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Nelson College senior prize list
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Scholarships and Awards Leadership: Sisley Davidson Memorial
Scholarship, Community Service Award, Rhys Fa'avae; J E Hounsell
Scholarship, Thomas Armstrong; William Edmund Atkinson Scholarship,
Phillip Barker; Management Team Prize, Leighton Riley; Firth
Scholarship - Sport, Influence and Scholarship, Samuel Thwaites;
Frank Alack - Benefit to mankind and the environment, Christopher
McKenzie; Esmond E C Boyes Memorial Scholarship, John Hofman;
Oldridge Scholarship, Alexander Gyde; Maruia Nat...
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Dux's mum knew the score
The Nelson Mail
; Nelson College dux Willem Ikink thought any one of several students could have claimed the top academic prize - but his mother knew it was him. Willem's mother Samme Harris is an assistant principal and English teacher at the school. As a staff member she knew he'd won but was sworn to secrecy. But
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Pair win scholarships
The Nelson Mail
; ... Both found out on Friday they had won the scholarships - Willem received a letter in the mail, and Mark's mother faxed the news to him after receiving a letter at her home in North Canterbury. Willem said he was "relieved'' to win the scholarship because ...
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BoyzOnly show wins judges' hearts
The Nelson Mail
; Four Nelson College students have used a lot of logic and a little boy-band appeal to woo judges at the World Future Problem Solving Championships in the United States. Year 13 students Jared McIntosh , Mark Cleghorn , Willem Ikink and Elijah Burton have returned from Colorado, where they took
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Powerful Feelers deliver goods
The Nelson Mail
; The Feelers, Riwaka Hotel, last night. Reviewed by Josh Pemberton. In a fickle modern music industry, where a large proportion of rock and pop releases are excessively over-produced and digitally enhanced, it is said that the real measure of a contemporary band lies in the quality of its live
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Dux keen to see the world after big year
The Nelson Mail
; After being named dux of Nelson College, Josh Pemberton's next step is to become a man of the world. The winner of the school's Colin Neale Trophy and board of trustees medallion for outstanding all-round academic achievement last night said he planned to take a gap year in England next year. Josh
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