NZQA celebrated the success of the highest-achieving New Zealand Scholarship students with an awards ceremony held at Parliament on 8 May 2024.
The awards recognised the elite students who made up the 2023 Premier Award and Top Subject Scholarship Award winners. The Prime Minister’s Award for Academic Excellence was also presented.
View a recording of the Top Scholar Awards 2023 ceremony
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Premier Scholarship Award winners 2023
| Student | School |
| Alexander Mayo | Hamilton Boys' High School |
| Tapas Kant | Havelock North High School |
| Nicholas Clarke | Auckland Grammar School |
| Henry Isac | Wellington College |
| Oliver Gunson* | Auckland Grammar School |
| Yinuo Yin* | St Cuthbert's College |
| Yiyang Tao* | Westlake Boys' High School |
| Sean Wang* | St Kentigern College |
| Jayden Kris Dylan Kumar* | Auckland Grammar School |
| Yina Yin* | St Cuthbert's College |
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*Also a Top Subject Scholarship Award winner
Top Subject Scholarship Award winners 2023
| Subject | Student | School |
| Accounting | Oliver Gunson | Auckland Grammar School |
| Agricultural and Horticultural Science | William Duncan | Lindisfarne College |
| Art History | Yina Yin | St Cuthbert's College |
| Biology | Cruz Erdmann | Westlake Boys' High School |
| Calculus | Nicholas McKinlay | St Kentigern College |
| Chemistry | Benjamin Elder | James Hargest College |
| Chinese | Yinuo Yin | St Cuthbert's College |
| Classical Studies | Louisa Boyer | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| Dance | Noma Jessica Faith Talakiaatu | Mount Roskill Grammar School |
| Design | Ava Tuhega | St Cuthbert's College |
| Design and Visual Communication | Benjamin Griffiths | Hobsonville Point Secondary School |
| Drama | Oscar Shaw | Avondale College |
| Earth and Space Science | Yiyang Tao | Westlake Boys' High School |
| Economics | Sean Wang | St Kentigern College |
| English | Alistair Ha | Auckland Grammar School |
| French | Anika Hayes | Waitaki Girls' High School |
| Geography | Jayden Kris Dylan Kumar | Auckland Grammar School |
| German | Samuel Reeves | Mount Albert Grammar School |
| Health and Physical Education | Yina Yin | St Cuthbert's College |
| History | Amelia Frear | Diocesan School for Girls |
| Japanese | Rita Peryer | St Cuthbert's College |
| Latin | Emily Whineray | St Cuthbert's College |
| Media Studies | Mason Drylie | Westlake Boys' High School |
| Music | Nate Carroll | Glenfield College |
| Painting | Paul Austin | Wellington High School |
| Photography | Jonathan Larsen | Pukekohe High School |
| Physics | Oliver Gunson | Auckland Grammar School |
| Printmaking | Gracie Liu | Rangi Ruru Girls' School |
| Religious Studies | Archie Lamont-Bowden | St Peter's College (Auckland) |
| Samoan | Serafina Sila | McAuley High School |
| Sculpture | Oceanlee Tito-Heremaia | Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rāwhitiroa |
| Spanish | Sebastian Camus | Rangitoto College |
| Statistics | Nicholas Stuart | King's College |
| Te Ao Haka | Awatea Riipeka Taare Rivers Hall | Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi |
| Te Reo Māori | Oceania Te Rere o Kapuni Pene | Rotorua Girls' High School |
| Te Reo Rangatira | Te Atamihi Vivienne Papa | Te Wharekura o Maniapoto |
| Technology | Jude Wilson | Mount Albert Grammar School |
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