Cultural Awards 2025
By Tor Devereux | Posted: Sunday October 12, 2025
The Cultural Awards took place last week and the evening was a fantastic opportunity for the Trinity community to celebrate all the wonderful achievements of our students in the cultural and performing arts area this year.
In addition to the presentation of awards, the evening also featured some superb performances by:
Te Whetū Tīrama (Trinity’s kapa haka group)
Tap dancer Hermione Sparks
Singers Lucy Appleton, Anamika Jones, and Isla Kamo
Senior hip hop duo Zeer - Evie de Graaf and Lola van de Klundert
The 2025 winners of Trinity’s Got Talent - The Late News band (Joseph Kelly, Ché McGivern, Akein Wickramagedara, and Harry Lodge)
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Congratulations to all the students who received an award in recognition of their success and commitment to the cultural life of our school. We are indeed blessed to have such talented students here at Trinity who are willing to share their love of performance with us.
The winners of the cups and trophies at the Cultural Awards were:
Shakespeare Award: Meadow Stewart
Drama Trophy: Riley Culling
Director’s Cup: Ariel Holloway
Theatre Sports Cup: Mitchell Atkinson
Tried and True Award: Meadow Stewart
Dancer’s Cup: Evie de Graaf & Lola van de Klundert
Rising Star Award: Laura McCartney
Cultural Committee Cup: Matilda Andersen & Hermione Sparks
Performance Technology Award: Leah Olsen
The Paris Cup: Ché McGivern
The Farry Cup: Camila Barns
A Tempo Trophy: Harry Lodge
Top Composer Cup: Anamika Jones
John McKewen Trophy: Joseph Kelly
Stephen Chambers Cup: Anamika Jones
Tangata Moana Leadership Award: Therese Tili
Kaea Wahine: Evie de Graaf
Kaea Tāne: Mana McCombe
Harger Trophy: Grzegorz Twardowski
Year 7 & 8 Cultural Cup: Molly Peters
Junior Cultural Cup: Camila Barns & Laura McCartney
Senior Cultural Cup: Anamika Jones
Junior students who were awarded a Cultural Outstanding Achievement Award this year were:
Camila Barns, Emilia Batson, James Bennett, Sera Binu, Leo Branford, Alice Connelly, Ziva Curtis, Benjamin Fischer, Xavier Fuss, Sophiah Hindle, Skyla Knopp, Joel Macbeth, Levi Macbeth, Molly Peters, Sierra Read, Zaiha Sait, Sasanka Wickramagedara
Students who were awarded a Cultural Blue this year were:
Matilda Andersen, Mitchell Atkinson, Riley Culling, Liam Davis, Evie de Graaf, Ariel Holloway, Sophie Jonathan, Anamika Jones, Shalia Kelekolio, Joseph Kelly, Esther Koudayah, Henry Lapham, Harry Lodge, Laura McCartney, Ché McGivern, Leah Olsen, Rishi Shantapriyan, Hermione Sparks, Meadow Stewart, Matamatanonofo Taua, Therese Tili, Grzegorz Twardowski, Lola van de Klundert, Oliver Waide, Akein Wickramagedara
Senior students who were awarded a Cultural Manaakitaka (Service) Award this year were:
Matilda Andersen, Lucy Appleton, Evie de Graaf, Saira Eldho, Ariel Holloway, Anamika Jones, Joseph Kelly, Ché McGivern, Meadow Stewart, Therese Tili, Lola van de Klundert, Akein Wickramagedara
See the attachment below for the list of students who received Excellence Awards and Merit Awards at the Cultural Awards.
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