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

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