Date: November 5th 2012

Awards for Hastings Young Achievers

The achievements of 22 young Hastings people will be recognised at an awards ceremony this Tuesday.

Hastings Heretaunga Lions Club has joined with Hastings District Council in presenting the Hastings Young Achievers awards.

Mayor Lawrence Yule says “The students who will be honoured at this awards ceremony are all high achievers, and each one of them has much to offer their schools, families and the wider community”.

“This awards ceremony is the culmination of months of hard work by the Lions Club and it is gratifying that we can recognise these young, inspirational people who have demonstrated exceptional leadership amongst their peers,” Lawrence Yule says.

Hastings Heretaunga Lions Club member and Young Achievers Committee chair, David Harington, says “The nominated students are a classic example of what can be achieved and we are confident that they will become leaders in their chosen field, not only scholastically but in all walks of life."

The students will be presented with a certificate noting their achievements while family and friends will get a chance to view a series of portraits of the students in action taken by photographer Terry Winn.

Following the ceremony, the portraits will be on display at venues around Hastings.

Those receiving awards:

Mereana Purcell, Flaxmere College
Shaun Te Houkamau, Flaxmere College
Thomas Sturch, Hastings Boys High School
Waven Hapi, Hastings Boys High School
Joshua Whitford, Hastings Christian School
Nicole Jackson, Hastings Christian School
Anneke Smith, Hastings Girls High School
Courtney Hook, Hastings Girls High School
Devin Farmery, Havelock North High School
Nicola Mulvay, Havelock North High School
Rosie Morgan, Iona College
Sarah Cowan, Iona College
Pien Kerckhoffs, Karamu High School
Reuben Cash, Karamu High School
Dominic Thompson, Lindisfarne College
Joshua White, Lindisfarne College
Damien Scott, st Johns College
Thomas McArdle, St Johns College
Kiri Maioha-Mackay, Taikura Rudolf Steiner School
Otis Wright, Taikura Rudolf Steiner School
Hannah Bailey, Woodford House
Laura Lee, Woodford House

The Young Achievers awards ceremony is invite only and will be held in the Hawke’s Bay Opera House on Tuesday November 12th 2013 at 6pm.

Members of the media are welcome to attend the ceremony.

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