This year MIT awarded 49 school leavers with scholarships to study at MIT and pursue their dream careers.

Our 2016 scholarship recipients celebrated their awards with whanau and friends, at a special ceremony at MIT’s Dine Restaurant on Wednesday 17 February.

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners. Nau mai, haere mai ki MIT.

The 2016 recipients:

Business and Information Technology

Lavinia Noue – Onehunga High School
Letila Moala Niubalavu – Ormiston Senior College
Cassidy Mokole – Mangere College
Christine Tuliloa – One Tree Hill College

Creative Arts

Zhyryll Jumao-As – Alfriston College
Joshua Keill – Papatoetoe High School
Carterina Kareroa – Tangaroa College
Petaia Fata – Edgewater College
Lusia Neemia – McAuley High School
Va’aalii Elisara – Tangaroa College
Temapara Richards – James Cook High School (Māori Sports Award)
Tangi Koiatu – Papakura High School
Rudolf Daniel – Papakura High School

Early Childhood Education

Zhanae Blom – Alfriston College
Maria Ali – Al-Madinah School
Sandy Waraki – Aorere College
Beverley Kelemete – Mangere College
Elizabeth Pareanga – Manurewa High School
Laura Townsend – Manurewa High School
Rosalia Lomano – McAuley High School
Corrie Ioelu – Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School
Talamuli Taala – Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School
Harmony Ah Ling – Tangaroa College
Baylie Ansell – Tuakau College

Social Services

Esther Manu – Southern Cross Campus College
Tasisi Aniseto – Southern Cross Campus College
Tevita Ikani – Wesley College

Sport and Recreation

Alavina Brown – James Cook High School
Andre Betham – James Cook High School (Maori Sports Award)
Toma Tia – Mangere College
Mokani Glassie – Tamaki College
Shennay Withers – Waiuku College

Engineering & trades

Leighton Shannon – James Cook High School

Maritime

Tura Bryce – Otahuhu College

Nursing

Annie Aukuso – Aorere College
Georgina Mikaele – Auckland Seventh-day Adventist High School
Emma Bloem – Botany Downs Secondary College
Justen Solomon – De La Salle College
Paraimatoia Laufili – De La Salle College
Rodney Pauli – Edgewater College
Lillie Botica – Howick College
Mele Longolongofolau – Otahuhu College
Thushara Gunanayagam – Papatoetoe High School
Christiana Bardsley – Pukekohe High School
Monique Lilly – Rosehill College
Emilie Wright – Sancta Maria College
George Faaumu – Wesley College

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