NZQA celebrated the success of the highest-achieving New Zealand Scholarship students with an awards ceremony held at Parliament on 11 May 2022.
The awards recognised the elite students who make up the 2021 Premier Award and Top Subject Scholarship Award winners.
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Prime Minister's Award for Academic Excellence 2021
On 11 May 2022, Cameron Senior, formerly of Rangitoto college, was announced as winner of the 2021 award by the Deputy Prime Minister, Hon Grant Robertson.
Honourable Jan Tinetti presented the award.
Cameron achieved Outstanding Scholarships in Art History, English, Geography, Health and Physical Education, History, Physics, and Statistics.
Premier Scholarship Award winners 2021
Student | School |
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Samuel Blyth* | Auckland Grammar School |
Oliver Dai | Macleans College |
Tobias Devereux* | Kavanagh College |
Shuxin (Janet) Guo* | Hillcrest High School |
Nicholas Harman | Paraparaumu College |
Michael Kennedy | Liston College |
Joshua Lay | Glendowie College |
Daniel Lee | Westlake Boys High School |
Cameron Senior* | Rangitoto College |
Ryaan Sidhu | Auckland Grammar School |
Iain Sweatman | Long Bay College |
Nathaniel Williamson | Westlake Boys High School |
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*Also a Top Subject Scholarship Award winner
“On behalf of the Prime Minister, I would like to congratulate all of you for your achievements”
Top Scholarship Subject Award winners 2021
Subject | Student | School |
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Accounting | Zac Maulder | Lindisfarne College |
Agricultural and Horticultural Science | Jack Wilton | Lindisfarne College |
Art History | Cameron Senior | Rangitoto College |
Biology | Isha Ramanlal | Lynfield College |
Calculus | Brian Zhao | ACG Parnell College |
Chemistry | Michael Kennedy | Liston College |
Chinese | Baoying Wang | St Kentigern College |
Classical Studies | Shuxin Guo | Hillcrest High School |
Dance | Marcus Savelio | Mount Albert Grammar School |
Design | Maggie Xian | Macleans College |
Design and Visual Communications | Yujie Weng | Pakuranga College |
Drama | Olive Blyth | Mount Aspiring College |
Earth and Space Science | Samuel Blyth | Auckland Grammar School |
Economics | Jade Poppelwell | Takapuna Grammar School |
English | Cadence Chung | Wellington High School |
French | Gil Sellem | Waiheke High School |
Geography | Cameron Senior | Rangitoto College |
German | Helena Mayer | Thames High School |
Health and Physical Education | Ashley Huddart | Rangitoto College |
History | Esther Oh | Diocesan School for Girls |
Japanese | Yuna Hamamoto | Takapuna Grammar School |
Latin | Samuel Blyth | Auckland Grammar School |
Media Studies | Michael Zhou | Westlake Boys High School |
Music | Damon Herlihy-O’Brien | Glendowie College |
Painting | Myrna Brown | Palmerston North Girls’ High School |
Photography | Olivia Russell | New Plymouth Girls’ High School |
Physics | Tobias Devereux | Kavanagh College |
Printmaking | Nyle Turuwhenua | Pukekohe High School |
Religious Studies | Michael Crossan | Otago Boys’ High School |
Samoan | Suivaaia Taape | Kelston Girls’ College |
Sculpture | Eliza Cartmell | Wellington East Girls’ College |
Spanish | Benjamin Crisp | Cashmere High School |
Statistics | Cameron Senior | Rangitoto College |
Te Reo Māori | Te Akauroa Jacob | Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Rito |
Te Reo Rangatira | Naianga Tapiata | Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Ruamata |
Technology | Matthew Batcheler | Mount Albert Grammar School |
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