF Best Newcomer Award.

OTHER: 2015-2017 Radio Hauraki Producer and Announcer; 2015 Nominated for a Shorty Award; 2015 Featured in Women’s Weekly. 2016 Appeared on the 4:30 Show; 2016 Appeared on The Moe Show; 2016 Piece on The Bachelor on The Spinoff goes viral; 2016 Performed Comedy at Rhythm and Vines; 2016 Reached 250,000 followers on personal blog; 2016 Tweets appeared on Buzzfeed, The New York Times, The Independent; 2016 Chosen as the face of SKY’S ‘Tiny Trailers’ which got nominated for a Webby Award; 2017 Selected for the TV3 Comedy Gala; 2017 Regular Appearances on 7 Days; 2017 Selected as a writer and reporter for The Project; 2017 Performed at the Comedy Store in Sydney Melanie says her biggest and most recent achievement was being approached to write for a new television show which will be screening sometime in the new year. She has written an entire episode script and is eagerly awaiting its announcement.

After volunteering at Radio Hauraki for eight months she was offered a job as a producer for the Matt and Jerry show who have

described Melanie as “a great New Zealander”. She now has her own show on Saturdays and Sundays.

So what is Melanie going to do with her AIMES Award grant?

"In terms of my future in comedy, I’d love to travel. Unfortunately travelling and putting on shows is expensive. I plan to perform for a full month in Melbourne for the Comedy Festival, but marketing and venue hire will most definitely add up to a net loss. My show will be one of more than 500 shows taking part in the festival, so I’ll need marketing to get audience cut through. Producing a show involves everything from organising venue hire, marketing and publicity, travel and accommodation, sourcing props and equipment, budgeting, ticketing, obtaining insurance and licences and much more.

Registration alone (the fee just to apply for the festival) is $525AUD. I also hope to perform in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which is even more ridiculous. I want to be able to comfortably do what I love, and advance my career without ending up in awful debt. An AIMES Award would be an incredible asset, and would allow me to eliminate some of these financial concerns. This is all so I can become a better performer. I’ve managed to cultivate an audience in New Zealand, but overseas performances to people who have no idea who I am will force me to be the best I can be.

The Melbourne Comedy Festival runs in March 2018 and would cost me at least $8000, depending on which venue I am able to get.

Edinburgh is in August next year and will be almost double that. I am at a point where I want to be able to push myself, without returning to New Zealand in debt."

Melanie Bracewell receives the North Harbour Club AIMES Arts Award, sponsored by ASB and a cash grant of $15,000.

INNOVATION AWARD

SPONSO RED BY MAS S E Y UN I V E R S I TY

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JUN BING

COMPUTER SCIENTIST (24) This is the second AIMES Award for Computer Scientist Jun Bing, he was the recipient of an AIMES Emerging Talent Award back in 2011.

That award was made on the back of his achievements which included being awarded the DUX for three years between 2009 and 2011 at Albany Senior High School (Years 11 to 13). In 2011 he was also chosen as one of the top 60 semi-finalists from 7500 teams representing 90 different countries that entered Google Science Fair.

His project was the only one to be chosen from Oceania.

"I have decided to apply for an AIMES Award again in 2017 as I have a few exciting updates that I would like to share with the North Harbour Club regarding my progress in education and new projects that I have been working on,” explained Jun Bing in his application.

"This June, I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Dartmouth College, a private Ivy League research university located in the state of New Hampshire, United States. I was fortunate enough to have received a comprehensive financial aid award from the school worth US $250,000 that covered my tuition, and room and boarding fees over the period of four years.

My overall GPA was 3.7/4 with my senior year GPA being 3.96/4 which gave me a prestigious honor of being a Rufus Choate Scholar between 2016-2017, meaning that my senior year GPA was at the top 5% of my year group. I have also worked as a teaching assistant of two computer science/engineering classes in which I led weekly help hours and after-lecture teaching sessions in addition to answering questions on the course web forums and grading assignments.

"During my four years at Dartmouth, I discovered my passion for computer science and coding computer programs. Particularly, my interest is in the field of machine learning. Machine learning is an area of artificial intelligence and refers to computer programs learning from data without being explicitly programmed. Thus, the potential application of machine learning in many different fields and disciplines is enormous. I had a leading role in a project that involved applying machine learning to predicting protein subcellular localization. The traditional methods of experimentally determining subcellular localization of a protein is laborious and time consuming but, with machine learning, the process can be accelerated. Much to our pleasure, our results were often able to beat the prediction performance of existing research papers.

Jun interned at an artificial intelligence based finance firm as a software engineer during last year’s summer break. His responsibilities included research and development of a neural network to forecast

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daily high and low prices for NASDAQ stocks. He also wrote software to backtest day-trading performance of the neural network over historical data. He says this was an enlightening experience as it helped him to realise how powerful data and its analysis through machine learning algorithms can be in a real-world environment. Experience that's going to benefit him over the coming years.

Another project that Jun has been working on during his time at Dartmouth is the development of Agora (http://agora-react. herokuapp.com/), an online marketplace for Dartmouth students.

He explains "The students at Dartmouth have traditionally used websites such as CraigsList to buy and sell used goods around campus. The problem with using CraigsList is that identity protection for its users is sparse and anyone with an internet access can see what is being sold and bought through the website. Thus, Agora was developed with the primary goal of creating a safe trusted online market exclusively for students at Dartmouth."

The newest project that Jun has been working on is Pretty Music Maker, an online music maker that aims to make producing music accessible and intuitive through a simple and easy to use user interface. Music is created via the click-driven interface in which the users would click to set events on a timeline that would continuously loop over from start to finish. Users also have the choice of setting different synthesizer options and speed of the loop. While similar services already exist, Pretty Music Maker differentiates from the competition by allowing its users to save and share their music using a unique URL such that collaboration between multiple users is possible. Pretty Music Maker is currently fully operational and online and it can be accessed at http://prettymusicmaker.io/. If time and resources allow, Jun wants to create a smartphone application for Pretty Music Maker as well.

Aside from academics and computer programming, Jun was involved in Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering group of which he was an assistant project leader. Between June and August of 2014 he

was in Tanzania as a Jane Goodall Institute intern along with four other team members to conduct a two month long sustainableenergy project. The group worked with Jane Goodall Institute and other local organizations to build biomass converters and educate the local population about sustainable fuel production using these converters.

In mid-September this year Jun returned to Dartmouth to start on a one-year accelerated Master’s in Computer Science program.

Based on his academic performance he received a full tuition scholarship for the Master’s program.

Jun's future aspirations after finishing his Master’s degree is to work in the Silicon Valley for a large technology firm.

"Ideally, I would want to dive right into the tech industry after graduation and work in the field of machine learning and big data for around 10 years. It is my plan to obtain sufficient knowledge about the industry and the workings of tech startups in Silicon Valley such that after those years, I would have the business idea, skills, social network, and the resources to successfully start my own company.

Once I have set up myself in the United States and have found relative success, my very-long-term goal is to migrate parts of my company back to Auckland so that aspiring programmers in New Zealand don’t necessarily have to fly across the Pacific Ocean to find well-paying software engineering jobs. After that, I also want to set up venture capital funds for technology startups based in New Zealand."

Jun plans to use the AIMES Award grant funds for school costs, living expenses, textbooks, health insurance, project development (Agora and Pretty Music Maker), renting servers for a year, purchasing a web address and to pay an Apple Developer Program fee.

Jun Bing receives the North Harbour Club AIMES Arts Award, sponsored by Massey University and a cash grant of $15,000.

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JACKY SIU

MUSICIAN – CELLIST (21) For former Westlake Boys High School student Jacky Siu this is his second AIMES Award. The cellist won an AIMES Emerging Talent Award 12 months ago.

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 20 years have all developed a strong connection with the area. Jacky's first introduction to music came from the local music centre in Birkdale, where he began Saturday morning cello lessons. He has never looked back and is about to complete his second year of Masters in Orchestral Artistry at the prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

"My strong connection to the North Shore has been strengthened by the fond memories I have made here through

performing,” explained Jacky in his AIMES Award application.

"I always felt like I owed something back to the community that brought me up so 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. I am still actively performing when I am in the country, for example with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and New Zealand Orchestra – New Zealand’s top professional music organizations."

Jacky has also been Associate Principal Cellist of the National Youth Orchestra, Principal Cellist of the Auckland Youth Orchestra, finalist of the University of Waikato Concerto Competition, winner

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of the University of Waikato Chamber Music Competition, Principal Cellist of the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra and recipient of two Performing Arts Blues Awards. He was also 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, Jacky received lessons from world renowned musicians such as 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 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.

Last year he was awarded a scholarship worth $20,000 to complete a specially designed Masters degree at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Based on his progress and grades, the scholarship has been renewed for 2017-2018. The programme was designed with one of the top orchestras in the world – the London Symphony Orchestra. It aims to train young emerging artists for professional work upon completion of their studies and will be vital for Jacky to achieve his goals. These include playing in the top chamber and orchestral ensembles in Europe. Through the programme, Jacky has played in concerts alongside the London Symphony Orchestra in venues such as LSO St Lukes and the Barbican. Eventually he wants to find his way back home with these skills, to work for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and teach at a University.

Musicians are shaped by their surroundings, and I have always been proud to have grown up in the North Harbour Region.

I gained a lot of my musical inspiration and education here and to be recognized by a major organisation located in my home-town is extremely special.

"Receiving an AIMES Award has been a goal of mine since leaving New Zealand to pursue my studies in London,” said Jacky when he heard that he had won the AIMES Music Award for 2017. "I have seen many fellow musicians and friends who I look up to, receive an award from the North Harbour Club and Charitable Trust. To be a recipient of this award shows me that I am on the right path towards

my long-term career goals, and ties all my achievements thus far in the form of this prestigious award.

"Musicians are shaped by their surroundings, and I have always been proud to have grown up in the North Harbour Region. I gained a lot of my musical inspiration and education here and to be recognized by a major organisation located in my home-town is extremely special."

Since applying for the award Jacky has had the great privilege to work with Sir Simon Rattle in a recent project with the London Symphony Orchestra/Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and selected younger students from East London. He was involved in the coaching of the younger kids. “Teaching is something I am extremely passionate about as I am aware of how powerful it can be. We did our final performance at the renowned Barbican Centre."

Jacky Siu receives the North Harbour Club AIMES Music Award, sponsored by Yamaha Home Entertainment and a cash grant of $15,000.

EDUCATION AWARD

SPONSO RED BY K R I STI N S CH OOL

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LEWIS FRY

DOCTOR, SCIENTIST, TEACHER (25) This is Lewis Fry’s second award from the North Harbour Club. In 2014 he received an AIMES Emerging Talent Award.

That award enabled him to take a year away from medicine to complete a BMedSci degree, a highly successful one-year research project into vision loss from glaucoma.

The ex-Kristin School pupil and DUX has very recently taken up a Rhodes Scholarship at The University of Oxford, undertaking a DPhil (PhD) in Clinical Neurosciences. In his words "spending the next three years working on how to use CRISPR (a gene editing technology) to edit DNA to treat incurable blindness”. CRISPR (pronounced ‘crisper’) has changed the game for genetic diseases.

"With this power to alter DNA however, comes a responsibility to use gene-editing technology ethically,” said Lewis in his AIMES Award application. "I plan to use my experience as a doctor, scientist and scholar to become a leader in this rapidly evolving landscape and guide how we use this technology.”

Lewis explained that CRISPR can be used to cut and paste genes precisely. The promise CRISPR offers is that it allows scientists to identify, replace and change the DNA that causes disease. Unlike technologies that have gone before it, CRISPR is cheap, accurate and relatively easy to use.

"Herein lies the need for leadership,” added Lewis. “In a future environment that is challenged by balancing the promise, and also the threat, of progress. I see myself over the next five years as being uniquely positioned to help guide the global and scientific community in how we apply science in an ethical but progressive manner. I hope to bring together my work at the bedside as a doctor, the laboratory bench as a scientist, and use these experiences to develop a philosophical and ethical approach to how to best use these new technologies.”

Lewis Fry has a strong background in academic excellence, leadership and community service. He graduated from Monash University (Melbourne) in the top 1% Victorian medical students, winning the university prizes for coming first in Surgery, Geriatrics, and Ophthalmology. Until recently he worked as a junior doctor at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. He has published a number of peer-reviewed scientific papers, with others currently in development. He was the Editor-in-Chief of the Australian Medical Student Journal (AMSJ).

"Today, innovation moves at a pace beyond that of policy

In a future environment that is challenged by balancing the promise, and also the threat, of progress. I see myself over the next five years as being uniquely positioned to help guide the global and scientific community in how we apply science in an ethical but progressive manner. and regulation. I hope to harness this to help those with incurable blindness. However in this time of rapidly developing scientific capabilities, we must have leaders that use publically funded scientific knowledge openly, and in ways that society is comfortable with. This will require global cooperation and global conversation. To this I hope to provide a Kiwi voice."

In addition to his medical studies, Lewis is a tutor, a keen photographer, bushwalker and talented cricketer.

Lewis Fry receives the North Harbour Club AIMES Education Award, sponsored by Kristin School and a cash grant of $15,000.

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SPORT AWARD

SPONSO RED BY AU T MI LLE N N I U M

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ALEX MALONEY (25) & MOLLY MEECH (24)

OLYMPIC SAILORS

The North Harbour Club AIMES Sports Award for 2017 is shared by sailors Alex Maloney and Molly Meech. They won a silver medal sailing together in the 49erFX class at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and have their eyes set firmly on gold in Tokyo 2020.

Alex Maloney will be well known to North Harbour members and supporters. Alex first received an AIMES Emerging Talent Award back in 2007. She comes from a yachting family. Her brother Andy has previously won AIMES Emerging Talent and Sports Awards and was a cyclor and sail trimmer with Emirates Team New Zealand when they won the Americas Cup. Alex is the helmsman of the 49erFX. Alex’s 'sailing mate' Molly Meech has lived on the Shore for six years. She attended Massey University in Albany, completing a degree at the end of 2016. Originally from Tauranga, Molly

also comes from a talented yachting family. Her brother, Sam also competed for New Zealand at the 2016 Olympics, winning bronze in the Laser class. Molly has been described as "the tall, powerhouse on board New Zealand’s 49erFX women’s skiff crew”.

Alex and Molly are both members of the Yachting New Zealand High Performance team and are now campaigning towards the Olympics in Tokyo 2020. Having won the silver medal in Rio, they are pursuing gold in Tokyo.

Alex had this to say in her AIMES Award application. "Last year I had the honour of representing New Zealand at the Olympic Games bringing home a silver medal with Molly. The experience was completely awe-inspiring and motivating. It was amazing to see the impact it had on the country as well as the younger sailors throughout New Zealand. Receiving an AIMES Emerging Talent Award 10 years

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ago helped bridge the gap between Junior and Olympic sailing.

Additional help will help drive our new campaign towards the next level – Olympic Gold!”

"For me to achieve this goal involves a lot of mental and physical preparation and attendance at major regattas around the world throughout the continuous sailing season,” explained Molly Meech in her application. "Logistically and financially this is difficult. I am supported in my endeavours by Yachting New Zealand and High Performance Sport New Zealand, but need further financial assistance to cover the deficit.

Sailing at this level is a full time job, and I am unable to supplement this with part time employment, although I do try to coach and give back to younger members while in New Zealand."

For Alex and Molly this campaign is more than just about making the boat go fast. They aim to inspire through living what they love, pursuing their goals and sharing their experiences with others. Earlier this year they had their first girls “Have a Go” day where they took 50+ girls out sailing on two High Performance Olympic dinghies. For many it was their first time learning to trapeze and there were plenty of smiles as they learnt the need for speed.

"Hearing the feedback was truly great,” said Molly. "We hope to inspire more Kiwis to get out and pursue their dreams through various platforms."

"Alongside these aspirations, our main focus is pursuing excellence on the world stage,” explains Alex. "With this goal, we also have the realities of running a high performance sailing campaign. Our 49erFX teams budget costs exceed $100,000 a year, not including

living costs. We are fortunate to have an allocated budget from our sporting federation Yachting New Zealand and have also worked hard to secure some sponsorship. However this doesn’t cover everything like the costs of our boats. A 49erFX is valued at $27,000. The additional funding via an AIMES Award would go towards the cost of purchasing a new boat in 2018 for our sailing team."

Career Highlights Alex Maloney and Molly Meech:2016 Rio Olympic Games - Silver; 2016 Sailing World Cup Weymouth & Portland - 2nd; 2016 Sailing World Cup Hyeres - 9th; 2016 49er & 49erFX European Championship, Barcelona - 5th; 2016 49er & 49erFX World Championship, Clearwater - 8th; 2016 World Sailing Cup Miami Champions; 2015 Olympic Test Event - 4th; 2015 World Sailing Cup Weymouth - Silver; 2014 Olympic Test Event, Rio - Silver; 2014 49erFX European Championship - bronze; 2013 49erFX World Champion; 2013 49erFX European Championship - bronze; 2013 ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres - 49erFX champion.

Molly Meech:- 2011 ISAF Youth World Sailing Championships, Laser Radial - 12th Alex Maloney:- 2010 ISAF Sailing Youth World Championships, 29er class - silver; 2009 Ladies 420 World Champion; 2007 IODA Optimist world Championship - 3rd.

Alex & Molly receive the North Harbour Club AIMES Sport Award, sponsored by AUT Millennium and share a cash grant of $20,000.

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ALEXIA HILBERTIDOU

ACTIVIST/ENTREPRENEUR (18) This is the second time Alexia has received an AIMES Award from the North Harbour Club. She was a recipient of an AIMES Emerging Talent Award in 2016. Back then Alexia was in her final year at Albany Senior High School. Her aim was "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”.

18 year old Alexia has delivered on those plans. In 2017 she has taken the bold step of working on her social enterprise initiative full time. Alexia 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. It is New Zealand’s second largest young women’s network with around 8000 members.

“I might have studied at University with others my age, or even worked at a large company so that I could make mistakes and learn on someone else’s watch,” said Alexia in her 2017 AIMES Award application. “But I have discovered my ‘why’ and it compels me.

“Every day New Zealand women of all ages sign up to become GirlBoss members and supporters. They are united by the understanding that if we are going to improve outcomes for women we will need to work hard and be there for each other."

Recently Alexia received this email from a student. "I am very fortunate to be a recipient of the Vice Chancellors Significant Student Scholarship and a Microsoft Student Partner. All this would not have been possible without the motivation and determination that the GirlBoss community has given me”.

“Whether it is in a change of direction, a determination to stick to the hard path or in setting up GirlBoss clubs in their school, it is these ripples of impact which remind me that GirlBoss is making a difference,” says Alexia.

Alexia lists her recent milestones as:- Doing an internship at New Zealand Treasury. She led a comprehensive research project investigating diversity practices in the public sector; Working with Brisbane Girls High School to launch the Australian version of GirlBoss (ChangeMakeHer); Being selected by United States Ambassador Scott Brown and NASA to be part of their Stratospheric Obsevatory for Infrared Astronomy Project (SOFIA).

This involved being onboard NASA’s 747 (the world’s largest flying observatory) during a mission to seek out new stars and planets; Presenting my project to expand GirlBoss internationally at the

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Future of Work Conference in Malaga (Spain), New Zealand’s first Eisenhower young fellow to do so; Being named a 2017 Global Teen Leader and representing New Zealand at the 7-Day Just Peace Summit in New York; Assisting Dr Michelle Dickinson and Joe Davis (of Nanogirl Labs) with the running and performance of science shows.

Future aspirations that Alexia has outlined are:- To cement the economic sustainability and impact of GirlBoss through workshops in schools, businesses and organisations across New Zealand; Launching GirlBoss Awards for 11-18 year olds and have secured TradeMe as major sponsor and Derek Handley as a judge and advocate; Growing the GirlBoss mentoring programme through technology advancements (online mentoring etc.). Currently have 45 senior level executive women as mentors and are partnering with Mai Chen’s Super Diverse Women on a project.

“There are a number of key steps I could take which would enable me to make even more of an impact with GirlBoss,”

explained Alexia, when quizzed on how she will spend her AIMES Awards grant money. “I would like technical assistance to setup online access between my mentors and my young GirlBosses. Membership and access to our monthly newsletter will always be free and funding allows me to provide these whilst I build up a sustainable business model. Funds would also enable me to exhibit at the 2018 Career’s Expo’s around New Zealand and the U-Learn Teachers conference – aimed at membership growth nationwide. They will also be used to help establish trademarks in new markets around the globe, such as China, Indonesia and the UK.” Alexia has spoken at or promoted GirlBoss at around 40 schools and events to date in 2017. She has also been a finalist in, or won or received, no less than 16 awards or scholarships in 2016 and 2017.

Alexia Hilbertidou receives the North Harbour Club AIMES Service to the Community Award, sponsored by Albany Toyota and a cash grant of $15,000.

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AIMES EMERGING TALENT AWARD RECIPIENTS 2017 Awards presented at a special cocktail function held on Thursday November 9th:-

Zoe White ARTS – Ballet Dancer

Blake Tolmie INNOVATION – Inventor

Lauren Bennett MUSIC – Violinist

Matthew Beardsworth MUSIC – Musician and Composer

Courtney Davies EDUCATION - Microbiologist

Michaela Sokolich-Beatson SPORT – Netballer

Cameron Webster SPORT – Rower

Olivia McTaggart SPORT – Pole Vaulter

Ian Lim SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY – Community Champion

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ZOE WHITE

BALLET DANCER (18)

In September 2017 Zoe White was accepted into the Rombert School of Dance in London to study a 3-year BA/Honours.

Media reported that Zoe was "jumping for joy" when she found out she'd been accepted into the Bachelor of Arts programme at the school, which was founded by Ballet Russes dancer Marie Rambert in 1920 and is regarded as one of the best dance schools in Britain. It was a dream come true for Zoe, who has been dancing since she was three.

"I aim to become a professional ballet/contemporary dancer and choreographer, as I can't imagine dancing, creating and performing not being a part of my life,” said Zoe White in her AIMES Award application. "It has always been my dream to be a ballerina, but over the years I have also developed a passion for contemporary dance and choreography, which led me to accept my placement at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, after applying via video audition for several European schools, "I’m really excited about going to London. There is so much to learn and look forward to. I hope to really develop as a powerful, expressive and versatile dancer; able to move audiences with my dancing and choreography.

"I hope to bring something back by inspiring other Kiwis to follow their dreams and especially to educate New Zealanders about the intense training, skill and exciting opportunities involved in a dance career. I think this is important because there are so many talented Kiwi dancers who don’t get the recognition they deserve, and I think as a culture New Zealand could develop a higher appreciation of performing arts."

Zoe will use the award grant to go towards the cost for Rombert School that will help prepare her for an exciting and successful future. Annual fees for the school are in excess of $30,000 per annum.

Zoe White’s ballet achievements include:Passing all the RAD exams from Grade 1 to Advanced 2 with Distinction; Being nominated to compete in PACANZ Young Performer of the Year Awards 2016; Receiving the 2016 'Triple A Award' for Attitude, Aptitude and Artistry from my current full time ballet school; KMS Dance Studio - Dancer in Development Full Time Programme; Placing 2nd in the 14+ Ballet Variation Award (March 2017), held by the Bays School of Dance Competition Society; Becoming a Movitae ambassador (May 2017), through Westmere Dance Pilates; Receiving placement offers this year to

Northern Ballet School (Manchester), the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance (London); Getting invited (through a live audition) to the Alberta Ballet School’s July 2017 Summer School in Canada, as the next stage to audition for their Professional Training Division.

Zoe White receives the North Harbour Club AIMES Emerging Talent Award, sponsored by Bellingham Wallace and a cash grant of $7,500.

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BLAKE TOLMIE

INVENTOR (15)

In 2015, Westlake Boys High School student Blake Tolmie was the inaugural winner of a North Harbour Club Junior Excellence Award for Innovation. This year, the judges believe he is worthy of an AIMES Emerging Talent Award.

Blake arrived at his 2017 AIMES Award interview with a working beehive and a draft prototype of his innovative beehive cover which aims to keep the hive warm over winter which will result in a more productive hive over the warmer months.

While researching his concept, he identified only one other similar product in Canada. He is wanting to develop a working prototype so he can then look to market the cover. He currently has 20 hives which he hires out to an Avocado orchard to improve pollination. He plans to go to schools to increase others knowledge of beekeeping.

Blake has been Beekeeping now for almost three years. He has started up his own business called the Bee Brothers. He is also an on-call swarm collector for the Auckland Bee Keeping Club over the summer months.

A Bee Hive is a group containing thousands of individual insect

organisms collaboratively working together to survive. Under the rule of the queen, the hive works hard during the summer to produce the rich honey nectar needed to survive during the cold wintery months. To make half a teaspoon of this golden substance a bee will sacrifice its life of which is typically three weeks long.

Over the course of four to five months, during the heart of summer, beekeepers extract this substance to create New Zealand’s $315m industry.

"Since I have started Beekeeping everyone has told me that winter is the hardest season for a beekeeper and their bee hives, of which I have found to be extremely true,” explained Blake in his AIMES Award application. "Over the winter months if hives are not strong enough they can suddenly die, usually from either disease, queen loss or colony collapse. I have pinpointed the problem to be the temperature within the hive."

"After discovering this on a very cold morning, I started trying to think of ideas that would be cost efficient, provide easy installation and removal, while also being able to be easily stored. At first, I thought possibly something electric powered – possibly from solar

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power, although this idea became very expensive quickly. Eventually, I thought of the hive warmer idea that I want to develop into a marketable product I can sell both inside and outside of New Zealand and have developed into a product."

"I am applying for this AIMES Award to kick start this business idea on to the market. I need funds to patent, market and develop my idea. I would like to grow my hive business to help self-fund this project and possibly find a mentor to work with to help market and develop a sellable product. The funds would also go towards the initial supplies to roll out the first few hundred products.�

Blake Tolmie receives the North Harbour Club AIMES Emerging Talent Award, sponsored by Bellingham Wallace and a cash grant of $7,500.

Blake arrived at his 2017 AIMES Award interview with a working beehive and a draft prototype of his innovative beehive cover which aims to keep the hive warm over winter which will result in a more productive hive over the warmer months.

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LAUREN BENNETT

VIOLINIST (21)

Lauren Bennett is a recent graduate from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours.

She has a strong affinity with the North Shore, having lived in Birkenhead her entire life, attending Birkenhead Primary, Takapuna Normal Intermediate and Westlake Girls’ High School.

"My time at Westlake Girls was a crucial time for my musical development, as the strong music scene at both of the Westlake schools allowed me to develop my orchestral and chamber music skills with the other talented musicians at the schools,” explained Lauren in her AIMES Award application.

Lauren has become a celebrated musician, having won contests as part of a string quartet and travelled to China, Germany and United Kingdom to perform. She has also been an associate player in the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. She has been the recipient of many scholarships, including the Dame Malvina Major Foundation Arts Excellence Award, the Judith Clark Memorial Fellowship Award, the Kathleen Mary Reardon Travelling Scholarship in Music, and the Anne Bellam Scholarship.

In September, Lauren commenced a two-year Master of Music in violin performance at Yale University School of Music, in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. This realised a long-term goal to study overseas. She undertook a series of auditions for music institutions in the United States and London, and after having received a number of offers, chose Yale.

Yale is a very competitive university to gain entrance into, with the School of Music’s acceptance rate being 8%. As a graduate professional school, approximately 200 students make up the School of Music student body. The Yale School of Music is also unique among the Ivy League schools, having the only School dedicated to music. Aside from its fantastic faculty, the Yale School of Music is also highly sought after as a place of study due to it being tuition free to all accepted students. This allows its students to be under less of a financial burden which often comes with overseas study.

"The teacher whose studio I will be joining is Head of Strings, Syoko Aki. Syoko Aki is highly regarded as a soloist, concertmaster, and teacher, and I am very excited to start my studies with her,” added Lauren. "One of the aspects I am most looking forward to during my studies at Yale is collaborating with the other students in chamber music and in the Yale Philharmonia.

Chamber music is a huge passion of mine, and I believe it is one of

the most rewarding forms of music-making.”

"My goal whilst at Yale is to learn as much as I can from the professors and my peers whilst gaining as much performing experience as possible in New Haven and in New York. Long term, I will possibly undergo further study after finishing my Masters degree at Yale, and then hopefully return to New Zealand to work in an orchestra or in a chamber ensemble. My absolute dream job would be to join a pre-existing or form my own string quartet. I hope that through my studies in the US I will be able to find likeminded people with whom I can realise this dream."

Although the tuition at the Yale School of Music is free for Lauren, the AIMES Award grant will go towards other costs such as living expenses, books and music.

Lauren Bennett receives the North Harbour Club AIMES Emerging Talent Award, sponsored by Bellingham Wallace and a cash grant of $7,500.

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MATTHEW BEARDSWORTH

MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER (18) Matthew is born and bred on the North Shore and is in his final year of secondary school, being schooled at home in Albany through Te Aho O Te Kura Poumanu – The Correspondence School. He says music calms him, defines him and drives him. Music is his passion.

Matthew has played piano since age four and violin since age six.

He wrote his first composition at age 10, started playing viola at 13 and double bass at 15. He has been a member of North Shore Youth Music since 2012 and has attended the APO Orchestral Summer School each year since 2014. He has arranged and composed orchestral pieces for North Shore Youth Music. More recently he has entered multiple Play It Strange and APO competitions.

"At age 10 I discovered the joy and excitement of writing and arranging my own music,” explained Matthew in his AIMES Awards

application. "Many of my arrangements and compositions I have shared with North Shore Youth Music who have gone on to perform my pieces on tours throughout the North Island as well as performance in the Bruce Mason Centre and Auckland Town Hall.

"Last year I submitted one of my contemporary songs ‘Can’t Stop Thinkin’ About You’ for the Play It Strange Lion Foundation Secondary Schools Songwriting Competition 2016. My song was placed one of the top 47 finalists and released on the Play It Strange album for 2016. This year I submitted my interpretation of Goldenhorse’s 'Maybe Tomorrow' for the Play it Strange Secondary Schools Who Loves Who Competition 2017 and was awarded first place. I look forward to recording my arrangement at Neil Finn’s Roundhead Studios later this year.

"In 2016 I applied for special entry to the Waikato University summer

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"Earlier in 2017, I was invited by Mike Chunn to participate in the “Play it Strange – A Concert for Autism”. For this I wrote, arranged and performed my original composition 'Concertino No. 1 in A Minor' on violin. school and enrolled in their Introduction to Songwriting Paper and completed this with a grade of 90%. Through the skills and experience I gained from this, I have gone on to compose three new songs: “A Different Way” which tells of how my autism affects my world which I have entered into the Play It Strange Lion Foundation Song writing Competition 2017, “Beautiful World”, an idealistic anthem representing my ‘green’ views and encouraging all people to take care of the planet, and “The World We Live In,” which I have entered into the Play it

Strange Peace Song Competition.

"Earlier in 2017, I was invited by Mike Chunn to participate in the “Play it Strange – A Concert for Autism”. For this I wrote, arranged and performed my original composition 'Concertino No. 1 in A Minor' on violin. An article celebrating the success of this event was screened on Seven Sharp on TV One." Matthew's other passions include karate, sailing and conservation of the New Zealand flora and fauna. He has also excelled academically, working hard, and has been recognised for his academic success by his school through awards such as the Janet Marsh Memorial Prize for Outstanding Effort in Technology, Janet McKenzie Memorial Prize for Excellence in English, Prize for Excellence in Mathematics and the Judith Waugh Prize for Excellence in Latin.

Matthew Beardsworth is inspired and motivated by the music and creative genius that is John Williams, the composer of iconic soundtracks for blockbuster movies such as Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones and Superman. He is also inspired by the music of other composers of film scores such as James Horner (Titanic, Balto) Hans Zimmer (Pirates of the Caribbean, Interstellar) and Michael Giacchino (Star Trek, Rogue One).

"Next year I would like to undertake a music degree at Auckland University majoring in composition and would use the award grant to help offset the cost of my university fees and instrument tutoring fees.

Once I complete my undergraduate studies in New Zealand, I would like to consider Post Graduate studies overseas specialising in Film Scoring.

I hope to make a career composing music for Hollywood movies, writing orchestral melodies that fit and shape the emotion and spirit of each scene in a motion picture; to follow in the footsteps of people such as John Williams and be part of the next generation of great film composers.”

Matthew Beardsworth receives the North Harbour Club AIMES Emerging Talent Award, sponsored by Bellingham Wallace and a cash grant of $7,500.

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COURTNEY DAVIES

MICROBIOLOGIST (21)

Former Long Bay College student Courtney Davies is in her final year of a Masters of Natural Sciences at Massey University, with her passion being applied microbiology and virology. She was the only student of her year to be invited into an accelerated masters programme. She was also the winner of the Massey University 3-minute thesis competition, and went on to represent the University at the New Zealand competition, which she won.

She will represent New Zealand at the Australian competition.

In late 2016, she was selected as a Sir Peter Blake Trust NIWA Freshwater Ambassador, which resulted in an internship at the NIWA base in Christchurch.

"My passion is science and more specifically applied microbiology

and virology,” explained Courtney in her AIMES Award application.

"I really enjoy science because it has so many capabilities to improve the modern world and has a solution to almost any problem. My main goal within the foreseeable future is to become a qualified microbiologist allowing me to conduct further research within my field of bacteriophage genomics and their applications.”

Bacteriophage (phage) are simple viruses with a host range of specific bacteria – as opposed to antibiotics with a broader host range. Courtney’s master’s thesis looks at the mechanisms within these viruses that enable them to infect bacterial pathogens and isolating these mechanisms from a viral database to then be expressed through a plasmid onto biodegradable nanobeads which can be used as a

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to speakers such as Mark Zuckerberg and Christine Lagarde.

"We were fortunate to have a private dinner soiree with former Prime Minister John Key and ABAC member Stephen Jacobi, both of whom gave us some great pieces of advice as to how to make a difference in our communities."

Courtney's immediate goal is to graduate with her Masters in 2018, then apply for a position to study an MBA at the University of Oxford. Beyond this, she would love the opportunity to go into further post-graduate study exploring viruses and their impact on our current world in a more extended sense for her PhD within the next 10 years.

prophylactic treatment option against many Mycobacterial pathogens – including Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) which kills 10.4 million people a year, as well as Mycobacterium bovus (TB in cattle) which can have disastrous implications on the New Zealand dairy industry.

"I have always had a passion for agriculture and throughout my undergraduate degree have researched many of the threats facing New Zealand’s dairy industry; including mastitis, increased usage of prophylactic antibiotics as well as viral outbreaks in milk fermentation units and bovine tuberculosis. It was from my involvement in agriculture that I began to look beyond the traditional realms of farming to preserve and promote the industry – both from an environmental and economic approach – which lead me into microbiology."

From discovering that bacteriophage, Courtney was invited as the top student to attend the international SEA-PHAGES symposium held at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s prestigious Janelia Research Campus in the United States of America last year. From 80 universities, she was the first and only participant invited outside of the United States.

Future Problem Solving is another activity Courtney is heavily involved with. She was part of the National Champion team in 2008, 2013, 2014. She qualified for the International Competition in the USA in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2014. When representing New Zealand at the International Finals she was placed 3rd in 2013 and 3rd in the adult teams in 2014.

In November last year, Courtney was selected to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Voices of the Future Youth Conference in Lima, Peru. She says this was a phenomenal experience meeting other young leaders from 21 APEC nations with the ability to also attend the APEC CEO Conference held concurrently, listening

I have always had a passion for agriculture and throughout my undergraduate degree have researched many of the threats facing New Zealand’s dairy industry; including mastitis, increased usage of prophylactic antibiotics as well as viral outbreaks in milk fermentation units and bovine tuberculosis.

Her postgraduate study is in sub-contract with AgResearch in Palmerston North which means frequent travel between Auckland and Palmerston North. "AIMES Award grant funds will go towards this study and basic living costs enabling me to continue this life changing research."

"Thank you for this fantastic opportunity to share with you my passion for microbiology and the potential it has for ultimately saving the world – both environmentally and economically. As antibiotic resistant bacteria will overtake cancer as the leading cause for death by 2050, I believe it is extremely important to educate and encourage the study within this field.

"Everything I do is for a better tomorrow. Whether it be helping to find a preventative treatment for tuberculosis, helping furnish young New Zealanders with the tools and ability to be successful in agriculture and science through to getting involved in conservation projects that reiterate the importance of protecting our natural resources. I am a firm believer that leadership and change starts not only tomorrow, but today."

Courtney Davies receives the North Harbour Club AIMES Emerging Talent Award, sponsored by Bellingham Wallace and a cash grant of $7,500.

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MICHAELA SOKOLICH-BEATSON

NETBALLER (21)

Netballer Michaela Sokolich-Beatson was born and raised on the Hibiscus Coast, attending Whangaparaoa College. The high achieving 21 year old plays for the SKYCITY Mystics and captains the New Zealand Under 21 team. She is also studying towards a Bachelor of Physical Education at the University of Auckland.

The gutsy defender represented the New Zealand Secondary Schools team in 2015 before going on to be selected in the New Zealand Under 21 squad. She captained that team at Netball Youth World Cup 2017 in Botswana.

Michaela still lives on the Hibiscus Coast and maintains a heavy involvement in the North Harbour community, giving back by coaching netball at holiday programmes run by Michele Wallace at Netball North Harbour. She also does specialised coaching clinics at Kristin School.

This year, she’s earned a regular spot in the starting seven for the Mystics; her fast, mobile style complimenting the hugely experienced Anna Harrison in the defence circle.

"My future aspirations are to continuing playing for the SKYCITY Mystics and representing the Northern zone,” said Michaela in her AIMES Award application. "By the year 2019 I would like to be in the Silver Ferns squad. By the year 2020 I would like to the in the Silver Ferns netball team. By the year 2020 I want to have graduated from the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Physical Education with an overall GPA of 7.00 (A-).”

Michaela also plans on developing her leadership skills and communication skills. She plans to do this alongside her study in 2018-2020 by attending weekend workshops through the University of Auckland. The workshops she intends to do are:- Emotional intelligence – Engaged leadership; Communicating confidently through assertiveness; Effective communication skills. The AIMES Award grant will be used to assist with this and other areas.

"My Mystics contract is for six months, therefore there is six months of the year where I do not earn any income and I start studying full-time again. Whilst studying full-time I am also required

to train everyday which often means travelling across Auckland.

Due to this I find it difficult to hold down a part-time job as my commitments to netball and study in the off-season require too much from me. The AIMES Award grant would mean that I would not have to stress about finding part-time work and I could focus on my training and my study."

Michaela Sokolich-Beatson achievements to date:2014 – New Zealand Secondary Schools Netball team (Gold medal); New Zealand U 21; New Zealand A; Whangaparaoa College Senior Sportswomen of the Year; Whangaparaoa College Senior netball player of the year; Whangaparaoa Sports Prefect.

2015 – New Zealand U21; Netball Waitakere player of the year; North Harbour U19 (Tournament selection); Aotearoa U19.

2016 – New Zealand U21; SKYCITY Mystics; University of Auckland blues award 2017 – New Zealand U21 (Touring team to Fiji); SKYCITY Mystics; New Zealand U21 team to go to Youth World Cup in Botswana (Captain) Michaela Sokolich-Beatson receives the North Harbour Club AIMES Emerging Talent Award, sponsored by Bellingham Wallace and a cash grant of $7,500.

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CAMERON WEBSTER

ROWER (22)

Born and bred Greenhithe rower Cameron Webster is tipped for big things in the sport. The Westlake old boy is in the New Zealand Men’s Rowing Eight squad, recently received a High Performance Sport New Zealand Emerging talent grant for up and coming athletes, and was selected to be part of New Zealand Men’s Sweep squad to compete in the European Campaign, and was most recently in Florida for the World Rowing Champs.

Cameron attended Pinehurst School for eight years, taking part in soccer, basketball and various other cultural activities, before moving to Westlake, taking up rowing as a third former in 2008. In his third year of rowing, 2011, he was part of a Westlake Under 16 coxed four crew and an Under 17 eight that won gold at the North Island and New Zealand Secondary School Rowing Champs (the Maadi Cup).

In 2012 Cameron posted an erg test (2,000 metre rowing machine) time of 6:09.4 which was an all time record for a schoolboy at Westlake (he broke it again the following year).

That earned Cameron a trial for the New Zealand Junior team to contest the 2012 Junior World Champs being held in Bulgaria. He was selected in the Coxed Four, a crew that included fellow Westlaker and AIMES Award winner Michael Brake, which won gold with a dominant performance, leading from start to finish. In that same year he was Auckland Rowing Association’s Junior Rower of the Year.

In 2014, Cameron kept up his punishing training schedule but concentrated on his first year of study at AUT where he is doing Law and Business. He began sculling for the first time, in a single, and competed in that boat at the North Island Club Champs, representing North Shore Rowing Club.

At the 2014 New Zealand Champs he was part of the North Shore Rowing Club Men’s Premier Coxed four who won the gold medal and with it a coveted New Zealand Champion “Red Coat” and one of New Zealand’s oldest and most sought after rowing trophies, the “Boss Rooster”.

In 2015 Cameron was selected to represent New Zealand in the team to attend the Under 23 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. This entailed a four month relocation moving from Auckland to Cambridge. He won a silver medal

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at Plovdiv. Back in New Zealand, Cameron represented North Shore at the nationals and gained two golds and a silver respectively. He then gained the spot in the New Zealand Under 23 Coxed four to compete in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

During the summer Cameron also applied and was successful in obtaining the HPSNZ Emerging Talent Grant for up and coming athletes.

After the New Zealand Elite trials Cameron was selected to be part of the New Zealand Men's Sweep squad of 10 to compete in the European Campaign (World Rowing Cup 2 & 3, and Henley Royal Regatta). After a campaign in the Coxless Pair, with immense development Cameron was ready to come

home and trial for the squad to travel to Sarasota, Florida for the World Rowing Championships. He was selected to row in the Coxless Four at the World Championships in September.

Cameron will use the AIMES Award grant funds to establish a base in Cambridge, the home of New Zealand Rowing. He will also use it for training purposes, as this would give Cameron alot of freedom in terms of nutrition and recovery and also enable him to maintain his Single Scull skiff.

Cameron Webster receives the North Harbour Club AIMES Emerging Talent Award, sponsored by Bellingham Wallace and a cash grant of $7,500.

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Olivia McTaggart (centre) with coach Jeremy McColl and Eliza McCartney.

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OLIVIA MCTAGGART

POLE VAULTER (17)

"Olivia McTaggart could be New Zealand's next pole vaulting star after shattering Olympic bronze medallist Eliza McCartney's New Zealand under-17 record in Auckland on Saturday�. That was the newspaper sub-heading in November last year that would warm the hearts of those in the North Harbour area who were already buzzing about the achievements of our 2016 AIMES Supreme Award recipient. Signalling that we have another pole vaulting champion in our region.

The Kristin School student cleared the bar at 4.22m, 11cm better than Eliza's previous mark and 22cm better than her previous personal-best she set just a week before. Not surprisingly, McTaggart

is coached by Jeremy McColl, who also coaches Eliza. And not surprisingly she trains at the wonderful AUT Millennium facility. Olivia says AUT Millennium has been very supportive in providing the best training environment and continues to support her growing sport with great facilities.

"My over all dream is to be standing on the podium of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games representing New Zealand for Pole Vault,� explained Olivia in her AIMES Award application. "This Dream has been on going since the age of five and I have worked over 20 hours a week for about a decade and know that it will take many more hours to get there. This 'dream' I look at more of a goal because for me

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I know it can happen and have a clear and focused mind of what I need to do to get there physically and mentally.”

"My whole childhood and teenage years have been dedicated towards achieving this goal and it’s starting to look a lot more likely as I come up in the ranks in the sport of pole vault. Before pole vault I was an artistic gymnast for 10 years at a high national level until injury forced me to stop. Although this wouldn’t discontinue my love for sport, I started looking for alternative sports to fuel my adrenaline type desire and what better than pole vault. So months after, I joined my ex-gymnastics teammate and came on board to the pole vault group coached by Jeremy McColl to then quickly fall in love with the thrill aspects and friendly environment of the sport."

Olivia is currently looking towards the 2018 World Junior Championships (Finland) as a key event and to be selected into the New Zealand Commonwealth Games team for the Gold Coast 2018.

"This past season has been very rewarding and has taught me a lot about myself as an athlete, getting to be a part of new experiences such as my first few senior international competition.

Whilst I am in Europe I will be training and competing with Eliza McCartney to further my aspiration of Commonwealth Games selection."

As she was applying for an AIMES Award, Olivia had just returned from her first European season. Competing at four competitions and placing at three of them. She plans to use the AIMES Award grant to advance her sporting career. She says expenses include coaching and entry fees, fuel or car expenses for going to and from trainings and competitions and getting the right nutritious foods to fuel an active body. Also, part of being an athlete comes with some injures or niggles which is where medical bills and physio or massage visits add up monthly. Olivia also acknowledges her very supportive parents who have been by her side the whole way and have paid for all travel expenses themselves to date. As she starts looking at international competitions and more intense training situations the expenses start to build up and the AIMES Award funds will really help with progress looking towards selection into big world class events.

Olivia McTaggart’s Achievements to date:2015 – 2nd Greater Auckland Athletics championship; 3rd Australian Junior Nationals (first international competition); Selection for NZSSAA championships team; 1st Auckland Secondary Schools Championships; 1st NZ Secondary Schools Nationals; Selection into Pathway to Podium Programme.

2016 – 1st U18 North Island Championships; 1st North Island Secondary Schools champs; Nominee for Senior Female Sportsperson of the year (college sport awards); NZSSAA (New Zealand secondary schools athletics association) senior athlete of the meet; Team selection NZSSAA championships; North Harbour Bays club awards (Rising star award); Millennium Scholarship; NZ National Championships 2nd U18; NZ National Championships 1st U20; 1st Auckland Champs; 1st Secondary Schools Auckland champs; 1st National Secondary Schools Champs; Summer series two 1st; Denise Boyd Australian competition 3rd; Vertical Pursuit 2016 international competition 3rd; Auckland Track challenge international competition.

2017 – NZ Nationals 1st U18 and U20; Auckland champs 1st; Secondary schools Auckland champs 1st; Australian Nationals U20 1st ; Australian Nationals senior/open women 3rd; Vertical Pursuit 2017 international competition 4th; Auckland Track challenge 4th - Hastings Potts Classic 1st PB 4.40m (current); Wellington Capitol Classic 1st - Selection into Performance Potential Squad (PPS) HPSNZ; Achieved Commonwealth Games B standard (4.40m); Manheim junior international gala – 1st place; Jockgrim international pole vault meet 3rd place; English national championships 1st place as guest; Summer Series competition 1st and U17 NZ record of 4.22m from previous 4.11m Auckland summer series 4.30m U17 NZ record; 4cm off being top 32 ranked in the world this year and selection into London 2017 world championships.

Olivia McTaggart receives the North Harbour Club AIMES Emerging Talent Award, sponsored by Bellingham Wallace and a cash grant of $7,500.

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IAN LIM

COMMUNITY CHAMPION (19) Former Westlake Boys student Ian Lim is currently a second year student at the University of Auckland, undertaking a conjoint programme comprising a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Science; majoring in Economics, Accounting, and Statistics. Ian was born in Malaysia and came to New Zealand with his family to settle on the North Shore. Nine years on he’s being awarded for his contribution to the community.

In 2017 the judges have chosen Ian for his community work as part of the Devonport-Takapuna Youth Board, the Shore Junction Project Steering Committee, and Auckland Ultimate Incorporated.

The Devonport-Takapuna Youth Board is a group of young people who provide strategic advice to decision-making authorities on matters of special importance to local youth. Ian was a Founding Member of this organisation (at age 13) and has been involved for five years. Their role includes collaborating with high-level organisations such as Panuku Development Auckland to ensure that their Takapuna Strategic Framework Plan reflects the interests of the young people who will ultimately inherit the consequences of those planning decisions made today. They are endorsed, supported, and resourced by the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board of Auckland Council. In addition to capturing and conveying youth voice, they organise and deliver events which help develop the life skills, knowledge, and community belonging of local youth.

Shore Junction is a youth innovation hub being developed in Takapuna. It is a community amenity aspiring to provide a catchment of local and sub-regional young people with access to leading facilities and technologies like never before; stimulating and fostering our next generation of Kiwi creatives, entrepreneurs, business leaders and ultimately, positive change-makers. Shore Junction is a youth-led, community-resourced, cross-sector collaboration. The space is nested within an Auckland Council-owned building, leased out to the YES Disability Resource Centre who are working with the DevonportTakapuna Youth Board and a network of youth service providers as subject matter experts and prospective future delivery partners. In his capacity as a youth advisor on the Shore Junction project steering committee, Ian and others have worked hard to ensure that the people for whom Shore Junction is being brought to fruition play a lead role in its creation, and have their voices heard by the committee throughout.

This is fundamental to our belief in co-design, co-development, and co-delivery. Another significant facet of his responsibility on the Project Steering Committee has been to market and promote Shore Junction to both a plethora of important stakeholders, as well as to the public at large. This saw Ian assist significantly in the development of the Shore Junction website, funding prospectus, as well as the monthly supporters’ newsletter.

Auckland Ultimate is the regional governing body for the sport of Ultimate in Auckland. This is a sport that Ian competes in and also helps to administer. This is a non-profit organisation with the strategic directive of growing Ultimate in Auckland in a manner that is inclusive,

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equitable, and sustainable. Auckland Ultimate supports a community of over 800 members. They host a diverse range of tournaments and leagues creating opportunities for people of all interests, abilities, and lifestyles to learn, participate, and compete in Ultimate. Additionally, Auckland Ultimate operates a youth programme to encourage earlyadoption at secondary schools, and works with New Zealand Ultimate and other regional affiliates to further national objectives. Ian is the Treasurer of Auckland Ultimate for July 2017 to June 2018.

"Whilst competing for New Zealand on an international stage has always been an ambition of mine, the opportunity to do so comes at a substantial cost,” said Ian in his AIMES Award application. "The training campaign and tournament expenditure is expected to total over $5000 excluding tickets for flights to and from Perth. This is where I would apply any funds received from the 2017 North Harbour Club AIMES Awards programme."

Ian Lim - Other key contributions/achievements:Class Representative at the University of Auckland (Semester 2, 2016) Westlake Boys High School – House Captain (Senior Prefect) in 2015; Head Peer Tutor in 2014 and 2015; Student Magazine Chief

Editor from 2013 to 2015; Ultimate Frisbee Programme Manager in 2015; Chairman of the Ball Committee in 2015; Member of the Chinese Committee in 2015; Form 7 ‘Buddy’ Mentor in 2015; Takapuna RSA Award for Service in 2015.

St John Youth – Over 100 hours of volunteer work; Obtained highest Non-Commissioned Officer rank of Cadet Leader in 2016; Takapuna Division Cadet of the Year in 2015; Donovan Award for Excellence in 2014; National Competitions Individual Champion in 2014 New Zealand Under-24 Mixed Ultimate Squad (2017) – selected to join the New Zealand Under-24 Mixed Ultimate Squad representing our country at the World Under-24 Ultimate Championships in Australia, in January 2018.

Ernest & Young Scholarship in Accounting (2017) – for a stage 2 undergraduate accounting student at the University of Auckland.

Member of Champion Development Team, University of Auckland Management Consulting Club (2017).

Ian Lim receives the North Harbour Club AIMES Emerging Talent Award, sponsored by Bellingham Wallace and a cash grant of $7,500.

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NORTH HARBOUR CLUB JUNIOR EXCELLENCE AWARD RECIPIENTS 2017

Awards presented at a special cocktail function held on Thursday November 9th:-

Jasmine Jared INNOVATION - Innovator/App Developer

Jesse Oh MUSIC - Singing, Piano, Violin and Viola

Caitlin O’Reilly SPORT - Swimmer

Chantelle May SPORT - Fencer

Maggie Squire SPORT - Diving

George Rush SPORT - Yachting

Logan Somerville SPORT - Karate

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JASMINE JARED

INNOVATOR/APP DEVELOPER (13) Northcross Intermediate student Jasmine Jared has designed a unique app and software package to help prevent speeding. iSpeed is a tool in real time for speed limit signs on the road and announces the speed limit to the driver. iSpeed is to help the driver focus on the road instead of checking the car speedometer all the time, because iSpeed announces the current speed when the speed enters next higher speed range.

This way the driver always knows their current speed range (eg. 40-50km/h, 50-60km/h and so on). For example, if the

previous obtained from ECU speed value is 48km/h and the new value is 52km/h the application will announce ‘Fifty-two’.

Using iSpeed the driver can maintain their speed in a certain range without the need of checking their car speedometer.

"I was not able to find an application using computer vision to find speed limit signs, reading data from the car computer at the same time and announcing the findings to the driver,” said Jasmine in her award application. "This makes iSpeed unique.

The closest applications are signalling when the speed limit is exceeded, but they are not very helpful in the real world. These

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applications are based on Maps – imagine if you are having an outdated map and you rely on the application? What about the temporary speed limit signs – they are never on the maps!”

"Many people are ignorant to the speedometer, because they are trying to keep their eyes on the road. As a result, very often people are over speeding without knowing it. They need an app that can tell them the speed limit and how fast they’re driving so they can drive safely and avoid fines, while keeping their eyes on the road. My app contains a split screen of how fast you’re driving and what is the current speed limit on your phone using the device Bluetooth, camera and speakers.”

"First thing I had to do to make this project work was to research how to load an image for my first prototype. Then I had to learn how to do colour filtering and blob counting for a circle. Lastly, I had to research how to make the “text to speech” part where the program is saying the speed. I used c++ at the beginning, but after realizing that it was too complicated, I continued with c# as a main programming language for this project.”

Jasmine explains that her app is simple to use. An assistant for any car manufactured after 1997. All you have to do is get the app open and it is ready for use. When the app is open you will see two screens. They will both speak data related to what their purpose is. For the right screen, you will hear the “true” speed of the vehicle. “True” speed, because most cars speedometers are showing a 10% higher value than the actual speed, which makes it very difficult to maintain proper speed on the road. For the left

screen, you will hear the speed limit if a speed sign comes up. iSPEED is safe for use in cars.

"This is a functional prototype and I will try to publish to Windows Store. I will try to optimize the traffic signs recognition.

I will also add more features on it, like recognising traffic lights and recognising school signs. Because iSpeed is just an app that you use on your phone, it can be easily “distributed” to the market."

Jasmine's Principal and Teacher provided the award judges with glowing reports on her achievements at school. Jasmine speaks five languages, has above average academic achievements and has a sustained interest in Engineering and Computer programming.

She earned a Gold Medal at this years’ North Harbour Science and Technology Fair and Mechatronic competition.

With her iSpeed app Jasmine is a finalist in the Bright Sparks competition and is a national finalist in the FPS (Future Problem Solving) competition.

Jasmine says that this Junior Excellence Award means that she can continue extending her science fair project as much as possible, hopefully in the near future, to a business. She can try to do things with her science fair project that a 12-13 year old can’t really do without the assistance of funds from the award.

Jasmine Jared receives the North Harbour Club Junior Excellence Award, sponsored by NZ Force Construction and Library Lane, and a cash grant of $3,000.

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JESSE OH

MUSIC: SINGING, PIANO, VIOLIN AND VIOLA (13) Music is 13 year-old Rangitoto College student Jesse Oh’s passion. He is currently a year nine student at the school, where he sings in two choirs; The Fundamentals and Mainly Men. Additionally, he plays the viola in the Rangitoto Sinfonia Orchestra, the leader of the section.

"My grand plan is to further my musical career on the international stage however to achieve this goal I must continue with my current

studies,” explained Jesse in his award application. "If I am fortunate enough to obtain an award, my musical education is what it will be used for."

Jesse performed in the children’s choir for New Zealand Opera’s Auckland performance of Carmen. This followed two previous highlights of performing in New Zealand Opera’s Turandot and Tosca in 2015.

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He gained Distinction in ABRSM Grade 8 Piano, Grade 5 Violin and Grade 3 Singing. As well as these accomplishments, Jesse gained three third places singing in the North Shore Performing Arts competition and both acted and sang in the school production of Peter Pan. As a Year Seven student at Murrays Bay Intermediate, Jesse was involved with the Opera Factory. This included performing in their production of A Christmas Carol and gaining 1st prize in their Opera Idol competition.

Jesse also recently gained 1st place in Rangitoto College’s 2017 Annual Piano Competition in the Junior Section.

Jesse was involved with the Opera Factory. This included performing in their production of A Christmas Carol and gaining 1st prize in their Opera Idol competition.

A number of Jesse's role models have been opera singers who he has been fortunate enough to work with. These include Simon O'Neill and Orla Boylan and, more recently, Nino Surguladze who sang the role of Carmen. "I admire them for their dedication and determination and for the work they have put into developing their astounding voices. While I have never had the privilege of meeting him, Pavarotti is more than a role model, he is my hero. His stage presence and voice are beyond compare. Additionally, one of my favourite pianists is Marc-AndrĂŠ Hamelin as his fingers seem like they melting into the piano keys. It is because of world renowned pianists such as Hamelin that I have been inspired to give of my utmost at the keyboard."

To attain his goal of performing on the world stage as a singer, Jesse says it is imperative that he continues music lessons in both singing and piano.

These are intertwined disciplines, one aiding the development of the other. His Junior Excellence Award will be used for tuition fees with teachers.

Jesse Oh receives the North Harbour Club Junior Excellence Award, sponsored by NZ Force Construction and Library Lane, and a cash grant of $3,000.

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CAITLIN O’REILLY

SWIMMER (13)

To simply say that Caitlin O’Reilly is a swimmer is selling her well short. She’s actually the youngest New Zealander to swim the Cook Strait. The Cook Strait – at just 12 years old! The youngster is not stopping there. She has big aspirations for the future. She believes in the ‘You can do anything’ motto.

Caitlin O’Reilly showed an interest in competitive swimming at just nine years old while she was having lessons with Dean Kent at Northern Arena in Silverdale. She joined the Coast Swim Club based at that venue and it was immediately evident that she had found her passion.

A year later Caitlin qualified to swim at the New Zealand Junior National Championships as a 10 year old. The following year Caitlin won her first national title in the 100m Butterfly – a goal she had set herself. She was well placed in backstroke, butterfly, freestyle and medley which showed her versatility. In the 100 butterfly Caitlin also qualified for the National Age Group Championships which is a 13 years and over event. In January 2016 she competed in the Anthony Moss Classic and won four golds and one bronze medal.

At the end of 2016 Caitlin was ranked 5th Nationally for 11 year old girls based on points awarded by New Zealand Swimming for performances across a combination of events.

It was that same year that Caitlin (11 years old) announced that she had a dream to swim the Cook Strait and be the youngest female to complete it. Caitlin’s coach John Gatfield had completed this swim at 13 years old. It was a momentous and ambitious dream for an 11 year old but the dream was achievable.

Caitlin started her long distance swim training in March 2016 which consisted of eight swim sessions per week. Often this was 12-14 hours of weekly swimming covering a weekly distance of around 35-40 kms per week. On top of this Caitlin would also train, play games and tournaments for Carmel College Year 8 Waterpolo and on occasion play for the Under 14’s Hibiscus Coast Waterpolo team.

Caitlin competed at the AIMS Games for the Carmel College Year 8 Waterpolo team and won a bronze medal in the girls category.

Caitlin has always had a love for swimming in the ocean, competing in her first 2.8km King of the Bays swim from Milford to Takapuna at just 11 years old. In late 2016 Caitlin won the non-wetsuit category for the 2.9km Auckland Harbour Crossing in the 15 years and under category and won the same category in the 2017 2.8km King of the Bays – Milford to Takapuna. Both at 12 years old.

In January 2017 Caitlin competed in her first long distance ocean swim competition in Taupo. The Epic Epic 17.5km Ocean Swim consists of three back to back races – 5kms, 10kms and 2.5kms with just

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a few minutes between each race. This is an open age group event and Caitlin achieved 6th place overall and 2nd female for a total swim time of 5 hours 45 mins. She also received 3rd place for the 10km race for 15 years and under category. While most swam with wetsuits, which has a considerable advantage of buoyancy, Caitlin swam the entire race with no wetsuit. Caitlin had proven herself as a strong marathon swimmer and it wasn’t just about her physical ability it was just as much about her mental ability to keep going when the going gets tough and push through the pain.

One week later Caitlin competed in the Wellington Summer Swim Championships where she won two silver and three bronze medals.

Seven races were top six places and five personal bests.

In February 2017 in the New Zealand Junior National Championships Caitlin competed as a 12 year old. In the Auckland region she won two gold medals (200 butterfly and 200 back), one silver (400 Medley) and two bronze (100 back and 100 fly) medals.

Caitlin has an overall National standing of 9th for 12 year old girls.

Phil Rush is well known in New Zealand ocean swimming as a marathon swimmer and runs the Cook Strait swim programme.

Following Caitlin’s 17.5km swim in Taupo, he was eager to get Caitlin across the strait before she turned 13. He knew she was capable, fit and used to swimming in the cold water. More swimmers fail to complete the Cook Strait than complete. For an adult it is a difficult swim at the best of times.

At 2pm on the 24th February 2017 Caitlin started her swim from Ohau Point on the North Island. The sea was choppy for the first hour but Caitlin soon got in to her rhythm. She was stopped every 30 minutes by Phil Rush and coach John Gatfield for food and to check her wellbeing. She battled with jellyfish and the thought of sharks was never far from her mind.

Her family and friends from all over the world were watching with anxious anticipation on the GPS tracker which showed her progress.

As the South Island got closer the sun got lower and at around 8pm Phil Rush set Caitlin up for swimming in the dark. He added glow sticks to the boat and to the back of her togs and head. Caitlin was truly terrified but she overcame her fear of swimming in the deep ocean in the dark. She decided to dig deep and picked up the pace even though she was exhausted from six hours swimming already. She believed with every bone in her body that she could get to the end. The last 75

minutes of her swim the sea was pitch black. There was no moonlight, just the sound of John and Phil’s voices guiding her onwards.

At 9.22pm Caitlin reached Perano Head in the South Island and became the youngest New Zealander and youngest female to swim the Cook Strait at 12 years old. The swim took seven hours 19 mins 56 seconds. The average Cook Strait swim is eight to nine hours. Caitlin had a phenomenal swim and was more than an hour faster than her coach John Gatfield when he completed at 13 years.

News of Caitlin’s Cook Strait epic achievement reached news stories around the world including NewsHub, TV One, Channel7 Australia, Olympic Channel, and CNN. Caitlin’s has future aspirations of representing New Zealand and medalling at the Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games and World Championships.

Caitlin would like to pursue her passion of ocean swimming and pool swimming by travelling to international events to gain experience and knowledge. Together with her coaches John Gatfield and Steve Kent she will continue to develop her skills and actively seek development programmes in New Zealand and Australia. Caitlin will move in to the age criteria for New Zealand Swimming development squads over the next two to three years.

Caitlin has opportunities within the next 12 months to train with St Peters Western Swim Club in Brisbane, a who are currently Australia’s top Age Group Club. AIMES Award grant funds will be used to make these opportunities possible together with specialised coaching and performance analysis.

"Caitlin is not only an exceptional athlete, she is an amazing person and team member in which we are very lucky to have compete and train for Coast Swim Club,” says her coach John Gatfield. "As a New Zealand representative Swim Coach and ex New Zealand representative athlete I know exactly what it takes to be successful on the world stage. Commitment, dedication, and passion are but a few traits Caitlin demonstrates in spades and at such a young age, the future is extremely bright for Caitlin.”

Caitlin has also excelled at Waterpolo and Surf Life Saving.

Caitlin O’Reilly receives the North Harbour Club Junior Excellence Award, sponsored by NZ Force Construction and Library Lane, and a cash grant of $3,000.

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CHANTELLE MAY

FENCER (13)

13 year old Torbay youngster Chantelle May has an ultimate goal of representing New Zealand at the 2020 and 2024 Olympics and the Commonwealth Games in the sport of Fencing.

The born and bred Shore girl attends Diocesan School for Girls and attended Kristin School through to year seven. It was during the 2012 summer holidays, at the age of seven that she watched Puss n Boots and was inspired to learn to Fence. Today, aged 13, Fencing is her passion.

"My dreams and goals are to represent New Zealand in Fencing at the next Commonwealth Cadet (U17) and Junior (U20)

Championships, World Cadet and Junior Championships (2018) and Junior Olympics (2018),� explained Chantelle in her AIMES Award application. "My ultimate goal is to represent New Zealand at the 2020 and 2024 Olympics and the Commonwealth Games."

Chantelle is a real all rounder though. "I believe that being involved in a variety of activities helps keep me well balanced and rounded as an athlete and person and provides opportunities to have fun away from my fencing friends. This year I have been selected as a member of the Dio Year choir, Year eight netball team as well as a member of the Dio Secondary Schools Fencing team. I

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am also taking part in the William Pike Challenge. As well as Fencing and playing netball for the school I swim, have weekly piano lessons and passed my Grade two exam in May with Merit."

Fencing is Chantelle's passion and number one sport. To improve her skills and have the opportunity to Fence a variety of people of all ages and skills she Fences three days a week. On top of this she has two private lessons a week with her coach to develop and fine tune existing skills and learn new techniques. The lessons range from 30 to 50 minutes depending on what they are working on. When possible she try's to help some of the beginner fencers improve their fencing.

Chantelle has already competed internationally and says she has made a lot of friends throughout New Zealand, Australia, Vietnam and Singapore through fencing and enjoys catching up with them at the various tournaments. The AIMES Award grant money will be used to fund her growth, making it easier to attend international competitions and training camps with her coach. Fencing is a nonfunded sport in New Zealand.

In 2015, 2016 and 2017 Chantelle has established an enviable list of success and Fencing titles, including New Zealand Under 15, Under 17, Under 23 titles and an international title on the Asian Cadet Circuit this year. She is still only 13!

Chantelle May receives the North Harbour Club Junior Excellence Award, sponsored by NZ Force Construction and Library Lane, and a cash grant of $3,000.

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MAGGIE SQUIRE

DIVING (12)

Maggie Squire, who attends Belmont Intermediate, displayed a talent for sports from an early age and excelled in swimming, athletics, cross country, trampolining and gymnastics.

In her primary school years Maggie competed in interschool trampolining, interschool gymnastics, peninsula swimming, and peninsula athletics and never failed to gain a placing in any event she entered. In her final year at Primary School she won the Sports and Art Cups. Maggie maintains academic excellence and was selected for maths extension studies at Belmont Intermediate School.

Maggie started diving at the age of eight and shortly thereafter was selected to join the North Harbour/Auckland Diving development squad and has been competing at national and international competitions since the age of 10.

She has shown sustained excellence in diving and is the current New Zealand champion in all four Under 13 events and also in two Open Women’s events.

In 2017, competing in 40 events, Maggie’s medal total was 29 gold, seven silver and one bronze. For the past two years, as a 10 and 11 year old, she has won the Eckhoff Memorial Trophy awarded to the highest ranked 13 and under girl at the New Zealand National Diving Championships. She also holds two New Zealand records.

In the Australian National Age Group Championships in 2016 (Under 11), Maggie’s results were gold in one metre. 2017 (U13), gold in one metre, platform, three metre synchronised.

In the Singapore National Championships in 2017 competing in the U13’s, she got gold in one metre and one metre synchronised and silver in three metre and platform.

Maggie aims to compete internationally in future Grand Prix events, World Championships, Commonwealth Games, and Olympic Games. She is inspired by other New Zealand divers who have achieved these goals and also by her coach Steve Gladding a former British Olympic coach. Her intention is to gain a diving scholarship to a United States university which would give her the unique opportunity to simultaneously compete at a hub of college diving in the United States, study towards an academic degree, and to represent New Zealand at World Championships, Commonwealth Games and the Olympics Games.

Maggie will attend two international competitions in 2018 as steps towards achieving her ultimate goals. She intends to compete in New

Zealand national events, Singapore National Championships, and will also step up and attend her first elite diving competition at the Australian National Elites. She says a Junior Excellence Award will assist greatly.

Maggie Squire receives the North Harbour Club Junior Excellence Award, sponsored by NZ Force Construction and Library Lane, and a cash grant of $3,000.

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GEORGE RUSH

YACHTING (12)

Young Takapuna sailor George Rush attended Belmont Primary School and is now in year eight at Kristin School.

George started sailing as part of his water and sailing-mad family at age 10 and sails in the Optimist Class which caters for sailors under 16 years of age. The 2016/2017 season was his second season racing in the open fleet division of the Optimist in New Zealand. George sails out of the Wakatere Boating Club at Narrow Neck and is now one of the senior members of the Wakatere Optimist racing team despite being only 12.

In his short career George’s sailing has taken him to regattas throughout New Zealand, including Picton, Lyttleton, Wellington, Napier, New Plymouth, Taupo, Bay of Islands, and numerous locations around Auckland, and overseas to regattas in places like Australia, the Caribbean and Thailand.

George’s sailing achievements to date have been very unusual for someone of his age, and have been the result of a significant amount of hard work and training.

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George has won the prize for 1st in his age group in every single New Zealand Optimist ranking regatta held over the past two seasons.

He has never placed anything lower than 1st for his age in New Zealand in every national ranking regatta entered since he began sailing.

In the 2015/2016 season (George’s first full season in the Optimist Open fleet) he finished the season ranked 12th in New Zealand (out of all sailors aged under 16). He was then selected for the New Zealand team and travelled to Antigua in the Caribbean to represent New Zealand at the Optimist North American Championships.

At the end of the season he was awarded the trophy for highest placed sailor at his first NZ Nationals in addition to 1st in age and membership of the New Zealand team.

This season (2016/2017) George finished ranked 4th= in New Zealand again out of all sailors aged under 16. George turned 12 just before the end of the season. He was again selected for the New Zealand team – this time the World Champs team to Thailand this year. In doing this George qualified to attend the World Champs at the same age as Peter Burling.

George has won or had top places in numerous other regattas both local, regional and national. He placed 1st in the most recent (2016) Sir Peter Blake Regatta in the Optimist class and was placed 1st in his Club Champs. He has also represented his school at local schools regattas with similar success.

In addition to his sailing, George is a very keen and adept musician (piano and drums), football player, runner and athlete generally.

George’s talents aren’t limited to on the water. In his spare time George is working on establishing a small business – Rush Rigging – making and selling modern textile soft-rigging components for sailing dinghies and larger yachts.

In his short career George’s sailing has taken him to regattas throughout New Zealand, including Picton, Lyttleton, Wellington, Napier, New Plymouth, Taupo, Bay of Islands, and numerous locations around Auckland, and overseas…

George has some pretty firmly stated goals:- To make the New Zealand Optimist Worlds team again in 2018 and 2019; To win the Optimist Worlds; To progress on to a fast crewed boat such as the 29er, and then a 49er or Nacra (catamaran) Olympic class, and seek New Zealand representation in that boat and success overseas; To represent New Zealand in sailing at the Olympics; To compete in the Americas Cup; the Volvo Ocean Race; to continue to develop Rush Rigging.

The award funds received will be set aside to go towards George’s next overseas regatta trip representing New Zealand.

George Rush receives the North Harbour Club Junior Excellence Award, sponsored by NZ Force Construction and Library Lane, and a cash grant of $3,000.

JUNIOR EXCELLENCE AWARD

SPONS O RED BY N Z FOR CE C ON STR UCT IO N AND LIBR ARY LAN E

PRESENTED TO ...

LOGAN SOMERVILLE

KARATE (11)

Mairangi Bay School pupil Logan Somerville started learning karate at Fushin Ryu Karate Club in Browns Bay when he was five years old and has been competing in kata (forms) and kumite (sparring) since he was six. Logan is the current New Zealand National Champion in both kata and kumite for his age group and three time New Zealand Open champion (kata and kumite).

Logan has also had success competing overseas, winning gold medals at the Australian Open in 2017 (kumite) and Australasian School Age Championships in both 2016 and 2017 (kata).

His greatest achievement to date came in September 2016, when at age 10, he represented New Zealand at the Oceania Karate Championships in New Caledonia for both kata and kumite, and won a gold medal for kumite.

After his success at the New Zealand and Australian Opens earlier this year, he was again selected for the New Zealand team to go to the 2017 Commonwealth Karate Championships in Durban, which was unfortunately later cancelled. He is now focussing on gaining national selection for the 2018 Oceania Karate Championships which will be held here in Auckland next May. Since karate was approved as an Olympic sport for Tokyo 2020, its popularity is rapidly increasing in New Zealand and there is a lot of competition for New Zealand national selection. Logan trains under Sensei Duane Monk (Karate New Zealand Head Coach) at the dojo at least four times per week. He attends monthly club tournaments, regular regional and national tournaments throughout the country, as well as three national karate camps per year, in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

Across Australasian, New Zealand and Auckland competitions Logan has now won 11 Golds and one silver medal.

Logan has set his sights on following in the footsteps of fellow Fushin Ryu club members by winning a medal at the 2021 World Junior Karate Championships. Then in 2022, there is the Youth Olympic Games. His long term goal is to represent New Zealand at the Olympics and to win New Zealand’s first medal at the World Karate Championships.

Logan is in his final year at Mairangi Bay School, where he is a student leader. He will attend Murrays Bay Intermediate next

year. He is a talented sportsman and loves to be involved in sports at school and club level. He has recently represented or is currently representing his school at basketball, Rippa rugby, soccer, athletics, swimming, Flippaball, athletics, and cross country.

Logan Somerville receives the North Harbour Club Junior Excellence Award, sponsored by NZ Force Construction and Library Lane, and a cash grant of $3,000.

AWARDS

Logan has set his sights on following in the footsteps of fellow Fushin Ryu club members by winning a medal at the 2021 World Junior Karate Championships. Then in 2022, there is the Youth Olympic Games.

AIMES AWARDS WINNERS 1995-2016 2016

The AIMES Award winners for 2016 were:Supreme ($15,000) & AIMES Sport Award ($15,000) – Eliza McCartney Arts Award ($15,000) – Joel Granger Innovation Award ($15,000) – Sian Simpson Music Award ($15,000) – Miller Christensen-Yule Education Award ($15,000) - Michael McDonald Service to the Community Award ($15,000) – Joseph Bergin AIMES Judges Special Award ($15,000) - Avalon Biddle Emerging Talent Awards 2015 ($5,000 each) – Emma Lane, Andrew Coshan, Scott Wilson, Jacky Siu, Alexia Hibertidou, Florida Fatanitavake, ($8,000) - Kate and Greta Stewart 2016 Junior AIMES Winners ($3000 each) - Satine FinerNeuhauser, Henry Meng, Rico Bearman, Nadia Evans, Daniel Stoddart, Northcross Kapa Haka Group.

2015

The AIMES Award winners for 2015 were:Supreme ($15,000) & AIMES Education Award ($15,000) – Carl Hume Arts Award ($15,000) – Emily Scott Innovation Award ($15,000) – Sian Simpson Music Award ($15,000) – Alexander Verster Sport Award ($15,000 each - Joint Winners) – Michael Brake & Gemma Jones Service to the Community Award ($15,000) – Mattea Mrkusic Emerging Talent Awards 2015 ($5,000 each) – Elizabeth Mandeno, Elizabeth Lunn, Shauno Isomura, Louisa Wang, Brendon Thomas, Danielle McKenzie, Britt Kindred, Lina Kim. 2015 Junior AIMES Winners ($3000 each) - Matthew O'Connor, Cameron Brownsey, Iain Lam, Blake Tolmie, Catherine Oh, Jaden Movold, Quillan Denton (awarded $1500).

2014

The AIMES Award winners for 2014 were:Supreme ($15,000) & AIMES Arts Award ($10,000) – Ben Sanders IT, Innovation & Science Award ($10,000) – Leighton Watson Music Award ($10,000) – Hye-Won Suh Education Award ($10,000) – Finn Lowery Sport Award ($10,000) – Teneale Hatton Service to the Community Award ($10,000) – Dannie Cullen Judges Special Award ($4,000 & $6,000 respectively) – Tayla Alexander & David Light Emerging Talent Awards 2014 ($4,000 each) – Harry Bartlett, Lewis Fry, Emily Scott, Kit Reilly, Nicole Ashby, Eliza McCartney, Gemma Jones, Daniel Hoy.

2013

The AIMES Award winners for 2013 were:Supreme ($20,000) & AIMES Music Award ($10,000) – Ella YelichO'Connor Arts Award ($10,000) – Bridget Costello IT, Innovation & Science Award ($10,000) – Sarah Mitchell Education Award ($10,000) – Michael MacDonald Sport Award ($10,000) – Andrew Maloney, Service to the Community Award ($10,000) – Loren O'Sullivan Judges Special Award ($10,000) – Liam Stone Emerging Talent Awards 2013 ($4,000 each) – Joel Granger, Matthew Jones, Alex Taylor, George Muir, Georgia Williams, Finn Howard, Natalie Te Paa, Keon Park.

2012

The AIMES Award winners for 2012 were:Supreme ($20,000) & AIMES Sport Award ($10,000) – Lydia Ko Arts Award ($10,000) – Rob Tucker IT, Innovation & Science Award ($10,000) – Amy Smith Music Award ($10,000) – Jason Bae Education Award ($10,000) – Andrew MacDonald Service to the Community Award ($10,000) – Joseph Bergin Emerging Talent Awards 2012 ($4,000 each) – Petra Bullock, Nick Hall, Teneale Hatton, Sarah Mitchell, Mattea Mrkusic, Jeremy Reid, Ben Sanders.

2011

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.

2010

The AIMES Award winners for 2010 were:Supreme ($20,000) & AIMES Sports ($10,000) – Jacko Gill Arts Award ($10,000) – Verity Burgess

AWARDS

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.

2008

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).

2007

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.

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

The AIMES Award winners for 2007 were:Supreme Award ($15,000) & Education Award ($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

2003

Service To The Community Award ($10,000) – Loren O’Sullivan

Music Award ($5,000 plus $5,000 from Corelli School for production of a CD) – Matthew Flinn

Emerging Talent Awards ($2000 each) – Samuel Coldicutt, Robert Ellis, Mikhail Koudinov, Alexandra Maloney, Stephen Smith, Rob Tucker

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

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

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

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)

Arts Award ($500) – Bradley Fagan

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Congratulations to all of the 2017 winners.

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We are hugely proud that for over 20 of those years we have been supporting the North Harbour Club with design, web, print, signage and display.

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