Scholarship Premier and Top Subject Award winners for 2009
11 Feb 2010
The top performers in the 2009 NZ Scholarship examinations have been named by NZQA.
In total, 36 students make up the Premier Award and Top Subject Award winners for 2009.
For 2009, eight students gained Premier awards. These students gained at least four Scholarship subjects at Outstanding level, OR a total of five Scholarships, with three at Outstanding level, and were ranked in the top three nationally in at least two subjects.
remier Awards, carry a monetary award of $30,000 over three years of tertiary study. Four of the eight Premier Award winners were also Top Subject Scholars.
"NZQA would like to congratulate all Scholarship Award winners. As with every year, we have an exceptionally talented and competitive set of students as Premier and Top Subject Scholars," said Deputy Chief Executive Qualifications, Bali Haque.
The 2009 New Zealand Scholarship Top Scholar Ceremony Awards will be held later on this year. All Premier and Top Subject Scholars are expected to participate in this event.
Winners of these awards are detailed below.
Premier Scholarship Award winners are:
(*Also a Top Subject winner)
| Jack Dunn | Outstanding Scholarship: Chemistry, Physics, Statistics and Modelling, Mathematics with Calculus, History | Wellington College |
| Asher Emanuel * | Outstanding Scholarship: English, Media Studies, History, Classical Studies | Saint Kentigern College |
| Paul Johnston | Outstanding Scholarship: Biology, Chemistry, Statistics & Modelling, Economics, Classical Studies. Scholarship: English, Physics, Calculus |
Fairfield College |
| Nelson Lam * | Outstanding Scholarship: Music Studies, English, Chemistry, Statistics & Modelling, Mathematics with Calculus | Saint Kentigern College |
| Joel Lawson | Outstanding Scholarship: Chemistry, Science, Statistics & Modelling. Scholarship: Physics, Mathematics with Calculus |
Macleans College |
| Sivasenthuran Manoharan | Outstanding Scholarship: Chemistry, Statistics & Modelling, Mathematics with Calculus. Scholarship: Physics, Accounting |
Hamilton Boys High School |
| Stewart Marshall * | Outstanding Scholarship: Mathematics with Calculus, Statistics & Modelling, Accounting, Economics | Wellington College |
| Xinrui Qin * | Outstanding Scholarship: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics with Calculus, Science | ACG Strathallan |
Top Subject Scholarship Award winners are:
(*Also a Premier Award winner)
| Accounting | Joanna Kennerley | Massey High School |
| Agricultural & Horticultural Science | William Duley | Lindisfarne College |
| Art History | Katherine Braatvedt | Takapuna Grammar School |
| Biology | Robert Heron | Horowhenua College |
| Chemistry | Alex Zhu | Auckland Grammar School |
| Chinese | Ran Wang | Wellington Girls' College |
| Classical Studies | Hannah Lees | Saint Mary's College ( Auckland) |
| Drama | Taylor Frost | Christ's College |
| Economics | Bowen Liu | Wellington College |
| English | Asher Emanuel * | Saint Kentigern College |
| French | Amy McCaughey-Chapman | Mount Albert Grammar School |
| Geography | Sonja Hempel | Onslow College |
| German | Grace Abbott | Rangitoto College |
| Graphics | Christian Burgos | Saint Peter's College ( Auckland) |
| History | Hilary Beattie | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| Japanese | Tamaki Tokita | Auckland Girls' Grammar School |
| Latin | Andrew McIndoe | Wellington College |
| Mathematics with Calculus | Stewart Marshall * | Wellington College |
| Media Studies | Taylor Hughson | Wellington College |
| Music Studies | Nelson Lam * | Saint Kentigern College |
| Physical Education | Erin Johnston | Botany Downs Secondary College |
| Physics | Xinrui Qin * | ACG Strathallan |
| Science | Deirdre Anderson | Nelson College for Girls |
| Spanish | Joshua Nahmo Kang | Macleans College |
| Statistics and Modelling | Daniel Redmond | James Hargest College |
| Technology | Kylene Jones | St Cuthbert's College |
| Te Reo Māori | Turei Ormsby | Hutt Valley High School |
| Te Reo Rangatira | Hiria Parata | Te Kura Kaupapa Māori O te Waiu O Ngati Porou |
| Visual Arts (Design) | Callum Robertson | Wellington High School |
| Visual Arts (Painting) | Melanie Nieuwoudt | Green Bay High School |
| Visual Arts (Photography) | Melanie Nieuwoudt | Green Bay High School |
| Visual Arts (Printmaking) | Caitlin Buttle | Burnside High School |
| Visual Arts (Sculpture) | Bryn Roberts | Burnside High School |
For more information contact:
Steve Rendle / Angela Perez
Communications
Tel: 04 463 4240
Mob: 0274 5757 83
Email: steve.rendle@nzqa.govt.nz / angela.perez@nzqa.govt.nz