The 2013 Mana Pounamu Young Achievers' Awards celebrate the successes of rakatahi Maori (Maori youth) in Otago secondary schools.
Families and supporters of the award recipients packed the Dunedin College of Education auditorium for the presentation ceremony.
The awards encourage rakatahi Maori to consider their tertiary options, Mana Pounamu organising committee member Janine Kapa-Blair said.
''Mana Pounamu showcases who we believe to be our future leaders, thus providing inspirational role models to other Maori youth across the province,'' she said.
The awards were first held in 2001, the Year of Mana Pounamu, from which they take their name.
The Kai Tahu initiative is supported by Ka Papatipu Runaka ki Araiteuru, the University of Otago, Otago Polytechnic, Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu and the Ministry of Education.
Mana Pounamu award recipients were: Tyrin Tutaki and Kahurangi Cassidy (King's High School), Nikeisha Clarke (Catlins Area School), James Bungard and Isaac Williamson (East Otago High School), Mackenzie Forbes and Ruby Albert (Maniototo Area School), Dallas Mahuika and Healey White (Waitaki Boys' High School), Lillieana Powell-Shore and Nicole Adams (Waitaki Girls' High School), Devon Familton and Olivia Stevens (Columba College), Inia Logan and Cory Hoffman-Grey (Cromwell College), Meghan Scanlan (Roxburgh Area School), Tiana Mihaere and Jazz Roundhill (St Kevin's College), Alexander John Hope and Hollie Minards (Bayfield High School), Jacobi Kohu-Morris and Tayla Hohaia (Logan Park High School), Quintin Petre and Hannah Kerr (Kavanagh College), Joshua Te Tau and Jordan Tewhaiti-Smith (Otago Boys' High School), Kiana Pelasio and Macaela Ruru (Otago Girls' High School), Rebekah Thomas (Kaikorai Valley College), Travis Johansen (Tokomairiro High School), Atawhai Hotene and Jayden Heaps (South Otago High School), Nadia Tutbury and Steffanie McAuley (Queen's High School), Victoria Boult and Ngawai Davis (Wakatipu High School), EmmaJayne Hitchcock (Taieri College), Canaan Napier and Teresa Brown-Painter (Dunstan High School), Lucy Denham and Chelsea Whittaker (St Hilda's Collegiate School) and Harriet Beattie (Mount Aspiring College).
ODT excellence in English award: Jazz Roundhill (St Kevin's).
AgResearch science scholarships: Tiana Mihaere (St Kevin's), Nadia Tutbury (Queen's), Canaan Napier (Dunstan).
Excellence in Te Reo Maori: Jordon Te Whaiti-Smith (OBHS), Macaela Ruru (OGHS), Steffanie McAuley (Queen's).
Otago Polytechnic study scholarships: Kahurangi Cassidy (King's), Steffanie McAuley (Queen's), Hollie Minards (Bayfield), Tayla Hohaia (Logan Park), Hannah Kerr (Kavanagh), Jordan Tewhaiti-Smith (OBHS), Macaela Ruru (OGHS), Olivia Stevens (Columba), Chelsea Whittaker (St Hilda's), Rebekah Thomas (Kaikorai Valley), EmmaJayne Hitchcock (Taieri), Isaac Williamson (East Otago), Jazz Roundhill (St Kevin's), Healey White (WBHS), Nicole Adams (WGHS), Ruby Albert (Maniototo), Nikeisha Clarke (Catlins), Travis Johansen (Tokomairiro), Jayden Heaps (South Otago), Ngawai Davis (Wakatipu), Cory Hoffman-Grey (Cromwell), Meghan Scanlan (Roxburgh), Teresa Brown-Painter (Dunstan) and Harriet Beattie (Mount Aspiring).
