NZQA celebrated the success of the highest-achieving New Zealand Scholarship students with a public announcement on 19 May 2021.
The awards recognised the elite students who make up the 2020 Premier Award and Top Subject Scholarship Award winners.
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Prime Minister's Award for Excellence winners 2020
The joint recipients of the 2020 award were announced by the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, on 19 May 2021. The winners were Rohan Kumar, formerly of Hutt International Boys' School, and Yi Fan (George) Yang, formerly of Westlake Boys High School.
Rohan achieved Outstanding Scholarships in Accounting, Calculus, Chemistry, Physics, and Statistics, and Scholarship in Biology, and English.
George achieved Outstanding Scholarships in Chemistry, Earth and Space Science, Geography, Physics, and Statistics, and Scholarship in Calculus, and Classical Studies. He is also the Top Subject Scholarship Award winner for Earth and Space Science.
Premier Scholarship Award winners 2020
| Student | School |
|---|---|
| Eushin Kang* | Hamilton Boys' High School |
| Brian Kim | Westlake Boys High School |
| Rohan Kumar | Hutt International Boys' School |
| John-Paul Lay* | Christ's College |
| Yuxin Li | Westlake Boys High School |
| Raymond Luo | Westlake Boys High School |
| Cameron Senior | Rangitoto College |
| Friederike Voit* | Rangitoto College |
| Irene Xue | Glendowie College |
| Yi Fan (George) Yang* | Westlake Boys High School |
| Xinyi (Angela) Yang | Macleans College |
| Will Zheng | Auckland Grammar School |
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*Also a Top Subject Scholarship Award winner
“Our top scholars worked hard in a uniquely challenging year. Each of our award winners, their whānau and schools can be very proud of their achievements”
Top Subject Scholarship Award winners 2020
| Subject | Student | School |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting | Eushin Kang | Hamilton Boys' High School |
| Agricultural and Horticultural Science | Isaac Mellis-Glynn | Auckland Grammar School |
| Art History | Friederike Voit | Rangitoto College |
| Biology | May Gan | Glendowie College |
| Calculus | Ishan Nath | John Paul College |
| Chemistry | John-Paul Lay | Christ's College |
| Chinese | Yanrui Zhou | Westlake Boys High School |
| Classical Studies | Matthew Donnelly | St Peter's College (Auckland) |
| Dance | Bethany Fletcher | Mount Albert Grammar School |
| Design | Ella Wipatene | Wellington East Girls' College |
| Design and Visual Communications | Xuanqi Zhang | Cambridge High School |
| Drama | Zoe Crane | Wellington High School |
| Earth and Space Science | Yi Fan (George) Yang | Westlake Boys' High School |
| Economics | Robin Kunwar | Burnside High School |
| English | Judy Fong | Macleans College |
| French | Ambryme Guergoua | Otago Girls' High School |
| Geography | Kavya Thomas | Cashmere High School |
| German | Samantha Romijn | Wellington Girls' College |
| Health and Physical Education | Yan Kuan | Rangitoto College |
| History | Caspian Rive | Western Springs College |
| Japanese | Misaki Kameyama | Michael Park School |
| Latin | Edan Kyriak | Auckland Grammar School |
| Media Studies | May Cavanagh | Otago Girls' High School |
| Music | Jerry Mataia | Dilworth School |
| Painting | Isla Ashby | Heretaunga College |
| Photography | Metuisela Ngata | Aorere College |
| Physics | Sung Min Oh | Burnside High School |
| Printmaking | Aya Nichols | Burnside High School |
| Religious Studies | Julia Randerson | Wellington High School |
| Samoan | Junina Unasa | McAuley High School |
| Sculpture | Sylvia Otley | Otago Girls' High School |
| Spanish | Melanie Bishop | New Plymouth Girls' High School |
| Statistics | Megan Kuan | Epsom Girls' Grammar School |
| Te Reo Māori | Kahotea Gardiner | Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Koutu |
| Te Reo Rangatira | Kiliona Tamati-Tupa'i | Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Whānau Tahi |
| Technology | Tessa Crean | Baradene College of the Sacred Heart |
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