2022 Cultural Awards

2022 Cultural Awards 

Every student who participates in our cultural extracurricular activities is acknowledged for their time and dedication to their art at our Cultural Awards with a participation certificate. 

Major Cultural Awards

Achievement Award - Gold Badge

  • Students who have represented the school in 2 or more activities within the cultural field for 3 or more years. Eg to receive a badge for Dance, a student may have participated in Showquest and Dance NZ Made for year 9, 10 and 11.

Outstanding Achievement Award - Blue Badge

  • Students who have represented the school in 2 or more activities within the cultural field for 3 or more years, and have previously received a Gold badge.
  • They should have represented the region at a national event, or won a national title in the calendar year.Eg to receive a badge for Drama, a student may have participated in Shakespeare and Theatresports for year 9, 10 and 11, won a Gold badge in Year 11, and be won an award at SGCNZ Nationals.

Greatest Contribution Awards 

We have 7 areas of service to our cultural life at Kuranui. In any calendar year, we honour the students who have made the greatest contribution to this area with this top title. This includes work on stage and behind the scenes- from choreography, directing, performing, creating artworks, running lighting, backstage management, stage design, musical direction, kapa haka and any other areas the school takes part in within that field.

Our awards are for the following areas:

  • Music
  • Drama
  • Dance
  • Visual Art
  • Tikanga Maori
  • Literature
  • Performance Technology


Our major award recipients for 2022 are:

DANCE: Lola Armstrong, Sorcha O’Donoghue & Georgina Birrell

DRAMA: Jorja Holden & Matt Edwards

VISUAL ART: Connor Hislop

MUSIC: Meg Hunter

TIKANGA MAORI: Ngakau Aporo​​​​​​​

LITERATURE ARTS: Katherine Taylor

EVENT TECHNOLOGY: Joshua Wiegman