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.

Drumm, Nevatt & Associates Accounting Scholarship

This $1,000 Scholarship is to assist a Year 13 student who is studying accounting next year.

Arvaliya Kishoon of Rutherford 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

AUT Scholarships

AUT Knowledge that Works Scholarship

$14,000 scholarship - Alerys Bodle and Kayla Thackwray both of Hillary 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 Waikato Scholarships

Vice-Chancellors Scholarship

$15,000 scholarship - Valeria Gonzalez Castro of Mansfield House and Ariana Hayward of Batten 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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