Senior Prizegiving on November 4 in the F.W. Gamble Hall saw Head Prefects Brooke Lipiseki and Jack Tyler perform a moving waiata after they gave their addresses reflecting on their time at MAGS.
The pair, who were also MCs for the event, were accompanied on guitar by Rafael Bevecqua-Kimi, and were later presented with the Head Prefect Cups and received a haka from their fellow seniors. Brooke and Jack were also named the Best All-Round Year 13s.
The premier academic prizes went to Stephanie Zhang and Lachlan Paul, who were named Girls Dux and Boys Dux respectively.
Four students earned a C.P. Liddell Scholarship. They were presented by Chris Liddell’s sister Hilary to Lachlan Paul, Helena Schick, Varshit Sudi and Stephanie Zhang.
Melepuopua Tevunga and Manon Gilbert were warded the prestigious Gold Lion.
The prestigious Gold Lion was awarded to two students: Melepuopua Tevunga and Manon Gilbert. The Gold Lion is awarded to students who have gained all four Lions – in Academia, Arts, Service and Sport.
Our Boys and Girls Proxime Accessits for 2025 are Varshit Sudi and Helena Schick respectively.
Vanishka Das was the recipient of the Woolf Fisher Memorial Scholarship, worth $4000 a year for three years, while the Jim Greatbanks Mount Albert Grammar School Engineering Scholarship was awarded to Alodia Ke and Eva Yarrow.
Bailey Hamilton and Alodia Ke were honoured for Service to the School with the Isaac Gray Cup and the Girls’ Foundation Cup respectively. Lucas Cartwright and Ma’a Pau’u were the winners of the Neville Watson Memorial Prize for the Student who Best Typifies the Spirit of Mount Albert Grammar School. Shamla Marrikar won the Sylvia Lamb Benevolence Cup.
Francesca Eti-Tonu’u won both the Maeata’anoa Anisi Mana Pasifika Leadership Award and the Fa’amausili Trophy for the Best All-Round Pasifika Student.
The Te Puna o Wairaka Whanau Award for Best All Round Māori student went to Tehya McDade. Brooke Lisipeki won the Nga Uri o Matui Tupuni Award for a Māori student who demonstrates outstanding leadership.
The Harry Wichman Cup for Best All-Round Year 12 Boy was awarded to Reuben Bruce, while the Linda Fraser Cup for Best All-Round Year 12 Girl was awarded to Tully Cook.
The Best All-Round International Boy and Girl were Hugo Lin and Amelia Liu respectively.
The Hanson Cup for Senior Progress and Endeavour for Year 12 Boys was presented to Jacob Ng, while the Yevette Williams Cup for Diligence for Year 12 Girls went to Jaimie Harris.
There was also a musical item – Thou Didst Delight My Eyes – by our award-winning Centennial Choir under the direction of Terence Maskell.
You can see a full list of winners here
