Congratulations to all our 2023 award winners!

Performing Arts Cups & Trophies 2023

• Bruce Meikle Cup - Excellence in music: Peter Gray
• Nigel E. Weeks QSM Trophy - Outstanding musician: Lovinia Pluck
• Eileen Appleton-Maher Cup - Outstanding contribution to drama: Sam Clark
• Dance & Drama Award - Outstanding performances in dance & drama: Sara de Campos
• Cassandra Wells Cup - Best comedy performance: Sara de Campos
• Nayland College Drama Cup - Best performance in drama: Molly Clarke
• Nayland College Performing Arts Trophy - Best supporting actor in a musical: Tyler Curtis
• Bruce Martin Performing Arts Trophy - Outstanding contribution to musical theatre: Sam Clark
• Jones Cup - Outstanding contribution to dance: Ella McGeady
• Chapman-Cohen Musical Award - Outstanding contribution to music: Ruth Buckland 
• Nelson Civic Choir Choral Cup - Outstanding contribution to choral music: Pippa Sussex
• Trinity College London Cup - Outstanding contribution to concert band: Rose Leighton
• Nayland College Jazz Band Cup - Outstanding contribution to jazz band: Ruth Buckland
• Nayland College Orchestra Trophy - Outstanding contribution to orchestra: Annabel Batt
• Wilson Cup - Outstanding contribution to chorus in a musical: Pippa Sussex
• De Jong Trophy - Outstanding selfless service to the arts: Kahu Sanson-Burnett
• The VenueTech Cup - Outstanding contribution to backstage or technical theatre-craft: Solomon Macbeth
• Spaak Cup - Most improved junior student in music: Pearl Heke
• Nelson City Brass Cup - Most improved brass player: Pearl Heke
• Nayland College Junior Drama Cup - Most promising junior drama student: Iris Moffat
• VAST Dance Festival Trophy - Most promising young dancer: Samantha Gerritsen
• Kanikani Award - Most improved dancer: Astrid Sayer
• Nayland Dance Trophy - Attitude & perseverance: Maggie O'Hara
• Nayland College Award - For scriptwriting and/or directing: Tyler Curtis & Freya Moffat

Cultural Blues

A premier award for outstanding contribution to the arts across their whole time at Nayland College.

• Ruth Buckland, Peter Gray, Lovinia Pluck, Pippa Sussex, Tyler Curtis, Freya Moffat, Kahu Sanson-Burnett, Sara de Campos, Ethan Pemberton, Molly Clarke, Sam Clark

Cultural Awards

• Kaitātaki Tāne - Outstanding Male Leader: Quinn Taylor-Martell
• Kaitātaki Wahine - Outstanding Female Leader: Tatiana Staples
• Kaitautoko - Best All Round Supporter & Cultivator of Kapa Haka: Lani Kalapu
• Te Whakawhanake - Most improved: Simon Albert
• Te Manawanui - Commitment & participation: Izobella Abbot

Visual Arts Awards

• Most diligent Visual Arts student: Gilligan Wood
• Outstanding effort visual arts - Painting: Lani Kalapu
• Outstanding effort visual arts - Photography: Amy Wilson
• Outstanding effort visual arts - Design: Uma Vij

Certificates for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts

Isabella Fuller, Katie Gray, Pearl Heke, Millie MacBrayne, Emma Wilson, Samantha Gerritsen, Summa-Lee Jackson, Molly Sussex, Tia Cranefield, Rose Leighton, Annabel Batt