Class Acts all round

PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

Otago Daily Times editor Paul McIntyre, Dunedin mayor-elect Sophie Barker, Allied Media chief executive Grant McKenzie, students 1 Hadley Farquharson; 2 Rebekah Thomson (Cromwell College); 3 Charli Sinclair (Columba College); 4 Logan Halder, 5 Boston Setefano (Blue Mountain College); 6 Ella Rowe, 7 An-Jhuo Lee (Bayfield High School); 10 Seva Solomatenko (King’s High School); 9 Addisyn Lawrence, 10 Samuel Paton (East Otago High School); 11 George Lindsay, 12 Sky Sanders (Dunstan High School); 13 Jeremiah Tuhega-Vaitupu (King’s High School); 14 Mackenzie Dinnissen, 15 Kwan Yi Ng (Kaikorai Valley College); 16 Angus Burns, 17 Joshua Grieve (John McGlashan College); 18 Savarna Yang, 19 Isaac Simons (Logan Park High School); 20 Lochlan McKenzie, 21 Luca Bell (Lawrence Area School); 22 Luke Harrold (Mount Aspiring College); 23 Joseph Chen, 24 Charlie Ottrey (Otago Boys’ High School); 25 Cynthia Mwangi, 26 Anna Aynsley (Maruawai College); 27 Grace Farquhar (Maniototo Area School); 28 Luc Michot, 29 Blake Buchan (Roxburgh Area School); 30 Yui Ishikawa, 31 Jazz Evangelou (Queen’s High School); 32 Jessie McGrouther, 33 Jade Moana Wilson (Otago Girls’ High School); 34 Megha Senthilkumar, 35 Katie Wilson (St Hilda’s Collegiate); 36 Annaliese Bisset, 37 Brianah Ware (South Otago High School); 38 Caleb Walker, 39 Holly Pool (Taieri College); 40 Mikaela McRae, 41 Addi McHaffie (St Peter’s College); 42 Louie Hose, 43 Leilanitiare De La Ford (St Kevin’s College); 44 Anamika Jones (Trinity Catholic College); 45 Nirvana Collins, 46 Annie Graham (Tokomairiro High School); 47 Jethro Melville (The Catlins Area School); 48 Sophie Rohrbach, 49 Ella Fraser (Waitaki Girls’ High School); 50 Jett Rogers, 51 Lachlan Wright (Waitaki Boys’ High School); 52 Siena Mackley and 53 Charlie Manser (Wakatipu High School). Absent: Therese Tili (Trinity Catholic College); Melanie Button (Columba College) and Ryan Tuki Enoka (Mount Aspiring College).

Photos from the event

Maniototo Area School Class Act recipient Grace Farquhar with her parents Steve Farquhar and Becky Bruhnst. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

Cromwell College Class Act recipients with their parents (from left) Steve, Thea and Hadley Farquharson and Becky, Katie and Greg Thomson. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

Tokomairiro High School Class Act recipient Nirvana Collins with her parents Kirstyn and Ryan. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

Otago Girls’ High School principal Bridget Davidson is flanked by the school’s 2025 Class Act recipients Jessie McGrouther (left) and Jade Moana Wilson. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Prime Minister Chris Luxon (left) and University of Otago vice-chancellor Grant Robertson exchange pleasantries at the podium. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Otago Girls’ High Schoot student Annabelle Dodson, 14, helped keep everyone fed at the award ceremony. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Two thumbs up from St Kevin’s College Class Act recipient Leilanitiare De La Ford. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

The Dunedin Public Art Gallery hosted the award ceremony yesterday. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

Maruawai College Class Act recipient Cynthia Mwangi with her parents John and Catherine. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH