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NZ’s top student

April 27th, 2012 at 2:22 pm by David Farrar

Hekia Parata has announced:

Jade Fai Leung from Auckland’s St Cuthbert’s College was named today as winner of the Prime Minister’s Award for Academic Excellence.

Education Minister, Hekia Parata, presented the Top Scholar Awards, on behalf of the Prime Minister, at Government House.

The Prime Minister’s Award for Academic Excellence recognises the highest achieving student in the annual New Zealand scholarship examinations.

“Jade has achieved an extraordinary six Outstanding Scholarships in Chemistry, Geography, Painting, Physics, Science, and Statistics and Modelling,’’ says Ms Parata.

“This is an amazing achievement as Outstanding Scholars are the top 1 per cent of the cohort for each subject.

“On top of this, Jade has also achieved Scholarships in Biology, English, and Spanish. This makes for an impressive nine Scholarship awards in total.”

She sat scholarship in nine subjects? And got all nine? And was in the top 1 per cent for six of them. And they are as diverse as chemistry and painting? Plus she does multiple languages. Count me impressed.

Photo is from Amnesty.

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  1. Muzza M (268) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 2:40 pm

    Well done Jade, you are a credit to yourself, your school, and your family.

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  2. graham (1,897) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 3:07 pm

    Absolutely, good on her.

    I love my daughter and was very pleased at her teacher interviews last night, but … wow. This girl rocks.

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  3. Keeping Stock (8,801) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 3:10 pm

    What Muzza and Graham said, in triplicate; congatulations Jade

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  4. Adolf Fiinkensein (2,446) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    No doubt she was not parented in the swamps of Awanui.

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  5. davidp (2,728) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 3:31 pm

    Is she Chinese? One minute they’re stealing NZ’s precious farm land… the next they’re stealing all our scholarships. Russel Norman needs to do something about her!

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  6. Sam Hill (34) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 3:37 pm

    How’s her social life?

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  7. Falafulu Fisi (2,168) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 3:40 pm

    Well done. We have a Physics Nobel Prize on the making, if she decides to pursue a career in that field!

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  8. IHStewart (388) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 3:55 pm

    Juxtaposition

    http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2012/04/emails-from-a-munter/#disqus_thread

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  9. Ross12 (411) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 3:56 pm

    Well done Jade. Agree with David –to do this in such a broad range of subjects is fantastic.

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  10. krazykiwi (9,188) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 3:58 pm

    Outstanding. We need about 759,999 other students to aspire to excellence like this. Sam Hill’s point is a fair one, but in my experience people who achieve so broadly at this level overachieve socially as well. We all have 168 hours each week. People like Jade know how to make the most of them.

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  11. awb (273) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 4:01 pm

    Incredible effort, and she is involved in extra-curricular work outside the classroom. Top stuff from a deserving top student.

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  12. RRM (7,218) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 4:11 pm

    4 posts before it is politicised… Not bad. (For kiwiblog.)

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  13. voice of reason (491) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 4:21 pm

    The scoop article also shows plenty of other outstanding students as well-
    The list of surnames suggests a variety of backgrounds and a good number of different schools.
    Well done to them all

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  14. UpandComer (416) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 4:53 pm

    wow. I wish I had a higher IQ. She is going to rule the world.

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  15. joe bloggs (124) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 6:50 pm

    IHS @ 3:56pm man, ain’t that the truth!!!

    What a great breadth (and depth) of achievement! Acing 9 papers – woah!

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  16. wreck1080 (2,837) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 7:08 pm

    Awesome!!

    Hope she stays in NZ!! However , NZ is probably too small for someone with that amount of potential….good on her…

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  17. adam2314 (363) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 7:21 pm

    @
    wreck1080 7.08 pm.

    She may not stay in NZ.. You can bet that she will never forget us..

    Learning in a safe secure and happy environment..

    More power to her elbow !!.

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  18. mara (542) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 7:25 pm

    So Chinese will prevail? Probably. I don’t lile it. Why should I?

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  19. adam2314 (363) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 7:25 pm

    Now !!..

    Where did I put that very long list of drop kicks, that need to be woken up ???

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  20. adam2314 (363) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 7:30 pm

    @
    Mara..

    If you do not wish the Chinese to prevail..

    Get out there and do something.!!..

    Or do I add you to my very long list of Drop Kicks ???

    I have a little list.. I’m sure they won’t be missed..

    Apologies to G & S..

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  21. big bruv (11,202) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 8:06 pm

    How long do you reckon this young lady spend all day listening to her ‘elders’ talk about the way her ancestors were ripped off by the Pakeha?

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  22. elscorcho (120) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 8:33 pm

    She’s ugly and that’s the truth.
    Also 1000$ bet she can’t handle the working world

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  23. elscorcho (120) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 8:34 pm

    “@
    Mara..

    If you do not wish the Chinese to prevail.. ”

    Umm, why not just have a straight up fight 1 vs 1 and see if the Chinese can hold the field ?

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  24. Murray (8,832) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 8:41 pm

    elscorcho you’re ugly and if thats where you put the dollar sign then the working world is clearly something of a mystery to you as well.

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  25. big bruv (11,202) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 8:43 pm

    elscorcho

    It is almost worth the 20 demerit points for me to call you a cunt.

    Perhaps it is a good idea that I did not use that word, however, in your case it is the most appropriate.

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  26. Murray (8,832) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 8:48 pm

    Close call there BB.

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  27. mara (542) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 8:57 pm

    Idiotic prick.

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  28. graham (1,897) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    elscorcho:

    Tell ya what, you post a link to your photo and let us know (a) what you had achieved at 17, and (b) what you currently do in “the working world”.

    Then I’ll sit back with the popcorn, get comfortable and watch the hits start a-rolling in …

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  29. The Scorned (545) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 10:43 pm

    “elscorcho” is Phil Ure…..?….would not surprise me….

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  30. Jane (12) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 11:17 pm

    *Boo hiss* St Cuth’s. *Boo hiss*

    Jane
    Dio Alumni

    PS – Well done, Jade. An fantastic achievement.

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  31. Jim (308) Says:
    April 27th, 2012 at 11:41 pm

    “On top of this, Jade has also achieved Scholarships in Biology, English, and Spanish. This makes for an impressive nine Scholarship awards in total.”

    She doesn’t drink Speights, but.

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  32. insider (946) Says:
    April 28th, 2012 at 12:04 am

    Wonder how the mana party would deal with announcing this if hone was minister of education? No doubt through gritted teeth – Chinese and from st custards

    @ Jane “an fantastic…”? no wonder St Cs win the big prizes :-)

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  33. Bob R (1,019) Says:
    April 28th, 2012 at 10:00 am

    Pretty cool mix of subjects – painting & physics :) I wonder what she plans to study?

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  34. UpandComer (416) Says:
    April 28th, 2012 at 12:05 pm

    white people are so screwed. We got nothing on this….. damn.

    [DPF: Oh I can recall a certain Maria English who got some pretty good grades a couple of years ago!]

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  35. plum (37) Says:
    April 28th, 2012 at 1:49 pm

    @ Bob R – the article said she plans to study engineering.

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  36. Michael Mckee (1,085) Says:
    April 28th, 2012 at 3:58 pm

    I hope that more of our kids do the same, they and we need it. Well Done.

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  37. Belinda (122) Says:
    April 29th, 2012 at 11:20 am

    Awesome effort Jade. I’m sure I read somewhere that she has only been in NZ approx 6 years. Makes her effort even more impressive.
    Would love to know her IQ.

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  38. Jane (12) Says:
    April 29th, 2012 at 2:04 pm

    Insider – touche

    Jane

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  39. KiwiGreg (2,798) Says:
    April 30th, 2012 at 8:35 am

    She’s a nice girl. Last year’s top scholar at St Cuth’s was blonde upandcomer so don’t fret.

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  40. joana (1,781) Says:
    April 30th, 2012 at 8:45 am

    Not all of these Chinese stories are success stories. There are many casualties of the ”pushing and wacking” system.

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