Qualifications and standards

2011 Top Scholarship Award winners

NZQA celebrated the success of the highest-achieving New Zealand Scholarship students at the annual Top Scholar Awards Ceremony hosted at Parliament.

The awards recognised the elite students who make up the 2011 Premier Award and Top Subject Scholarship Award winners.

Prime Minister's Award for Academic Excellence

The recipient of the 2011 award was announced by the Governor-General of New Zealand, Sir Jerry Mateparae, at Government House– former St Cuthbert's College student, Jade Fei Leung.

Winner of the 2011 Prime Minister's Award, Jade Fei Leung with the Minister of Education, Hon Hekeia Parata and the Governor-General, Sir Jerry Mateparae.

Premier Scholarship Award winners

Aubin Antoine Bannwarth Alfriston College	Kieran An Brennan Palmerston North Boys' High School
Hadleigh Robert Frost Lincoln High School	Thomas Daniel Gerson Frost* Christ's College
Hamish Hirschberg Rathkeale College	Kimberley Yu San Lee St Cuthbert's College
Jade Fai Leung * St Cuthbert's College	Benedict John Morrissey Garin College
Nicholas Alexander Julian Orr * Auckland Grammar School	Sarah Natalie Wright * St Andrew's College

*Also a Top Subject Scholarship Award winner

Top Subject Scholarship Award winners

Accounting	Amy Rice Villa Maria College
Agricultural and Horticultural Science	Reuben Christopher Brown Christchurch Boys' High School
Art History	John William Gibbs Cashmere High School
Biology	Sarah Natalie Wright St Andrew’s College
Calculus	Ha-Young Shin Christchurch Boys' High School
Chemistry	Jade Fai Leung St Cuthbert’s College
Chinese	Ming Lu Li Macleans College
Classical Studies	Kevin Cai Auckland Grammar School
Dance	Caitlin O'Brien Thompson Rutherford College
Design	Jasper James Alwyn Owen Wellington College
Drama	Evan John Fenemor Kavanagh College
Economics	Sophie Bishop New Plymouth Girls’ High School
English	Catherine Hsiao-Wei Hsu ACG Senior College
French	Nicholas Alexander Julian Orr Auckland Grammar School
Geography	Nicholas Alexander Julian Orr Auckland Grammar School
German	Christian Holtorf Otago Boys' High School
Graphics	Samuel Blok Waiheke High School
History	Lydia Nola Wilson Howick College
Japanese	Riki Fujii Macleans College
Latin	Alan Ansell New Plymouth Boys' High School
Media Studies	Andrew Tan Delli Cicchi Wellington College
Music	Jessie Sun Macleans College
Painting	Grace Fiona Pickford Pukekohe High School
Photography	Tim Webby Western Springs College
Physical Education	Kate Hannah Maxwell James Hargest College
Physics	Ivan Pavlov Macleans College
Printmaking	Kyu Seo Park Burnside High School
Samoan	Felicity Muamai Hakai McAuley High School
Science	Amy Yue Xiao ACG Senior College
Sculpture	Leticia Daisy Durant Wellington East Girls' College
Spanish	Stephanie Kjestrup Macleans College
Statistics	Thomas Frost Christ's College
Te Reo Māori	Hana-Te Kowhai Treadaway Ohia Ngā Taiatea Wharekura Hamilton
Te Reo Rangatira	Te Kauru Nohotima St Peter's College Palmerston North
Technology	Theodore Carlos Rosmini College