Hillary Scholarship Programme June 2007

Name Sport(s) or Creative /Performing Art(s) Programme Last Secondary School

Vina Badminton BCGD Overseas Secondary SchoolNgaire Ackerley Graphic Design BCGD Katikati CollegeSimon Addison Orienteering MSc Putaruru High SchoolMegan Aikenhead Athletics BSpLS Motueka High SchoolCraig Armstrong Hockey IPC Waiuku CollegeBenjamin Bartels Hockey BCGD Hamilton Boys’ High SchoolMichael Bill Squash BMS Morrinsville CollegeAngela Bjerga Music BMus Overseas SchoolingStacey Brannigan Hockey BTchg/BSpLS John Paul CollegeNicholas Brooks Equestrian BA/LLB Saint Peter’s School (Cambridge)Elizabeth Brown Equestrian BMS Waikato Diocesan School for GirlsMark Burman Rugby BMS Hamilton Boys’ High SchoolScott Calder Squash BMS Cambridge High SchoolSarah Campbell Karate BSocSc Saint Paul’s Collegiate SchoolDarren Castles Shooting BMS Tauranga Boys’ CollegeYi-Hsuan Chiang Badminton BSc Hamilton Girls’ High SchoolBradley Chubb Rugby BMS Stratford High SchoolNikki Cox Surf Lifesaving BMS Taikura Rudolf Steiner SchoolJune Dams Music BA/BMus/BA(Hons) Tauranga Girls’ CollegeEmma Davis Motocross BE Taupo-Nui-A-Tia CollegeHaden de Boer Cycling BMS King’s High SchoolLucas de Jong Theatre Studies BCS Opotiki CollegeChristopher Dunn Graphic Design BCGD(Hons) Kerikeri High SchoolMary Faber Graphic Design BCGD ACG StrathallanMartyn Faville Rugby BSc Cambridge High SchoolTema Fenton-Coyne Māori Creative and Performing Arts BA Kamo High SchoolLaura Fischer Rowing LLB Rotorua Lakes High SchoolLouise Fisk Karate BSc(Tech) Saint Paul’s Collegiate SchoolBenjamin Gilby-Todd Hockey BMS Ngaruawahia High SchoolAriana Grant Volleyball BSocSc Western Heights High SchoolClaire Gray Theatre Studies BA Pukekohe High SchoolJohn Gray Cycling BMS/BSc Western Heights High SchoolCallum Hall Music MMus Rangitoto CollegeAdam Harvey Film / Screen and Media BCGD(Hons) Overseas SchoolingJames Hawley Hockey BMS Tauranga Boys’ CollegeChelsey Hawthorn Equestrian BMS Hamilton Girls’ High SchoolMark Hedley Tennis BSpLS Matamata CollegeHenry Henry Rugby BSocSc Wesley CollegeJulia Hill Music BMus(Hons) Overseas SchoolingStanley Hill Basketball BSc Nelson CollegeSarah Ho Table Tennis BSocSc/LLB Hamilton Girls’ High SchoolSimon Hoey-Burns Table Tennis BMS Garin CollegeMoon-Young Hong Music BMus Wellington Diocesan School for GirlsChloe Hoolihan Squash BMS Hillcrest High SchoolHannah Humphreys Water Ski Racing BTchg/BSpLS Wanganui Collegiate SchoolElizabeth Jerrat Rowing BMS/BSc Sacred Heart Girls’ College (Hamilton)Jennifer Johnson Music BMus Hamilton Girls’ High SchoolMaruata Kelly Music BMus Hillcrest High SchoolJisun Kim Music BMus St Cuthbert’s CollegeEdward King Music BMus King’s CollegeTom Lane Equestrian LLB(Hons) Other NZ Secondary SchoolLaura Langman Netball BBA Hillcrest High SchoolBernard Law Water Polo BA(Hons) Saint John’s College (Hamilton)Tania Law Netball Umpiring BSc Sacred Heart Girls’ College (Hamilton)Sarah Lee Music BMus Westlake Girls’ High SchoolMarc Lelievre Timbersport BSpLS Mount Maunganui CollegeAntonia Lema Film / Screen and Media BA Overseas SchoolingAlexandra Lubransky Badminton BSc Nelson College for GirlsJesse Manson-Bolt Netball BMS Otorohanga CollegeCourtney Mason Theatre Studies BA Hamilton’s Fraser High SchoolMichelle McCarthy Table Tennis BMS Sacred Heart College (Lower Hutt)Charlotte McCullough Hockey BSpLS Temuka High SchoolSasha McLaren Film / Screen and Media BA(Hons) Kapiti CollegeSamuel McNally Orienteering BSc(Tech) Te Puke High SchoolOwen Mitai-Wells Hockey BMS Western Heights High SchoolMaria Mo Music BMus Hamilton Girls’ High SchoolRenate Mūller Theatre Studies BA(Hons) Overseas SchoolingKimberly Muncaster Theatre Studies BA Tokoroa High SchoolChristopher Musgrave Soccer BMS Hamilton Boys’ High SchoolEmily Olsen Shooting BTchg/BSpLS Taupo-Nui-A-Tia CollegeCharlotte Osborne Athletics BSpLS Morrinsville CollegeSteven Rae Cricket BMS/BSc Tauranga Boys’ CollegeKate Reymer Rowing BBA Sacred Heart Girls’ College (Hamilton)Shem Rodger Cycling BMS Cambridge High SchoolGabrielle Rogers Rowing BSpLS(Hons) Napier Girls’ High SchoolAmber Rolston Dance BSpLS Rotorua Girls’ High SchoolAaron Scott Soccer BSpLS Hamilton Boys’ High SchoolOliver Sharp Motorcross GradDip Other NZ Secondary SchoolRobert Short Cricket BTchg/BSpLS Pukekohe High SchoolCallum Slee Hockey BCGD Pukekohe High SchoolRaynesh Smith Hockey BSocSc Massey High SchoolTim Smith Hockey BMS (Hons) Saint John’s College (Hamilton)Toby Smith Rugby BMS Hamilton Boys’ High SchoolEmit Snake-Beings Film / Screen and Media BA Overseas SchoolingEuna-Jenny Song Music MMus Bethlehem CollegeNatalie Sorenson Rowing BSpLS Hauraki Plains CollegeDaniel Stevenson Athletics BMS Cambridge High SchoolAshleigh Stone Cycling BCGD Waikato Diocesan School for GirlsNicole Stratford Soccer BTchg/BSpLS Hamilton Girls’ High SchoolJessie Taane Netball BMS Saint Peter’s School (Cambridge)Belinda Taurua-Hill Badminton BSocSc(Hons) Whangarei Girls’ High SchoolMark Taylor Rowing BMS Tauranga Boys’ CollegeAdam Tripp Rowing BSc Lindisfarne CollegeRhiana Vincent Cricket BCS Cambridge High SchoolLymarah Wharerau Hockey BTchg/BSpLS Saint Paul’s Collegiate SchoolSophie Wickens Hockey BCS Wairarapa CollegeRachel Wikeepa Rugby 7’s BSpLS(Hons) Whakatane High SchoolRebecca Wright Surf Lifesaving BTchg Gisborne Girls’ High SchoolJoe Wu Badminton BCMS Kaiapoi High School

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Hillary Scholarship Programme

HILLARY SCHOLARS TO BENEFIT FROM NEW SPONSORSHIPIt’s my pleasure to announce a new sponsorship for the Hillary Scholarship Programme. Orbit Corporate Travel, a division of the

Hamilton-owned and operated business, Calder and Lawson House of Travel Ltd, has made a generous commitment to support

the programme for the next fi ve years.

Under the terms of the sponsorship, Orbit Corporate Travel, the University’s preferred travel supplier, has agreed to donate to the Programme $180,000 a year

plus GST for fi ve years until 2011. We are very pleased that Orbit shares the University’s aspirations for our Hillary Scholars and to have this level of support

from a local business.

Making the fi rst donation to the programme at a recent function,

Orbit indicated it welcomed the opportunity to support a local

initiative which encourages and supports all-round excellence,

benefi ting both individual scholars and the community. Orbit also

supports the Waikato Hospice.

The Hillary Scholarship Programme was launched in 2004

to assist students who are talented sportspeople or artistic

performers while they undertake tertiary study. There are

currently 99 Hillary Scholars.

Calder and Lawson’s Orbit Travel join the Gallagher Group as

sponsors of the Hillary Scholarship Programme. This new source

of support will enable the University to continue to support

talented students through the Hillary Scholarship Programme

Professor Roy Crawford

Vice-Chancellor

University of Waikato

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Professor Mark Apperley, Dean of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, receives a cheque from Leen van Duin, Director Calder and Lawson’s Orbit Corporate Travel.

MUSIC RANKED FIRSTHillary Scholars who are enrolled in papers with the University’s Music Department can feel

particularly proud with the Music Department being ranked fi rst in the country for its Performance

Based Research Funding (PBRF) results. These results refl ect the quality of the research by music

staff. Students can be confi dent in knowing that they are being taught and mentored by staff who

are working at very high levels both nationally and internationally.

Staff member and composer Michael Williams said “as a department we are absolutely delighted.

This result is the culmination of a great deal of work, utter determination, a fair amount of sacrifi ce

and an unwavering belief that the paths we have chosen have been the right ones. It is wonderful

to have been in a position to contribute to the University’s outstanding success in PBRF.”

Despite this remarkable success, music department staff are not resting on their laurels. It is

business as usual, albeit with a slightly more spry spring in their step – there are operas, concertos,

quartets, solo works etc, etc to write – concertos, sonatas, trios, quartets, quintets etc etc to

perform, papers to be written , conferences to attend, CDs to be recorded...

The University of Waikato showed its strength by being ranked Number 1 in New Zealand in

10 subjects in the Tertiary Education Commission’s 2006 Performance Based Research Funding

Scholar Assistance contact:

Email: highperformance@waikato.ac.nz

Phone: 07 838 4264

All other enquiries contact:

Nicola Clayden – Programme Manager

Email: nclayden@waikato.ac.nz

Phone: 07 858 5139

Mobile: 027 478 7331

Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship Programme Executive Committee

Doug Sutton (Chairman), Clare Cramond,

Judith Mudge, Charlotte Church,

Nicky Buchanan, Nicola Clayden, Lara Hall.

Scholarships Application:

Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship Programme

Scholarships Offi ce, The University of Waikato,

Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand

Phone: 07 858 5195

Toll Free: 0800 WAIKATO

www.waikato.ac.nz/scholarships

SIR EDMUND HILLARY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME

www.waikato.ac.nz/hillary

Who can apply?Students who excel academically and in sports or creative and performing arts

School leavers

Current Tertiary students

What do you receive?Full fees Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship to study at Waikato University

Personalised academic support

Leading coaches/tutors in your area of sports/arts

A Leadership and Personal Development Plan

Free gym membership and physical conditioning

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LEADERSHIP AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Important Dates

22 July Team Building – Media training

12 September Leadership – Personal Purpose Keynote Speaker: Prof. Mike Pratt, Dean of Waikato Management School

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The Hillary Scholarship Programme is proudly sponsored by Gallagher Group and Orbit

2007 HILLARY SCHOLARS

H I L L A R Y

S C H O L A R S O R I E N TA T I O N D A Y

(L-R) Alex Lubransky, Darren Castles, Henry Henry, Rhiana Vincent and Callum Slee participate in teambuilding at the Hillary Orientation Day.

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If you have a minimum of ten people travelling together, we invite you to take advantage of our experience, global contacts and buying power. Whatever the interests of your group, we will customise itineraries, and offer unique ideas to make it a trip to remember.

The Groups Department of Calder & Lawson House of Travel is staffed by dedicated group specialists focusing strictly on group travel.

For answers to any questions or for a specifi c group please email caldgroups@hot.co.nz or ring William on 0800 739 009

HILLARY SCHOLARS WIN NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY BLUES AWARDSHillary Scholar Alumni, James Gill (Golf), Natalie Curtis (Shooting)

and current Hillary Scholars Sarah Campbell (Karate), Emma Davis

(Motocross), Laura Langman (Netball), Nikki Cox (Surf Lifesaving) and

Sarah Ho (Table Tennis) have won New Zealand University Blues.

Laura Langman and Nikki Cox are both fi nalists for the NZU Sportsperson

of the year. The award ceremony is to be held on 29 June in Wellington.

The NZ Universities Blue is awarded by University Sport

New Zealand and is based on the traditional Blue of Oxford and

Cambridge. It is awarded to NZ University students who have

achieved excellence both on and off the field of play. Presented

since 1919, over 2,500 Blues have been awarded to some of NZ’s

most famous sporting names such as Richie McCaw (2001),

Sarah Ulmer (1994 & 95), David Kirk (1983 & 84), Anna Lawrence

(1991, 93 & 95) and Anthony Mosse (1983)

WAIKATO VOLLEYBALL ATTRACTS TOP COACH TO

HAMILTON This year will see one of

the world’s top coaches

residing in the Waikato.

Koji Tsururabara, who

has coached at top

international level in

Japan, Malaysia, Thailand,

Myanmar and Saudi Arabia

is now based in Hamilton.

Tsururabara is also a highly

qualifi ed coach with a FIVB Level 2 coaching accreditation

(the highest there is). His other skills include being a

qualifi ed Chiropractor, Personal Trainer and PE Teacher.

Tsururabara wanted a new challenge in his volleyball coaching career

and viewed New Zealand as such a challenge. Tsururabara, who coached

the Japanese women’s team to fourth place at the Seoul Olympics,

sent a broad wide spread email throughout NZ clubs and associations

expressing interest in NZ volleyball. One of his emails found its way to

Waikato’s SportsForce Volleyball Development Offi cer, Carey Giddens,

who then began correspondence on how to get such a talented coach

to New Zealand. After several months of emails travelling back and forth

Tsururabara is now living in Hamilton and fi nalising his working visa so

as to stay as long as possible.

“I have been coaching all through Asia but I wanted to work with tall,

athletic players,” Tsururabara explains, “New Zealand is a place which

has the players and there is room to develop and I can help.”

The 42-year-old wants to stay in New Zealand and is hoping his

volleyball expertise can help to open doors for kiwi players in the

world arena

FILM, SCREEN AND MEDIA Hillary Scholars Adam Harvey and Emit Snake-Beings are both

studying fi lm, screen and media here at Waikato.

As well as being a part-time orthopaedic

surgeon, Adam Harvey is currently

working towards Honours in

Computer Graphic Design, and

is having an exciting six months.

He took part in the 48 hour

fi lm festival and gave a

‘tongue in cheek’ presentation

at the Wanganui Design

Conference. This is closely

followed by the June deadline

for the NZ Film Commission’s

screen writing competition.

With the support of the

Hillary Programme, Adam will

be heading north each week to attend a course at Auckland’s Freelance

Animation School beginning in July. With Hillary Scholar Chris Dunn, Adam

is also working on the graphics and design for the Annual Blues Awards

evening, to be held in October.

Emit Snake-Beings is completing a BA majoring

in Screen and Media Studies and is currently

organising the Hamilton

Underground fi lm festival (known

as HUFF07). This festival shows

local and internationally made

videos and fi lms, and begins

on September 11. This year the

festival will be run for three days

after last year’s success when

unexpectedly high audience

turnout meant people were

turned away. The festival is hoped

to inspire Waikato students and

other emerging fi lm-makers,

and is focused on a “celebration

of Hamilton’s creative spirit” rather than competition. The festival includes

certain special categories including phone fi lms (made on mobile phones)

and experimental fi lms

VALUE YOUR DIFFERENCEIn the business world those companies that are able to differentiate their products/services from those of their competitors usually end up being the most profi table. As part of the Leadership and Personal Development Plan, Peter Sewell FCA,B.Com, APS. recently shared with Hillary Scholars and Hillary Programme partners the critical factors required to make students, business leaders and their companies highly successful. Peter’s entertaining and highly motivational presentation helped the audience “put legs on their dreams” by discovering their own unique style and abilities.

Peter Sewell is Fellow of the NZ Chartered Accountants with a career spanning 30 years in business banking before setting up his own consultancy business. He has represented New Zealand at various international conferences as a key note speaker and has delivered addresses on leadership, business and family issues in many countries in the world

ATHLETICS STUDENTS HAVE A GOOD REASON TO STAY IN THE WAIKATOAthletics Waikato Bay of Plenty chairman, Kelly Diprose says, “For many years our top athletes

have tended to travel to other cities for their university studies. Now they have a very good

reason to stay in the Waikato. We are thrilled that the Hillary Scholarship Programme is also

attracting athletes to our region.”

There are currently three Athletics Hillary Scholars attending Waikato University and performing at very high levels in their respective athletic disciplines.

Charlotte Osborne from Morrinsville is in her third year at Waikato University studying for a Bachelor of Sport & Leisure Studies. She is currently in her second year as a Hillary Scholar. Charlotte was the winner of the New Zealand championships for 400m in the Women 19 grade and placed third in 200m. She narrowly missed selection for the New Zealand team to compete at the World Junior Championships in 2006.

Athletics is proud to have two new scholars added to the programme for 2007. Both come with high levels of achievement in Secondary School athletics, winning New Zealand Schools championship titles in 2006.

Daniel Stevenson has come to Waikato University from Cambridge High School where he was head boy. He is in his fi rst year of a Management Studies Degree. Daniel is one of New Zealand’s top young sprinters and was winner of the New Zealand Secondary Schools championship 200m for senior boys in December 2006. He is the current Waikato BOP champion for 100m and 200m in the Men 19 grade.

Megan Aikenhead from Motueka is Athletics’ fi rst South Island Scholar. Studying for a Bachelor of Sport & Leisure Studies Degree, Megan won the New Zealand Secondary Schools championship for Senior Girls’ Javelin last December. At the recent New Zealand Championships she placed fourth in both the Senior Women’s Javelin and the Women 19 Javelin.

These three athletes are all excited about the opportunities offered by the Hillary Scholarship Programme and are working hard to achieve their sporting and academic goals in a very supportive environment.

Athletics Waikato Bay of Plenty are very happy with the way the Hillary Programme is assisting these top athletes to study at Waikato University and at the same time to have the support of the other important opportunities the programme offers

JAMES GILL TAKES NZ STROKEPLAY TITLEUniversity of Waikato graduate and Hillary

Scholar James Gill won the New Zealand

men’s 72-hole stroke-play championship at

his home course, Hamilton Golf Club.

His win broke Australia’s dominance on the

title. The last New Zealander to win was Brad

Shilton at Middlemore in 2002

NIKKI COX AND REBECCA WRIGHT MAKE NZ TEAMSurf lifesavers Nikki Cox and Rebecca Wright

have been selected for the New Zealand

women’s team to compete at the International

Challenge in Bondi, Sydney at the end of the

year. Both students have also been named in

the World Squad for the 2008 Germany World

Championships.

Nikki Cox is studying towards a Management Studies

Degree, and is a New Zealand University Blues Award

fi nalist, with the awards being held in Wellington in

June this year. Nikki won gold in the surf ski race at

the 2006 World Surf Lifesaving Champs. As the

New Zealand surf lifesaving season has just ended,

Nikki will be working on endurance base training

over the winter, before tapering for the International

Challenge in December.

Rebecca Wright is currently

studying to be a primary school

teacher and is also completing her Sport and Leisure

Studies Degree. She has been surf lifesaving for

the past ten years, with her most recent successes

including winning the national open women’s fl ags

title in 2006 and 2007, placing second in both the

2006 and 2007 beach sprint, and placing fi rst in the

open women’s beach sprint at the national surf league.

Rebecca is considering doing some athletics races in

Australia prior to Bondi’s International Challenge

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