LIONS CLUB OF TAWA 2018 YOUNG ACHIEVERS AWARDS
The Lions Club of Tawa recently presented their annual young achievers awards. The awards come with a payment of $500 together with a framed certificate of their achievement.
This year the recipients were Trulani van der Heyde, Marama Butler, Toby Gaulter and Jake Keats.
Trulani was awarded the for Academic Achievement award. Most notably she was one of the top five students in the New Zealand Biology Olympiad and represented New Zealand in the international component of this competition. She has also taken part in the Chemistry Olympiad and many Maths competitions in which she was a high achiever.
Marama Butler was awarded the Professionals Real Estate award for Performing Arts. She has been heavily involved in the leadership of the various choirs at Tawa College being the student leader. Many of these choirs have qualified for the national choir festivals this year. She also won the Senior Vocal Scholarship at the Hutt Valley Singing Competitions.
Toby Gualter was awarded the Sports and Recreation award. He has been successful in middle distance and cross country running. Among his achievements have been winning the Wellington Men’s 10k race, the under 20 3000 metre race and placings in the Wellington Mountain Running Championships and the under 20 Men’s Wellington Cross Country championships. In addition to his running achievements, he has represented Tawa Football Club at various age-grade levels.
Jake Keats was awarded the Ninness Leadership and Innovation Award. Jake is Head Boy at
Tawa College. In addition to his duties as Head Boy, he has organised the Tawa College Relay for Life Team for the last two years which raised $8000 for the Cancer Society been and been heavily involved in raising funds for World Vision. He has encouraged students at all levels to step outside their comfort zones and achieve in areas where they would not normally be comfortable. At all times he has involved and led others to achieve.
This is the fourth year the Lions Club of Tawa has presented these awards. The Club is grateful for the sponsorship received from Ninness Funeral Homes, Professional Real Estate and North City Motors, Tawa.
Poll: If we want to reduce speeding, what do you think actually changes driver behaviour? 🛻🚨🚓
In the Post's article on speeding penalties, the question is asked whether speeding fines are truly about road safety, or are they just a way to boost revenue for the Crown?
What do you think? Should speeding motorists receive speeding fines or demerit points?
-
37.1% The sting of a fine (Money talks!)
-
62.9% The threat of demerit points (Nobody wants to lose their license!)
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
Garden Open days 8th, 15th and possibly 22nd March, 34 St Johns Tce, Tawa
Hi. This is just a reminder that we are inviting you to come and explore our garden tomorrow from 10.30 until 4pm to share in its early autumn beauty. It took quite a beating from the recent storm but we have worked very hard and it is looking wonderful. Garden entry is $5 per adult and we are collecting donations for the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington.
We will also have plenty of locally grown flowering plants and succulents for sale so remember to bring plenty of spending money.
See you soon
Carolyn and Rob
Loading…
