7. NICKY WAGNER (National) Link to this
to the Minister of Education
What were the results of the 2010 Top Scholar Awards?
Hon ANNE TOLLEY (Minister of Education) Link to this
I am pleased to say that the Prime Minister and I have just attended the awards ceremony at Government House, where 26 students were named as Top Subject Scholars. The Top Scholar Awards recognise the No. 1 student in an individual Scholarship subject. Nine students received Premier Awards, and these nine Premier Scholars gained at least four Scholarship subjects at “Outstanding” level. These students are Stewart Alexander of Christchurch Boys’ High School, David Bellamy of Christ’s College, Athene Laws of St Cuthbert’s College, Stephen Mackereth of King’s College, William Quach of Mount Roskill Grammar School, Michael Tzu Min Wang of Macleans College, Max Wilkinson of Papanui High School, Yuanye Xu of Westlake Boys High School, and Hao Jordan Zi of Mount Roskill Grammar School. These students are all performing at a world-class level, and are great role models for all New Zealand students.
2010 was the inaugural year of the Prime Minister’s Award for Academic Excellence. This award is for the top achieving student in last year’s Scholarship awards. I am pleased to inform the House that the inaugural winner of this award is David Bellamy from Christchurch. David’s achievement is absolutely outstanding. He was just 16 when he sat the Scholarship exams and is a Premier Award winner and the Top Scholar in chemistry. In addition, David achieved six Outstanding Scholarships in English, biology, chemistry, mathematics with calculus, statistics and modelling, and physics.