More than 2000 scholarships have been awarded to pupils across the country on the basis of last year’s exams, Dunedin pupils earning a total of 162.
Former Kavanagh College pupil Tobias Devereux was the most acclaimed of them as the winner of a premier award.
Only 12 pupils nationally received the award.
He said seeing recognition for his efforts "felt fantastic".
He was also the top subject scholarship winner for physics.
However, math was his true passion and he would be studying it at the University of Otago this year along with computer science, he said.
Logan Park High School co-principal Kristan Mouat said its pupils earned 30 scholarships, three of which were outstanding scholarships.
One of those pupils was Paxton Hall (18), who was the only person to received an outstanding scholar award in Dunedin.
Fifty-three outstanding scholar awards given out nationally.
Paxton said he still was not quite sure if it was a fluke.
He had studied at least an hour a day since the start of last year, but it still did not seem real.
"I am just starting to realise how many hours I spent preparing."
King’s High School rector Nick McIvor said its pupils were awarded 34 scholarships.
The school held an outdoor assembly yesterday to honour their achievements.
The school had to work within Covid restrictions to hold the assembly, but it was important the pupils and their families were able to celebrate with the rest of the school, he said.
The pupils had won scholarships in a wide array of subjects and he was "immensely proud" of them.
Otago scholarships
Clutha District 2
Dunedin City 162
Queenstown Lakes 20
Gore District 0
Invercargill City 13
Southland District 0
