Waipa Youth Award winners announced for 2013

9 August 2013

Some of the district's finest young people were recognised for their outstanding achievements at the Waipa Youth Awards last night (August 8).

Waipa Mayor Alan Livingston and award sponsors presented the chosen secondary school students with excellence, merit or achievement awards in six categories.

The categories were academic, arts and culture, community service, leadership, sport and multi-achievement. Each were judged by independent experts.

This year the awards function was hosted by Te Awamutu College. Guest speaker was Jehan Casinader from TVNZ who spoke about his inspirational rise through the media ranks from the tender age of 13 to his position on current affairs programme Seven Sharp today.

The awards are run annually by the Waipa Youth Council and are in their 11th year. They are open to young people aged between 14 and 18 who live, or have attended school, in the Waipa district for at least six months of the award year.

This year there were 88 nominations. The recipients were:

Sponsor: Kihikihi Rotary

Sponsor: CMYK

Sponsor: Te Awamutu Rotary

Sponsor: Cambridge Rotary

Sponsor: Business Networking Inc

Sponsors: Cambridge Lions & Storey Sport

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE:

STP - St Peter's School

CHS - Cambridge High School

TAC - Te Awamutu College

* Sacred Heart Girls College (lives in Waipa)

** Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (correspondence school)