Students
Student Leaders & Student Contacts
There is a wide range of opportunities for students to make a difference and to demonstrate leadership. Leadership development is a major strength of this school and we actively nurture the potential in individuals. There are 20 designated Captains or Head Student roles in Year 13, and many more opportunities to lead and participate in other groups and forums that are open to all.
2023 Head Students:
Nicole Gray and Aaron Bensemann
Student Leadership 2023
Head students- Aaron Bensemann, Nicole Gray
Head of Sports- Tasmin Nelson-Knauf, Jacob Olgivie
Head of Arts - Maisie Mc Beth, Jack Fulop, Alyssa Burt
Head of International- Axel Agalud-Ud, Max Brown
Kaitaunaki - Leah Ngawhika, Maisie McBeth, Nicole Gray, Reuben Sturgeon, Tyeisha Waho
Community Services- Sophia Pienaar, Tiana Knoef, Ande Martin
Head of Health and Wellbeing-Ruby Botica, Jaydin Halliwell
Head of Environment- Phoebe Leehouwers
Head of Diversity- Lyn Siobhan
Head of Library- Alyssa Burt
House Captains
Red /Ahi- Rhys Burridge, Finn Murray
Blue/Wai- Ariana Mudgeway, Tanisha Visser
Yellow/Angi- Leah Ngawhika, Jason Fortes
Green/Nuku- Zefa Fa’avae, Simon de Vries, Sam Johnson.
House Wizard TBC
Scholarship Winners 2021
Tessa Barnes Dux
Harrison Frater Proxime Accessit
Josefin Lerbs Top All Round Student
Kina Beach Scholarship winners
Tessa Barnes
Mila Botica
Milan Chapman
Rozemarijn Laarakker
Quinne Weber
Abel Tasman Educational Scholarships
Issaiah MacGregor-Ellis
Piper-Mae Walker-Wilkinson
A H Dawson Trust Scholarship - RSA
Milan Chapman
Kiera Inglis
Kyla Rayward
ITM Sport Performance Scholarships
Riley Croxford
Zefa Fa'avae
Team Award: Adventure Racing
Jill Bell Memorial Trophy
Ariana Ormsby
Manoy Scholarship
Issaiah MacGregor-Ellis
McKee Trust Scholarship Nominee
Quinne Weber
NMIT Citizenship Award
Sequoia Gill
Pethybridge Scott Rotary Youth Trust Scholarships
Madeline Bryan
Cameron Griffith
Matthew Bint
Safe and Sound Scholarship
Larissa Barker
Shirley Hobson Riwaka Educational Scholarship
Ariana Ormsby
Sir Wallace Rowling Memorial Scholarship Nominee
Kyla Rayward
The Prime Ministers Vocational Excellence Award
Thomas Schwarzenbach
University of Otago
Tessa Barnes - Vice Chancellor Award
Ria Knoef - 150th Anniversary Award
Top 5 All-Round Students
Mila Botica
Kiera Inglis
Josefin Lerbs
Louie Morris
Bella Shand
Academic Blues Awards
Tessa Barnes
Liligail Barrier
Harrison Frater
Josefin Lerbs
Quinne Weber
Head Students 2022
Lucy Summerfield
Jade Sundbye
NCEA RESULTS 2021 M=Merit E=Excellence
Level 3 with Excellence
Harrison Frater, Tessa Barnes, Liligail Barrier
Level 3 with Merit
Grace Riley, Josefin Lerbs, Kim Lammers, Rozmarijn Laaraker, Quinne Weber, Ellinor Visser, Josh Fitzgerald, Kiera Inglis, Mila Botica, Ria Knoef
Level 3 Subject Endorsements ​​​​​​​
Grace Riley – Painting E, Photography M, Health A
Bryn Stevens – Photography E, Calculus, Music A
Harrison Frater – Calculus, Music, Physics E, Chemistry M
Tessa Barnes – Chemistry, Physics, Statistics E, Calculus M, Biology A
Piper-Mae Walker-Wilkinson – Photography E, Painting A
Josefin Lerbs – Photography E, Calculus, Physics M DVC A
Liligail Barrier – Health, PE E, Geography M, Biology A
Kim Lammers – PE E, German M, Stats A
Moeka Koyama – History E
Roz Laaraker – Biology, Health M
Khai Sheak – Design M, Calculus, History A
Aleesha Durrant – Design, Painting M, Photography A
Quinne Weber – Painting, Biology, English M
Wade Heffernen – Painting M
Ellinor Visser – Painting, History M, Biology, English A
Lotus Meijer – Biology M, English A
Lucia Rae – Painting, English M
Henry Russon – Health A
Josh Fitzgerald – Biology, English, Geography A
Joseph Cruel – Photography A
Kiera Inglis – Biology A
Mila Botica – Biology, English, Geography M
Natalie Woolfe – Calculus M
Emma Harvey – English, History M
Larissa Barker – Statistics M
Shaar Walker – Photography A
Issaiah McGregor-Ellis – English A
Lexie Ward – Painting A
Kyla Rayward – Calculus, Fabrics, Geography A
Jonty Cranshaw – History A
Thomas Schwarzenbach – Calculus, Biology, Physics A
Larissa Barker – Biology, Business Studies A
Lara Pearson – Biology, Calculus, History A
Angelina Romeo – Dance, Food A
Teagan Wilmhurst – Biology, History A
Lucia Rae – Painting A
Henry Russon – Biology A
Louie Morris – Drama, English A
Liam Kenyon – Business Studies A
Jacob Webby – Calculus A
Arlen Curren – Food A
Jet Edwards – Calculus, Drama, English A
Tasha Yang – Food A
Joshua Thompson – History A
Ria Knoef – Biology, Calculus, Chemistry A
Lisa Ormsby – Food, English A
Benjamin Sudol: German A
Jeremy Sudol: German A
Level 2 Endorsements
Excellence – Moeka Koyama, Lucy Summerfield, Louis Young
Merit - Josh Boryer, Mirissa Briggs-Port, Rain Byrne, Ben Cave, Bronte Chapman, Ella Clarkson, Holly Druce, Lili Fitzsimmons, Evie Fox, Yaz Harrhy, Zoe Harrison, Brittney Heal, Jake Hess, Nina Hunter, Rosa Kelly, Jake Maley, Hannah Mangnall, Molly Morris, Bridget Peter, Lisa Schubert, Hui Sheak, Alex Shee, Riley Smart, Anoushka van Boekhout-McKenzie, Leah Werner, Charles Williams
Subjects
Kaleb Atkin: PE M, Physics A
Caspian Bailey: Music, Maths2 A
Nunu Beddgood: English A
Joshua Boryer: Business Studies M, English, Physics, Music A
Bobby Boyce: Maths M, Physics, Chemistry, Biology A
Mirissa Briggs-Port: Photography, Design M, Drama, English History A
Jason Brooks: Geography M
Eileen Bullock-Lindegger: PE, Health, Food M, Biology A
Kate Burnett: Food, English, Biology, Maths A
Rain Byrne: Painting, English M, Food, History A
Ben Cave: Painting E, Biology, English A
Bronte Chapman: Business Studies, History M, Food, English A
Nikita Christie: Drama, Photography, English Maths2 A
Hannah Claringbold: Hort, Maths2, Bio A
Ella Clarkson: History, Physics M, English, Maths A
Theresa Currie: Health M, Physics, Maths, English, Bio A
Holly Druce: Photography E, Biology, Drama, English M
Izzy Elsom: Business Studies M, English, Food A
Jolie Ferne: History, Painting A
Jordan Fisher: PE M
Lili Fitzsimmons: Maths M, Chemistry, English, History, Physics A
Kaia Fleming: Physics A
Evie Fox: Photography, Painting E, Drama, English M, History A
Corey Franks: Business Studies M, English, History, Maths, Physics A
Brad Gale: Horticulture A
Ben Golsner: Photography, Maths A
William Hall: Drama, Maths A
Yaz Harrhy: Design M
Zoe Harrison: Health, Food M, Maths A
Tom Haunch: English, History, PE A
Britney Heal: History, Food, Biology M, English, Business Studies A
Hunter Heath-Keen: Physics, Maths M, Chemistry, English A
Isa Hermens: Design M, English A
Jake Hess: Physics E, Maths M, Chemistry, English A
Teije Hoekstra: Physics M, Maths, DVC A
Nina Hunter: Painting E, Photography M, English A
Aiden Inglis: Physics, Maths, English A
Samuel James: Geography, Physics, Maths2 A
Kelly Jenkins: Health A
Madi Jessop: Food, Photography A
Rosa Kelly: History E, Maths, Physics, Drama, Photography M, Biology A
Moeka Koyama: English, Maths, Physics E, Biology, Chemistry M
Naomi Lang: Biology A
Tom Lightfoot: Maths M, Chemistry, Physics A
Anna Mairoll: Health A
Jake Maley: Maths M, Physics, Health, Bio, Chemistry A
Hannah Mangnall: Maths E, Biology, Photography M, English Chemistry A
Dante Manole: Maths A
Laura McNaughton: History, Drama, Business Studies, English A
William Mead: PE, Maths A
Ari Miller: Physics, Maths A
Hamish Monaghan: Music E, Maths English A
Molly Morris: Photography, Design M, Drama English A
Tara Nugent: Biology, Food A
Bree O’Connor: Design, English, Painting A
Wolf O’Donahue Rogers: PE, Maths, Biology, English
Bridget Peter: Hort M, Maths, Biology, Chemistry A
Tiana Potaka: English M
Ella Pratt: Photography M, Design A
Brady Richards: Maths. PE A
Jacob Satherley: PE M, Physics, Food A
Lisa Schubert: Geography, Maths, Biology, English M, German A
Maddie Sharkie: Painting A
Hui Sheak: Design E, Maths, M, Physics A
Alex Shee: English, Physics, Maths M, Business Studies, Chemistry A
Rebecca Simcic: Photography M, Biology A
Riley Smart: PE E, Painting, Science M, Maths, English A
Joelle Sonntag: PE M, Food A
Willow Stebbings: PE M, Science, Business Studies, English A
Benjamin Sudol: PE A
Jeremy Sudol: PE M
Lucy Summerfield: English, Music, Physics, Maths E, Maori, Biology M
Jade Sundbye: PE E, Biology, Maths2, English A
Ellie Tasker: Drama A
Brooke Tranter: Food, English, PE A
Jack Troughton: Physics, Maths2 A
Anoushka van Boekhout-McKenzie: Painting E, Drama, English, Design M, Biology A
Dana Waidner: English A
Fletcher Wassall: Maths2 A
Leah Werner: Design E, English, DVC, Maths A
Ollie Whittaker: English, Geography, Biology, Maths, Physics A
Charles Williams: English M, Science, Maths2, History A
Ashleigh Wood: Hort M, Maths2, English A
Julian Woodhead: Maths A
Louis Young: Physics, PE, Chemistry E, Maths M, English, Bio A
William Zernikov: Maths M, English, Bio, Physics A
Level 1 Endorsements
Excellence – Sanne Appleby, Nunya Bender, Ruby Botica, Max Brown, Alyssa Burt, Jack Fulop, Nicole Gray, Isis Griffiths, Phoebe Leenhouwers, Tasmin Nelson-Knauf, Jasmine Phillips, Sophia Pienaar, Ai Takhashi,
Merit – Axel Agalud-Ud, Aaron Bensemann, Rhys Burridge, Jiawei Cave, Riley Croxford, Serena Curran, Simon de Vries, Zefa Fa’avae, Sam Johnson, Khushi Kansara, Tiana Knoef, Ande Martin, Jacob Ogilvie, Ayla Perrow, Damien Pettis, Alice Pratt, Scarlett Saville, Lochy Shand, Lyn Siobhan, Molly Spence, Tanisha Visser, John Vlaming, Amber Wastney, Finn Wilgar, Ethan Woods, Mac Wright
Subject Endorsements
Axel Agalud-Ud: English, Maths, Science M, French A
Alexis Alberts: Art, Food, Maths, PE A
Sanne Appleby: Hort E, Business Studies, English, Food, Science, Maths M
Honey Barrow: Maths, Health A
Asher Beganio: Maths M, Science, PE, DVC A
Nunya Bender: OED E, Science, Maths, L2 German A
Aaron Bensemann: Maths M
Ashton Blackman: PE A
Ruby Botica: Global Studies, Science, MME E, English M, Music A
Oliver Bradley: Maths2, OED A
Torin Bray-Simpson: Science, OED, Global Studies A
Luke Brereton: Hort A
Archie Bridge: MME, M, Hort, Maths A
Max Brown: English, Science E, Maths M
Rhys Burridge: Geo, Science, Maths M, Business Studies, English A
Alyssa Burt: Maths, Science E, Music, English, Drama, Art M
Jiawei Cave: Maths, Science, AMI M, English A
Riley Croxford: OED E, English, Maths, Science M, Global Studies A
Serena Cullen: Hort, Maths M, Food, Geo, Science A
Simon de Vries: OED, MME M, Maths2, English, Science A
Kortnee Dobbie: Science, Global Studies, Fabrics A
Leela Douglas: PE A
Cassius Drewery: Maths, Science, PE, Art A
Andre Edwards: PE A
Tegan Ewers: Food, Geo, PE, Maths A
Zefa Fa’avae: Maths, DVC, MME, OED M, Science, English A
Blake Fleming: AMI, PE A
Jason Fortes: AMI PE A
Dan Fry: English A
Jack Fulop: Art E, Science, Music M, English, Maths
Tui Gavalas: AMI, PE A
Taylor Gibbins: Health M, Food A
Jayden Gibson: Science, Food A
Sophia Gillatt: OED M, Maths A
Nicole Gray: Maori, OED E, Maths, Science M, English A
Xavier Griffith: OED M, Hort A
Isis Griffiths: Geography E, OED, Science, Maths, DVC M, English A
Jaydin Halliwell: Health, Hort A
Blake Heal: PE A
Kiefer Hearne: OED A
Danielle Iorns: OED M
Mikayla Isherwood: Maths2 A
Kayla Jayne: Global Studies A
Sam Johnson: OED E, MME M, Science, English A
Ashton Jones: OED A
Khushi Kansara: Geo, OED, Science M, English, Maths A
Lydia Kemp: Health A
Ocean King-Turner: OED, Music A
Tiana Knoef: Global Studies, Food M, Maths, OED, Science A
Phoebe Leenhouwers: Art E, Science, Maths, Global Studies, English M, Music A
William Lightfoot: Maths, Science OED A
Grace Lock: Maths, Health, Geo, Food, English, Science A
Sam MacLean: PE A
Ande Martin: PE, Science M, Global Studies, Food, Science A
Maisie McBeth: English A
Nikau McMurray: PE A
Rosie Merriman: OED M
Ariana Mudgway: PE, Maths A
Finn Murray: PE M, Maths, Science, English, Business Studies A
Tasmin Nelson-Knauf: OED, Science, Hort E, Maths, DVC M, English A
Leah Ngawhika: Drama, English, Food A
Michael Nuttall: Science M, DVC, Maths, English A
Manu O’Brien-Bristowe: PE A
Leo O’Donnell: Geography, Maths, Business, PE, Science A
Jamie O’Reilly: DVC, MME, PE, Maths A
Jacob Ogilvie: Science E, Maths, PE, Food, Global Studies M, English A
Ayla Perrow: MME M, PE, Science, English, Food, Maths A
Damien Pettis: Science M, Maths, DVC A
Lexie Peychers: Health A
Jasmine Phillips: Global Studies E, Science, Maths, English, Food M
Jonty Pickworth: PE A
Sophia Pienaar: Science E, Maths, PE M, Food A
Aiesha Piper: Business, Food, English A
Alice Pratt; Geography M, Maths, Science, Hort A
Jack Richards: English, Maths, Science A
Jordan Richards: Geography A
Scarlett Saville: DVC M, Maths, Science, Geo, Business Studies A
Benjamin Schaffer: OED M, English, Science, Maths A
Lochy Shand: OED E, Global Studies, Maths M, English, Science, DVC A
Lyn Siobhan: Drama M, Science, Music, English, Art A
Flynn Skillicorn: OED A
Molly Spence: OED, Geo, Food, Maths A
Harry Stephens: OED A
Kauri Stephens-Semmens: PE A
Lexi Stringer: Drama, English, Science, Maths, Japanese A
Reuben Sturgeon: PE A
Ai Takahashi: Science, Maths L2 Japanese E, English, Drama M
Alex Thain: Health, Food, Global Studies A
Liam Thomas: PE
Rose Thomas: MME M, Maths PE A
Kaden Thorn: Maths A
Abby Tolson: Food, Fabric, PE, Science A
Leigha Trewavas: OED, Science, Maths, English A
Francis Vette: English, Maths, MME, OED, Science A
Tanisha Visser: English M, Food, Maths A
John Vlaming: Science, English, Maths M
Amber Wastney: OED E, Science M, English, Maths, MME
Tiare Wheki: English, Food A
Seren Wiffen: Science M, Maths A
Finn Wilgar: Art, Science M, Hort, DVC, Maths A
Jai Winsloe: OED A
Ethan Woods: OED, DVC E, Science, Maths A
Kiva Woollett: Science M, Art, Maths A
Mac Wright: MME, OED, Science M, English, Food A
Cody Yeatman: Food A
Motueka High School
Te Kura Tuarua o Motueka
Today's Learners, Tomorrow's Leaders
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Private Bag 1001, Motueka 7143
Phone +64 (0)3 528 9050
Email admin@motuekahigh.school.nz
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