Cultural Awards 2024

By Tor Devereux | Posted: Tuesday October 22, 2024

The Cultural Awards took place last week and the evening was a wonderful opportunity for the Trinity community to celebrate the fantastic achievements of our students in the performing arts area this year.

In addition to the presentation of awards, the evening also featured a number of wonderful performances:

Te Whetū Tīrama (Trinity’s kapa haka group).
The senior hip hop crew Anonymous (Tia Mawhinney, Gracie Ruri, Evie de Graaf, Georgia Divers, and Lola van de Klundert).
Caritas SINGout4JUSTICE winners (Oliver Lodge, Anamika Jones, Tom Restall, Liam Clifford, and Harry Lodge).
The Late News band (Joseph Kelly, Ché McGivern, Akein Wickramagedara, and Harry Lodge).
The 2024 winners of Trinity’s Got Talent (Laura McCartney and Camila Barns).

Congratulations to all the students who received an award in recognition of their success and commitment to the cultural life of our school. We are very blessed to have such talented students here at Trinity who are willing to share their love of performance with us.

The winners of the cups and trophies at the Cultural Awards were:

Drama Trophy: Meadow Stewart

Director’s Cup: Ariel Holloway

Theatre Sports Cup: Riley Culling

Tried and True Award: Nuala Kelly

Dancer’s Cup: Gracie Ruri

Cultural Committee Cup: Phoebe Harris & Joseph Kelly

Rising Star Award: Matilda Andersen

Performance Technology Award: Patrick Cotter

The Paris Cup: Ché McGivern

The Farry Cup: Camila Barns

A Tempo Trophy: Sophie Golden

Stephen Chambers Cup: Anamika Jones

John McKewen Trophy: Tom Restall

Top Composer Cup: Oliver Lodge

Tangata Moana Leadership Award: Maliana Todd

Kaea Wahine: Izabella Christofoletti

Kaea Tāne: Patrick Cotter

Harger Trophy: Jeremy Meikle

Year 7 & 8 Cultural Cup: Freya Sutherland

Junior Cultural Cup: Camila Barns

Senior Cultural Cup: Oliver Lodge

Junior students who were awarded a Cultural Outstanding Achievement Award this year were:

Camila Barns, Sera Binu, Sirafin Binu, Holly Cairns, Alice Connelly, Ziva Curtis, Sophiah Hindle, Sophie Jonathan, Mana McCombe, Sierra Read, Hermione Sparks, Freya Sutherland, Laura Tagg, Karin Tautuhi-Fraser, Anamalia Tili, Oliver Waide, Sasanka Wickramagedara.

Students who were awarded a Cultural Blue this year were:

Lucy Appleton, Joseph Brennan, Patrick Cotter, Riley Culling, Evie de Graaf, Georgia Divers, Charlotte Harris, Phoebe Harris, Levi Hawthorn-Tainui, Indy Ivamy, Anamika Jones, Isla Kamo, Shalia Kelekolio, Joseph Kelly, Nuala Kelly, Oliver Lodge, Tia Mawhinney, Ché McGivern, Jeremy Meikle, Aya Oseki, Tom Restall, Gracie Ruri, Meadow Stewart, Matamatanonofo Taua, Isaac Tili, Therese Tili, Maliana Todd, Lola van de Klundert, Akein Wickramagedara.

See the attachment below for the list of students who received Excellence Awards and Merit Awards.

Well done everyone - and thanks for a year full of fantastic performances!