A fantastic evening celebrating our student's success within Arts and Culture last night. Congratulations to all award winners and a huge thank you to all those involved in making the evening the success it was!

2024 saw a tie for the supreme award, Te Taumata Toi with Christina Pritchard and Findlay Moody winning for their exceptional contributions to Art and Culture at Waitākere College.

Christina Pritchard
Excellence level performer and choreographer through year 9 Dance to year 13 Dance.
Polyfest performer - Sāmoan group 2023 & 2024
Solo choreography featured in the 2024 Dance Showcase.
Currently holding Top in Level 3 Dance and Painting for Senior Prizegiving.
Excellence level Painter Top Scholar
Sāmoan Language Polyfest Speech competition for Yr 11 2022 & Yr 12 2023
Sāmoan Language Week leader 2022, 2023 & 2024
Education Perfect World Championship Emerald winner 2024.
Sāmoan Language Scholarship student
Arts and Culture Award winner in 2021 and 2022

Findlay Moody
Year 9 and 10 PFA Excellence student
Performed in Blueprint Hip Hop Comp 2022
Choreographed Blueprint Hip Hop Crew(2024)
Year 8 Arts Day Leader for Dance and Drama all years
Lead dancer in school show 2021 - 2024
School show choreographer 'Bring it On' 2023, (Led training schedules, costume design, poster design, social media production)
Organizational Lead for Arts and Culture week Dance Performance
Completed Level 3 Dance at Year 12
Dance Scholarship student

Te Taumata Toi - The Pinnacle of the Arts Nominee - Trinity Boreham
Te Taumata Toi - The Pinnacle of the Arts -Nominee - Theo Ragay
Outstanding Service to Arts and Culture - Keira Phipps
Outstanding contribution to Dance and Waitākere College over the past 5 years, Choreographic Excellence - Lousha Tahi and Findlay Moody
Outstanding contribution to Dance and Waitākere College over the past 5 years, Dance Arts - Issy Morton, Trinity Boreham and Bree Gardiner
Outstanding commitment in Visual Arts in several disciplines - Linda Li and Havana Vigar
Female lead in Kapa Haka Roopu and outstanding contribution and leadership - Delta Johns
Male lead in Kapa Haka Roopu and outstanding contribution and leadership - Taipua Kipa
Outstanding commitment and leadership in Kapa Haka - Teia Kahukura Peihopa-Watson
Ta'ita'i Teine - Outstanding leadership of Samoan Group in Ta'ita'i Tama'itai role - Charity Siaki
Ta'ita'i Ali'i - Outstanding leadership to Sāmoan Group in Ta'ita'i Ali'i role - Vaaiga Tuigamala
Outstanding Leadership and commitment to the Cook Island Group for Polyfest - Benine Vavia (Yr 11) and Zac George
Outstanding service and contribution in supporting the profile of Māori culture in the school - Taipua Kipa
Outstanding service and contribution to cultural understanding and oral communication in Sāmoan - Christina Pritchard
Excellent leadership in the 2024 Sāmoan Language Week - Emily Chong Nee (Yr 12) and Ula Leitu
Outstanding service and leadership of the Tongan Group and female leader - Kaloni Lu'au
Outstanding service and leadership of the Tongan Group and male leader - Joshua Aisea
Excellent leadership in the 2024 Cook Island Language Week - Benine Vavia (Yr 11) and Hiria Oltaches (Yr 12)
Outstanding achievement in Languages, Chinese -  Lucas Philpott (Yr 9) and Marley Stanaway (Yr 10)
Outstanding achievement in Languages, French -  Tarnpreet Singh (Yr 9) and Adrienne Sutton (Yr 10)
Outstanding achievement in Languages, Sāmoan - Jezaiah Tamiano (Yr 9) and Lilyalofa Alex Talaia (Yr 10)
Top 1% in the Languages Global Competition  - Wendy Guan (Yr 12), Jaedyne Pearl Mayion (Yr 12) and Alex Lay
Top 1.5 % in the Languages Global Competition - Jazmyne Mayion (Yr 10), Devanshi Kumar (Yr 10), Zayla Pereira (Yr 11) and Christina Pritchard
Top 2% in the Languages Global Competition - Helen Kasung (Yr 10), Sophie Lim (Yr 10) and Charley Ridling (Yr 12)
Top 5% in the Languages Global Competition - Karmika Uthayasothy (Yr 9), James Blackledge(Yr 10) and Kevin Lim (Yr 11)
Outstanding dramatic performance in the school show - Sahara Iles (Yr 11), Maddison Meredith (Yr 11), Malcolm Moore (Yr 12), Fred Willans (Yr 12), Izrael Olsen (Yr 12), Taipua Kipa (Yr 12) and Epeli Taumoepeau