Tertiary Awards at Year 12 and Year 13 Prizegiving 2026
Posted on November 11, 2026
Miriam Gilbert Award
This is awarded in memory of Miriam Gilbert, a student at Macleans College 2003-2007.
The award of $750 is awarded to a Year 13 creative arts student, particularly focussing on media studies or graphic design who displays creativity in their work and is highly individual.
Winny He of Mansfield House.
Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay Scholarships
Trade Scholarships
These monetary scholarships of $1,000 are intended to encourage students to enter a trade or technology and to recognise the value of apprenticeships and cadetships.
Will Price of Kupe House and Zoe Matchett of Rutherford House.
Performing Arts and Creative Arts, Design and Industry Scholarships
These monetary scholarships of $1,000 are for two students who have made a significant contribution to the Performing Arts and Creative Arts, Design and Industry Faculties during their time at Macleans College.
For Performing Arts Faculty:
Fred Wen of Te Kanawa House.
For Creative Arts, Design and Industry Faculty:
Jamie Lindsell of Batten House.
University Of Canterbury
Go Waitaha Canterbury Scholarship
$15,000 scholarship - Poppy Jackson of Mansfield House.
Leigh and Judith Pownall Scholarship (Geography)
$5,000 scholarship - Amy Roberts of Mansfield House.
Victoria University Of Wellington
Undergraduate International Scholarship
$15,000 scholarship - Sam Chen of Te Kanawa House.
Victoria University Totoweka Equity Scholarship
$7,000 scholarship - Dani Gonzalez Castro of Mansfield House
Massey University Scholarships
Academy of Sport Scholarship
$3,000 scholarship - Melody Cai of Kupe House.
Undergraduate First Year Scholarship
$4,000 scholarship - Abhyuday Tulsian of Kupe House.
Massey Kick Start Award
This award is for either $3,000 or $4,000 when enrolling into bachelor level, full-time study at Massey University.
The following students are the recipient of this award:
Igor Tivonenko of Batten House.
Sophia Cao of Hillary House.
Sukhman Kaur of Mansfield House.
Brooke Fleming and Kiarah Chetty of Rutherford House.
Jessica Tough of Snell House.
Morgan Hutton and Senithu Obeysekera of Te Kanawa House.
Jenny Wei and Timothy De Bruin of Upham House.
The $5,000 kick-start award - Priscilla Chang of Hillary House.
University of Otago Scholarships
Otago Leaders of Tomorrow Entrance Scholarship
The recipients of this $7,000 scholarship are:
Selina Wang of Upham House, Kelly Xing of Rutherford House and Karen Lu of Batten House.
Otago Vice-Chancellors Scholarship
The recipients of the $5,000 scholarship are:
Fiona Zhang of Mansfield House, Winston Low of Snell House and Owen Chen of Te Kanawa House.
The recipient of the $10,00 scholarship is:
Jessica Bao of Kupe House.
Vice Chancellors Scholarship – High Distinction
$18,000 scholarship - Youqi Wu of Kupe House.
International Global Scholarship
The recipients of this $15,000 scholarship are:
Joonho Rho of Kupe House and Linh Nguyen Dao Gia of Mansfield House.
University of Auckland Scholarships
140th Anniversary Academic Scholarship
This $5,000 scholarship is awarded to:
Anna Caie of Hillary House.
Daniel Chan of Mansfield House.
Hannah Zhou of Rutherford House.
Zuhair Burney, Amy Zuo and Lukas Ng of Batten House.
Faculty of Science High Achiever Undergraduate Scholarship and a 140th Anniversary Academic Scholarship
$10,000 scholarship - Thomas Guetter of Snell House.
Top Achiever Scholarships
This $27,000 scholarship is awarded to the following students:
Joanne Chen of Te Kanawa House
Yixiang Xu of Rutherford House
Eric Huang of Batten House
Vice-Chancellors Scholarship
This $32,000 scholarship is awarded to the following students:
Areeba Zabrina of Hillary House.
Jason Liu of Rutherford House.
Yixin Pan of Snell House.
Jessie Lyu of Te Kanawa House.
Janie Kim, Sarah Huang and Edwin Shen of Kupe House.
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