2007 HILLARY SCHOLARS
Name
Sport(s) or Creative /
Performing Art(s)
Programme
Last Secondary School
Vina
Ngaire Ackerley
Simon Addison
Megan Aikenhead
Craig Armstrong
Benjamin Bartels
Michael Bill
Angela Bjerga
Stacey Brannigan
Nicholas Brooks
Elizabeth Brown
Mark Burman
Scott Calder
Sarah Campbell
Darren Castles
Yi-Hsuan Chiang
Bradley Chubb
Nikki Cox
June Dams
Emma Davis
Haden de Boer
Lucas de Jong
Christopher Dunn
Mary Faber
Martyn Faville
Tema Fenton-Coyne
Laura Fischer
Louise Fisk
Benjamin Gilby-Todd
Ariana Grant
Claire Gray
John Gray
Callum Hall
Adam Harvey
James Hawley
Chelsey Hawthorn
Mark Hedley
Henry Henry
Julia Hill
Stanley Hill
Sarah Ho
Simon Hoey-Burns
Moon-Young Hong
Chloe Hoolihan
Hannah Humphreys
Elizabeth Jerrat
Jennifer Johnson
Maruata Kelly
Jisun Kim
Edward King
Tom Lane
Laura Langman
Bernard Law
Tania Law
Sarah Lee
Marc Lelievre
Antonia Lema
Alexandra Lubransky
Jesse Manson-Bolt
Courtney Mason
Michelle McCarthy
Charlotte McCullough
Sasha McLaren
Samuel McNally
Owen Mitai-Wells
Maria Mo
Renate Mūller
Kimberly Muncaster
Christopher Musgrave
Emily Olsen
Charlotte Osborne
Steven Rae
Kate Reymer
Shem Rodger
Gabrielle Rogers
Amber Rolston
Aaron Scott
Oliver Sharp
Robert Short
Callum Slee
Raynesh Smith
Tim Smith
Toby Smith
Emit Snake-Beings
Euna-Jenny Song
Natalie Sorenson
Daniel Stevenson
Ashleigh Stone
Nicole Stratford
Jessie Taane
Belinda Taurua-Hill
Mark Taylor
Adam Tripp
Rhiana Vincent
Lymarah Wharerau
Sophie Wickens
Rachel Wikeepa
Rebecca Wright
Joe Wu
Badminton
Graphic Design
Orienteering
Athletics
Hockey
Hockey
Squash
Music
Hockey
Equestrian
Equestrian
Rugby
Squash
Karate
Shooting
Badminton
Rugby
Surf Lifesaving
Music
Motocross
Cycling
Theatre Studies
Graphic Design
Graphic Design
Rugby
Māori Creative and Performing Arts
Rowing
Karate
Hockey
Volleyball
Theatre Studies
Cycling
Music
Film / Screen and Media
Hockey
Equestrian
Tennis
Rugby
Music
Basketball
Table Tennis
Table Tennis
Music
Squash
Water Ski Racing
Rowing
Music
Music
Music
Music
Equestrian
Netball
Water Polo
Netball Umpiring
Music
Timbersport
Film / Screen and Media
Badminton
Netball
Theatre Studies
Table Tennis
Hockey
Film / Screen and Media
Orienteering
Hockey
Music
Theatre Studies
Theatre Studies
Soccer
Shooting
Athletics
Cricket
Rowing
Cycling
Rowing
Dance
Soccer
Motorcross
Cricket
Hockey
Hockey
Hockey
Rugby
Film / Screen and Media
Music
Rowing
Athletics
Cycling
Soccer
Netball
Badminton
Rowing
Rowing
Cricket
Hockey
Hockey
Rugby 7’s
Surf Lifesaving
Badminton
BCGD
BCGD
MSc
BSpLS
IPC
BCGD
BMS
BMus
BTchg/BSpLS
BA/LLB
BMS
BMS
BMS
BSocSc
BMS
BSc
BMS
BMS
BA/BMus/BA(Hons)
BE
BMS
BCS
BCGD(Hons)
BCGD
BSc
BA
LLB
BSc(Tech)
BMS
BSocSc
BA
BMS/BSc
MMus
BCGD(Hons)
BMS
BMS
BSpLS
BSocSc
BMus(Hons)
BSc
BSocSc/LLB
BMS
BMus
BMS
BTchg/BSpLS
BMS/BSc
BMus
BMus
BMus
BMus
LLB(Hons)
BBA
BA(Hons)
BSc
BMus
BSpLS
BA
BSc
BMS
BA
BMS
BSpLS
BA(Hons)
BSc(Tech)
BMS
BMus
BA(Hons)
BA
BMS
BTchg/BSpLS
BSpLS
BMS/BSc
BBA
BMS
BSpLS(Hons)
BSpLS
BSpLS
GradDip
BTchg/BSpLS
BCGD
BSocSc
BMS (Hons)
BMS
BA
MMus
BSpLS
BMS
BCGD
BTchg/BSpLS
BMS
BSocSc(Hons)
BMS
BSc
BCS
BTchg/BSpLS
BCS
BSpLS(Hons)
BTchg
BCMS
Overseas Secondary School
Katikati College
Putaruru High School
Motueka High School
Waiuku College
Hamilton Boys’ High School
Morrinsville College
Overseas Schooling
John Paul College
Saint Peter’s School (Cambridge)
Waikato Diocesan School for Girls
Hamilton Boys’ High School
Cambridge High School
Saint Paul’s Collegiate School
Tauranga Boys’ College
Hamilton Girls’ High School
Stratford High School
Taikura Rudolf Steiner School
Tauranga Girls’ College
Taupo-Nui-A-Tia College
King’s High School
Opotiki College
Kerikeri High School
ACG Strathallan
Cambridge High School
Kamo High School
Rotorua Lakes High School
Saint Paul’s Collegiate School
Ngaruawahia High School
Western Heights High School
Pukekohe High School
Western Heights High School
Rangitoto College
Overseas Schooling
Tauranga Boys’ College
Hamilton Girls’ High School
Matamata College
Wesley College
Overseas Schooling
Nelson College
Hamilton Girls’ High School
Garin College
Wellington Diocesan School for Girls
Hillcrest High School
Wanganui Collegiate School
Sacred Heart Girls’ College (Hamilton)
Hamilton Girls’ High School
Hillcrest High School
St Cuthbert’s College
King’s College
Other NZ Secondary School
Hillcrest High School
Saint John’s College (Hamilton)
Sacred Heart Girls’ College (Hamilton)
Westlake Girls’ High School
Mount Maunganui College
Overseas Schooling
Nelson College for Girls
Otorohanga College
Hamilton’s Fraser High School
Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt)
Temuka High School
Kapiti College
Te Puke High School
Western Heights High School
Hamilton Girls’ High School
Overseas Schooling
Tokoroa High School
Hamilton Boys’ High School
Taupo-Nui-A-Tia College
Morrinsville College
Tauranga Boys’ College
Sacred Heart Girls’ College (Hamilton)
Cambridge High School
Napier Girls’ High School
Rotorua Girls’ High School
Hamilton Boys’ High School
Other NZ Secondary School
Pukekohe High School
Pukekohe High School
Massey High School
Saint John’s College (Hamilton)
Hamilton Boys’ High School
Overseas Schooling
Bethlehem College
Hauraki Plains College
Cambridge High School
Waikato Diocesan School for Girls
Hamilton Girls’ High School
Saint Peter’s School (Cambridge)
Whangarei Girls’ High School
Tauranga Boys’ College
Lindisfarne College
Cambridge High School
Saint Paul’s Collegiate School
Wairarapa College
Whakatane High School
Gisborne Girls’ High School
Kaiapoi High School
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SIR EDMUND HILLARY
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME
June 2007
The Hillary Scholarship Programme is proudly sponsored by Gallagher Group and Orbit
www.waikato.ac.nz/hillary
Hillary Scholarship Programme
Who can apply?
> Students who excel academically and in
inspiring excellence, all round development and leadership
sports or creative and performing arts
> School leavers
> Current Tertiary students
HILLARY SCHOLARS TO BENEFIT FROM NEW SPONSORSHIP
What do you receive?
> Full fees Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship
to study at Waikato University
> Personalised academic support
> Leading coaches/tutors in your area
of sports/arts
> A Leadership and Personal Development Plan
> Free gym membership and physical conditioning
> and more...
LEADERSHIP AND PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Important Dates
> 22 July
Team Building – Media training
> 12 September Leadership – Personal Purpose
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Mike Pratt,
Dean of Waikato Management School
Scholar Assistance contact:
Email:
Phone:
[email protected]
07 838 4264
It’s my pleasure to announce a new sponsorship for the Hillary Scholarship Programme. Orbit Corporate Travel, a division of the
Hamilton-owned and operated business, Calder and Lawson House of Travel Ltd, has made a generous commitment to support
the programme for the next five years.
Under the terms of the sponsorship, Orbit Corporate Travel, the University’s preferred travel supplier, has agreed to donate to the Programme $180,000 a year
plus GST for five years until 2011. We are very pleased that Orbit shares the University’s aspirations for our Hillary Scholars and to have this level of support
from a local business.
Making the first donation to the programme at a recent function,
Orbit indicated it welcomed the opportunity to support a local
initiative which encourages and supports all-round excellence,
benefiting both individual scholars and the community. Orbit also
supports the Waikato Hospice.
Professor Mark Apperley, Dean of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, receives a
cheque from Leen van Duin, Director Calder and Lawson’s Orbit Corporate Travel.
The Hillary Scholarship Programme was launched in 2004
to assist students who are talented sportspeople or artistic
performers while they undertake tertiary study. There are
currently 99 Hillary Scholars.
Calder and Lawson’s Orbit Travel join the Gallagher Group as
sponsors of the Hillary Scholarship Programme. This new source
of support will enable the University to continue to support
talented students through the Hillary Scholarship Programme
Professor Roy Crawford
Vice-Chancellor
University of Waikato
All other enquiries contact:
Nicola Clayden – Programme Manager
Email:
[email protected]
Phone:
07 858 5139
Mobile:
027 478 7331
Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship Programme
Executive Committee
MUSIC RANKED FIRST
Hillary Scholars who are enrolled in papers with the University’s Music Department can feel
particularly proud with the Music Department being ranked first in the country for its Performance
Based Research Funding (PBRF) results. These results reflect the quality of the research by music
staff. Students can be confident in knowing that they are being taught and mentored by staff who
are working at very high levels both nationally and internationally.
Doug Sutton (Chairman), Clare Cramond,
Judith Mudge, Charlotte Church,
Nicky Buchanan, Nicola Clayden, Lara Hall.
Staff member and composer Michael Williams said “as a department we are absolutely delighted.
This result is the culmination of a great deal of work, utter determination, a fair amount of sacrifice
and an unwavering belief that the paths we have chosen have been the right ones. It is wonderful
to have been in a position to contribute to the University’s outstanding success in PBRF.”
Scholarships Application:
Despite this remarkable success, music department staff are not resting on their laurels. It is
business as usual, albeit with a slightly more spry spring in their step – there are operas, concertos,
quartets, solo works etc, etc to write – concertos, sonatas, trios, quartets, quintets etc etc to
perform, papers to be written , conferences to attend, CDs to be recorded...
HILLARY
S C H O L A R S O R I E N TAT I O N D AY
The University of Waikato showed its strength by being ranked Number 1 in New Zealand in
10 subjects in the Tertiary Education Commission’s 2006 Performance Based Research Funding
(L-R) Alex Lubransky, Darren Castles, Henry Henry,
Rhiana Vincent and Callum Slee participate in teambuilding
at the Hillary Orientation Day.
Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship Programme
Scholarships Office, The University of Waikato,
Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand
Phone:
07 858 5195
Toll Free: 0800 WAIKATO
www.waikato.ac.nz/scholarships
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NIKKI COX AND
REBECCA WRIGHT
MAKE NZ TEAM
JAMES GILL
TAKES NZ
STROKEPLAY TITLE
Surf lifesavers Nikki Cox and Rebecca Wright
have been selected for the New Zealand
women’s team to compete at the International
Challenge in Bondi, Sydney at the end of the
year. Both students have also been named in
the World Squad for the 2008 Germany World
Championships.
University of Waikato graduate and Hillary
Scholar James Gill won the New Zealand
men’s 72-hole stroke-play championship at
his home course, Hamilton Golf Club.
His win broke Australia’s dominance on the
title. The last New Zealander to win was Brad
Shilton at Middlemore in 2002
Nikki Cox is studying towards a Management Studies
Degree, and is a New Zealand University Blues Award
finalist, with the awards being held in Wellington in
June this year. Nikki won gold in the surf ski race at
the 2006 World Surf Lifesaving Champs. As the
New Zealand surf lifesaving season has just ended,
Nikki will be working on endurance base training
over the winter, before tapering for the International
Challenge in December.
ATHLETICS STUDENTS
HAVE A GOOD REASON TO STAY
IN THE WAIKATO
Athletics Waikato Bay of Plenty chairman, Kelly Diprose says, “For many years our top athletes
have tended to travel to other cities for their university studies. Now they have a very good
reason to stay in the Waikato. We are thrilled that the Hillary Scholarship Programme is also
attracting athletes to our region.”
There are currently three Athletics Hillary Scholars attending Waikato University and
performing at very high levels in their respective athletic disciplines.
Charlotte Osborne from Morrinsville is in her third year at Waikato University studying for
a Bachelor of Sport & Leisure Studies. She is currently in her second year as a Hillary Scholar.
Charlotte was the winner of the New Zealand championships for 400m in the Women
19 grade and placed third in 200m. She narrowly missed selection for the New Zealand team
to compete at the World Junior Championships in 2006.
Athletics is proud to have two new scholars added to the programme for 2007. Both come
with high levels of achievement in Secondary School athletics, winning New Zealand Schools
championship titles in 2006.
Daniel Stevenson has come to Waikato University from Cambridge High School where
he was head boy. He is in his first year of a Management Studies Degree. Daniel is one of
New Zealand’s top young sprinters and was winner of the New Zealand Secondary Schools
championship 200m for senior boys in December 2006. He is the current Waikato BOP
champion for 100m and 200m in the Men 19 grade.
Megan Aikenhead from Motueka is Athletics’ first South Island Scholar. Studying for a
Bachelor of Sport & Leisure Studies Degree, Megan won the New Zealand Secondary Schools
championship for Senior Girls’ Javelin last December. At the recent New Zealand Championships
she placed fourth in both the Senior Women’s Javelin and the Women 19 Javelin.
These three athletes are all excited about the opportunities offered by the Hillary Scholarship
Programme and are working hard to achieve their sporting and academic goals in a very
supportive environment.
Rebecca Wright is currently
studying to be a primary school
teacher and is also completing her Sport and Leisure
Studies Degree. She has been surf lifesaving for
the past ten years, with her most recent successes
including winning the national open women’s flags
title in 2006 and 2007, placing second in both the
2006 and 2007 beach sprint, and placing first in the
open women’s beach sprint at the national surf league.
Rebecca is considering doing some athletics races in
Australia prior to Bondi’s International Challenge
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Athletics Waikato Bay of Plenty are very happy with the way the Hillary Programme is
assisting these top athletes to study at Waikato University and at the same time to have
the support of the other important
opportunities the programme offers
GROUP TRAVEL EXPERTS
If you have a minimum of ten people travelling together, we invite you to take advantage
of our experience, global contacts and buying power. Whatever the interests of your group,
we will customise itineraries, and offer unique ideas to make it a trip to remember.
The Groups Department of Calder & Lawson House of Travel is staffed
by dedicated group specialists focusing strictly on group travel.
For answers to any questions or for a specific group please email
[email protected] or ring William on 0800 739 009
VALUE YOUR DIFFERENCE
In the business world those companies that are able to differentiate their
products/services from those of their competitors usually end up being the
most profitable. As part of the Leadership and Personal Development Plan,
Peter Sewell FCA,B.Com, APS. recently shared with Hillary Scholars and Hillary
Programme partners the critical factors required to make students, business
leaders and their companies highly successful. Peter’s entertaining and highly
motivational presentation helped the audience “put legs on their dreams”
by discovering their own unique style and abilities.
Peter Sewell is Fellow of the NZ Chartered Accountants with a career spanning
30 years in business banking before setting up his own consultancy business.
He has represented New Zealand at various international conferences as a key
note speaker and has delivered addresses on leadership, business and family
issues in many countries in the world
FILM, SCREEN AND MEDIA
Hillary Scholars Adam Harvey and Emit Snake-Beings are both
studying film, screen and media here at Waikato.
As well as being a part-time orthopaedic
surgeon, Adam Harvey is currently
working towards Honours in
Computer Graphic Design, and
is having an exciting six months.
He took part in the 48 hour
film festival and gave a
‘tongue in cheek’ presentation
at the Wanganui Design
Conference. This is closely
followed by the June deadline
for the NZ Film Commission’s
screen writing competition.
With the support of the
Hillary Programme, Adam will
be heading north each week to attend a course at Auckland’s Freelance
Animation School beginning in July. With Hillary Scholar Chris Dunn, Adam
is also working on the graphics and design for the Annual Blues Awards
evening, to be held in October.
Emit Snake-Beings is completing a BA majoring
in Screen and Media Studies and is currently
organising the Hamilton
Underground film festival (known
as HUFF07). This festival shows
local and internationally made
videos and films, and begins
on September 11. This year the
festival will be run for three days
after last year’s success when
unexpectedly high audience
turnout meant people were
turned away. The festival is hoped
to inspire Waikato students and
other emerging film-makers,
and is focused on a “celebration
of Hamilton’s creative spirit” rather than competition. The festival includes
certain special categories including phone films (made on mobile phones)
and experimental films
WAIKATO VOLLEYBALL
ATTRACTS TOP COACH TO
HAMILTON
This year will see one of
the world’s top coaches
residing in the Waikato.
Koji Tsururabara, who
has coached at top
international level in
Japan, Malaysia, Thailand,
Myanmar and Saudi Arabia
is now based in Hamilton.
Tsururabara is also a highly
qualified coach with a FIVB Level 2 coaching accreditation
(the highest there is). His other skills include being a
qualified Chiropractor, Personal Trainer and PE Teacher.
Tsururabara wanted a new challenge in his volleyball coaching career
and viewed New Zealand as such a challenge. Tsururabara, who coached
the Japanese women’s team to fourth place at the Seoul Olympics,
sent a broad wide spread email throughout NZ clubs and associations
expressing interest in NZ volleyball. One of his emails found its way to
Waikato’s SportsForce Volleyball Development Officer, Carey Giddens,
who then began correspondence on how to get such a talented coach
to New Zealand. After several months of emails travelling back and forth
Tsururabara is now living in Hamilton and finalising his working visa so
as to stay as long as possible.
“I have been coaching all through Asia but I wanted to work with tall,
athletic players,” Tsururabara explains, “New Zealand is a place which
has the players and there is room to develop and I can help.”
The 42-year-old wants to stay in New Zealand and is hoping his
volleyball expertise can help to open doors for kiwi players in the
world arena
HILLARY SCHOLARS WIN
NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY
BLUES AWARDS
Hillary Scholar Alumni, James Gill (Golf), Natalie Curtis (Shooting)
and current Hillary Scholars Sarah Campbell (Karate), Emma Davis
(Motocross), Laura Langman (Netball), Nikki Cox (Surf Lifesaving) and
Sarah Ho (Table Tennis) have won New Zealand University Blues.
Laura Langman and Nikki Cox are both finalists for the NZU Sportsperson
of the year. The award ceremony is to be held on 29 June in Wellington.
The NZ Universities Blue is awarded by University Sport
New Zealand and is based on the traditional Blue of Oxford and
Cambridge. It is awarded to NZ University students who have
achieved excellence both on and off the field of play. Presented
since 1919, over 2,500 Blues have been awarded to some of NZ’s
most famous sporting names such as Richie McCaw (2001),
Sarah Ulmer (1994 & 95), David Kirk (1983 & 84), Anna Lawrence
(1991, 93 & 95) and Anthony Mosse (1983)
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