NGARIMU AWARDS FOR THIS YEAR

Te Ao Hou, July 1958, Page 49

NGARIMU AWARDS FOR THIS YEAR The Ngarimu V.C. and 28th (Maori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship Fund Board met in Wellington this week, following which the successful Ngarimu scholarship and prize winners were announced. The Ngarimu Post-Graduate Scholarship has been awarded to Dr Peter W. Tapsell, of Te Tumu, Te Puke. He was educated at Te Puke and Rotorua High Schools, and completed his medical course at the University of Otago in 1954. Since his graduation, he has worked at Rotorua. Waikato and Dunedin Hospitals and has also spent a year as demonstrator in the Anatomy department of the Medical School, University of Otago. Dr Tapsell has taken an active part in sport—particularly in rugby football, representing Otago and New Zealand Universities and the Maori All Blacks, being vice-captain of the Maori All Blacks in 1954. He at present holds the position of surgical registrar at Dunedin Hospital, and proposes to take up his scholarship toward the end of this year, when he will proceed to Great Britain, and attend the Royal College of Surgeons, to study for the fellowship degree of that college. Other prizes awarded by the Ngarimu Scholarship Board are: Essays in English: Forms I and II—Faith Benny, Opunake Primary School; Forms III and IV—Georgina Manunui, Turakina Maori Girls' College; Eliza Edmonds, Queen Victoria School, Auckland; Forms V and VI—Edward Durie, Te Aute College, Pukehou. Essays in Maori: Forms I and II—Nan Hariata Kingi, Rotokawa Maori School, Rotorua; Forms III and IV—Loraine M. Smith, Queen Victoria School, Auckland; Forms V and VI—Tukaki Waititi, St. Stephen's School, Auckland. Ngarimu Secondary School Scholarships: John Apanui, Rerekohu Maori District High School: Genet Campbell, Rerekohu Maori District High School: Maui John Mitchell, Nelson College. Two Ngarimu University Scholarships were awarded. One goes to Meihana Harold Durie, of Feilding. This student attended Te Aute College. Pukehou, last year and has gone to the University of Otago, where he hopes to study medicine. The other Ngarimu University Scholarship goes to Colin David Mantell, of Dunedin. This student attended Kings High School, Dunedin, last year and is doing a science course at the University of Otago this year. ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ The talented young Maori pianist from Wanganui, Joseph Kumeroa, has gained his A.R.C.M. Diploma at the Royal College of Music, London. Joseph Kumeroa went to London two years ago.