Congratulations to the young men who have been selected for international teams and groups during 2025. It is fantastic to see your determination, dedication and hard work rewarded.

Congratulations to Henry Speedy, who has been selected in the New Zealand U18 Boys Sevens team to compete in the Global Youth 7s tournament.

Congratulations to Isaac Fox, who has been selected for the Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand (SGCNZ) Young Shakespeare Company 2026 and will travel to London to perform at the Globe Theatre.

Congratulations to Jamie Viljoen and Nehemiah Su'a, who have been selected for the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rugby Team.

Congratulations to Hunter Kennedy and Alex Palazzo, who have been selected for the New Zealand Secondary Schools Barbarians Rugby Team.

Congratulations to Tyler-Jay Wallace, who has been selected for the New Zealand U18 Māori Rugby Team.

Congratulations to Jonty Williamson, who has been selected in the New Zealand team to compete in the Mountain Bike World Championships. Jonty will compete in the Junior Downhill competition.

Congratulations to Filip Martin and Flynn Balfour, who have been selected in the New Zealand Triathlon 16-19 years age group team to compete in Wollongong, Australia.

Congratulations to Brodie Bennett, who was selected in the New Zealand Squash team for the Trans-Tasman competition. Brodie was subsequently selected in the New Zealand team to compete in the Junior World Championships in Egypt.

Congratulations to Grayson Cattle, who was selected in the New Zealand Football Men’s U16 team to compete at the FIFA Youth Series Tournament in Zurich, Switzerland from May 18 – 22. Grayson was subsequently selected in the New Zealand Football Men’s U16 team to compete in the OFC U-16 Men’s Championship 2025, the qualifying tournament for the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2026, taking place in the Solomon Islands in August.

Congratulations to Felix O’Neill, who has been selected in the New Zealand team to compete in the World Taekwondo Championship in Croatia in October.  Felix will compete in the U65kg Junior Sparring and Junior Males Patterns categories.

Congratulations to Sam Hawinkels, who has been selected in the New Zealand Junior Paddle Blacks (U21) Canoe Polo team to tour Northern Ireland and Denmark in July and August to compete at the Junior International and Skovoshed tournaments. Sam is the only schoolboy selected for the team. 

Congratulations to Cooper Mollett, who has been selected in the New Zealand Katipō under 18 Ten Pin Bowling team.

Congratulations to Bailey Ngatai-Cribb, who has been selected in the New Zealand U18 Boy's Touch team to compete in Australia.

Congratulations to Year 12 student Jakob Abernethy, who has been selected for the New Zealand Youth Orienteering team to compete in Brno, Czechia in July as a part of the 2025 European Youth Orienteering Championships.

Congratulations to Ryan Burmeister, Joshua Irwin and Zack Sharratt, who have been selected in the New Zealand U18 Men's B Canoe Polo team to compete in the 2025 Oceania Championship.

Congratulations to Armani Whitehead-Wilson and Benjamin Viljoen, who have been selected in the New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir for 2025 and 2026.

Congratulations to Tyler Thompson and Angus Taylor, who have been selected in the Aotearoa New Zealand Academy Choir for 2025.

Congratulations to Diego Coleman, Olen Juru, and Dallas Rongokea, who were selected for the New Zealand Secondary Schools U19 Football team. During the April school holidays, the team toured Australia and played four matches, culminating in an international fixture against Australia Secondary Schools.

Congratulations to Cooper Jones, Soren Kururangi, Jericho Tiakiwai-Baker, Dylan Pearson, Reuben Rose, and Yusuf Shafiul, who were selected for the New Zealand Secondary Schools U16 Football team. The team toured Australia during the April school holidays and played four matches, culminating in an international fixture against Australia Secondary Schools.