New Zealand Representatives 2025

Congratulations to the following students who were selected to represent New Zealand in Cultural and Sports pursuits in 2025.

Culture

Choir

Jinyang (Yang) Zhang (Year 12) and Noah Fanene (Year 13) were selected for the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Choir.

Orchestra

Ethan Waines (Year 9), Xinyi (Alicia) Chen, Yukin (Alice) Chen, Ary Son, Cheryl Teng, (all Year 11), Jasmine Hooker and Miu Kim (both Year 13) were selected for the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Orchestra.

Pipe Band

Anthony Song (Year 10), Emily Brook, Sam Foote, Daniel Liu and Annie Young (all Year 12) were selected for the New Zealand Youth Pipe Band.

Sports

Archery

Jacob Schouten (Year 10) won a gold medal as part of the U16 New Zealand archery team at the 2025 Trans-Tasman Challenge.

Basketball

Nadia De Thierry and Ava Jones (both Year 12) were selected for the New Zealand U18 Women’s basketball team.

Ava Jones (Year 12) and Maniah Taefu (Year 11) were selected for the New Zealand U16 Women’s basketball team, which competed at the FIBA U16 Cup in Mongolia.

Roma Tuimaunei (Year 12) was selected for the New Zealand U16 Men’s basketball team, which competed at the FIBA U16 Asia Cup in Kuala Lumpur.

Canoe Polo

Liam Randall (Year 13) and Luca Rose (Year 12) won a silver medal at the Canoe Polo Oceania Championships with the New Zealand U18B canoe polo team.

Equestrian

Georgia Lewis (Year 12) was a member of the New Zealand Pony Club team which competed at the International Mounted Games Exchange in Birmingham, UK.

Flag Football

William Ballin, Toby Park and Adam Beaman (all Year 12) represented the New Zealand U17 flag football team at the Junior International Flag Football World Cup in Los Angeles, with Alexander Ballin (Year 11) competing in the New Zealand U15 Flag Football team at the same tournament.

Football

Noah Cole (Year 13) was selected for the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ U19 football team, which toured Australia.

Amber de Wit (Year 12) was selected for the New Zealand U17 Women’s football team.

Gymnastics

Kalisa Zhang (Year 10) was selected in a New Zealand Rhythmic Gymnastics team.

Andre Hall (Year 9) was selected for the New Zealand Men’s Artistic team to tour Australia.

Karate

Gemma Thomas (Year 12) represented New Zealand at the Oceania Karate Championships in New Caledonia.

Rugby League

Metua Cranwell (Year 12) was selected for the New Zealand U17 Māori Women’s rugby league team to play in the Pacific Youth Cup tournament in Auckland.

Speed Skating

Anthony Kutovoy (Year 13) represented New Zealand on the Junior World Speed Skating Circuit.

Squash

George Reynolds (Year 10) was selected for the New Zealand Junior Secondary Schools’ squash team to compete in Canberra, Australia.

Sprint Kayaking

Oliver Macdonald (Year 11) was selected for the New Zealand U16 sprint kayaking team to compete at the Asia Pacific Sprint Cup.

Triathlon

Sophie Lampe (Year 11) was selected to race for New Zealand at the Triathlon World Championships.

Volleyball

Catherine Cook and Mia Montgomery (both Year 13) were selected for the New Zealand U20 Women’s volleyball team, which toured Japan.

Water Skiing

Genevieve Wallis (Year 11) was selected for the New Zealand U17 water ski team to compete at the Aussie/Kiwi Challenge Oceania Junior Water Ski Championships.