Academic Awards
Year 11
Merits: Louise Lawson (history, economics, maths with statistics, textiles technology, personal excellence); Grace Morrison (English, maths with statistics, personal excellence); Aria Holgate (drama, science, personal excellence); Charlotte Hodge (design & visual communication, economics, personal excellence); Charli Elliott (history, English, personal excellence); Sophie Clough (physical education, sport & recreation, personal excellence); Ben Young (English communication, personal excellence); Jacob Stephen (English, science); Kahutia Risk (te reo Maori, history); Josh Gibson (practical science, personal excellence); Morgan Fridd (te reo Maori, digital technology); Caleb Ford (English communication, mechanical engineering technology); Robert Carswell (hospitality, personal excellence); Sean Whaley (English communication); Maja Warnken (hospitality); Myah Tasker (personal excellence); Jackson Stout (mechanical engineering technology); Logan Smith (primary trades academy); Phoenix Bridgman Small (personal excellence); Micah Simpson (sport & recreation); Ethan Porteous (personal excellence); Ravina Panwar (vocational maths); Ryan Merrilees (maths with statistics); Harry McFelin (vocational maths); Blake Mackie (science); Sequoia Lyall (maths with statistics); Gardenia Paia-Letman (English communication); Poppy-Jade Katipa (geography); Shannan Armstrong-Jones (personal excellence); Hannah Hunter (physical education); Ella Hucklebridge (maths with statistics); Mackenzie Greer (mechanical engineering technology); Brylee Dunphy (sport & recreation); Blake Clarkson (sport & recreation); Daniel Brown (English communication); Lara Bishell (art creative industries); Micah Adamson (wood building & construction); Tyler Adams (agriculture & horticulture); Anas Abuasad (English literacy).
Prizes: Joanne Brock-Smith (history, economics, English enrichment, science); merits: music technology, maths, personal excellence; Keira Wallace (music technology, maths, merits: health, music, English enrichment, science, personal excellence); Eryn Bannister-Russell (art creative industries, maths with statistics, merits: health, English, hospitality, personal excellence); Robert Hannaford (digital technology, drama, merits: English enrichment, maths, science, personal excellence); Anika Chettleburgh (geography, merits: art creative industries, maths, science, personal excellence); Emma Simpson (physical education, merits: maths, science, sport & recreation); Georgia McHutchon (health, English, merits: physical education, personal excellence); Max Martin (design & visual communication, mechanical engineering technology, merits: science, primary trade academy); Elsie Clarke (agriculture & horticulture, primary trades academy, merit: personal excellence); Abigail Anderson (English communication, merits: vocational maths, personal excellence); Cameron Lord (music, merit: science); Briar Dale (textiles technology, personal excellence); Kate Coates (dance, personal excellence); Isaac Wirangi (te reo Maori); Haylee Morton (self-directed learning); Isaac Lawrence (vocational maths); Jaylee Grubb (practical science); Jalen Forgie (sport & recreation); Chance Curwood (wood building & construction); Jacob de Clifford (English literacy); Emma Bain (Japanese netnz); Heidi Aitken (hospitality).
Year 12
Merits: Keisha Hollands (English, chemistry, music, personal excellence); Jack Hayes (maths with statistics, digital technology); Talitha Williams (hospitality, personal excellence); Ashleigh Thompson (art photography, personal excellence); Caroline Quirey (geography, hospitality); Grace Pool (art design, personal excellence); Maia McDonald (careers, personal excellence); Herbert Wirangi (music technology); Aimee Wilson (personal excellence); Libby Tisdall (primary trades academy); Ben Taylor (vocational maths ); Tobias Talijancich (textiles technology); Lilyan Stout (maths with statistics); Max Scrivener (personal excellence); Keanna Pagcaliwangan (personal excellence); Aliya Muir (tourism ); Joshua McLeod (geography); Rylee McCabe (careers); Kayley Lindsay (hospitality); Jemma Jones (vocational maths); Cole Jones (trades academy theory); Robert Hoover (automotive); Sophie Galliven (sport & recreation); Samuel Duff (sport & recreation); Olivia Tau (communication English); Gabriella-Grace Coudret (music technology); Joseph Clark (design & visual communication); Blake Chirnside (computing & information technology); Josephine Bennie (tikanga Maori); Nevaya Beattie (physical education); Caden Anderson (economics).
Prizes: Philippa King (maths, geography, music, merits: chemistry, personal excellence); Jackson Rosie (tourism, media studies, art photography merit: careers); Jessica Yee (hospitality, music technology, careers); Katelyn Henderson (vocational maths, primary trades academy, personal excellence); Jemma West (sport & recreation, design & visual communication); Mitchell Bell (trades academy theory, trades academy workshop); Abigail Dawson-Brown (physics, merits: English, biology, drama, history, personal excellence); Sophie Letts(chemistry, merits: English, maths, biology, personal excellence); Emily Evans (biology, merits: English, maths, physics, personal excellence); Renee Pitchers (art painting, merits: physical education, media studies); Anaya Mundamattam (English, merits: biology, art painting); Jack Winter-Gibson (wood building & construction, merit: trades academy workshop); Caitlin Stewart (dance, merit: chemistry); Sam McLeod (English literacy, merit: digital technology); Maddison McGrath (communication English merit: personal excellence); Holli Hayward (agribusiness merit: English literacy); Matilda Alcock (health, merit: personal excellence); Gabrielle Woodcock (economics); Ethan Van Midden (automotive); Meg McDonald-Page (physical education); Andrew Matheson (drama); Oliver Kelliher (maths with statistics); Jorja Bray (tikanga Maori); Jacob Barnes (history); Hailey Anderton (art design).
Year 13
Merits: Pearl Blain (English, chemistry, personal excellence); Eilish Fright (geography, tourism, personal excellence); Shyah Beattie (health, physical education); Hailee Bird (maths with statistics, personal excellence); Adam Struthers (personal excellence); Ollie Smythe (history); Jorja Scott (self-directed learning); Liam Robertson (careers); Sarah O’Neill (sports & recreation); Jazmin Murphy (personal excellence); Liam McDonald (personal excellence); Logan Hay (sports & recreation); Aria Griffith (personal excellence); Olivia Glennie (English communications); Samantha Gaston (computing); Olivia Ellis (geography); Brooke Duff (personal excellence); Angela Copley (personal excellence); Samantha Berry (personal excellence).
Prizes: Erica Wilden (music, biology, merits: physics, chemistry, personal excellence); Josh Warnock (woodwork building construction, trades academy theory, trades academy workshop); Bridget Struthers (classical studies, history, merit: biology); Gaizzelle Nacion (art photography, English communications, merit: personal excellence); Caitlyn Sinclair (hospitality, merits: english communications, careers, personal excellence); Kylie Gale (medal for agribusiness, merits: maths with statistics, personal excellence); Ruby Walpole (tikanga Maori, merit: music); Sam Bonney (geography, merits: sport & recreation, personal excellence); Caitlin McIntosh (tourism, merit: personal excellence); Kelly Nichol (sports & recreation, merit: personal excellence); Shani Macklin (careers, merit: personal excellence); Oliver MacKenzie (physical education, merit: personal excellence); Edith Lawrence (health, merit: English); Zara Deans (art design, merit: classical studies); Maleena Taia (digital technology); Jayda Smither (art); Myahh O’Connell (media studies); Emma McArthur (textiles technology); Teigan Gale (digital & visual communication); Blake Conroy (automotive); Ahmad Askar Almoudallali (music technology).
Dux: William Cresswell (physics, NZCETA Medal for economics, mathematics with calculus, mathematics with statistics, chemistry, merit: personal excellence)
proxime accessit: Leah Dixon (drama, English, merits: biology, health, maths with statistics)
Merits For Prefects
William Cresswell (academic); Rachel Cunningham (environmental); Eilish Fright (sport); Kylie Gale (sport); Hamish Jenkins (cultures); Logan Kakahi (sport); Arana Kelly (arts); Edith Lawrence (arts); Lily Miller (environmental); Thomas Smith (social); Bridget Struthers (environmental); Julia Van Aalst (social); Erica Wilden (academic); Pearl Harris-Blain (deputy head prefect & academic & cultures); Ollie Smythe (deputy head prefect & cultures & social); Leah Dixon (head prefect & arts); Ollie MacKenzie (head prefect & sport).
Top Awards
Team of the year - 1st XI cricket team; sportswoman of the year — Ella MacKenzie; sportsman of the year — Ollie MacKenzie; arts ambassador — Keira Wallace.
Sporting Awards
Bowling trophy senior cricket — William Samuels; cross-country senior female champion — Georgia McHutchon; hockey most improved senior girl — Laura Hussey; best performed mountain biker — Ryan Merrilees; most improved senior a netball player — Briar Dale; most proficient swimmer — Emma Bain; senior girls swimming champion — Emma Bain; most valuable senior water polo player — Finn Wilson; contribution senior netball — Ella MacKenzie; most valuable senior netball player — Ella MacKenzie; contribution boys’ hockey — Hamish Jenkins; girls’ most improved player 1st XV — Jemma West; trophy senior boys basketball — Josh Chiffers; contribution boys’ basketball — Josh Chiffers; all round contribution multisport — Kylie Gale; MVP 1st XV rugby — Lachlan Nicholl; service and sportsmanship in boys’ football — Logan Hay; all round contribution senior touch — Ollie MacKenzie; contribution rugby — Ollie MacKenzie; contribution boys 1st XI hockey team — Ollie MacKenzie; rugby scholarship — Caleb Lilley; most improved player in the 1st XV — Ramana Metuakore; R Garner & most improved senior player — Renee Pitchers; senior girls’ volleyball most valuable player — Renee Pitchers; best performance nz secondary schools’ shooting — Sam Bonney; T Boyle & basketball most improved boys’ player — Samuel Duff; general excellence in cricket — Samuel Duff; contribution girls’ hockey — Sophie Galliven; contribution girls’ basketball — Shyah Beattie; outstanding achievement secondary school athletics — Shyah Beattie; team with the best winter record — boys’ 1st XI football; leadership and service in sport — Eilish Fright; overall year 12 and 13 sportsmanship award — Hailee Bird; most outstanding sporting performance by a team or individual — Kylie Gale, Pearl Harris-Blain & Lily Miller ; achieving is believing trophy — Pearl Harris-Blain .
Special Awards
Year 11 public speaking — Joanne Brock-Smith; Year 11 primary industries trophy — Elsie Clarke; IA outstanding contribution Taieri College music — Robert Hannaford; outstanding contribution rock music — Cameron Lord, Charlie Brough, Isaac Wirangi, Chiara Crompton Bray & Reef Tamihana; outstanding music performance senior — Keira Wallace; University of Otago Maori Entrance Scholarship — Hamish Jenkins; University of Otago Maori Entrance Scholarship — Ruby Walpole; Mana Pounamu young achiever — Ruby Walpole; leadership and contribution Kapa Haka Tuakana — Tom Whaley; University of Otago Pacific Peoples’ Entrance Scholarship — Maleena Taia; University of Otago Pacific Peoples’ Entrance Scholarship — Pearl Harris-Blain; Pasifika young achiever — Pearl Harris-Blain; contribution Taieri College music — Ella Coudret; Joe Brown Trophy senior singing and outstanding contribution senior choir — Liam Gonen; Webster/Cochrane contribution Jazz Band Award — Andrew Matheson; contribution Taieri College classical music — Erica Wilden; most talented pianist — Philippa King; arts cup — Zara Deans; public speaking — Jackson Rosie; r year 11-13 writing, seech, drama — Jackson Rosie; contribution drama — Edith Lawrence; year 12/13 public speaking — Edith Lawrence; excellence writing — Zara Deans; highest achiever senior drama — Leah Dixon; services wellbeing at Taieri College — Leah Dixon; enviro-school award for contribution Eco-Warriors and Taieri College as an enviro-school — Lily Miller & Bridget Struthers; year 12 primary industries trophy — Katelyn Henderson; excellence in debating — Ella Coudret; top pupil in geography and history -Ollie Smythe; Otago/Taieri A&P Society Scholarships — Rylee Harkness & Kylie Gale; University of Otago New Frontiers Excellence Entrance Scholarship — Kylie Gale; University of Otago Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship — Kelly Nichol; Otago Polytechnic Principal’s Scholarship 2022 — Caitlin Smart; University of Otago Leaders of Tomorrow Entrance Scholarship — Erica Wilden; University of Otago Leaders of Tomorrow Entrance Scholarship — Leah Dixon; University of Otago Leaders of Tomorrow Entrance Scholarship — Ollie MacKenzie; University of Otago 150th Entrance Scholarship — Ollie Smythe; University of Otago New Frontiers Excellence Entrance Scholarship — Olivia Ellis; University of Otago New Frontiers Excellence Entrance Scholarship — Shyah Beattie; University of Otago New Frontiers Excellence Entrance Scholarship — Zara Deans; University of Otago Performance Entrance Scholarship — William Cresswell; University of Canterbury Te Kakau a Maui Scholarship (school-leaver) — Edith Lawrence; lead and inspire — Pearl Harris-Blain; excellence in maths and Science — Erica Wilden; contribution Taieri College or community — Erica Wilden; leadership award for service Taieri College — Ollie Smythe; Cadzow Scholarship — Maleena Taia; materials technology award supporting tertiary education — Emma McArthur; Salisbury Scholarships — Edith Lawrence & Jayda Smither; Gateway Scholarship — Logan Kakahi; Cumberbeach Scholarship — William Cresswell; contribution Taieri College Life — Eilish Fright; Kennedy Shield — Kylie Gale; Prime Minister’s Vocational Excellence Award — Mitchell Bell.
