Winners Announced - Central Northland Science Fair
Press Release
WINNERS ANNOUNCED - CENTRAL NORTHLAND SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FAIR
Northland, New Zealand – 2 September 2016
Northland’s top science and technology talent recognised in Whangarei
Winners from the Central Northland Science & Technology Fair were announced on Tuesday, 30 August at Forum North in Whangarei.
MAJOR AWARDS - Sponsored by Westpoint Management
Best Overall - Investigation
Winner: Pollen Pursuit, Alexia Laybourn, Whangarei
Girls' High School
Best Overall -
Research
Winner: Kina Barrens,
Waikamania Seve, Kamo Intermediate School
Best Overall - Technology
Winner: Auto Pram Rock, Jacqui Cameron, Kamo
Intermediate School
Best of Fair
Winner: Pollen Pursuit, Alexia Laybourn, Whangarei
Girls' High School
SPECIAL AWARDS
Most Popular Award
Winner: Auto Pram Rock, Jacqui Cameron, Kamo
Intermediate School
Geoscience Society of NZ
Earth Science Award
Winner: The Northern
Volcanoes, Joshua Rauner, Pompallier Catholic College
Baking Industry Research Trust
Award
Highly Commended: Brownie Bonanza, Kayla
Drake, Kamo Intermediate School
Winner: Flavoursome
Flour, Anthony Absil-Couzins, Pompallier Catholic
College
McKay Electrical Award
Highly Commended: Shocking Solutions, Aidan Nicolson,
Maungatapere
Winner: Light Saver, Caleb
Beazley, Kamo Intermediate School
Tui
Technology Construction Award
Highly Commended,
Tablo, Kala Payinda , Huanui College
Winner: Rust Never Sleeps, Hunter Nisbet, Kamo
Intermediate School
Royal Forest & Bird
Protection Society Award
Highly Commended:
Clean up-Bring back, Grace Wiegersma, Huanui College
Winner: Kina Barrens, Waikamania Seve, Kamo Intermediate
School
NIWA Air/water Environmental
Study Award
Highly Commended: Growing up,
Sean Alexandra, Whangarei Boys' High School
Winner: How Healthy is the Hatea? Angus Cook, Huanui
College
Manaia Health PHO Health and
Wellness Award
Winner: Coronary Artery Disease, Sanji Suresh Kumar,
Whangarei Girls' High School
Northland District
Health Board - Public Health Safety Award
Highly
Commended: Is your milk safe? Alec Jackson, Huanui College
Winner: Tackle Belt, Brock Longworth, Whangarei Boys'
High School
DOC Conservation
Award
Highly Commended: The Incredible
Journey, Mihi Shepherd, Whangarei Girls' High School
Winner: Clean up- Bring back, Grace Wiegersma, Huanui
College
NZ Statistical Association and
Statistics New Zealand Statistical Award
Highly Commended: The Birthday Paradox, Aria Bercic,
Pompallier Catholic College
Winner: Wagyu Meat
Quality, Niamh Walton, Whangarei Girls' High School
Advancement of Food Science and Technology in NZ
Award
Highly Commended: Fermenting Fizz,
Hannah A'Court, Maungatapere
Winner: Flavoursome
Flour, Anthony Absil-Couzins, Pompallier Catholic College
Farmlands Central Northland Research
Award
Highly Commended: Biomass to Biogas,
Maddison Fred, Matarau School
Winner: Pollen
Pursuit, Alexia Laybourn, Whangarei Girls' High School
Fonterra Northland Operations Dairy
Industry Award
Highly Commended: Biomass to
Biogas, Maddison Fred, Matarau School
Winner:
Vat Ready? Connan Wiegersma, Matarau School
Chilltech Energy Efficiency Award
Highly Commended: Is it Hot or Not, Emma Yorke,
Maungatapere
Winner: Healthy Housing, Leah
Whale, Pompallier Catholic College
Farmlands
Primary Industry Award
Highly Commended:
Manure tech, Oscar Kippenberger, Whangarei Boys' High School
Winner: Pollen Pursuit, Alexia Laybourn, Whangarei
Girls' High School
IPENZ Northland
Engineering Award
Winner: An Investigation of
Bifilar Pendulum Motion, Daniel Davis, Whangarei Boys' High
School
Lighthouse Naval Architects
Innovative Design Award
Highly Commended: Shoot
to improve, Tessa Cooper, Tessa Hansen, Kamo Intermediate
School
Winner: Rock Lock, Bede Mckenzie,
Whangarei Boys' High School
SENIOR AWARDS
NorthTec Innovation and
Enterprise Award Years 12-13
Highly
Commended: Ion Wind Generator, Lachlan Harris, Whangarei
Boys' High School
Winner: Manure tech, Oscar
Kippenberger, Whangarei Boys' High School
Northland Regional Council Consistent Excellence
Award
Winner: Shannon Clarke, Excellere
College
Otago University Hands On
Science Award
Winner: Project Azolla,
Rosemary Wojcik, Tove Petersson, Whangarei Girls' High
School
Nomination for the Prime Minister's
Future Scientist Prize
Winner: An
Investigation of Bifilar Pendulum Motion, Daniel Davis,
Whangarei Boys' High School
CLASS AWARDS
Year 7 - Sponsored by Northland Innovation Centre
Best
Year 7 Investigation Award
Highly Commended:
What tea stains teeth the most? Amelie Mcilhinney, Huanui
College
Highly Commended: Kinetic Energy vs Resistance,
Connor Owen, Pompallier Catholic College
Winner: Magic in
the Mountain Jessica Martin, Kamo Intermediate School
Best Year 7 Research Award
Highly
Commended: The Speed at Which We Grow, Kennedy Gates,
Pompallier Catholic College
Highly Commended: Mini Melt
Foundry, Matthew Austin, Kamo Intermediate
Winner: Kina
Barrens, Waikamania Seve, Kamo Intermediate School
Best Year 7 Technology Award
Highly
Commended: The Dog Cycle, Holly Askew, Parua Bay
School
Winner: Auto Pram Rock, Jacqui Cameron, Kamo
Intermediate School
Year 7 Judges
Award
Winner: Kawakawa vs Silverbeet, Misha
Cates-Sakai, Matarau School
Best Year 7
Exhibit Award
Winner: Auto Pram Rock,
Jacqui Cameron, Kamo Intermediate School
Year 8 - Sponsored by GBC Winstone
Best Year 8 Investigation
Award
Highly Commended: Paramagnetism, Joseph
Jongkind, Matarau School
Highly Commended: Biomass to
Biogas, Maddison Fred, Matarau School
Winner:
Holey Sounds, Chloe Overeem, Maungatapere
Best Year 8 Research Award
Highly Commended: Musical Genius, Inioluwa Falope,
Pompallier Catholic College
Highly Commended: Sweet turns
Sour, Ailie Anderson, Kamo Intermediate School
Winner:
Stitch up, Heather Nichols, Huanui College
Best Year 8 Technology Award
Highly
Commended: Info in your pocket, Sasha Prinsloo, Huanui
College
Highly Commended: Special Chicken Coop for
Grandma, Alex Dawson, Maungatapere
Winner: Hydro Heater
2, Luka Clark, Huanui College
Year 8 Judges
Award
Winner: Feel the Burn, Gemma McRae,
Maungatapere
Winner: Threats to Glow Worms, Abby Griffin,
Parua Bay School
Winner: Possum Tanning, Brodie Cochrane,
Kamo Intermediate School
Best Year 8 Exhibit
Award
Winner: Hydro Heater 2, Luka Clark, Huanui
College
Year 9 - Sponsored by Northpower
Best Year 9
Investigation Award
Highly Commended:
Plants, Poo and Potting Mix, Jodie Orford, Pompallier
Catholic College
Highly Commended: Growing up, Sean
Alexandra, Whangarei Boys' High School
Winner:
Pollen Pursuit, Alexia Laybourn, Whangarei Girls' High
School
Best Year 9 Research Award
Highly Commended: Northlands' Noxious footprint, Jack
Slatter, Richard Adams, Whangarei
Boys'
Highly Commended: Surf science, Jacob Buckle,
Huanui College
Winner: Neurological Basis of Psychopathy,
Katie Wells, Pompallier Catholic College
Best Year 9 Technology Award
Highly
Commended: Manure tech, Oscar Kippenberger, Whangarei Boys'
High School
Highly Commended: Rock Lock, Bede Mckenzie,
Whangarei Boys' High School
Winner: Motorbike Scissor
lift stand, Jayden Bracey, Whangarei Boys' High School
Year 9 Judges Award
Winner: Ion Wind
Generator, Lachlan Harris, Whangarei Boys' High School
Best Year 9 Exhibit Award
Winner:
Pollen Pursuit, Alexia Laybourn, Whangarei Girls' High
School
Years 10-11 - Sponsored by Cook Costello
Best Year 10-11
Investigation Award
Highly Commended, Sweet As,
Lauryn Smith, Whangarei Girls' High School
Highly
Commended, Flavoursome Flour, Anthony Absil-Couzins,
Pompallier Catholic College
Winner: Project Azolla,
Rosemary Wojcik, Tove Petersson, Whangarei Girls' High
School
Best Year 10-11 Research
Award
Highly Commended: The truth about
Zika, Ruby Reed, Zahna Campbell, Huanui College
Highly
Commended: Free that fish, Phillippa Benton, Lucy Greig,
Huanui College
Winner: Healthy Housing, Leah Whale,
Pompallier Catholic College
Year 10-11
Judges Award
Winner: Rain rain go away, Kurtis
Collings, Braden Longworth, Whangarei Boys' High School
Best Year 10-11 Exhibit Award
Winner: Project Azolla, Rosemary Wojcik, Tove Petersson,
Whangarei Girls' High School
Years 12-13 - Sponsored by Opus International
Year 12-13 Outstanding Experimental Technique
Award
Highly Commended: Hatea to
Harbour - Water Salinity, Kahurangi Ross- Hoskins, Whangarei
Boys'
Winner: An Investigation of Bifilar Pendulum
Motion, Daniel Davis, Whangarei Boys' High School
Year 12-13 Applied Science
Award
Highly Commended: Coronary Artery Disease,
Sanji Suresh Kumar, Whangarei Girls' High School
Winner:
The Incredible Journey, Mihi Shepherd, Whangarei Girls' High
School
Year 12-13 Peer Review
Award
Winner: The Incredible Journey, Mihi
Shepherd, Whangarei Girls' High School
Best
Year 12-13 Exhibit Award
Winner: An
Investigation of Bifilar Pendulum Motion, Daniel Davis,
Whangarei Boys' High School
ENDS