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Youth Awards Winners
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Youth Award for Leadership and Community Service
Rowan Tumai
Rowan has many exceptional leadership and personal qualities. He values his bi-cultural heritage, excels at sport and relates well to people of all ages. The judges noted his strong personality and described him as an outstanding leader who commands respect and mana.
Currently studying towards NCEA Level 3 at Roxburgh Area School (ages 5 to 18), Rowan is Head Student. He is the leader of the sports committee, a house leader, a member of the formal committee and the CEO of the Young Enterprise Scheme group. He is a capable public speaker, participates in school productions and has attended both the Outward Bound Course and the New Zealand Area Schools Leadership Course.
Rowan plays 1st 15 rugby and has been in many representative teams and participated in the U17 Development Squad. As well, he has represented the school in basketball, cricket (captain), athletics and volleyball. Rowan is currently the senior boys cross country champion and the senior boys swimming champion.
As a member of the community whanau group, Rowan leads the haka and has taught kapa haka to younger students. He has received the Mana Pounamu Award and the He Whare Wananga Award for encouraging bicultural relationships at school.
Rowan is a natural leader who contributes greatly to the school and general community and is an excellent role model for younger students.
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Youth Award for Culture
Margot Streeter
Margot is truly passionate and highly committed to the arts. At age 16 she has already exhibited an unwavering dedication across many years, achieving high levels of excellence in dance, music and drama. The Cromwell College student’s enthusiasm extends to leadership roles in performances and to supporting young children.
The judges were extremely impressed by Margot’s dedication and her impressive achievements, which demonstrate what they describe as a long and serious life in the arts’.
Margot has passed Royal Academy of Dance ballet exams and is currently studying for a vocational exam. She has enjoyed lead roles in productions and assisted with choreography with an insightfulness that adds a creative dimension.
Margot plays the flute. She has gained Trinity Guildhall Grade 5 and is preparing for NCEA Level 2 in solo and group performance. She plays as the principal flautist in Central Otago Regional Training Orchestra.
Margot is preparing for Speech and Drama Trinity Guildhall Grade 8 exams, having passed earlier exams with distinction. She received first place in duologue in the 2007 Central Otago Musical Society Competitions.
Margot was this year selected to attend the National Youth Drama School in Hawkes Bay for eight days. She tutors two young students in speech and drama and is currently completing her Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award.
Margot demonstrates tremendous passion, commitment, exceptional achievement and leadership across the arts.
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Youth Award for Enterprise
Willie Miller
Willie is a leader with a strong community spirit. Displaying a maturity beyond his 16 years, he instils community pride through his volunteer work on radio. He also fundraises, plays sport and even holds down a paper run. The judges were particularly impressed with Willie’s attitude, describing him as epitomising enterprise in the community and a genuine ‘light’ in the team.
Willie has been a volunteer at Burn729am for two years. This radio station is an essential communication tool with a strong ethos of equality and serving the community in all its diversity. Willie has embraced this ethos, dedicating himself to three afternoon shifts on air and often committing to the early 6am-10am shift during school holidays. He also assists with promotions backstage, fundraisers and special shows and he trains new announcers.
Willie is studying towards NCEA at Maniototo Area School. He is an able sportsman, playing for the southern area schools’ rugby, volleyball and basketball teams. He is on the school’s curling team, which won the secondary school championship in 2008, and he skips the Burn729am curling team in the social league.
In 2007 Willie was awarded the school’s Contribution to Arts & Culture Award and he was part of the Burn729am team when it received the Trustpower National Volunteer Awards, Arts & Culture in 2007 and 2008.
Willy shows versatility and stick-ability, leading and participating with enthusiasm in the community.
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Special Youth Award
Kate Willyams
Kate has shown outstanding and consistent qualities across the full range of skill sets in all youth categories that the judges agreed to recognise her with a Special Award.
Kate is an exceptional leader whose enthusiasm for life shines through in everything she does. She is a motivator and a high achiever who provides quality leadership in service to others, culturally and through sport. The judges described Kate as a community ambassador who inspires others.
Kate is head girl at Dunstan High School and studying towards NCEA Level 3. Kate has always excelled academically and been fully involved in school life. She was the Youth Parliament representative in 2007, is co-leader of the school food and nutrition committee and won the 2008 National Supreme Award for whole school change in eating. She is highly active on a range of school committees.
Culturally, Kate is studying classical performance voice (towards Trinity Grade 8). She has been involved in choir, numerous school and community productions and competitions and was the winner of the Jumpstart Jazz Festival, 2007. During summer 2008/09 Kate went on an eight week school exchange to France, contributing to the cost through her jobs in the Alexandra Library and as a lifeguard at Molyneux Aquatics Centre.
In sport, Kate is a secondary schools’ lawn bowls champion, a member of the school basketball A team and she referees junior mini ball.
Alongside all these achievements, Kate organises many activities for the benefit of others. She is an outstanding and cheerful role model at school and in the community.
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