Network 2010 May

Network

St Paul’s Collegiate School

EDITORS

Deborah McRae

Glenys Parton

SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHER

Andrew Constable

OLD COLLEGIANS’ ASSOCIATION

Deborah McRae

Ph (07) 957 8805

DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND SPC FOUNDATION

Glenys Parton

Ph (07) 957 8898

ADDRESS

St Paul’s Collegiate School

Private Bag 3069

Waikato Mail Centre

Hamilton 3240

New Zealand

PRODUCTION

Spacific Yearsbooks NZ

Ph (09) 309 6945

FRONT COVER PHOTO

LEGEND

Original Photo

Back: Andrea Jenkins, Janet Shewan, Ruth Lee-Smith,

Front: Mary Graham, Roimata Raumati

Current Photo

Back: Andrea Dela Rue, Janet Williams, Ruth Walden

Front: Mary Robinson, Roimata Templeton

CONTENTS

n School Community 2–6

n Academic 7–9

n Old Collegians 10–13

n Tihoi 14-15

n Foundation 16-17

n Culture 18-19

n Sport 20-21

n School Events & Activities 22-29

Editorial Acknowledgement

Thank you to Evan McCulloch for his assistance of this edition of the Network.

From the Headmaster’s Pen

Dear present and past families, Old Collegians, Fellows and Friends of St Paul’s.

It is my great pleasure to write my first Headmaster’s report for the Network magazine. Since I joined the School twelve weeks ago, I have been struck by the warmth of the welcome that my wife Judith, and I have received from students, staff and those associated with St Paul’s Collegiate. Our School is in ‘great heart’ with a passionate, committed teaching staff and an enthusiastic and loyal wider community. St Paul’s has consistently had an impressive academic record in NCEA and Scholarship and more recently in the Cambridge examinations. We seem to have the capability, be it through the small classes, or the personalised nature of the educational opportunities, to raise the performance and academic self-belief of our students – to extract significantly greater achievement out of them than might have been possible in a normal school environment. One is repeatedly impressed by the lengths that our teachers are prepared to go, to get the best from the students in their care – be it trips away, before or after school tutorial classes or just the genuine interest that they show in them as people.

Tihoi, for our Year 10 students is such a special and unique experience. They are challenged physically, emotionally and socially in an accelerated personal development process. Few schools in the world have such a high quality and potentially life-changing outdoor programme.

The structure of St Paul’s is also similarly unique. There are only three secondary schools in New Zealand where girls are introduced only at the senior level. The provision of an environment that is “Best for Boys” in the crucial formative years of Year 9 and 10, has always been and will continue to be a key educational platform for our School. The learning and developmental needs of a young teenage boy are quite different from their female counterparts and are best developed in a single sex environment. Since my arrival, we have focussed on things that foster a positive school culture or raise our expectations of students’ conduct and

academic performance. Teenagers like to know where they stand on issues. They prefer it if it’s ‘black and white’ rather than grey. We have set ‘bottom lines’ on issues such as behaviour, bullying and equity of consequences that we are not prepared to go below. We have articulated to the community that we are quite prepared to shrink the roll to grow it in the long run; introduced a Headmaster’s run around the roads and parks of Chartwell; introduced formal uniform (i.e. Number Ones – shirt, tie, blazer/jersey) on both Mondays and Fridays; restricted cell phone use to the Student Centre or boarding houses and prohibited use around the grounds or in classrooms; every Thursday, boarders sit down to a formal meal – a Headmaster’s dinner with dress uniform, a Grace, white tablecloths and a format that tries to replicate best practice in the home; while evening prep is now completed in the classrooms and supervised by senior students and the six staff on duty each night. Through these initiatives we hope to engender a sense of pride and belonging in our students and build on the successes that St Paul’s has enjoyed in the past.

I look forward to meeting many of you in the future at St Paul’s.

G W Lander, Headmaster

St Paul’s warmly welcomes a New Headmaster

On 27 January 2010 St Paul’s Collegiate School welcomed its new Headmaster, Mr Grant Lander, to the school with a P whiri followed by a Commissioning Service. The P whiri adhered to the kawa (protocol) of the iwi, Tainui, who hold Mana Whenua (stewardship) in the Waikato area. The format of the Po¯ whiri was in keeping with the Chapel setting at St Paul’s Collegiate School, as distinct from that on a Marae. The Commissioning Service was led by Archbishop David Moxon together with the School Chaplain, Reverend Craig Luccock.

The Po¯ whiri marked the formal final step in the process of the Lindisfarne College community, supported by their local iwi, Nagti Kahungunu and Tuhoe, transferring the

Headmastership of Mr Lander from their community to St Paul’s.

As the Manuwhiri entered the Chapel they were welcomed with a haka performed by a group of St Paul’s students.

The Po¯ whiri culminated in the gifting of korowai (cloaks) to Mr and Mrs Lander and the very moving ceremonial transfer of Mr and Mrs Lander from their place in the Lindisfarne Community to that of St Paul’s.

During the ceremony of the Po¯ whiri guests experienced fine oratory from Lindisfarne Kaumatua and guest speakers and heartfelt waiata and haka by the Lindisfarne boys.

The St Paul’s Choir supported the waikorero of the St Paul’s speaker Mr Willian Cooper with a waiata.

The ceremony concluded with hariru (handshake) and hongi and was followed by the formal school Commissioning Service of Mr Lander, Headmaster, St Paul’s Collegiate School.

In its traditional Commissioning Service, led by Archbishop David Moxon, St Paul’s Collegiate School formally inducted and welcomed their new Headmaster. The Chapel of Christ the King was filled with students and guests to support Mr Lander as he took a pledge of allegiance to St Paul’s. Mr Lander was supported by his wife Judith and daughter Jennifer.

Photographer Douglas Peters

Board and Staff News

Waikato Anglican College Trust Board Report

Firstly, a thank you to the St Paul’s community for the warm welcome and support you have given to Mr Lander and his family. The last term of 2009 was obviously a time of transition after the departure of Mr Fenton, and the Board is very grateful for the way in which Mr Chris Luman lead the school as Acting Headmaster during that period, along with the incredible efforts of all staff to ensure continuity and ongoing success.

As Trustees, Mr Lander’s appointment represents an important part of the ongoing development and change expected in the upcoming years. His leadership experience and proven record was a vital aspect of his appointment-and as expected, his impact in many areas has been immediate. Anyone who has met him in recent months will attest to his contagious energy for building a safe and quality learning experience for all of our students.

Although the past year has been a tough time for the economy, the school roll has grown and the community is in good spirits. As an ongoing responsibility, the Board is giving much consideration to ensuring the school is in a financial position to invest in areas which are critical to its development and growth. Members are currently reviewing a facilities plan to enhance the campus, along with understanding the priorities and needs of students and staff.

MRS ADRIENNE MCDOWELL

Mrs Adrienne McDowell joined the School for Term 1 after spending the majority of 2009 travelling overseas to see her children.

Previously she was the Director of Music at Scots College in Wellington. Mrs McDowell teaches English, Media Studies and Junior Music.

The successful introduction of Year 11 girls has been pleasing and provides those entrants with a three-year cohesive NCEA learning experience. This initiative has also reinforced the Board’s commitment to offering a boysonly learning environment in Years 9 and 10. We have continued to provide scholarships to individuals who have shown excellence academically, in sport or culturally. Our particular area of focus is on entry level students to provide them with the greatest opportunity to develop within the St Paul’s community.

The board is continually overwhelmed by the ongoing generosity of the Parents’ Association and the Old Collegians’, who have supported a wide range of initiatives. Last year the Parents’ Association supported a number of teams, individuals and groups who represented the school or the region or our country. In addition to these grants the Association also installed a sound system and dishwasher in the Long Room to support hospitality events taking place in the Sports Centre. The orchestra completed spending their grant in 2009 with the purchase of over $20,000 worth of musical equipment. We appreciate these additional contributions that benefit the entire school.

In March we welcomed the Rev Andrew Hedge as a new Board member.

Thank you to all the families and friends of the school, your ongoing support of this great community is appreciated —and we look forward to a busy and productive year ahead.

Kevin Morris, Trustee, WACT

Reverend Andrew Hedge

Reverend Andrew Hedge joined the Board in March 2010.

Andrew is the Vicar of St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Cambridge. He and his family moved to Cambridge in 2008 from Auckland. Prior to that Andrew completed his theological training, attaining a Bachelor in Theology at St John’s College, Auckland, before beginning a curacy at All Saints, Howick. From this role Andrew then moved to the position of Chaplain at King’s School for 8 years.

During his time at King’s School, Andrew was involved with the New Zealand Association of School Chaplains and Religious Education Teachers and served as their president for several years. While in Auckland Andrew also served on the Diocesan Council and prior to moving to Cambridge, was a Canon of Holy Trinity Cathedral.

Andrew brings to the Board his experiences and understanding of the Anglican Church, Independent Schools and a passion for Anglican Schools in New Zealand.

Andrew is married to Raewyn, a primary school teacher in Cambridge, and they have three children. Together they enjoy spending time at the beach, gardening, mountain biking and looking after a household of family pets.

Andrew is Board Representative for Archbishop David Moxon, Bishop of Waikato and Senior Bishop of the New Zealand Dioceses.

MRS JUDITH

LANDER BA, DipTchg

Judith is the wife of our new Headmaster and has joined the staff in a shortterm position, teaching Economics to Years 11, 12 and 13. She is an experienced Economics and Accounting teacher, having taught at several schools during her career, including Kelston Girls’ High, Matamata College,

and Mahurangi College. For the last nine years Judith has been Teacher in Charge of Economics at Hasting Girls’ High School.

In addition to this, she has been the Careers’ Advisor at Hasting Girls’ High School for the past four years.

In the past, she has been a BOT representative and coordinated Sunday School at their family’s local Anglican church.

New Staff

Prefects

Heads of House

HEAD OF CLARK

Michael Eggleton

HEAD OF FITCHETT

Mark Mills

HEAD OF HALL

Luke Toomey

HEAD OF HAMILTON

Nick Taylor

HEAD OF HARINGTON

Megan Cowley

HEAD OF HARINGTON

BOARDING

Emma McCallum

HEAD OF SARGOOD

Jason Heatherley

HEAD OF SCHOOL

Glenn Eyers

HEAD OF WILLIAMS

Zach Oliver

Chapel Prefects

Ashley Fraser

Sam Hogg

Sarah McCallum

Thomas Te Whare

School Prefects

Dion Candy

Jen Currie

Matt Hickmott

David Hoskins

Sam Kaelin

Kent Stewart

Lucy Travis

Staff Farewells

DAVE WOODLEY

Dave Woodley joined St Paul’s staff in 2000. He taught Physics, Electronics and Science.

His co-curricular involvement was with golf, flying cocordinator (organising students to go out to Te Kowhai air field to fly the St Paul’s plane)

Heads of School

HEAD BOY – SAM HEWAT

House: School

Age: 17

Studying: Classics, Media, History, and Drama

Scholarship: English, History, Drama and Media

Interests: Athletics, Football (1st XI), Playing and Writing Music on guitar, Piano, Singing, Acting, Basketball, Cricket, and Performing Arts.

Achievements: Recipient of Year 11 English prize in 2008 and Year 12 Drama prize in 2009. Colours in: Athletics, Soccer, Drama, Service to Arts. Bronze Duke of Edinburgh.

Sam wants to be a TV Journalist

HEAD GIRL – ALICE FISHER

House: Harington

Age: 17

Studying: Advanced Physical Education, Biology, General Science, Mathematics with Statistics and English

Interests: Hockey, Running, Music, Soccer

Achievements: Gold Medal U15 Girls’ IV Maadi Cup Rowing

DEPUTY HEAD BOY – BEN MACLACHLAN

House: Sargood Age: 17

Studying: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics with Calculus, English and Graphics

Interests: Rugby, Tennis, Music (guitar), Snowboarding and the beach

and he was Teacher in Charge of one of the staff duty teams.

Dave was very popular with his students, and described as a very calm and friendly man with a firm teaching style. Having a very practical background (he has raced motorcycles, was once a farmer and has been involved in renovating properties) he had the ability to make theory and practical relevant to real life.

Dave was passionate about, golf, V8s and launching rockets .... the Physics department

DEPUTY HEAD GIRL – STEPHANIE HENLEY-SMITH

House: Harington Age: 17

Studying: English, Statistics and Modeling, Accounting, Advanced Physical Education and Computers

Interests: Hockey, Soccer, Athletics, Hip Hop dancing and Music.

rocket was his “baby”.... over the years he managed to “distribute” a few of them around the local area!

Dave was a wonderful colleague whose brilliant dry humour kept the staff sane in the science departments when everything else was getting crazy.

He was a closet poet ... a number of staff had the good (or bad) fortune to be the subject of his delightfully humorous poetry.

David Sole

Michael Eggleton Mark Mills

Luke Toomey Nick Taylor

Megan Cowley

Emma McCallum

Jason Heatherley Glenn Eyers

Zach Oliver

25 Years of Girls at St Paul’s 1985 - 2010

2010 marks the 25th anniversary of girls attending St Paul’s Collegiate School. All Old Collegians are invited to join the first five girls from the “Girls’ House” on the weekend of July 30 and 31, 2010. Roimata Templeton (nee Raumati), Andrea de la Rue (nee Jenkins), Ruth Walden (nee Lee Smith), Mary Robinson (nee Graham) and Janet Williams (nee Shewan) will be your hosts for the weekend.

Programme

FRIDAY 30TH JULY ($20)

Celebrations will begin with a Powhiri and Assembly in the St Paul’s Collegiate School Chapel of Christ the King at 2.45pm with the whole school community

Following this, the programme will be:

3.45pm Registration at the Harington Day House

4.00 pm Year photos will begin in the Student Centre

5.00 pm Welcome by Headmaster

Welcome by President of Old Collegians

Foundation Girls’ Speech

Current Head Girl Speech

Cutting of the Cake

Celebrations continue with continuous drinks (cash bar available) and nibbles will be served.

SATURDAY 31ST JULY (SHOW $20)

10.00 am Harington Boarding House and School tours

Morning tea served in Harington boarding house.

12.30pm Light lunch served in the School dining room

Open mike to share your stories with one another.

7.00pm Variety Show [$20.00]

In the evening a variety show is planned by the Foundation Girls’ and will include current students and Old Collegians’. This is being organised by Roimata Templeton and Francis Cowan, St Paul’s Director of Music. Roimata currently lives in Germany. She is a professional artist, freelance choreographer and performance coach and has starred in many musicals including Cats. The show will be open to the general public. If anyone would like to take part in this, then please contact Deborah McRae by email d.mcrae@stpauls. school.nz or phone 07 957 8805

Reunion Book

Roimata is also putting together a book on the first 25 years of girls at school. This will be available for purchase over the weekend.

Registration

To register for the weekend, please download a registration form from our school website. www.stpauls.school.nz Registrations close Wednesday 21 July

01 Champion Swimmers include Alison Bond and Yvette Yule 1995

02 Scribbles 1986 The Young Enterprise Group

03 The First girls with Malcolm Hill 1985

04 Mary Holmes sports achiever

05 Lady Windermere’s Fan 1996

06 Kay Etheredge’s last class 2002

07 Raphael’s Transfiguration 1987

08 Inaugural Netball Team 1988

EXCERPT FROM PAGE 189 OF A VENTURE IN FAITH – DANCING BOYS…

“It was Peter Gilbert (in charge of PE) who had the idea, Roimata Raumati along with Ruth Lee Smith, who took it up and organised the auditions – She had selected the troupe before the auditions. So it was Michael Montgomerie [Sargood 1983 - 1987], David Hardy [Sargood 1983 - 1987], Nick Richards [Sargood 19821986], Chris Rolfe [Sargood 1983 - 1986], Mark Treadgold [Sargood 1983 - 1986] and Brent Mexted [Sargood 1982 - 1986 ] began their lessons with the girls. The routine was set to the music of One Night in Bankok from Chess. After trials, tribulations, incredibly early rehearsals and “hours of nagging”, they made their nerveracking debut at the school’s music

festival. They were well received and went on to perform at a Sacred Heart cabaret social, where the largely female audience went “crazy” over certain male members of the troupe. After three more performances they were chosen to perform at the international dance conference in Auckland but they were unable to participate because two of their members were overseas.

So they hung up their tights after a memorable, enjoyable – and revolutionary – experience. Boys can do anything?”

Achievers and Scholars

John Scott-Jones (Clark 2005-2009)

Three talented young Kiwis have gained scholarships to renowned American universities funded by New York philanthropist Julian Robertson and his wife Josie.

The Robertson Scholars from New Zealand for 2010 are John Scott-Jones, from Ohope, who attended St Paul’s Collegiate School in Hamilton, and is currently studying at Victoria University of Wellington and two Aucklanders, Angela Zhou from Botany Downs and Alex Zhu from Epsom.

All three of this year’s recipients say they were blown away upon learning that they had won the prestigious scholarship.

“I didn’t really believe it, to be honest,” said John, who was Head of School at St Paul’s Collegiate School in Hamilton in 2009.

“I thought it was a bit ridiculous. I dropped out of Law the next day, which was a little bit scary seeing as I had no written confirmation, just a phone call.”

John plans to take an undergraduate degree at Duke University majoring in English, with a minor in History. He would like to work in a multinational non-government organisation or join the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as a diplomat.

The Scholarship recipients who study at either the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill or Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, receive free tuition and board and a living allowance for up to four years.

James Chancellor (Clark 2007-)

James was the 2009 recipient of the Ward Family Scholarship. This is awarded to a Year 12 student to research, study or participate in an activity beneficial to their academic, personal, cultural or sporting development during their final year at school.

James will be using this Scholarship to travel to Rarotonga, in July, with Orthopaedic Surgeon, Dr Andrew MacDiarmid, from Tauranga. James will be working alongside Dr MacDiarmid, who runs clinics to treat people with symptoms of dengue fever and ciguatera poisoning.

He will be helping Dr MacDiarmid who is gathering information to assess the level

Each scholarship is worth $NZ100,000 a year and three are offered annually in New Zealand, two in Australia, one in Sweden and 24 in the United States. Selection is based on academic ability, commitment to community service, courage, collaborative spirit and a strongly ethical outlook.

Julian and Jose Robertson, who spend part of each year in New Zealand, established the Robertson Programme in 2000 with a $US24 million gift. Mr Robertson founded the Tiger Management hedge fund, and their generosity has benefited other causes in this country including the Auckland Art Gallery.

John Scott-Jones was also Chapel Prefect at St Paul’s Collegiate School in Hamilton in 2009. Writing is his passion, and he gained NCEA scholarships in English in 2008 and in English, History and Chemistry in 2009.

John represented the School in hockey at second eleven level as well as being involved in rock climbing. A keen debater he was member of the school team and was selected for the Waikato Schools’ Debating Team. In 2008 he spent a month in Nepal, with the aid of the Ward Family Scholarship, working in a school in Kathmandu.

The Robertson Scholars Programme is administered by the New Zealand ViceChancellors’ Committee (NZVCC).

of knowledge the patients have of the causes of these two maladies, with the view to understanding and identifying the educational opportunities that may exist for the prevention of these conditions.

James hopes to use this unique opportunity to gain a better understanding of the view of the world through the eyes of Cook Islanders, who are very close neighbours to New Zealand. In the future he plans to study medicine

James is very grateful to the Ward family who sponsor the scholarship enabling this opportunity.

Top Centre certificate

IMPRESSIVE CAMBRIDGE PERFORMANCE

St Paul’s Collegiate won a Top Centre Certificate for the November Cambridge examinations – awarded to CIE Centres whose students were ranked in the first five places in New Zealand in one or more IGCSE exam. An outstanding result for our first year of offering Cambridge as an alternative qualification to NCEA.

DairyNZ Scholarship

Michael Lawrence (Sargood ’03-’07) is the recipient of a DairyNZ Scholarship which will assist him to meet the costs of university study and his tuition fees (to a maximum of $5,000 per annum) until the completion of his course, as long as his grades continue to be acceptable. Michael is studying for a Bachelor of AgriCommerce degree at Massey University.

Achievers and Scholars CONTINUED

School Top Achievers Year 13

St Paul’s students, once again, excelled in the 2009 external end of year examinations. In the most demanding of NCEA courses, Level 3, Jonathan Pullon (Calculus and Music), Jennifer Jin (Chemistry), Tim Ng (Computer Studies) were our ‘Centurions’, gaining a perfect score of 100%. Jonathan Pullon was our top academic performer in the NCEA examinations while Hayden Gutry was our most outstanding student in the demanding scholarship exams. The most pleasing feature was that 34.2% of our Level Three (Year 13) students achieved NCEA with either a Merit or an Excellence endorsement. Another impressive statistic was that 98 of the 113 student Year 13 cohort (87%) achieved University Entrance.

HAYDEN GUTRY (Aggregate 88.2%)

94%

83%

92%

79%

93%

Prefect and Head of Hall House

1 Outstanding Scholarship (Top 4 in NZ) –plus 3 Scholarships

University of Auckland – Law and Commerce

Proxime Accessit

JENNIFER JIN (Aggregate 85.4%)

NZ Table Tennis Representative

1 Outstanding Scholarship (Top 40 in NZ)plus 1 Scholarship

Otago University – Medicine

1 Scholarship

TIM NG (Aggregate

Overall Statistics (% of the cohort who achieve at that Levels’ qualification)

87% achieved University Entrance 22% above national average

Level 3 77% 25% above national average Level 2 87% 21% above national average

Level 1 77% 14% above national average

Note: Almost half of the Year 11 cohort (Level 1) entered for the Cambridge English and Mathematics qualification. This impacted on the NCEA Level 1 results.

JONATHAN PULLON (Aggregate 88.4%)

Dux : Head of Hamilton House

NZ Swimming Representative

1 Scholarship

Auckland University Scholarship

Head of School

3 Scholarships

JOHN SCOTT-JONES (Aggregate 80.6%)

Robertson Scholarship recipient: Duke and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1 Scholarship

Holmes

Carden

Wong

1 Outstanding Scholarship (Top 10 in

Victoria University – Law

NZ Swimming Representative Waikato University – Business

Three students achieved Outstanding Scholarship Awards indicating these students are ranked in the top 0.04% in New Zealand in their subject. Our Year 11 IGCSE (Cambridge) results were particularly impressive.

Scholars’ Ties Year 11 and 12, 2009

We also acknowledge the achievements of our new students. These will be recognised at a later stage when we have all of the relevant information.

YEAR 12

A total of 24 awards (16 of which are re-awards) were made to our 2009 Year 12 cohort.

Calculated using grade point average of best four subjects including English.

E = Excellence / M = Merit

*1. Sam Hogg 91% Including 100% L3 Technology & 100% Chemistry 20E 9M

*1. Kent Stewart 91% Including 100% Technology & 100% Chemistry 23E 8M

*3. Michael Aitken 90% 20E 17M

*4. Tim Prestage 89% 20E 17M

*4. Nick Taylor 89% Including 100% in Chemistry 24E 10M

*5. Sam Hewat 87% 17E 10M

*7. Michael Eggleton 85% Including 100% in Chemistry 19E 7M

*7. David Thomas 85%

*7. Nathan Wright 85%

14M 7. Amy Zhang 85%

*11. David Hoskins 82% 16E 18M

*12. James Chancellor 80% Including 100% in Chemistry 17E 12M

12. Matt Hickmott 80% Including 100% in Art Photography 6E 9M

*12. Hugh McKay 80% 10E 16M

15. Megan Cowley 78%

15. Daniel Ford 78% 17. Lucy Travis 77%

*18. Andrew Mills 76% 19. Beth Noble 74% 19. Sam Thomson 74%

*21. Glenn Eyers 73% 22. Nathan Alloway 72%

*22. Craig Batie 72%

*24. Andrew Kingham 70%

YEAR 11

A total of 20 scholars’ ties were awarded to our Year 11 students of 2009. To receive a Scholars’ tie students must have achieve grade point average of 70% or more in their best five subjects including English and Mathematics.

E = Excellence / M = Merit

James Hogg 80%

Roydon Nutford 76%

Lucian Nabbs 75% 15. Maxwell StuartJones 73% 16. Angus Harris 72% 16. Codey Nepe 72% 16. Navdeesh SinghThandi 72% 16. Connor Spence 72% 20. Chris Fletcher 71% * = Re Award

President’s Report

It is with much pleasure that I extend a very warm welcome to two new committee members of the Old Collegians’ Association. Dave Mackay (School 1959 to 1961) and Ivan Posa (School 1966 to 1970) who have joined Justin Kerr, Amy Whetu and Richard Ludbrook on the committee and who come with a wealth of experience and a huge dollop of passion for the School.

A profile of the new members of the Association is featured in this edition of the Network, along with that of current member Amy Whetu. Richard Ludbrook, who is also a Waikato Anglican College Trust Board member, was profiled in the April 2009 edition of the Network. If you would like to make contact with a committee member you will find their contact details listed on the Old Collegians’ page on the school website at www.stpauls.school.nz

The Old Collegians’ Association would also like to extend a special welcome to the new Headmaster, Mr Grant Lander, who joined the school at the beginning of Term One this year. His presence has been warmly received through his attendance at two functions that the Old Collegians have hosted this year. His lively wit and keen interest in Old Collegians and all facets of the School, has us looking forward to his attendance at many more of our functions in the future.

Obituary

Geoff Blackett

Foundation pupil and Old Collegian, Geoffrey Howard Mortimore Blackett, died suddenly in Taupo on 3 February 2010. A service to celebrate his life was held in the Chapel of Christ the King, St Paul’s Collegiate School, on 9 February 2010.

Geoff arrived at the School on February 11, 1959 and attended St Paul’s as a boarder through until 1961. As a fellow Foundation pupil this time was recalled as daunting but exciting. Not only were students beginning a new adventure they were the building blocks of a new school.

Geoff was all the way from Hastings, and as a new arrival, quickly made friends. Geoff

The very active group of Old Collegians from Tauranga and Papamoa in the Bay of Plenty met socially in February. Dave Mackay and his nephew John Mackay organised and hosted this function supported by the Old Collegians’ Association Executive Officer, Deborah McRae and Headmaster, Grant Lander. Dave and John have been instrumental in reconnecting “lost” Old Collegians back with the School and we appreciate this commitment to the Association and its members.

A “70’s” reunion was timed for Gary Schofield’s (Hall 1970 to 1974) planned visit to Hamilton in February also. Gary’s “return to the classroom” features elsewhere in this Network and a full set of the photos taken at the reunion can be viewed on http://www. stpauls.school.nz/Content/564/Photo-Gallery

Additional events in the Calendar for 2010 include:

Silver (25th) Anniversary of the enrollment of girls into St Paul’s Collegiate School to be held on the 30th and 31st July.

The organising sub-committee is made up of Old Girls from the school including the five foundation pupils. Please register your interest in being part of this celebration by emailing d.mcrae@stpauls.school.nz.

A Tihoi day trip is booked for Saturday October 9th for all those Old Collegians

who have been students at Tihoi but have not been back in the last 10 Years … or those Old Collegians who are keen to see first hand what the Tihoi campus is all about. This trip will include a tour of Tihoi Venture School, followed by lunch and an opportunity to participate in some of the activities that Tihoi currently offers. This will be a day when students are not at the centre to enable staff to participate in hosting Old Collegians.

If you are interested, it would be a good opportunity to get a group of friends together and make a day trip of it. The bus will be leaving from St Paul’s on the day and we will organise additional buses from other locations if we get enough interest. Please register your interest in participating in the day by emailing d.mcrae@stpauls.school.nz or downloading and faxing the registration form on the website.

Other initiatives for the 2010 year are:

• To increase the number of email addresses we have of members. We currently only have 10% of members email addresses. We aim to progressively increase this as it provides us with a timely way to communicate events to you all.

If we do not already have your email address please email it to d.mcrae@ stpauls.school.nz

appeared, to many of the other young boys, to be a doer and a leader. He was a keen participant in all sports and excelled in most.

From rugby to cricket, tennis to track and field Geoff was there. As Head of Sargood House and School Prefect Geoff showed

• To hold more regional networking functions which are hosted by local members. With the success of the Auckland and Papamoa Old Collegians’ groups we would like to facilitate more collegiality amongst our Old Collegians around the country.

If you are interested in co-ordinating a group in you area, city or town please contact the Executive Officer of the Old Collegians on 07 957 8805 or email d.mcrae@stpauls.school.nz

• To establish a member benefits page on the website where Old Collegians are able to advertise their business or services to other members, in a climate of “Refer with Confidence”. This is happening informally in some areas and it would be great if we could extend this to benefit more members.

Our Association is only as good as the effort its members put into it. If you are able to host a regional, city or town networking group then please put up your hand and help us to get some momentum around this. We have many young Old Collegians around the country and keeping them connected to the School is one our foremost goals.

Kind regards

Campbell Ludbrook, President St Paul’s Old Collegians’ Association

early leadership and sound judgment. Amongst his love of sports in general, Geoff had a passion for cricket. He was Captain of the 1st XI in 1961 and was very supportive in the capacities of coach and manager of many teams. The love of cricket lives on in his sons who both have cricket honours at the School.

Geoff, as did all of his contemporaries, made lasting friendships at St Paul’s that followed him through his life. He was an inaugural member of the Old Collegians’ Association and led it through its very formative years. It was Geoff’s drive, when President of the Old Collegians’ Association from the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, that built the membership and the financial base. Geoff led the charge in the decision to purchase the Victoria Street building and, despite the reservations

New Committee Members

AMY WHETU (HARINGTON 1997 – 1998)

Amy has been an Old Collegian’s committee member since June 2000. She is a Family Lawyer, but currently runs Zee Zee Merino, a Wholesale Children’s merino

clothing business, with her sister and business partner. Amy is also wife of James Whetu (Watene, Leaver 1998) and mum to Millie (2), with another baby due May 2010.

IVAN POSA (SCHOOL 1966 – 1970)

We welcome Ivan to the Old Collegians’ Association Committee. Ivan is a retired farmer. His interests include golf, boating and fishing, playing Pedal Steel Guitar and riding his favourite Harley motorcycle.

Ivan is married to Deb and they have 2

children who are both currently boarders at St Paul’s. Mili is in Year 11 (Harington) and Zach is in Year 9 (Sargood).

DAVE MACKAY (SCHOOL 1959 –1961)

Foundation Pupil and founding member of the Old Collegians’ Association are two of the titles that Dave is most proud of when it comes to talking about St Paul’s. We are very pleased to welcome Dave back on the committee again this year and are looking forward to benefiting from Dave’s historical knowledge of the School and his passion for St Paul’s. Dave is married to Marge (the only woman he knows of that has been married to two Old Collegians’ from St Paul’s!) They live in Papamoa and when Dave has time he loves to travel, fish and watch cricket.

of both the Board and the Association, brought it in to profit. A little known fact is that both he and Tim Brears oversaw the building and attended to all the minor repair work in the early days.

Geoff was also a Board Member, in the capacity of the Old Collegians’ Representative, in 1979 and 1980. He later took up the position of President of the Parents’ Association and served in this capacity from 2002 to 2005. During this time he, along with Ross Bradstreet, resurrected the cattle scheme and grew it to become one of the most effective fundraisers of the Association.

In 2005, with the establishment of the St Paul’s Foundation, in typical supportive style, Geoff became a Foundation Member.

Geoff’s relationship with school never

cooled and as the years progressed two sons, Ben and Alex, followed in their father’s footsteps and attended the School. They had an advantage on their father in that they didn’t have an extended bus trip from Hastings to Hamilton to get to school and they had a fully functioning school and knew what to expect.

Geoff’s enduring support of St Paul’s has been deeply appreciated over the years and is acknowledged by the whole school community.

Geoff was honoured by a large contingent of his contemporaries, and by the current Sargood students who performed the Sargood haka as his casket left the Chapel on its final journey.

Dave MacKay

John Loughnan

Mouth and Foot Artist

John Loughnan (School 1971 – 1974) was a natural athlete and in 1979 he broke the New Zealand Jump Record at the World Water Skiing Champs, with a jump of 47 metres. This record was to stand for the next 14 years, even as he lay in the spinal unit after breaking his neck, as a result of a farming accident, in the summer of 1986. Up until 1986 and typical of us all, John never considered a life without the use of his whole body let alone his legs. Life in a wheelchair was an abstract thought, something that happened to other people. Since his accident, John’s movements were and remain restricted to his head and shoulders and down to both elbows.

However, nothing was going to keep this natural athlete contained for long. Following a long rehabilitation period, John eventually returned to the sport of water skiing as a coach, a role in which he successfully coached two boys through to National level. In 1995, in a drive to extend his range of activities, John took up painting by mouth. Painting, it turned out, was a talent he shared

Gary Schofield

Gary Schofield, Old Collegian of St Paul’s was back in the classroom in February to deliver a History lesson on War and Peace, to the current students of St Paul’s.

On holiday in New Zealand from stateside, with his son Stewart, Gary captivated the students with a romp back into the recent and distant past. He covered a broad sweep of history from Stone Age warriors to World War I and presented a convincing argument on how the causes, tactics and consequences of all wars are remarkably similar. He spoke to the class about simulated war games he played when working as a consultant in the Pentagon. These included making the Schlieffen Plan work. With Gary’s help Germany could have won World War One!

As a student himself, Gary attended St Paul’s from 1970 to 1974 and was in both Hamilton and Hall house. He lives in Washington DC and is currently the President of Global Concern Inc. an organisation providing practical solutions

with his mother who painted all her life. When he first started painting he worked largely in oils. As he has progressed, he has moved on to working in acrylics and water colour. Residing in Hamilton, in a home he designed to best display art, nearly every wall features samples of his paintings, as well as those of his mother.

John’s artistic inspiration comes from travelling throughout New Zealand and America. He says that he knows the West Coast of America like the back of his hand as he travels back to America every year. He has an old van, modified for his use, stored at a friend’s place in the United States. This enables John the freedom to take off and visit friends and new places as he chooses. During one such visit two years ago, he was travelling from Las Vegas through the desert back to Los Angeles when his van broke down. He sent out an emergency call, then sat for three hours in the heat and waited while the State Troopers searched for him. As he had not noted any

signs, he was not able to tell them his location. Fortunately John had ice and cold water with him and all turned out well.

John has many friends both in the United States and New Zealand and describes his home as “Grand Central Station”. It is a wonder he has time to paint at all. He is currently working on a nationwide travelling exhibition with other Mouth and Foot painters. This exhibition will begin in Christchurch this year and will feature in the Thornton Gallery in Hamilton from 29 October to 12 November 2010. John’s paintings are also on display at the Easter Show this year and he has a solo exhibition planned for summer, early 2011.

John lives in Hamilton in an architecturally designed home along with his beautiful partner Anna. He would love to hear from other Old Collegians and can be contacted on 07 854 0369 or email loughy@xtra.co.nz

to the perils of global warming. He is also a writer, television producer and artist. As a painter he was commissioned by His Excellency John Wood, New Zealand Ambassador, to paint “The New Zealand Chancery”. Gary has also painted the 32ft x 8ft painting of “The Earth from Space” for The United States Defense Systems and Orbital. The painting hangs at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. His portraits include The Prince and Princess of Wales and Sir Edmund Hillary. Gary also has the sole painting hanging in the Centre of the Arlington National Cemetery, the most haloed ground in the United States where it will be seen by four million visitors a year. Arlington National Cemetery was Robert E Lee’s estate and is the resting place for John F. Kennedy and United States military heroes.

With a degree in Biochemistry, a career in the arts, and a keen interest in history, Gary has sought to add this richness to all of his work.

Gary’s week at the School culminated in a reunion with students of his year group, on the evening of Friday 12 February, 2010.

Defyd Williams

Quentin Dalziell

(Clark 1985 – 1989)

Upon leaving school, Quentin joined the RNZAF, but quickly decided that a life in the skies was not what he wanted. His family owned Highden at the time, a café and former Catholic Monastery on the outskirts of Palmerston North. Quentin returned to Highden and set about teaching himself to cook. He became Highden’s Chef, and went on to win the New Zealand Beef and Lamb Hallmark of Excellence Award.

During his time at Highden, Quentin was also fortunate enough to be able to juggle his time to allow him to participate in many stage shows in Palmerston North, with the highlight being West Side Story.

In September 2000, Quentin moved to Australia and cooked in both Queensland and Victoria in a variety of businesses.

Needing a break from the “heat of the kitchen” Quentin decided to head for the bush, and along the way picked up a shearing hand piece. As a result he shore merinos (slowly) in Victoria and South Australia for a time, before rediscovering his motivation for kitchens and hospitality. At the same time,

Quentin was also fortunate enough to be offered a little “paid” acting work. He did several TV commercials over a period of two years, and featured in a TV reality/game show, no prizes, but he had a great time.

In 2007, Quentin had a sense that the hospitality industry was going to go through tough times (later translated as the Global Financial Crisis) and looked to retrain. He joined the Australian Army, and entered the Royal Military College (RMC) of Duntroon in January of 2008. After a concentrated period of study, he graduated into the Army as a Lieutenant in June 2009. Despite the military environment, Quentin has stayed with food, and is currently working as a Catering Officer. Whilst in Canberra at the RMC, Quentin met Jane, and they married two days after graduation in June 2009. Hamish Foote (School 1985-89) made the journey from New Zealand to be present. Quentin and Jane were immediately posted to Townsville which is very much in the tropics.The night temperatures in the summer are as low as 28˚ Celsius!

Aside from work, Quentin has discovered a talent for practical crafts that his schoolday efforts would never have forecast. He currently enjoys making furniture from both timber and steel and he also has a passion

A Venture in Faith

THE HISTORY OF ST PAUL’S COLLEGIATE SCHOOL, 1959 – 2008

Author: Bruce Hamilton

$55.00 dollars plus $10.00 for postage and packaging

To order your copy, please either email d.mcare@stpauls. school.nz or phone the Executive Officer of the Old Collegians, Deborah McRae 07 957 8805.

for wine and an obsession for books. Add to this Quentin’s fascination with the process of making artisanal sourdough bread, and an interest in turning his hand to masonry …… and one can envisage the construction of a wood fired oven!

As yet, Jane and Quentin have no family, but then in his words “we are only young!”

Tihoi offers a number of opportunities for members of the St Paul’s community to support the Tihoi Venture School and its programme.

MANY PEOPLE HAVE SUPPORTED THE SCHOOL IN 2009 THROUGH:

Donations for bricks

Donations for trees for landscaping

General donations

THE FOLLOWING FAMILIES HAVE SUPPORTED TIHOI WITH DONATIONS IN 2009

N G A Baldwin

R R C Campbell

A L Collie

P Corbett

H W Fahey

D J Kenna

S C N Marr

C Marr

B A Nieper

J C Rae

C D Robson

J T Tye

J B Wrathall

D Campbell

A Langdon

X Kapoor

A Armstrong

S Armstrong

L Buchanan

A And R

Carmichael

W Cooper

T Coster

D Coull

J CroasdaleSaunders

L David

C Davison

A Elliott

J Eyres

A Fullerton

J Gajzago

D Glover

A Gudsell

M Gutry

A Hardgreaves

A Hay

D Howlett

A Keppler

M Lalich

J Law

M Luman

T Macdonell

J Macpherson

J Mansson

N Mcguire-Holcroft

H Middlemiss

G Needham

R NoBle

L O’donoghue

A O’leary

J Patchell

J Petrie-Mcvean

M Proudfoot

G Rai

D Rooney

C Rowland

C Roycroft

G Scheres

M Tingey

A Verry

L Wylie-Miln

DONATION OF WOOD

Grateful thanks to Roy Noble and the folks at Transpower for organising the supply and delivery of three truck and trailer loads of wood for the Tihoi students. Your generosity is very much appreciated.

Girls at Tihoi

With the integration of Year 11 girls to St Paul’s Collegiate in 2010, the ‘Girls’ Camp’ at Tihoi was bound to be big and exciting. 90 girls in Years 11, 12 and 13 arrived mid afternoon on the last Friday in January, ready to experience Tihoi. They had given up part of their holidays by starting back early at school for this experience. Although the girls are all placed in Harington House, in addition they are all allocated to a St Paul’s house for House Competition – Clark, Fitchett, Hall, Hamilton, Sargood, School and Williams. This meant they naturally fell into seven groups for activities and living at Tihoi.

The first afternoon started with some healthy inter-house competition. The teams participated in various ‘Tihoi School Sport’ activities including ‘Fill the Cup’, 8-legged race, pyramid building and finally a massive scavenger hunt. The girls quickly embraced the spirit of Tihoi and got to know the other girls in their house.

During the next four days the girls all challenged themselves by participating in the High Ropes Challenge course, sea kayaking to the rock carvings on Lake Taupo and completing a bush overnight in the Pureora Forest Park.

On the Sunday evening the girls took part in a skit night, with each house presenting an entertaining skit. There was much creativity and talent on display, from costumes and narration through to acting, singing and dancing.

It was a joy to have the girls at Tihoi and experience their enthusiasm for “having a go”. Every girl managed to challenge herself in some way while she was at the campus and when it was time to depart the girls all had many stories to share about their Tihoi experience.

Cyn Smith

Boys at Tihoi

Boys doing what boys love!

Tihoi 2010/1 intake is progressing with the usual intensity of a busy Tihoi programme. Staff and students can not believe that Term One is over and outdoor activities in Tramp, Survival, Kayak One, Rock One, Rock Two, Sea Kayak and Sail are completed.

The second half of Term One has seen the rotation of Sea Kayaking on Lake Taupo, Sailing on Lake Rotorua and Rock Two based out of Tihoi. We have been blessed with fabulous weather that has meant all programmes have run with fine weather plans.

The Sailing programme has moved to Lake Rotorua. This initiative started last year and is very successful. Winds on Lake Taupo, based out of Kinloch, are variable and in the past some students have missed opportunities to sail due to high winds or no winds. The idea of sailing on Lake Rotorua was mooted and with the Wynn family based on the lake edge enquires were made to camp on the Maori land, adjacent to their property, and to sail off the beach at Ngongotaha where Norine and Steve Wynn reside. This has been a very positive move with all sailing programmes enjoying steady wind and considerable time on the water. The boys have all loved the sailing programme and gained a range of skills in sailing in the Sunburst yachts. Several boys have been trout fishing with some success. The Sea Kayak programme is a journey

down the Western side of Lake Taupo. The students pack their double sea kayaks with the essential items and head off from Whareroa to Kinloch. This trip is 35 kilometres and students spend the first night at Honeymoon Bay and the second night at Boat Harbour. The final day is a two to three hour paddle across to Kinloch. The boys enjoy the different mode of transport for a journey trip and to have to work co-operatively with their kayaking partner to get to their destination. The pairings of individuals in sea kayaks can prove very interesting. The second day is a long paddle. With the luck of a tail wind; most boys put the tent flys into action to enjoy a ‘free’ ride. This made for a social and less arduous trip into Boat Harbour.

The Rock Two programme is based out of Tihoi. On the first day the boys are straight into the challenge of the 120 foot abseil. This is a huge trust challenge for many boys and a great way to build up courage for the following two days climbing. Day two is a two hour tramp into Kawakawa Bay where the boys enjoy crack climbing and beautiful views of Lake Taupo. On the last day the Kinloch crag is on the agenda. This popular local crag provides further challenge for all abilities. The boys enjoy the range of climbs

offered at these Central North Island crags and learn a range of climbing techniques. The Tihoi Outdoor programme continues to offer challenge and to inspire the boys to get out and about. Intake 2010/1 is a motivated and enthusiastic group who are making the most of their Tihoi adventure. The boys completed a six hour solo on Monday March 29th. It was a crisp and clear evening, many boys listened intently to the bush for the roar of stags and it was reported that a pig was sighted from a solo sight. It must be Easter. Enjoy the holiday break.

Cyn Smith and Chris Wynn

MISSING PHOTOS FROM TIHOI

The Tihoi Archives has no group photos of the following intakes.

If there are any Old Collegians who have copies of these photos can you please contact d.mcrae@stpauls. school.nz

• 1979 Intake 2 • 1980 Intake1

• 1980 Intake 2 • 1981 Intake 1 • 1981 Intake 2 • 1987 Intake 2

Acknowledgements

The Foundation wishes to acknowledge the following people for their generous donation to the St Paul’s Collegiate School Foundation during the past six months.

CRICKET SIGHT SCREEN

Placed at the end of the boundary the

screen helps the vision and the ability of the batmen to pick up the red ball.

Thank you for the support from:

Kevin Malpass

Advanced Boiler Services NZ Ltd www.absboiler.co.nz

ph 07 847 1821

70 Duke St

Hamilton

HOCKEY TURF

Craigs Investment Partners

FOUNDATION

Mr Simon Upton and Ms Bhaady Miller

Mr Rod and Mrs Shirley Greig

Dr AJ and Mrs ME Seeley

Mr Richard Clark

Mr John Dawson

Mr John Wiltshire

Mrs Freda Thompson

Mr Gary Schofield

Mr K Kirk

TIHOI DINNING ROOM

Gallagher Group

Expansion Project for Old Collegians’ Pavilion

The Pavilion was built and opened in 1986. Originally an Old Collegians’ project, it was designed by Foundation Pupil and architect, David Page (School 1961–1963). David has once again returned to the drawing board to upgrade the original building as the needs of the school grow.

Over the past six months the Old Collegians and the School have identified a lack of changing facilities for sports teams using the sports grounds at the front of the school. With the addition of the internationally rated water-based hockey turf in 2007, there has been pressure on changing and ablutions facilities with the increased number of visiting teams. Presently, visiting teams have to change in the facilities at the bottom of the Student Centre at the rear of the school. To cater for the need of visitors in the interim, the school has used portaloos. In addition, use of the Chapel by Old Collegians for general school activities and for external events such as concerts has increased, creating an increased demand on the toilet facilities.

The redevelopment plan (which is in the early planning phase) will be to raise the Pavilion and shift it closer to the half way line of the playing field. It will be placed on a new basement designed to house changing rooms, toilets and sports equipment storage. A bonus of this development will be a tiered seating grandstand that will face the playing fields and accommodate approximately 300 people.

Foundation Pupil Dave Mackay says: “This type of project is what the Old Collegians is all about. Supporting the upgrade of the Pavilion to keep it relevant to the school’s growth is essential and this is the first project where the School will return its endeavours to reestablishing a strong relationship with our Old Collegians. For some time the school has been tardy in not gazetting these sorts of projects for Old Collegians’ consideration.”

Campbell Ludbrook, current President of the Old Collegians’ Association, strongly endorses the project. “This is a very exciting enhancement of the Old Collegians’ Pavilion

and an important cornerstone development for strengthening our Old Collegians’ relationships, while at the same time contributing to facilities for sports and culture. The school as a whole will be better able to cater in a more hospitable way for hockey, rugby and cricket games played in the vicinity of this well-placed facility. Once finished, the updated building will make an important statement to the entranceway of the school.”

The expected cost for the project is $600,000.

Fundraising for this project commences at the beginning of Term Two.

Mr Gary Schofield (Hamilton/Hall 19701974) has made the first donation of $1000 and the Parents’ Association has enthusiastically endorsed the proposal with a pledge of $50,000 toward this project.

Gary Schofield handing over his cheque for the Old Collegians’ Pavilion refurbishment, to Headmaster Grant Lander. Gary encourages other Old Collegians’ to get behind this project and make a donation. He especially challenges Old Collegians’ of the 1970s to become the biggest donor decade.

DONATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Donations for this project can be made using the insert in this edition of the Network. Donations may qualify for a tax deduction, and accordingly a receipt will be issued within 14 days of any donation. All donors will be recognised on a donors’ board in the Pavilion, and acknowledgement in the next copy of the Network and on the St Paul’s website.

In addition, those donations of $1500 or more will have an engraved plaque installed on the wooden bleachers of the grandstand. Donations may be spread over three years. A barometer of the progress of our fundraising endeavours will be placed on the St Paul’s website - www.stpauls.school.nzand in school publications.

This project is the first step in a process of involving the Old Collegians’ in the material growth and maintenance of the St Paul’s campus.

By year’s end it is hoped to have a fully functional “Refer with Confidence” trade directory to promote the skills of Old Collegians both to the school, their fellow Old Collegians, and friends of the school. This will provide the real networking opportunities that come from a school relationship that St Paul’s engenders.

Anniversary of the Gallipoli Landings Sam Hogg

St Paul’s Collegiate School Student joins the Prime Minister to commemorate the 95th

As part of the commemoration of the 95th anniversary of the Gallipoli Landings, which will be held in Turkey on 25 April 2010, the Prime Minister sponsored a competition to select 21 students to accompany the official party to the commemoration.

The competition was open to Year 13 students within New Zealand.

The brief was to make a media presentation that portrayed the significance that WW1 played in the lives of New Zealanders using Gallipoli as a case study.

St Paul’s Collegiate School student, Sam Hogg, a Year 13 boarder from Rotorua, is one of the students chosen to join the Prime Minister on this trip, with his entry of a

website he created for the competition.

Sam’s website covers the lives of an imaginary Pax family (Latin for peace) covering four generations reaching back to the time of the Gallipoli event. The characters of the Pax family are based on relatives and friends. The website incorporated a range of presentation styles including essays, a family tree and collage. The website can be viewed at: www.anzac.gravel.co.nz

The Prime Ministers party left on April 19 and returns on April 30th

Sam thanks St Paul’s History teacher Defyd Williams for his support.

Choir Concert

Sam Hogg Referee Award

Sam Hogg Clark House

Sam Hogg (Year 13) won the trophy for the Waikato Times Secondary Schools’ Referee of the Year 2009.

Sam’s medal, which was presented to him in January, was a result of his participation in the New Zealand Koru Basketball Tour where he was referee for a finals game in Australia. The game was between the Victoria and New South Wales Under 14’s basketball teams.

Jack Norwood and Luke Toomey, also St Paul’s Collegiate School students, were named joint Junior Sportsman of the Year at the same awards.

Cricket

Athletics

North Island Secondary School Track and Field Championships

St Paul’s athletes continued their outstanding season with another quality performance at the North Island Secondary School Track and Field Championships held in Wellington in March.

St Paul’s athletes represented the Waikato Bay of Plenty region reflecting they had achieved a top three placing at the School’s championships, then at Zones and at the Waikato Bay of Plenty Championships. St Paul’s had its largest representation in recent years of 15 athletes in the team.

HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE TEAM OVER THE MEET INCLUDED:

Blake Gordon

1st Junior Boys’ 200m 23.01 seconds (record), 1st 100m 2nd Discus

Cameron French

1st 300m hurdles, an event where a victory by five hundredths of a second enabled him to defend his title.

St Paul’s First XI v Old Collegians’ XI 7 February 2010

St Paul’s won the toss and elected to bat. Josh Lenssen (03) and Scott Joblin (39) put on 78 for the first wicket, and Josh with Sam Thomson (14) put on 76 for the third wicket. St Paul’s scored 271 runs in 45 overs for 8 wickets against a strong Old Collegians’ line up consisting of a number of Premier A players. Josh Lenssen scored his maiden century for the 1st XI, hitting three sixes and eleven fours in a superb knock. He was well supported by Scott Joblin (39), Scott Finlayson (37not out), and Angus Harris (34). The Old Collegians were under pressure from the start, losing a wicket in the first over and another in the second over. They never fully recovered and were bundled out for 106 in 27 overs thanks to the superb bowling and fielding of the young St Paul’s First XI team. Malcolm Luman followed up his good bowling from his Saturday game with another impressive spell of 3/15 and was admirably supported by Jonty Wood (2/21) and Michael Aitken (2/4). St Paul’s won the match by 165 runs.

Player of the Day: Josh Lenssen

1st Senior Boys’ 4 x 100m Relay

1st Open Boys’ 4 x 400m Relay

Jonty Rae

1st Intermediate Boys’ 400m 51.01 seconds

1st Open Boys’ 4 x 400m Relay

3rd Intermediate Boys’ 4 x 100m Relay

Bennet Rogers

3rd Intermediate Boys’ 400m 52.83 seconds (personal best) - an outstanding time for a Year 10 student.

Sarah McCallum

2nd Senior Girls’ 200m in a slick 25.36 seconds

3rd Senior Girls’ 100m.

1st in both 4 x 100m Relay and 4 x 400m Relay

The last leg of the 4 x 400m relay was an outstanding run as Sarah reacted in emphatic fashion to the pressure from an Auckland athlete over the final 200m.

Such was Sarah’s effort on this last leg that she ended up running the fastest split for the team in 58.4 seconds.

Michael Eggleton

2nd placing in the Senior Boys’ 800m

Michael was up against the top ranked athlete in the North Island over this distance. He ran himself into the ground in a very good tactical approach aimed at breaking his rival over the first 600m. The plan almost paid off with Michael only being caught

St

Paul’s First

XI v Old Collegians’ XI 7

St Paul’s v Rathkeale

Staff v Students

St Paul’s v Kelston

in the last 30 metres. It required a record breaking performance from his Wanganui rival to beat him.

1st Open Boys’ 4 x 400m Relay

Sam Hewat

2nd Senior Boys’ Triple Jump - off limited jumping preparation, in quite tricky conditions.

1st Senior Boys’ 4 x 100m Relay

Jono Sullivan

2nd Senior Boys’ 400m

1st Open Boys’ 4 x 400m Relay

Aaron Keppler

3rd Intermediate Boys’ 4 x 100m Relay

Ally French

1st Intermediate Girls’ 4 x 100m Relay

The school provided all four runners for the Waikato Bay of Plenty in the Open Boys’ 4 x 400m Relay. Jonty, Michael, Jono and Cameron made up the team. Jonty had the responsibility of running the first leg against much older competitors. He did not let the team down: he ran a fast leg to see the team change in first place. Michael, Jono and Cameron then proceeded to build on this lead to bring the team home in first place. A number of our athletes were also competing at this level for the first time and they also acquitted themselves very well. Danyon Fernando in the Junior Boys’ 300m

Rowing

Aon Maadi Cup National Secondary Schools’ Rowing Competition

Mplaced 7th and Daniel Ruri in the Junior Boys‘ Javelin placed 5th with a new personal best. James Mason also ran a new personal best in placing 6th in the Intermediate Boys’ 1500m and Josh Tye in the Intermediate Boys’ Javelin just missed out on the top eight. Ten of the fifteen team members placed in the top 3 of an event.

Michael Eggleton

Records fell and John Walker’s shoes found a new owner and home at the Waikato Bay of Plenty Secondary School Athletic Championships.

For a team of just 29 athletes St Paul’s Collegiate School managed 28 podium finishes with 16 of our athletes qualifying to compete in the North Island Secondary School Championships to be held in Wellington.

The highlight of the meet was the win by Michael Eggleton, in the 1500m, of the prestigious John Walker Trophy, the shoes worn by John Walker when the world record for the mile in Goteborg, Sweden was broken in 1975. Michael says he “ran with gaining the trophy as his goal” and after a time for him to enjoy, will be displayed at St Paul’s Collegiate School.

Michael also broke the 800m Senior Boys’ record running 1.53.58 minutes, a record

aadi Cup week was not kind to the rowers this year as high winds played havoc with the races causing delays all week. Teams would prepare for a race only for the wind to come up and put racing on hold. All the stop-starting made it difficult to prepare. Despite this St Paul’s rowers kept their heads and had a fantastic week’s rowing, with 40 out of the 42 rowers finishing up with at least one, two or three finals.

This amazing week’s racing for all crews produced 12 finals overall, seven B finals and five A finals, which is a brilliant effort from a club of our size.

Highlights were:

Boys’ U16 4 – Silver Medal

Hamish Mahon, Izak Eksteen, Luke Wyllie-Miln, Joseph Velzian coxed by Jesper Mansson

Boys U18 4 – Bronze Medal

Alex Mason, Zach Oliver, Luc Rodwell, Maxwell Stuart-Jones with cox Zac Laurich

which has been held since 1980. Blake Gordon also broke the record for the 200m Junior Boys in 23.57 seconds, and the 100m in 11.77 seconds; both records from 1988.

Over 400 athletes from 71 schools competed in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools’ Athletic Championships

Coming third was the pinnacle of the under 18’s rowing careers as they have trained five years for this.

The prestigious Maadi cup race featuring Izak Eksteen, Grayson Croasdale, Lucien Nabbs, Maxwell Stuart-Jones, Alex Mason, Luc Rodwell, Zach Oliver, Hamish Mahon and cox James Pickford had raced an outstanding heat to finish in second place and going straight through to the A final. This in itself was a great result as it meant that the eight was placed in the top eight crews in New Zealand. The crew, in relatively choppy conditions, finished sixth, in the final of a quick and very competitive Maadi Cup race.

The icing on the cake, for this successful week, was the announcement that Max Stuart-Jones and Hamish Mahan were selected to trial for the U18 North Island Crew and Zach Oliver, Alex Mason and Luc Rodwell for the NZ U19’s.

Zach Oliver and Alex Mason were successful in being selected for the NZ U19 team to row at the World Junior Rowing Championships in Czechoslovakia later in the year. Congratulations to these boys.

Luc Rodwell

For a full report go to http://www.stpauls.school.nz/Content/ 541/Rowing

Latvian Rapid Tournament

The annual New Zealand Chess Federation Latvian Rapid Tournament (one hour matches) was held Sunday 21 March, 2010, in Auckland. 103 adults and students played six games in one of four division grades: A, B, C or D. Grandmaster Gawain Jones from England won the A division. St Paul’s Collegiate School Mathematics teacher, Mr Gary Judkins, had five Year 9 students playing their first official tournament, in the D-Grade division. The results out of six games were: Zachary Watson one point, Alex Jackson, two points, Leo Xiong, three points. Joseph Chen and Matthew Shewan won four games each and placed third equal in the D-Grade. Two students, who were on last year’s national team, also played, and did very well in the B-Grade tournament. Chang Zhai won three out of 6 games and had winning chances in two other games.

James Kennedy had a standout performance winning five games and drawing one, placing him first in this very difficult B division, picking up a significant monetary prize for his efforts.

Triathlon

Triathlon Nationals, Karapiro, 2010.

On March 25th 2010 the Triathlon team of Evan Wilson, Thomas Moser, and Andrew Milne competed in the 2010 triathlon nationals at Karapiro. The weather was challenging and constantly changing but provided for some exceptionally fast racing.

The St Paul’s boys rivalry was intensified by the fact that all three competitors had to race their training partners and rivals. It started with Evan in the 750m swim where the pace was put on and the field strung out, Evan put in a superb effort to come out of the water second, in a break of three swimmers consisting of Hamilton Boys High School (HBHS), Taupo and St Paul’s. The cycle leg started extremely fast and saw Taupo drop back in the field and Westlake move up into the top three. The gap back to fourth slipped to around four minutes, all but securing a podium position for St Paul’s. It now came

Equestrian

With high expectations St Paul’s Collegiate School entered their first equestrian team into the Waingaro One Day event on Sunday 7 March, 2010.

The team consisted of David Rogers, Rian and Jackson Bovill, Sam Robinson and Courtney Booth. The day started with high hopes and great confidence as the team approached the first, and probably the most dreaded, event of the day, the Dressage. St Paul’s competed exceptionally well to finish with Courtney taking third place, and David being placed first.

The second event of the day was the Show Jumping. Once again the team went very well, with everyone coming through with no rails knocked down and all under the given time limit. This brilliant effort kept St Paul’s at the top of the leader board. With a few points in hand, ahead of St Peter’s, the team was looking forward to the Cross Country section with confidence.

After a long wait the team finally tackled the Cross Country, achieving exceptionally fast times while at the same time remaining faultless, giving the team cause to celebrate.

At the end of the day the final result was a well-earned first place overall and a very successful day for the team’s first outing. All the riders obtained individual overall placings: David Rogers won the Over 16 Training Division; Rian Bovill won the Under 16 Training Division; Jackson Bovill placed second in the Pre-Training; Sam Robinson placed second in the Under 16 Training Division; and Courtney Booth placed 3rd in the Dressage.

Congratulations riders for a very successful day.

David Rogers

down to the run to decide who would get which medals. Andrew had an exceptional run halving the gap to HBHS with each lap and burning off Westlake, unfortunately Andrew ran out of road to chase down the HBHS runner, but provided an entertaining last lap finishing a close five seconds behind, to claim the silver for the team.

The team can be very happy with this effort as this is the best finish the school has had in this event, improving on last year’s place of third thus making the silver medal well deserved. Final places were HBHS (first), St Pauls (second), Westlake (third).

Thank you to Mr Aldridge for organising the teams and individuals for the Waikato and the National Schools’ Triathlons.

Waikato Triathlon Championships

ASt Paul’s team consisting of Hayden Gill, Cameron Downey, Oliver Smith and James Chancellor all competed individually in their respective age groups. The Under 14 course consisted of a 350m

swim, followed by a 12km bike and finally a 3.2km run, which both Hayden and Cameron completed in torrential rain; Hayden finishing 8th with a time of 51 minutes 26 seconds and Cameron finishing 10th with a time of 54 minutes 32 seconds.

In the Under 16 race, Ollie Smith remained strong throughout the field, finishing 3rd in a very fast paced race with a time of 55 minutes 52 seconds enduring a 500m swim, 16km bike and 4km run.

In the Under 19 age group, with a 750m swim, 20km bike and 4.8km run, James Chancellor finished 1st Waikato Representative.

James Chancellor

The School at a Glimpse

Parents’ Association

Each new year starts for the Parents’ Association with our AGM, held in March. This is always a great opportunity for “newbees” to come along and meet those continuing members. This year it was again great to see many new faces that have already had positive input into the activities of the Association for 2010.

One of the main activities for 2010 is the publication of a school cookbook. The purpose of the cookbook is to celebrate 25 years of girls attending St Paul’s Collegiate School. Consequently it is planned that the book reflects the unique character of our school community. This is for the whole school to contribute to in some way. Whether it is a favourite family recipe, a tried and true recipe, or one for a special celebration – we want to hear about it. We are now calling for contributions from the existing families at the school, our wider school community and Old Collegians alike. Daniel Vettori has already promised a Vettori family recipe! So get those easy- firsttime flatting recipes out and share them with the rest of us! In this edition of the Network you will find further information on this cookbook and details of how you can send your recipe to us. We are looking forward to hearing from you. Remember we need the recipes in by 21 May 2010

There is also a further opportunity to support this project by sponsoring advertising in the cookbook. We are looking for sponsors for each recipe page and its accompanying photo. If you can support us in this way please contact the Secretary of the Parents’ Association for more information.

The Cattle Scheme continues in 2010 with many families making a fantastic contribution to this scheme. 2009 saw the return of Ross Bradstreet to help us maintain the Scheme. A huge thank you, once again, to Ross for keeping us on track and his continued support. We have now set up a sub-committee for this scheme to spread the work load. A special acknowledgement goes to Jenny McPherson (looking after correspondence), and Paul Coster and Angela Fullerton (both coordinating trucking requirements) who make up this sub-committee. Both of these initiatives will provide the Parents’ Association with the opportunity to support students in their extra-curricular activities, extra equipment in the School Houses’, Chapel support, hospitality events and other special projects within the school. The Parents’ Association has already assisted the Choir on their trip to Hawaii over the Easter break, supported the rowing teams at Maadi, helped the Canoe Polo Team to National Tournament and contributed to table tennis tables in Sargood House. The Association has also given financial support to Heta Smith and his Year 13 group who are undertaking a building project in Samoa – this is a way of giving support back to people in our community.

The Parents’ Association also supports an annual St Paul’s Parents’ Association Scholarship. Congratulations to Matthew Hickmott, the 2010 recipient of this scholarship

New members are always welcome at any time. Please visit the Parents’ Association page on the St Paul’s website to find out dates of upcoming events and meeting dates. Cookbook updates will also be posted there.

Office holders for 2010:

President: Tim Elliott 021 905789

Vice President: Penny Taylor 07 8243532

Treasurer: Brett Whiteley 07 8562288

Secretary: Lyn Harris 07 8582574 or email rhb@xtra.co.nz

Cattle Scheme: Jenny McPherson 07 8540741

Worship

Plates for Mates – Recipes from St Paul’s

“It’s so beautifully arranged on the plate – you know someone’s fingers have been all over it.” – Julia Child

About the Cookbook

Get involved in St Paul’s Parents’ Association first ever cookbook. We are using a specialized school publication company to facilitate the production of our unique cookbook. All funds raised will be used to provide amenities for St Paul’s Collegiate School, Hamilton and St Paul’s Collegiate Tihoi Venture School.

Get Your Recipe in Print

Most of us have favourite recipes, be it the ultimate chocolate brownie or your grandfather’s recipe for whitebait fritters. Currently St Paul’s Collegiate School is after your family’s bestloved recipe, from entrées to desserts and everything in between.

The recipes will be selected based on creating a balanced cookbook with the following sections to reflect the diversity of the St Paul’s Collegiate School community; Great Outdoor Recipes, First Flatters, Boarderlands, Local Favourites and International Flavours. If your recipe is chosen, you may be requested to prepare it. Recipes must be submitted by Friday 21 May 2010.

Contact Details

To submit your recipe, or for more information, contact Lyn Harris, Secretary, St Paul’s Collegiate School Parents’ Association: Phone: 07 8582574

Email: rhb@xtra.co.nz

Fax: 07 8582591

Address: PO Box 4369, Hamilton East, Hamilton 3247

When the Cookbook Starts

NOW! Please email or send your recipes to St Paul’s Collegiate School Parents’ Association as soon as possible. There is an electronic form that you can download from the Parents’ Association page on the school’s website (www.stpauls.school. nz), or you can complete the form on the reverse of this page. Recipes must be submitted by 21 May 2010.

Be Involved with this Cookbook

• By supplying your recipe by 21 May 2010 (see reverse of this page)

• By purchasing this beautiful keepsake for yourself or as a special gift for family and friends. Cookbooks will be available September 2010.

• By advertising your business (contact Lyn Harris for more information)

• By your family sponsoring a recipe spread.

“If you enjoyed making it, your friends will enjoy eating it” – Jo Seagar Cooks

Plates for Mates – Recipes from St Paul’s

Name of recipe

Contact name

Email Telephone (Home) (Mobile)

Ingredients and quantities

Please list the ingredients and quantities needed in the order in which they will appear in the directions

Cooking directions

Please write the cooking directions including preparation time, cooking time and the number of servings

Tips and advice

Please write any tips and advice such as what accompaniments work best with the recipe

Cookbook section

Please tick the section you think your recipe could appear in (may tick more than one): Great Outdoor Recipes First Flatters

Please submit recipe by:

Post: Lyn Harris, Secretary St Paul’s Parents’ Association, PO Box 4369, Hamilton 3247

Email: rhb@xtra.co.nz

The recipe can also be dropped off at school by placing in the box at Reception.

Paul’s Collegiate School

Sweeney Todd School Edition

Music and lyrics by: STEPHEN SONDHEIM

Based on the play by:

Musical Direction:

June 29th, 30th & July 1st at 7.30pm

Southwell School Centre for Performing Arts

Tickets will be available from St Paul’s School Office from Monday May 31st Ph 9578899

School Production 2010 –Sweeney Todd

“Never Forget. Never Forgive.”

In the Victorian London, the barber Benjamin Barker is married to the gorgeous Lucy, they have a lovely daughter, Johanna. The beauty of Lucy attracts the attention of the corrupt Judge Turpin, who falsely accuses the barber of a crime that he did not commit and sends him to Australia. Judge Turpin abuses Lucy after gaining custody of her and Johanna. After fifteen years in exile, Benjamin returns to London under the new identity of Sweeney Todd, seeking revenge against Turpin. He meets the widow Mrs Lovett who is the owner of a meat pie shop. She tells him that his wife, Lucy, committed suicide with arsenic many years ago, and Judge Turpin was now the tutor of Johanna. Sweeney Todd opens a barber shop above Widow Lovett’s store, and together, they initiate a crime rampage against those who made Sweeny (Benjamin Barker) suffer and lose his beloved family.

June 29th, 30th & July 1st 7.30pm

Southwell School Centre for Performing Arts

Calendar of Events

Please check the website for confirmation of dates – Some dates may change

MAY

Monday 3 Fairfield Rotary Debate –St Paul’s v Dio

Tuesday 4

Tauranga Meet and Greet evening for new parents, current parents or Old Collegians to meet the Headmaster

Monday 10 Pukekohe – evening visit to Pukekohe

Tuesday 11

Rotorua Meet and Greet evening for new parents, current parents or Old Collegians’ to meet the Headmaster

Wednesday 12 12.15pm CROSS COUNTRY*

Friday 14 1.00 – 3.00pm ACADEMIC OPEN DAY*

Sunday 16 Tihoi Bus Trip [prospective families]

7.30pm Dio Chapel Service [St Paul’s]

Monday 17 ARTS WEEK

Tuesday 18 7.00pm School Variety Show [Chapel]

Thursday 20 3.30pm 1st XV v HBHS [home]*

Friday 21 Arts Activities Day

6.30pm Harington Fashion Show [Hall]

Sunday 23

7.30pm Founders’ Day Service*

Sunday 30 7.30pm Chapel – Combined St Paul’s Southwell Service (St Paul’s)*

JUNE

Wednesday 2 Ugly Shakespeare Company 12.15pm ROAD RELAY*

Saturday 5 1st XV v PNBHS [home]

Wednesday 16 Mystery Creek Field Days until 19th

Wanganui Collegiate exchange* [home]

Thursday 24 6.30pm Y10 Enterprise Evening*

Saturday 26 All Blacks vs Wales (Waikato)

Tuesday 29 7.30pm St Paul’s Musical –‘Sweeney Todd’ at Southwell*

Wednesday 30 7.30pm St Paul’s Musical ‘Sweeney Todd’ at Southwell*

JULY

Thursday 1 7.30pm St Paul’s Musical –‘Sweeney Todd’ at Southwell*

Friday 2 12.30pm House Rugby

Friday 30 2.45pm GIRLS 25TH REUNION

Saturday 31 GIRLS 25TH REUNION

AUGUST

Wednesday 4 House Music Solos

Thursday 5 Australian Maths Competition

Thursday 12 7.00pm HOUSE MUSIC (Chapel)

Monday 30 Secondary School Tournament Week

SEPTEMBER

Saturday 4 2.00–4.00pm OPEN DAY

Sunday 12 Tihoi Bus Trip- prospective parents (TBC) 7.30pm Dio Chapel Service

Wednesday 15 House Rowing

Thursday 16 CELEBRATION OF MUSIC

OCTOBER 14 – 1 Gisborne Show

Saturday 9 TIHOI REUNION

Friday 16 Gisborne Family Evening

Sunday 17 Waikato Schools’ Chess

Friday 22 GRANDPARENT’S DAY

Tuesday 26 Staff vs 1st XI Cricket match

NOVEMBER

Friday 5 Leavers’ Dinner

Tuesday 30 7.00pm CAROL SERVICE

DECEMBER

Wednesday 1 Final Assembly

Thursday 2 Leavers Service

Friday 3 Prizegiving

* All parents and school community welcome at these events

Presented by arrangement with Hal Leonard, Australia

Book by: HUGH WHEELER

Simon Upton appointed to key OECD role

In January this year the Rt Hon Simon Upton was appointed Director of the OECD’s Environment Directorate in Paris. Mr Upton took up his new appointment in Paris on April 1st, 2010.

As Director, Mr Upton will steer the OECD’s work on environment policy and enhance its strategic impact at global, regional and national levels. The Directorate is responsible for country reviews, analysis of environmental policies and regulations and works with member countries of the OECD as well as developing nations.

“Essentially, it’s a major clearing house for environmental policy analysis. As well as working with member countries, we also work with the major developing countries

including China, India, Brazil, Indonesia and South Africa,” he says.

The OECD has led important analytical work on the full range of environmental policy issues including climate change, chemical safety, waste and energy.

“I am very pleased to be able to work with the pre-eminent inter-governmental agency charged with making practical sense of the relationship between the economy and the environment. It would be hard to find a more authoritative overview than the OECD’s recent Environmental Outlook to 2030.”

Mr Upton was Minister for the Environment from 1990-91 and again between 1993 and 1999.

When he retired from Parliament in 2001, Mr Upton devoted much of his time to chairing the OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development, based in Paris.

When he returned to New Zealand in 2006 he joined Price Waterhouse Coopers as an adviser and is also a Visiting Fellow with the University Of Otago School of Business. He is a director of Holcim (NZ) Ltd and a member of the Advisory Board to the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. He is also a board member of the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction at Columbia University, New York.

Key Old Collegians’ Dates

PUKEKOHE

Monday 10th May

ROTORUA

Tuesday 11th May

MYSTERY CREEK

FIELD DAYS

June 16th – 19th

GIRLS’ REUNION

July 30th and 31st

TIHOI REUNION

October 9th

Reunions and Events

GARY

SCHOFIELD

01 Vic Matthew, Ron Dick and Grant Lander

02 John Troutbeck chats with Bart Schroder, Grant Lander and Pat and Diana Plant

03 Gary and Mike Shaw

04 John Blue and Diana Plant

05 Bart Schroder, Gary and Ron Dick

06 John Blue and Evan McCulloch

07 Grant Lander, Pat and Diana Plant,Mike Shaw and Vic Matthews

PAPAMOA

08 Norman Spier

09 Briam Mackenzie shares a joke with Pat and Diana and Norman Spier

10 Don Murray chats with Executive Officer Deborah McRae

11 Headmaster Grant Lander and Ian Carter

ROIMATA

12 Roimato, Andrea, Ruth, Mary, Janet and Malcom Hill

13 Roimato, Andrea, Ruth, Mary, Janet and Malcom Hill with Roimato’s daughter Darcy

14 The original five

See website www.stpauls.school.nz

DEATHS

Our condolences are extended to the Blackett Family

Geoff Blackett (School/Sargood 1959 –1961) Passed away suddenly in Taupo on the 3 February 2010. See article on page 11.

MARRIAGES

Claire Catley (Harington House 1999 – 2000) and Jesse Jackson from Whakatane were married in the St Paul’s Collegiate School Chapel of Christ the King on Saturday 6 March, 2010. Brother, Andrew Catley (Hall House 1994 – 1998), was the usher at the wedding. Claire and Jesse have been working in Europe for several years, they now plan to live and work in Hamilton. Jesse has a Bachelors degree in Sports Science and Claire has a Diploma in Tourism

eSNIPPETS

Tim Aldridge (Sargood 2008 –2009) From Tim’s Mum Lindy Cummings: “Tim has outdone himself (at St Paul’s).This is the boy we hauled out of Grammar with grades resembling Lotto numbersand low ones at that. He has pulled off the Royal NZ Navy’s premier scholarship. His career began in January 2010 as a commissioned Officer, on $40,000 per annum, plus a full scholarship to the University of Auckland. When he graduates, his salary doubles, and he will live on the base at Devonport. Soon he can build me a little cottage by the sea as he always promised when he was little. Needless to say I’m just a little bit proud of him. To all of you who had a hand in coaching, tutoring, mentoring, growling and generally supporting - a million “thank-yous”.”

Howard Alexander (School 1960 – 1962) After many years living overseas in Africa,Tonga and other Pacific Islands, Howard has returned home to live in Auckland and look after his six young children. Howard would love to hear from other Old Collegians from his era and can be contacted by email howard.alexander@ freenet.co.nz photo on file

Martin Almao (Hamilton 1976 –1980) After gaining a BA in English and Political Science, Martin left New Zealand to live in America where he has remained for 20 years. For eight of those years he has lived in Colorado and the rest he has spent living in California. Martin is married to Julianne and they have two children, Lucca who is six months old and Lucy who is 15. Martin has gained a MBA and works for Starbucks on the New Business Development Committee in the Food Division. He travels regularly to and from the Starbucks Head Office, in Seattle. In his spare time Martin loves to take his family skiing and hiking and of course a lot of time is also spent on activities that revolve around the beautiful beaches that are close by.

Warren Bird (Sargood 1971 –1975) Originally a Rotorua boy, Warren boarded at Southwell before coming to St Paul’s in 1971. In his final year at school, Warren was a House Prefect with Pat Plant as his Housemaster. He has been living Australia for the last 31 years and was involved in the travel industry, in sales and accounting management roles, including positions with Jetset Tours, Trans World Airlines and ANA Hotel Sydney, now the Shangri-La Hotel Sydney. Warren also owned and managed Youth Hostels in Carins. When the hostels sold he moved back to Bondi, where he currently lives with his young son. Warren is still contracted to Malaysian Airlines in Sydney managing their corporate accounts and travelling throughout Australia. Warren hopes to be back in New Zealand for a visit this year and wishes everyone at St Paul’s a great 2010.

Matthew Bradley (Hall 1998 – 2001). Since leaving St Paul’s Matthew has graduated from University with a BMS. He is now living and working in New Plymouth and engaged to be married.

Roger Browning (Clark 1987 –1991) lives with his wife Andrea and his two wee daughters, Katelyn and Amelie, in Floreat Western Australia. Roger is a doctor at the King Edward Memorial Hospital for women.

Todd Hitchcock (Williams 1987 – 1991) On leaving St Paul’s,Todd served his apprenticeship with the National Dairy Association in Te Rapa, Hamilton and has worked all over New Zealand in the stainless steel industry. For the past three years Todd has been in Western Australia doing contract work for large engineering companies. In his spare time Todd still likes to hunt and fish. He keeps in touch with his friends Malcolm Wright, Brent Stanbridge and Brendon White. Todd reflects on his time spent at St Paul’s as the “best years of my life.”

Andrew Leverton (Clark 1985 –1989) On leaving school, Andrew went to Teachers’ Training College in Wellington and following graduation, taught at Taupo Intermediate from 1994 – 1997. Andrew married Gaye in 1998 and they now have two daughters aged seven and four. After spending two years in London, they returned to New Zealand where Andrew took up a teaching post in Christchurch. In 2007 he took up his first Principal’s position at Linkwater, which is a two teacher school in the Marlborough Sounds. He had two years there and is now at Ashburton Netherby School which has a roll of about 130 students.

Kenneth MacKenzie (Williams 1978 – 1981) loves living at the beach in Mairangi Bay. Kenneth and his family try to go swimming every night after work. He is currently the Operations Manager for Jani-King; he has been there for two years and still enjoys every day at work.

Guy Schwikkard (School House 2004 – 2008) was guest speaker at the School assembly on Monday 9 February to present his New Zealand Universities’ Team rugby jersey to the School. Since graduating he has been attending the University of Otago studying Physical Education. In January 2010, Guy was selected for the

New Zealand University U21 Tour of the USA as first five eight. The side played three games in the USA and won them all. Guy also played in the Old Collegians’ annual cricket match against the School 1st XI while in Hamilton on Sunday 7 February.

Nicholas Smart (Hamilton 1962-1965) earned his Bachelor of Science degree, in Hotel Administration, at Cornell University in New York State. He has enjoyed a highly successful career in the hospitality industry where he has been responsible for the opening of four major first class hotels and expansion of four existing properties with three major international hotel corporations. During his hospitality career he managed hotels in cities from San Francisco to New York, and Houston to Chicago. Nicholas also has an extensive background in the food and beverage industry, including an internship at the famed “21” Club in Manhattan. In 1993, he moved to Atlanta and founded his own company in the service and communications sector. He owns Smart Imports Inc and Bald Eagle Inc. In March, Nicholas visited the Old Collegians office whilst on a combined business holiday with friends, sampling New Zealand’s wonderful wines with an eye to selecting new varieties to import into America. Nicholas is keen to hear from Old Collegians and can be contacted by email nick@ smartimports.biz

Matthew Swinburn (Williams 1970 – 1974) Matthew worked, travelled and explored New Zealand for the first ten years after leaving St Paul’s. He then returned to Auckland, completed a degree in Engineering and began work in the field of Robotics. Matthew has since retrained as a Secondary School Teacher graduating from Auckland University. He wants to teach

Science and Technology. Matthew lives in Auckland with his 11 year old son, Thomas.

Jon Tanner & Peter Leggat (Hamilton 1973 – 1977) retained the St Paul’s Old Collegians’ Golfing Trophy in their match against Philip Annan (Hall 1972 – 1976) and Raymond Bird (Hamilton 1972 – 1976) on Saturday 6th February 2010 at St Andrew’s Golf Course Hamilton. The inaugural match had been held on the Sunday following the Jubilee in February 2009 and it is proposed that it be an annual event from 2011 in the weekend following Waitangi weekend and be open to all Old Collegians. Rules will be drafted by the Founders (us) much like the America’s Cup, with any legal challenges to be decided on by the Founders!

The Tutt family attendance at St Paul’s Collegiate School has spanned just short of two decades 1991 - 2009. All four boys spent five years at St Paul’s; in fact, there was only one year without a Tutt boy at the school during this time (2000).

Andrew Tutt (Hamilton 19911995) left St Paul’s to attend the University of Waikato for the Intermediate Year of an Engineering degree. He then went on to Canterbury University from which he graduated with Bachelor of Engineering (Civil). Andrew went on to work in Wanganui, then Taupo. He went on his OE in mid 2004 for five and a half years, working off shore as a Civil Engineer. His work took him to Canada with his partner Penny for one year, working and living in Vancouver. Following this he returned to the United Kingdom where they moved between London and Cardiff for the next four and a half years. Andrew and Penny did a lot of travelling during this time. In November 2009 they went to Nepal to complete the Everest trip to Base Camp, then spent six weeks in South East Asia, touring and on holiday, before returning to New Zealand in January 2010. They are now living in Christchurch and are at present looking for work.

Daniel Tutt (Hamilton 1995 –1999) left St Paul’s and followed in Andrew’s footsteps by beginning an Engineering degree at the University of Waikato before moving on to Canterbury. He graduated Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) and worked in Matamata then

Auckland before going on his OE in mid 2006. He spent three and a half years travelling and sightseeing, played rugby in London, and then settled in Edinburgh where he worked until December 2009. He is back in New Zealand and is working in Hamilton.

After leaving St Paul’s Matthew Tutt (Hamilton 2001 – 2005) spent this first six months as a tutor at Tihoi. Following that he began an apprenticeship in Hamilton as a stainless steel fabricator and has nearly completed his apprenticeship. He enjoys rebuilding and fixing cars in his spare time.

David Tutt (2005 – 2009) graduated from St Paul’s last year and has just started at Waikato University in … guess what … Intermediate Year of Engineering. He will go to Canterbury next year to complete his degree. He works part time at Extreme Edge, climbing, and spends as much time as he can between study and work keeping fit.

Network Advertising

A magazine celebrating the St Paul’s Collegiate School Community Network

The Network is produced by the Development Office of St Paul’s Collegiate School in conjunction with the Old Collegians’ Association. The publication informs past and present students and the extended school community of development and events within the school and the wider school community.

Put your name in front of over 6,500 readers while supporting St Paul’s Collegiate by becoming a Network Advertiser.

• Business card (70mm H x 90mm W) = $135 + GST

• Quarter page advert (140mm H x 90mm W) = $250 + GST

• Half page advert (280mm H x 180mm W) or (140mm H x 185mm W) = $500 + GST

• Full page advert 280mm H x 185mm W) = $1000 + GST

All advertising artwork is to be supplied print ready, saved as a high resolution pdf, tiff or jpg file.

Please contact the Executive Officer of the Old Collegians, phone 07 957 8805 or email oldcollegians@stpauls.school.nz to book your space in the Network.

Left to Right: Matthew, Andrew, David, Daniel

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