Taita College Senior Prizegiving

Taita College

Taita College celebrated their Senior Prizegiving on Thursday 29 October and wish to
congratulate all the students on their wonderful success!

Our Head students for 2021 are Nikita Old, Teila Leuila and Junior Misa.

Scholarships to the value of $130,000 were awarded this year to the following students, we are very grateful to our benefactors and scholarship providers.

These scholarships are life changing and make a significant difference to our rangatahi and families.
Kayla Faitele was named Dux for 2020 and received the $1,000 Mexican Supplies
Scholarship. She was also awarded the Te Herenga Waka Scholarship worth $50,000 from Victoria University in Wellington.

Nikita Old and Mia Welsh-Duffin were both recipients of First Foundation Scholarships to the value of $22,000 each.

Deborah Yu received a $13,000 scholarship from Otago University.

Penina Sitagata was the recipient of the Victoria Tongarewa Scholarship worth $5,000.

William Bower was the recipient of the Titiro Whakarunga Scholarship, funded by the
Winton and Margaret Bear Charitable Trust worth $4,000. He also received a scholarship from KPMG where he received a laptop.

Marshall Kennedy-Newton was the recipient of the Joyce & John Kellett Scholarship worth $4,000.

Shontelle Schuster received the Prime Ministers’ Vocational Excellence Award worth $2,000.

Dianna Revell received the Susan Taylor Scholarship valued at $2,000 and a laptop.

Arwen van der Raaij received the Kia Kaha Scholarship valued at $2,000 and a laptop.

Margaret Hopoi and William Judge both received a scholarship worth $1,000 from Uniplas.

Arleen Edmonds and William Judge both received a laptop to the value of $1,000 each for the Ka Maro Te Kaki o te Kotuku Scholarship.

Dallas Naik was the recipient of the New Zealand School of Tourism Scholarship.

Whāia te iti kahurangi ki te tūohu koe me he maunga teitei.

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