2019 St Paul's Yearbook

MAGAZINE

TIHOI VENTURE SCHOOL

CJ Smith BPRTM, PGDipEdLead, DipTeach, NZOIA (Director)

CW Findley BSRM, DipTeach, DipTraumaMan, PGCertGuid, NZOIA (Deputy Director)

DG Firth BEd, DipTeach, NZOIA (Chief Instructor)

MC Cloonan BSportRec, NZOIA

AJ How BPhEd, DipTeach, NZOIA

EL Malcolm BSOE, DipTeach, NZOIA

RD Malcolm DipOutdoorLead, NZOIA

BE McManus BBusSt, PGDipBusAdmin, DipTeach, NZOIA

DG Riggs BPhEd, NZOIA

S Tukerangi BSportRec, DipTeach, NZOIA

JK Simpson (Catering Manager)

AJ Wilcox (Administrator)

ITINERANT TUTORS

H Bryant BMus(Hons) (Singing)

I Campbell (Singing)

J Dawson BMus(Hons) (Piano)

A Grady (Drums)

C Greenslade BMus(Hons), PGDip, AIRMT (Piano)

A Hayward BMA, GDipTeach (Drums)

K Johnson DipTeach, ATCL, DTM (Speech & Drama; Communication Skills)

Sam Koretz BA (Guitar)

Simon Koretz (Guitar)

C Nation BEdMus, DipTeach (Violin; Viola; String Group)

M Nation BEdMus DipTeach (Ukulele)

K Orbell BMus(Hons), LTCL, FRSM (Flute)

D Shaw (Guitar; Rock Band; Guitar Group)

P Smith DMA (Organ)

W Stoneham BMus (Trumpet; Upper Brass)

G Taylor BA(Hons) (Piano)

K Trigg (Singing)

HEALTH & WELLBEING

BR Heaton BFA, GDipTeach (Counsellor)

LE Gillanders, BNurs, MCouns (Counsellor)

JM Williams RN (School Nurse)

AK Begovich RN (Relief Nurse)

MR Oehley MBChB, PGDipTravMed, FRNZCGP (School Doctor)

HIGH PERFORMANCE

AJ King BSpExSc (Fitness & Conditioning)

PS Hodder (Cricket & Rugby)

S Noble (Netball)

BOARDING SUPPORT

Matrons

LF Morris (Clark House) – until April

ML Johns (Clark House) – from May

KM L’Amie (Sargood House)

GM Thompson (Williams House)

Duty Staff

Z Hartley BSpExSc, GDipTeach

R Standing MSpExSc

F van der Merwe MSpExSc

D Groom – until April

K Heatherley – Terms 1 + 2

K Lock

B Rutter

D Scanlon BHSHP

L Searle

M Taylor

D van den Berg

J Walters – from July

Prep Tutors

J Davies; S Schofield; E Smith

Gap Tutors

M Austin; T Kerr; J Turinsky; D Skipper BSc – until June

E Clyburn; G Gibbs; L Gross; L Hardy; F McGahan BA –from July

ADMINISTRATION

Business Manager

PB Welham BCom, BCompt(Hons), CA Accounts

PE Nicholls BCompt, AIMTA (Accountant)

A Tan BMS, PGDipBusAdmin, GDipBusSt (Assistant Accountant)

SE O’Keefe (Creditors)

JG Stewart (Creditors)

JL Wardrop (Debtors)

Administration

DM Chapman (Receptionist)

KA Conaghan DipSocSc (Human Resources; Health & Safety)

JM Purvis (Executive PA)

SJ Adern (Sports Administrator)

DM Shalloe (Management Secretary) – until April

SJ Miller GCertMC (Management Secretary) – from May

PM Ure (Academic Secretary)

Collegians’ Association

VC Semmens BMA, GDipTeach – from June

Marketing & Development

MC Smith DipPR, AdvCertGraphicDes (Director of Marketing & Development)

RE Fitness BMA

AJ Harper BSpC

RL Robinson BA - until October

FL Walker BCS - from October

School Shop

SA Koopman (Manager)

KM Jenkins

AE Kenyon

AMENITIES & SERVICES

A Robinson BBus, DipFM, MFMANZ (Facilities Manager)

C Warner (Catering Manager)

Facilities

O Koolen; C Price

Catering

R Lacey; M Hickey; S Adams; P Berkers; R Derix; S Gerrand; I Heslop; E Jones; B Kaur; L Sigley; S Singh; G Weherua; J Wilson

Construction

G Jakes

Cricket Curator

I Boyle BA(Hons), MA(EnvPlan)

Grounds & Gardens

M Bailey; A Beet; A Dela Rue; W Goodman; D Reidy; J

Towers

Housekeeping

L Iane (Supervisor); J D’Arcy; F Faauila; J Gleeson; M Grajales Jurado; M McIntosh; D Mihinui; E Nelson; S Nygren; K Olivera-Latapie; A Pussedeniya; L Ramos; R Rangi; S Rangi; N Siulangapo; P Wanasinha

Mudiyanselage; Q Weherua; D Williams; L Wilson

Laundry

M Larsen (Supervisor); J Poultney; G Ruiz Olaya

HEADMASTERS WELCOME

2019 has provided a special opportunity to reflect on and celebrate sixty years of memories, milestones and friendships that have been fostered on this Hamilton campus and forty years of physical, social and emotional challenges that have been mastered down at our Tihoi Venture School.

These reunion celebrations have taken the form of many events, all of which have proved extremely successful, well planned and organised. Starting with the unveiling of a timeline of key milestones over the past six decades, on 12 February (the first day students passed through the Hukanui Road gate); through to the major reunion functions on the main campus in March, which recognised the school’s beginning, honoured its staff (past and present) and a weekend celebration to which just over 500 Collegians attended and reconnected; followed in July with the 60 years of rugby celebrations for the live televised game against St Peter’s; culminating in September with the “Pioneers” of Tihoi, returning, after four decades to reminisce on their experiences in the old mill village. Throughout, there have been a couple of constants that have come out of all of the events. Particularly feedback from Collegians on how much the school’s campuses have physically changed and improved over time; a reflected appreciation of the positive input and influence that St Paul’s has had on each of their lives; as well as a commonality over the strength of the friendships borne on these and Tihoi’s grounds. It seems appropriate at this point to thank Mr Brent Mexted and his Collegians committee, Executive Officers – firstly Mrs Suzanne Miller and more recently, Mrs Ginny Simmens and the Marketing and Development department ably led by Mrs Michelle Smith for the hard work they put in and the fantastic job that they have done in friend-raising and reconnecting our community over the past 10 months. Our hope is that within the St Paul’s family, the friendships forged in the past, remain the friendships of the present and that those formed today will grow to become friendships of the future.

One of the many “legacy” projects from this reunion year was the unveiling and blessing of “The Journey” sculpture produced by respected New Zealand artists, Paul and Fran Dibble. We feel there is a huge synergy between our school and the journey that awaits the young people in this Chapel. In many respects, St Paul’s Collegiate can be regarded as a very young school compared to most of its Independent School counterparts, (i.e. it’s oldest Collegian is just in their early seventies). It has experienced significant turmoil in its formative and in its “teenage years” and really is only now on a firm platform, with demand for placement well-exceeding spaces and with a “body” or infrastructure ready for the educational challenges that await it.

For the teenagers in this room, there is a similar symbolism in “The Journey” sculpture. They are all close to emerging from the safety of their own tents; the protection of their families; the challenges of the Venture school; the experiences and comfort zone that St Paul’s Collegiate, as a home and as a school has provided.

It is very important that their educational experience at our school has been one which has instilled a love of learning; has helped our students find and clarify their passions and helped develop them towards their potential; that they now have a better understanding of who they are and have strengthened their character so that they can confidently, in the future, connect with others and explore what makes them happy. That they also have a better appreciation of the world, can engage with it and know how to make a positive difference through service and kindness towards others.

At Open Days, I often talk about the ultimate indicator of a school’s success is not the product at 19, but the person that they are formed into at 45 years old – the husband or wife, the father or mother, or the citizen that they have become.

On the Dibble’s sculpture, there is a small but incredibly important feature attached to the young person, and that is their backpack. For our youth, this represents the toolkit that we have hopefully provided our leavers with for their journey in life. Life can throw up some curly questions and challenges, that even with or without grey hair, many of us here haven’t completely mastered. The following is a selection of the huge number that await you:

•Why is it that so many who are quick to make suggestions find it so difficult to make decisions?

•Why does the person with the least to say usually take the longest to say it?

•Why is it so hard for us to understand that we cannot antagonise and positively influence at the same time?

•Why is it so hard for so many to realise that winners are usually the ones who work harder, longer and as a result, perform better?

•Why is it easier to criticise than to compliment?

•Why is it so much easier to allow emotions rather than reason to control our decisions?

While the St Paul’s backpack or toolkit should include practical skills and the knowledge needed for life such as how to manage your money, your tertiary education, approach your first job, or successfully adjust to living away from home. Most importantly, it is hoped that the biggest compartment in the backpack, is reserved for the way we prepare our young people to take care of themselves and to gain happiness and satisfaction from life.

Much of the emphasis within this Chapel, down at Tihoi, or in the service programmes and in our Hauora or wellbeing initiatives, have been the promotion of the soft-skills and values needed in employment, families and for effective friendships. To employers, the personal qualities that they are looking for revolve around communication, management of time, working effectively in a team or a person’s creativity.

But soft skills are also the attributes that are needed to be an effective functioning partner in a relationship, or to be a successful father or mother, or citizen. At the heart of such a skillset is our Emotional Intelligence – our awareness of our emotions or feelings and those of others, which in turn help guide the decisions we make and our interactions with others in our personal lives.

In addition, in our jobs and in relationships it is important that we have a clear sense of perspective – that we regularly express our gratitude for what we have got and through servant leadership we spend time with and are able to recognise those that are less fortunate than ourselves.

For some, their backpack is lighter than others; maybe they haven’t taken the opportunities to challenge themselves, or to walk the walk, or to listen and taken on board the lessons on offer. But regardless of how heavy the backpack is, this ultimately won’t determine a person’s final success on their journey. More it will define how far that they can travel before needing replenishment from good friendship, the level of hard work and persistence required, and the courage they may need to make the key decisions in life. The issue for the leavers today; what is the state of your own backpack as you emerge to take on the challenges of the outside world and take on your unique journey.

So far in 2019 we have reflected on a year of celebration of the past, but this year has also offered many other extremely impressive and positive achievements on a multitude of fronts, which should fill us with feelings of satisfaction and pride.

Once again, we returned early in the New Year, to very impressive academic performances from our seniors in their national external examinations. 89% of our Year 13 students gained their NCEA Level 3 qualification (14% above the national average for Decile 8-10 schools), while an impressive 82% gained the more challenging tertiary entry qualification (19% above the average for Decile 8-10 schools). In the most prestigious and demanding of secondary school examinations, our seniors gained our secondbest result ever with 46 subject scholarships, with three students named as “Top Scholars”, including 2018 Dux, Alice Cao, Tony Wu and Conor Horrigan, who all gained five Scholarship passes – with three of Tony’s and one each for Alice and Conor meeting the Outstanding criteria. In fact, an amazing 19 of our senior students gained subject Scholarships last year; of which four were in Year 12 at the time (Jana Stokes, Simon Han and Victoria Tucker).

Marnie Best (aggregate of 99%), Lucy Simmonds (97%), Orla White, Abby Payne and Henry Mandeno (all with aggregates of 95%) were our top five performers in the sixth form. The Year 12 cohort gained a 94% pass rate in Level 2 (11% above the average for Decile 8-10 schools) and 96% pass rate in the tough AS English and Mathematics examinations.

While for our Year 11 cohort, David Koshy was our top performer with an aggregate of 96%, with Caleb

Weck and Lucas Goodwin (both 95%), Nickky Cho (94%) and Andrew Yip (93%) making up our top five in this group. A record 68% of the Year 11 cohort gained their Level 1 certificate with either an Excellence or Merit endorsement, with 94% gaining NCEA Level 1 and the same pass rate for their demanding IGCSE examinations.

As reported at the Sports and Cultural prizegiving, 2019 has been a stellar year for our musicians, actors, singers and sportspeople.

Our musicians have enjoyed their best year yet. Both bands gained Gold awards at the Hawkes Bay Festival of bands, and the ITM Music Festival with the Concert Band awarded a Highly Commended at our regional event. The Big Band gained a Silver at the Tauranga Jazz Festival and a Bronze at the Aspire Music Festival. While the commitment and the performances of our choir has never been of a higher level, with ‘Noteworthy’ a girls group, along with the ‘1st XV Chamber Group’ gaining Highly Commended in the WaiBOP regional Big Sing, with the elite group going on to gain a Distinction at the North Island Cadenza finals. Matthew Chanwai was selected to play cello in the NZSS Symphony Orchestra, combining with fellow Year 9 student, Scott Zhou to be one of the regional finalists in the northern region in the NZCT Chamber Music competition. Given the depth of musical talent it was unsurprising that the ever-popular and timeless musical, ‘Grease’ was such an outstanding success. With sellout audiences for every performance, the end result was an exciting, energised show with some superb choreography, singing and support from a great rock band.

In sport, our girls and boys tennis teams, our swimming, 1st XV side, Hillary Challenge, Get-2Go, boys U18 novice rowers, 1st XI footballers and boys and girls squash teams were ranked in the top twenty sides in the country – a number of these sides finishing with a higher national ranking. An impressive 14 of our sportspeople gained selection for elite NZSS/age-group sides in codes ranging from traditional rugby, football, rowing, cricket and swimming to other sportings pursuits such as inline hockey and baseball.

This year saw the exciting completion of the modernisation programme of the Tihoi Venture campus with the installation of the final two new classrooms. The 132 Year 10 boys, in both of the intakes, have embraced the challenges of the potentially life-changing journey of discovery, in an extremely positive, enthusiastic and courageous manner. We have been extremely fortunate to have had the benefits of stability and high quality in our instructing, teaching and leadership team of Messrs Damian Firth, Callum Findley, Daniel Riggs and outstanding Director Ms Cyn Smith. We farewell talented Chef, Jeff Simpson; instructor and soon to be teacher, Matt Cloonan and Chief Instructor, Damian Firth. Damian has given 14 years of outstanding service, the last four of which have been as Chief Instructor. Extremely well-organised, a great thinker, we have gained real solace that safety has been at the forefront of the approach to activities down at the Venture campus. Damian is held in great esteem and respect, and we wish him

well in his challenge at the newly established Green School in the Taranaki.

It has been very much a year of consolidation and enhancement of the school’s Christian cornerstone, under the leadership of our amazing passionate and hard-working Chaplain, Reverend Peter Rickman. The quality of student-led services has probably never been higher, while servant leadership is an integral and powerful feature of so many of the lives of the young people in this Chapel. We undertook our third potentially life-changing visit to the confronting poverty of the slums of Phnom Penh, ably led and coordinated by Mr Mathew Hewett and supported by Mrs Stacey Stewart, Reverend Peter Rickman and Mr Carl Neethling and 22 Year 12 and 13 senior students. Thanks also go out to the 350 students and staff who twice a week, supported by the magnificent organisation of Mr Carl Neethling, helped out in our “Over the Fence Ministry” service programme, assisting with class and play-ground duties at local Bankwood and Fairfield Primary schools; the excellent efforts of the Year 11 students and Mr Chris Foot, who helped out weekly at the Refugee Centre; the enthusiastic groups of artists and ukulele players who brighten up the lives of the elderly at the St Joan’s Resthome; our very own Chef Warner and those who regularly cooked and distributed meals for the Hamilton homeless as part of the Serve charity initiative; or those young people have given time on Sundays to the Hospital Chaplaincy project. The numbers involved and level of social conscience evident, is both truly impressive and humbling. Mission Prefects Jana Stokes and Daniel Rickman have done a wonderful job leading a group of selfless seniors who have given of their time for events such as the 40-hour Famine appeal, Colour Run and to run the school’s service programme. The excellent input of the boarding community through their weekend relay and day students in the Colour Run, has had a game-changing influence, both on the operation of the educational tuk-tuk in Cambodia, and the quality of resourcing within our local low decile primary schools. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the students and staff who have given so willingly to assist others in need. Your kindness, generosity and care are greatly appreciated by so many and we hope that each of you have also benefited personally from your involvement in such hugely rewarding activities.

Any high-performing organisation requires connectivity and tremendous support and goodwill from its wider community. We have already recognised the pivotal input of the Collegians Association with the jubilee celebrations in 2019, but it is important to also hale the superb contribution that our Parents’ Association, under the excellent leadership of firstly Presidents Mr Mark I’Anson and latterly Mrs Cath Clark, and an able committee of Mrs Rochelle Morrison (Deputy Chair), Mrs Jenny Jackson (Treasurer), Mrs Saranne Law (Secretary) and Mrs Nikki Robb (Coffee Cart) have done a superb job in supporting many

school events and offering financial support to Houses, school groups, as well as their significant contribution to school projects such as “The Journey” sculpture and the football/hockey pavilion. As a school, we are fortunate with the impressive quality of the Trustees who make up the Board of the Waikato Anglican College Trust. We have had a lot of projects on the go this year; the Year 13 Construction class building of a new Nurse’s residence, the partial completion of the decking/ verandah for the Tihoi classrooms, the new hockey/ football pavilion, as well as major improvements to the Mathematics teaching facilities. The decision to press the ‘GO’ button on one of the most ambitious and long-reaching projects in the school’s history, the Learning Hub, has taken a lot of thought especially in a financial year which sees significant increases in teacher salaries. We are indeed fortunate to have a high-performing, forwardthinking, harmonious governance body.

2019 saw just four new teachers join our teaching team: Ms Jarna Old (Art), Mr Guy Johnstone (Mathematics – Sargood Housemaster), Mr Matthew Holdgate (Social Sciences – Williams Housemaster), and Mr Paul Cakebread (Mathematics), but this December we will see a significant number of staff leave us: Mrs Karen Johnson leaves after just under a decade of outstanding contribution to our cultural cornerstone, providing encouragement and enthusiastic support to those undertaking speech and drama and a multitude of valuable assistance to the Chapel and RE teaching, the choir and productions; Mr Peter Hampton, Deputy Headmaster of Curriculum and Assessment is retiring from the profession after nine years superbly leading academic excellence at St Paul’s. We have valued his clear and deepthinking on educational issues, his superb personable mentorship of our seniors and his warm, easy personable demeanour; Ms Andrea Dela Rue departs to take up a promotion at St John’s College after eleven years of outstanding service to our English Faculty, an impressive record as a teacher,

successive musical productions and the areas like the school magazine; Mrs Kelly Saunders joined us as an Art teacher in 2002 and in 2006 took up the role of HOD of the department. Approachable, Kelly has done a magnificent job mentoring, in particular, our senior artists, coordinating Arts Week and Stage Challenge and making a valuable contribution to productions and the school magazine. She leaves us to take up a similar position at Aquinas College and to be closer to her family; Mrs Joan and Mr Defyd Williams leave after 11 and 15 years dedicated service respectably to our nursing programme and social science teaching, to retire down to Christchurch. Joan has been a wonderful physiological and emotional support to particularly our boarders, providing a kind, willing and receptive ear for many in our residential community. While Defyd has proved the master storyteller who has made a very significant contribution to both Clark and Sargood Boarding Houses and to the teaching of Social Studies and History; Mr Craig Morton leaves us after 25 years of hugely loyal and committed service to our school. An extremely capable Geography teacher, under his tutelage consistently many of his senior prodigies have gained Scholarships – a testimony to his outstanding teaching ability. While Craig has made a extremely significant contribution to both Williams and Sargood Houses and proved an extremely able and successful rugby coach; and last but no means least, we recognise the amazing 40+ years of service to St Paul’s of Mr Peter Gilbert. A length, breadth and level of contribution to our school that will probably not be replicated – HOD PE, Director of Extra-Curricular Activities, Assistant Headmaster, founding Fitchett Housemaster and also Housemaster of Hamilton and Hall, 1st XV rugby coach, senior tennis coach, initiator of the Celebration of Music, longstanding coordinator of so many sporting events and the House competition. The list just goes on. Peter, we owe you a massive depth of gratitude. You have had a huge impact on our school and its students in a multifaceted manner. We will sorely miss your upbeat positivity, the repeated use of the term “sensational” and your willingness to stand in and cover areas of need. We wish you and your lovely wife, Gay a long and satisfying retirement at Whangamata.

To Norm Austin, Damian Firth, Karen Johnson, Peter Hampton, Andrea Dele Rue, Kelly Saunders, Joan and Defyd Williams, Craig Morton and Peter Gilbert we thank you for the outstanding loyalty and commitment to St Paul’s, the activities it offers and our school culture. You leave having contributed an incredible 155 years of service that has left an indelible memory on many a St Paul’s graduate and current students alike. We thank and salute you for your massive input to our school and its community.

To our existing Senior Leadership Team of Messrs Ainsley Robson, Peter Hampton, Peter Welham, Peter Gilbert, and Mesdames Michelle Smith and Helen Bradford, along with valuable new additions, Mr Craig Hardman and Mr Jeremy Coley, a similarly huge acknowledgement and thank you for the superb role that you have played in the smooth management, oversight and leadership of the key aspects of this complex school operation.

To Adam Jefferis and Kate Healy and their extremely effective group of full school prefects, we offer the collective thanks of all those gathered here this morning. You have carried out your duties in an extremely thorough, reliable and respected manner. Without your input, and the along with the 80 plus boarding and day House prefects, the members of the Chapel, worship and service, social, environmental, junior, cultural, sport and academic portfolios, we would have struggled to offer the range of activities on offer, the effectiveness of our day and boarding houses would have suffered and holistic nature of the SPC educational experience would have been severely compromised. Overall, our Year 13 leavers have proved dependable, positive and responsible role models, who have been well-liked and respected by their younger peers, especially for the friendly and encouraging manner that they have carried out their roles in 2019. This year’s senior leaders: Adam, Kate, Henry and Caroline have extremely effectively maintained the goodwill and the support and confidence of the school through their authenticity and the genuine manner in which they have approached their leadership responsibilities.

I started this address by talking about how, as a school and a student body, we are very much on a journey. In emerging from the security and comforts of the inside of the tent, we enter the brightness and limitless opportunities offered by the outside world. Hopefully, each of the graduates today have absorbed and taken on board many of the key messages, advice and guidance offered during their time at St Paul’s Collegiate and have them in your backpack for future reference.

Some of the most important have included:

Being true to yourself. (A la ‘man in the mirror’). If we cannot be true to ourselves, we cannot be true to others – our wife or husband, our family, our profession, our colleagues. As Polonius said to his son Laetra in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, “This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night does the day, thou canst not

then be false to any man.” This is so true. You must know who you are and be true to who you are, if you are going to be who you can and should become. You have to have the courage and determination to be true to yourself.

Help others (A la the Gold Rule from Chapel/ Mission and Outreach). There is great joy in helping others. You can’t have a perfect day without helping others with no thought of getting something in return. You can never acquire happiness without giving of yourself to someone without the expectation of getting something back. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only true gift is a portion of thyself.”

Character (a la Character Ed and Hauora). Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Character is what you really are. Reputation is what people say you are. A person of character is trustworthy and honest, and’ for a dollar he or she will give a dollar of value’.

Faults are fine. I feel that I have all the same faults as anyone else has, and so should you. There is nothing wrong with that as long as you work conscientiously to correct them. How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.

Hopefully there are a huge number of gems of knowledge and wisdom that you have picked up from Chapel, your time in the House, sports team or cultural activities, and which you are willing to trial in the journey ahead of you. But probably the best maxim that we can offer is to have the inner strength to believe in yourself when faced with personal challenges or when the behaviour of others is notwhat it should be. Remember, life’s most important lessons aren’t necessarily learnt from the good times, but when we are facing and overcoming adversity and have to act with resilience and courage.

It is my personal wish that the leavers will take with you the values that you have been taught; the experiences that you have shared and that you will maintain a pride, an ability to regularly and positively reflect on yourself and your time at this special and unique place. That your life will be punctuated with few regrets and that you will have the grit and confidence to take up the opportunities placed before you.

I want to thank my wife, Judith for her amazing patience, support and encouragement over this past year. On behalf of both of us, we wish you an enjoyable and satisfying Christmas break with your friends and loved ones. Until we meet again, may Christ Our Lord guide over each and every one of us and provide us with the strength, determination, wisdom and a sense of gratitude and fulfilment both in everything we do and for what we have received. May God be a constant presence in your lives and provide you with his enduring support.

Some 70% of those who win the lottery eventually go broke. How do that many people stuff it up? Sadly, it’s because that feeling of entitlement and greed grows too great for most - they spend it all too quickly and are left with nothing. They could not handle being millionaires. I will sum it up with a quote – “with privilege comes responsibility, not entitlement.”

Now, the chances of anyone, here, winning big at lotto are extremely low. I mean no offense to those who buy lotto tickets, people do win - but the chances of you winning over $11 million are 1 in 38 million, 383 thousand 8 hundred. You are: four times more likely to be struck by lightning; 58 times more likely to win an Olympic gold medal. Don’t quote me on some of these statistics they are off dodgy websites.

HEAD GIRL KATE HEALY

Dear Kate, thank you for your application for a Victoria School Leaver Scholarship. Unfortunately, your applications were unsuccessful.

Dear Kate, thank you for your application for the Spark Scholarship. I regret to inform you that you have not been successful.

Dear Kate, applications for the Massey University Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarship and Massey University Vice Chancellor’s High Achiever Scholarship have now been considered by the selection committee. On this occasion your applications were . unsuccessful.

I have learnt a lot this year from many different people and many different situations, and as email after email, rejection letter after rejection letter, rolled into my inbox, I realised a few things.

1) I am going to be extremely broke next year And 2) The Oxford Dictionary has its definition of success all wrong.

After I read those emails, I began thinking of a way I could fool both Mrs Williams and my parents

While the chances of winning lotto are so slim, everyone here today could regard themselves as lotto winners at birth. From some slightly more approved St Paul’s websites: 11% of the world does not have access to clean water, 40% have received no proper formal education, 50% don’t have access to basic healthcare. And only our school gets to listen to our revered Headmaster Mr Lander speak for half an hour. We are so lucky.

Anyway, considering these statistics, we are privileged. And, it’s usually a thought unwelcomed - people don’t want to hear they are privileged. But just like people who have no control over whether they were born into extreme poverty, we have no control over the fact that we were born lotto winners - so we must face this responsibility.

And by no means am I trying to say our lives are easy or that privilege leads to happiness. There are some heavy pressures with handling this responsibility. It’s widely accepted that some people in poverty are happy when they have nothing compared to us. But I guarantee if it came down to it, you would rather be born into a life of privilege, than not.

So how do we face this? As I mentioned, with this privilege comes responsibility, not entitlement. By definition, being privileged means “having special

HEAD BOY

ADAM JEFFERIS

rights, advantages, or immunities.” This is not a bad thing at all. Entitlement is “the belief that one is inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.” This is what we need to avoid.

Clean water, education, healthcare, don’t take it for granted. Make the most of this incredible platform we have been born onto. We might look at lotto winners, thinking how privileged they are, and wonder how 70% manage to stuff it up. But what would people with no access to clean water, a proper formal education, or basic healthcare, think of us?

I believe St Paul’s Collegiate School helps us not to follow the road of entitlement. Our eyes are kept open with school trips to Cambodia, the Over the Fence ministry and the 24hr Relay, examples of programmes central to St Paul’s. We are exposed to what we take for granted.

But like myself - everyone can strive for more. This can be taking on a few extra challenges here

at St Paul’s, and not taking for granted food, shelter and education that is provided in surplus - just making the most of your opportunities. And to the leavers, as we finish St Paul’s, the responsibility only grows bigger and the road to entitlement much more tempting. So I challenge you all to be grateful for what you have. The next few years of our lives no doubt, will be some of our best, so use them wisely and responsibly. I look forward to hearing of your successes in the future and hope that our pathways will cross again.

And to the school, your support in student led initiatives was greatly appreciated and I am immensely proud of what we have achieved this year - particularly around the conduct of the ball and televised 1st XV game. With events such as these, I challenge the school to continue to grow in tradition on a strong foundation that has been built over the past 60 years.

and become conveniently ‘sick’ the day the school announced which year 13’s got scholarships. I felt as if there was an expectation and that I hadn’t lived up to it. I really didn’t want to accept that for the next couple of years I’m going to have to live off two-minute noodles, just to make sure I can pay off my student loan. I didn’t want to accept it and I certainly didn’t want to admit it to others. Heck, if I were to apply again, I think I’d go study at a different university, there seem to be places that have a more straightforward way to get scholarships. Don’t get me wrong, I am incredibly proud of each and every student sitting here with a scholarship in their back pocket. However, I want to speak to those, in particular, who don’t and those in the years to come that will also miss out.

The Oxford Dictionary defines success as: the attainment of fame, wealth or social status. If I apply this definition to every student sitting here, then supposedly, none of us are successful. I don’t know of any kid at this school that is famous, however, I might have to keep an eye on Sorcha’s tik tok account. I also haven’t seen any of our names on the Forbes 100 list nor have many of us achieved social status outside of Hamilton. The way the dictionary defines success is so warped and is not one I think you can base your life, or the validation you find in yourself, around that defenition.

Henry, you won an event at the Waikato Secondary School Ski Championships, Marnie, you won a trip to Australia for Agriculture, Science and Technology. We’ve got people here that have represented New

Zealand in their chosen sport. Others are achieving incredible feats in the academic area. I see future lawyers, doctors, business people, farmers, designers and so many more professions, when I look out at the crowd here. I see noone that isn’t successful. In my eyes, success isn’t a title or a name on a trophy, it isn’t fame, wealth or social status but it’s a feeling - an emotion. It’s your internal validation. You can have all that the Oxford dictionary says you need for success, and still not attain my own personal definition of it.

I see it as the emotion you get when you look back at an event, year or your life, and you have no regrets. You might not have achieved your goal, but that doesn’t mean you are a failure or unsuccessful, so long as you don’t regret trying. St Paul’s has a focus on growing good men and women and if you have gained even only a handful of the morals, lessons or values we have been presented, then you are more successful than any trophies or scholarships will make you. I believe it’s about time we redefine this word success.

I’ve found my own personal meaning for it and although many of us have achieved some amazing goals throughout this year and some of us haven’t, I challenge you all to redefine it in your own way. Because whether your moment of disappointment is now, or in five years, each one of us will have that moment. Not everything will go your way and if you don’t change your perception of success you’ll begin doubting the impressive achievements you already have.

To the Year 13’s - We are all leaving here with different plans and paths laid out, the destination in sight for some, but not all. Moving forward by simply placing one foot in front of the other. Today is the start of the rest of our lives, but tomorrow is also the start of the rest of our lives. There is always time to renew, refresh, and reinvent yourself. And there is always time to redefine success.

PREFECT PROFILES

Kate Healy Head Girl Environmental portfolio

The best part of being a prefect: Working alongside a good group of people to create a legacy others can carry on. A highlight of the year: Runners up at Chica Gilmer Tournament, making history for girls 1st XI Hockey at St Paul’s. Best memory of St Paul’s: Living with an amazing bunch of girls for 3 years creating friends that will be in my life for years to come. Next year: DesignVictoria University

Henry Mandeno Deputy Head Boy Head of Academic portfolio

The best part of being a prefect:

It’s awesome being involved in making decisions and running things in the school. Over the year, I’ve learnt how to operate well as a team, and also learnt a lot about myself and the others around me. A highlight of the year: Would have to be finishing exams. After all the hard work that you put into them, it feels great to be able to finally finish them off. Best memory of St Paul’s: Being in Williams House with the boys has been such an exhilarating time. It’s awesome living with your mates and definitely something I will never forget.

Next year: Heading to the University of Canterbury to do Mechatronics engineering.

Adam

The best part of being a prefect: The opportunity to gain confidence in public speaking and backing myself when making decisions. This is something I had to learn when organising prefects assemblies and the leavers’ gift - which in return has made these efforts very rewarding. Best memory of St Paul’s: The great times spent with mates in Sargood and while rowing. Next year: I am looking forward to studying Engineering at Canterbury University.

Temple Beauchamp Head of Clark House Boarding Portfolio

The best part of being a prefect: Being a role model for the younger year levels and having them come to me when they need help. A highlight of the year: Finishing my school boy rugby as winners of the CNI competition. Best memory of St Paul’s: Being a part of the 1st XV for three years and winning the Central North Island 1st XV competition two years in a row, being back to back champs. Next year: I will be moving to Australia and switching codes to play Rugby League for the Canberra Raiders. Also, I will be joining the workforce to become a barber.

Holly Skelton Deputy Head of Harington Boarding / Head of Clark House Boarding Portfolio, Mission and Outreach Portfolio

The best part of being a prefect: For me the best part was learning how to balance my school work and sport. A highlight of the year: Scoring 135 against Lindisfarne. Best memory of St Paul’s: Tihoi without a doubt, it changed who I am. Next year: I’m off to Waikato University to study a bachelor of health sport and human performance.

Full school prefect

Co-head of the social portfolio, co-head of the ball committee, Female leader of Hall House, Spirit and Publications portfolio

The best part of being a prefect: Having the ability to inspire and create confidence in others. A highlight of the year: The success of this year’s school ball. Countless hours and extreme effort was put into creating the ball, so it was amazing to see everything go so well. Best memory of St Paul’s: Girls camp at Tihoi. Next year: will be studying a Bachelor of Commerce, double majoring in marketing and human resource management at either Victoria University of Wellington or the University of Otago. After taking a shine to organising this year’s school ball, I have decided to study commerce in hope of becoming an event manager.

Co - Head of Sports

The best part of being a prefect: Working with the rest of the prefect group and staff members. I was fortunate enough to be involved in organising the staff v prefects games which were a great success and got a lot of student support. A highlight of the year: Being able to be a part of both the athletics and netball team and getting the opportunity to travel to Ballarat - Melbourne and this year at Mount Maunganui for North Island’s. Best memory of St Paul’s: Will continue to be the amount of talented people and life-long friends I have made, as well as the school ball because it was such a fun night to see everyone dressed up. Next year: plan to study for a Bachelor of Business at Waikato University, majoring in Marketing with a minor in Agribusiness.

The best part of being a prefect: Connecting the theoretical basis of leadership to the practical, has probably been the best part for me, setting me and a lot of others up for the workforce. It has also been really cool being involved in the decision making process and being a part of the behind the scenes. A highlight of the year: The performance night of the Harington Fashion Show, closely followed by the experience of running my own chapel services on ‘Lion King’ and ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’!! Best memory of St Paul’s: One of the most memorable parts was recent - winning the L3 Agribusiness Crocodile Pit and then going on to win Fieldays’ Young Innovator of the Year. Next year: I am studying Law and Agribusiness at

The best part of being a prefect: The ability to be able to strengthen the relationship between staff and students, which allows the students to feel more supported and heard. A highlight of the year: Having the privilege of playing Frenchy in this year’s production of ‘Grease’. It was an amazing opportunity to explore my abilities, while also developing strong relationships with everyone involved. Best memory of St Paul’s: The experience of boarding. Coming from another boarding school, I found the atmosphere in Harington was full of support and kindness, whether it was the girls or the support staff. These moments experienced in this house will be ones will remember forever. Next year: I am intending to study a Bachelor of Veterinary Science at Massey University in Palmerston North.

Head of Hamilton House Te Kaea, Spirit Portfolio

The best part of being a prefect: The unique opportunities you are given to participate in new things. A highlight of the year: The Kapa Haka competition and using Hamilton House’s new introduction to the haka. Best memory of St Paul’s: Mountain biking expedition at Tihoi. It was my first trip to the South Island and Queen Charlotte Sound was amazing to see. Next year: plan to take two gap years before returning to go to university. Working for the majority of next year and spending 2021 travelling through Europe and Asia, before returning to New Zealand to study English at university.

A highlight of the year: To have been part of the first St Paul’s Collegiate Kapa Haka and growing Te Ao Maaori within SPC.

Best memory of St Paul’s: Performing at the Waikato Secondary Schools Kapa Haka

of Fitchett House, Head of Academics Academic Portfolio, Environment Portfolio

The best part of being a prefect: I enjoyed seeing an insight into how the school works behind the scenes and being involved in decision making. It allowed us to have a platform on which to communicate ideas and make a difference. A highlight of the year: The unblocked wifi. Best memory of St Paul’s: Reaching the podium for the U18 Eight in my first rowing season. Next year: Applying for the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

The best part of being a prefect: A memorable moment as the head of Hall House was taking out 1st place in the house music competition. A highlight of the year: Being a part of the ball committee was also an unforgettable experience, organising the school’s ball for 2019. It was also an interesting experience being a part of the vivacious team, known as the spirit portfolio, which will most definitely be a crew to remember. Best memory of St Paul’s: Two honourable moments in my time at St. Pauls was rowing in bumblebee colours for four seasons and then, of course, taking out the CNI 1st XI competition. Next year: I am planning to attend Otago University, studying for a degree in business

The best part of being a prefect: Being able to help someone else out, just being that older brother within the school. Also, just being a good role model throughout school, as well as the cheeky perks you get within the school. A highlight of the year: Winning the CNI competition in Rugby and getting my 20th Cap. Another highlight was looking after the mighty, Williams’ boys. Best memory of St Paul’s: When we went to Argentina on a rugby tour, where we were hanging out with the locals. Another great memory is being with your mates throughout school, especially Tihoi. Another memory as well was winning the CNI competition, back to back in 2018, and this year. Next year: I’m looking to either Lincoln University or Waikato University to study something with business and play some ruggers.

Female Head of Williams and Co Head of the Spirit Portfolio Spirit Portfolio and Social Portfolio

The best part of being a prefect: Being given the chance to improve my public speaking skills, by talking to the school in the Chapel. A highlight of the year: Coming 12th at the Upper North Islands Netball Tournament. Best memory of St Paul’s: In 2017, being a part of the Open A Netball Team and making history of qualifying for the New Zealand Secondary School Netball Nationals. Next year: Although I have a flair for design, I have chosen to follow the path of commerce. My interest in this choice of career is based on the sound foundation a business degree can provide. I haven’t yet decided whether I will be attending my studies at the University of Canterbury or Victoria University.

The best part of being a prefect: Being able to make a difference within my house. A highlight of the year: My time at Tihoi, being able to do so many amazing opportunities with my mates. Next year: I plan on working in the UK and then traveling Europe.

The best part of being a prefect: Being a Prefect has definitely allowed my voice to be heard, when otherwise it likely wouldn’t be. It is liberating being able to make a difference in the school. A highlight of the year: Going overseas with the choir for the ASPIRE tour. This allowed me to spend time with my friends, whilst exploring and performing on the Gold Coast and Brisbane. Best memory of St Paul’s: My fondest memory, apart from the friends

Jefferis Head Boy Junior Portfolio

Isaac West Head of Hall House Social portfolio

Caroline Kolver Deputy Head Girl

Jana McLeod

Madeleine Dickie Head

Jack Collins Head of Fitchett Sports portfolio

Te Waiti Tuari Nepia Rawiri Te Kaea Te Kaea, Spirit Portfolio

Jana Stokes Head of Hamilton House, Head of Mission and Outreach, Chapel Prefect Mission and Outreach Portfolio

Nick Karton Head of Williams, Co-Head of International International Portfolio, Boarding Portfolio

Jack Bowick

Lily Carr Paterson

Julia McLean Head of Harington Boarding, Head of Sargood, Co-head of boarding Boarding portfolio

Jeremiah McDonald Head of Sargood House, Chairperson of the Boarding Committee Boarding Portfolio, Social portfolio

The best part of being a prefect: I have really enjoyed the opportunity to lead School House. This role has given me the opportunity to grow my leadership skills and confidence. A highlight of the year: Our first place in Athletics along with performances we can be proud of in House Haka and singing. Even though the results have not always gone our way it has been rewarding seeing the house grow and come together.

Best memory of St Paul’s: A personal highlight - rowing with good mates for four seasons. Next year: Studying a joint Law and Commerce degree at Victoria University.

Annie Hantz

Chapel, service, deputy head of Harington Day and Head of School House for the girls.

Chapel and Service portfolios

Simon (Fengyuan) Han

Co-head of international portfolio

Academic and Arts portfolio.

school prefect and

of Arts Portfolio Prefect Arts portfolio, mission and outreach portfolio, worship team portfolio

The best part of being a prefect: How our voices and opinions are more likely to be heard and taken into consideration. A highlight of the year: Definitely the school production. Despite the long tiring rehearsals, the outcome made it worth every second. Best memory of St Paul’s: Track back to year 11, when I first met the people whom would end up becoming my most cherished friends. They have made my last few years of High School a journey I will never forget. Next year: have my eyes set for attending AUT in Auckland to study a degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice.

The best part of being a prefect: responsibility and learning to become a better leader. Best memory of St Pauls: Making my lifelong friends and building relationships. Next year: Hopefully joining the defence force with hopes of becoming an officer

The best part of being a prefect: Having the opportunity to contribute to St Paul’s through leadership and have your ideas become a reality. A highlight of the year: really enjoyed completing the Harington Fashion show. Best memory of St Paul’s: Travelling to Cambodia at the end of 2018 to work with the charity organisation Flame. Working with the children of the Phnom Penh slums was the greatest lesson of my life thus far. Next year: I will be studying Speech Language Pathology at either Massey or Canterbury University.

The best part of being a prefect: Being able to come with ideas or solutions for the school and go through with them and actually have stuff done that you want to be done. A highlight of the year: The televised 1st XV rugby game, where we had almost all of the school, in school colours, this was on live TV doing the Viking clap and Haka. It was wicked to see all the school pride, and chants, that we had wanted, come together, perfectly for the whole of NZ to see. Best memory of St Paul’s: Winning House Haka for the third time in a row felt wicked because of the year 13’s, who created such a hype atmosphere and made the whole house super proud. Next year: Bachelor of Architecturals studies at Victoria University of Wellington.

The best part of being a prefect: Understanding the huge commitments, but being able to give back to the school is a proud moment, and being part of the school community has had its exciting challenges.

A highlight of the year: Being part of the very first St Paul’s Girls Sevens team with enthusiastic coaches; Issac, Mrs Lilley and Mr Gibbs. It was a fun filled team with many hard games, but we all came out buzzing with all our accomplishments through tournaments and local competitions. Best memory of St Paul’s: St Paul’s have given me three years of wonderful experiences: travel (Cambodia and Australia), Tihoi and many extracurricular activities, such as the Harington Fashion Show and school productions and finally making great friends and having positive and encouraging teachers that I built strong relationships with. Next year: I will be attending AUT to study a Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science.

TePaea Cook-Savage Prefect

Sports Portfolio and Social Portfolio

The best part of being a prefect: Being able to lead service activities like Over The Fence and helping kids at Bankwood and Fairfield. A highlight of the year: CNI Championship Best memory of St Paul’s: Playing in front of our crowds on big occasions v St Peters. The atmosphere and energy of the crowd made me excited. Next year: I’m looking to study a Bachelor of Business degree at the University of Waikato, majoring in Marketing, while also trying to make my rugby dream a reality.

The best part of being a prefect: Being a prefect is really a challenge and the best part is developing my leadership and communication skills through organising several activities and meeting more people. A highlight of the year: International week was definitely a highlight and many international students had the chance to speak out their thoughts and ideas, making more people aware of the diverse cultures existing in St Paul’s. I also felt fantastic when I saw local students enjoying the international food stall. Best memory of St Paul’s: The people - kind, active and diverse mates, patient and helpful teachers, and finally an excellent management team! I really enjoyed my time with the St Paul’s people and I am sure I will remember my time here for the rest of my life. Next year: I will either study Land Economy in the University of Cambridge or Geography with Economics in London School of Economics, both in England.

Zainal Wong

Chapel Prefect, Head of Chapel Team A/V, Head of iTeam Portfolio, International Representative.

Mission, Outreach & Service Portfolio, Worship Team, iTeam Portfolio, International Portfolio.

The best part of being a prefect: Being able to be a role model for the rest of the school student body to guide any new visitors. A highlight of the year: Too many to state. One of my favourite moments was when we walked down the aisle whilst wearing bunny ears. Best memory of St Paul’s: When everyone thought I did the ‘Asian Five’ subjects instead of Design. Next year: Going to Media Design School to study the Bachelor of Media Design.

The best part of being a prefect: Uni seems easier for some reason… A highlight of the year: Hanging out with the man himself. Best memory of St Paul’s: An (adult) dance my Williams House year group did for Arts Day in year 9. Next year: I am planning on attending Victoria University to study a double degree in Bachelor of Communications and Design and Innovation.

Chris Penno

Full School Prefect

Co-Head of Arts Portfolio, Member of Mission and Service Portfolio

The best part of being a prefect: To help run and coordinate school-wide activities. A highlight of the year: Would have to be the House Music competition, including House Choir, solo and group item. Best memory of St Paul’s: Has to be of my role as MC of the 2019 House Choir event. Next year: I will be off to Waikato University to study Computer Science

Mac Parker Head of Junior ortfolio

The best part of being a prefect: I have enjoyed my role as a prefect this year at St. Paul’s it has opened up many opportunities that have been grateful to take. A highlight of the year: Clark house winning house haka competition, the boys put in a unreal shift and made it a super proud moment for me as a year 13. Best memory of St Paul’s: All my time spent in boarding and the countless memories made. Next year: I plan to head down to Otago University to study law and business.

Sophie Chisholm Full School Prefect Social Portfolio, Spirit Portfolio

The best part of being a prefect: Organising social events during the year, such as the School Ball and Graduation Function. The opportunity to help organise these events has taught me time management, responsibility, and communication - which I am very grateful for. A highlight of the year: Definitely coming second at tournament week with the girls 1st XI Hockey, qualifying the team for Federation Cup next year. Best memory of St Paul’s: All the great times spent with my friends in boarding, and all of the incredible opportunities I’ve been given. Next year: I plan to head down to the University of Canterbury to study a BCom, majoring in Finance and Accounting.

Harris Moana School prefect

Te Kaea and Spirit portfolio

The best part of being a prefect: I hope to inspire young Māori students at this school showing them that they have the ability to become school leaders. A highlight of the year: Would have to be finishing my time rowing at secondary school level. From meeting new people to experiencing challenging times with mates, I have enjoyed rowing at school. Best memory of St Paul’s: My best memories will be the friendships that I have made over my time at St Paul’s. Next year: I plan on going to Lincoln University to study Agricultural Science.

A highlight of the year: have a few key highlights, from a service and sporting perspective. Ever since year 9, a goal for me, was to make 1stXI hockey. When I read my name on the list for Rankin squad for 2019, it was a feeling of accomplishment. From a service point of view, the World Vision 40 hour Famine was a huge highlight, especially when Maria the manager of the youth team for the Auckland region came down to help with the chaotic, yet fun, refugee party. It was so great for me to see Maria, after becoming close at World Vision’s Senior Scholarship Week. Next year: I will be working for World Vision as a youth ambassador. I will be travelling to Uganda, and then after will be sharing my experiences as well promoting World Vision, across schools in New Zealand.

Co-Head of Arts and Head of iTeam Arts and iTeam Portfolios

The best part of being a prefect: has been being able to have a student voice and being able to communicate other students ideas so that they are actually heard by staff. A highlight of the year: The Aspire Music Festival. It was great to finally have some acknowledgement and reward for all the hard work the cultural students put into the school. Best memory of St Paul’s: Definitely Tihoi. I’ll never forget the experiences gained and friendships formed still going strong today.

Next year: I will be taking a gap year before most likely heading off to university.

Rico D’Anvers

Co-head of Environmental Portfolio Environmental and Sport

The best part of being a prefect: Having the opportunity to work alongside both teachers and students, which has built bonds that you wouldn’t otherwise get if you weren’t a prefect. A highlight of the year: Every minute of it! It has all been worth it and makes the entire year one big highlight. Best memory of St Paul’s: Tihoi for sure! There is nothing else like it and it’s a once in a lifetime experience. Next year: I’m going to study at Waikato University to become a Mechanical Engineer, as well as pursue my BMX Racing career.

Elliot Leighton-Slater Full School Prefect

Co-Head Environmental Portfolio, Academic Portfolio

The best part of being a prefect: Having an experience in a leadership role where I was able to work with other leaders. A highlight of the year: Every economics class with Ms Pitu. Best memory of St Paul’s: Definitely Tihoi, I don’t think will ever forget it. Next year: Working gap year in Canada before studying economics and finance at Victoria University.

Hannah Mayer Full

Head

Isabel Mallett Head of Harington Day Arts prefect / Harington Day house

Fritz Jooste Prefect Junior Portfolio

Max McLean-Bluck Head of School House

George Wilson Chapel Prefect Head of Social Portfolio, Deputy Head of Williams House, Social Portfolio, Ball Committee, Worship Team

Harry Coxhead Head of spirit

Daniel Rickman Chapel Prefect, Head of Mission and Outreach Worship Team, Mission and Outreach Portfolio

Campbell Smith

ARRIVALS

STAFF

FAREWELLS

Our leavers, many of them longserving, are mostly covered in the subject sections. These leavers include: Kelly Saunders, Andrea Dela Rue, Peter Gilbert, Craig Morton, Peter Hampton, and Defyd Williams.

Two specialists and all-rounders are not covered in those subject reports, so we cover them here:

Joan came to live on-site when her husband Defyd was appointed Assistant Housemaster in Clark House in 2005. She had worked 32 years as a midwife and did some work relieving in the school health clinic before taking up the position as school nurse in 2009. Joan has dealt with everything from homesickness to lovesickness and everything between with students, as well as caring for staff and their families. Joan values being part of students’ life, watching young boys at Year 9 growing into fine young men in Year 13. She has also enjoyed her work/student relationship with the girls. Joan finds the job interesting and rewarding – like an A and E department – never knowing what will next come through the door. Having the ability to respond to all sorts of injuries and incidents is essential for the position of school nurse. Living on-site has been a special experience in getting to know staff and their families. Joan looks forward to retirement – not being on call – and spending time with her children and grandchildren. Her advice to students is be happy with your life, look out for each other, and keep safe.

Rebecca started as Communication Advisor in 2017. Her outgoing and bubbly personality was like a breath of fresh air, bringing a friendly and welcoming vibe to the Marketing and Development office. She was a skilled writer and highly organised in her approach to planning and executing marketing campaigns. This was evident in a number of projects she worked on, including; revamping the Network magazine, promoting school productions, concerts, and parenting seminars. Bex played a significant role in raising the profile of St Paul’s through the writing and production of the boys’ prospectus, reworking areas of our website and co-ordinating filming of the school’s virtual tours. During her time at St Paul’s, Bex also played an active role in the Social Club helping coordinate events and functions for staff. She left St Paul’s in October to take on a role at Hamilton City

Jarna Old Art Teacher

Sandra Ardern Sports Administrator

Alby King Strength and Conditioning Coach

Maree Johns Clark House Matron

Soyna Noble Director of Netball

Paul Cakebread Math Teacher

Freddy Walker Marketing

Rebecca Robinson:

Joan Williams:

Matt Holdgate Williams House Housemaster

Karen L’Amie Sargood House Matron

Ginny Semmens Collegians Executive Officer

Guy Johnstone Sargood House Housemater and Math Teacher

Fiona Stapleton HOD Learning Education Unit

CHAPLAIN’S REFLECTIONS

Where did that year go?

Where did all those years go?

Of all the new experiences that I have had over last the two years, since my return to St Paul’s, there is one that seems to stand out; that is the sheer pace of school life. Within that pace, we discern the ebb and flow of the seasons; those of nature, those of sport, those of academics and so on. As soon as one draws to completion, another takes its place and with rapid succession the terms seem to fly past until the promise of Christmas and summer looms upon the horizon, with its promise of some quality time for rest and refreshment.

Of course, as these seasons pass us by so do the people and events that give them meaning and cause for celebration. We say goodbye to students who have inspired and impressed us as teachers and educators. We farewell teachers and colleagues this year, who have in some cases given impressive decades of incredible service to the school and literally thousands of young people through these

Once again, this year, we have been well served by dynamic and passionate Chapel Prefects: Zainal Wong, Jana Stokes, Daniel Rickman, Annie Hantz and George Wilson. These young men and women have been exemplary leaders, creative, full of fun and infectious energy. I have to particularly make mention of Zainal Wong, who has worked tirelessly alongside me and has put in hundreds of hours and many late nights over the year to ensure that our service and chapel initiatives and programmes operated at a very high standard. Thank you Zainal for all that you have contributed this year.

I also acknowledge Jana and Daniel, as Mission Outreach and Service Prefects. They have led with distinction, notably organising students to ensure all of our commitments at a variety of service projects are met. There have been a number of significant Mission and Outreach Projects this year, which have been successful at so many levels and such success

was often the direct result of Jana and Daniel’s passion and energy.

Of particular note was the World Vision 40 Hour Famine event in June. Over 200 students and staff completed the 40 hour famine, raising some $5000 for World Vision. Students, led by Daniel, formed a group and in partnership with Waikato Diocesan School for Girls, participated in 40 Hours of Service over three days.

At the end of term three the day houses participated in another successful Colour Run. Joined by students from Bankwood and Fairfield Primary Schools, our day house students ran circuits and though gauntlets of paint and powerful fire houses! Thanks to Jana’s amazing organisation and the students fund raising efforts, ably supported by day housemasters, the school not only finished term three with a massive fun event but they also raised another $8000 for our Over the Fence Ministry.

Alongside the work of the Mission and Outreach committee’s work, in May the whole boarding community held another “Boarders Charity Relay”. From its humble beginnings in 2001, with a few dedicated young men from Clark House, running all through the night, this event has evolved into a huge undertaking. The event is brilliantly organised by boarding staff. With some individuals running marathons and everyone involved in some way. Over $16000 was raised which is the exact sum required to fund the St Paul’s sponsored mobile classroom operated by Flame Cambodia in the slums of Phnom Penh, keeping the vehicle fully equipped and staffed. A fantastic effort!

At the beginning of the year, Tyler Mulgrew and Frazer Tam were appointed, after interviews, as heads of the year 11 service programme with the Refugee Orientation Centre Trust (ROC). Four times a week after school groups of year 11 students, hopefully assisted by a few year 10’s towards the end of the year, go to support the staff in the various homework clubs and after-school programs

that are operated by R.O.C. It is very much something quite transformational in nature, with all parties benefiting from the presence of the other. Some significant highlights of the year were the children’s parties that we hosted for ROC: a fantastic winter party indoors in the gym during the World 40 hours of Service event and another amazing Christmas party in November in the Pavilion, which finished once again with a visit from Father Christmas and a massive water fight! This year ROC Invited Frazer and Tyler to MC the annual volunteers awards ceremony at the offices of Hamilton City Council. This programme, fantastically supported by Mr Foot, had several of the students rewarded with volunteer awards.

As I conclude this reflection on the year, I’m mindful of the fantastic efforts by the year 9 students who put together another great season of chapel services; some 18 in total. There was a huge variation of themes and powerful messages. Well done.

It’s another wonderful year, thanks be to God!

Thanks to to all the staff and students who have supported to chaplaincy and the chapel during the year. Thank you Lay Assistant Chaplain Mrs Searle, staff members Mr Josh Howard, Mr Tim Carpenter, Mrs Karen Johnson, senior leadership team, especially Mr Ainsley Robson and our indefatigable headmaster Mr Lander!

Thank you to all the students, our prefects , chapel team members and so many others who work so hard in so many different ways.

It’s been a good year, thanks be to God!

As we approach our 61st year, let us continue to stand firm in the faith of St Paul, the faith rooted in grounded in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today and tomorrow!

CHAPEL HIGHLIGHTS

CHAPEL OF CHRIST THE KING

It’s been another wonderful year in the chapel with a range of different highlights to report on.

As chaplain, one of the many “blessings and privileges” daily enjoyed is the fantastic support from members of staff and a great many students. As I commence this report, I would like to acknowledge the role Mr Howard plays, all members of the Chapel Team and of course our Chapel Prefects for 2019: George, Daniel, Annie, Jana and Zainal. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all for their hard work, dedication and creative energy during the year.

During the year, the Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday evening services have nurtured and supported us, challenged and stimulated us and enabled us to think, to reflect and to pray. The services underpin all that we are and do and the many, many hours of hard work that go into their preparation is time well spent. The chapel services are well received by staff and students alike.

There have been many highlights in the chapel during 2019 and I list a few of them below:

- prefects commissioning service

- The Garden of remembrance service

- The Easter service and termly communion services

- Founders service

- baptism and confirmation

- The weekly Alpha Course

- Year 9 led chapel services

- The day and boarding house led Sunday evening chapel services

One of the most significant highlights in the chapel program for 2019 was, of course, the weekend of the 60th anniversary of the school. During the “Reunion” it was wonderful to meet with previous students for whom the chapel had played a very significant part in their early lives. It was good to meet the Porter brothers whose family had given the water and wine cruets for communion services. It was a joy to see former headmaster Mr Michael Lawrence play the organ he had been so instrumental in bringing to the school. It was a real joy to welcome the students who had crafted the sanctuary furniture which we now use

in the chapel; to put faces to the names that were carved into the chapel furniture in the 1960s was a very significant moment for me. It was a very special weekend for us all and certainly one of the highlights of the year in the chapel.

As I write this, we look forward to the conclusion of another year in the chapel of Christ the King. We look forward to the leaver’s service, the carol service as well as the prizegiving.

One of the great significant roles that the chapel plays in the life of our school is, of course, being a place large enough for the whole community to come together. It is a place where we gather for everything and that creates a very unique heartbeat in our community. Our chapel is for everyone, for all staff, not just the teachers, for all community members and not just the students, it’s a place where all are welcome and all can find the peace which passes all understanding and the love of God, as expressed in the life and ministry of Jesus.

Blessings

Rev

“Intheheartofthecommunitywiththecommunityinitsheart”

THE SERVE

REV PETER RICKMAN - CHAPLAIN

The Serve is a community-based project, run and supported by dozens of volunteers from a whole range of different types of groups in the city. Every day of the year, a hot two-course meal is prepared and served by a rostered volunteer team of cooks and servers to all those in need of such. A very diverse group of people use the Serve as a place to get a decent meal, ranging from those who sadly sleep on our streets, under our bridges, in cars, on the floors of people willing to put them up for the night and even people with homes and jobs, who for whatever reason have simply run out of the resources to purchase food.

St Paul’s prepares and serves a monthly meal at this amazing community project. Students meet with Chef Chris to plan and prepare a meal and then anywhere from 8 to 14 students will come along to serve the meal. The students also eat themselves with the clients, interact with them, and experience a very real engagement with those from across our city who live a very different life to them.

It is a fantastic project and thank you to all those who support it.

COMMUNITY FRIDGE

Ourfoodsalesproceedspurchasethesefreshgroceries for onward delivery to the city food bank.

Community Fridge, now in its second year, and has received some fantastic support this year from the schools International Department. The project began last year by supporting the Fairfield Community Project “Te Whare O Te Ata”, but with a change of direction there and a leadership vacuum, it was decided to divert our support to the Hamilton Christian Food Bank. This has proved to be a very fruitful partnership with the food bank volunteer drivers coming to the school on a very regular basis to collect the gathered food from our supporters for those in a food crisis situation across the city.

Students from our International Department have regularly, throughout the year, prepared and sold delicious food from a range of cultures from around the world and have sold such to the school community during morning tea intervals. The proceeds of these food sales have been used by Mrs Helen Richardson, Director of our International

Department, to support another community project who sells boxes of fresh groceries in Hamilton East. Our food sales proceeds purchase these fresh groceries for onward delivery to the city food bank. I should very much like to thank those students who have supported this initiative throughout the year.

We have also had a few of our families regularly make donations to the community fridge. We have been blessed by the generous donation of venison, sausages and other fresh meat and vegetable produce from a number of school families and again, my sincere thanks for your generous support.

It’s been a good year for the Community Fridge, a quiet and yet very effective ministry in the school’s impressive range of service programmes. Thank you all for your support.

OVER THE FENCE

REV PETER RICKMAN & MR C NEETHLING

YEAR 11 SERVICE

FRAZER TAM, TYLER MULGREW, REV PETER RICKMAN & MR C FOOT

To begin the service year, last year’s service leaders Ben Scanlon and Sophie Stocker, assisted by Mr Foot and Rev, interviewed a large pool of interested and enthusiastic applicants, selecting Frazer Tam and Tyler Mulgrew to take over for 2019. This was no easy task and they hit the ground running, continuing the schedule of assisting the team. The after school (clubs) programmes at Frankton and Fairfield of the Refugee Orientation Centre Trust, four days a week. A new team for 2019 was formed; a team of compassionate, motivated and kindhearted year elevens. Travelling to Frankton, and to Fairfield, a group of six people per day, went

to share their knowledge of mathematics and the English language. Helping out in these centres, with the amazing staff at the Refugee Orientation Centre, allowed us to give back to the community. It also gave us, as a team, an opportunity to meet with some remarkable children, with incredible stories, from all around the world. Every one of our committed Year 11’s has had an amazing and lifechanging experience. The team is excited about what new service opportunities the future holds in 2020 and are proud of what they have achieved this year.

CAMBODIA TRIP 2018

REV PETER RICKMAN & MATHEW HEWETT

2018 was the third consecutive year that St Paul’s Collegiate service program partnered with Flame Cambodia.

As the year closed and the dust settled from yet another busy term, most of the SPC community started preparing for the festive season and the fun family times of summer. A small group of 24 students and four staff travelled to the faraway shores of Cambodia, more specifically the slums of Phnom Peng with the intention of doing something quite different. The city slums are where the St Paul’s mobile classroom - aptly named ‘the book tuk-tuk’ - reaches out to the less fortunate children of this city’s not so affluent areas, to offer a chance of an education.

This incredible opportunity of 16 days from the beginning of December is structured as follows: a brief introduction into the Country’s terrible history highlighting the Pol Pot, and the Khmer Rouge regime; visiting The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and the killing fields of Choeung Ek. With

an understanding of the past, the team transitions into action and the primary reason for the visit, to service in the slums. Flame runs three separate learning centres throughout Phnom Penh, Sen Sok, Steung Meanchey and Kbal Thnol and for the not so easy to access more remote areas, our very own book tuk-tuk is used. The group is divided into four groups and they spent a day at each of the centres and time with the book tuk-tuk. During the evening, we assisted with sports groups coaching and participated in games of soccer, a sport most Cambodians have a passion for. The final day of service was maintenance day. The group is put to good use completing tasks needed the most, such as painting the learning centre. After a week of service, the tour relaxes into the final chapter of the experience, a visit to Siem Reap, the gateway to the ruins of Angkor Wat. This truly is a spectacular and breathtaking experience.

Before we can blink, the group is making its way home to New Zealand, tired and hopefully a little bit wiser from the experience.

ST JOANS SERVICE THE ART CLUB

It is without a doubt clear that the St Joans Art Club has been successful for the second year in a row. With a strong group of senior students leading it for 2019, the programme was enthusiastically kicked off continuing the work begun the previous year. Over the year a loyal group of St Joan’s residents has accumulated, making regular visits to the club every Thursday lunchtime. St Paul’s students are always eager to hear the many stories and life lessons residents are willing to share as we craft away on the weekly art activity. Whether it is drawing a plant, found at the hospital, or, crafting creatures out of a printed hand, the club is always sure to provide a bit of relief and relaxation for both students and residents alike. Many of the residents express how therapeutic the club is for them and the fond memories it brings back of their

art lessons in high school – making the St Pauls students visit even more important for them. A wide range of students and new residents have joined in with the art club this year and whether amateur artist or master of a paintbrush and pen - all were welcome and willing to join in. Romero Britto once said, ‘Art is too important not to share’ - This is an amazing quote to reflect the success of the St Joans Art Club this year.

Not only were creative talents shared, but also advice and a lot of laughter whilst crafting away. However, the club would not have been the success it has been without the support and leadership of Rev, Phoebe McColgan, Sophie Hine, and Hannah Mayer. Best of luck to the club next year and the success in the future!

THE UKELLE CLUB

Now, in its second year, the creative pioneering work of last years legendary chapel prefect Harry Forte continues at St Joan’s Rest Home.

Every Tuesday lunchtime students from St Paul’s faithfully and enthusiastically collect the ukuleles from the music department and make their way to St Joan’s Hospital to play and teach the ukulele; this year under the exemplary leadership of chapel prefect, Daniel Rickman.

Once there, and with the guidance of resident musician Tom, songs from across the decades and from around the world are played, sung and enjoyed. Both residents, and students alike, thoroughly enjoy this amazing time together.

‘Art is too important not to share’

WORLD VISION

REV PETER RICKMAN - CHAPLAIN

Once again St Paul’s Collegiate School supported the World Vision 40 Hour Famine appeal, now in its 44th year in New Zealand. Our mission council met early in the year to explore and discuss how best to support the appeal this year and also how to maximise our fundraising opportunities. Led by Daniel Rickman and Jana Stokes, we once again planned 40 hours of service over the second weekend of June, assisted this year by the wonderful art department who planned 40 hours of art.

Senior students formed a group “12 disciples of service”. They put in 40 hours of community service, engaging with all the school’s major service program partners. On day one morning tea was provided, young people were encouraged to sign up for the

famine fundraising weekend and a movie night was hosted with Waikato Diocesan School for Girls in our chapel, watching the thought-provoking film “Lion”. On the Saturday we met with Kaivolution, a food recycling charity, served and sold barbecue food to the supporters. We watched a variety of rugby games as a fundraiser for Flame Cambodia, then prepared and hosted an afternoon children’s party for over 60 young people from the Refugee Orientation Centre Trust. Then in the evening we prepared and served food at The Serve: a charity which provides meals for the homeless and those in need. It was a big day!

On the Sunday the team helped out with hospital chaplaincy at Waikato hospital, prepared and

HOSPITAL CHAPLAINACY

REV PETER RICKMAN - CHAPLAIN

Students from St Pauls have been faithful and very regular supporters of the hospital chaplaincy department for many years. Led this year by Daniel Rickman and Hannah Meyer, teams of students have gathered at the hospital once a month to assist with the transportation of patients by bed and wheelchair to the hospital chapel for Sunday morning services. It is a very rewarding service programme and ministry, with students being able to interact with patients from a variety of backgrounds and ages.

Thank you to all those who regularly give up their Sunday mornings to help with this amazing program.

delivered a concert at St Joan’s Hospital and then concluded the amazing weekend of service with planning and delivering a chapel service for the combined boarding school communities of St Pauls and Waikato Dio.

Throughout the event, and in the lead up to it, we received fantastic support from Maria and Cam, who are the school support officers for World Vision.

As a result of these events and the individual fundraising initiatives of our students, over $5000 was raised for World Vision this year, A fantastic achievement! Well done everyone and thank you!

ASIA PACIFIC YOUNG LEADERS CONVENTION

AYLA HALL

Halo, lí-hó or hello. Halo dari Indonesia, hello from Indonesia.

From the 7th to the 14th of April 2019, Amelia, Charlie, Ollie, Hugo, Ben and I along with Mr Littlejohn represented St Paul’s and New Zealand at the Asia Pacific Young Leaders Convention (APYLC) hosted by BINUS School Serpong in Jakarta, Indonesia. We were joined by delegates from China, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore. On arriving in Indonesia, we began to get a bit nervous and questions were running through our minds: Who would our roommates be? Would they understand us? Would we understand them? How good would their English be? What differences would we observe?

The theme of Embracing Unity, Valuing Diversity was introduced to the convention and we learned we would apply contrast as our learning mechanism. Each group was assigned a topic of a sensitive issue Indonesia is currently facing. For the following days, we would study, share and explore the topics of education, economy, human rights, urban planning, environment and technology, making contrasts within Jakarta and Indonesia and with our home countries. Each group had different excursions, led by various local organisations. My group focussed on education and we went to schools of different

social-economic levels, with the charity HOPE Worldwide, Indonesia. Others visited landfills and house building sites. For my part, my eyes were opened by the poverty and a system that cannot provide the basics of an education for every child. I was able to teach a little English and help children with projects. The experience was heart-wrenching

BAPTISM + CONFIRMATION

and I felt very privileged, so very privileged, by the opportunities we have at St Paul’s and in general.

On the third day of the convention, we all bonded with a scavenger hunt in the beautiful botanical gardens. We then found ourselves on the last day of the convention experience. We shared more about our countries with cultural booths, ours, of course, featured such things as a buzzy bee, pineapple lumps, an All Blacks jersey, and some great posters from Tourism New Zealand.

The cultural dances or skits came next and, we managed to intimate our fellow delegates with the school haka. The final part of the day, before the

closing ceremony, was a presentation by each topic group. This was our chance to bring our learnings together and to reflect on four days of amazing experiences. We were left with thoughts on how things can be different, how we can share and work together, and how our perspectives on the world we live in have been developed. It has been a huge learning curve and an experience which we will all remember. We were all challenged to keep developing our leadership skills, to think about the way we live, how we share the planet and how we can cooperate to address the contrasts we see, to become leaders for a future world that is the best it can be.

On Sunday, August 18th, the school held its annual baptism and confirmation services. These events are a real celebration of the Christian faith; the foundation and bedrock on which our very school was built upon 60 years ago.

Six students gathered with me in the Chapel of Christ the King in the early evening and were baptised into the Christian faith. It was particularly significant to have one of our year nine students baptised in the same giant clamshell font in which his father was baptised a generation ago by the then chaplain the Revd. Ralph Robertshawe. This giant clamshell font, thought to be over 300 years old, has been the font of Christianity for our school since it arrived under the chaplaincy of Revd. Pat Parr in the 1960s. Along with their families and supporters, these six young people were initiated into the Christian faith and each presented with certificates and baptismal candles.

Following the baptism service, with the arrival of Archbishop Philip Richardson, Archbishop of the New Zealand Dioceses, we enjoyed a shared meal and the opportunity to meet with the Bishop prior to the confirmation service.

With a full chapel and magnificent choir leading the worship, we were inspired by a fantastic sermon from the Archbishop who spoke about the adventure of faith being as much an engagement with the big questions of life as much as a search for answers. Three students were then confirmed in the Anglican Christian faith before their peers by Archbishop Philip during the service, and then each was presented with a bible and a certificate.

Prior to this event, our students spent some months learning about the Christian faith with Rev using the Youth Alpha program, which is fun, creative, informative and stimulating.

It was a wonderful day.

CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS

Mr P Gilbert - DECA

2019 has been an incredibly busy but successful year for those students in the Arts.

Term one saw the Big Band compete in Tauranga at the annual Jazz Festival which was a good experience in preparation for a tour of the Gold Coast later in the year. Three weeks into Term 2 we held the inter-house massed choir competition with Hall House winning that section.

In June Michelle Kong, Chloe Park and Veronica Bagley made up the St Paul’s Beethoven Trio which competed at the regional NZCT Chamber Music contest at the Waikato University Chamber Concert. Also competing were Matthew Chanwai and Scott Zhou, who were joined by a boy from HBHS to form the Tri Parnya Trio. Their sensitive and gutsy performance earned them a highly commended award and bronze medal for being in the top 36 groups in New Zealand.

Later that month our three choirs, The Notables[boys choir], Noteworthy[girls choir] and the First XV choir competed in the Big Sing in Tauranga, where they were lauded by everyone except the judge. However, the chamber choir did enough to be selected with a wild card entry to the Cadenza competition in Rotorua for the top choirs in the North Island.

2019 saw a revitalised Kapa Haka take to the stage in Huntly at Te Toi Whanake, the Waikato Secondary Schools Kapa Haka competition where they were congratulated by eminent Maaori leaders for their enthusiasm and endeavour. Dressed in traditional piu piu they performed songs with beautiful harmony, poi and haka.

The end of Term 2 heralded the presentation of the 2019 musical, “Grease”. The show played to sell-out crowds for five nights who raved about the production – from the performance of the actors, to the lighting to the set to the music.

After hectic rehearsals for the Big Sing and the production, the choirs, big band and the concert band made their way to Brisbane for the Aspire Music Festival. The tour party had much fun at Movie World en route to the Gold Coast. Each group performed to crowds at Pacific Fair and at the beach before competing against other schools from Australia and New Zealand. The students attended intensive tutorial sessions with internationally renowned musicians and after the judging of their performances the concert band and choir were rewarded with third place awards. The big band performed at Jazz Under the Stars at Surfers Paradise on the final night and proved to be the hit sensation of the show.

Arts’ Week was held in week two of Term 3 where the best of each house’s artists competed in sculpture, painting, design, origami to name but a few of the activities. The house groups won by Clark and the solos, won by Hamilton also competed to complete the House Music competition. When the points from the massed choir were added Hall House took out the overall House Music competition for 2019.

Good Vibrations followed in week three, which highlighted the very best of the musical talent at St Paul’s. This was once again a resounding success with acts as diverse as bagpipes, barber shop quartet, cello quartet, piano accordion and rock bands.

The First XV choir competed at Cadenza to round off an incredibly busy year for our choral singers. Over two days the choir competed against the very best choirs in the North Island. Although not gaining one of the three top placings, they were awarded Distinction as the next best choir, firmly cementing their position as one of the best choirs in the region.

PHOTO CREDIT - Aspire Music Festival

PHOTO CREDIT - Aspire Music Festival

CHOIRS

HANNAH MAYER

This choral ensemble has experienced quite the list of adventures in 2019 with many highs and lows. Our successes feel like a reward for the countless hours put in; while the disappointments have allowed us to build an irreplaceable depth of bond with each other.

This year we were able to take our choir across the ditch to Brisbane, Australia. Here we took part in the Aspire Music Festival, alongside numerous other choral groups, all of whom share the same devotion for choral music and singing. As well as supporting the other St Paul’s groups participating, we managed to gain a 3rd place in the choir category for our efforts. In June, we competed in the Big Sing competition. This competition was our boys’ inaugural competition, where they gained a “commended” award, while our girls’ and chamber choir both received “highly commended”.

Upon completing the Big Sing, our auditioned chamber choir were then invited to participate in the Cadenza festival which marked another first for St Pauls. Cadenza is a choral competition that is the second tier down from the Big Sing Finale and involved the next top 36 choirs, including 14 from the Upper North Island. We were considered the underdogs of the competition since our results from the Big Sing were disappointing, only having been reserves for the competition. We were determined to prove our worth and put all the fruits of our labour on display. I am so grateful to my fellow committed year 13 leaders, who have worked alongside me and supported me in the leadership of the four choirs

this year. Without them and the positive culture we have created, I do not believe we would have reached our full potential, as we have. Each of them has stepped up to help organise rehearsals and school trips, consistently throughout the year, while also contributing their talents and leadership to the ensemble, becoming key role models within our team.

I must also acknowledge the time, commitment and talent of our excellent supporting staff and teachers. The dedication of these people is undoubtedly the reason we can stand here today with such feelings of pride and accomplishment. Thank you to Hannah Bryant, Ian Campbell, Jayne Tankersley, Karen Johnson and Chris Greenslade, our remarkable accompanist. Finally, to our legendary Musical Director Timothy Carpenter, thank you for leading our groups with such strength and loyalty. You have pushed us to be the best that we can be and your steadfast faith is the crucial reason for our pride and success,

The accolades we have received this year have been fantastic. However, our real success has come in the form of progress and in the bonds we created during our time together in this choir.

It has been an absolute privilege to be head chorister for 2019. I hope that this choir continues to improve and flourish in 2020 and wish nothing but success for all current and future members of the St Pauls choirs.

KAREN JOHNSON - FAREWELL

Karen’s involvement with SPC began with her accompanying the school choir trip to Hawaii in 2010. Her son Daniel was a member of that choir, led by Francis Cowan. Karen got to know the students and it wasn’t long before headmaster Grant Lander enlisted her skills as a trained speech therapist and trained teacher. She joined the itinerant group for teaching speech, drama, and public speaking.

Karen also did some long-term relieving for the English Department. In the long gap between two chaplains, Rev Craig Luccock and Rev James Stephenson, Karen stepped up to run the RE (Religious Studies) programme and organise chapel services with the support of Bishop Hartley and Dean Rickman.

In school musicals, Karen played a vital role as backstage mum and organising props.

Her highlights included seeing her two sons Daniel and Heath become full school and chapel prefects as well as head choristers.

Karen’s advice to students is “Enjoy life, but make it count.” Make things happen now, don’t wait for things to happen later. Karen says she has some wonderful memories of SPC, but now is the time to return to Cambridge to be a bigger part of that community “St Paul’s is a great school that gives students space to flourish.”

THE BIG BAND

2019 was a highlight year, seeing the Big Band take its first overseas tour and numbers filling to a fullsize Big Band in the trombones, baritone sax and percussion.

The year started with our annual band camp, welcoming some new year 9’s to the Big Band, preparing the students for some of their most challenging music yet, and setting us up for our term one engagements. This busy term had the Big Band performing at the Southwell roadshow, school open day, the 60th reunion day and once again competing in the Easter time National Youth Jazz Festival in Tauranga gaining a silver award with an impressive performance.

Term 2 had our weekend over in Hastings to compete in the Hawkes Bay festival, once again gaining a gold award. The end of term 2 let into our first overseas performances for the Big Band

with the Aspire tour to Australia. The standard of the competing jazz bands was extremely high and the St. Paul’s performances were of a high calibre in both musicianship and enjoyment, with the Big Band being feature in the Aspire Finale Showcase Concert.

Playing at home for Term 3, the Big Band once again opened the school’s annual Good Vibrations music concert to a grooving success. Following this with the local Waikato ITM festival where they kept up their tradition of bringing home a gold award.

Congratulations to our year 13 graduates Dillion Mulgrew (guitar) and Elliot Leighton-Slater (lead trumpet) and our Co-Band Leaders Christopher Penno (saxophone) and Campbell Smith (trumpet). We wish you all the best for the future and thank you for your excellent contributions over the years.

CONCERT BAND

The SPC Concert Band had a hectic year, increasing their performances from two to six. This increased workload and the need to perform works of a higher level for the various competitions proved a challenge to all involved. The band came together as a group under a new conductor, Miss Jane Spenceley, along with the senior section leaders, Orla White: Percussion, Campbell Smith: Brass and

Results:

Matamata Band Festival - Bronze

ROCKBAND “HYPOCRISY”

This year, the school rock band ‘Hypocrisy’ took the profile of rock music and songwriting within the school to a height not enjoyed now for several years. Consisting of musicians Dillon Mulgrew, Liam Waide, Fletcher Clark and Lachlan Cowley, ‘Hypocrisy’ has had a busy and exciting schedule of writing, rehearsing, recording and performing.

With the opening of the Mulgrew Family recording studio in the new Mary Hornsby Music Department, St Paul’s can look forward to seeing more of this kind of music, as students now have access - and the temptation - to explore this industry-level technology now so readily. This band wasted no opportunities

with this, spending hours after school and on weekends, endlessly doing re-takes, mixing editing and experimenting. Coached by experienced rock musicians Jeremy Mayall, Paul Dillon, ‘Hypocrisy’ certainly has delivered and done the school proud, giving outstanding and entertaining performances at school events as well as in the ‘Smokefree Rock Quest’ competition and the ‘Tunes of Waikato’ competition.

The music department will miss having them around next year but hope that what they have achieved will inspire younger generations of musicians and rock bands to arise and thrive at St Paul’s.

Hawke’s Bay Festival of Bands - Gold, Best Performance by a School Band, Best Junior SoloistChristopher Penno

Aspire International Youth Music Festival - Third National Concert Band Festival - Bronze ITM Music Festival - Gold, Highly Commended

Although the results were different for each competition, the band’s performance improved each time we played. At each event, the adjudicators commented on the professional look of the band. Specifically, the way in which we conduct ourselves onstage and the overall quality of the sound. 2019 has been a year of both huge challenges and massive growth for the group.

On behalf of all the band members, thank you to our Year 13s, Campbell Smith, Christopher Penno, Elliot Leighton-Slater, Simon Han, Orla White, Michelle Kong and Maddie Dickie for their years of service. We wish you all the best for the future, keep playing!

Chris Penno: Woodwinds. Each musician played a vital part in the collective sound of the band and did so to the highest standard. The return of Tihoi Intake One at the end of Term 2 was welcomed, and the boys should be commended for the effort they put in to catch up only two weeks prior to an International Competition.

STRING ORCHESTRA

MR T CARPENTER & CHRIS NATION

The year 2019 marks the second year for the St Paul’s string orchestra. This year saw a huge influx of young players in the junior level, altogether making 17 string players! Because of such increased numbers, the group

DEBATING

MRS H LEWIS

DRUMLINE

ADRIAN HAYWOOD

The St Paul’s Collegiate Drumline, under the instruction from Adrian Hayward, continued on from where they left off in 2018. With one continuing member, Sarina Liang, and the addition of some new eager Year 9 students they hit the ground running. They were also lucky to acquire Finn Watson on his return from Tihoi to take up a place on bass drum.

Some of the new Year 9 students had never picked up drumsticks before, and those that had previous experience still found it a challenge with the ‘traditional’ method of holding the drumsticks. This meant a lot of the earlier rehearsals were dedicated to teaching this new technique. They all persevered with the challenge before them and are now all confident performers.

Their performances this year included the 1st XV rugby final and also the annual ITM festival held at the Gallagher Performing Arts Academy, University of Waikato, of which they received a bronze medal for their efforts.

was split into two - a senior and junior. This allowed music to be chosen to suit the capabilities of each group. It was fantastic to welcome Mr Chris Nation to the music department at the start of the year to teach violin, viola and coach the junior string group every Friday morning. Mr Carpenter, in turn, coached the senior group at the same time. Both groups enjoy playing a mixed repertoire of classical through to pop and rock.

This year, all the cellos from both groups combined to perform in the annual music showcase Good Vibrations, playing one of Metallica’s best-selling hits ‘Nothing Else Matters’, arranged for four cellos. Next year, the junior and senior string groups hope to enter competitions, both at a regional and national level.

We look forward to good music and team work ahead.

This was a most unusual year for debating. In past years, we have always had most of our debating numbers at the senior level, however, this year the pendulum swung the opposite way and we had two junior teams and only one very novice senior team comprising of year 11’s. This region’s debating league is run by Waikato University and this year they introduced a new initiative to the format by providing schools with the opportunity to enter teams into a Junior Division for year 9 and 10 students, and splitting the Senior Division into a novice and an advanced category. This allowed teams of similar abilities and experiences to debate against one another without feeling discouraged. This suited St Paul’s situation perfectly and our Year 11 team gained momentum and confidence as the season progressed and they became more familiar with the skills by debating at the novice level. There is no doubt that they will be a formidable force when they enter the advanced category next year. Our junior team began with four members

and quickly grew to eight who took it in turns to have a go. Many a Wednesday lunch was spent bouncing ideas off one another and preparing for the given topic. Their mature and philosophical approach to matters of interest in both the political and social realms was most impressive. With such young talent available to St Paul’s for the next five years, it will be something to behold when these teams reach the senior school and take on the debating world by force!

Sadly we farewell Mr Defyd Williams who has been a huge part of training and inspiring young debaters for many years, introducing the legendary “T-Bar” preparation structure and astounding students with his diverse knowledge on all things social, political and historical. He will leave a huge gap and will be sorely missed. We wish him well as he begins the exciting journey of retirement! SadlywefarewellMrDefydWilliamswhohasbeena

SHEILAH WINN

The University of Otago, Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival is an annual event. To qualify, students must first attend and be chosen from their regional event. Students present scenes of either a five-minute duration, which must be student-directed or of 15 minutes duration, which can be directed by an adult.

This year, eight year 11 students took part in a 15-minute teacher-directed excerpt from one of the bard’s most famous plays; Macbeth. The festival encourages creativity and different interpretations of the text, as long as you keep the original intention of the bard intact. So this year, we reimagined Macbeth as clowns. This added some much-needed comedy to the situation of an otherwise very dark play.

Nerves were obvious on the day, as we entered the theatre at St Peter’s, but the students rose above them to open the day’s proceedings. A very energetic and entertaining performance, full of slapstick and silliness ensued. The judges were very impressed with the different spin and appreciated the creativity which had gone into it. It was a great experience for all and a lot of fun was had.

The current members are Sarina Liang (Year 13), Sam Jefferis (Year 9), Alessio Lane (Year 9), Jack Belz (Year 9), Ryker Yearbury (Year 9), Mela Singh-Thiara (Year 9) and Finn Watson (Year 10).

hugepartoftrainingandinspiringyoungdebatersfor many years

MR B RAWSON

GOOD VIBRATIONS

MR P GILBERT

Good Vibrations 2019 opened with the Big Band. Under the baton of Mr Bill Stoneham, they played three numbers- “Treasure” by Bruno Mars, “Isn’t it Lovely” by Stevie Wonder and another Bruno Mars number “Uptown Funk” which had the audience tapping their toes from the outset.

The first solo artist, Seamus Eade, played a compilation of traditional Gaelic tunes on bagpipes followed by J’rome Fleming singing a hit from Rod Stewart “I Don’t Wanna Talk About It”.

A complete change of genre saw Simon Han playing “The Song of Shepherds” on piano accordion and playing piano and singing was Sara Phee, the second of our vocal soloists who sang a Sara Bareilles hit single entitled “She Used to be Mine”.

Playing a Stephen Flaherty composition entitled “Once Upon a December” on piano was Michelle Kong.

From classical piano to brass we presented a quintet playing the Irving Berlin composition “Puttin on the Ritz” involving Campbell Smith, Gustav Jooste, Elliott Leighton, Geoffrey Smith and Lucas Goodwin.

The winners of the House Music competition Group Item were the group from Clark House. Playing a medley/ mash-up of “Sweet Child of Mine”, “Daiquiri” and “Yellow Mellow” were Bobby Chungsuvanich, Harry Jack, Veronica Bagley, Net Boonwipas, Jaby Lau and Riley Rolton.

We have had string quartets on the show before, but this year we highlighted the incredible talent on Cello. The Quartet comprising Veronica Bagley, Matthew Chanwai, Samuel Nicholson with Mr Tim Carpenter played the Metallica hit tune arranged by Apocalyptica called “Nothing Else Matters.” The first half concluded with a presentation from the St Paul’s Kapa haka group. They performed two waiata.

The second half of Good Vibrations opened with the St Paul’s Concert Band. Under the baton of Ms Jane Spenceley, the band played two numbers the first of which was “Crush” composed by Robert W Smith and the second was the Paul Jennings’ arrangement of “Aladdin”.

The next performer was a young lady who had a lead role in the school’s successful Production of Grease. Singing “ The Wizard” from the musical “Wicked”, was Hannah Mayer.

Campbell Smith followed by playing “Horn Concerto #4 in E Flat” on French Horn, accompanied by Mr Tim Carpenter.

The school’s rock band ‘Hypocrisy’ performed two of their own compositions – “Déjà vu” and “Lifeline”. With Dillon Mulgrew on lead guitar, Fletcher Clark on Bass, Lachie Cowley on drums and Liam Wade on vocals, they were Hypocrisy.

Matthew Chanwai, a year nine student, played Mozart’s “Sonata in D Minor, 2nd Movement” on cello to rapturous applause.

Coming off a most successful season in the school production of “Grease” in a lead role, Macy Coffin sang a Bonnie Raitt hit entitled “I Can’t Make You Love Me”.

Another year nine student Scott Zhou, played expertly on piano, Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata”. The next group had only been together a matter of weeks, but through hard work and hours of practice,

they brought together beautiful harmonies. The Barbershop Quartet made up of J’rome Fleming, Havila Molia, Advent Misa and Tino Tahitua sang the Gene Pitney hit “Hello Mary Lou.”

The St Paul’s Chamber Choir under the direction of Mr Tim Carpenter, sang beautifully the Bob Chilcott arrangement of “Scarborough Fair” and the Lisa Young composition, “Other Plans”.

The Massed Choir then joined the Chamber Choir for the Grand Finale where they sang the James Whitbourn composition entitled “All Shall Be Amen and Alleluia”. Accompanied by Jack Walters on Organ and Chris Greenslade on piano and under the baton of Tim Carpenter they received thunderous applause

Director of the show for the final time, Mr Peter Gilbert was again very happy with the standard of all performances and encouraged by the number of younger talent that graced the stage this year which augurs well for future Celebrations of Music.

PRODUCTION GREASE

MR B RAWSON

With the end of Term One, comes the end of another successful St Paul’s Collegiate School production. ‘Grease’, the ever-popular and loved musical, played to sell-out crowds over five nights.

I continue to be blown away by the talent that our students have and the passion that they bring to the production each year. Hundreds of hours of hard work; learning lines, songs, choreography and blocking, all came together once again. This year, the students were more energetic and focused than ever before, which resulted in a show that wowed several audiences.

Technically, not as challenging as some productions of the past few years, ‘Grease’ gave us the opportunity to play around with some special effects, and I want to thank Mr Duncan Smith for the use of his lights, which added another dimension to the amazing set and lighting.

A team effort, I owe a huge debt of thanks to the other staff involved for their support and hard work. From Mrs Kelly Saunders and Miss Jarna Old, we received a striking and beautiful painted set. Mrs Karen Johnson put in hours sourcing and obtaining props. Miss Jane Spenceley, again, made the students look wonderful with her dedication to costumes and makeup. Miss Andrea Dela Rue made sure that we had everything that we needed, and that all ran as smoothly as possible. And Mr Smith came in, as usual, to oversee the technical aspects of the show and see that the stage crew were organised and efficient. All of which was done behind the scenes and with very little in the way of public acknowledgement. Productions like this could not be the successes that they are without these incredibly important people.

And then, of course, was the more visible input. Leona Lenore Robinson came in once again to help us with the choreography, getting the usual amazing results. And of course, such a vitally important part of the show was the music; brilliantly and tirelessly led by Mr Tim Carpenter. Not only did he teach the songs to all of the cast, but he led the band and even played the keyboard. Many will not know it, but Mr Carpenter wrote a large amount

of the music that the band played. And what an amazing band they were! It was great to see the extremely talented studens doing what they love on stage and getting the recognition from the audience that they don’t necessarily get from down in the orchestra pit.

Finally, I want to thank everyone involved, whether it be on stage or backstage, for all of their hard work and energy. School productions are all about the students and the pleasure and experiences that they get from them. While it is a lot of hard work for the staff, it is all worth it when we see students grow and change and show the potential that we uncover every year.

I continue to be blown away by the talent that our students have and the passion that they bring to the production each year.

PUBLIC SPEAKING

KAREN JOHNSON

2019 has been yet another outstanding year for St Paul’s students interested in the skill of oratory.

In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson - “Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.”

More and more of our students are realizing the benefits of honing their public speaking skills. This was obvious with the Senior Speech Finals, where 14 students put forward their names. The calibre was incredibly high but only four could be chosen.

Macy Coffin presented a heartfelt speech on the importance of personal identity, Julia McLean spoke on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and

ASPIRE TRIP

KAREN JOHNSON

The Aspire Music Tour earlier this year was a real highlight on our cultural calendar and a great success for all involved. On July 13th, 60 students involved in Choir, Big Band and Concert Band enjoyed a well-deserved nine-day trip to participate in the Aspire Music Festival on the Gold Coast of Australia. The festival itself involved four days of adjudicated competition, masterclasses, workshops and public performances and featured musicians and choristers from 13 schools drawn from both New Zealand and Australia.

This was certainly an incredibly memorable experience. The Choir put on a polished and entertaining performance for adjudication and was delighted to receive a well-deserved 3rd placing. The Concert Band tackled an exceptionally difficult test piece and was also thrilled to receive a 3rd placing in their section. The Big Band performed a toe-tapping and lively repertoire - and also

the need for us all to take immediate action by eliminating our reliance on single-use plastic items and Isaac West extolled the virtues of anthemic rock and the inspiration this has provided throughout his teenage years. Taking out top honours, however, was Miah McDonald, who convincingly and enthusiastically expressed his views on the everpresent dangers of Fake News. Congratulations to all students involved.

This year also saw a dramatic rise in the number of students undertaking the “Communicating in Leadership” course. This course focuses on 4 key oratory skills - the persuasive speech, the social

address, facilitating a discussion group and presenting an impromptu speech. 15 seniors worked diligently throughout the year, (Jack Bowick, Annie Hantz, Kate Healy, Adam Jefferis, David Koshy, Julia McLean, Miah McDonald, Max McLean-Bluck,

with 11 sitting their final examination and achieving outstanding results.

opened the “Jazz Under the Stars” event down at the waterfront. Our students proved to be fabulous ambassadors for New Zealand, kicking off the Grand Finale Gala Concert with a rousing school haka that gained a featured spot on the official Aspire website.

There was also plenty of relaxed sightseeing. We perused the Brisbane markets, travelled the Brisbane Wheel, enjoyed an action-packed day at Movie World and cuddled koalas at Lone Pine Sanctuary.

Students were well supervised, under the watchful eyes of Mr Gilbert - Director of Extra-Curricular Activities, tour Mum and Dad Mrs Johnson & Mr Smith, plus Head of Music & Choirmaster Mr Carpenter, Concert Band Conductor (& big sister) Miss Spenceley, accompanist & champion card hand Mr Greenslade and Big Band conductor Mr Stoneham. Sincere thanks to all involved for creating such a memorable cultural experience.

Henry Mandeno, Hannah Mayer, Christopher Penno, Bryn Singers, Holly Skelton, Max Watson and Isaac West)

HOUSE COMPETITION

ATHLETICS SWIMMING

HOUSE COMPETITION

HOUSE COMPETITION

HAKA & HOUSE MUSIC - GROUP CHOIR

DIBBLE SCULPTURE

A bronze sculpture of an oversized student exiting a tent, is the focal point for those who drive in the school grounds, and is the second piece of public art for Hamilton by accomplished sculptor, Paul Dibble.

Entitled, The Journey the sculpture, reflects the change and transition of adolescent boys and girls into adulthood, through their education experience at St Paul’s Collegiate School. It is also symbolic of St Paul, who changed and transitioned from the persecutor of Christians Saul to Paul their champion.

The art installation was commissioned to celebrate 60 years of the school and 40 years of Tihoi Venture School and was unveiled at a full school assembly on Monday, 14 October.

The sculpture captures the essence of adolescence through the figure looking awkward and confused. This represents the time when adolescents are beginning to work things out for themselves. It represents the story of childhood to adulthood, through the uncertainty and excitement of adolescence.

The artist’s use of a tent was inspired by the architectural vision behind St Paul’s Collegiate School chapel. The chapel was deliberately designed in the shape of a Middle Eastern tent reflecting that students don’t stay long, they ‘pitch’ their tent, and after their time at school, they move on.

GRANDPARENTS DAY

GRANDPARENTS TAKE OVER ST PAUL’S

It was an honour to host 309 of our students’ grandparents on Friday 22 March. As a school, St Paul’s acknowledges the incredibly important role grandparents play in the lives of their grandchildren. As a gesture of our appreciation, grandparents were hosted at school by their grandchildren and treated to a morning tea (complete with tea and scones), a tour of the school, and a special chapel service. During the chapel service, Megan Smith (St Paul’s Foundation Chair) asked the grandchildren to turn and look into the eyes of their grandparents and say, “Thank you for my good looks.”

TE WHARE REO MAAORI

Ika warea te one tapu

Ka hura tangata a uta

Me turaki atu ki tangata a tai

Ka hura tangata a tai

Me turaki atu ki tangata a uta

Pera hoki ra te koopere nui, te koopere roa, i te waahi awa, i te totoe awa

Whakamau tama te ara, whakamau tama i te ara.

Ko Tuu, ko Rongo

Tama i aaraia te ara!

Kauraka tama e uuhia

Tukua atu tama kia putu

I waho i te taawhangawhanga

He putanga ariki no Rongo

Ki te ata tauira, e

Mai ea, mai ea, te tupua.

Mai ea, mai ea, te tawhito.

I haramai ra koe i whea?

I haramai ra koe i te whakaoti nuku, i te whakaoti rangi.

Ko to manawa e, ko taku manawa e Taane ka irihia!

Whano, whano, haramai te toki, Haumi e, hui e, Taaiki e!

Nau mai te tau, haere noa te tau. Nei Te Whare

Reo Maaori e tuu nei e mihi ki koutou e aku rangatira. Ko te tiimatanga o te whakaaronui ko te wehi ki a Ihoa - tuatinitini, whaaioio, kii tonu te rangi me te whenua i te nui o toona kororia.

Ka hiiri, ka hiiri, ko te Kiingi Maaori tuaono o te motu - kei taku ariki taungaroa, me toona whare kaahui ariki nui tonu - Paimaarire!

Ki oo taatou

HE WHAKATAKENGAKAUPAPA MAAORI

This year kaupapa Maaori has progressed in leaps and bounds - with the introduction of new initiatives

WAANANGA MARAE

In Te Ao Maaori, the concept of ako means both to teach and to learn. It recognises the knowledge that both teachers and learners bring to learning interactions, and it acknowledges the way that new knowledge and understandings can grow out of shared learning experiences.

This year a waananga marae was held at Waharoa marae (Ngaati Hauaa) for senior Reo Maaori students - Year’s

TE KAPA HAKA O HATO PAAORA KI KIRIKIRIROA - TE OROKOHANGA MAI

Another Kapa Haka campaign draws to a close and we take time to reflect on the journey that was 2019 for Te Kapa Haka o Hato Paaora.

However, this year was markedly different than ever before with our Kapa Haka making their inaugural stand at the Waikato Kapa Haka Regional Competition 2019 - Te Toi Whanake.

On the 28th June, the team gave their all and brought passion and ferocity to bear upon all who witnessed. They embodied the long-held art’s of their tupuna Tane-Rore (eponyms ancestor male Maori dance) and Hine-te-Rehia (eponyms ancestor female Maori dance). Above all else, they made their whaanau proud.

This year’s Kapa Haka campaign featured one noho marae and regular mid-week, evenings and lunch practices. Attendance was amazing as our doors opened to all that had a passion for learning, kapa haka, kai and being a part of our whaanau. In total, the group boosted on average 28 students throughout the campaign. This year

we also welcomed new tutors from Hamilton Girls High School - Pani Pottes and Puhirere Akuhata - who worked with our waahine in developing the poi and waiata-aa-ringa. The performance bracket was a homage to the classic waiata and haka of yesteryear, with the exception being a new composition that pays tribute to the lessons of late Dr Wharehuia Milroy.

“Ko too manawa, ko tooku manawa. - Your heart and mine are one.” Students dedicated their performances to all our tupuna who have passed on. “E kore raatou e warewaretia - they will not be forgotten by us.”

The new year will hold challenges and promise aplenty with new uniforms (piupiu), a dedicated marae noho marae programme and ever-rising performance expectations.

Our sincere aroha to the hosts of this year’s competition Te Wharekura o Raakaumangahospitality extraordinaire. To all our whaanau, who gave of their time, passion and support - Te

Whaanau Rawiri, Te Whaanau Te Ua, Te Whaanau Wikaira, Te Whaanau MacDonald / Ellice, Te Whaanau Cardon, staff and past students - mei kore ake ko koutou ko teenei kapa.

“Ki te kotahi te kaakaho ka whati, ki te kaapuia e kore e whati - if there is but one strand I will fail, but if we bind many strands we are invincible ”.

Lastly, to our kaitaataki tane and kaitaataki wahine - he manawa-aa-whenua e kore e mimiti - a well spring of aroha that will never run dry.

12 and 13. This waananga was designed to provide learning experiences in context.

There were three main foci in our waananga:

1. Maatauranga - the development of language fluency (tuhi / koorero)

2. Tikanga - cultural norms and practices.

3. Whakawhanaungatanga - connectedness

On December 1st, 2018, at about 3:00 O’clock in the afternoon, I received the fateful letter myself and 40 other students had been preparing to receive for the past two months. In a matter of seconds, I had become one of just 28 Year 13 students set to become a prefect in 2019. And whilst in that moment of tearing the seal open, to wandering my eyes over the letter in my hands, I would have no idea, just what a journey and experience being the Te Kaea prefect for 2019, would bring.

Like many of my fellow prefects, I joined St Paul’s Collegiate as a Year 9 in 2015. Yet it would take two years (Yr 9 & Yr 10) before I would finally join the small tikanaga and kaupapa Maaori enthusiasts that had been hidden within School.

In 2017, under pressure from other students such as Marcus Kereopa, Dallas Taikato, and Te Wāpū (Heath Campbell) I relented, deciding to give Kapa Haka a go. From the moment I walked through

Matua’s door, I was enthralled by it. And whilst 2017 - for lack of a better word- felt bare in the amount of performances and performers. It was here, standing amongst a little group of nine others, that my own love and enthusiasm for Te Ao Māori first took root.

2018. I was a tuakana now. Te Wāpū - Te Kaea 2017, had set a standard for all other Te Kaea to follow. A standard which Dallas - Te Kaea 2018 - inherited. Our little group, had grown ever more slightly, with the likes of my fellow prefect Fritz Jooste joining our rōpu. The addition of a few more juniors, and a strong senior core, had begun to cement our place within SPC. Again, with only a single performance in front of the school body, and a now slightly larger rōpu. Yet, there was a slight change in SPC. Kapa Haka was being seen as a legitimate cultural activity within SPC. And that was a change, I was going to make permanent in 2019.

From the very first day, I knew 2019 was going to be different. With the help of other like-minded students and under the guidance of Matua Tahau,

NOO WHEA TE MANA O TE WAAHINE?

Naa Sarah Wikaira - Manu Kura Wahine

Coming to St Paul’s as a Year 12 girl, I didn’t know what to expect. I wasn’t sure what opportunities would be available to me. I was then surprised by the small - but strong - community of people interested in kaupapa Maaori. This was a big deal for me as I am passionate about kaupapa and tikanga Maaori. What I did notice though was there were very few waahine - so I wanted to change that.

My vision for this kaupapa was to build up a group of passionate waahine amongst this group. Where to start? My friends of course! They were interested in learning about my culture, so they decided to join Kapa Haka. The waahine from the Year 11 and 12 Te Reo Maaori classes were they foundation of this movement. Our Kapa Haka has grown and accomplished a lot over the course of this year.

This year was the first year that St Paul’s had a Kapa Haka performed at the Tainui Waka Secondary School Regional Kapa Haka competition. Allowing us the opportunity to get involved and perform on a prestigious stage. It wasn’t all easythere were some stressful moments as school life is so busy - trying to fit in practices and ensuring that none were left behind. However, overall it was a massive success! We meet our goal, we did our best and performed really well.

Why was it such a great success? To me, it was because I saw the improvement in everyone’s performance. Especially from our waahine perspective - some of our waahine - when they first picked up the poi they didn’t know where to begin,

however, at the end of it all we performed an entire item (well). I couldn’t be more proud of each and every one of our waahine. Our performance put us on high for a week. However, the relationships we built within our roopu will stay with us forever and I am grateful for that.

Te kapa haka o Hato Paaora had many experiences and publicly performances this year - each and everyone of them successful! I look forward to many more in the near future!

te Ao Māori within SPC has grown to new heights I could never have fathomed. All these achievements, these milestones, could not have been possible without the 28 core members who made up our rōpu.

I could list them here, yet our achievements deserve much more than a singular sentence. Therefore as final remark to the success that has been 2019. I must ‘throw praise’ at the effort, work, and commitment Matua Tahau dedicated to our rōpu. Without Matua, guiding and teaching our rōpu, it is certain that what we have achieved this year could never have occurred.

To our Tāne: The future is unknown yet the only guarantee I can give is that it will be hard. When you need it, don’t be afraid to seek support from the members around you. This rōpu will always be there. Support it, and it will always have your back.

To our Wāhine: Make your impact. Your journey at SPC is short compared to the Tāne, yet don’t discount the impact you can make. Work hard, and reap the benefits that you sow.

HE PARE KAWAKAWA

To our Manu Kura Wāhine (Te Kaea 2020) : You are the link between our Tāne and Wāhine. When the Tāne are ‘playing up’ tell them. And when our Wāhine need the confidence to be bold and stand strong, be there for them.

To our Manu Kura Tāne (Te Kaea 2020): For better or for worse, you have inherited the aspirations and dreams of all Tāne who have borne Te Kaea before you. Mine, Dallas’s, Te Wāpu’s. Carry on our legacy, yet don’t be afraid to make yours as well. You only get one year to be Te Kaea, and carry out the vision you see fit. So take it, be bold, be confident, and be yourself.

Finally it has been a privilege to bear witness to the changes that have occurred over my five years of high school at SPC. To see the cultural attitude and enthusiasm for te Ao Māori change before my very eyes. To be part of this change. To know that I have made I have a legacy for others to follow and take inspiration from. And it has been an experience I will never forget.

James Te Wharehuia Milroy CNZM QSO - Ngaai Tuuhoe

Te Wharehuia was widely acknowledged for his leadership and commitment to te reo and tikanga Māori. Alongside his close friend Dr Timoti Karetu, Professor Milroy provided leadership to the University of Waikato’s Māori Studies Department through the 1980s and became Chair of the Department in 1987. He inspired the University’s motto, ‘Ko te tangata’. Te Wharehuia was conferred a University of Waikato Honorary Doctorate in 2005. Alongside Professor Pou Temara and Dr Timoti Karetu, Te Wharehuia led the establishment of Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo Māori, the Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language in 2004. He was a member of the Waitangi Tribunal, presiding over many hearings. In his time, Te Wharehuia was

also a trustee on Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust and a member of the New Zealand Geographic Board, as well as a recipient of Te Waka Toi, the Creative New Zealand award. He was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the Māori Language in 2012.

Te Wharehuia was buried at Rotorua’s Kauae cemetery alongside his late wife Niwa (Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Kahungunu). Together they had nine children including Waikato Distinguished Alumna and former Te Piringa Faculty of Law lecturer Judge Stephanie Milroy of the Māori Land Court.

Unfortunately, after a long battle with heart related issues, Matua Bidois sadly passed away on May 4 of this year. Beloved grandfather of Ethan, Jaime, and Charlotte, loving father of Todd and Aaron, and husband to Pamela Anderton, Brian Bidois will surely be missed, and his legacy will be led on by his whaanau in the future. A Christian and academic, Brian Bidois was a leader and gentleman, even for his young age of 74. His leadership skills were unmatched in an ever increasing competitive wood market. Brian Bidois already had a strong memory and personal relationship with the St. Paul’s community. During his youth, as a young entrepreneur, Brian visited the old wood village of Tihoi, able to remember all the small details, even in its new state. The school was a staunch reminder of

his efforts in the industry, and will remain a focal point in his family’s name. As sighted, the SPC Kapa Haka team lead a school Haka upon his burial. A musician himself, and self proclaimed Maaori Elvis, I believed this would have left him satisfied, wherever he resides now.

Pamela Bidois would like to make it known that this is much appreciated, and would like to thank Tahau Thompson, as well as Grant Lander, in giving the team an opportunity in sending off a spectacular man. His witty, and dear I say, Unpc like humour will be sorely missed. However, he shall serve as a celebration of life and how it should be lived to the fullest. May he Rest In Peace.

TE KAEA NAA TE WAITI RAWIRI

Matua Brian Bidois - Ngaai Te Rangi

THE WELCOME BACK REUNION

CELEBRATING 60 YEARS 2019

It was 60 years ago that the fields of the Great Oaks Farm were levelled to make way for a sports ground and three basic school blocks that would be the beginning of St Paul’s Collegiate School. Up to today, 29,229 students have passed through the main gate and have earned the right to call themselves Collegians of St Paul’s.

8-9 MARCH,

Past and current staff gathered on the evening of Thursday 7 March and were treated to some behind-the-scenes teacher stories from Vic Matthews, Judy Shaw and Michael Lawrence.

On the afternoon of Friday 8 March – the official opening of the Welcome Back Reunion – Collegians witnessed a rousing haka from current students, a spine-tingling choir item and Tihoi anecdotes from Mike Shaw (staff, 1970-2002).

Tours of the school followed and in the evening, they mixed and mingled in the gymnasium.

On Saturday 9 March, hundreds of people milled around the school taking tours, eating, mingling, playing tennis and enjoying the Collegians vs Collegians cricket match. Those who woke up on time, made it to the era photos.

In the evening of Saturday 9 March, Collegians met in the transformed gymnasium for a beautiful dinner and were entertainment by MC Benny Castles (Williams 1997-2001) who interviewed some Collegians on the couch. To celebrate St Paul’s 60th anniversary, all students (except those at Tihoi) formed a

PHOTO CREDIT Mark Hamilton

THE REUNION EVENTS

NEW TIMELINE MARKS SCHOOL’S OPENING

The twelfth of February 2019 marked an historic event for the school. On this same day 60 years ago, St Paul’s Collegiate School opened its doors for the first time to 59 students and five staff members.

To mark this occasion, the whole school gathered in the gym to watch the unveiling of the school’s historic timeline. As with any birthday celebration, cake was also shared.

The timeline, which stretches 25m long, is divided into decades and illustrates the school’s humble beginnings 60 years ago, its milestones, its new facilities and its highs and lows through to today. The timeline also references national and world events so perspective can be placed on the events and activities happening at St Paul’s in the same era.

One of St Paul’s longest serving staff members, Mr Pat Plant and his wife Diana cut the cake before a slice was made available to every student as they left the gym.

Each decade of the timeline was revealed by current staff members who were past students of the school

and now teachers at St Paul’s. These teachers are Guy Johnstone (Sargood 1990-1994), Byron de Beer (School 2002-2006) Andrea Dela Rue (Harington 1985-1986), Ryan McCarthy (Sargood 1993-1997), Michael Rameka (Williams 1997-1999) and Daniel Teka (Sargood 2001-2005) while Mr Andrew Bryant (School, Hamilton 1959-1964), one of the school’s foundation pupils, revealed the board explaining the history of the land and the 1950s era.

The timeline remains on display in its permanent home in the school gym.

HERITAGE SITES REVEAL UNTOLD STORIES

There’s no doubt that over the course of 60 years some amazing stories will be uncovered. This was certainly the case when researching the school’s history to identify significant historical sites on the school’s grounds for a heritage trail.

As part of the school’s 60th anniversary celebrations, research was undertaken to identify sites, either steeped in history or recognised as significant landmarks on the school grounds. These 15 sites form a self-guided heritage trail distinguishable by a sign, explaining the site’s early days and its development, through a series of images and stories.

Some interesting stories were uncovered through this process. One includes how paranormal activity in Williams House caused temperatures to drop, odd sounds to be heard and items being moved without any explanations, back in 2004. A discovery was also made about the three cypress trees that were descended from cones found in the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem. These trees are now planted in the school’s Garden of Remembrance on the western side of the chapel.

The heritage trail includes sites such as the Chapel of Christ the King, Mary Hornsby Music Centre, Lissette Field and tower block, Garden of

Remembrance, Hornsby Library and others. The trail can be travelled by any visitor to the school. Maps will be available from the school office for self-guided tours.

SCHOOL BALL

SCHOOL BALL

DIRECTOR OF TEACHING & LEARNING

MR J COLEY

As I sit in the iconic Hornsby library – a building ready to be demolished and replaced by a new learning hub – I reflect on education at SPC, past, present, and future. As with any change, one must reflect on how many students both past and present have used this space over the years to study, read, socialise and academically stretch themselves. How many teachers have devoted countless hours in this space to ensure academic success is met and that students strive to maximise their talent? Nostalgically, libraries offer an area of solace in a very vibrant and busy school. They are sanctuaries for some. Firmly, books still offer an escape from the present and allow one to delve into other worlds filling minds with adventure, emotion, drama, conflict they inspire potential future travels or careers based on discoveries made. However, progress and looking toward the future must be at the core of any teaching and learning decisions. We know as a school, that the functionality is not present day and evolution must take precedence. It promises to be a magnificent new space on completion.

The idea of evolving as a school has more to do than keeping pace with changes in education but also changes in the student body as Gen Z and Gen Alpha lead the way. Staff pride themselves on the ability to foster relationships within the classroom and in extracurricular sport, cultural and service activities. To make a difference in teaching, relationships are at the very core. It is not throwing out all that has come before but to strike a balance. The following is an apt reflection:

“The point of good education is to expose children to the best of what has been learned, spoken or thought over the past ten thousand years of human civilisation. It’s their intellectual paycheck. Enjoy it and spend some today. Invest the rest where it can mature and pay dividends forever. Not everything should or will become immediately or obviously useful or relevant.”( Robert

Pondiscio)

Teachers at St Paul’s Collegiate work tirelessly to add to this intellectual paycheck. Hours and hours of extra tutorials are offered before school, during lunchtimes, after school and in the evenings. I sometimes marvel at the students and teachers juggling all their commitments: academic, sporting, cultural and in the service realm. These extra sessions are immensely appreciated by the students and makes our teaching fraternity here a special one. Fundamentally, the relatively small size of our school in comparison to a large portion of schools in New Zealand enables for relationships between staff and students to be at the fore. Mutually respectful, reciprocal, challenging and amiable are

words that spring to mind. This doesn’t happen everywhere and it is the opportunities that are abundantly on offer here that makes it immensely impressive. Below, I will highlight a few areas in 2019 that have added to their intellectual paycheck. The space allocated for this report only allows me to scratch the surface and the old adage applies - a picture paints a thousand words.

Staff here are incredibly fortunate to take part in extremely good professional development. Some 14 St Paul’s staff took on the He Papa Tikanga Level 3 course this year. Some staff travelled to

the Future Schools Conference in Melbourne which offered an invigorating look into modern education pathways. Others were heavily involved in leading local professional development in our region and in Aotearoa. Staff gave up their holiday time to take part in conferences either in a participatory role or as presenters whilst other more holistic opportunities arose with speakers such as Andrew Fuller and Paul Dillon speaking in house about important societal issues. Regardless, staff are urged to be reflective practitioners to continue to evolve in the profession and ensure that their skill sets are abreast of all the happenings in modern education. This year we have introduced Appraisal Connector which is a reflective tool which aids teachers to consistently reflect on their teaching and learning practices against the New Zealand Curriculum as well as share professional development learnings across the school between faculties both at St Paul’s and Tihoi.

Tihoi adds a uniqueness to our school and the students have the opportunity to engage in an authentic curriculum that suits the environment. Visiting this year, I saw first hand the boys studying Geology with the practical elements being in the hills and surrounds that flank Tihoi. The staff there are constantly looking at ways to stretch our students and the mind is of equal importance to the outdoor expeditions that most remember Tihoi for. Students may not truly appreciate the jewel that is Tihoi but much like a jewel’s creation with pressure and time, the true value is measured perhaps after they leave. This would not happen without the dedicated staff that live and breath this unique educational space.

Numerous new initiatives have been introduced this year across different areas. Technology usage in the classroom is of real importance in numerous ways. It was always a pleasure to walk into classes and see technology used well and staff here are fortunate to have the expertise of Simon Ward to drive this as well as the teachers own desire to attend Professional Development Sessions, conferences like U-learn et al to ensure high-quality engagement. I particularly enjoyed the Art Department’s monthly ART Talk digital newsletter celebrating the diversity of student work. I am positive the students did also.

Lastly, this year we farewell some fantastic educators. They have been exceptional teachers and the intellectual knowledge in their respective subjects is immense and nearly irreplaceable. Peter Hampton, Defyd Williams, Kelly Saunders, Craig Morton and Andrea Dela Rue will be farewelled in term four and I’m sure all those students both past and present who read this will have many a story to tell about the leavers. I will leave their contribution to St Paul’s with their bio’s that are part of this magazine.

The upcoming changes in education are of great interest to all involved in the vocation of teaching. 2019 has sped by and we farewell not only the aforementioned colleagues but the Year 13 students and other leavers who have truly left their mark. May you look back fondly at your time and we will follow your careers and future endeavours with interest.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

MRS H RICHARDSON

DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

In our little corner of the world for some, it can be hard to imagine the richness and diversity of other countries culture, and societies, which is why our international students and their experiences, make them such important members of our school.

Over the year, we have 43 students from 10 countries (Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, France, China, Germany, Tonga, USA and Taiwan). Young people proud of who they are, and where they come from, confident and happy to share a little of their culture with us.

At the start of every year, we encourage our international students to contemplate their holistic development and ways they may be able to embrace a new country, culture, language, school, and learning environment. We have been delighted to see a large number of our students participating in a wide range of co-curricular activities and representing our school in many different areas. These experiences, not only improve their sporting, musical, academic and leadership abilities, but also provide them with the skills to develop friendships with local students, manage their time effectively, and learn the importance of teamwork and becoming true global citizens.

Many of our international students are highly motivated and this year we have seen a number of strong leaders emerge within our international cohort. These fine young people are strong role models and I have no doubt they will inspire our

2020 year 13’s to follow their example. This year Simon Han, international student and prefect, spent two weeks living and studying economics at one of the University of Cambridge’s prestigious colleges – St Catharine’s College. Simon is a top achiever academically, an accomplished tennis player, a member of the concert band, and school choir. Simon shared the following comments when interviewed about his experience.

“I have benefited so much from my time here in New Zealand and at St Paul’s. I feel I fit the values better here as I can excel in not just academics, but also other areas like my sport and music. I have set high goals for myself and by coming here and studying NCEA, I have more confidence in myself to reach those goals, and for that I am extremely grateful”.

INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIO

Prefects Simon Han and Nick Karton have led this year’s international portfolio team, encouraging and mentoring our international student representatives. The passion and enthusiasm displayed by both of these young men is to be greatly admired. They allocated each team member various tasks and responsibilities during the year and were instrumental in the organisation of annual activities including Race Relations Day, International Week, “Happy Birthday” morning tea celebrations, student trips and community service work.

Our students have embraced the concept of community service. The Community Fridge project was well managed by Lamer Li and Zainal Wong who each fortnight encouraged and supported students to cook something to sell at morning tea. Their efforts were well rewarded raising over $880.00 for the year to date which has been used to purchase fruit and vegetables weekly for the

Hamilton Combined Christian Foodbank. Students have also volunteered to native trees and plants at Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park, an ecological restoration project.

During this year’s International Week Stark Sun shared some of his thoughts with us on his first experiences as an international student at St Paul’s.

“What does ‘International’ mean to you? I asked myself that question. For me, ‘International’ means Family. I am delighted that our school can provide an International Centre. It allows students from different countries to exchange ideas learn English and communicate in English as well as the opportunity to problem-solve with students from our own country if needed. There are three kind ladies to help us solve our problems, whether it is to do with study, life in general or accommodation. There are also many ‘brothers and sisters’, although we are from different countries and do not share the same first language. This, however, does not prevent us from helping and supporting each other.

I still remember when I first came to this school, Year 10, Term 2 in 2017. It was a Sunday night, and I was at the door of Williams House. For me, Williams House is my other family here. There were housemasters, staff and dorm mates who helped and took care of me. However, the next day, I officially started my St Paul’s life. The kind ladies began to help me buy the school uniform, explain the school

rules and test my English, you know, the test results were not very good, so they kindly did not tell me the results, I am very grateful. They arranged for senior students from the International Centre to show me around the school and explain what school life is like from the students’ perspective. The first few weeks are the hardest for any international student because we have not fully adapted to the English environment and teaching style. Initially, we have to spend twice as much time to learn the same information. We use a Google translation workbook first, translate into our first language, and then absorb the knowledge. International students have to work very hard to become successful.

I am very grateful to the teachers and the student leaders for their support during that time. It was really helpful! Now, two years later, I am helping new students, transition into our school, and assisting them with the process of integrating because I know how much it means to have support during that time — that kind of ‘family’ help. And finally, thank you for supporting our international students here at St Paul’s.”

As the end of year approaches it is always, a sad time for our department, a time to farewell some of our students. However, we are heartened when we read some of their farewell messages to us. Below are some comments from our 2018 leavers:

“I couldn’t ask for better family or friends. St Pauls will always be held in my heart. Thank you for some of the greatest memories in my life.”

Patchara Jirapanyayut 2013 - 2018

“St Paul’s is like a second home. I had new experiences and made new friends. I have really enjoyed studying here for the past two years. Thank you so much for all your support.”

Belle Thaviyonchai 2016 - 2018

“St Paul’s really changed and shaped me in a good way. Thank you everyone for these special years of my life. I will definitely miss this place.”

Marcus Li 2015 - 2018

Finally, I would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the wonderful support by our host families and local guardians. Our international students are welcomed into homes and families. Many families go to great lengths to transport the students, celebrate birthday, support students in their school events and take them on weekend trips. Thank you for giving our students a place to call their second home.

INTERNATIONAL WEEK

NICK KARTON

During the week of September 2nd to the 6th, St Paul’s held its annual International Week, providing an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the cultures and diversity within our school community.

Apart from New Zealand, our students and staff represent over 27 countries. By highlighting the many cultures we have we have here at St Paul’s; we hoped that our kiwi students would use the opportunity to discover something that they did not know before. For our international students and staff, it was an opportunity to make them feel a bit more at home and to share their own culture.

Before this special week could happen, there was a lot of preparation involved. As St Paul’s also celebrated its 60th anniversary this year, we wanted to really ‘spice things up’ in the international department.

Students were involved in all areas, ranging from organising to decorating, cooking and performing. After school finished on Friday, international students got together to start decorating the school with cultural items from around the world.

International flags were hung in the Student Centre and Chapel. The Dining Hall was also decorated with cultural items, and our catering staff provided ethnic food. As the posters and decorations were being displayed and the week began to take shape, it was hard not to get excited. The decorations created an incredible international atmosphere around the school.

Day 1 of International Week, the school was ablaze with colours of the flags, displayed around the school.

Students and staff had prepared international food from Thailand, Japan, South Africa, Chile, France, Germany and Spain and sold it during morning tea in the Student Centre. Many students enjoyed tasting snacks from different countries.

Later that day at our school assembly, Matua Tahau Thompson blessed the week showing the friendship between our international students and the ‘tangata whenua’ of Aotearoa, or the native people of New Zealand.

Students were introduced to a special display of African drumming by our guest performer Yaw Asumadu, which was unique and thrilled us all.

Day 2 included some interesting video presentations from our international alumni speaking about the value of their time at St Paul’s and their achievements to date.

Due to extreme popularity, we decided to have a second day of international food stalls. We offered a wide range of international foods from Tonga, Korea, China and the UK. The sales were even more successful than the first day! All of the proceeds were donated to the Community Fridge project that our international students have supported throughout the year.

During the week, it was also exciting to see some international students leading the Chapel service using his or her own native language, again showing the diversity in the school.

Another highlight was the amazing performance from Jaby, Kaya, Lamer and Mark who sang beautiful solos in the morning chapel service on Thursday and fully deserved the outstanding applause from students.

During the final assembly for the week, we once again focused on the international theme. Stark Sun gave an insightful presentation on his experiences at St Paul’s, followed by a dual interview by Mr Defyd Williams and Simon Han on what it means to be “A Global Citizen”.

We would like to extend a special thank you to Mr Williams who used Rewi Alley as an example to deliver some meaningful examples around international relations and friendship. Finally a big thank you to the staff and students who participated in our International Week. If it was not for you, we would not be able to have this extraordinary week, celebrating cultures from around the world.

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MATHEMATICS FACULTY

MRS T HASTIE - LOC MATHS STAFFING

Zac Jacobson – an American exchange student – completed his practical teaching stint in the Maths department for the whole of term one. Having completed his maths degree, this was the final stage in him becoming a fully qualified teacher. Zac returned to the States having contributed much, and learned much, from his time with us. We were indeed fortunate to have a student teacher of his calibre in our school. My thanks go to Katie Lilley and Neil Muirhead who joined with me in mentoring Zac through his extended time with us.

Guy Johnstone joined our team at the start of the year, having previously taught at HBHS. Guy has fitted in seamlessly and is a great addition to the Maths department. He has been responsible for teaching NCEA Level 1 and Level 2 maths, in addition to his role as Housemaster of Sargood. We look forward to his continued contribution within the department for many years to come. Welcome!

The start of Term Four will also see the addition of Paul Cakebread who has just emigrated from the UK with his wife and young son. We look forward to the contribution that Paul will make, particularly in the Calculus and Scholarship Calculus areas.

STUDENT NEWS - MATHS COMPETITION RESULTS

St Paul’s students can participate in three maths competitions across the course of the year. As each competition follows a different format, students face different challenges in each. Competition results show that once again, some of our maths students have achieved outstanding results.

The University of Otago Junior Maths Competition was sat by forty-two Year 9 – 11 students on Wednesday 3 April. Nationally, students were given one hour to answer six questions, where the emphasis is on demonstrating thinking processes on paper. This is a particularly challenging competition

The Australian Maths Competition

The Australian Maths Competition was held on Thursday 1 August. We had a good uptake of students entering from Year 9 – 13. In total, eighty-three students sat the assessment which is predominantly multiple choice in format and attempted without a calculator over 75 minutes.

Congratulations go to the following students who all gained Distinction awards. For juniors this places them in the top 20% and for seniors in the top 25% of students, respectively.

Waimaths Competition

Lastly, the Waimaths Competition was held on the evening of 13 August at Hillcrest High School for Years 9 – 11. Schools from around the Waikato entered teams made up of three students (one team per school per year level) to compete on the night. The team collaborates on answering 20 challenging problem-solving questions in 45 minutes. This requires team-work and lots of strategy around how long to spend on each question, and whether

a question is going to be passed in (unsolved) in order to complete all 20 questions in the timeframe allowed.

Our thanks go to all the students, who participated in these competitions, and to all those maths teachers who helped in the organisation and running of these various events.

for students as they must communicate problem solving strategies.

Congratulations go to the following students who have performed admirably:

Year 9: Eddie Bi – Awarded Merit, scoring 55 points

Year 9: Scott Zhou – Awarded a Top 30 placing, scoring 74 points

Year 10: Max Fletcher – Awarded a Top 100 placing, scoring 69 points

Year 11: Jessamyn Freyberg – Awarded a Top 100 placing, scoring 66 points

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NZ – a fantastic achievement!

SOCIAL SCIENCES FACULTY

MRS A BROMWICHLOC SOCIAL SCIENCES

A year of lightning – comings, goings and retirements announced – the social sciences barely had time to take a breath.

Christina Nicholaas, appointed LOC Social Sciences in Term 3, 2018 produced a bundle of joy named Mariette and took maternity leave at the end of Term 2, 2019. She has since won a position as National Moderator of Assessment for History and resigned. Her energy was boundless, she made a significant contribution to the Hauora pastoral programme. In social studies she was very keen on inquiry method and social action. She made some changes to the existing programme. We wish her well.

Angela Bromwich took over as LOC (Leader of Curriculum); Defyd Williams (HOD History) and Craig Morton (HOD Geography), two social sciences stalwarts, announced they would retire at the end of the year.

TOURISM

One of the highlights of tourism this year was the overnight trip to Rotorua. This trip occurs every year and links students directly to the assessments on social and cultural impacts of tourism and the sustainability of tourism in a given location. Students were able to experience mud spas at Hells Gate as well as the more common spas at the Polynesian Pools. They also had the opportunity to take the tour through Te Puia and its associated geothermal environment. Of special interest were the carving and weaving schools where Maori students are taught the various skills by master craftspeople.

This year we were also able to experience the night walk through the Redwoods. This is a relatively new attraction and it provided our students with a different experience as to how a new tourist attraction can be created.

The emphasis on the second day was sustainability. We used Canopy Tours as our case study for this part of the field trip. All students participated in this activity, ziplining through the forest canopy as well as gathering information about the company’s sustainable practices. A very action-packed two days but one that yielded a lot of information and exciting experiences.

A TRIBUTE TO DEFYD HUGH WILLIAMS (HOD HISTORY): “THE PASSING OF AN ERA”.

Mr Williams was appointed HOD History and Social Studies by Greg Fenton (Headmaster) in 2005. According to Mr Williams, this was one of the most astute decisions made by Mr Fenton in his tenure as Headmaster. Who could debate the legitimacy of this historic statement? Indeed, in interviewing Mr Williams, he modestly admitted that Mr Fenton had indicated that his application was one of the most interesting he had ever read. Mr Williams had taught at numerous schools in Christchurch, Southland, the United Kingdom, and was an old boy of “All Black Academy” Christchurch Boys High School. After teaching he had been employed by The Press (Christchurch) to manage and coordinate their Newspapers in Education department, gaining some journalist skills over 13 years. His next career move was with the Christchurch College of Education on a three year Ministry of Education contract to advise school boards, having served on several he was qualified to give advice. He also developed the ThinkSafe Schools programme for ACC. Suffice to say St Paul’s Collegiate School was very fortunate to appoint a talented educationalist, who was prepared to take on missionary service in the heart of the Waikato. The Crusaders theme song the chilling “Conquest of Paradise” was replaced with the sound of ringing cow bells and the chant of “Moo Loo, Moo Loo”. Missionary service indeed.

Mr Williams was a reflective teacher who believed in empowering the student in student-centred learning. His classroom seating arrangement was always clustered in groups, facilitating group discussion and student ownership of the learning process. Pedagogy was a huge word and Defyd was a contemporary example of the miracle of learning, as indicated in the captivating movie “Dead Poets Society”. This comparison sits well with his work in mentoring junior Social Science students in the accelerate student program Cambridge IGCSE Global Perspectives sat in Year 10 and his outstanding results in Scholarship History. Mr Williams also contributed to setting up regional and national initiatives with the instigation of CNISSA (Central North Island Social Studies Association), ASSEN (Aotearoa Social Studies Educators Network) and hosted the National History NZHTA Conference at St Pauls Collegiate School. I attended four National Social Science Conferences, held in the holidays, with Mr Williams showing his commitment to teaching and learning.

History saw some huge changes with Christina

Mr Williams inherited a History Department at a low ebb, having had four HODs in as many years – a slight exaggeration. With missionary vision and enthusiasm he set about rebuilding the department. His outstanding teaching and humorous approach proved popular with students. Academic results improved and the numbers opting for History increased. When Mr Williams arrived there were three small classes in History, and gradually throughout his reign, he increased both student numbers and classes to six. No mean feat, when the senior curriculum was expanding in a small school. This was testimony to “The Man”.

Moving on. Mr Williams made numerous contributions to co-curricular activities. He spent a number of years in pastoral care, being an Assistant Housemaster of Clark House and Sargood House. Many a good story could be told about the ebbs and flows of teenager behaviour. Mr Williams coached numerous successful teams in Rugby and was Manager of the Schools 1st XV. He ended his significant rugby contributions by returning to his journalistic talents as “Side-line Sam” in 2019. Mr Williams was an astute debating mentor for the many debating teams over the years and member of the staff team in their regular battles with the prefects. He edited the Collegian annual publication for five years, He was a collegial staff member serving as a longstanding member of the Staff Social Committee. He is already working on his ‘retirement’ job coordinating the first TRCC (Teacher Refresher) course for the compulsory teaching of NZ History in Wellington and Waitangi during the October holidays 2020.

in 2018, hosted by St Paul’s Collegiate School, MUNA (model United Nations) was educational

Who could cover everything? One would have to write a book. One could accept that maybe Greg Fenton got it right by commenting that Defyd Williams had one of the most interesting CVs he had read. Thanks Defyd for your missionary zeal, you can return to the homeland with your head held high, your red and black eye patch on, and the familiar rings of that classic music “Conquest of Paradise”.

Written by Mr CI Morton (HOD Geography)

A TRIBUTE TO CRAIG MORTON (HOD GEOGRAPHY): “OLD SCHOOL TEACHER”.

Craig Morton, friend and colleague, is an old school teacher – a passing generation – not meaning that he is old, but that he represents the values of subject teachers who once knew a lot of stuff about their subject. Unfortunately, NCEA, a system designed for millennial teachers and generation XYZ students, means that to succeed you need to know more and more about less and less.

Whether in the classroom or the rugby field, Craig is a vortex of unstoppable energy. Visit his classroom to borrow something or ask a question – when in full flight, he will not be interrupted – you expect to be ignored and will wait at least 10 minutes for a response. He is passionate about current events and issues – firstly grappling to understand them himself – ultimately explaining them to his class, wrapped in a compelling geographical package. His understanding and way of explaining global patterns, or what traditional geographers called the spatial distribution of phenomena on the surface of the earth, is nothing short of brilliant. The six Geography Scholarships his students received in 2017 and eight Geography Scholarships in 2018 would suggest that nationally he is a teacher without par.

As a rugby coach and a classroom teacher Craig’s greatest skills are based on demonstrating the small components of the game or topic, which are vital for success. I was fortunate to co-coach with Craig in two Under 14 St Paul’s teams, who won the U14 Waikato Championship. Game plans and tactics are part of the game I love, but without Craig’s eye for detail on the tiny things that happen at rucks, mauls, lineouts, defensive patterns and on-attack scenarios, these teams would be playing for lollies rather than shields. Craig and Gary Henley Smith were two of the most successful 1st XV coaches in the history of the school. Their wins over Hamilton Boys and advancement to the nation’s Top 8 in the early years of the millennium are legendary.

When Craig, friend that he is, was asked to take over the Housemaster’s position at Sargood – halfway through a year with the incumbent leaving – he enlisted me as Assistant Housemaster. Having served four years in Clark House, I had the experience, done my time, and got used to a more leisurely lifestyle. What could I do but accept Craig’s request? Suffice to say the cut and thrust of boarding provided its ups and downs. However, in the end, Craig should be satisfied with the work that he accomplished as boarding housemaster. He established some good systems for his successor.

Craig, in many ways, is the brother I never had, but he often forgets that I am the older brother and he can be the annoying younger brother that constantly reminds me that he is better than me at virtually everything. I think students have enjoyed our regular visits to each other’s classes and the quality of banter and points scoring. In Craig’s case, it’s not just the end of an era, but the end of an aura. His humorous comments in staff meetings are mostly appreciated, especially as subject matter can be serious or stuffy. When the Headmaster announced PPTA’s success in pay negotiation, Craig announced that he had rescinded his resignation. On another occasion he gave a great demonstration of breathing techniques when a senior manager was being serious about staff well-being and mindfulness. Sometimes, I have been paired with him as one of the two old gents from the Muppet Show. What do you think of the show so far? Rubbish!

Not wanting my introduction to imply that old means lacking innovation, I have admired Craig’s ability to see the future. Unfortunately, our drone programme was moved out of Year 10 to make way for inquiry learning and social action, but his use of GIS in Year 11 geography makes the subject interesting and relevant for future careers. He is a keen sailor, from ancient sailing skills to America’s Cup technology, I am sure that Craig’s future will lie somewhere in blending the old and the new. Best wishes colleague, friend, and mentor.

Written by Mr D.H Williams (HOD History)

ENTERPRISE STUDIES

Year 10 Enterprise, as usual, had huge success at both their two market days that are held prior to the boys departing for Tihoi. The boys learned vital lessons about product planning, marketing and sales.

COMMERCE

2019 saw the introduction of Year 11 Business to the already existing Year 11 Economics and Year 11 Accounting courses. The uptake to Year 11 Business was three classes and they became pioneers in digital examinations. They were the first classes at St Paul’s to answer their examination on computers and will continue with this successful digital innovation in the NCEA external examinations in Term 4.

Year 11 Business classes completed an internal assessment on recruitment, which included a trip to Waikato Stadium to check out the facilities and to learn how the Waikato Rugby Union recruit their high performance rugby players.

Year 13 Accounting took their usual trip to Gallaghers for job costing - working out the cost of products - and gaining insights on how Gallaghers seeks to get the best margin for their products.

SCIENCE FACULTY

MR D SMITHLOC SCIENCES

Science teachers are often thought of as not being particularly creative types and not prone to engaging in deeper thinking. By virtue of the subject matter they teach, they are regarded by some as mere conduits for the facts and figures that their pupils need to pass their examinations. Some may label science teachers as educators entrenched within a teaching paradigm, where the teacher gives the material and the pupil practises that material until they can repeat it back to the teacher. In content-rich subjects such as those taught in the sciences, this approach can be the default for some teachers. The St Paul’s Collegiate Science Faculty, however, is very much removed from this perception.

The department is replete with an eclectic, and let’s be honest, somewhat eccentric mix of staff. That mix of different educational, vocational and life experiences provides for a rich learning experience for St Paul’s pupils as they move through the junior school and into their chosen sciences as seniors. The teaching of scientific content, if done poorly, can cause disinterest in a learner from a young age. However, in the hands of creative, progressive, and passionate practitioners, a life-long awareness and interest in the role science plays in our world and beyond can be infused into young and malleable minds. In a world where science is increasingly being looked to for solutions to global problems, the science teacher plays a vital role in equipping young people with the necessary understanding to contribute to future problemsolving. It is the view of the St Paul’s Science Faculty that no matter what career path a pupil ends up taking, a fundamental

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understanding of the processes occurring in the world around them is imperative to good future decision making.

The staff in our department understand the responsibility they have, and continue to think deeply about and evolve their craft in order to achieve these lofty and admirable goals.

2019 has been full of highlights within the Science Faculty, both collectively and individually. The collegiality within the group is second to none and the envy of most within the school. The wonderful balance between levity and gravity creates a working environment that encourages and fosters new initiatives. The faculty continues to unashamedly champion itself as the bastions of academia within the school, while also through its staff’s heavy involvement in all aspects of school life, remaining cognizant of the holistic nature of our pupil’s education.

For a collective to achieve remarkable things, it must be made up of remarkable individuals. And it has been a highlight of this year to see some members of our group recognised for their wonderful individual contributions.

Two of our top senior students also received honours during the year. Lucy Simmonds and Marnie Best were acknowledged as top student scholars at the Kudos Science Excellence Awards. In addition, Marnie was selected to attend the Future Experiences in Agriculture, Science and Technology programme at the University of Queensland, through a grant from the Royal Society. It is pleasing to us as a faculty that these two exceptionally talented young scientists are considering possible careers in scientific research, something we would like to see more of our young talent considering as a career pathway.

As a faculty, we look forward to the challenges and undoubted triumphs that 2020 will bring, and we wish our pupils and their families all the very best for the summer break.

RAEWYN KEENE - SCIENCE FACULTY TECHNICIAN 2019 KAY MEMMOTT SCIENCE TECHNICIAN NATIONAL AWARD

Raewyn Keene has provided many years of loyal and expert service to our faculty. Being the only person with a knowledge of the practical requirements for each of the subjects, she is pivotal to the running of the faculty. 2019 saw Raewyn acknowledged by two separate organisations for her work. She was recognised locally by being named as a finalist for the Laboratory Technologist Kudos Science Excellence Awards; and then won the 2019 Kay Memmott Science Technician National Award for services to Science Technicians in New Zealand. The faculty is truly proud of Raewyn’s achievements, and we know more than anyone just how deserving she is of these accolades.

E-PRO8 CHALLENGE

On Friday, 15th March, four junior science teams enter the E-Pro8 Challenge competition. This was a regional heat, where teams worked for 2 1/2 hours on problem-solving challenges, involving engineering skills, innovation and the construction of devices.

Our Year 9 team, SPC Perpetual Motion, made up of Jack Thomas, Fred Phillips, Sam Jefferis and

Scott Zhou were victorious on the day and qualified for the semi-finals. The Semi-final competition was held at Mission Heights Junior College in Auckland on the 11th April from 5pm to 8pm. Again the boys competed strongly had the lead at one point, but they got stuck on one challenge and they finished a creditable 5th.

2019 also saw the retirement of Peter Hampton. Much has been said of the massive contribution Peter has made to the development of the Agribusiness programme and to the wider school as a senior manager. We would like to acknowledge Peter Hampton the science teacher. He always said that the highlight of his day was the classes he got to teach, and he did so with as much enthusiasm as he did when he first started out all those decades ago. He was a highly valued teacher at both junior and senior level, and was the doyen of Scholarship Earth and Space Science with his unparallelled knowledge across the broad range of topics in that subject. The faculty was also always appreciative of Peter being the ‘voice of the sciences’ within senior management. His knowledge, humour, friendship and humanity will be sorely missed and we wish him all the very best for his retirement.

MRS K ALLEN - AGRIBUSINESS CURRICULUM DIRECTOR

St Paul’s Collegiate School Agribusiness programme was announced as a finalist in the 2019 International School Awards. The awards, formerly the British International School Awards, celebrate learning, teaching, community, pastoral care, leadership and strategic initiatives at schools across the globe. They provide the opportunity for schools to share best practice, creative endeavours, community participation and innovation. Selected from over 200 applications, St Paul’s was shortlisted in the Teaching Initiative award category for “the creation and development of an original, innovative, multidisciplinary teaching and learning agribusiness programme for Year 12 and 13 students”. The other finalists in the teaching initiative award category were Dulwich College Seoul, South Korea; Western Academy of Beijing, China; and DelCampo School, Honduras. The winners were announced at a prestigious ceremony on January 21 at Covent Garden in London. In attendance from St Paul’s were Deputy Headmaster and Director of Agribusiness, Mr Hampton and Agribusiness Curriculum Director, Mrs Kerry Allen. Whilst St Paul’s was not named as the winner – the award going to Dulwich College Seoul – it was an honour and privilege to be chosen as a finalist.

Throughout the year, the Agribusiness classes Levels 2 and 3 have carried out many practical activities including making cheese, beer, wine, and biltong. They have had the opportunity to listen to many guest speakers, including business entrepreneurs, all of which the students thoroughly enjoyed.

The Year 12 Agribusiness class spent a day out on a field trip to Rawhiti Pork, located in the hills above Te Aroha. Students learnt about commercial pork production in New Zealand and how the business is affected by external factors that impact both directly and indirectly on them.

Students from Year 13 Agribusiness visited Taupo Beef and Lamb located on Glen Emmreth Farm on the shores of Lake Taupo and is owned by former St Paul’s parents Mike and Sharon Barton. The students learnt about future-proofing strategies and farming sustainably including understanding the restrictions on the amount of nutrients particularly nitrogen allowed on soil. Marketing of Taupo Beef and Lamb’s products were also discussed.

The Year 13 Agribusiness students wowed the six judges with their creativity, problem-solving and presentation skills when they succinctly pitched their innovation in this year’s Crocodile Pit. From calf feeding dividers, recyclable mesh wrap for growing fruit, to apps that assist with stock management, the students displayed a range of innovative concepts. Jana Stokes, Cate Wilson, Pearl Lovell, Abby Bartels and Lucy Gray, were the winning team who took out the competition with their floating electro unit for keeping animal water troughs clean. ‘Bobble Trough’ is a 24/7 automated trough float with a small submerged electrode which releases copper ions into the trough water, preventing the growth of algae and microorganisms. The group received a $400 cash prize. In second place was ‘Gate +’. Daniel Pearse, Sanraj Dhaliwal and Douwe de Boer designed a custom-built gate for calf trailers preventing calves from escaping when being unloaded. The product attaches to the back of existing trailers and can be modified to fit. Third place went to Teaghan Singh, Carlin Vollebregt and Mikayla McClennan, who devised an aluminium divider for a calf feeder. It works to train and assist calves while feeding on a calfateria, stopping them from coming in contact with one another and ensuring they each receive the same amount of milk. The judging panel consisted of Bob Weir, Carla Muller, Elaine Cook, Tony Egan, Nick Dromgool and Peter Welham.

These three winning teams entered their innovations in the Grassroots Innovation Awards at the National Fieldays, where ‘Bobble Trough’ and ‘Gate +’ groups placed first and second respectively in the Young Innovator of the Year competition.

Two Year 13 students (Douwe De Boer and Daniel Pearse) and a Year 12 student (Curtly Harper) attended the Rabobank Agri-Leadership programme in January. The programme was based at Waikato University’s Hamilton campus. Attendees spent four action-packed days probing the primary sector career spectrum from the soil science of AgResearch and marketing of Zespri to the velvet trade and Silver Fern Farms’ meat processing. The boys had a great time and came away from the programme more aware of the vast opportunities that are available in the primary sector.

AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE

All Levels of Agricultural and Horticultural Science classes went on field trips in 2019. Students from the Year 11 Agricultural and Horticultural Science classes went to Hamilton Gardens and Gavin’s Goat Farm. At Hamilton Gardens they were exposed to world-class, theme designed gardens and the students looked at plant propagation techniques, plant management practices and landscaping. At Gavin’s Goat Farm, the students learned about dairy goat production and livestock management practices. They thoroughly enjoyed visiting both of these sites.

The Year 12 Agricultural and Horticultural Science class went to Livestock Improvement’s Artificial Breeding Centre to have a better understanding of artificial breeding and the process of artificial insemination. The Year 13’s travelled to Te Puke to visit a kiwifruit orchard and packhouse to further their understanding of kiwifruit production processes.

Throughout the year, the Agricultural and Horticultural Science students have been working in the orchard – pruning, grafting, weeding, tying etc. The orchard is coming along nicely and we have harvested our first crops!

St Paul’s Collegiate School had the pleasure of hosting 13 students and three teachers from Stanthorpe State High School on a study tour of New Zealand. The tour was for Agricultural and Horticultural Science students who wanted to gain an understanding of New Zealand Agricultural and Tourism Industries. Whilst at St Paul’s they visited a number of sites in the Waikato including Livestock Improvement Artificial Breeding Centre, Zealong Tea Estate, Gavin’s Goat Farm, and Hamilton Gardens.

THE ARTS FACULTY

has been the opening of the new recording studio, which will, no doubt, get a lot of use, as our students get used to recording their work in such a quality space. We were lucky enough to get a workshop earlier in the year to find out how it all works.

MRS K SAUNDERS -

MR B RAWSONLOC ARTS (SHARED)

Hello from the Arts Faculty. Made up of HOD Art Mrs Kelly Saunders, Assistant Visual Art Teachers Miss Jarna Old and Mr Blair Heaton; HOD Music, Mr Tim Carpenter and HOD Drama, Mr Bruce Rawson.

The Music department has had another busy and successful year, with the talents of our students on show on several occasions. Most regularly, we have had performances in our assemblies. Well done to those students who have had the courage and talent to get up in front of their peers and fellow students and do such amazing performances.

An exciting development in the Music department

This year also saw us farewell Ms Michelle Flint; who left us after many years of faithful and quality service and dedication to our students. We wish her all the very best for the future.

The Drama departments talented students have produced some very exciting and original work. A real highlight for some of us was the Zenzenzo workshop in March. Some of the work that came out of this was revolutionary and seriously good quality. The biggest highlight of all, however, was the opening of the new Drama/Dance studio. A huge step up from the old hall. This purpose-built space has the potential to be one of the best performance spaces in the city. I am really looking forward to getting it fully set up with lights and sound to add another layer of quality to our NCEA performances.

2019 has been an incredibly busy year for the Art Department. We welcomed Miss Jarna Old to St Paul’s and Mrs Saunders represented our school at

NEW DRAMA & PERFORMANCE CENTRE

An early morning blessing for the St Barnabas’ Annex

Following months of construction, the eagerly awaited Drama and Performance centre was blessed and opened in time for 2019 classes to begin.

In early February Revd Peter Rickman, Matua Tahau Thompson, Kaumatua Taki Turner, Te Whaiti Rawiri (Year 13) and other members of the school community gathered for the blessing of the school's new drama and performance centre.

The 'black box' room, named St Barnabas’ Annex, is a multi-purpose space for students to practise and learn the performing arts and will become a ‘backstage’ when performances are being held in the chapel.

the Adobe Symposium, in Sydney. This year the Art Department started a new initiative – Art Talk – a digital newsletter that was shared with our students parents and the wider community. This was a fantastic opportunity to highlight the impressive artwork continually produced by our Art students (at both junior and senior level). The online virtual exhibitions, started in 2018, were continued and remain to be a highlight of the senior internal assessments. A junior exhibition was also introduced. This year two senior art students selected to produce a moving folio board for their external assessment – a challenging opportunity to explore the combination of both moving video and still artworks. The two and three minutes videos produced were outstanding and will be great resources for future students heading down this path.

In 2019, once again, saw numerous excellent artworks produced across a variety of genres and subject matter – we are continually blown away by the range of creative talents that our students have and it is heart-warming to know that the majority of the 2019 leavers are continuing their studies at tertiary level in 2020 (or 2021 after a Gap year) within the Creative Industries.

FAREWELL MRS K SAUNDERS

It is with a great deal of sadness that we say farewell to Mrs Kelly Saunders at the end of 2019. An outstanding teacher, who is very highly respected by staff and students alike, she will be a huge loss to the Art Department, the Arts Faculty and the school as a whole. Mrs Saunders has been an inspiration and will leave a huge void for her replacement to attempt to fill. While it is a loss for us, it is a gain for Aquinas College, and her family, for whom the move has been made. We wish her all the best for her move and know that she will be very successful in her new role and her new endeavours.

NEW MUSIC RECORDING STUDIO 2018 Mulgrew RecordingMusicStudio unveiled

We are incredibly grateful to the Mulgrew Family who has enabled the school to have a new recording studio in the Mary Hornsby Music Centre. Our delighted students have been making their own music on the equipment in the studio this year, through some trial and error and training by Wintec

TECHNOLOGY FACULTY

MR A HARRIES - LOC TECHNOLOGY

The Technology Faculty offers a wide range of subjects for our Year 9 students to choose from which will expose them to new and different skills and build on competencies they may already have. At Year 9 they are exposed to all areas of Technology, and as they go through the different year levels they can choose to specialise in one or more of the different subject areas, depending on their strengths and interests.

Subjects offered include Computer Science, Computer Applications, Design & Visual Communication, Engineering, Furniture Making and Building & Construction. We have a creative team of teachers that inspire and encourage our students and get them ready for when they leave St Paul’s Collegiate—Mr Andrew Harries, Mr Iain Rudkin, Mrs Helen Chileshe, Mr Simon Ward, Mr Mathew Hewett and Mr Phil Clement.

YEAR 13 CONSTRUCTION

Over the past eight years, our Year 13 Construction classes have completed a number of impressive building projects. This initiative started with a Fale in Western Samoa for the victims of a tsunami. Since then, the construction students have been involved in a variety of projects from classrooms for Tihoi to an extension to the Maths and English block. This years’ challenge was to complete a four bedroom residence for the school nurse.

This year there was a strong group of seven students, who worked through the entire build process from profiling out the foundations to lining the interior.

Projects of this scale are made possible with the involvement of Thompsons ITM, who are a generous supporter of St Paul’s Collegiate School.

We are also very grateful for the builders from the wider St Paul’s community, who while busy with their own companies, always find time each month to work with the construction students. Special thanks go to Mr Trent Andrews of Tranda Construction, Livingstone Building, Steve Ross of Stewart Hannah Building and Mark May of Mark May Buildings.

We are very proud of this very successful/on-going school-industry partnership. Many of the young men who have participated have gone on to get sought after apprenticeships in the various building/support trades. All who have been involved have gained a real sense of satisfaction and for many it has proved a life-changing experience. The Construction classes over the past eight years have really enjoyed the experience and recognise that it would not have been possible without the support of the wider community.

FURNITURE MAKING

ENGLISH FACULTY

MR B SUMMERFIELD

Mandela correctly asserted that “Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savour their songs.” It is these very sentiments in mind that provide the foundation, and indeed the very impetus, for the student work that you see over the next pages.

Language, and making sense of it, manipulating it and mastering it, has always been the driving incentive for both teachers and students alike in the subjects of English, French and Spanish. Language, it whatever guise, is the universal vehicle in which the hopes, dreams and aspirations of society, are transported on. These student submissions are indicative of a generation that are trying to make sense of the world around them. As such, you will find writing on a variety of topics: personal loss, overcoming challenges, personal profiles and poetry — just to name a few.

Fiona Stapleton arrived from Kingslea School in Christchurch, where she was Assistant Principal, Youth Justice. She leads the LEU (Learning Education Unit and her goal is to strengthen and support students and teachers to achieve academic and social success at SPC.

FAREWELL TO ANDREA DELA RUE

Two Roads diverged in a yellow wood and I’m sorry I could not travel both. Frosts words ring true for Andrea’s new journey form St Paul’s to St John’s, the pilgrimage to keep striving for new challenges and new horizons.

When Andrea visited the English department in 2007 before she started in 2008, it was Gary Baillee, the previous HOD English who spoke about Andrea so fondly. It is my turn here to do the very same.

Those that know Andrea know she has a wonderful sense of self. She is kind, generous and compassionate and certainly brought those traits into her teaching, the department and the school environment. It is her generosity of spirit that was at the core of her teaching, she would donate countless hours to helping pupils whenever required and quickly they learned that she was there for them. She would challenge them to give their very best and it was the extra tuition offered in the holidays, at lunchtimes that was part of her DNA as a teacher.

Andrea is academic and loved to share her love of literature and language with the students. Of special interest to Andrea was students with severe learning differences and she would champion

YEAR 10 MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY YEAR 11 ENGINEERING

them and ensure that they had the best chance to be successful. Her meticulous organizational ability and fondness for keeping things just so was exceptional. Organizer par excellence and she took the department in new directions with the implementation of our Google Suite post iPads. She was always willing to try new things as a teacher and I’m sure, she will relish the fresh and enticing challenges that await.

She had initiative and would do things without being asked and I think her role in the production and the school magazine are exactly this- timeconsuming and rely heavily on goodwill. With all the additional commitments, she would get on and do it, rather than talk about what needs to be done, she would do. The school owes a debt of gratitude to your work in these areas and our loss is St John’s gain.

I have so enjoyed working with Andrea over the last 11 years and she immensely helped me as Asst

LOC. I will not bore you with the minutia but I’ll miss our educational chats, your thoughtfulness and generosity of spirit. We know that your long standing association which began as one of the original 5 girls here in 1980 odd will not mean that you will be lost to us, the door will always welcolme your footsteps and ww welcome your new journey amongst the Doolans. It is an exciting time for you and it would have been exceedingly easy to remain with the status quo, but that’s not who you are. I’ll leave as I started with the words of Frost signposting your exit stage left.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I, I took the one less travelled by And that has made all the difference

MR J COLEY

I often catch myself wandering among the stars. Basking in their soft glow. How many eyes have stared to the heavens? How many people have taken comfort in their embrace, just as I am right now. Some find the stars cold and depressing. Me? I find them comforting. Warm. Despite the coolness of the night, and the gentle southern breeze; amazement and wonderment fills my mind. Their light, pure and sincere.

Recognising amongst them, stand the familiar Southern Cross, and the ‘Dippers’. Big and small. There is also Matariki, (The Pleiades) rising slowly above the horizon. There is also Atutahi (Alpha Carinae). He tino Ariki o ngaa whetu, greatest and most chiefly of all the stars in the heavens.

My Koro told me their stories. When I was little he told me, how when Tāne Mahuta separated Ranginui and Papatuānukua, Tāwhirimatea grew in anger against his brothers actions. And in his anguish he cursed Tāne Mahuta. Tearing out his eyes, and throwing them into the heavens. Thus,’ Ngā Mata o te Ariki’, the many eyes of the gods, commonly abbreviated too Matariki.

Makihoi - To wander aimlesslyTE WAITI RAWIRI Gone in Plain Sight

Enclosed in a cloak of darkness, a scratchy cloth harbours my vision. Squirming with discomfort, I struggle with the rope behind me, violently jiggling until my wrists were rubbing raw. Suddenly - like an unwanted toy - I am thrown to the other side of the van. Frantically panting, attempting to steady myself after the disturbance. The abrupt movement did, however, reveal a minuscule glimmer of sight. My first look at the world for what seems to be hours brought my instincts to high alert. A musty bodily stench oozes into my nostrils. An eerily familiar one.

Swiftly strolling past a lone man, staring back with curiosity. Our eyes lock. My gaze then turns towards his surroundings. No trolley. No basket. No groceries. Only a strong musk of body odour. I swivel to the other direction, only to find my mum yelling with a hand on her hip and an abundance of frown lines directed towards me. Without a second thought, I aggressively pace up the supermarket aisle until the nagging is soon replaced with a brief “beep” as I strut out of the store. Surprised - not to be greeted by the sunlight - only a dimly lit car park. Looking up ahead and before I could take another breath, I am skidding across the fresh, pillowy snow, violently tossing to grab hold of my last piece of freedom.

Forced against the side of the tired Ford van, the warmth of my face no comparison to the brutally

“Whereas each star that makes up Matariki has their own individual story and purpose as part of Matariki. For each of the seven sisters watch, guide, and aids in initiating the passing of the current year into the new year”, Said Koro. “Only in their light, can our tangata whenua who have embraced Hinenui-te-poo (Goddess of death and the Underworld) pass from te Ao to Hawaiki to rest with out tuupuna”. He told me all their stories. He told me of their history, their whakapapa. Koro was my link to the world of old. The world of my ancestors.

I’ve always been fascinated how a smell, a sound, and an image can summon memories long forgotten. I keep these fond memories, to be conjured up only when they matter. This is what makes the starry night so entrancing.

“Brding, brding. Brding, brding”.

There it goes again, the sound of my iPhone’s alarm, snapping me back to reality. Uggh, I hate that sound. Every morning it goes off, an obtuse self-imposed rooster right beside my ear. In perfect unison with its ringing, flashes of light are being sent off from its camera. It takes time to adjust

to the screens brightness. “Whos getting swole at 6?” Reads the text sent from messenger, probably Eruera. I don’t know how he musters the energy to go to the gym before both school and his part-time work. Though who am I to judge? I am up at 5:44 too, and rather than lifting weights Im staring at the sky!

Another flash of light shoots out. It’s Herewini. “Why do u do this every f**king morning?” he replies.

‘Uggh’ I can’t deal with this right now. Again the flash goes off. Every flippin morning Eruera floods the chat with some arbitrary nonsense. “Lmao Masons here”, “What a p**sy he cant even bench 80”.

“Can both of u f**k up? Tryna sleep here” replies

Atairaa. For the fifth time in less than seven seconds my phone gives off a flash of light, but this time its smothered by the abyss that’s my school bag.

There’s still a slight muffled growl from the phone’s vibration, but at least its lights no longer irritating. It takes a minute to re-adjust to the natural light of the stars rather than the screen of my phone. Upwards, my eyes are drawn once again. Squinting I can barely make out Tautoru (Orion’s belt) behind the cloud cover. Glancing to Matariki, their light

begins to fade as dawn comes ever slowly. Piercing the night’s silence, a car screechs nearby as almost in unison, the local rooster begins crowing. I look over Te Whaanau Maarama (The Milkyway) towards Matariki. ng me a final flicker of dancing light with the letting out of a deep sigh.

Slowly. Again. As my mind wandered over the stars again, and my body as cold and distant as the very stars I was walking with. The quaint southerly breeze now nothing more than a whisper. My breathe the only sound to be heard. Embracing the cool, my eyes close without my command and for a second, I believed tranquility lay just within reach again. Yet it wasn’t meant to be.

A duo of faint voices begin to commune, as mum and dads bedroom light springs to life. I take one last glance to the heavens. One final breath of this cool crisp night, before my feet begin to turn me away. Sunlight etching over the horizon.

“I nga waa o mua” said Koro

An Anthology in Growing Pains #3 JACK BOWICK

cold surface. The struggle continues. The final straw occurs when I am unwillingly crammed into the rear of the van. Straining, trying to resist, my teeth automatically grit with determination. As I slam against the passenger’s side of the truck, my head strikes a cracked, rusty mirror. My body turns limp as the truth sets in - but images of my mum who was beside me just minutes before flash in my mind; escape is the only option.

Snapping back to reality, the old Ford van harshly winds through the night as I listen to the sludgy dirt being kicked up by the worn tires. A playlist of 80’s Guns N’ Roses anthems echo throughout. Suddenly, the hum of the ignition and music terminates. My hearing heightens. I sway in unison with the van as the hefty demon shuffles out of the driver’s seat. The steady crunch of his 120kg frame calmly paces along the white blanket beneath. A plan of escape is all that swirls around my brain, bringing beads of sweat to my brow, despite the below freezing temperature. The two hinged doors at the rear of the van squeal in agony as they are forced open. A gust of recognizable stench hit me like rock. Scrunching my nose in feral disgust, feeling my last meal near my mouth. I am snatched into the frigid winter air, my vision suddenly made clear. Distant car horns and bustle of a city ring through the ever spanning collection of trees. I gaze forward, only to be faced with the savage beast arrogantly smiling over his newest prey. A surge of adrenaline floods my senses.

Throwing all my weight forward, I stealthily dodge the pair of flailing hands targeting me. Eyes desperately wide, scavenging through my surrounding environment, bare feet numb with the cold. Frantically swivelling my head and torso to get a glimpse of my rear, a tattered flannel shirt eases closer. Failing to choke back my emotions, my eyes start to blur. The next thing I knew, my arm is rigidly pinned against my throat. The distraught sobbing is quickly silenced as the colour drains out of my once tanned face, now pale with an assortment of purple bruises. I silently scream as I become subject to the brutal wrath of the beast. A trickle of blood - sharp and metallic - is revealed in the corner of my mouth. He jerks me unsteadily to my feet, but my knees buckle. Eyes shut, a frail whimper escapes my mouth and is swallowed by the crisp July air. Suddenly, an epiphany - that revolting odour. Puzzle pieces click together like cogs in my brain, the image of one man emerges. The towns hermit - mysterious and menacing - no one dares to approach. I cast my memory back to Mums countless warnings of caution. My muscles deflate, strength and power absent. A piece of meat - nameless and faceless. Out of control, the demon I dread haunts me. I dwell in the cramped confines of my abode, I feel weak. I feel stolen. Escape is futile.

If you must move on. Do it quickly. Don’t linger as life calls you away. Memories will swirl and tempt you to stay, As you draw away to close this chapter in your life.

Bleary eyed, with your mind in the sky, You’ll look back as you move down the drive for the last time.

With a sad smile, you’ll come to closure with House and Home, Setting away to find your own. A small slice of earth.

Thinking of the times you snuck away to find Some spot to watch the day float by underneath the shade.

But the sun got older and wiser to your games As he continued his tirade, The shade dried up and it was time to move With the ebb and flow and fly out past the horizon.

And nothing awaits that we can see, This journey is yours to go and lead. To explore and find new things in life. A road untravelled of your own design.

Weeping Rain CHRIS

PENNO

The cold drizzle blankets the assembled mourners. As rivers cascade off covered heads and wilted shoulders, doleful tears join the assault on the squelching mud. Great pines shuffle uncomfortably overhead in the silence. My heavy-hearted mother sagged before the ornate coffin. Sobbing silently in grief, her eyes red and puffy, with few tears left to shed. Her dripping raven-coloured hair plasters itself to her scalp. She no longer cares. Her child, her pure joy. Gone.

I move to embrace her, a loving touch to stem the spring of spiralling emotions. So engrossed in her well of grief, she only shivers and pulls her windbreaker raincoat tighter. Her knees slightly buckle, forcing my step-father to step forward to prop her up. He refuses to even look at the grave. His hooded eyes lay fixed on a distant pine while he ensures his wife can find her footing again. Sorrow only tweaks at the corners of his mouth. I don’t buy it. He had, at first, been angry with her. The arrogance of youth to take action without thought of repercussions. Now there is only contempt: he is here only for my mother. The body in the wooden box was a relation by official papers only. The rain crescendos and beats down upon him. With a dripping hand; he pushes a strand of sodden, sandy hair back into its place. Even in the pouring rain,

the peacock’s plumage remains perfect. Nothing out of place. He despised imperfection.

The assembled mourners - a murder of crows - offer murmured and succinct condolences as they shuffle past the coffin. Hastily, they return to their previous positions and continue the silent vigil. The lethargic line snakes slowly through the mud. Heads tilt towards one another as wicked words pass inaudibly between friends. Vultures circling towards the kill. Whispers of disdain.

“Weak.” Mutters the step-brother. “Couldn’t handle it,” the step-sister agrees. Both impervious to the rain, they loiter at the back of the crowd. They had no kind words for her in life, so why should they bother now? Tentatively, the step-brother draws a coin.

”Heads,” mumbles his sister. The coin arcs through the air, landing with a slap in his palm. Screeching with delight, the step-sister dances. Blonde hair beautifully whips through the air. She has finally secured herself a bedroom by herself. A short hour to remove all existence of the step-sibling who had lived there before her, and she could be happy. Their murmuring only serves to exacerbate the rain’s assault. Dirty looks are thrown, but the deluge subdues everyone.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION FACULTY

MR A GIBBS - LOC PHYSICAL EDUCATION

RETIREMENT OF A ST PAUL’S LEGEND

St Paul’s Collegiate won’t be the same without the larger than life personality of Peter Gilbert. 40 years as a Physical Educator must be some kind of record!! For two-thirds of the school’s existence, he has walked the corridors and “lived in the rarified atmosphere of the gymnasium”, developing the physical qualities of enthusiastic and not so enthusiastic students. His philosophy - physical activity for lifelong wellbeing is very much based on a hands-on approach, demonstrating the “moves”cartwheels in gymnastics; shoulder, knee, toe, make a bow, watch it go in athletics: under the bridge to over the bridge in tennis; step, point step in dancing.

Peter was HOD for 30 years and has seen the department grow from two staff to four full time and at least four part-time teachers. He was the driving force behind the development of the sport’s

complex that we see today at St Paul’s - tennis courts, two gymnasiums, heated pool and fitness centre catering for the twenty-first-century student.

Peter has seen major changes in the New Zealand curriculum and helped implement NCEA in 2004 as a New Zealand moderator.

Peter’s roles at St Paul’s have evolved over the years, as has his physical appearance - from long blonde hair, sunglasses and stubbies of the early 80s to the smooth top, sport’s blazer and tie of today.

Peter has embraced the challenges of being a housemaster, rugby and tennis coach, Director of Sport and Culture and finally Assistant Headmaster. His piece de resistance was running the Good Vibrations concert, showcasing the school’s “creme de la creme” (his saying!!) musical talent. He has

From behind the mourners, hobbles an elderly priest. Slowly, his shrewd eyes survey the sniffling group. All the family and friends had arrived to pay a tribute of respect to someone who had no further need of friends and respect. People are two-faced. He knows their pain, their hate, their secrets. Today, he views the collective facade concocted for today’s occasion with distaste. Mournful and miserable, heartbroken and hurt. All knew about the cadaver’s struggles. None had helped her, despite pretending they had enjoyed the presence of her bright mind; lighting classrooms and homes. Together they now agree that without it, the world seems desolate and dark. With his back to the congregation, he does not need the 360O vision of an owl to feel the indifference surrounding him. Continuously, the wind rips through them all, howling and tearing at their veneers. Tears seem to run dry.

As the coffin takes its final rest - squelching into the mud - a pine gently reaches out with a bushy hand to cover my mother. Tentatively, the tempest eases. My step-father leads her slowly away. His veil left graveside.

As for me? I had always hated the body in the casket. A person so self-absorbed, she could leave a family and community broken. Her cold hands clasping one another, as she rests, oblivious to the

pain surrounding her. Flowing raven hair now framing an ashen face. There was beauty in life, yet a mirror to show her this could not be found. The dove had flown from her life many years before.

Only in the darkness of a box did she finally become free. Free from her cuckoo stepsiblings. Free from the hate and contempt of her step-father. Free from the bars that had trapped her - drowning her. She had sought help, but no-one had offered the key to her cage. She was falling, but her wings had been clipped. Only the ocean embraced her. Spiralling blue depths slowly cooed her to slumber. The impact had finally prised off the suffocating facade, a final flight to freedom. A small splash from a pebble, leaving only fading ripples in a sea of lies.

The body in the coffin is not mine. I rejected it long ago as I weathered life. I am the wind; I am the rain. I am the clouds; I am the birds. Encased in wood and dirt, my cold heart had found peace, but at a cost that was not mine to bear. I will wrest the veneer of the world; I will weep enough tears to fill rivers for those who are lost. I will darken in retort to the hate; I will fly anew into a better world.

starred on more than one occasion - who can forget the performance of the “gorilla PG” on the drums playing Phi Collins In the air tonight.

Quite an impressive CV for the boy from Waihi. For forty years he has been the enthusiastic, effervescent, glass always half full and full of “magic”!

He hangs up his SPC tracksuit for the last time at the end of 2019, but he will be fondly remembered long after his departure.

Stay “Fizzical” Pete. You are truly a Legend in Health and Physical Education, and at St Paul’s.

TIHOI INTAKE ONE

MS C SMITH

DIRECTOR OF TIHOI

MAJOR PRIZE WINNERS

Seton Trophy For Most Outstanding Student - Max Robinson

Most Outstanding Student Runner UpAlex Purdie

Pavlovich Cup For Most Improved Student - Dylan Thomas

Most Improved Student Runner UpLachlan O’Neill

DIRECTOR’S AWARDS

Antony Doneghue, Joshua Hurst, Ethan Jeffs, Cameron Bird

FURMINGER AWARD — (Respect shown to staff and other students) - Max Fletcher

COULTER CUP — (representing and upholding the virtues project ideals) - Max Robinson

SHAW TROPHY FOR BUSH CRAFT— Alex Purdie

NEVILLE TROPHY FOR PERSEVERANCE

— Daniel Williams

COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ENVIRONMENT AWARD — Ben Allen

CROSS COUNTRY CUP — Riley Wills

EXPEDITION AWARDS—for all round excellence on expedition

WHITE WATER KAYAK: Cameron Bird

MOUNTAIN BIKE: Max Robinson

SEA KAYAK: Ben Beveridge and Ben Grant

ROCK CLIMBING : Daniel Bates

TRAMP: Riley Wills

MIXED: Sam Smith Soppet

MOST VALUED HOUSE MEMBERS—

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Daniel Williams— English, Science, Physical Education and Social Studies; Milan Hood— English, Science;

Lachlan O’Neill— Science and Physical Education;

Taiki Lynn— Science and Math; Geoffrey Smith— English; Jack Simmonds— Math, Matthew Jones— Math; Max Robinson— Social Studies; Thomas Scanlon – Physical Education; Atlas Loutfi— Social Studies.

Industry Awards

Daniel Bates, Kieran Cox, Antony Doneghue, Riley Rolton

Tihoi Masterchef Award Atlas Loutfi

Chef’s Awards — Ben Beveridge, Milan Hood, Lachlan O’Neill, Finn Watson, Daniel Williams,

Luder Trophy and Kingham Cup

MORTZ HOUSE—Ben Allen, Malachi Donnelly, Lachlan O’Neill, Max Robinson, Kenzo Robcke, Max Shi, Jack Thomson, Jacob Wilson

Hart— Gabe Pinvanichkul Jocks— Cameron Bird Pollys— Matthew Ruetsch Mollys— Ethan Sipsma

Mortz— Max Robinson Villa— Finn Watson Gills— Daniel Williams Franks— Marcus Pomare

TIHOI INTAKE TWO

MS C SMITH

DIRECTOR OF TIHOI

MAJOR PRIZE WINNERS

Mortimer Trophy For Most Outstanding Student - Dylan Fletcher

Most Outstanding Student NomineesDylan Fletcher, Logan Orsler, Sam Peoples, Connor Reeves

Murray Harrington For Most Improved Student - Seetharam Jandhyala

Most Improved Student Nominees - James Brown, Xauxuan Fang, Seetharam Jandhyala

DIRECTOR’S AWARDS

Luke Hanna, Orlando Lay, Ben Sturm, Ben Urlich

FURMINGER AWARD— (Respect shown to staff and other students) - Joe Harcourt

COULTER CUP— (representing and upholding the virtues project ideals) - James Smith

SHAW TROPHY FOR BUSH CRAFT— Logan Orsler

NEVILLE TROPHY FOR PERSEVERANCE

— Ashton Robinson and Ben McGregor

MANAAKI TROPHY FOR GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT — George McNeil

COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ENVIRONMENT AWARD — Ben Kalma

CROSS COUNTRY CUP — Samuel Peoples

EXPEDITION AWARDS—for all round excellence on expedition

WHITE WATER KAYAK: Cormac Hodson

SEA KAYAK: Drew Walker and AJ Thomas

ROCK CLIMBING : Matthew Brooks

TRAMP: Connor Reeves

CANOE: Rik Hoostra

MOST VALUED HOUSE MEMBERS —

Hart— Ashton Robinson

Jocks— James Brown Pollys— Dylan Fletcher

Mollys— Samuel Peoples

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Dylan Fletcher — English, Science and Social Studies

Samuel Peoples — English, Science and Physical Education

Ben Sturm — Math and Physical Education

Kiel Kleuskens — Math and Social Studies

Cormac Hodson — Math

Joe Harcourt — Physical Education

Logan Orsler — English

Nathan Walters — Science

Industry Awards

Jake Alloway, Ngakau Benseman, Alex Hooper and James Kolver

Tihoi Masterchef Award — James Smith

Chef’s Awards — Jamie Carter, Hunter Doull, Andy Irvine, James Kolver, Edward Ludbrook, Joel Marsh, Ollie Storey, Nathan Walters

Luder Trophy and Kingham Cup

VILLA HOUSE —Issac Cullen, Matthew Dawbin, Hayden Fladgate, Kiel Kleuskens, Edward Ludbrook, Alex Mitchell, Quinn Murphy, Connor Reeves

KINGHAM CUP — POLLYS HOUSE —Matthew Brooks, Dylan Fletcher, James Kolver, Logan Orsler, ben Sturm, Hetekia Te Ua, Harry Trumm, Fergus Williams

Mortz— Nathan Walters Villa— Matthew Dawbin

Gills— Ben Urlich

Franks— Connor Irving

TIHOI 40th REUNION

CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF TIHOI VENTURE SCHOOL

Back in late 1978 when Tihoi Venture School was established, the scene was one of utter desolation – rubbish, broken glass and windows, vandalised houses, rotten floors, stoves full of soot and missing parts and no spouting on most houses.

The pioneering staff, Tihoi’s first director, Mike Shaw, with full time teacher, Mr Bill Holden and three recent school leavers from St Paul’s; Steve Tracey, Grant Eyre and Phil Kearney, went about repairing the original mill houses making them habitable for 54 young 14-year-olds, who were to live in them for 18 weeks, starting January 1979.

Each of those pioneering staff, including the kitchen staff (except Shirley Sinton who was ill), all attended the reunion and it was the first time they had all been back to Tihoi together since leaving 40 years ago.

When Tihoi was established 40 years ago, many people were sceptical of the programme. They believed taking students into a remote region,

with back-to-basics conditions, for 18 weeks was an outrageous idea and were sure the venture school would never last.

At the reunion, 40 years on, St Paul’s Collegians were welcomed back to Tihoi by a pōwhiri. They were treated to an afternoon of tours by current Tihoi boys, invited on a bush walk and given the chance to climb onto the adventurous high ropes course. The Tony Hart Library was opened by Tony Hart’s widow Mrs Clare Hart and son Richard Hart, and an historical timeline of Tihoi was unveiled. This was followed by an evening dinner, where a carving by artist, Fred Graham, gifted by the Collegians Association to commemorate 40 years of Tihoi, was unveiled.

SPORTING HIGHLIGHTS

Mr P Gilbert - DECA

Our sportsmen and women have again proved that we can punch above our weight.

In Rowing, Alison Mills was selected to represent NZ in the World Junior Rowing Championships in Tokyo. She was a member of the coxless four which was placed 5th in the world.

In the swimming pool, Ben Littlejohn has been sensational as a member of the NZ Junior Swim Team. At the Australian State Championships recently he broke the NZ U18 record for the 50m Butterfly in winning the final, a record that has stood since 2003. He also won the Gold Medal in the 100m Butterfly and set two more Waikato age group records at this meet.

Our cyclists have excelled in both BMX and Mountain Biking. Rico D’Anvers competed at the World Junior Championships where he made the final and finished in the top 15 in the world and Marcus Ross was first in the U17 National Mountain Bike Finals.

Two of the St Paul’s 1st XI Football team, George Ott and Callum Donlon, were selected for the NZSS representative team with Callum having the honour of captaining the team.

Gideon Wrampling was selected in the NZSS Rugby team and Tepaea Cook-Savage made the NZ Barbarians team. Both of these sides had test matches against Fiji and Australia.

In cricket we had David Hancock representing the NZ U19s that played a series of One Day matches with Bangladesh.

FOOTBALL

1st XI Football

After the great work of 2018, finishing 16th in New Zealand, 2019 promised to be another competitive year for Premier Boys’ Football. Despite being a young team, with only three Year 13s in the squad, size and speed was not an issue. In fact, the team of 2019 will be remembered for its physical strength and pace, especially on the counter-attack. Under coaches Sam Wilkinson and Simon Tyndal, the aims for the year were to finish in the top three of the local competition, qualify for the national tournament and make it through to the Top 16 in New Zealand. All of which were achieved.

Notable highlights of the season include the selection of George Ott and Callum Donlon (as captain) into the NZSS Football squad who toured Australia during the July holidays. Both fantastic footballers were well-deserving of the honour of representing our country. As a team, finishing third in the Premier division and then going on to finish 15th at the national tournament is something to be proud of. However, if you asked the boys they would all say, with a little luck, higher finishes in all competitions was well within our grasp. The team also qualified for the Knock-Out Cup final. While we fell short in the final game it was fantastic to be part of a cup run.

George Ott proved to be a fantastic captain. Leading through actions rather than words, his work-rate, tempo and energy were always of the highest standard. In conjunction with Callum Donlon, they provided the spin to the team. They consistently showed the commitment and skills required to compete at the highest level. Along with David Hancock, these three men have been the most influential members of the squad over the last two-plus seasons. It will be strange not having this threesome as part of the group, but they depart with St Paul’s Football in a strong position. There is some fantastic talent coming through the junior grades. Combine that with the likes of Shiv Achary, Ollie O’Meeghan and Josh O’Donoghue coming into their fourth season with the 1st XI, there is a good mix of experience and ability.

Special Trophy: Since making his debut back in 2016 as a Year 9, This young man has gone on to play 110 times for the 1st XI in either league, Cup or Tournament fixtures. A gifted goal scorer he is strong off both feet and his aerial skills are arguably the best in the region, if not the country. Over the last five seasons, he has scored an incredible 93 goals. This throphy goes to: George Ott.

Players Caps: George Ott (2017), David Hancock (2018), Callum Donlon, Ollie O’Meeghan, Josh O’Donoghue, Shiv Achary.

Girls’ 1st XI Football

Coaching and managing the Girls’ 1st XI Football team this year was even better than last year. A testament to the girls’ improvement was moving up to Division 3 this year. While a highlight was having our first ever game go into extra time and then a penalty shoot-out when playing Thames 1st XI girls. This win helped put us into the final for the cup, which was another first for the team.

Daniel Skipper coached for the first half of the season before begrudgingly returning back to England. This was very sad as he was such an asset to the team. Eileish Hayes stepped up to coach and did a fantastic job. Inclement weather and a run of injuries did not deter the girls who finished a credible 16th at winter tournament. Two Girls received football caps; Monique Lawrence who has played 61 games over three seasons and Lucy Simmonds who played 55 games over three seasons.

Special thanks to Mike Groom for helping take Thursday practices when we were between coaches. Thank you to Holly Skelton and Orla White for captaining the team. And to all the other girls! It is going to be so strange with half of you leaving, but I wish you the best of luck. The rest of us will hold down the fort for 2020!

PHOTO CREDIT - Light & Motion

2nd XI

To coin an early cliché, it was really a season of two halves for the St Paul’s 2nd XI Football team. A tough grading competition saw the team placed in a very competitive Waikato Senior Boys Division 4 competition consisting of two first eleven and two second eleven teams. The first round of the competition was very much a learning curve for our young charges. The team slogged their way through this beginning round with youthful enthusiasm despite the string of disappointing losses. Round two was very much a run of performances set in stark contrast to the first round results. With midfield and defensive combinations solidified, it would be an understatement to suggest that the opposing teams were left reeling after playing a team that many an opposition would claim was totally different from whom they previously played. Of course, with increased confidence and team ethos, this was partially true. The magnificent and

3rd XI

It really was a season of two halves for the mighty 3rd XI. The season was overall, world-class from the boys… they won like champs and lost with dignity. The season started off with a few convincing wins, and as they were training so hard they could only get better. Unfortunately, the other teams also got better. The season ended roughly, with the world seemingly working against us, and after a loss or two, we didn't quite finish in first place. But that didn’t matter, because strong bonds were formed between the lads. Led by captain Jack, the boys had a strong squad with top goalscorer, George,

Year 13

The love of football is what brought the Year 13 team together. To commence the season, the grading games were an opportunity to experiment with different combinations. With defenders becoming strikers and strikers defenders. This ethos of roaming positions continued throughout the season and added to the sense of fellowship within the team. At the end of the grading games, we were placed in Division 6.

irreplaceable keeper Charlie Desbonnets and the interchangeable midfield combinations of Seb Bodle, Jo Griggs, Reagan and Sean Anson and the everreliable and tenacious David Koshy, meant that the beautiful game was embraced fully. The midfield was of course supported defensively by the likes of Charlie Jackson, James O’Callaghan, Matt Singers and Julian Harker, who shared their duties with Sam Meban and Prach Simaroj. The attacking prowess of Mark Iamthitikun, Neelay Mistry and Alec Kusabs were always a handful for the opposing teams and further development of these three players will mean that the football programme bodes well for the future. Overall, a challenging competition saw the 2nd XI beating HBHS Green — who only conceded four goals before playing the team and were the eventual competition winners — and then going on to finish the season third-placed in the competition.

Colts B

The team was led ably by both Hugh Kennedy and Jack Tournier during the season and it was very pleasing to finish placed second in our division. The boys all trained and played hard against a variety of teams from the Waikato. It was great to see the support from parents and family members on the sidelines each week. The team was coached and managed by Dr Mike Simmonds and Revd Peter Rickman.

slotting 18 of his countless opportunities. The team focused on teamplay and passing, with the backs, mids, and forwards all finding links to move the ball upfield. A solid defence, led by soon-to-besparky Patrick, stopped the bombardment of enemy strikers. A midseason transfer from the 2nd Xl allowed for a full-time keeper, and to top it off, the tireless and flexible bench was ready to slot into any position. At training, the boys were coached by the knowledgeable Mr Stewart, who never shied away from making them run shuttles or point out their flaws. All-in-all, the lads had a wonderful season that was enhanced by the fun and banter enjoyed together.

Colts A

This grade proved to be a challenge, especially as we then lost three key players (Ben Tustin, Nic Kyon and Mark Iamthitikun) after the first two games. We then went through of period of close losses by 1 or 2 goals, and this was repeated for the rest of the season on the scoresheet.

The season is memorable for the great spirit and enthusiasm with which the boys played. All the players gave their best every Saturday. Sanraj Dhaliwal and Kaiden Yearbury grew in confidence and skill. Bryn Singers, Ryan Tyndall and Dillon Mulgrew consistently made valuable contributions. Joshua Slattery, Aaron Taylor and Elliot LeightonSlater were the engine rooms with high work rates. Angus Woore and Jack Morton shared and performed brilliantly in the goalkeeper position. Lewis Candy was our main striker, his tenacity and nimbleness resulted in some stunning goals. Gus Hanham was everywhere, he ran in support of the strikers and ran back to support the defenders. Lastly, James Hogg, who led by example, with superb defence and scored one of the goals of the season.

The team placed a creditable 5th in our division. My thanks to the players for making the season so enjoyable and to the supporters who came to watch them play in all kinds of weather.

With the majority of the team being year 9s, we were less susceptible to significant changes with Tihoi. But the team had a sizeable challenge, often competing against more experienced year 10 players. Though it took some time for the team to gel, Colts A was bolstered by Boston Scott, Joel Marsh, Spencer Mexted and Nate Green at the back. Qualifying for the second division, St Paul’s were contenders for top spots. With the likes of Matthew D’Hotmann, Liam Rogers, Jerry Periera and Alessio Lane, we had talented players as striker, and they fought hard despite being underdogs in size. Matthew D’Hotmann scored some devastating goals unmatched at a junior level. Jerry Periera developed through the season, and his tenacity and speed caused trouble with any break or lapse of concentration from the opposition. Sports exchanges were a valuable experience and showed the top calibre of teams across the different regions of the North Island. The year 9s were especially appreciative of the Lindisfarne exchange and staying over for the night. Will Holden-Thomas, Kip Hailstone, Anmol Singh, Alex Hooper and Kalani Freemantle-Patton were the legs in the team. They clocked up serious distance to win the ball and provide options up front.

With the changeover at Tihoi and some injuries, the second half of the season had a different tone. Alfie Goldfinch, Gabe Pinvanichkul, Jack Simmonds, Will Voight-Price and Flynn Buchan lifted the team. It was encouraging to see the year 9s step up and fill the void. Nate Green, in particular, was an anchor and exerted his influence on the game. Depleted in numbers by the end of the season, Colts A battled on. They should be proud of their efforts and fought to be in the top half of their division. A big thanks to Luke Searle, who coached and raised the expectation and performance of all players.

During the season we had a variety of goalkeepers; we started with some superb performances from William Milne, who was later assisted by William Mollard, Cory Goodwin on occasion and Jack Tournier. In defence, we were often quite formidable with some fantastic games being played by, and defensive skills displayed by, Andrew Gough, Kieran Cox, Tyler Cooper, Pun Paramaputi, Keyan Asadi and Kane Stirling. In midfield, Captain Hugh Kennedy had a remarkable season, with some great individual play, goal scoring and support for the strikers. Other midfielders, Cory Goodwin, Jack Thomas, Jack Tournier, Seumas Eade, and Will Smith all consistently played well during the season. Strikers Fred Phillips, Adam Buck and William Mollard were unlucky on many occasions with their finishing and yet battled hard throughout the season to score as many goals as possible.

This year we have had another wonderful season, we had a lot of fun, improved our soccer and had some impressive results.

Trophies

Most Improved Player this year as a young man who started off with us last year and has consistently given his all to improve his soccer skills: Tyler Cooper

Our Most Valuable Player this year as a young man who has consistently applied soccer at a high standard and has given his all in every game. His work in defence has seen us kept in many a game: Kane Stirling.

Revd Peter Rickman

ADVENTURE RACING

HILLARY CHALLENGE

Arna Morris, Ayla Hall and Dolce Kissling-Hemsworth

The Torpedo 7 Hillary Challenge 2019 final took place in week 1 of Term 2 at Tongariro. The team consisted of Jeremiah Mcdonald, Angus Riordan, Caleb Weck, Trey Lincoln, Ayla Hall, Dolce Kissling Hemsworth, Arna Morris, and Lucy Farrell. We arrived on the 28th of April, eager and ready for a week of racing. The Hillary Challenge is a 5-day competition of outdoor adventure activities that requires physical and mental fitness and an ability to work together as a team under pressure. Points are awarded for skills, speed and endurance. Our team was only finalised 3 days before the start, we had not trained together so we had a few more challenges than other teams to deal with. Team bonding through the first 24 hours was going to be very important to work out our individual and team strengths, weaknesses, experience and skills.

Days 1 and 2 were made up of 12 one-hour challenges, based around problem solving and teamwork. Highlights from these days were the silent challenge when no team member was allowed to talk, and together a ‘perfect’ tasting coffee needed to be brewed, a hut with chairs needed to be made, and as many pancakes as possible needed to be made to fit the specific criteria. The team won this challenge overall and continued to perform well, sitting 4th out of the 12 teams at the end of Day 2.

Days 3 & 4 consisted of a rogaine expedition, where each team planned a route of their choice, aiming to collect as many checkpoints as possible. We started off well, but as the day progressed, a confusion in the whereabouts of a track led to

the team becoming lost. Finding ourselves lost in a gorge, the only possible way out was by a swim through the river. With water up to the heads of every team member, it was easy to say this was an experience never to be forgotten. 20kg packs changed to 30kg packs, and dry clothes and warm bodies became the opposite. The loss of time meant fewer points, but this didn’t stop SPC from trying.

Arriving at camp by 5 pm, the team set up camp and began to cook dinner. Once bags were prepared for the next day’s rogaine it was time for bed, with a 7:30 pm sleep happily accepted by all.

The next day the team awoke to frozen boots, and ice covering the tent, ready to begin the second day of the rogaine at the Chateau. The team had a much more successful day, ensuring they were still in the competition. Over these two days, the team covered roughly 50 Kilometres through many different terrains. Day 5, the final day, consisted of a multisport race. A 6km raft, 8km run, 30km mountain bike, and another 6km run to finish. All teams raced at the same time, and points were scaled according to the time it took to complete. SPC finished 4th, in a time of 5 hours and 11 minutes. This was a great effort by all and was a great way to finish the week. Overall the team placed 6th in New Zealand.

A huge thank-you must go to our sponsors, Tiroroa Farms, and the St Pauls Parents Association.

GET TO GO

Our juniors once again took out the Regional Qualifier meaning they have qualified for the National Get to Go final on Great Barrier in December. The day involved racing mountain bikes and stand up paddleboards, as well as a tough problem-solving activity followed by a running navigation race. All teams performed exceptionally well, and one of our teams won the event, amassing 398 points out of a possible 400. This qualifies our schools to compete on Great Barrier Island at a gruelling 5-day event in December. The four boys in the winning team were: Riley Wills, Tom Scanlon, Alex Purdie, Taiki Lynn.

The teams were:

SPC Dio 1: Riley Wills, Tom Scanlon, Alex Puride, Taiki Lynn

SPC Dio 2: Marcus Pomare, Atlas Loufti, Ben Haskell, Milan Hood

SPC Dio 3: Dylan Thomas, Cole Brennan, Jerry Perreria, Jack Thomas

SPC Dio 4: Harry Ward, George Mackintosh, Elliot Dixon

SKI TEAM

REV PETER RICKMAN

The ski team from St Paul’s was well-prepared and equipped to manage the varied conditions in which the Waikato Secondary School Ski Championships and North Island Secondary School Ski Championships were held after two months training on the mountain in heavy rain, ice, wind and often blizzard conditions.

WSSSC

With over 60 boys and 50 girls competing from the Waikato Secondary Schools, it was a long day of racing in often heavy rain and snow along with very limited visibility. Our 18 skiers all excelled themselves in their commitment and effort. Novices Zainal Wong and Robert Merryweather gave it their all and were duly rewarded with the thunderous cheers and applause of their teammates as they crossed the finish line. Katie Grant and Frankie Smith, our girls, performed well with Frankie being the 7th fastest girl on the mountain.

The junior boys also performed well with Sam Ladbrook putting in the 10th fastest run on the day

BADMINTON

MRS T HASTIE

Division 1 Boys

This year our premier boys’ team entered the Secondary School Nationals Competition for the first time. Comprised of four senior and two junior students, the team was all set to travel to Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua. Unfortunately, on the day of departure, an illness meant that our number one player and captain – Steven Wen – was unable to travel. Two early losses (due to a bleeding nose and another on points countback) put the team into the bottom half of the draw. Thereafter, all remaining matches were convincingly won. All the boys played extremely well and gained a lot from the experience.

Result: Runners up in Division 1 in Waikato and 8th in Division 2 at Nationals

of all the 60 senior and junior boys competing. Two great runs from Riley Wills, Sam Cox and William Mollard saw them very narrowly missing a top 10 placing but superb runs from Lachlan Coleman (6th), Callum Shepherd (5th) and Henry Mandeno (1st) saw three of our skiers placed in the top 10 of the WSSSC.

Huge congratulations to Henry Mandeno who raced the two fastest times scored on the day over two runs which saw him, and therefore St Paul’s Collegiate School, placed 1st in Waikato for the boys’ banked slalom competition.

On a beautiful bluebird mountain day, the giant slalom courses were open to competitors from 10 am with senior girls and senior boys competing on the same course with separate courses for junior boys and junior girls.

St Pauls submitted 2 teams this year captained by Henry Mandeno:

Team A: Henry Mandeno, Callum Shepherd, Sam Cox, Jazz Russell and Angus Gower

Team B: Jo Grigg, Riley Wills, Sam Ladbrook, William Mollard and Frankie Smith

Henry Mandeno was awarded the prestigious position of going first in the senior boys' competition and during his final high school ski racing competition finished in a very respectable 6th position in the Senior Boys category in which over 70 senior boys competed.

Our training trips to the mountain were rewarded at NISSSC. St Paul’s senior and junior ski team were placed joint 17th overall which is a significant achievement with over 100 teams in the competition.

It’s been a great season and all of our skiers are to be congratulated for their commitment to their sport and the fantastic team spirit generated this season.

Division 2 Girls

This year the girls managed to build on last year’s performances. Having a good mix of seasoned and newer players, the girls did superbly well to come second in Division 2. The girls were presented their runners-up medals at the Waikato Badminton Secondary School Competition prize giving held on Tuesday 17 Sep at Eastlink Badminton Stadium, along with our Division 1 boys. Special mention goes to long-serving Sarina Liang who has captained the team this year and organised players so effectively.

Result: Runners up in Division 1 in Waikato and 8th in Division 2 at Nationals

TRIATHLON

MR R ALDRIDGE

Waikato BOP Schools

Individual and Teams Triathlon Championships

In the Individual Triathlon Championships, St Paul’s was represented by four students in the U16 age group: Oliver Larcombe, Isaac Reay, Toby Finlayson and Matt Dawbin. Oliver achieved our highest placing finishing in 3rd; Isaac placed 7th closely followed by Toby in 8th and Matt finished in 10th place out of a field of 15.

St Paul’s had six teams competing in the teams championships. In the U14 division our team consisting of Boston Tordoff, Jackson Dwyer and Matthew Chanwai placed 6th. The U16 Boys A team consisting of Samuel Peoples, Thomas McAdams Oliver Larcombe finished 3rd. The B team consisted of Boston Tordoff, Toby Finlayson and Ben McGregor placed 10th. The Girls’ team consisted of Grace Kingsnorth, Ellie Deane and Jessica Scatchard and placed 7th. In the U19 division we were represented by Ben Littlejohn, Jack Deane and Trey Lincoln who gained a 6th placing and Kaitlyn Sosa, Holly Rowan-Sanders and Darcy Hunter put in a very creditable performance to finish 3rd in a time of 59:08.

Waikato Schools Individual and Teams Duathlon Championships

In the Individual event Oliver Galpin raced very successfully in the U14 age group, placing 2nd. In the U16 race Riley Wills was our most successful competitor placing 3rd. Thomas McAdams raced very strongly in his first duathlon to place 4th.

Oliver Larcombe was unfortunately affected by stomach cramps and could not perform to his usual incredibly high standards. Toby Finlayson, Dean Stewart and Ben Haskell were also competing in this race and produced highly creditable performances.

In the 16 Girls’ race, Dolce Kissling-Hemsworth, also in her first duathlon, put in an incredible performance to finish 2nd.

In the Teams Championships, Jack Thomas and Jackson Dwyer placed 5th in the U14 age group. Ellie Dean and Caitlin Fladgate competed in the U16 girls race and placed 7th. In the U16 Boys’ race, we had 3 teams: Ben Haskell and Riley Wills; Ben McGregor and Thomas McAdams; Dean Stewart and Isaac Reay all of whom placed in the middle of their race.

NZ Schools Triathlon Championships

St Paul’s was represented by three students at this national championship event which was held in New Plymouth on 29th and 30th March: Toby Finlayson, Isaac Reay and Oliver Larcombe competing in the U16 Individual Triathlon. Toby and Isaac, competing for the first time in this age group, performed very creditably in a very competitive field. Oliver, competing for the second time in this age group, had an amazing race. He was second out of the water and then rode in the lead bunch of 4 riders during the bike leg. Going into the run leg, the group had been reduced to 3 athletes with Oliver running strongly in the lead group. At about the half-way point in the run, Oliver opened up a lead of about 30 metres which he was able to hold to the finish line and thereby win the gold medal for the Boys U16 NZ Schools Triathlon Championship. To win a national championship was an incredible achievement for Oliver, one which he fully deserved after the countless hours of training in the pool, on his bike and running in recent years.

SQUASH

MR G LITTLEJOHN

After the departure in recent years of several extremely talented players, 2019 was always going to be a rebuilding year at the elite end of St Paul’s squash. However, St Paul’s players continue to provide large numbers of entries at all levels of the game in the Waikato, from junior and senior tournaments, to school and senior interclub, through to the school fielding multiple teams at both Waikato and National Schools championships.

At the Waikato Secondary Schools seven boys represented St Pauls in the individuals with James McLanachan winning division six and Toby Carr, Lachie Scott, Mark McLuskey and Jacob Hobbs all playing well to be runners up in their respective divisions.

In the girls teams event our best result was Orla White, Kaya Yokoyama and Jaby Lau who finished runner up in division four while Lamer Li, Shelly Haung and Lily-Rose Andreef finished third in Division Three. St Paul’s had nine boys’ teams

entered through the four divisions with the team of James Anderson, Sam Ward and Olly Jackson winning Division Four and Lachie Scott, Toby Carr and Gabe Pinvanichkul winning Division Three.

This year St Paul’s sent two boys teams and one girls team to the Nationals event which was held in Tauranga in August. Our girl’s team of Kaya Yokahama, Shelley Huang, Orla White, Jaby Lau, Lamer Li and Sarina Liang was ranked 20th and came up first against the 13th ranked New Plymouth Girls’ High School. The team went down 4/1 with Kaya Yokahama causing a big upset to win her match. This took the girls into a round robin where they lost to Orewa 4/1 and Sacred Heart 4/1, followed with a superb 4/1 win against Kings College and finished one place above seeding.

The 19th seeded boys A team of Jack Collins, Lachlan Cowley, Mark McLuskey, Lachie Scott and James McLanachan lost their first round match to a strong Matamata team, before accounting for a

brave St Paul’s B team. A 3/2 win in round three was followed by a tough 3/2 loss to Francis Douglas. A 3/2 win (featuring a fifth straight win for James McLanachan) against New Plymouth Boys’ High School in their last game had the A team retaining their 19th seeding.

After their loss to the A team, the B team of James O’Callaghan, Marcus Pomare, Toby Carr, Gabe Pinvanichkul and Phelix van der Nest had a 3/2 loss against Kings College before 3/2 wins over both Tokoroa High School and Howick College. This meant the B team finished 29th out of 34 teams to improve their seeding by two places.

Many thanks to coach Brendon Woodhead who continues to mentor and inspire our players to enjoy a game that will keep them fit for the rest of their lives.

RUGBY

The pre-season goal was Rugby Ready, trying to avoid injury and best prepare each player for the season ahead, developing the skills required to once again win the upcoming CNI (Central North Island) Competition.

The first two games of the CNI saw close wins against Francis Douglas MC (15-10) & Lindisfarne College (21-19) winning both of these games in the last play of the game. Game 3 the team went down to Whanganui Collegiate (19-26) in a tough midweek away game. The team returned home to beat St Johns, Hastings (24-13), travelled up to Wesley College to once again win in the last play of the game (26-24). Win against local rivals St Johns College, Hamilton (36-10) & St Peters School, Cambridge (50-12). Term three started with wins against Feilding HS (32-22) & Rathkeale College (55-0), this meant that for the second year in a row the team were able to top the points table with 39 points, giving us a home semi-final against Feilding

2nd XV

The 2nd XV season this year was full of brilliant teamwork and individual highlights. After a shaky start, the boys strung together a series of four wins with a special a win over Tauranga boys (27-5) and whipping of HBHS Blue (43-5). The team were feeling confident leading into our top-of-the-table clash with HBHS Gold, we were able to start well, scoring first points. Unfortunately, strong running by HBHS and sloppy passing left us with a defeat. However another good win over private school enemies St Peters School (34-5) sealed us a place in the semi-finals. Having played HBHS teams many times, we knew exactly what their game plan would be and we were able to get the result (24-14). Going into the final, the boys were confident and a great week of training further emphasized how far the team had come from the start of the year. The

HS which we won (44-15). We were now ready to face Whanganui Collegiate in the finals.

We were able to start the final strong, scoring three quick tries to go up 19-0. The second half was a lot harder. Fortunately, the team were able to grind out a hard-fought game, winning (26-14) and completing our season goal of BTB! Back to Back!

Most Improved – Ben Strang

Greatest Contribution – TePaea Cook-Savage Player of the Year – Temple Beauchamp

Big thanks must go to Mr. Cody Price & Mr. Hodder (Coaches) Mr. Wayne Robb & Mr. Chris Foot (Managers) Mr. Ange Walker & Mr. Alby King (Trainers). Mr. Tomas Galdames (Team Physio). Thanks also to TePaea Cook-Savage who captained the side incredibly well.

At the start of the season the makings of a team started to form. It took a few weeks to settle on a squad, but the bones of a good team were there. It was always impressive to see the boys holding their heads high and fighting to the final whistle regardless of the score. There were a core group of stalwarts in the team and a plethora of cameo appearances (even Mike the gappie got a run in a game).

The ethos was always to go out, have a good run, celebrate the small victories, and enjoy playing rugby with some mates. This goal was always achieved and highlights of the season include: Hector Munro’s five tries against Morrinsville, Hunter Singh’s side-line conversion to win the game against Morrinsville and strong running in the backline late in the season from Tyler Brown and Edwin Wills. For all the boys who played their last games in the SPC colours, all the best for the future. For the rest of the team, see you next year!

Team Man: Hunter Singh, Most Improved: Wes Hitchcock, Best Back: Jess Allen, Best Forward: Douwe De Boer

A huge thank you to Mr. Guy Johnstone & Mr. Wayne Smith (Coaches)

game was a real arm-wrestle. After a few penalties, we were able to go into halftime with a sixteen point lead. HBHS came back strongly in the second half, and late in the game they were able to string together tries in quick succession. A charge-down try halfway through the second half by Caleb Weck gave us some hope, but HBHS Gold was just too strong in the end, as we went down (27-35.)

Team Man – Charles Oliver, Most Improved –Joshua Cane, Best Back – Caleb Weck, Best Forward – Matthew Waddell, Most Outstanding – Tiaki Rhodes

Big thanks to Mr. Ryan Mauriohooho, Mr. Steve Shale & Mr. Andrew Gibbs (coaches). Thanks also to Hugo Shale who captained the side.

Throughout our journey, this season, the St Paul’s U16’s have had to face their fair share of challenges. But what has stood out for this team is their determination to not let difficulty stand in their way. They can only be characterized as a team built on guts and resilience. On most weekends, our forward pack found themselves outweighed. However, the opposition’s advantage only stretched as far as the physical. The determination, grit and absolute desire of the forwards could not be measured. The strength of the pack was their determination to do their core roles. It was not a pack of superstars, but more a collective unit willing to work hard for each other. As the season developed we became highly competitive at the breakdown which resulted in plenty of turnover bal. There were moments throughout the season

where our backline was absolutely sublime. Early in the season, we were weak defensively. However, through hard work and a commitment to grow, this became the biggest area of improvement over the course of the season. Some of the highlights of the season were our come-from-behind victory against Hamilton Boys’ Black (28-26) and defeating our peers, St Paul’s Gold (57-26).

Team Man: Jahan Singh, Most Improved: Una Fa’anunu, Best Back: Jae Broomfield, Best Forward: Daniel Strang

A huge thank you to Mr. Brad Emslie, Mr. Ryan McCarthy & Mr. Jackson Morgan (Coaches)

Under 65 started the season with a comfortable preseason win against Hillcrest. In the competition proper, we were brought back down to earth in the first game with a 48-0 loss to the combined Matamata/Morrinsville side. To the boys’ credit, they accepted the challenge and stepped up by recording some solid victories against HBHS red and Hillcrest in the roundrobin.

With an emphasis on ball-handling including “draw and feed” being drilled into them by coaches Gilbert and Holdgate, the team grew in strength. More boys came along to play, a testament to the inclusive team culture that was bought into by all. Captain for the season was Jayden Law, who also managed to score five tries in the Hillcrest victory. All team members developed their skillsets, summarized by turning around the result against HBHS black from a 45 point loss in the first round to a 5 point loss in the second round.

A huge thank you to Mr. Pete Gilbert & Mr. Matthew Holdgate (Coaches). Special Mention to Mr. Peter Gilbert and a huge vote of thanks for his 40 years of service to the rugby program at St Paul’s, you will be sorely missed.

SCUBA

REV PETER RICKMAN

After resurfacing last year, the St Paul’s scubadiving club offered SSI Open Water and Advanced Open Water courses during term one. Seven students successfully completed the Open Water course in the crystal clear waters of Lake Taupo in March, after several intensive training sessions in the swimming pool at GetWet Waikato. Four students who completed the Open Water training last year went on to complete the Advanced Open water course in term one, again at Lake Taupo. After a break during the colder school terms, the club will resume it’s diving activities in term four when more courses will be offered in addition to a club trip to the amazing Poor Knights marine reserve!

The St Paul’s U14 team had a successful season, full of growth on the field, and strong results. Despite losing a hard-fought semi-final to St Peter’s, this was another strong and talented group of rugby players that proves the talent within rugby at St Paul’s will continue to flourish and succeed into the future. Highlights throughout term two include big wins over Otorohanga (48-7), St Johns B (69-0) and Matamata (57-7.) In term three, the team struggled after losing a number of players to Tihoi, and our depth was tested in games against HBHS and St Peters. While we went down in these games, it was a great opportunity for the full squad to experience time against the top teams to set us up for playoff rugby where the team lost a tough semi-final to St Peter’s to finish 3rd overall.

The team was led by outstanding number 8 James Waddell and first-five Ray-Ven Tipene. Up front Deeshaye Vaetoe was a physical ball carrier all year, and locks Jack Ruske and Logan Spencer showed great skill and power. In the backs, Matt McKinley directed the team well from 9, with powerful midfielder Orlando Lay and slick fullback Connor Irving providing spark on attack consistently.

A big thank you to Mr. Daniel Teka & Mr. Blair Heaton (Coaches).

U55 Gold

Team Man: Ashton Robinson & Finn Watson, Most Improved: Harry Ward, Best Back: Michael Robinson, Best Forward: Sam Pepper

A huge thank you to Mr. Carl Neethling & Craig Morton (Coaches) Special Mention to Mr. Morton for his years of service to the rugby program at St Paul’s, you will be sorely missed but we hope to continue to see your presence on the side-lines in years to come.

U55 Black

Enthusiastic, courageous, committed - these words best epitomize the players within the U55kg Black rugby team. Despite being a ‘B’ team playing against predominantly ‘A’ teams from other schools, the St Paul’s young men always gave of their best, and stayed positive throughout the season, learning a lot and having heaps of fun along the way. A summation of our playing ability this season was that we were a team that played some absolutely stunning rugby in patches, scoring tries that even

Special Mention

Congratulations

Gideon Wrampling - NZ Schools Team

Tepaea Cook-Savage - NZ Schools Barbarians Team

the likes of Steve Hansen would be proud of, but we struggled to maintain this throughout the full 70 minutes. Defensively, we often fell off tackles and allowed opposition teams to score points that were against the run of play. But despite the score, we never gave up and we always tried to improve, week in and week out. There were some very strong leaders within the team and individuals who consistently performed.

A huge thank you to Mr. Colin Lewis & Mr. Grant Lander (Coaches).

ROCKCLIMBING

MR M HEWETT

2019 truly was a big year for climbing as a sport with its inclusion in the 2020 Olympics. It was a busy year for the school climbing team, proving a popular sports option with more than 52 students gracing its roll. This increase in popularity has ensured the walls of Hamilton’s Extreme Edge are a hive of activity every Tuesday and Thursday of term time.

Term one began with the committed climbers from last year, back again fresh for another year. Every Tuesday and Thursday the team heads to Extreme Edge to train on the wide variety of indoor rock walls.

During the winter months, the focus switched to the newly formed competitive team. They enjoyed

a great deal of success at a regional level, in both the Bouldering and Top Roping disciplines. The highlight being at the Waikato Regionals, where the finals of the competition contained 5 of our best climbers, with James North scoring 2nd in the under 18’s and Jack Rich claiming first in the Open A’s top rope.

Soon after their success at regionals, the team journeyed back to Extreme Edge for another round of the competition – this time entering in the Bouldering Challenge where the participants are tasked with completing a tricky section of wall without any ropes. Stephan Thomson and Jack Rich proved to be valuable climbers during the competition, completing most if not all the challenges.

ROWING

This season started at Mangakino in September with our pre-season and first camp, three days for the novices and five days for the seniors. This was a great introduction for our new rowers (novices and new students) and a great way for the team to start to gel and get back into rowing. From here we began the regular season with some smaller regattas before heading back to Mangakino for our first major camp in December. This camp was really important as we were able to make massive progress in our novice crews and allowed the seniors to start forming combinations on the back of our first round of seat racing. This led into the Christmas regatta where we achieved nine A finals and three B finals. Testing our combinations and performance, this was an excellent motivator for the Chrismas holidays.

January started with our second major camp at Mangakino and then into Cambridge Town Cup/ NI Club Champs regattas. We had a really good weekend of racing. With the two regattas merged into four days of racing, we came away with 12 A finals, two B Finals, a silver medal to the men’s novice eight and a bronze medal to the men’s intermediate four.

Alison Mills was selected to trial for the New Zealand Junior Team, and she was selected into the team and will be representing our country at Junior World Rowing in Tokyo, Japan.

This year we introduced a new camp over the exeat weekend in February. This proved exceptionally beneficial to get in a good block of work on flat water prior to the Aon Junior Regatta and run into the NISS and Maadi. The Aon Junior Regatta was our first major target of the season, followed closely by North Island Secondary Schools. We had a really good regatta with some crews proving their worth for Maadi selection and fighting for A finals and medals. This year we made 11 A finals, and four

other finals coming away with a silver medal in the girls U18 2x, and gold medals in both the men’s novice four and eight.

The following two weeks were crucial in our preparation for Maadi Cup. We prepared well–taking advantage of the free lake at Mangakino the weekend before arriving at camp and training at Lake Karapiro during the week.

MAADI CUP

Maadi cup was a tough week with many highs and lows. In terms of the results, we made eight A finals and six other finals, winning Gold in the men’s novice four and Bronze in the men’s novice eight. Also, of these finals, five crews will receive top 10 badges for placing in the top 10 of a U18 Event. (GU18 1x, 2x, 2-, 4+ and BU18 4+).

Alison Mills was selected to trial for the New Zealand Junior Team, and she was selected into the team and will be representing our country at Junior World Rowing in Tokyo, Japan. Ali and her crew managed to make an A final, and through exceptionally close racing, our NZ girls placed 5th. Well done, Ali. And to our coaching team with Martin Simoncelli now with three years of consecutive successful Junior NZ Woman selection.

PHOTO CREDIT - Light & Motion

PHOTO CREDIT - Light & Motion

SHOOTING

MR I CAMPBELL

The Clay Target shooting team this year comprised a small band of dedicated and enthusiastic shooters. The season, as usual, began at Auckland in March and continued throughout the year until the NISS and Nationals in September. Because of the departure last year of our senior shooter we lacked the experience of previous years. We spent most of the season focusing on personal best’s and trying to improve on the consistency of our previous scores as we progressed through interschool competitions.

It was pleasing to see this positive progression occur and just reward for the hours spent at the practice traps. Next year our novice shooters will be able to build on these experiences and join our two slightly more experienced boys to form a more competitive “battle-hardened” team.

We undoubtedly left our best performance until last. The whole season has been crafted so that each competitor would peak at Nationals and it was very satisfying to see the results on the final day of competition.

SEVENS

UNDER 18’S GIRLS SEVENS

Victoria Tucker - Captain

2019 saw history made by a small group of 13 girls who bravely decided they were up for the challenge of joining the first ever St Paul’s female sevens team. The team did not have any experiencehowever they made up for it with incredible motivation and excitement to take part in one of New Zealand’s fastest growing women’s sports.

The team took part in a Wednesday night tournament. From the first game, the incredible potential St Paul’s girls had could clearly be seen with a few good tries and tackles being made. With a large amount of courage displayed by the whole team.

NISS AND NZ NATIONALS

This 2-day event was staged in Hamilton with over 320 shooters from all areas of NZ competing. St Pauls assembled a small team of 4 shooters this year. It comprised of 2, year 9 novice competitors and 1 year 10 and 1 year 11 student. We were under no illusion as to the task that confronted us, so we set some realistic goals and looked to achieve PB’s for the season.

Day 1 proved to be a little overwhelming and the pressure of competing at this level was reflected in some of our scores.

In the Single Rise event, the best scores of the day went to Alex Purdie and Kane Stirling with 18/20 Alex was our leading scorer in the Points event with 50/60 and in the Single Barrel, Alex and James McLanachan both scored 8/10.

Day 2 got off to a great start. In the Single Rise event, James McLanachan scored the “possible” 25/25 and immediately advanced to the medal rounds in the afternoon. Unfortunately, Alex dropped a target but scored a very commendable 24/25. Hopefully, these results would create a

positive impact and continue to lift our scores from the day before.

The Points event was next and our best scores were from Alex with 65/75 and James 63/75. A little lower than what we had hoped for.

The last event was the Single Barrel. Alex scored a fantastic 15/15 “possible” and he automatically advanced through to the medal rounds. Due to the difficulty of this discipline only 10 shooters qualified for this shoot off.

In the medal round shoot off for Single Rise, James was placed in the top 40. A very pleasing result and one he can be proud of. Alex was up next in his medal shoot off in the Single Barrel event. He finally placed 8th a remarkable effort for a year 10 student who had not long returned from Tihoi.

Overall we are very proud of our efforts and it has laid a very solid platform for the years to come.

Sir Gordon Tietjens invitational only tournament, where they competed in the open womens grade against some of the best rugby schools in the country.

For the remainder of the Wednesday night league, the growing skillset of the girls eventually resulted in a win over neighbouring girls school, Sacred Heart.

North Island Secondary Schools sevens tournament which took place Mount. The girls played their best rugby yet, with many close games and goals being met.

Special thanks to: Mrs Lilley, our manager, Mr Gibbs and Mr Te Tamaki, our coaches, who showed they believed in the girls no matter what; Chelsey Alley, a supportive, knowledgeable coach.

UNDER 15’S SEVENS

Mr D Teka

The St Paul’s Boys Under 15’s sevens team competed in two tournaments in term one – the Sir Gordon Titjiens and the North Island Secondary Schools.

With a large number of the team new to the game of sevens, there was a significant improvement in the team throughout the short campaign.

The Sir Gordon Titjiens invitational tournament, saw the team have its first taste of a sevens tournament. The boys had a semi-final showdown against

Palmerston North, intending to overturn a 40 point defeat to them on day one. A much closer game, however, St Paul’s were unable to defeat the eventual winners.

North Island Secondary Schools saw St Paul’s comfortably beat New Plymouth Boys’ High in the first game 29-12, lost the second game 14-12, and against Gisborne Boys High. We had to beat local favourites Tauranga Boys College in the last game to stay alive for a semi-final position. The result, 19-17 to St Paul’s.

With a semi-final position guaranteed, St Paul’s needed to beat Wesley College for second position overall. Wesley was a big physical team, and we showed heart to hang on for a 12-10 victory. We had to face Tauranga Boys .College again in the semi-final. One step too far for our boys. Highly competitive, but we lost 25-7.

The highlight of the campaign was having three boys: selected in the North Island tournament teamNiah Church-Jones, Layken Tua and Toby Robb. Two 4th place finishes was a credit to the effort and work of the boys over the summer. The improvements in the team were impressive, and we showed that we could compete with the top schools in the country.

CRICKET

MR M RAMEKA

2019 was a year of good progress for our 1st XI both on and off the pitch. The 1st XI team performed strongly, winning their pool in the Gillette Cup Qualifier and playing HBHS in the final. With a core group coming back next year we should be in a position to challenge for the Gillette Cup. This season reflects the strengthening and growth of our cricket at St Paul’s Collegiate.

SPC LODGE REAL ESTATE 1ST XI

Two Day Premier Men’s Final -

Our teams performed well in their respective divisions. The Development XI came 3rd in the Division one competition, the Colts XI lost in their final against HBHS Gold. And in the Year 9 grade our Gold XI won the Puna Shield with the A XI coming 2nd in the competition.

SPC Lodge Real Estate 1st XI vs Cambridge

Day 1: Cambridge won the toss and chose to bat. Old boy Dillon Kelliher looked good, crushing a few balls through the covers before Campbell Robb (1/33) ripped one through the gate. Another Old boy Chris Swanson lost his wicket to Jack Collins (2/9) with Curtly Harper taking the catch to possibly change the course of the match. We started to take control of the innings, however Cambridge fought back with J. Batemen (40), and P. Tomsett (30) who put together a partnership giving Cambridge something to bowl at.

Cambridge started well knocking over Ollie in the 3rd over. Kuwyn Price (28) and Curtly Harper (17), and Clint Price (21) soaked up a lot of pressure applied by Cambridge. But it was Jack Sturm (56*) with the help of David Hancock (18*) who managed to get St Paul's back on track to pick up first-innings points. At the close of play, St Paul's are 159/5. St Paul's will need to bat well to close the door on Cambridge.

Cambridge 147/10 50.3 overs (J Bateman 40, P Tomsett 30, G Ott 3/25, JC Collins 2/9) Lodge Real Estate 1st XI 159/5 52.0 overs (JS Sturm 56*, Kuwyn Price 28, R Sakurano-Thomas 2/40)

Day 2: Started with St Paul's with a slight advantage ahead of Cambridge. But Cambridge, as they did with the bat, came back strong taking 5 wickets with St Paul's having a lead of only 30 runs. Cambridge didn't take long to take the lead and pile on 218/6 off 35.0 overs with D Kelliher scoring a classy 123, and C Swanson (old boy) supporting with 49. This meant St Paul's would need to score either 188 or occupy the crease for a few hours. Captain fantastic David Hancock came out with Curtly Harper (40) who did a great job from the front. Blunting the new ball losing David (29) in the 12th over, then Kuwyn Price (10) in the 20th over. Curtly grafted away facing almost 100 balls, falling in the 35th over. We lost Jack Collins (10) shortly after with the momentum swinging back to Cambridge. But it was Jack Sturm (20) and the old, wise head of Clint Price (27) who held things together before stumps were pulled.

This is a great win against a quality set up. The boys should be very proud of the way they have finished their season.

GILLETTE CUP

SPC Lodge Real Estate 1st XI vs St Peter's Cambridge - After winning the toss and batting first Ollie O'Meeghan (73) and Kuwyn Price (79) got us off to a great start. We were able to get our innings through to score 275/9 off our 45 overs. In reply, St Peter's struggled early on with the power and strength of Shiv Achary and Campbell Robb. In the middle, our spin twins Declan O'Sullivan 3/38 and George Ott taking 2/13 turned the match in our favour. SPC Lodge Real Estate 1st XI 2019 - Won by 155 runs.

SPC Lodge Real Estate 1st XI vs Aquinas CollegeAquinas College won the toss and elected to bowl. Kuwyn Price top-scored (84), Jack Sturm (34), and Cooper Robinson (25) were also able to contribute to our total of 193/10. Aquinas College was 120/3 before we were able to get any momentum. We were able to take 7 wickets for only 24 runs. We ended up winning the match by 49 runs. SPC Lodge Real Estate 1st XI 2019 - won by 49 runs

SPC Lodge Real Estate 1st XI vs Kamo High - Kamo High 1st XI won the toss and elected to bowl. We

started well with the bat with David Hancock (22) and Ollie O'Meeghan (35). Conditions made it tough to score at a quick rate. Sam Lints (73) was able to lift the run rate hitting 8 fours, and one six. We finished our innings with 213 in the bank.

In reply, Kamo High School never got anything going losing wickets at regular intervals. Again, our spin twins George Ott (3/34), and Declan O'Sullivan (3/22) knocked Kamo High School over for 116. SPC Lodge Real Estate 1st XI 2019 - Won by 97 runs.

SPC Lodge Real Estate 1st XI vs HBHS - We won the toss and elected to bat. We got off to the worst start possible. Losing quick wickets in clumps. With no momentum, we cracked under the immense pressure created by HBHS being bowled out for 75. In reply, we were able to create some uncertainty taking 2 quick wickets. However HBHS were able to hold on to win the John Guy trophy and the right to compete for the Gillette Cup.

Congratulations to our Junior Gold XI winners of the Puna Shield for the Year 9 Grade.

We would like to thank our boys for a great season of cricket. Not only are they an awesome bunch of cricketers, but they are also a great bunch of young men. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our coaches and managers for all the effort, thought and planning put into the program. One thing we are always blessed with in our community are incredibly passionate and are supportive parents. To everyone involved, we would like to thank you for your support. At various times we’ve had parents helping with providing transport, providing billets, scoring games, purchasing and preparing food, and encouragement of the boys when at home.

And finally, Bails pulls stumps on a fantastic job after 7 years of coaching. The boys really are very lucky to have an ex-Black Cap and first-class cricketer of his stature providing them with all his wisdom and guidance. His passion for cricket is unwavering and his dedication to the development of cricket at St Paul’s is highly regarded indeed.

CHESS

MRS C GIBBS

Bay of Plenty Rapid Tournament

The beginning of the year is always busy for chess with two of its biggest tournaments being out of Hamilton. The Bay of Plenty Rapid is a tough tournament, featuring tough competitors. St Paul’s was fortunate to have Michelle Kong give up her Saturday in Tauranga on February 21st, playing six games of chess. Michelle won the first two rounds by checkmate. Going into the next round she was third equal on points. Although an error early on in the game saw her lose her queen, she held on strongly. Her chess prowess was not enough in this game however and eventually, she was beaten. The fourth game saw her come away with a win. She was not so lucky with games five and six. Michelle played like a champion though, never looking flustered and always remaining calm, coming 6th overall in the Junior Division.

WATERPOLO

MR A CONSTABLE

The focus of this year’s water polo season was development. A squad of 17 was evenly spread across the student body, with close to an even number of senior and junior students, including seven Year 9 boys. Experience ranged from novice through to Waikato representative level.

The appointment of Mr Kip Bodle as coach meant a fresh approach. Kip’s experience in playing water polo for New Zealand, combined with his passion for the game and calm demeanour, resulted in training sessions that were focussed, productive and enjoyable.

With only 13 players permitted to participate in each game, the challenge was to give everyone an opportunity to play whilst maintaining a competitive team and recognising that our Year 13s were in their final season of water polo for St Paul’s. This we largely achieved. Outstanding contributions were made by Jack Morton, Aaron Taylor, Chris Penno, Chloe Davis, Ben Littlejohn and Samuel Peoples. However, the skill level of novice players improved noticeably, and everyone

Waikato Interschool Tournament

St Paul’s entered a team at the Waikato Interschool Chess Tournament for Sunday 4th August and came away with a secure third placing. All four members of the team played pieces to their advantage in the development stage of their games, playing their best opening and ensuring they castled the king. While St Paul’s had a strong team, Hamilton Boys’ High’s players who had recently defeated nationally ranked adults proved too strong. After a few too many checkmates, St Paul’s Collegiate came away with third place.

is to be commended for their commitment and positive attitude.

St Paul’s finished the competition with five wins, five narrow losses, and one draw, scoring 89 goals and conceding 72. This was a reasonable outcome when taking into account our approach of giving all players pool time regardless of their skill level.

We look forward to building on the successes of this season with a junior boys’ team, and achieving a better result with the senior mixed team in 2020.

Tauranga Boys’ High Exchange Latvian Tournament

A chess team of 6 players went to Tauranga on Wednesday June 19th for the Tauranga Boys’ Exchange.

Members of the team were Galen Fan, Come Videlaine, Aaron Taylor, Haonan Zhu, Seetharam Jandhyala and Fred Phillips. Aaron and Haonan won two games, Galen and Seetharam drew one game each, resulting in a tournament score of 18-6.

Saturday 16th March was an early start for Mrs Gibbs, Mr Judkins, Galen Fan, Seetharam Jandhyala and Eason Lin. The Latvian tournament was in Pakuranga and consisted of six rounds of chess games, from 9:30 am until 5 pm. The competition was hard and the competitors had to focus on their game. Galen won two games, Seetharam won three and Eason had a draw. It was an excellent opportunity to be exposed to competitors from outside of Hamilton and many lessons were learnt.

SWIMMING MR R BELL

This year has been another truly fantastic one for our swimmers; not only at local and regional meets but also at national and international meets. The name of St Paul’s Collegiate School and the St Paul’s Swimming Club has rung loudly as our swimmers have competed superbly at their school championship, the regional Waikato Secondary Schools meet, New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Open Water and indoor championships, Div’ II,

School Inter-house Swimming Sports

NAG’s, New Zealand Short-course Championship and the Australian States Championship.

New Zealand and Waikato records have fallen and medals have been hung around the necks of proud racers. Once again, none of this would have been possible without the superior input of Graeme, Ross and Vicki at the St Paul’s Swimming Club.

NZSS Open Water Championship

St Paul’s Collegiate School had a squad of 6 swimmers entered for this championship in the 500m, 1.25km and 2.6km races to count as points for NZ Secondary Schools ranking. This meet was held at Mt. Maunganui on 9 February.

In the 500m event and competing in the 16–19 age group, Kaitlyn Sosa was 4th and Ben Littlejohn was 5th. In the 1.25km event and competing in the 12–13 age group, Boston Tordoff was 6th and Matthew

Chanwai was 8th. In the 2.6km event Kaitlyn was 4th in the female 16–19, and in the male 14–15 age group, Sam Peoples was 12th and Isaac Reay was 15th. In the Amphibian race (Open Men) Boston and Matthew were 1st and received a Gold Medal.

St Paul’s finished the day with a NZ Secondary Schools ranking of 11th out of the 58 schools competing.

This day of intense competition between the houses saw 11 school swimming records fall; four to Ben Littlejohn, three to Kaitlyn Sosa, two to Thomas Griffin and two to Boston Tordoff.

Final House placings were as follows;

1st Hall 1038 points Junior Boys Champion Boston Tordoff

2nd Fitchett 981 points Intermediate Boys Champion Sam Peoples

3rd Hamilton 808 points Senior Boys = Champions Ben Littlejohn/Thomas Griffin

4th Clark 729 points Senior Girls Champion Kaitlyn Sosa

5th School 642 points Champion of Champions Ben Littlejohn (4 records)

6th Williams 639 points 1500m Boys Champion Thomas Griffin – 17:16.33

7th Sargood 543 points 1500m Girls Champion Kaitlyn Sosa – 18:17.21

Well done to all who gave their best for their house.

Waikato Secondary Schools Swimming Championship

A squad of 20 swimmers qualified to attend this meet that was held at Te Rapa Waterworld on Tuesday 2 April and which resulted in one New Zealand 16 years boy’s record, two Waikato Secondary Schools’ records, eight Gold, four Silver and five Bronze awards. A further 27 4th to 8th places in finals contributed to team points meaning that the boys finished up 2nd overall, the girls were 8th overall and the combined scores meant we finished 5th out of the 27 competing schools.

Ben Littlejohn – NZ Record in 16 years boys 50 Fly, 2 x 1st and 1 x 2nd. Thomas Griffin – 3 x 1st, Boston Tordoff – 2 x 1st and 1 x 2nd, Nicola Pipe – 1 x 1st Matthew Chanwai – 2 x 2nd, Kaitlyn Sosa – 1 x 3rd, Oliver Larcombe – 1 x 3rd

Senior Boys Relay Team (Littlejohn, Griffin, Allen and Peoples) – 3rd in the 100m Freestyle relay and 3rd in the 100m Medley relay.

Junior Boys Relay Team (Tordoff, Chanwai, Allen and Kalma) – 3rd in the 100m Medley relay.

NZSS Swimming Championship

SPC Swim Squad members were; Ben Littlejohn (17-18 yr Boys), Kaitlyn Sosa (17-18 yr Girls), Ben Haskell (15 yr Boys), Boston Tordoff (14 yr Boys), Matthew Chanwai (13 yr Boys), Nate Allen (13 yr Boys). This meet was held at Te Rapa Waterworld from 12–15 September.

There were 730 swimmers from 160 secondary schools from across New Zealand competing in the six sessions over the four days of timed finals racing.

Among the many highlights for St Paul’s swimmers over those four days of competition included; six Silver medals, two Bronze medals and a 4th for Ben Littlejohn, one Bronze medal for Boston Tordoff and three other top 10 finishes, three top 10 and two top 20 finishes for Kaitlyn, three top 20 finishes for the Under 15 years boys relay team of Boston, Ben Haskell, Matthew and Nate. Many PB’s for all swimmers who were able to swim under their Swim NZ seed times.

By the end of the championship St Paul’s had a New Zealand co-ed schools ranking of 12th. Next year we aim to get back into the top 10.

Other notable swimming accomplishments

There have also been so many other wonderful performances on the national and international stages from our swimmers. Certainly, Ben’s recordbreaking butterfly swims, both here and in Australia, stand out and Boston, Kaitlyn and Thomas too have basked in the glory of their top-notch performances both here at national meets like NAG’s and Springs as well as in Australia.

TENNIS

Kaitlyn has been selected in the New Zealand squad to attend the Open Water Championship in Australia in December. Another St Paul’s swimmer to wear the Silver Fern!

This has truly been a phenomenal year for our swimmers. They have done us proud in so many arenas. Many thanks go to our leaving Year 13 swimmers; Jess Allen, Thomas Griffin, Nicola Pipe, Jacob Gibbs and Kaitlyn Sosa and to our wonderful parent support group. Now for 2020.

MR P GILBERT

The boys and girls teams enjoyed much success this year. The number 1 team of Simon Han and Carlin Vollebregt went unbeaten all season in the Hamilton competition with the number 2 team of Stark Sun and Nic Kyon runners up. Simon, Carlin and Stark represented St Paul’s at the National Teams event in Christchurch where they maintained their ranking of 4th.

The girls number 1 team of Lily Carr-Paterson and Caitlin Fladgate suffered only one loss locally and Sophie Chisholm joined these two at the National Teams event in Christchurch where they ended in 5th place, one ahead of Kings College.

The temperature on the courts in the Tennis exchange with Lindisfarne in early February was close to 40 degrees but our players fought for every point. In the Junior doubles, Fergus Williams and Ashton Robinson were defeated as were Fred Phillips and Harrison Gower in 3 tough sets. Hayden Fladgate and Ollie Storey won their match comfortably. In the junior singles Ashton Robinson, Hayden Fladgate and Fred Phillips had excellent wins. Fergus, Harrison and Ollie had losses. The overall junior result was a narrow loss 5 matches to 4.

The senior team was dominant against a number of representative players from Lindisfarne. Although Simon Han and Carlin Vollebregt went down in their doubles match, Nic Kyon with Stark Sun and Matthew Forward with Nathan Ingham had tiebreak wins. Simon Han was the only player to be defeated in the singles. Carlin, Stark and Matthew

LACROSSE

MRS A BROMWICH & MOLLY CLEMENTS (CAPTAIN)

The girls began the season well, winning two out of three of their grading rounds which placed the St Paul’s Girls’ at the top of the A division. The girls then travelled each Saturday during terms two and three to Tamahere, playing each round against a variety of schools – St Peters, Cambridge High School Prem Reserves, Te Awamutu Prem Reserves, Hamilton Girls’ High School, Cambridge A, Hillcrest A and Matamata.

During the rounds, the scoreboard saw the St Paul’s Girl’s battle to hold first place in the A division given that they did not always come away each Saturday with a win. Throughout the semi-final St Paul’s Girls fought hard to take out the game against Matamata, gaining a place in the finals to play for 1st and 2nd.

As the Newspaper article read, the final saw the St Paul’s Collegiate clinch victory in girls’ high school

lacrosse league. What a way to end a season! The St Paul’s Girls’ knew playing for first place was going to be tough seeing that they had played Cambridge High School before and lost by a large margin. The St Paul’s Girls started well scoring their first goal within the first 30 seconds of the game but Cambridge High School were not slow to respond and scored to match our goal pretty quickly. That set the tone for the entire game–St Paul’s would score one and Cambridge High School would respond.

The game came down to the last 30 seconds of play and Amelia Hunt scored which gave St Paul’s that winning goal. Full time score 10–9 to St Paul’s, 1st place Waikato Girls Secondary Schools Lacrosse goes to St Paul’s. It has been another incredible season for the St Paul’s Girls Lacrosse Team. The girls have worked their socks off! Congratulations on yet another gold medal win!

K ey player selections

Both Charleis Kingston-White and Ameila Hunt were selected for The Waikato U18 Girls’ Lacrosse team. At Nationals this team won gold medals in a superb thriller that went into extra time!

Kacy Monkley was selected for The Waikato U15 Girls’ Lacrosse team. At Nationals this team won silver medals.

Thanks must go to Sammy Quintal our incredibly patient and fully committed coach who never stopped believing in our St Paul’s Girls’ Lacrosse team. she has continued to support the girls, including new players throughout the season in developing their lacrosse skills and gameplay and has continued to encourage them to become a winning team.

Also a big thank you must go to the parents of the girls who weekend after weekend stand on the sidelines supporting their lacrosse player.

won in 3 torrid sets while Nic and Nathan only needed 2 sets to win. This gave the seniors a 7 matches to 2 victory and an overall victory to St Paul’s of 11 matches to 6.

At the Waikato Secondary Schools Championships, Fergus Williams was 4th in the Junior Boys Singles and Harrison Gower and Fred Phillips won the Doubles final. In the Intermediate Girls singles final, Caitlin Fladgate was runner up with Sophie Chisholm and Lily Carr-Paterson 4th in the senior doubles. In the Senior Boys Singles, Carlin Vollebregt was 3rd with the highlight being Simon Han crowned as the Waikato Champion.

NETBALL

The 2019 netball season was well-represented at St Paul’s Collegiate with three netball teams competing strongly in their respective grades.

Seven students made representative honours in the 2019 season:

Abby Payne

Eastern Waikato Under 19 team

Chloe Davis

Hamilton City Under 17A team

Matire Ormsby van-Selm

Hamilton City Under 17A team

Tainui Waka Under 17

Lily Carr Paterson -

Hamilton City Under 17B team

Tainui Waka Under 17

Chloe Carr Paterson

Hamilton City Under 17B team

Tainui Waka Under 17

Awatea GudgeonHamilton City Under 15A team

Hamilton City Under 17B team

Ellis Watson

Hamilton City Under 17A team

Open A Netball Team

Captains - Lily Carr Paterson & Abby Payne

Coach: Sonya Noble Manager: Helen Bradford

2019 was a development year for the team, with the loss of seven Year 13’s the year before. However, the team this year far out-shone their “development” title with some consistent results throughout the season, representing the depth and talent of netballers both current and new into the school. For the fifth year in a row the team took out the Championship grade at the Trans-Tasman Quad tournament held in Melbourne. The team also placed in the top 4 at the Waikato Secondary School Monday Night League competition finishing the competition in fourth place. The team had qualified for the Thursday night Indoor Premier grade at Hamilton City, which is the highest club competition in the region, and were competitive against quality sides. The team improved throughout the season, using the intense competition to work on combinations, with their focus on the milestone tournament for all premier secondary school netball teams, the Upper North Island Secondary School tournament held on the North Shore in Auckland.

Highlights of the tournament from Co-captain Lily Carr Paterson:

UNISS is always the highlight of the season for secondary school netball players in the Upper North Island, where a season’s hard work, trainings, games, pre-leagues all comes down to this one week. After a season of highs and lows, it was rewarding to finish in 12th place in the A grade. This was made possible by a collective belief within the team, that we could do it, that we were better than we had been.

Guidance and support came from the sideline from our coach, manager and families. By using all our skill sets and digging deep, we gave it our all.

Our team of 11, every team member’s contribution, whether it be four quarters or one quarter in a game over the week, we were as valuable as the next person’s success. There were exceptional skills shown on the court, and this ongoing desire is a testament to the ability that certain individuals have to go above and beyond. This exemplifies the depth of talent we have within our school and these players are certainly role models for our up-andcoming netball players.

Understanding our strengths and weaknesses, and by playing to our strengths rather than our weaknesses, our team of 11 left North Harbour with our heads held high, and proud to say that we were all members of the 2019 St Paul’s Open A Team who finished 12th out of 128 teams.

For those year 13’s moving on, good luck for your netball careers in the big wide world, and for our up-and-coming netballers, every season is a new beginning which requires hard work and dedication from day one.

Captain: Lucy Fullerton-Smith

Coach: Pare Gilmartin-Kara

Manager: Jackie Lock

We kicked off the season by playing in Australia and finished runners-up in the Development grade, then returning for Monday night league. Both of these pre-season competitions allowed the girls to gel together and enabled us to try out different combinations. This team has shown their determination and commitment from the very start. Moving further into the season the girls continued well with the 5:50 am starts for fitness as well as training. These enabled them to play in the top grade on Saturdays. In this very competitive pool, the girls only became more determined to play their best and develop as players and as a team.

The last few weeks of term three showed just how strong the team was. As the games became more competitive, the girls stepped up to the challenge and after numerous closely scored games they ended their season on a high with a win. Each member of this team has come away from the season having further developed their unique set of skills which they can bring to the netball season next year. Led by an amazing coach (Pare Gilmartin-Kara) and manager (Mrs Jackie Lock) this team has certainly stepped up and played with their hearts on their sleeves, strengthening their passion for netball.

Premier Reserve Netball Team

TOUCH MISS N SCHOLLUM

This year we had quite a large number of students electing to play touch rugby in Term one and ended up with eight teams as shown below, all named after the current top eight countries in Touch. Because of the term dates we could not enter the local Touch competition at Steele park and ran our own round-robin. Papua New Guinea came out on top and won a pizza shout thanks to our sponsors 3C Management Ltd - Recruitment Specialists. We hope in Term four this year we will be able to get back into the local touch competition.

2019 Gold Team

The netball Gold team had a great start to the season, trialling in C/D grade but ultimately being placed in B grade. Throughout the season, the girls’ confidence and teamwork grew immensely. A missed game and injuries meant that the team’s final standing was not a true reflection of their development as a team. Under the enthusiastic coaching of ex-St Paul’s student Emma Smith, the girls’ connections across the court, ball skills and fitness were greatly improved. Our stalwart shooter was Sophie Marsh, supported by Honey Hailstone and Georgia Hopkins. The heart of our midcourt unit was the centre, Belinda Wright. Captain Zara Leong and Maggie Patterson were reliable and hardworking midcourters, always helping to drive the ball down the court. In the defence, Mackenzie Watson grew her GK game throughout the season, gaining multiple intercepts per game. Alex Johnson, Kaitlyn Sosa, Hazel Hulme augmented Watson’s defence, proving to be a powerful defensive unit. A great season enjoyed by all.

VOLLEYBALL

MR K HOGG

This year we had two girls social volleyball teams that played in the Te Rapa Sportsdrome on a Monday evening. The St Paul’s Yellow Team had two wins and four losses and finished 3rd. The St Paul’s Black Team had two wins and four losses and finished 4th. Both teams completed strongly and enjoyed the season. The player of the season was Kaya Yokoyama.

Kaya Yokoyama went on to trial and be selected for the Waikato Women’s U21 Team. She travelled to Wellington on 1st June to compete in the 2019 New Zealand Provincial Volleyball Championships. Kaya played outstandingly throughout the 3-day competition with wins over Canterbury (3-1), Wellington (3-2), Manawatu (3-0) and a loss to Harbour (2-3). The Waikato team won their semi-final over Harbour (30) and went onto the final, narrowly losing a 5 set thriller (3-2) to Wellington, finishing the tournament 2nd.

We are extremely grateful to all the coaches/ managers for the dedication and enthusiastic support. A special thanks to; David Sole, Jason McGrath, Ryan Ma, Helen Bradford and Colin Lewis who helped with the running of our own round-robin competition.

Lastly, St Paul’s is extremely proud to announce that our elite touch team coached by Ryan Ma will be going to nationals in Rotorua on the 12th of December till the 15th of December. We wish them all the best of luck!

Captain: Zara Leong Coach: Emma Smith Manager: Stacey Stewart

BASKETBALL

MR M RAMEKA

Premier Waikato CompetitionPremier Reserve Grade

In the local competition, we battled through the two rounds of the season. In the first part of the season, we struggled with combinations and injuries finding ourselves in the bottom section of the pool. In the second part of the season, we had our full squad back getting the season back on track. By the end of the season, we found ourselves in the playoffs. St Paul’s Collegiate Schick Civil Construction.

Premier Boys vs Tai Wananga Semi-final: We started the worst possible way by turning the ball over and making poor decisions (1st quarter SPC 6–TW 25). However, as the match continued we slowly clawed our way back into the game (HT SPC 21–TW 38). After halftime, we were able to get better looks to take our opportunities (3rd SPC 42–TW 54). But in

the end, we couldn’t get any momentum in the last quarter losing the match 50–68. This loss saw our boys playing against St John’s Ospreys at St Paul’s for the 3rd or 4th place in the Premier Reserve grade.

St Paul’s Collegiate Schick Civil Construction

Premier Boys vs St John’s Ospreys 3rd and 4th playoff: Having lost to St John’s Ospreys earlier on in the season we needed to work harder in executing on defence and offence. And sadly we weren’t able to do this. St John’s come out with more intensity and like in the semi-final, we were slow out of the blocks. St John’s were too good for our boys losing the match 62–83.

Central North Island Basketball Tournament

Game 1 vs St Peter’s: we started the tournament off with a slow first quarter only scoring two points. However, in the second, we managed to get things underway with Jacob Gibbs knocking nine points in three possessions. In the third quarter, St Peter’s were able to lift the intensity leading 22–47. In the end, St Peter’s were too good finishing with the win scoring 32–57.

Game 2 vs Lindisfarne College: We started off well, getting into our sets with better timing with the score at 14–16. In the 2nd quarter, we were able to get some momentum outscoring Lindisfarne 31–27. In the 3rd quarter, we lost this momentum only scoring 6 points. We fought hard, however, we never got to take the lead losing the match 46–53. Top performers were Jack Collins with 24 points, 8 rebounds & Jacob Gibbs 10 points.

Game 3 vs St John’s College Hastings: With a short turn around we were up for the challenge. However, St John’s come out with intensity which we couldn’t match with the score at 4–16 in the 1st quarter. In the 2nd quarter, it was much of the same. Turning

3x3 Nationals - Basketball

Day one saw both teams find the transition to 3x3 tough, with the junior boys the only team racking up a win against Raglan Area School (SPC 8–6 Raglan). Day two saw both teams learning from their mistakes playing with better structure and purpose. Our seniors had a better day picking up two close wins against St Thomas (SPC 9–9 St Thomas), and Forest View (SPC 12–9 Forest View). Day three saw our juniors playing off for 15th and 16th place in the junior boy’s open grade against Forest View. However, we were up to the challenge, winning 12–5. Our senior boys had a tougher day having injuries to Riley Foster and Bryan Chap. We played the final round-robin vs a more athletic Whanganui Collegiate losing the match 5–14.

Both teams will be disappointed having lost a few close games which would have pushed the team into the top section. There is still a lot of work to do to match the more established programs in the country.

With all of this year’s playing unit having their first time at this tournament we look forward to attending this tournament next year with a better understanding of the game.

Even having lost these close games, the team structure had improved tenfold due to the new head coach Jono Kraenzlin. The greater emphasis on fundamentals and higher expectations mean we should expect better results in the coming years.

the ball over, allowing St John’s to score in transition. HT score 10–30. In the third and fourth, St John’s continued the intensity winning the match easily 36–63. The top scorer was Jack Collins with 18 points.

Game 4 vs St FAHS: Again we started off slowly not matching the intensity of the opposition. HT score 14–29, with Kent Davidson the only scorer in the second quarter with nine points. In the third quarter, we played with better clarity with the ball, getting better looks at the rim. However, we couldn’t keep FAHS out of the paint scoring 23 points. In the end, we couldn’t keep pace with FAHS losing the match 38–66.

Game 5 vs St FDMC: We started off better, matching the intensity of FDMC with the scores 9–15. In the second quarter, we struggled with the pace of the game with the HT score at 13–31. In the third we pulled things back matching FDMC point for point. However, in the fourth quarter, FDMC was too good losing the match 32–68. Top performer: Jack Collins with 19 points.

Schick Cup Basketball Tournament

Our first game of the tournament was against Havelock North. We managed to ride the wave and stay in the match (1st SPC 20–HN 28). We pulled the game back only allowing HN 13 points in the second quarter. (HT SPC 35 - 41). In the third quarter, HN went on a run to push out their lead but we still we able to stay with HN. (3rd SPC 53–HN 59). In the fourth quarter, Riley Foster was able to knock down a few three-pointers. We were able to hold the lead to win the match 82–78. Once again Jack Collins was a beast on the court scoring 20+ points and 10+ rebounds for the match. Game 2 was a tough encounter against Waiopehu. In the first quarter both teams come out strong (1st SPC 20–WC 21). In the second quarter, both teams were working hard to prevent any flow on defence with Jack Collins collecting anything on the boards (HT SPC 37–WC 37). In the third quarter, it was much of the same with no team really taking control of the match (3rd SPC 49–HN 51). In the fourth

quarter, their playmaker took control of the match getting others involved and scoring when his team needed to. We weren’t able to build any momentum, losing the match 64–78.

Game 3 was against Central Hawkes Bay. first quarter scores were 8–13. In the second quarter, things started to click but still Central Hawkes Bay outscored us 20–21. In the fourth quarter, we managed to lock-in on defence only let Central Hawkes Bay score seven points in the quarter to our 21 points. But in the end, it was too much to pull back losing by 10 points. A valiant effort where these boys dug deep right to the end. Not the result we wanted, but we represented St Paul’s with pride fought right to the end.

Game 4 vs Te Puke High School. After losing Riley Foster to illness and Jack Collins to a lateral ankle ligament rupture, our senior members had to step up and fill the void. In the first quarter, we blew

CYCYLING MR B VAN MEYGAARDEN

This has been an exciting time for Cycling at St Paul’s Collegiate. Thomas McAdams and Riley Wills started the year with a 1st place in the U17 team time trial for the Hamilton City Club at the WBOP Club championships in December of 2018.

Riders competed in the WBOP Schools championships at Paterangi in June. A good tune-up before the North Island Schools Road Championships at Karapiro two weeks later.

At Karapiro, in a field of over 600 riders, Riley Wills, Toby Finlayson, Oliver Galpin and Jackson Dwyer formed an under 16 team time trial squad

with Thomas McAdams, Lachlan Coleman, Oliver Larcombe and Isaac Reay riding as a U20 team. Both teams rode well and gained valuable experience for the future. Following this was the road race with Riley Wills returning from Tihoi, coming 27th. Thomas McAdams and Oliver Larcombe had a 55km race in the U17 age group with Thomas placing 10th and Oliver 16th both of whom rode exceptionally well to finish in the leading group in a Tour de France-like mass finish with just 2 seconds separating 4th and 24th.

At the start of September, riders represented St Paul’s at the Cycling NZ Schools Individual

Te Puke High School out 26–11 with Jae Broomfield scoring 16 points. This allowed our younger members Kaleb Mackay, Conrad Jackson, and Jack Ruske (all year 9’s) some valuable game time which they took full advantage of. In the second quarter, Te Puke managed to claw themselves back into the game with their shooting guard scoring inside and from deep (HT SPC 37–TP 27). In the third quarter, both defences worked harder allowing less scoring opportunities and players getting into foul trouble (3rd SPC 48–TP 36). In the fourth quarter, their shooters started to play with no fear. They were able to knock down four three-pointers creating a lot of pressure on our decision making. However, we were able to hold our nerve and win the match SPC 64–Te Puke 58. Top performer Jae Broomfield with 36 points.

Game 5 vs Whanganui Collegiate. We came out getting a lot of good looks scoring with Kent Davidson picking up nine points (1st SPC 23–WC 11).

In the second quarter, we continued to work hard executing our sets with the bench rolling in and out (HT SPC 46–WC 29). In the third quarter, we continued with our defence contesting every possession Collegiate had (3rd SPC 69–46). We finished the tournament with a solid win against another CNI team school (FT SPC 90–WC 59).

To the boys who played their final game for the school: Captain Jack Collins, Jacob Gibbs, and Jack Morton should feel justifiably proud of their efforts over the year and giving it their all. To the boys returning, next year promises much and we hope we can go a few steps further. We would like to sincerely thank all of our coaches (Jono Kraenzlin, Nathaniel Nelson, Jason McGrath, Jeremy Coley, and Josh Howard) for all the time and effort that they exerted to help our teams improve and develop. And thank you to all those that came down and supported us throughout the season!

Northern Tour in Auckland. Competing in a time trial along the roads of Panmure, hill climb up Mt Wellington and a criterium, racing multiple laps around a 1.1km loop. Everyone rode well over the weekend with Riley Wills winning the B grade criterium and Thomas McAdams placing 14th in the U17 A grade.

From the end of September, five riders competed at the Cycling NZ Schools National Road Championships in Fielding. Lachlan Coleman, Thomas Mc Adams, Isaac Reay and Riley Wills competed in the U20 senior road race and did well to finish 24th. In the road race, Jackson Dwyer

worked hard to finish 34th. Isaac and Riley competed in the U16B grade. Riley stayed in the peloton and used his sprint at the finish to secure a confident win. After needing to stop, Isaac put in a massive effort to get back into the race and was the first rider in after the peloton in 16th place.

In the points event, riders got to race around the Manfield racetrack. Isaac, Riley and Thomas rode well, with Thomas leading the pack in the 2nd lap. All riders should be proud of their positive attitude and efforts this year.

HOCKEY

1st XI Boy’s Hockey Rankin Cup / India Shield Tournament

With a young and inexperienced Division one team, St Paul’s Collegiate School Boys 1st XI hockey team set out to Christchurch to compete in the Rankin Cup. Our goal was to emulate or improve on last year’s team where they came 13th. However, due to our hard pool (Christchurch Boys High School, Hamilton Boys High School and John McGlashan College), we had to re-evaluate our goals. The team decided to try and win the India Shield (17th in the tournament) and to ensure that we remained in the tournament in 2020 by avoiding relegation (bottom 6 teams go down to Division three).

There were 32 teams and we came 24th. We achieved one of our goals, to stay in the Rankin Cup

/ India Shield tournament. So we go home with our heads held high and a good effort put in on the turf. We look forward to improving our position next year. Sam Lints was the 10th highest goal scorer for the tournament with seven goals (highest was 13). Sam was also named the Most Valuable Player of our team. Well done Sam!

We would like to thank all supporters, parents and sponsors, especially those who came down to Christchurch to stand in torrential rain! Special thanks goes out to Matt Rees-Gibbs for coaching the team and to Jo Lincoln who was camp mum and whose support was invaluable over the week.

Tanner Cup

The 9th annual Tanner Cup hockey tournament hosted by St Paul’s Collegiate saw the 12 best hockey schools from the North and South Islands compete in this under 15 tournament. The level of hockey being played this year is the best that has been seen at this competition.

St Paul’s was in a tough pool with Tauranga Boys’ and St Andrew’s College. First up was Tauranga Boys’ in the middle of the day with hot and sunny conditions. We played some great hockey with real control and composure that allowed us to dominate for good periods of the game. Tauranga managed to struggle through to a 2–1 win. Goal scored by Cameron Bird.

Day 2, another middle of the day game in hot conditions once again. St Andrew’s College was a very competitive side with end to end hockey all game. St Andrew’s was 1–0 up with 5 minutes to play, we substituted our goalie for an extra field player to create more pressure in and around the goal. Unfortunately, St Andrew’s scored again ending the game 2–0.

With our next game only an hour and a half later it was going to be difficult with such a short turn

around and playing New Plymouth Boys’ who had not played a game yet during the day. We started the game well but begun to struggle to keep up with the pace of the game early in the second half and New Plymouth put a few goals away. We ended the game with a 7–1 loss. It is hard to lose when you know that you could perform better if you had more preparation time.

Day 3, a dominant performance against Lindisfarne College. We controlled the game and created space for our strikers to get some great shots on goal. two goals form Lachie O’Neil, two from Cameron Bird and one from Thomas Scanlon, ending the game with a 5–0 win.

Day 4, A slow start to the game against Whanganui Collegiate, lacking a bit of concentration and positional structure. After the team talk at half time, we changed up a gear and started to play more our style of hockey. A second goal later in the second half sealed the 2–0 win. A 10th place was not the desired result but the team has learned a lot and can be proud of the hockey they have played.

Junior A Boys’ Hockey

Coach: Dan Scanlon

Manager and coach: N. Muirhead

Captain: O. Storey (term two), B. Beveridge (term three)

Over the two terms, 22 boys (a good number taking up hockey for the first time) played regularly for our boy’s junior A team. The interest in boys’ hockey has been great and every boy in the squad contributed to the team’s success. Term two went very well with five wins, two draws and one loss. The Tihoi changeover caused a change to the basic squad and with this changeover, further pressure was brought to bear in the numbers department. My thanks to the boys for their co-operation and support, especially on the odd occasion where we couldn’t play all the boys because player availability was greater than the 16 players we could put on the card. We started term three with two losses but

then settled back into our earlier season form! We finished the season with wins in our quarter-final, semi-final and final. The boys are to be commended on the tenacity and spirit shown over the season, but most evident in the semi-final against Putaruru where we came from 2–0 down to win 4–3. This prepared us well for the final, as once again we came from behind to win 2–1 with both our goals coming in the last five minutes of the game.

A special thank you to Dan Scanlon who has done the vast majority of coaching at trainings, and a very big thanks to the parents and supporters who have found themselves on the sidelines throughout the season! This, combined with a great attitude and commitment from the players, saw them win the “Ngaire Smith Cup” as winners of the Waikato Hockey Secondary Schools D-Grade boys division!

4th XI Boy’s Hockey

The 4th XI Boys Hockey team consisted mainly of senior students plus a handful of year ten boys. With the Tihoi change of intake mid-season, we lost our year tens and gained some new ones. Among the members of the team there was a wide range of skills, experience and fitness. Some boys were essentially beginner players, while other individuals only had a little hockey experience at a competitive level. Fortunately, a few players were quite skilled and, although they just wanted to play socially, they did provide a solid backbone to the team.

The team was entered in the Boys Division D grade. Several games were won easily, but there were a few teams who put up greater resistance and challenged our ability to mark opposition players, to pass accurately and to maintain good team cohesion. After the initial “no-points” rounds of the season, the more serious the round-robin competition started.

We came through that part of the competition with no draws, three losses and four wins. At that point, we were running third on the points table. Heading into the finals rounds, we had two wins and one further loss which placed the team 4th in the grade for the season.

Of the four losses suffered only one was an outright loss – the other three were due to unavoidable defaults caused mainly by having our Monday competition nights coincide with exeat weekends and the majority of our players being boarders.

Despite this, all players had an enjoyable season and to their credit maintained a cheerful and sporting attitude in all games.

Special thanks must go to our two German coaches, Justus Turinsky and Ludwig Gross who willingly gave up their time to try and develop some effective skills and strategies in our team.

1st XI Girl’s Hockey

The girls began the season hosting a successful Easter tournament at St Paul’s for 6 schools. This was followed by the Waikato A grade round of competition where St Paul’s was placed 5th. St Paul’s were then entered in the Midlands Intercity Secondary Schools Competition in the Girls’ Division Two South where games were played against teams from Tauranga, Rotorua and Hamilton. St Paul’s ended up in the final going down 3-2 on a penalty shoot-out to Kura Kaupapa Maori, 0 Ruamata. The girls then travelled to North Harbour for the Chica Gilmer hockey tournament. At this tournament, the girls had good wins in the first two days against Takapuna Grammar, Kapiti College and Avondale College. Being in a pool of 5, the girls had to play one more pool game against Samuel Marsden College which they lost. However, the considerable success in the earlier pool games, saw St Paul’s into the top four, playing Rangitoto

Key player awards

The team has been ably led throughout the season by Darcy Hunter, a talented player in her own right, gaining Midlands U18 representative honours, school colours and her hockey cap. Playing in the midfield, Darcy has outstanding ability to tackle the opposition, distribute the ball wisely or run with strength on the ball when the opportunity presents itself. A real team player, with an unstinting determination to never give up, she has been an excellent role model for younger players. Darcy is awarded the Managers Cup for Contribution to Girls’ Hockey.

Cate Wilson has led the defence with her outstanding ability to stay composed and utilise her strength on the ball to ensure the team remained competitive in key games, not the least of which was her contribution to the team’s semi-final win at tournament. Cate’s quiet determination, commitment and leadership, both on and off the field, has led to

College in their semi-final on Thursday. Throughout the semi-final St Paul’s fought hard to take out the game 2-1, gaining both a place in the tournament final and the top tournament Federation Cup/Marie Fry for 2020.

The final on Friday against Whanganui Collegiate proved to be one challenge too far. While St Paul’s girls gave it their all on the field and played with real heart and determination, they were unable to better Whanganui who took out the game 3-0. St Paul’s were then awarded their thoroughly deserved silver medal, while Cate Wilson was nominated St Paul’s most valuable player of the tournament. The coaches, manager and all their supporters are super proud of what this team has achieved, making history reaching the final of a Tier 3 tournament and qualifying for Fed Cup in 2020.

2nd XI Girl’s Hockey

Coach: N. Muirhead Manager: K. Lilley

Once again we welcomed a number of girls who were new to hockey into our 2nd XI squad. The more experienced girls in the squad were supportive and inclusive and very soon the girls were a friendly, cooperative unit. As mentioned at our laser tag “break up” afternoon I really appreciated the way the year 13 girls set the example and tone at trainings, and this very soon translated into improved performances at matches. As the girls developed their combinations and basic game structure, so their performance strengthened. From managing just five points in the first round (one win and two draws) we went on to equal or better every result, gaining 15 points in the second round. Fraser and Dio contested the final and in the second round, we had managed to beat Dio and draw to Fraser

who finished second and first respectively. We played King Country girls in our final match to draw for equal third place! Results were not the primary goal of our season, but the enthusiasm, willingness to learn and improve, and the general enjoyment the players appeared to get out of their hockey this year went a long way to helping generate the improved performances that earned the girls a wonderful second half of their season.

Mrs Lilley and I have thoroughly enjoyed working with the 2019 squad and thank them for all that each and every one of them has contributed to the enjoyment and success of the season. Thank you to Hinehou for help in term two with the squad – your input was greatly appreciated! A big “thank you” too, to the parents and supporters on the sidelines. We hope you have enjoyed the season as much as we did. Thanks and congratulations to Jana McLeod for her leadership of the team and her wonderful way with the girls – also for her organisation of the end of season gathering! Congratulations to Maddy Dickie and Jasmine Fountaine who went to tournament with the 1st XI – they were a valuable addition to the squad who went on to achieve the highest result a St Paul’s girls’ team has achieved at National Tournament! At the end of the season, the players voted for the season’s most improved player and most valuable playerCongratulations to Ellie Deane (most improved) and Julia Rose (most valuable)!

Another most enjoyable season has ended. My thanks again to all involved, and best wishes to the girls who leave St Paul’s at the end of this year – thank you for your contribution to our season and girls’ hockey in your time at St Paul’s.

her being awarded the Player of the Year cup for the season. Cate also gained her hockey cap.

Ayla Hall made an outstanding contribution to the attacking half of the field with her ability to distribute the ball from midfield and score goals from penalty corners. Ayla is a key link player in the team and fully deserved the award of her hockey cap for her passion and commitment to always giving of her best to the team.

Kate Healy, having played three seasons for the team, continued to be a fiesty, determined player with an uncanny ability to take the ball off the opposition and send it downfield to her midfield and attacking players. Kate gained her cap for hockey, having played over 50 games since joining the team in Year 11.

Nikki Parrott is happy to play in the midfield,

on attack, in defence or chase a single player throughout the entire game. Ready to embrace any challenge she is presented, Nikki is a tireless worker on the field and has hugely developed her on and off-ball skills throughout the season becoming a valued and unmissable link in the team. For her effort and development, Nikki is awarded the Most Improved Player cup.

Jess Scatchard, a talented striker and tireless player with determination and grit to always give of her best, was the top goal scorer across the whole season, including tournament.

The following players were part of the team during the 2019 season:

Darcy Hunter (captain), Cate Wilson, Kate Healy, Lara Beveridge, Sophie Chisholm,Ayla Hall, Phoebe McColgan, Kitty Storey (goalie), Nikki Parrott, Arna

Joining the team for tournament: Madeleine Dickie and Jasmine Fountaine.

Thanks must go to Reiner Vellinga our amazing and fully committed coach who never stopped believing over the last three years, that St Paul’s Girls’ Hockey would go the distance. Thanks also to our assistant coach in 2019, Ngahuia Muru who supported the girls throughout the season in developing their hockey skills and game awareness and encouraged them to become an awesome team.

Morris, Sammy Bryant, Jess Scatchard, Kaylee Morrison, Maddy Buckley, Katie Brown, Marcia Graafhuis

CLARK

MR C FOOT - HOUSEMASTER

Housemaster: Chris Foot

Deputy Housemaster: Daniel Harper

Assistant Housemaster: Timothy Carpenter

Matron: Maree Johns

Residential Assistants:

Kurt Heatherley (Term 1,2 and 4)

Luke Searle (Term 1 2 and 3

Jack Walters (Terms 3 and 4)

Gap Tutors: Justus Turnisky (1 and 2)

Finn McGahan/ Luke Hardy (3 and 4)

Head of House: Temple Beauchamp

Deputy Heads of House: Lachie Crean and Mac Parker

Prefects: Simon Han, Henry Brown, Sam MacNaughton, Callum Donlon, Tino Tahitua, Edwin Wills

At the time of writing, we are top of the leaderboard in the House Competition! I am led to believe that Clark House has not won it before. Whilst there are still the academic results to come through, the young men of Clark House have generally (with some exceptions!), worked hard at their studies and I am confident we can pull off a win. So here’s hoping!

Where have all these points come from? At the end of last year, our incoming Year 13’s decided on how they wanted to be remembered and whilst winning the competition is always a wish, their target was more of a long term ambition. Ably led by the quietly spoken, but respected, Temple Beauchamp and his two henchmen deputies Lachie Crean and Mac Parker, the prefects of 2019 created a new Motto: “Never Above. Never Below, Always Alongside”. This was underpinned by four mantras that they believed defined a “Unique Clark Houseman”. They were:

Maximum effort

The Tightest Brotherhood

Great Conduct

Always Punctual

And that is how they all tried to live this year. The unity within Clark has meant that these mantra, have by and large prevailed and the pride that I have observed from staff and boys has been prevalent and has to a large extent, meant everyone has given their best. The result – hopefully winning the house competition?

It all started with a magnificent win of the House Haka, with all the house leaders passionately driving the boys and girls. Temple and Tino, particularly, were outstanding. We then came third in Athletics, fourth in swimming, second in cross country, second in choirs, third in Arts Day and fourth in rowing, quiz and fashion show. A great team effort, with several individual standout performances. In the swimming, the following swam like fish, winning the house their fair share of points: They were the top two in each age group. Ayla Hall and Katie Brown, Lochie Parker and Jack Belz. Isaac Reay and Dylan Fletcher. Mac Parker and Trey Lincoln.

In the cross country, our best finishers were: Senior boys: 1st Angus Riordan, 2nd Trey Lincoln, 3rd Caleb Weck, 6th Nathan Ingham

Intermediates: 2nd Dean Stewart

Juniors: 2nd Jerry Perreria, 4th Jack Thomas

Clark House Annual Awards:

FAL BULL trophy - Third Former (most improved year 9): Ned Seath

Moreby Trophy - Junior Sportsman: Dylan Fletcher/Jack Thomas

Markham Family Award - Senior Sportsman: Callum Donlon

Neil Muirhead Award overall contribution or significant in one area: Fengyuan (Simon) Han

John Oehley Trophy - Year 11 Dux: Didier Lawson

Year 13 Dux: Fengyuan (Simon) Han

Matt Andrew Trophy - Service to House: Temple Beauchamp

Thank you to the people that make our house tick in the most efficient way. RA’s Luke, Kurt, Jack, and of course our Gappy’s Finn and Luke Hardy. They are at the coalface and do a lot of work to ensure the house operates well. Mrs Maree Johns joined us in May and has made an immediate impact. She is wonderful company for the boys, she’s a stickler for

law and order and keeps us house masters on our toes - Matron has a huge heart and she really always wants what’s best for the boys.

A very special thank you to Mr Dan Harper, my most able right-hand man. Dan is very clear in his thinking, he understands the boys and his wise counsel has been invaluable to the smooth operation of the House.

Mr Timothy Carpenter, the man, the genius. You have been a wonderful asset to the house this year We will miss his metronome and inspirational musical teaching and ability.

In short, a great year for the Mighty Clark House, a wonderful team effort from a group of young men and women who “Bleed Blue” Never Above, Never Below, Always Alongside.

WILLIAMS

MR M HOLDGATE - HOUSEMASTER

Housemaster: Term 1 Mr C Hardman, Term 2-4 Mr M Holdgate

Deputy Housemaster: Mr B Emslie

Assistant Housemaster: Mr F Van Der Merwe

Matron: Gloria Thompson

Residential Assistants: Mr D Scanlon, Mr H Nankivell

Gap Tutors: Mr T Kerr, Mr M Austin (terms 1 and 2). Mr G Gibbs (terms 3 and 4)

Mentors: Mr A Constable, Mrs A Bromwich, Mr B Rawson, Mr K Stewart

Head of House: Nicholas Karton

Deputy Head of House: George Wilson and Lachie Cowley

Harrington Leader: Lily Carr Paterson

The year 2019 has seen Williams House passionately led by Nick Karton and ably assisted by George Wilson and Lachie Cowley. They have done a fantastic job of coordinating house events and being an example in all that they do with all year levels.

A year of change in the house saw Mr Brad Emslie come on board as Deputy Housemaster at the beginning of the year. Housemaster Mr Craig Hardman departed following a passionate haka at the end of term 1. We were sad to see him go and thank him immensely for his years of service to the house. Mr Holdgate came ‘across the ditch’ from Sydney to take the reins and he has slotted in seamlessly to the role of housemaster. He has already made an impact with his sincere and approachable manner.

The year started with a day of luging in Rotorua followed by water skiing and biscuting on the lake

and a BBQ. This was a fantastic way to start off and welcome our new year 9’s into the house.

Another strong year of inter-house sports to carry on tradition is, at the time of writing, going to see Williams take out either first or second place. A tribute to the work ethic of all the boys in the house and the way they have continued to stay tight as a group.

Williams House is a house steeped in history. It is a welcoming and inclusive place for boys from all around New Zealand and further afar to call home. We would like to make a special mention to our leavers especially our year 13s. You have given so much to the house and we look forward to following your journey as you start the next chapter in life. Thank you to all who have contributed to making the house so successful in 2019 and we look forward to continuing the journey in 2020.

SARGOOD

MR G JOHNSTONE - HOUSEMASTER

2019, in Sargood House, started with some fresh faces. Not only were the year 9s new to the House, but four new staff came on board. Maioro Taylor as a Residential Assistant, Karen L’Aime, our new Matron, Reagan Standing, an Assistant Housemaster, and Guy Johnstone as Housemaster. A busy start left little time to get settled and the rollercoaster year began.

The prefect group lead by Miah McDonald (Head of House), Harry Coxhead (Deputy) and Adam Jefferis (Head boy) got together and decided they wanted to make this a landmark year for Sargood. Time for a new direction. They have worked tirelessly to ensure that Sargood is continually trying to put our best foot forward. To challenge stereotypes and ensure that our boys are the best that they can be. They are very conscious of setting a legacy and challenge the following years to build on the start that they have made.

Sargood House has performed well in the house competition with only a couple results that were below the standard hoped for. The House showed strengths in Athletics, Cross Country, Haka, Rowing, Arts Day and House Quiz. House spirit has also been a positive aspect of the house competition. As we look to next year, House Choir and Swimming will be areas for improvement. The house competition highlight for me was the performance in Arts Day. It was a genuine housewide effort. It showed the

value of everyone giving their all, regardless of their ability. The satisfaction of knowing you have done the best that you can is truly rewarding.

As a former Sargood student, returning to the House, my first year as Housemaster of Sargood has been a rewarding experience as it is special to see the strong character of Sargood showing through and the many traits still holding firm 30 years later. Pride and passion are at the forefront of everything the boys do. This was particularly evident in the House Haka and Rowing competitions, and the enthusiastic support on the sidelines of all the house events. There is also a caring side of the boys, which is often missed. I appreciate the respectful nature in which the boys treat my family and other visitors to the House. We had a large group of juniors that volunteered for shave for a cure. Many boys happily gave up their lunchtimes, regularly, to play ukulele at St Joan’s rest home, or spend time with the local primary school kids as part of the Over the Fence Ministry. I look forward to seeing these boys continue to make the world around them a better place.

As we farewell our year 13’s and look towards 2020, we must thank them for setting the bar and challenge our leaders for next year to continue their legacy. We thank them for their leadership and service to Sargood House and wish them well on their future endeavours.

SCHOOL

MAX MCLEAN-BLUCK - HEAD OF HOUSE

As a whole 2019 has a positive year, a year of growth and enjoyment within the house. While our success in the house competitions this year has been minimal, with us currently sitting in 7th place, this does not reflect the spirit, commitment and enthusiasm shown within School House this year. At the beginning of the year, our house prefects decided our two main focuses for 2019 would be participation and spirit, which I believe we have achieved.

Some of the highlights from house competitions this year have been; we started off with almost a full house turn out for Athletic Standards and managed a very respectable 3rd place. This was backed up by some outstanding individual performances on Athletics Day which secured the house an overall win. As a house, we can be proud of this win and the fact that, for a few weeks at least, we were leading the house competition.

With House Haka next, we tried to back up this

performance with another top placing. However, this was not to be. A big thank you to Thomas Bailey who stepped up and led the haka this year.

House Haka is something that I hope the house can improve on with regard to placings in future competitions. To finish off term one we competed in swimming sports. We were unlucky to have a few of our top swimmers injured, which ultimately effected our placing. However, it was good to hear some new and innovative chants coming through to support our swimmers in the pool.

The main event for term two was House Singing. We put loads of time and effort into learning our song and perfecting our performance for the day. Ultimately, I think nerves got the better of us on the day. Our performance proved under par compared to our practices. The result was disappointing, at the very least. Arts Day, once again saw an opportunity for the more cultural members of our house to step up and demonstrate their value. A first in digital photography and two 3rd placings in 40 Hours of Art, and glass paintings were highlights

from the day. We finished the year strongly with an impressive performance at House Rowing. Leading for the first two thirds of the race far exceeded expectations. We ended up finishing in the top half with a strong fourth place.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Teka, who has made a significant contribution to the house this year as deputy housemaster. He has brought an abundance of new ideas and fresh perspectives to the house, which have definitely been well received and respected. I would also like to thank Mr Gibbs for his support in his final year as housemaster. Thank you to Daniel, Louis and the other house prefects for the help they have provided me over the year.

Although we may not always be the winning house, it has been a privilege being Head of School House this year. I wish you all the best of luck in the future and look forward to hearing about the future successes of School House.

FITCHETT

JACK COLLINS - HEAD OF HOUSE

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” - Mahatma Gandhi. Fitchett House is a proud House which sets high, but achievable goals, each year. As an example, one of our aims in 2019 was to win the Inter-House Competition and do our best in each event. This drive that Fitchett has, helps us to perform at a high level on a regular basis.

This year has been a success in my eyes. My personal highlights include: having every single Fitchett Houseman show up to Athletics Standards and Cross Country. This shows the dedication that each student has to this House, and without this, Fitchett would simply fall apart. We may not have the best athletes or fastest runners, but we have a loyalty, which is unparalleled, and a brotherhood, which encourages and motivates others to give of their best at all times. This culture has led to us performing exceptionally well this year, and even though we may not win the Inter-House Competition, we can certainly be proud of our efforts!

To the two Deputy Heads of House, Fritz Jooste and Campbell Smith, to the House Prefects and the rest of the Year 13s, you have all played a vital role in leading Fitchett this year. Your selflessness has allowed you to put Fitchett first, serving the

House in many different ways. A multi-talented group, you have added huge value, benefiting Fitchett throughout your five years at St Paul’s. Your immense levels of compassion have allowed you to forge strong relationships with other members of the House, role modelling the high standards that we have. You have looked after and supported all other students, and created an environment where people feel comfortable and are encouraged to reach their full potential.

With the depth and dedication every single person has shown to Fitchett this year, the House is on track to continue to do well in the future. One of the things that I will miss about Fitchett is coming into the House every morning tea and lunchtime, playing table tennis, pool, or just relaxing and taking my mind off school by socialising with my mates. The memories I have made within Fitchett House will stay with me for a very long time.

Lastly, to all of the Fitchett students, thank you for supporting me as your Head of House for 2019. It is a year that you guys have made a success due to your genuine willingness, determination and courage. What Fitchett has, cannot be taught, it cannot be bought, it can only be found within us, and that is the drive to succeed.

HALL

MR C NEETHLING - HOUSEMASTER

Housemaster: Mr Carl Neethling

Deputy Housemaster: Mr Ben van Meygaarden

Mentors: Mr Josh Howard; Mr Mike Groom; Mr Phil Clement and Mrs Teresa Hastie.

Head of House: Isaac West

Deputy Head of House: Elliot-Leighton-Slater, Te Waiti Rawiri

2019 has been another exciting year for Hall House. House spirit continues to be strong and the boys and girls always wear the “Cambridge Blue” with pride. The atmosphere that exists in Hall is positive,

caring, tolerant and supportive - essential qualities in any successful community.

In terms of the house competition, we got off to a slow start at Standards and Athletics. We quickly turned things around in the pool though, winning Swimming Sports. Another highlight for the Hall house boys and girls was winning House Music, where we were superbly led by Macy Coffin. Huge credit should go to Isaac West for the incredible and inspirational way he led the house in 2019.

We look forward to an exciting 2020.

HAMILTON

JACK BOWICK - HEAD OF HOUSE

At the beginning of the year, myself and the rest of the year 13’s decided on a goal we would like to focus on for the entirety of the year. We decided on increasing house spirit and pride in Hamilton House. As a house, we had never been winners of any chanting competitions, dress-up competitions or anything of the sort. We were a quiet and reserved house, however, we all wanted to change this. The swell of pride we have had in the house this year in every event was for me, probably my greatest achievement of the year.

We started our year right in the thick of things dropping into Athletic Standards. Walking around, I was proud to see everyone uplifting each other and supporting each other in the events where people struggled. This supportive attitude rolled into Athletics and for the first time in memory, Hamilton House was not completely quiet and overpowered by the houses around us. As the best of our athletes competed, every single one of them brought it out of the kennel and onto the track to earn us a respectable 4th place overall. To round off the summer events we had Swimming. Between the efforts of our top swimmers and all the supporters on the sideline, we snagged a nice 2nd place.

We had a short turnaround through the holidays, only having three weeks to prepare for my personal favourite event, House Haka. Thanks to Matua Tahou, Hamilton House was able to distinguish itself from the others, using an original and brand new call to begin the haka. Haka has always been something that is very important to me, and for the entirety of the house to show such pride, mana and trust in not only each other, but me to lead was a moment I’ll never forget. We retained our position as the best day house but fell short to the boarders at 4th place overall, however, despite the judgement, that haka will be one that I will always remember.

Music was a real challenge this year. Asking a group of young kids to sing songs three times as old as they are, it was always going to be a struggle to find something everyone knows and enjoys. We settled on ‘Happy Together’ by The Turtles. A happy, short love song that’s a good bop to listen to. Unfortunately, we were a bit blindsided and hit with a shocking daylight robbery, somehow falling to 5th place.

The megaminds of the house yet again had another amazing showing at the House Quiz, picking up an

easy 2nd place. As the year wound down, we had one last major event to look forward to. Art’s Day. We had to choose a children’s story book to theme all of our pieces of art around. Naturally, we choose ‘101 Dalmatians’. Black and white and dogs all over, it was a no brainer to choose for us. We planned extensively, to the delight of all the boys, to make sure we didn’t let this one slip through our fingers. In the end though, it was well worth it. Tallying up five firsts, two seconds and two thirds out of 10 events. One of our 3rds even came in the chanting competition, something we’ve never done well at. We swept Art’s Day in a landslide victory 10 points clear of 2nd place. All of the hard work and effort everyone placed in throughout the year, culminated in this monumental win, and showed what Hamilton House can do with a little pride.

At the moment, the only events we have left to decide, how the year will end are House Rowing and Academics. With a little bit of math, we’re confident we sit at 2nd comfortably but still trail behind Clark House. Rowing has never been our strong suit, but maybe a little black magic will come out on the day and help us to a victory.

This year has been spectacular for me. The vibes and good energy in the house, along with the explosion of pride and passion in the house has been amazing to see. We started this year with a goal to show the pride of the bulldog, and I’m very confident in saying that this has been accomplished and then some. This was not the work of myself, but the work of all you boys who placed your trust in Chris, Rico, and me to lead you this year. Even on my days where I didn’t want to be at school, I never had a day where I didn’t want to be a part of Hamilton House.

To Mr Campbell, thank you for being a constant source of advice and senior leadership this year. When i was unsure of what to do, you put forth consistently great ideas and helped to develop my skills over this year. When we fell short of a mark we had set for house, there was never anger, only acceptance and learning. You’ve been incredible to the house and the boys over the five years I’ve had the pleasure of being under your leadership and there’s not another house in the school I’d ever wish to be a part of.

HARINGTON DAY & BOARDING

JULIA MCLEAN - HEAD OF HARINGTON BOARDING

House Master: Mrs Jackie Lock

Deputy House Master: Mrs Katie Lilley

Assistant Housemaster: Karen Lock

Tutors: Hannah Bryant, Beth Rutter

Gap tutor: Erica Clyburn

Prefects: Lily Carr Paterson, Sophie Chisholm, Kate Healy

Deputy Head of Boarding: Holly Skelton

Head of Boarding: Julia McLean

What a year the Harington boarding girls have had! With the new appointment of Mrs Lock as housemaster, the year started with a bang as she began to add her own unique flavour to boarding, right off the bat. The year started off strongly at Tihoi with Clark House and Sargood House taking out places in the top three, showing the day girls that the boarding houses would be a force to be reckoned with throughout the year.

After a successful first week of school, the girls got to show off their house spirit during the annual House Tug-O-War competition. The girls all put on a good fight representing their boys’ houses with pride. The following day, each house split off on day trips with Clark and Sargood heading off to Waimarino and Williams heading off to Rotorua. Later in the term, the summer brought the

opportunity to wipe the cobwebs off Harington’s neglected barbeque and enjoy dinner with our boy’s houses. Friendly relationships were strengthened, laughs and stories were exchanged, and the girls got the chance to show off their house. With little surprise, this left the boys even more envious of our opportunity of having our own rooms.

Term one was topped off with the Harington Fashion Show - Fashion Through the Decades. This became a labour of love for the girls over the weeks leading up to the event. The show gave everyone a chance to shine, whether it be through the performance, cake making, or costume design. Each house did themselves proud with Williams choreographing a hilarious dance with bouncy balls, Clark creating a stunning Kombi van cake, and Sargood making a memorable outfit made purely out of recycled McDonalds wrappers. All our effort was reflected in our placings with Clark House taking second place followed closely by Williams House in fourth place.

The Boarders Charity Relay turned out to be lots of fun, with the event taking on some new adjustments to enhance the day. The boarding girls embraced the new competition components of the relay with enthusiasm and won the interhouse boarding competition for the first time as

Harington Boarding. All the girls got dressed up, in the hope of winning a best dressed award. The collective success in fundraising money, running the most laps and dressing up resulted in us winning Mr Lander’s house shout. Due to the girls’ enthusiasm in fundraising and generous contributions, Harington Boarding was successful in over-taking the boys by raising the most money out of all the boarding houses for Flame Cambodia.

All of the Harington Boarding girls’ work throughout the year really paid off as the Boarding Houses managed to take out the top three placings within the girls’ competition. The competition was close with only minimal points dividing first and second place, however, the mighty Sargood House managed to take out first. Sargood was closely followed by Clark in second place and then Williams in third place.

Of course, aside from all the house competitions we also managed to squeeze in some fun activities throughout the year, starting off with an icebreaker amazing race around the school for the year 11’s. Later on, during April, we had a movie night and Easter swap, with each girl buying some chocolate for their little/big sister to enjoy. The night proved successful, as the girls all enjoyed pulling their

mattresses and blankets into the lounge to watch the movie. In term three, to mark the joy of benchmarks being completed, the house celebrated with a dessert night. High on sugar, after enjoying ice cream loaded with toppings, a movie was set up on the TV. While in the middle lounge, board games were laid out to play, giving the girls a fully deserved reward for all their hard work over the benchmarks.

As 2019 draws to an end, I couldn’t have been prouder of the successes Harington Boarding has been able to achieve. Whether this is in house events or even in personal academic and sporting goals; all the girls have performed to their best. But more importantly, 2019 has allowed the girls to grow closer as a community through the increased house pride. I came into boarding as a year 11 with one sister, a mother, a father and a brother. Now as a year 13, I leave knowing in my heart that I have fifty-two new boarding sisters and multiple boarding mums. I know it sounds kind of cheesy, but Harington boarding truly has become a second home. Best of luck to the year 11’s and 12’s who continue their boarding journey into 2020. Make the most of it, it goes by in a flash!

ISABEL MALLETT HEAD OF HARINGTON DAY

Just 289 days ago, our adventure as the 2019 Harington cohort began, starting with the annual week-long Tihoi camp. This camp allowed year 11’s to find their place, year 12’s to nurture friendships made last year and year 13’s to settle into our new positions as leaders.

We then were straight into multiple house events, such as Athletics, Swimming Sports and House Haka. The girls showed true grit and determination, working to their best ability and competing hard, to give their respective houses the best chance of winning. This courage continued to radiate through every girl for the rest of the year. Whether it be in sports teams, production, choir or academics.

The next event on our calendar was the Harington Fashion Show. This year the theme was “Fashion through the Ages”. Each house was presented with a decade from the 1920s to the 1980s and was tasked with creating a garment, cake, performance and speech that captured all the key cultural aspects of that decade. The top three houses from this night were Hall, Clark and Fitchett coming out as the 2019 winners.

As a house, we donated the proceeds made from our Harington House events to the Breast Cancer Foundation. This began with the Fashion Show then throughout the year, we held a Pink Ribbon lunch and a few guest speaking events. Harington Day also took part in the Colour Run organised by the St Pauls’ Mission and Outreach portfolio to raise money for Flame Cambodia. It was an awesome way to finish term 3 and something we were very proud to have been a part of.

To conclude our year as a Harington cohort we had the end of year dinner. Mrs Lewis and Mrs Lock presented the house trophies. Firstly, the Fitchett-Young trophy, for the girl displaying the best Harington spirit, which was awarded to two girls, Annie Hantz and Abby Bartels. Then, the Jane Bryant Memorial Trophy for the greatest commitment and leadership in Harington House, went to Isabel Mallett.

In my closing speech, I compared my time here to a relay race and I don’t believe I would have made it through without my Harington Prefects. Annie Hantz, Deputy Head of Harington, and Head of School; Julia McLean, Head of Sargood; Holly

Skelton, Head of Clark; Lily Carr-Paterson, Head of Williams; Jana Stokes, Head of Hamilton; Jana McLeod, Head of Hall; Maddie Dickie, Head of Fitchett and Kate Healy, Jasmine Fountaine, Sarah Gajzago, Abby Payne, Hannah Mayer, Caroline Kolver and Sophie Chisholm - your guidance and support has been unparalleled. Working alongside these prefects has been one of the great pleasures of my time as a year 13. They have each fulfilled all of their responsibilities, not only as prefects but as students, sportswomen, performers and friends, seamlessly.

It has been an unbelievable privilege to be the Head of Harington for 2019. This position has taught me so much about myself and about leadership and I will always be proud of the positive changes we have been able to make as a year 13 group. I believe that Harington girls are women who will truly make a difference in the world, they are tenacious, determined and kind, an alumni of people that I am so grateful to be a part of. I will leave this school and this position with the most wonderful bonds and memories. I wish the Harington girls nothing but happiness and success.

ACADEMIC RESULTS 2018 NCEA RESULTS

Our Year 13 cohort’s performance was particularly impressive. In the demanding A level English examinations, three students gained an A* result (Dylan Woodhouse, Conor Horrigan and Tony Wu).

The University Entrance pass rate of 81% was the best for a number of years, while 93% (the same as for 2017 and 2016) gained their Level Three certificate. 51% gained either a Merit or Excellence endorsement – just 1% down from the record levels in 2017 and 2016. Excellence endorsements at 18% were slightly down on the past two years (i.e. 20% and 22% respectively in 2017/2016).

At Level Two, the 97% pass rate was the third best ever achieved by students at St Paul’s, with

certificate endorsements the second best achieved and at 51%, just down on the record-breaking achievement of 54% in 2017. In AS English and Mathematics, all but one student in each subject gained a pass, with five gaining A grades.

At Level One, 94% gained their national certificate which is our lowest percentage for a number of years, with 61% gaining either a Merit or Excellence endorsement. While similarly, in Cambridge IGCSE, our students gained a 94% pass rate with 14% gaining marks of 90% or better (similar to previous years) and 41% gaining results of 80% or better (a significant improvement on 2017).

A summary of provisional pass rates for each of the levels is:

Level 3 – 93%

(2017 - 93%, 2016 - 93%, 2015 - 96%)

University Entrance – 81%

(2017 - 76%, 2016 - 78%, 2015 - 83%)

EXCELLENCE ENDORSEMENTS

Year 13

(30 Compared with 27 in 2017, 29 in 2016, 23 in 2015, 12 in 2014 and 14 in 2013)

Katie Begbie

Patchara Jirapanyayut

Christa Brandt

Alex Johnson

Jansen Cao

Heath Johnson

Briana Cardon

Marcus Li

Victoria Chanwai

Toby McDonald

Year 12

Level 2 – 97%

(2017 - 96%, 2016 - 98%, 2015 - 95%)

Level 1 – 94%

(2017 - 95%, 2016 - 98%, 2015 - 98%)

Raymond Chen

Bevan Muirhead

Temwa Chileshe

Zahyra Osborne

Sophie Egan

Sasha Patil

Alice Emeny

James Sandford

Oliver Goldfinch

Genevieve Scott-Jones

(34 Compared with 37 in 2017, 23 in 2016, 24 in 2015, 27 in 2014 and 12 in 2013)

Jess Allen

Max McLean-Bluck

Marnie Best

Henry Mandeno

Alice Cao

Hannah Mayer

Sophie Chisholm

Dillon Mulgrew

Lachlan Crean

Aidan Nelson

Madeleine Dickie

Abby Payne

Year 11

Sarah Gajzago

Christopher Penno

Fengyuan (Simon) Han

Lucy Simmonds

Kate Healy

Holly Skelton

Darcy Hunter

Campbell Smith

Adam Jefferis

Jana Stokes

Charleis Kingston-White

Aaron Taylor

(27 Compared with 22 in 2017, 29 in 2016, 24 in 2015, 24 in 2014 and 29 in 2013)

Veronica Bagley

Samuel Kalma

Brooke Batters

David Koshy

Rahat Boonwipas

Trey Lincoln

Nikky Cho

Ben Littlejohn

Kemachart Chungsuvanich

Phoebe McColgan

Lachlan Coleman

Angus Riordan

Jai Fitzwalter

Jack Sturm

Lucas Goodwin

Lucas Taumoepeau

David Gough

Caleb Weck

Madeleine Gordon

Niamh Shalloe

Anna Hamilton

Lucy Street

Isabella Heskett

Dylan Woodhouse

Scott Hitchcock

Tony Wu

Conor Horrigan

Zihan Zhong

Olivia Knowling

Victoria Tucker

Michelle Kong

Benjamin Tustin

Elliot Leighton-Slater

Orla White

Sarina Liang

Ryan Young

Julia McLean

Yaotang (Alex) Zhong

Ayla Hall

Juntong Wei

Sophie Hine

Dion Xue

Nathan Ingham

Arthur Yearsley

Matthew Johnson

Andrew Yip

SCHOLARSHIP

Scholarship is the most demanding and prestigious of secondary school examinations and is sat in subjects studied by the candidate.

In 2018, 19 senior students (including four Year 12s - Alice Cao, Jana Stokes, Victoria Tucker and Simon Han) achieved 46 single subject scholarships between them, of which seven were outstanding scholarships. In 2017 we gained just 28 scholarships,

Divakrin Naicker - Biology, Chemistry

Temwa Chileshe - Digital Technology

Briana Cardon - Geography, History, Physical Education

Conor Horrigan - English (O), Art History, Media, Classics, Physical Education

Genevieve Scott-Jones - English, Geography, Classics

Alice Cao - English, Biology (O), Chemistry, Physics, Statistics

while our best ever results prior to this were 47 in 2015 and 43 in 2012. While the number of scholarships gained is absolutely pleasing, even more so is that three of our senior students (including 2018 Dux Alice Cao) have been named as “top scholars” in New Zealand, having achieved five scholarships and being ranked in the top 56 academic students nationwide who undertook these most prestigious of examinations – the other two

Jana Stokes - Agriculture/Horticulture

Dylan Woodhouse - English, Geography, Classics

Toby McDonald - Chemistry (O)

Tony Wu - English (O), Art History, Media (O), Geography (O), Classics

Priya Singh - Agriculture/Horticulture

Rachael McLanachan - Biology

Joseph Harris - Statistics, Geography

CAMBRIDGE RESULTS

CAMBRIDGE RESULTS

students were Tony Wu and Conor Horrigan. Tony Wu’s results ranked him an impressive eleventh best candidate in the country.

The full set of results was as follows – Note that (O) = outstanding scholarship:

James Sandford - Geography, Physical Education

Raymond Chen - Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Statistics (O)

Madeleine Gordon - History

Anna Hamilton - Music, Geography

Victoria Tucker - Spanish

Simon Han - Chinese, Calculus, Geography

SUBJECT HIGHLIGHTS

Biology

2018 graduate Sasha Patil (Harington 2016-18) is heading to the sunny Gold Coast to pursure a double degree in Medical Science and Medicine.

Sasha's extraordinary NCEA level three results gained her an ATAR score of 99.9%, ranking her in the top 0.1% of Australian and New Zealand students. This achievement gained Sasha acceptance to the Gold Coast's Griffith University as one of 30 students to pursue a double degree of Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine. An outstanding achievement by this impressive scholar.

English

A Level AS Level

IGCSE Results

We had seven of our students sit A level English. Dylan Woodhouse topped the group with 94%, while Conor Horrigan (90%) and Tony Wu (90%) also gained an A* and Genevieve Scott-Jones an A grade (83%). 100% of the students passed this challenging examination.

We had seven of our students sit A level English. Dylan Woodhouse topped the group with 94%, while Conor Horrigan (90%) and Tony Wu (90%) also gained an A* and Genevieve Scott-Jones an A grade (83%). 100% of the students passed this challenging examination.

A Level AS Level

Our students achieved an overall pass rate of 95% in AS level. Five of the six students passed AS Mathematics, with Henry Mandeno topping the subject with 91%. Henry, Alex Zhong and Dillon Mulgrew all got A grades. Six of the seven passed AS English, with Jana Stokes topping the group with 87%. Jana and Rawiri Te Waiti gained A grades.

Our students achieved an overall pass rate of 95% in AS level. Five of the six students passed AS Mathematics, with Henry Mandeno topping the subject with 91%. Henry, Alex Zhong and Dillon Mulgrew all got A grades. Six of the seven passed AS English, with Jana Stokes topping the group with 87%. Jana and Rawiri Te Waiti gained A grades.

With an overall pass rate of 94% (93% 2017, 96% 2016, 95% 2015 and 99% 2014); 14% gained an A* grade or better than 90% (compared with 12% 2017, 19% 2016, 21% 2015 and 22% 2014); 41% gained an A grade or better or above 80% (28% 2017, 42% 2016, 47% 2015 and 48% 2014).

With an overall pass rate of 94% (93% 2017, 96% 2016, 95% 2015 and 99% 2014); 14% gained an A* grade or better than 90% (compared with 12% 2017, 19% 2016, 21% 2015 and 22% 2014); 41% gained an A grade or better or above 80% (28% 2017, 42% 2016, 47% 2015 and 48% 2014).

Individual Highlights

IGCSE Results Individual Highlights

All 17 of the Biology students gained a pass grade (E or better). Note that 11 out of 12 in 2017 and 21 out of 23 in 2016 achieved this feat. Two students gained an A* or A grade (i.e. 4 in 2017, 6 in 2015, none in 2015, 5 in 2014, 1 in 2013 and 3 in 2012).

Chemistry

34 of the 39 students gained a pass grade (E or better) compared to 28 out of 31 in 2017 and 46 out of 49 in 2016. Seven students gained an A* (4 in 2017, 12 in 2016, 8 in 2015, 12 in 2014, 13 in 2013 and 4 in both 2012 and 2011) and impressively thirteen students gained A or better (10 in 2017, 18 in 2016, 14 in 2015, 9 in 2014, 8 in 2013, 4 in 2012 and 12 in 2011).

Excellently, all 12 of the English students gained a pass mark (E or better) compared to 16 out of 17 in 2017, 23 of 23 in 2016). Like 2017, three gained an A* (compared to 10 in 2016, 7 in 2015, 5 in both 2014 and 2013, 3 in 2012 and 6 in 2011). Eight gained A grades or better (10 in 2017, 18 in 2016, 14 in 2015, 9 in 2014, 8 in 2013, 4 in 2012).

Mathematics

31 of the 32 Mathematicians gained a pass mark (E or better). For the three years prior to that 100% had passed. Six students gained an A* (4 in 2017 and 2016, 7 in 2015, 8 in 2014, 12 in 2013, 4 in 2012 and 6 in 2011). An impressive 20 students gained and A or better.

All gained an A* in two subjects:Lucas GoodwinA* in Physics and Mathematics with an average of 91%Gustav Jooste - A* in Biology and Chemistry with an average of 90%David Koshy - A* in English and Mathematics with an average of 93%Caleb WeckA* in Chemistry and Mathematics with an average of 93%Andrew Yip - A* in Physics and Chemistry with an average of 90%.

All gained an A* in two subjects:Lucas GoodwinA* in Physics and Mathematics with an average of 91%Gustav Jooste - A* in Biology and Chemistry with an average of 90%David Koshy - A* in English and Mathematics with an average of 93%Caleb WeckA* in Chemistry and Mathematics with an average of 93%Andrew Yip - A* in Physics and Chemistry with an average of 90%.

TOP SUBJECT PERFORMANCES

Biology - Gustav Jooste - 90% Chemistry - Gustav Jooste - 95% English - David Koshy - 91%

Mathematics - Jai Fitzwalter - 96% Physics - Andrew Lucas - 90%

VALEDICTORIAN SPEECH ISAAC WEST

You know “The human brain is a funny thing. It starts working the moment you are born - and doesn’t stop… till you stand up to speak in public.”

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, friends and family, teachers, guests... and most of all, St Paul’s (school / year 13) leavers of 2019. It is an honor to speak to you on this very special occasion and offer my well researched words of wisdom - highlighting our St Paul’s legacy.

When I was first given the opportunity to be your valedictorian, I sat pondering how I could relate to

such a diverse group of people…the future musicians, sportsmen, scientists, businesswomen and, God forbid - politicians. So, turning to a teenager’s best friend - Uncle Google, I soon found my required momentum.. After all, discovering what relates best to us as a year group isn’t that hard with a small friend.

The answer was of course staring me in the face... literally.

So, generation z, welcome to St Paul’s life as we truly experienced it - via this dichotic little devicethe cellular phone.

And yes - we are generation z - loud and proud digital natives. Parents...staff...I beg your indulgence.

For here is a brief summary of our High School years - in language that at least we school leavers will understand.

Year 9

- the year we still thought it was cool to scream the phrases “yolo” and “Just do it” as shai labouf once said

- kids were whippin and ney neying their way into the school year, we quickly learnt we were actually at the bottom of the food chainmere baits.

- after days of walking in circles, frantically trying to discover where our classes actually were, life slowly settled into a slightly uneasy routine.

- Thank you for the game MC4

Year 10

The year “vines” was taken over by “memes”

And of course the year we went to Tihoi.

Charles Dickens had it right when he stated “It was the best of times - it was the worst of times”. While our parents might question whether we really did come back “as men”, we certainly returned with a few more tricks up our sleeve, and some valuable lessons learnt.

Our days were consumed by bottle flip contests and the social media trend “Damn Daniel”

Year 11

...and we “mili rocked” our way into the first year of senior school.

The boys were joined by the delightful distraction of female classmates. It was time for the boys to up our game, both academically and socially. Our life was surrounded by distorted memes and that punchable “cash me outside” girl.

Year 12

It was time to go “sicko mode” on our second year of senior highschool

“Fortnite” arrived to corrupt our social scene. Forget sunlight. Teenage boys across the globe were locked up in their gaming dungeons - distracted by cartoon animations and brights colours

We had grape stitching robots and a new dance trend - “In my feelings”.. where we thought it was cool to dance alongside a slowly moving car. ( “kiki do you love me, i’m sorry you had to hear that #sorrynotsorry.)

Year 13

Our final chance to leave our mark. We became grown ups- adopting the more mature hobby of podcast viewing. Memes were now relegated to second place. The Raid Area 51 movement was created via a Facebook page - raising a national security threat in the US where millions of people claimed “they cant stop us all”

Finally tik tok is the last trend I’d like to address in 2019, and honestly...not something I want to remember - hate to break anyone’s dreams of becoming tik tok famous.

Anywho…

Our year group has bonded in a remembrance of the sports we’ve played, the exams we’ve sat, the assignments we’ve sweated over, the concerts we’ve performed, the fire drills we’ve ‘appreciated, the lessons we’ve learned, the friendships we’ve made.

Many people will tell you that your high school years are the best years of your life. To be honest, these are just the best years of your lives SO FAR.

So before I impart some gems of advice about approaching the future, I feel you should remember...“ You will never have more energy or enthusiasm, hair, or brain cells than you have today.”

You should also treasure the memories you have already made along the way. Time is precious and waits for no-one - but your memories of St Paul’s are precious as wellso fight to keep them a part of your life. Savour your friendships as well as your family. Hold onto what truly matters, then face the future with the help of 2 undervalued toolslaughter and appreciation.

They always say that laughter is the best medicine. So don’t be afraid to laugh. Laughter is acknowledged as one of the key elements to slowing down the rushing tide of life. It keeps you in the moment. It also helps you to not take life too seriously.

And when you’re not laughing, be grateful. Make time to thank people. That’s how we let people know they are important to us - that we’re not taking them for granted. Where would we be without the support and guidance of our teachers, counselors and coaches, and of course our parents, the sacrifice you have made is enigmatic and beyond what we can comprehend. I think often in our crazy, messed up lives we are so busy. And perhaps we could show a little more gratitude towards you our parents. So on behalf of all the leaving students - I would like solemnly thank you for your support and guidance it is very much appreciated, thank you.

These people are our mentors. They give us the courage to chase our dreams, the knowledge to

excel, and the belief that we are worthy of successhowever we perceive that success to be.

Might I also add to the fact that many of our heros, many of our leaders, our role models - all started off as average people like you and me. I’ve learnt that average people can go on to achieve greatness. Greatness comes from friends reaching out for each other, stepping out of their way to be thoughtful and encouraging.

When building a legacy it is not all about trying to get endless money or recognition. Rather, it’s about leaving those whose paths you cross , with a little more happiness and hope.

Next year many of us will encounter entirely new groups of people - at university, in the workforce, or wherever your journey takes you. We will have no existing history with these new acquaintances. We are making a new first impression... a new start in a new place. This will be the next step in our life’s legacy. Let’s make sure it’s the right one.

If we have the right tools to help us, life will always be an exciting and remarkable adventure. We need tools like a positive attitude, a solid education and of course firm friends. I definitely believe St Paul’s has provided us with the tools we will need to make our mark on the world.

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

So I would now like to share some words of wisdomgleaned largely from life within the school grounds.

Just do it - now. Procrastination does not pay.

PRIZEGIVING 2019

2. You are still a work in progress — so be prepared to make mistakes. Just be sure you find a way to learn from them.

3. When you leave school you are back to being a small fish in a large pond. Don’t expect to be top dog straight away. Skills must be learnt. Respect must be earnt. Now I like this next one a lot

4. In life you need to get involved - to be a player and part of the action. Don’t be a spectator of your own life.

And … 5. Never settle for something that does not lead to a sense of happiness and fulfilment. You only get 1 chance at life - so really kick it in the guts.

Our time here together as year 13’s will not be remembered by the grades we received, popularity or the likes we received. But by our relationships, the kinda people we were. These are our legacies, the kind we must leave.

And So generation Z what does our future hold? We are the digital natives as well as the people that will change the way our world operates. We are the generation to invent life changing technology. We are the creators of whatever we would like to change - So I ask you now - what is it that you are going to change and why?

And remember - whatever it is … do it with laughter and thanks.

So - Thank you - to each and everyone in the class of 2019... and may we cross paths again in the near future.

SPORTS AND CULTURE AWARDS

ST PAUL’S AERONAUTICAL TROPHY

For a student continuing in the Aeronautical field. This year we have two students who will receive this scholarship

Gus Hanham

Callum Shepherd

GOLD DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD AND DAN BRYANT TROPHY

This year’s recipient is Campbell Smith who has also been to Everest in 2018 Campbell Smith

THE RODNEY HAMEL CUP

For the most significant contribution to Culture

Campbell Smith

THE GUMMER GAVEL

For excellence in Debating

Hazel Hulme

THE JANET COLE CUP

For excellence in Performing Arts

Mayson Coffin

PARR MUSIC TROPHY

For excellence in Orchestral Music

Christopher Penno

COWAN PLATE

For continuous service to the Choir

Isabel Mallett

Hannah Mayer

Julia McLean

THE WAYNE O’BRIEN TROPHY

In recognition of all-round personal success in sport and the contribution towards others reaching their potential

Jai Fitzwalter

THE DIRECTOR OF SPORT AWARD

For the most outstanding team of the year 1st XV Rugby

THE PETER GILBERT TROPHY

Awarded to the most outstanding Sportsman of the year

George Ott

David Hancock

TE TUPUWAI “EXCELLENCE IN SPORT”

Awarded to Top Maaori Sportsperson of the Year

Alison Mills

THE MARGARET FORSYTH TROPHY

Awarded to the most outstanding Sportswoman of the year

Alison Mills

THE COLE CUP

To the most outstanding individual sportsperson

Alison Mills

SUPREME CULTURAL AWARD

Awarded to a student who has excelled above all others in a cultural activity.

Matthew Chanwai

DAN BRYANT MEMORIAL CUP

Top Gold Duke of Ed and Outdoor Pursuit student

Campbell Smith

TIHOI PRIZES

THE PAVLOVICH CUP

Awarded to a student who showed real development at Tihoi - Intake 1

Dylan Thomas

MURRAY HARINGTON CUP

Awarded to a student who showed real development at Tihoi - Intake 2

Seetharam Jandhyala

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE MIKE POWELL MEMORIAL TROPHY FOR OUTSTANDING CRAFTSMANSHIP

Samuel Kalma

ST PAUL’S GRAPHICS & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT/ WAIKATO MASTER BUILDER’S AWARD

Sangato (Tino) Tahitua

DAVID HARRIES MEMORIAL TROPHY FOR OUTSTANDING GRAPHICS

Nicola Pipe

BECKETT PRIZE FOR LITERATURE

Awarded to the student who excelled in the study of Literature in Level 3 English

David Koshy

CREATIVE WRITING CUP

Awarded for the most outstanding piece of writing produced by a student during the school year

Te Waiti Rawiri

SENIOR ORATORY PRIZE

Awarded for the most outstanding public speaker in the School student body

Jeremiah McDonald

ST PAUL’S COLLEGIATE ICT CUP

Awarded to a member of the iTeam who has displayed dedication and commitment to ICT support

Zainal Wong

THE LUMAN FAMILY TROPHY

Awarded in recognition of outstanding leadership both inside and outside of the classroom

Hannah Mayer

ST PAUL’S AWARD FOR YEAR 12 AND THE JOHN OEHLEY CUP

Awarded to the top academic Year 12 student who has excelled in all areas of School life, academics, sport, culture and leadership

David Koshy

JOHN VAN GROOTEL MEMORIAL TROPHY

Awarded for outstanding diligence and persistence in the Junior School. This trophy was donated to the School by the Goldsbury family and is dedicated to the memory of staff member John van Grootel

ST PAUL’S AWARD FOR YEAR 11 AND THE HAYLETT-PETTY MEMORIAL TROPHY

Awarded to a student who was outstanding in most areas of activity, academic and others, at Tihoi - Intake 1

Max Robinson

SETON PRIZE MORTIMER PRIZE

Awarded to a student who was outstanding in most areas of activity, academic and others, at Tihoi - Intake 2

Dylan Fletcher

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PRIZE

Awarded to the student who has contributed most positively to fostering international relations in the School

Simon Han

KAUERANGA PLAQUE

Awarded to the student who has excelled in the area of Practical Science

Lachlan Coleman

DELOITTE PRIZE

Awarded to the top student in the Business Sciences area who is continuing with his/her study of the Economic Sciences at University

Benjamin Tustin

THE PHOTO LIFE STUDIOS GRAPHICS ART AWARD

For excellence in Graphics and Art Design. We acknowledge the generous donation of this prize from Photolife Studios

Lewis Candy

THE THORNTON GALLERY TROPHY

Most promising artist who is continuing studying Art Kate Healy & Mayson Coffin

TE-MANU-TAWHIO-RANGI TROPHY

Awarded to the student who celebrates, enhances and develops Kaupapa Maaori in all facets of school life.

Te Waiti Rawiri

Edward Seath

ST PAUL’S PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP

Awarded to a Year 12 student who started at St Paul’s in the lower band and has now qualified for a full NCEA Level 3 (Achievement Standards) course next year

Devon Robinson

MANUKURA ARIKI “MAAORI ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE”

Awarded to the top academic Maaori scholar

Te Waiti Rawiri

ST PAUL’S AWARD FOR YEAR 9 AND THE LANDER FAMILY TROPHY

Awarded to the top Year 9 student who has excelled in all areas of School life, academics, sport, culture and leadership

Matthew chanwai

Awarded to the top academic Year 11 student who has excelled in all areas of school life, academics, sport, culture and leadership. The Haylett-Petty Memorial Trophy was donated to the School by the Oliver family and is dedicated to the memory of former staff member, Paul Haylett-Petty Frazer tam

BNZ AWARDS

Awarded to Year 13 students who have excelled academically and/or in leadership, sport and cultural areas

Dillon Mulgrew

Christopher Penno

Lucy Simmonds

Campbell Smith

Aaron Taylor

THE FITCHETT TROPHY

Awarded to the most outstanding female leader in the School Julia Mclean

DE JONG TROPHY

Awarded to the student who has put in a really consistent effort in all areas of School life. Someone who always gives of their best in everything they do

Zainal Wong

THE G W LANDER RESILIENCE TROPHY

Awarded to the student who has shown real Courage and Tenacity in the Face of Adversity

Isabel Mallett

GALATIANS TROPHY

Awarded to the student who in the opinion of the staff, displays the following qualities: patience; kindness; faithfulness; humility and self-control - a decent young man or woman who has proven to be an excellent and influential citizen by the strength of their character

Isabel Mallett

SEAVILL CUP

Awarded to the student who has contributed most to the School in a wide variety of activities

Jana Stokes

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Auckland University of Technology (AUT) – Academic Excellence and Significant Student - Ayla Hall

Auckland University of Technology (AUT) – Academic Excellence and Significant Student - Hannah Mayer

University of Auckland - Top Achiever Scholarship - Marnie Best

University of Auckland - International Excellence Scholarship - Simon Han

University of Auckland - International Excellence Scholarship - Simon Han

University of Canterbury – Emerging Leaders Scholarship

Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) – Scholarship - Sophie Chisholm

University of Otago – Māori Entrance Scholarship - Lachlan Crean

University of Otago – Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship - Darcy Hunter

University of Otago – Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship - Olivia Knowling

University of Otago – Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship - Jana McLeod

University of Otago – Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship - Ben Tustin

University of Otago – Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship - Orla White

University of Otago – Academic Excellence - Lucy Simmonds

University of Otago – Academic Excellence - Aaron Taylor

HEADMASTER’S PRIZES

Awarded for outstanding service to the school in a wide variety of areas, academics, leadership, sporting, cultural and/or service – each of these students has made an extraordinary contribution to the School in their respective areas

Temple Beauchamp

Mayson Coffin

Jack Collins

Annie Hantz

Kate Healy

Adam Jefferis

Fritz Jooste

Caroline Kolver

Mac Parker

Daniel Rickman

Orla White

Te Waiti Rawiri

Massey University – Agricultural Leadership Scholarship - Edwin Wills

Massey University – Business School Future Leaders Scholarship - Madeleine Dickie

Lincoln University – Sports Scholarship - Nicholas Karton

University of Waikato – Professional Athletes Dual-Career Scholarship - TePaea Cook Savage

University of Waikato – Professional Athletes Dual-Career Scholarship - Gideon Wrampling

University of Waikato – Ko Te Tangata - Madison Bailey

University of Waikato – Ko Te Tangata - Thomas Griffin

University of Waikato – Ko Te Tangata - Caroline Kolver

University of Waikato – Ko Te Tangata - Charlotte Miller

University of Waikato – Ko Te Tangata - Christopher Penno

University of Waikato – Te Paewai o te Rangi Scholarship - Jana Stokes

University of Waikato – Sir Edmond Hillary Scholarship - Rico D’Anvers

Waikato Institute of Technology – Scholarship - James Hogg

Waikato Institute of Technology – Scholarship

KPMG Trainee Accountantship – Abby Bartels

LEGGATT PRIZE & OLD COLLEGIANS’ TROPHY FOR THE HEAD BOY

Awarded to the Head Boy for his outstanding leadership and commitment in all areas of School life

Adam Jefferis

ANDREA JEAN JENKINS CUP FOR THE HEAD GIRL

Awarded to the Head Girl for her outstanding leadership and commitment in all areas of school life

Kate Healy

ACADEMIC PRIZES

THE EVAN MCCULLOCH TROPHY FOR PROXIME ACCESSIT

Henry Mandeno

KATRINA L WARD CUP FOR

DUX OF THE SCHOOL

Simon Han

Industry Awards - Industry Awards are made to students who have narrowly missed winning a prize in a number of subjects, or who are recognised for their consistent effort in the classroom throughout the year.

YEAR 9

Luke Couper

Poen Hsieh

Sam Nicholson

Lochie Parker

Art

Nathaniel Allen

Te Reo Maori

James Milroy

Religious Education

Second in Subject Drama

Second in Subject French

Ronin Cooper

French

Physical Education

Matthew d’Hotman de Villiers

St Pol

English Music

Spanish

Matthew Chanwai

Design & Visual Communication

Drama

Materials Technology

Second in Subject French

Second in Subject Science

Remy Groenendijk

Mathematics

Science

Social Studies

Second in Subject English

Third in Subject Music

Tianxiao (Scott) Zhou

YEAR 10

INDUSTRY AWARDS

Nicholas Evison

Ethan Jeffs

Riley Jones

Fergus Williams

Materials Technology

James Smith

Physical Education

Cameron Bird

Spanish

Atlas Loutfi

Spanish

Taiki Lynn

YEAR 12

INDUSTRY AWARDS

Engineering (shared)

Second in Te Reo Maori

YEAR 11

INDUSTRY AWARDS

Seung (Ben) Back

Nicholas Healy

Guy Ludbrook

Erin Summerell

Art

Francesca Smith

Art Design/Photography

Tyler Mulgrew

Business Studies

Jae Broomfield

Computer Applications (shared)

Oliver Larcombe

Dean Stewart

Drama

Kaylee Morrison

Engineering

Fletcher Clark

French

Belinda Wright

Furniture Making

Toby Carr

Spanish

Paula Tucker

Te Reo Maori

Hetekia Te Ua

Art

Third in Subject Design & Visual

Communication

Third in Subject Physical Education

Milan Hood

Mathematics

Second in Subject Drama

Third in Subject Science

Max Fletcher

Drama Music

Geoffrey Smith

French Science

Second in Subject English

Third in Subject Mathematics

Jack Simmonds

Design & Visual Communication

English

Social Studies

Second in Subject Science

Daniel Williams

Harrison Derry

Gustav Jooste

Phoebe McColgan

Hamish Patel

Agriculture/Horticulture

Ben Kimpton

Art Painting

Jai Fitzwalter

Art Photography (shared)

Trey Lincoln

Furniture Making

Samuel Kalma

Music

Dion Xue

Spanish (shared)

Julian Harker

Sports Science

Wes Hitchcock

Te Reo Maori

Bryden Vollebregt

Computer Applications

Third in Electronics

Thomas McAdams

Mathematics AS

Third in Economics

Hiu Laam (Jaby) Lau

Art Photography (shared)

Second in Chemistry

Nikky Cho

YEAR 13

INDUSTRY AWARDS

Finn Holmes

Sports Science (shared)

Chloe Carr Paterson

Te Reo Maori

Te Tapuwae o Uenuku Heremaia

IGCSE English

Third in Art Design/Photography

Katie Brown

Geography

Third in Science

Alec Kusabs Graphics

Second in Engineering

Brae Taylor Music

Third in Subject IGCSE Physics

Saniya Kansal Science

Second in Geography

Third in NCEA English

Yi-Lin (Elin) Qian

Sports Science (shared)

Second in NCEA Mathematics

Second in Economics

Third in Accounting

Caitlin Fladgate

IGCSE Biology

NCEA English (shared)

Third in IGCSE Chemistry

Zoe Hanna

Accounting

Agriculture/Horticulture

NCEA Mathematics

Third in Sports Science

Ellie Deane

IGCSE Chemistry

IGCSE Mathematics

IGCSE Physics

Second in History

Didier Lawson

Computer Science

Economics

NCEA English (shared) History

Alexandra Johnson

Adam Jefferis

Kaitlyn Sosa

Victoria Tucker-Camano

Art Design

Mayson Coffin

Art Photography

Kate Healy

Construction

Sangato (Tino) Tahitua

Engineering

Rico D’Anvers

French Level 2

Hannah Dawson Graphics

Nicola Pipe Music

Dillon Mulgrew

Spanish

Ronan Fuller

Te Reo Maori

Te Waiti Rawiri

Thomas Bayley

History

Second in Subject Music

Veronica Bagley

Computer Applications

Second in Level 3 Sports Science

Ayla Hall

Spanish (shared)

Third in NCEA Mathematics with Statistics

Third in Music

James (Arthur) Yearsley

Engineering (shared)

Second in Earth and Space Science

Third in Graphics

James North

NCEA Mathematics with Calculus

Second in Computer Science

Third in Chemistry

Andrew Yip

Drama

Second in NCEA English

Second in Biology

Greta Simpson

Computer Science

Second in Electronics

Second in Physics

Third in Engineering

Luke Finlayson

Agribusiness

Geography

Kaley Caulfield

Art Design

Art Photography (shared)

Thomas Dela Rue

Earth and Space Science

Electronics

Third in Computer Science

Third in NCEA Mathematics with Calculus

Lachlan Coleman Biology

Economics (shared)

Second in Accounting

David Gough Graphics

NCEA Mathematics with Statistics

Second in AS English

Hugo Shale

Level 3 History (shared)

Economics (shared)

AS English

Second in Accounting

David Koshy

Accounting

Chemistry

NCEA English

Physics

Second in Biology

Caleb Weck

Tourism (shared)

Finley Skelton

Drama

Second in Subject Music

Hannah Mayer

French

Second in Subject English

Third in Subject Geography

Julia McLean

Mathematics with Calculus

Second in Subject Chemistry

Third in Subject Mathematics with Statistics

Aaron Taylor

Earth and Space Science

Second in Subject Agribusiness

Second in Subject Agriculture/ Horticulture

Madeleine Dickie

Accounting

Economics

Benjamin Tustin

Art Painting

Tourism (shared)

Monique Lawrence

Media Studies

Sports Science

Darcy Hunter

Geography (shared)

History (shared)

Second in Subject Economics

Fengyuan (Simon) Han Chemistry

Computer Science

Second in Mathematics with Calculus

Second in Mathematics with Statistics

Third in Physics

Henry Mandeno

Agribusiness

Agriculture/Horticulture

English

Jana Stokes

Biology

Geography (shared)

Mathematics with Statistics

Physics

Third in Chemistry

Lucy Simmonds

FULL STAFF

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

AD Johnson (Chair)

JH Jackson (Deputy Chair)

Most Rev. Sir David Moxon KNZM

PJ Morgan QC

GA Brown

RG Brown

TL Brown

AD Grigg

RJ Mandeno

BW Miller

MJ Smith – until August

Dr EM Rumball – from July

TJ Carpenter BMus Waikato, MMus(Hons) Auckland, GDipTeach, GDipMus, LRSM (Director of Music)

HR Chileshe BA Canterbury, DipTeach

PA Clement DipTeach, AdvTradeCert

BG de Beer BSc Auckland, GDipEng, GDipTeach

JJ Coley BA Waikato, DipEd (Director of Teaching and Learning)

AJ Dela Rue BMS(Hons), MMS Waikato, GDipTeach

BC Emslie BA Cape Town, PGCE, PGCertELM

CR Gibbs BSc Massey, GDipTeach

MP Groom BEd Waikato

DW Harper BSportRec AUT, GDipTeach

AS Harries DipTeach, AdvTradeCert

TA Hastie MEdLead(Hons) Waikato, HDE

JM Hay BSpExSc Wintec, GDipTeach (Director of Sports Development)

MR Hewett GDipTeach, GDipEng

KB Hogg BSc Waikato, DipTeach, PGCertAppPrac

JDF Howard BA Waikato, GDipTeach

Headmaster

GW Lander BA Auckland, DipSchMan, DipTeach

Associate Headmaster

PA Robson BSc(Tech) Waikato, PGDipEdLead, DipTeach

Deputy Headmaster - Academic

PG Hampton BSc MEd Waikato, DipTeach

Deputy Headmaster - Pastoral + Boarding

CM Hardman BSpLS BTeach Waikato

Assistant Headmaster - Junior School

HM Bradford BA Massey, MEdLead(Hons) Waikato, DipTeach

Assistant Headmaster - Co-curricular

PC Gilbert DipSportRec, DipTeach

Chaplain

Rev. PA Rickman BTh Oxford

SCHOOL EXECUTIVE HOUSEMASTERS

Clark House

CJ Foot BSc(Hons) Cape Town, GDipTeach, PGCertLDCL Fitchett House

CJ Lewis BEd South Africa

Hall House

CH Neethling BEd(Hons) Johannesburg

Hamilton House

IS Campbell BA Otago, DipTeach

Sargood House

GC Johnstone BSc Auckland, PGDipTeachLearn

School House

ADR Gibbs BEd Massey, DipSchMan, DipTeach

Williams House

ML Holdgate BSpLS Waikato, MEdLM Sydney, GDipTeach, GDipPosEd

Harington Day

H Lewis BEd Kwa-Zulu Natal

Harington Boarding

JJ Lock BSc(Hons) Pretoria, MEdLead(Hons) Waikato, HDE Boarding Administrator

AJ Constable BSocSc Waikato, BLitt Deakin, MA Macquarie, DipEdSt, LRPS (Librarian)

ACADEMIC STAFF

RJC Aldridge BA(Hons) Victoria, DipSLT, DipArts, DipTeach, CELTA

KR Allen BPRTM Lincoln, MEnvEd Griffith, DipTeach (Director of Agribusiness Curriculum)

NC Austin BA(Hons) Victoria, DipTeach

RG Bell BEd Waikato, DipTeach

AJ Bromwich BCom Auckland, DipTeach, NDBE

PJ Cakebread MMath(Hons) Exeter PGCE – from October

SA King BA Waikato, GDipTeach

KL Lilley BEng(Hons) Loughborough, PGCE

RR McCarthy BPhEd Otago, PGDipEdLead, GDipTeach

JE McGrath BSc MSc(Hons) PhD Waikato, GDipTeach

CI Morton BA Massey, DipTeach

NW Muirhead HDE, FDE

CH Nicolaas BTeach BA(Hons), MEd(Hons) Waikato

JM Old BDes Massey, GDipTeach

EJ Pitu BCom Auckland, PGDipAcc, DipTeach

MW Rameka BSpLS, BTeach Waikato

BI Rawson BA Waikato, GDipTeach

I Rudkin BTechEd(Hons) Glasgow

KL Saunders BDes Victoria, GDipTeach

NM Schollum BSc, BTeach Waikato

MC Simmonds BEng(Hons), PhD Salford, GDipTeach

MC Simmons BA Massey, GDipScTech, GDipTeach

ME Simoncelli

DD Smith BSc(Tech) Waikato, DipTeach

DW Sole BA Massey, DipTeach

JE Spenceley BSc MSc Waikato, GDipTeach

FR Stapleton BA(Vis) Western Sydney, MEd(SpecEd) Newcastle (NSW), GDipEd, GDipEDBD

KT Stewart BSc Waikato, GDipTeach

B Summerfield BA, BTeach Waikato

D Teka BBA(Fin) Waikato, GDipTeach

TT Thompson BA Auckland, GDipTeach, DipAdvMaoriLang

S Tyndel BSc(Hons) Sheffield-Hallam, MPhil AUT, GDipTeach

B van Meygaarden BSc MSc Auckland, DipTeach

SB Ward BSc(Tech), GDipTeach (Director of Digital Learning)

SJ Wilkinson BSpLS Waikato, GDipTeach, UEFA A Licence

DH Williams BA Canterbury, DipTeach

PJ Wilson BEd Waikato, DipTeach (Careers Advisor)

ACADEMIC SUPPORT

MS Foulds BSc, MLIS, DipTeach (Teacher Aide)

ZR Guildford (Teacher Aide)

SP Konui BSocSc (Teacher Aide)

HA Nankivell BComAg (Teacher Aide)

K Barnsley (Music Administrator)

JM Clarke (Assistant Librarian)

RF Keene NZCE (Science Technician)

LJ Green (IT Technician)

DL Martin (IT Systems Engineer)

INTERNATIONAL CENTRE

HM Richardson DipBusMan (Director of International Students)

LM Elliott BTeach, DipEd, CertTESOL

MEA Benefield (Homestay Coordinator)