Winners Announced – 16th NZ Chinese Essay Competition (2022)
The Confucius Institute in Auckland is delighted to announce the winners of the 16th Chinese Essay Competition (2022). Congratulations to all the winners, especially Colden Sapir from ACG Parnell College, who claimed the top prize — Chinese Ambassador’s Trophy. Amazingly, it is the second time that Colden has had his name engraved on the trophy. Chinese Ambassador to New Zealand, Wang Xiaolong, presented the trophy to Colden at the National School Chinese Celebration on Sept 24 in Auckland.
The Chinese Essay Competition was started in 2007 when the Confucius Institute was launched in New Zealand. It has been receiving continuous participation from thousands of young Kiwi Chinese learners, also support from their teachers and families. In the past sixteen years, the competition has been kindly endorsed by the Chinese ambassadors to New Zealand and is titled the “Chinese Ambassador’s Trophy”.
Again, after 2021, the competition received generous sponsorship from the Bank of New Zealand. Mr Franky Wang, head of BNZ’s Asia Business Activation, attended the event and presented the prize.
The certificates of the winners will be posted to their schools when the new term starts next week.


Winners’ List 获奖名单
Ambassador’s Trophy
Colden | Sapir | ACG Parnell College | Year 12 |
Senior Secondary Category
First Prize
Conrad | Goddard | Lincoln High School | Year 12 |
Kelsey | Smith | Lincoln High School | Year 11 |
Second Prize
Levi Moana | Wharenui | Fairfield College | Year 13 |
Alex | Symes | Hillcrest High School | Year 13 |
Shabrin | Afzal Khan | Hillcrest High School | Year 12 |
Lino | Lino | Sacred Heart College (Auckland) | Year 12 |
Julius | Tai | Sacred Heart College (Auckland) | Year 12 |
Third Prize
Piyapat | Arounsakul | Columba College | Year 11 |
Elijah | Grieve | Lincoln High School | Year 13 |
Austin | Sarney | Sacred Heart College (Auckland) | Year 11 |
Aezy | Mariot | Selwyn College | Year 12 |
Hunter | Haynes | Westlake Boys’ High School | Year 13 |
Junior Secondary Category
First Prize
Tyler | Jenkins | Selwyn College | Year 9 |
Second Prize
Leilani | Sakalia | Sacred Heart College (Auckland) | Year 9 |
Alice | Pitchers | Selwyn College | Year 9 |
Caleb | Jenkins | Selwyn college | Year 10 |
Third Prize
Yeshvi | Kamdar | Diocesan School for Girls | Year 10 |
Jeongwon (Jenny) | Seo | Diocesan School For Girls | Year 10 |
Caleb | Ensil | Sacred Heart College (Auckland) | Year 9 |
Patrick | Mitchell | Sacred Heart College (Auckland) | Year 9 |
Luca | Zalazar | Sacred Heart College (Auckland) | Year 9 |
Merit
Joanne | Bentley | Diocesan School For Girls | Year 10 |
Emily | He | Diocesan School For Girls | Year 10 |
Niamh | Gray | Lincoln High School | Year 10 |
Charlotte | Wooddin | Lincoln High School | Year 9 |
Tyson | Ali | Sacred Heart College (Auckland) | Year 9 |
Francis | Bautista | Sacred Heart College (Auckland) | Year 9 |
Cooper | Daly | Sacred Heart College (Auckland) | Year 9 |
Timothy | Lai | Sacred Heart College (Auckland) | Year 9 |
Patrick | Spring | Sacred Heart College (Auckland) | Year 9 |
Zion | Tanuvasa | Sacred Heart College (Auckland) | Year 9 |
Gemma | Beasley | Selwyn College | Year 10 |
Raife | Adams | Westlake Boys High School | Year 10 |
Rory | Brabant | Westlake Boys High School | Year 10 |
Moohyeon | Park | Baradene College of the Sacred Heart | Year 12 |
Edith | Li | Diocesan School for Girls | Year 11 |
Rose | Yuan | Diocesan School for Girls | Year 11 |
Mariam | Abidin | Fairfield College | Year 13 |
Mika | Barba | Fairfield College | Year 13 |
Edward | Clothier | Fairfield College | Year 11 |
Campbell | Cornwall | Fairfield College | Year 13 |
Julius-Jade Terekia | Cunningham | Fairfield College | Year 13 |
Vandy | E | Fairfield College | Year 13 |
Te Auraki | Fraser | Fairfield College | Year 13 |
Okeroa | Greenland | Fairfield College | Year 12 |
Hayden | Lam | Fairfield College | Year 12 |
Eliaza | Nonu | Fairfield College | Year 13 |
Mary-Anne | Williams | Fairfield College | Year 11 |
LA | Ye | Fairfield College | Year 13 |
Maya | O’Donnell | Hillcrest High School | Year 12 |
Jake | Rolston | Hillcrest High School | Year 13 |
Jessica | Licht | Hillcrest High School | Year 12 |
Natsinee | Thongskul | Hillcrest High School | Year 12 |
Emma | Quinn | Lincoln High School | Year 13 |
Loc | Do | Rutherford college | Year 11 |
Max | Clarke | Sacred Heart College (Auckland) | Year 11 |
Aidan | Goh | Sacred Heart College (Auckland) | Year 11 |
Joel | Marshall | Sacred Heart College (Auckland) | Year 12 |
Jack | Rose | Sacred Heart College (Auckland) | Year 11 |
Paige | Firth | Selwyn College | Year 12 |
Vedel Mairi | Malama | Selwyn College | Year 12 |
Aoi | Miyata | Westlake Boys High School | Year 12 |
Minjae | Park | Westlake Boys High School | Year 11 |
Ben | Wells | Westlake Boys High School | Year 13 |
Jamie | Edwards | Westlake Boys High School | Year 12 |
Tom | Matteucci | Westlake Boys High School | Year 12 |
Bogdan | Pavlyuk | Westlake Boys High School | Year 11 |
Malo | Cha | Westlake Boys High School | Year 13 |
Ella | Dowse | Westlake Girls High School | Year 11 |