Arts Awards 2022

Junior Arts Honours

Junior Dance Honours

• Lucy Glover

Junior Kapa Haka Honours

• Ella Bramwell
• Pippa Challis
• Hera Douglas
• Hayley McIntyre

Junior Oratory Honours

• Hayley Rong
• Olivia Wang

Junior Music Honours

• Shania Bhatia
• Islay Bowman
• Scarlett Cox
• Imbi Crossland
• Ashleigh Darby
• Emily Germaine
• Erica Gray
• Sophia Greenslade
• Summa Griffiths
• Gabriella Hall
• Moxon Laing
• Maria Lynch
• Claudia Strever
• Sarah Wang
• Sophia Williamson
• Kyra-Mae Wilson

Junior Arts Honours in more than one genre

• Isla Bibby - Music and Oratory
• Charlotte Bidois - Kapa Haka and Oratory
• Iona Boswell - Dance and Kapa Haka
• Georgia Bruton - Dance and Music
• Shanaz Chen - Music and Oratory
• Amy Donkin - Music and Oratory
• Bonnie Feng - Music, Oratory, and Technical Arts
• Olive Hapuku - Kapa Haka and Oratory
• Hunter Jones - Music and Oratory
• Reitu Kukutai-Wilson - Dance and Kapa Haka
• Neha Kurien - Music and Oratory
• Jacqueline Li - Music and Oratory
• Joy Liao - Music and Oratory
• Ellen Liu - Music and Oratory
• Katie Liu - Music and Oratory
• Kiera Lloyd - Kapa Haka and Performing Arts
• Harper McNaughten - Music and Kapa Haka
• Linda Nielsen - Music and Oratory
• Tiaria Potaka - Kapa Haka and Oratory
• Ella Pritchard - Dance and Music
• Sarina Reymer - Dance and Music
• Gabriella Schuitemaker - Music and Oratory
• Grace Semmens - Kapa Haka, Dance, and Oratory Honours
• Anmol Virk - Dance and Music
• Isla Ward - Dance and Kapa Haka
• Caitlin Wright - Technical Arts and Oratory
• Amy Yang - Music and Oratory

Senior Arts Honours

Senior Music Honours

• Elodie Bowman
• Lexin Deng
• Olivia Driscoll
• Jorja-Rose Griffiths
• Stephanie Gutsell
• Poppy Lethbridge
• Kate Lumsden
• Olivia McDonald
• Philippa Morgans
• Sophie Morgans
• Bella Potter
• Breanna Rickman
• Isabelle Stiles
• Sarah Teale
• Julianna Wang
• Fidella Wijaya
• Ellena Wood
• Ally Zhang

Senior Oratory Honours

• Catherine Curry
• Meg Crawford
• Hayley Forshaw
• Kiara Funnell
• Michelle Jeng
• Cooper Jones
• Joie Lin
• Niamh McCormack
• Brooke Manderson
• Natasha Raza
• Charlotte Wyndham
• Hazar Yousef

Senior Kapa Haka Honours

• Olivia Bayne
• Jamie Bidois
• Jorja Challis
• Amiria Douglas
• Carys Foot
• Lani Kete
• Tania Pakinga
• Lilli Parres
• Cate Marcroft
• Annika Te Anga

Senior Dance Honours

• Shannon Aplin
• Emerson Bell
• Sienna Casey
• Anna Hansen
• Jessica Mealing
• Chelsea Rundstrom
• Casabella Smith
• Rylee Smith
• Lexie Stock
• Iris Wainui-Mackle
• Alice Watson

Senior Visual Arts Honours

• Beth Steele

Senior Technical Arts Honours

• Emily Gilchrest
• Carmen King

Senior Performing Arts Honours

• Skyla Clarke
• Abbie Moore
• Abigail Strever

Senior Drama Honours

This year, owing to the cancellation of some major Drama events, the Drama honours were awarded to those students who have been involved in three years of theatre sports or four or five productions during their time at Dio.

• Maddison Hansen

Senior Arts honours in more than one genre, including Drama

• Alexandra Newman-Jacobs - Drama and Dance
• Sarah Rich - Drama, Oratory and Technical Arts
• Julia Sharratt - Drama, Music, and Oratory
• Cindy Stanford - Drama and Performing Arts
• Kaitlin Thorrold - Drama and Dance

Senior Arts Honours in more than one genre

• Shelby Bowater - Music and Kapa Haka
• Irene Chun - Music and Technical Arts
• Eva Donkin - Music and Oratory
• Victoria Eng - Music and Oratory
• Ava Germaine - Music and Dance
• Sarah Hilton - Music, Oratory and Dance
• Esther Keller - Music and Dance
• Ashley Koo - Music and Technical Arts
• Alexis McKinnon - Music and Visual Arts
• Bahaar Mahal - Oratory and Technical Arts
• Emilee Mehrtens - Oratory and Kapa Haka
• Mio Morisaki - Dance and Technical Arts
• Helen (Hyelin) Park - Music, Oratory, and Technical Arts
• Ella Ramsay - Dance and Music
• Kezia Schuitemaker - Music and Oratory
• Kayla Te Kani - Performing Arts and Technical Arts
• Estella Wainui-Mackle - Dance and Kapa Haka
• Aimee White - Music and Technical Arts
• Vina Young - Music and Oratory
• Diny Zhou - Oratory and Music

Arts Awards

Music Awards

• Orbell Cup for Junior Flute - Hayley Penn
• Reid Music Trophy for Wind Instruments - Cate Young
• Nisbet Cup  for Junior Piano - Grade 1-2 - Eva-Elise Hallett
• Wentworth Cup for Progress in Strings -  Diny Zhou
• Deidre Parr Music Cup for the Advanced String Player Contributing most to School Music - Ashley Koo
• Hamilton Pianos Cup for Excellence in Music - Isabelle Stiles
• Geraldine Adams Cup for Contribution to School Music - Ally Zhang
• Jane Holmes Cup for Excellence in Choral Work - Shelby Bowater
• Stewart Cup for Spirit of Choir Singing, with a donation from Adam Stewart and the Stewart family - Breanna Rickman
• The Vicky McLennan Original Composition Award - Eva Donkin for incredible storytelling and creativity in her Level 3 composition pieces
• Music Citizenship award (prize donated by Shearers Music) - Eva Donkin

Dance, Drama and Performing Arts Awards

• The Abby Dutton Cup for Passion for Dance -  Alexandra Newman-Jacobs
• Keryn Bain Award for Leadership in Dance - Rylee Smith
• Susan Hayworth Award for Best Drama Performance of the year - Cindy Stanford for her phenomenal Year 13 Drama solo and all the 500 paper cranes.
• Patricia Radich Cup for Contribution to the Performing Arts: - Cindy Stanford

Visual and Technology Arts Awards

• Glover Award for Excellence in Visual Art - an award created by Fred Graham for all-round excellence in Visual Art - Alena Zhu
• Moira Street Trophy for Contribution to Visual Art - Beth Steele
• Cameron Awards for Visionary Artistic Practice - Alexis McKinnon
• Photolife Award for Contribution to Document Arts at Dio (prize donated by Photolife) - Sophie Hansen
• Culinary Fare Trust's Passion for Culinary Arts’ Cup, with a prize donated from Wintec Culinary Fare - Emily Gilchrist
• Divinitus inspirata consilio (Inspired Design) - For all round excellence through the communication of design ideas that convey the candidate's design thinking. Exploring a broad context to create technological outcomes which expand human possibilities by addressing a need or opportunity - Michelle Jeng
• Innovation Award - for Visionary Technological Practice - Emily Makinson
• Digital Design Award awarded to an Innovative Creator of Digital Solutions and Computational Thinking - Julia Sharratt

Oratory and Kapa Haka Awards

• Day Cup for Oratory - winner of the senior speech competition - Emilee Mehrtens 
• Te Kai a te Rangatira - Trophy for Most Promising Junior Debater - Evie Sharman
• Kim Burkhart Cup for Best Senior Debater - Bahaar Mahal
• The Rangitahi Ka Ea Leadership in Kapa Haka Award - Amiria Douglas
• The Kaahu Korowai Award - Jorja Challis

Major Arts Awards

• Williamson Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Arts - Rylee Smith

• Arts Laureate Award - Alexandra Newman-Jacobs

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