Senior Prizegiving was a great celebration of senior students and their diverse achievements in the academic, sporting and cultural arenas.  

We appreciated the musical entertainment and speakers. Bruce McKinney was farewelled with a standing ovation and Head Prefects for 2016 were announced as well as Dux and Proxime Acessit.

Head Girl 2016:  Reva Grills  and Head Boy 2016: Jimmy Robinson

Deputy Head Girl: Kate Denys and Deputy Head Boy: Grant McNaughton

The following is the list of senior prizes:

Year 11

Cameron Bayne (3/2) - (Honours in Science)

Phoebe Booth (1/5) - (Honours in Applied Science, Honours in English Applied)

Fraser Braid (1/2) - (BURT SCHOLARSHIP IN MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY (METAL), PREMIER IN MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY (METAL), Honours in Science)

Briana Buijck (4/5) - (SENIOR GIRLS BADMINTON CHAMPION)

Clair Caird (3/4) - (PREMIER IN ENGLISH, PREMIER IN ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY, Honours in History)

Cindy Chek (4/4) - (Honours in ESOL)

Kevin Chung (3/4) - (Honours in Materials Technology (Wood))

Ben Clayton (1/1) - (CHESS CHAMPION - LPHS TROPHY, PREMIER IN ENGLISH, PREMIER IN FRENCH, PREMIER IN HISTORICAL RESEARCH, PREMIER IN MATHEMATICS, PREMIER IN SCIENCE)

Charlotte Dickie (4/2) - (BROOKER TRAVEL TROPHY FOR EMERGING ACTOR, JANE JOHNSON AWARD FOR ENGLISH, Honours in Drama)

Benjamin Dubyk (2/4) - (TECHNICAL PREMIER IN SENIOR FOOTBALL AWARD, Honours in Year 12 Mathematics)

Jacob Duffy (1/2) - (Honours in Physical Education)

Max Freeman (2/6) - (PREMIER IN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, PREMIER IN MUSIC, Honours in Mathematics, Honours in Science)

Latiesha Hall (3/1) - (Honours in Design and Visual Communication, Honours in Materials Technology (Fabric))

Desiree Heinze-Farrington (1/4) - (LAUDERDALE CUP FOR BRASS PLAYING, PREMIER IN ACCOUNTING, PREMIER IN FRENCH, Honours in English)

Isaiah Holman (2/6) - (Honours in General Mathematics)

Sophie Huntington (3/4) - (GIRLS HOCKEY - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER, ENGLISH DEPARTMENT PRIZE, MCMILLAN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES, Honours in Mathematics)

Ahi Kaitai-Mullane (2/3) - (GIRLS FOOTBALL - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER, NZ THEATRE FEDERATION TROPHY FOR SERVICE TO SCHOOL DRAMA, PREMIER IN DRAMA, PREMIER IN MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY (FABRIC), Honours in Digital Technology, Honours in English, Honours in Mathematics, Honours in Science)

Jarrad Kennedy (3/4) - (Honours in English Applied, )

Sonam Kumari (2/1) - (PREMIER IN ESOL)

Izzy Le Ber (2/5) - (Honours in Applied Science, Honours in Numeracy)

Solomon Liesbeth (4/6) - (SENIOR BOYS FOOTBALL - GOLDEN BOOT AWARD, PREMIER IN HOSPITALITY, Honours in Physical Education)

Emma Lloyd (2/6) - (SERVICE TO LIBRARY)

Tarren Loughran (4/6) - (PREMIER IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION, Honours in Mathematics)

Ben Major (3/4) - (Honours in Mathematics, Honours in Science)

Oscar McGuire (3/5) - (Honours in English, Honours in History)

Hamish McKinlay (4/5) - (Junior Boys Cross Country Champion, LPHS FENCING TROPHY - MOST VALUABLE FENCER)

Jenna McNaughton (2/6) - (GIRLS FOOTBALL - BEST TEAM MEMBER, Honours in English, Honours in Environmental Geography, Honours in History, Honours in Science)

Alice Mcnoe (3/3) - (MOST IMPROVED FENCER, PREMIER IN HISTORY, Honours in English, Honours in Materials Technology (Fabric))

Rachael Molteno (3/4) - (Honours in English, Honours in Environmental Geography, Honours in Music, Honours in Science)

Abigail Nardo (3/1) - (PREMIER IN ART)

Hailey Nguyen (2/5) - (Honours in History, Honours in Hospitality)

Liam O'Brien (3/2) - (PREMIER IN YEAR 11 MUSICAL PERFORMANCE)

Reileen Oikawa (2/1) - (SENIOR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TROPHY)

Julie Qiyang (2/3) - (Honours in Art)

Siobhann Quinn (2/3) - (CALLENDER SCHOLARSHIP IN DESIGN AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION, PREMIER IN DESIGN AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION)

Max Riddle (2/4) - (PREMIER IN LATIN)

Punn Ruayruen (4/6) - (SENIOR BOYS BADMINTON CHAMPION, Honours in Materials Technology (Wood))

Emma Samuels (4/5) - (GIRLS FUTSAL - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER, SERVICE TO TIKANGA MAORI - YEAR 11, Honours in Maori)

Abby Spronken (3/4) - (BROOKER TRAVEL TROPHY FOR EMERGING ACTOR, PREMIER IN HISTORICAL RESEARCH, Honours in Drama)

Harrison Starkey (3/5) - (Honours in Materials Technology (Metal))

Isla Thomas (1/4) - (Honours in Art, Honours in English)

Jadana Thurlow (4/1) - (Honours in General Mathematics, Honours in Hospitality)

Elana Topping (3/3) - (Honours in Numeracy)

Nic Tregonning (4/1) - (Honours in Accounting)

Louis Whitburn (3/5) - (PREMIER IN HISTORY, PREMIER IN MANDARIN, PREMIER IN MATHEMATICS, PREMIER IN SCIENCE, Honours in Digital Technology)

Year 12

Brandon Boniface (1/2) - (PREMIER IN ENGLISH APPLIED)

Jazzy Bowen (1/4) - (PREMIER IN CAREER PATHWAYS, Honours in Gateway)

Catherine Cadzow (1/5) - (ZONTA PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN SENIOR MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE, PREMIER IN CHEMISTRY, PREMIER IN MATHEMATICS, Honours in Biology, Honours in Physics)

Alfred Cathro (2/2) - (PREMIER IN HISTORICAL RESEARCH, Honours in Classical Studies)

Dylan Deans-Bennett (4/1) - (BOYS SINGLES TENNIS CHAMPION, PREMIER IN MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY (METAL), Honours in Painting)

Henri Gaudin (2/2) - (CULBERT CUP FOR ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL, OLD BOYS HOCKEY CLUB AWARD, SENIOR BOYS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPION, ALDRIDGE MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN SENIOR MATHEMATICS, ARCHIMEDES PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN COMPETITION MATHEMATICS, Honours in Chemistry, Honours in Physics)

Mica Goldsmith-Lonie (2/4) - (FIRST XI BOYS FOOTBALL - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER, Honours in Latin)

Clare Gorman (1/1) - (Honours in Design and Visual Communication, Honours in Media Studies)

Jacob Gosling (2/4) - (DUNCAN ROBERTSON CUP - BEST BACK, SENIOR BOYS ATHLETIC CHAMPION, SENIOR BOYS TOUCH AWARD)

Ruairi Griffin (1/4) - (Honours in Biology, Honours in English, Honours in Materials Technology (Metal))

Reva Grills (4/4) - (SENIOR SHAKESPEARE PERFORMANCE PRIZE, Honours in History)

Kate Guthrie (2/4) - (Honours in Photography)

Panashe Gwavava (1/1) - (JEAN MOORE MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY)

Carmen Heinze-Farrington (1/3) - (PREMIER IN ACCOUNTING, PREMIER IN STATISTICS)

Tia Hibbert (2/6) - (BROOKER TRAVEL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN STAGECRAFT, THEATRE SPORTS AWARD)

Sophia Hilton-Manning (2/3) - (Honours in Environmental Geography)

Jasper Holloway (1/1) - (TWANG TOWN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC)

Jonty Horwell (2/1) - (BEST SENIOR BOWLS PERFORMANCE (BOYS))

Daniel Howlett (2/3) - (SENIOR BOYS VOLLEYBALL TROPHY, Honours in Hospitality)

Caitlyn Kilner (2/3) - (Honours in Materials Technology (Wood), Honours in Statistics)

Ana Kohu-Morris (3/4) - (INTERMEDIATE GIRLS ATHLETIC CHAMPION, SENIOR NETBALL MOST VALUABLE PLAYER - DEVELOPMENT SQUADS)

Julia Kral (4/6) - (Honours in Biology, Honours in English)

Oscar La Dell (2/2) - (DEBATING - TOP SENIOR TEAM, FILM CLUB AWARD, SENIOR SHAKESPEARE GROUP PERFORMANCE PRIZE, Honours in Classical Studies, Honours in Drama, Honours in English, Honours in Media Studies)

Briana Lane (2/4) - (PREMIER IN GENERAL MATHEMATICS, Honours in Hospitality)

Maria Larsen (3/6) - (PREMIER IN BIOLOGY, PREMIER IN HISTORY, Honours in Chemistry, Honours in English, Honours in Mathematics)

Susie LeBuffe (4/2) - (PREMIER IN PHOTOGRAPHY, Honours in English)

Lydie Leurquin (2/1) - (PREMIER IN CLASSICAL STUDIES, PREMIER IN LATIN, Honours in History)

Izzie Locker (1/4) - (BEST SENIOR GIRLS HOCKEY PLAYER)

Matilda Macandrew (2/4) - (FILM CLUB AWARD, PREMIER IN MEDIA STUDIES)

George Maclaurin (4/1) - (GRANGE HSOB CENTENNIAL CUP FOR CRICKET, MELODY AWARD - MELODIC IMPROVISATION, Honours in Music, Honours in Statistics)

Alexander McMillan (3/6) - (BOYS ICE HOCKEY TROPHY)

Tabitha McMillan (3/4) - (Honours in Materials Technology (Fabric))

Grant McNaughton (2/6) - (DEBATING - TOP SENIOR TEAM, ENGLISH DEPARTMENT PRIZE, PREMIER IN BIOLOGY, PREMIER IN PHYSICS, PREMIER IN YEAR 13 CALCULUS, Honours in Chemistry)

Phillip Nelson (3/5) - (PREMIER IN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY)

Kan Nishida (1/6) - (PREMIER IN MATHEMATICS, Honours in Physical Education)

Brianna Palin (3/6) - (Honours in History)

Aina Pardas-Antona (1/3) - (SENIOR AWARD FOR CHAMBER MUSIC)

Nel Pardas-Antona (1/2) - (SENIOR AWARD FOR STRING PLAYING)

David Prime (3/2) - (BOYS FUTSAL - MOST VALUABLE PLAYER, YEAR 12 DRAMA TROPHY FOR MOST IMPROVED STUDENT)

Shania Quinn (2/4) - (GIRLS TROPHY FOR OUTSTANDING BASKETBALL PLAYER, SENIOR A NETBALL CUP MOST VALUABLE PLAYER)

Belle Reid (1/6) - (Honours in Career Pathways)

Kemp Reynolds (3/5) - (PREMIER IN GATEWAY, Honours in General Mathematics)

Jim Robinson (4/5) - (PREMIER IN YEAR 12 MUSICAL PERFORMANCE)

Jaren Roy (3/4) - (INTERMEDIATE BOYS ATHLETIC CHAMPION, SENIOR BOYS BASKETBALL TROPHY - MOST VALUABLE PLAYER, PREMIER IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION)

Jazz Ryan (2/2) - (Honours in Hospitality)

Florence Sorrel (3/2) - (PREMIER IN PAINTING)

David Spencer (3/2) - (BOYS FUTSAL - MOST IMPROVED PLAYER, SERVICE TO SCHOOL CRICKET TROPHY, Honours in Physical Education, Honours in Year 13 Calculus)

Erica Stedman (3/1) - (A E WILSON MEMORIAL CUP FOR GIRLS BASKETBALL MVP)

Jaebyn Stevens (4/2) - (LPHS CRICKET BATTING AWARD)

Eva Stoddart (4/1) - (REID CUP FOR EXCELLENCE IN ENGLISH)

Ava Straw (4/2) - (SENIOR AWARD FOR CHORAL MUSIC, THE SHANNON COLBERT TROPHY FOR EXCELLENCE IN STAGECRAFT, PREMIER IN ENGLISH, PREMIER IN FRENCH, PREMIER IN MUSIC, Honours in Drama)

Nieve Sunitsch (3/1) - (Honours in Digital Technology)

Ruari Warren (3/2) - (THEATRE SPORTS AWARD, )

Bruno Willis (3/3) - (PREMIER IN APPLIED ART THEORY, PREMIER IN DESIGN AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION)

Ella Yiannett (4/5) - (THE LOUISE SIMPSON MEMORIAL CUP FOR BEST ALL ROUNDER IN DRAMA, PREMIER IN CLASSICAL STUDIES, PREMIER IN DRAMA, Honours in English, Honours in Media Studies, Honours in Painting)

Year 13

Maxwell Arnott (1/2) - (PREMIER IN UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE ENGLISH)

Frances Barnett (1/1) - (GIRLS HOCKEY - BEST TEAM MEMBER, SENIOR CREATIVE WRITING AWARD - POETRY, CUP FOR SCHOLARSHIP IN LITERATURE, PREMIER IN BIOLOGY)

Isla Benham (1/3) - (SENIOR FORMAL WRITING, Honours in Biology, Honours in French)

Zak Booth (1/5) - (Honours in Design and Visual Communication)

Alesha-Jane Bowen (3/4) - (Honours in Classical Studies, Honours in English, Honours in Media Studies, Honours in Statistics)

Aidan Braid (1/2) - (LPHS CLIMBING TROPHY - MOST VALUED CLIMBER, SERVICE TO SCHOOL SAILING, ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY FIELDWORK PRIZE, Honours in Environmental Geography, Honours in Physical Education, )

Ocean Brydon (1/4) - (HAVANA MOTEL TROPHY FOR MOST IMPROVED BASKETBALL PLAYER (BOYS))

Meran Campbell-Hood (1/3) - (DEBATING - TOP SENIOR TEAM, SERVICE TO DEBATING, CROOT PRIZE IN COMMUNICATION)

Tim Copland (1/5) - (SENIOR AWARD FOR JAZZ COMBO MUSIC)

Rosie Craven (3/3) - (SENIOR GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPION)

Casey Cuthbertson (1/1) - (PREMIER IN CHEMISTRY, PREMIER IN PHYSICS)

Claudia Dakin-Thompson (1/6) - (GIRLS FOOTBALL - GOLDEN BOOT AWARD, GIRLS FUTSAL - MOST VALUABLE PLAYER)

William Dreyer (3/4) - (PREMIER IN CLASSICAL STUDIES, Honours in Biology, Honours in History)

Oliver Eden-Mann (3/2) - (Honours in Materials Technology (Wood))

Vyvienne Evans (2/6) - (SENIOR AWARD FOR MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, Honours in Music)

Tait Familton (2/6) - (BOYS HOCKEY - BEST TEAM MEMBER, WATERPOLO AWARD)

Ethan Gaffney (2/4) - (Honours in Chemistry, )

Tash Gosling (2/4) - (SENIOR GIRLS ATHLETIC CHAMPION, PREMIER IN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY)

Tahlia Hapuku (2/5) - (Honours in Hospitality)

Maia Hill (3/5) - (Honours in Photography)

Mitchell Innes (2/1) - (F J BEADLE MEMORIAL - BAND PLAYING, SENIOR AWARD FOR COMPOSITION)

Harrison Kennedy (1/6) - (Honours in Drama)

Gabe Kennedy Atchison (3/5) - (MOST IMPROVED BOYS HOCKEY PLAYER)

Jacobi Kohu-Morris (3/4) - (CUP FOR CONTRIBUTION TO SPEAKING AND DEBATING, DEBATING - TOP SENIOR TEAM, CROOT PRIZE IN COMMUNICATION, PREMIER IN ACCOUNTING, PREMIER IN DRAMA, PREMIER IN HISTORICAL RESEARCH)

Emma Langley (2/6) - (PREMIER IN MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY (FABRIC), PREMIER IN PHOTOGRAPHY)

Tara Leckie (3/3) - (NZ THEATRE FEDERATION TROPHY FOR BEST SENIOR CONTRIBUTION TO JUNIOR Drama,  ENGLISH DEPARTMENT PRIZE, Honours in Media Studies)

Nicholas Lim (2/3) - (Honours in Digital Technology, Honours in History, )

Luke Major (3/4) - (AWARD FOR SET DESIGN AND BUILDING, BROOKER TRAVEL CUP FOR DRAMA PERFORMANCE AND DIRECTION, MARGARET DOUDNEY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PAINTING, RUPERT STEWART PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE ACROSS THE ARTS CURRICULUM, Honours in Media Studies)

Max McCarthy (4/4) - (Honours in University Entrance English)

Bryn McKerracher (2/6) - (Honours in Classical Studies)

Pippi Miller (3/3) - (DOUGLAS DALL MEMORIAL DRAMA CUP, DUNEDIN NORTH ROTARY CUP FOR LITERARY EXCELLENCE, PREMIER IN HISTORY, PREMIER IN MEDIA STUDIES, Honours in Drama, Honours in Painting)

Jamie Moore (3/5) - (EX STUDENTS AWARD - DESIGN & EXECUTION OF COSTUMING, SERVICE TO SCHOOL DRAMA)

Emily Newton (2/1) - (SENIOR CREATIVE WRITING AWARD - PROSE, Honours in English, Honours in History)

Hanna Ott (3/2) - (SENIOR AWARD FOR ORCHESTRAL MUSIC, SENIOR AWARD FOR WOODWIND PLAYING, SERVICE TO SCHOOL MUSIC, PREMIER IN MUSIC)

Holly Peck-Locke (3/1) - (SERVICE TO LIBRARY)

Oisin Quinlan-Thompson (4/3) - (PREMIER IN STATISTICS, Honours in Physics, )

Chloe Russell (4/6) - (Honours in Hospitality)

Saskia Turner (1/6) - (GAUSS PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN STATISTICAL RESEARCH, PREMIER IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION)

Patit Viwatmanuskul (4/5) - (KEITH MURDOCH TROPHY - BEST FORWARD)

Casey Wheeler (4/4) - (EXCELLENCE IN DRAMA CUP, PREMIER IN DRAMA, Honours in Statistics)

Service Awards

International Friendship Service - RYAN ONG

PTSA Prize for Service to School (Girls) - HANNAH FIELD & FRANCES BARNETT

PTSA Prize for Service to School (Boys) - KEMP REYNOLDS

Service to School Sport (Girls) - GEORGIA GUTHRIE

Service to School Sport (Boys) - OLIVER EDEN-MANN

Principal’s Award for Student Representative on the BOT - GRANT MCNAUGHTON

Service to Student Council - PIPPI MILLER & WILLIAM DREYER

J P Dufour Memorial Citizenship Award - AIDAN BRAID

LPHS Board of Trustees Chairperson’s Award for Head Girl - FRANCES BARNETT

LPHS Board of Trustees Chairperson’s Award for Head Boy - JACOBI KOHU-MORRIS

Tertiary Scholarship Awards

Otago Polytechnic Young Pacifica Scholarship - BRIANA LANE

Dunedin North Lions Scholarship - OLIVER EDEN-MANN

LPHS Student Council Scholarship - AIDAN BRAID

Otago Polytechnic Principal’s Leadership Scholarship - TAHLIA HAPUKU

Otago University Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarships - FRANCES BARNETT, MERAN CAMPBELL-HOOD, WILLIAM DREYER, TARA LECKIE 

Otago University New Frontiers Scholarship - CASEY WHEELER

Otago University Māori and Pacifica Scholarship - ALESHA JANE BOWEN

Otago University Performance Scholarships - LUKE MAJOR, PIPPI MILLER

Otago University Academic Scholarships - JACOBI KOHU-MORRIS, SASKIA RUSHTON GREEN

OTHER UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP (USA) - TUHIN BAUCAS

Special Awards 

Proxime Accessit Cup and Medal for Runner-Up to Dux of School - CASEY CUTHBERTSON 

John Logan Memorial Cup and Medal for Dux of School and Otago University Dux Scholarship - PIPPI MILLER & JACOBI KOHU-MORRIS