There is probably no person associated with Lindisfarne College who better exemplifies the values and virtues of the College than Jamie Francis. Jamie has been involved with Lindisfarne for almost his entire life, first as the son of the Rector, then as a schoolboy, Head Boy and finally as a member of staff. Jamie’s association with the school is so strong that he was described by long time board member, Mr. Jim Syme as “THE Old Boy”. During his tenure as teacher, Head of Department, Deputy Rector and Sports Co-ordinator Jamie served the school with his hallmark dedication and selflessness and is remembered by legions of boys for his innovative teaching and commitment to their wellbeing.

Jamie attended Heretaunga Intermediate School before moving to Lindisfarne in 1962. He was a multi-talented sportsman who earned regional representation for Hawke’s Bay for rugby and cricket and was captain of the school teams in those sports as well as tennis and athletics. He captained the Hawke’s Bay secondary school rugby team and also held athletics titles for the Hawke’s Bay/Poverty Bay competition for two years. Jamie’s skill as a full-back saw him selected as a junior All Black triallist as well as playing for New Zealand universities.

His sporting prowess was not limited to the main sports, however, as the school Chronicles of this time show. He was an accomplished tennis player and still plays tennis regularly. He has been a single handicap golfer as well as playing squash, badminton and basketball to a high level. In addition, Jamie has coached sport in almost every discipline and countless boys have benefitted from the hours he spent as coach, referee, and supervisor of overseas and national tournaments and tours. The extensive knowledge of sport and sport management he acquired through his involvement as a player and coach helped Jamie enormously in his role as Director of Sport at the College. Jamie started at Lindisfarne when he was appointed Head of Geography in 1975.

Many boys, including the current Deputy Rector, remember Jamie’s innovative approach to the teaching of geography and the way that he made the subject come alive for them. It was a real loss to the teaching world when Jamie moved on to the post of Deputy Rector in 1981. One of the most onerous responsibilities of this role is to provide relief for teachers who are ill or away on courses and Jamie was well known for putting his own name down to do numerous reliefs rather than imposing on staff members. Another example of Jamie’s dedication to the school is the amount of time he put into the Lindisfarne College Old Boys’ Association. He was president of the association from 1997 - 2000 and his encyclopaedic knowledge of old boys was frequently called on by others. Jamie also seemed to remember everything about current students and when seeing a boy around the school, he always knew what sport he played or whether he was in a winning debating team.

Many of the old boys who have got in touch with the school through this project have remembered the genuine concern and interest that Jamie Francis displayed towards them. Since retiring at the end of 2013, Jamie has taken his trademark enthusiasm and commitment into other areas. He became a volunteer guide with the Art Deco Society in Napier; a role which dovetailed perfectly with his extensive knowledge of the area and its geography. More recently Jamie has trained as a Justice of the Peace and will be shortly taking up the role of Vice President of the local body. In the spirit of service that he epitomises, Jamie comes to school every year to certify documents for school leavers. Jamie’s family has always been of paramount importance to him and retirement has allowed him to spend more time with wife, Ali and offspring Simon, Kim and Tessa and their families.

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Photo: Bruno Wylie takes a leap of faith at the Year 10 OPC camp (photo credit: Jacky Braid)

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James Cowan should read as Arts Prefect

Francis Del Rosario should read as Service/Chapel Prefect

Current Rector, Mr. Ken MacLeod joined the College in 2010 from fellow Presbyterian School, Saint Kentigern College and immediately brought a renewed focus on academic achievement. NCEA results in recent years have been the best in the history of the College and have remained among the very best of New Zealand’s boy’s schools and indeed all schools. University Scholarship numbers increased, and results have been consistently one of the very best in the region, and per-capita, in the country. In the last six years three boys have been Premier Scholars (Top 10 in New Zealand) and three boys have been the top students in a subject, in these highly competitive examinations.

The impact of new digital technologies as tools to enhance teaching and learning saw the Rector facilitating the introduction of laptop computers for all students with support from a full-time Director of E-learning. Lindisfarne was at the forefront of innovation as the first school in the region to introduce such a programme. Another curriculum innovation was a role as a lead school and Centre of Excellence for Agri-Business. Mr. MacLeod has been a strong supporter of profiling individual learner’s abilities and the appointment of a full time Director of Learning Enhancement has seen much improved information on each student gathered, allowing targeted support for those with learning needs. This made a huge difference to the learning, achievement and confidence of many boys.

Mr. MacLeod has always recognized that for boys to learn high quality staff who understand the need to develop positive relationships with boys and model our college values are essential. With the retirement on a significant number of long serving staff in his first few years as rector he led the transition period in a seamless way and the staff is a strong and committed to helping boys grow into good men of character as ever in its history. Mr. MacLeod is clear that choosing good staff and giving them the room to grow and innovate rather than micro-managing them is a key to a great school. The cornerstone of Sport has remained a strength of the College and the Rector has brought greater focus with the development of a strategic plan and the appointment of a full time Director of Sport. Part of this has involved professional development for staff in their coaching roles and plans for an Academy of Sport and Health to start in 2019. International sports tours have increased in number and regularity with Tours in Rugby, Cricket and Football to such diverse destinations as the UK, France, Sri Lanka, China, Australia and New Caledonia.

Mr. MacLeod is a very strong supporter of all sports at the College and spends many, many hours on the sidelines encouraging the boys and chatting with parents. On two occasions, using his representative experience, he has also coached the Senior Touch Team to Hawkes Bay titles. The Arts have seen tremendous growth in variety and in the status of this dynamic part of College life. With the active support of Mr. MacLeod, major productions of international shows such as Les Miserables and Evita have wowed audiences. The Pipe Band has increased in number and the numerous band programmes have flourished. A choir has been re-established and a Pacifica group started. Mr. MacLeod has been openly delighted that the status of boys engaged in the arts is now fully recognized alongside our sportsmen, and more so, that they are often the same boys! Thanks to the College Foundation, a third sculpture by internationally recognized artist Paul Dibble, was erected outside the Performing Arts Centre entitled ‘The performance’. It is a stunning introduction for visitors and boys to the world of the Arts. Mr. MacLeod also introduced annual Arts and Sports Awards Dinners that are now a popular part of the regular calendar of events and showcase the amazing diversity of activities and achievements in these areas.

With a renewed vision to develop men of good character, Mr. MacLeod has brought new attention to this area with a focus on six key character traits for boys to aspire to. These are stunningly displayed with flags outside the Chapel and introduced to new Year 9 boys with a ‘pilgrimage walk’ led by the Rector, following ‘in the footsteps of Aidan and Cuthbert’ from Iona to Lindisfarne. Speakers on the way share their thoughts on these values and encourage the boys to aspire to such character. The integration of these values in a more deliberate manner into our curriculum and co-curricular programmes is now underway. Another innovation from the Rector has been a whole school luncheon on the first day of the year where new boys are introduced to the College and their Tutor Groups. Senior boys now place the traditional red blazers onto the new boys to welcome them. The Rector, members of senior management, the College Council, Parents and Friends and Old Boy act as waiters for this luncheon to model service to the boys. On learning the school motto, values and haka boys are now also presented with a distinctive school badge introduced in 2018.

These innovations follow others from Mr. MacLeod including providing distinctive kilts for the School Prefect team (suitably a Robertson tartan, after the first Rector of the College). Communication enhancements meant the College was the first in the region to have a mobile App and publications in print and digital spheres have been significantly visually enhanced from the wordy newsletters of previous years. Seeking to develop a growing culture of respect and kindness has seen the introduction of restorative justice practices and the KiVa anti-bullying programme that has brought a measurable change in the sense of well-being among boys. The appointment by the Rector of a College Counsellor to support the existing work of deans and the chaplain has provided further support for boys in what can be a challenging stage of their lives.

During Mr. MacLeod’s tenure to date, significant change has been seen in the College with a new ESOL classroom linking the Mouat Block and the Homestead, Science laboratory renovations and the addition of new second story classrooms facing the Lyndhurst Fields. The Ranui Fields opposite Frimley Park have been leased and developed to provide superb additional sporting grounds and a 2.4 km fitness trail was developed around the Ranui and Farne properties. The most significant and initially controversial change has been the transformation of the frontage of the College. The former tennis courts on the main drive were replaced with car parking adjacent to the Chapel and Auditorium and a new floodlit multi-purpose turf built at the far end of the gymnasium. There was some initial reluctance as this required the re-alignment of the 1st XV field, however once a new frontage with magnificent gates, a striking wall and a functional drop off zone (to reduce the congestion that was a frustration for parents leaving the College), the new field has been met with universal praise and the quality of the entrance to the College now matches the quality of the education provided within.

As the 65th Year of the College comes to an end, Mr. Macleod continues to have a strong belief in treasuring our heritage while always looking to meet the needs of current and future boys. As the College finalises its new strategic plan, Mr. MacLeod is excited about the future and what is still to be achieved. With both the college and its boarding roll at its highest ever numbers for 2019, there is no doubt that Lindisfarne will continue to develop more young men of good character and that Mr. MacLeod’s influence as Rector will continue to enhance the lives of the young men of Lindisfarne.

Prefects 2019

Head Prefect- Steven Black

Deputy Head Prefect -Josh Dixon

Head of Boarding- George Crosse

Chapel/Service - Francis del Rosario and George Walton

Academic - Will Druzianic and Josh Dixon

Arts - George Brougham and James Cowan

Sports - Harry Mowat and Ronan Lee

Head of Aidan - Jonty Ebbett-Watt

Head of Cuthbert - Flynn Fierro

Head of Oswald - Angus Wilton

Head of Durham - Ben Gibbs

Year 7 & 8 - George Twigley and Sam Porter-Samuels

Photo: Recipient of the Herrick Cup Winner, Jack Beattie

Premier Winners for 2018

Best All-Round Boy (Herrick Cup) - Jack Beattie

The most prestigious award the Herrick Cup was awarded to Jack Beattie for the all-round boy who, in the opinion of the staff, exhibited many of the qualities rewarded in previous awards and was judged to be the best all-round boy in the College.

Dux - Joe Ward

(Kirkpatrick Cup, Grieves Diamond Jewellers Prize and J Mills Family Scholarship)

Proxime Accessit - Kees Albers-Connolly

(WS Sheppard Cup, Grieves Diamond Jewellers Prize)

Galatians Trophy - Patrick Nolan

Good Man - Patrick Nolan

(as voted by his Year 13 peers)

Sportsman of the Year - Freddie Gibson

(S E MacGregor Cup)

Musician of the Year - Kees Albers-Connolly

(Rumbal Cup)

Artist of the Year - Thibault Moleana

(Herbert Trophy)

Dux Year 11 - Bryn Ward-Leikis

Dux Year 12 - James Cowan

Like so many successful Lindisfarne Old Boys, Dave Martin pursued a career in farming when he left school. After studying at Lincoln and graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce and Agriculture majoring in Farm Management, Dave went to the USA to work on the grain harvest. When he returned to New Zealand, he managed several farms in Hawke’s Bay before returning to Wairoa to de-convert a dairy farm to beef and lamb finishing and then to irrigated cropping. Dave now runs the family farming business, based in Wairoa, which incorporates extensive hill country breeding and intensive finishing and cropping.

Dave acknowledges that farming has always been an attractive option for him, “I was born and bred on the farm and I enjoy the outdoors and the varied nature of the work that farming brings. As a farm business manager you have to develop a huge range of skills across a broad spectrum. From things like animal/crop husbandry and human resources to compliance and financial reporting - no two days are the same and no season matches the last. This is what I enjoy about the farming industry - the constant challenge”.

Lindisfarne was able to give Dave a solid foundation in the skills needed to run a successful farming business. These included sciences and a strong economic focus but also featured inter-personal skills like independence, leadership and the ability to get along with others. Dave recalls some of the diverse experiences on offer at Lindisfarne; “I had a huge range of cultural and sporting opportunities. Clubs I was involved with were fly fishing, tramping and shooting. I played for the Senior A softball team and the First XV which included a six week tour to the UK and lead me to play for Hawke’s Bay and Canterbury at age grade levels.

I was also a member of the brass band, choir and was in a major drama production.” Research in old Chronicles reveals that Dave played Zeus in the Lindisfarne College/Hastings Girls’ production of “Horseplay” - a rather unlikely musical version of the Trojan War. The Rector, Mr Smith, reported that, “David Martin played the Sicilian, mafioso/godfather role of Zeus with real power and his opening solo was sung with verve and style”. Dave has fond memories of his time at Lindisfarne, in particular, the camaraderie and friendship of boarding.

The gastronomic delight of rissoles smothered in Marmite for breakfast was another highlight! Dave recalls, “The boarding house life was one of the best memories I have. It was full time with only two weekend out per term which made for real independence from home. Some of my best times were on sporting exchanges to other schools. A definite highlight was the '94 rugby tour to the UK and Ireland- it was an absolute blast.” Dave is now married to Sarah with two daughters Harriet (8) and Annabel (5).

He has been involved in the local A&P Society as president and is currently Chair of the Eastern District of the Royal Agricultural Society and a member of the Local Search and Rescue Group. He is also on the Board of the Cranford Hospice Foundation. Fishing and boating are favourite pastimes and he enjoys mountain biking on the new local track with the family. Dave is particularly proud of his daughters and the creation and management of the East Coast Farming Expo. His advice to current students is; “Never think you are the smartest person in the room, develop your listening skills and never be satisfied with the status quo”.

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Mr Andrew Kirkpatrick became Chairman of the Lindisfarne College Council in 2016 and in doing so he has maintained a long-standing family tradition. His grandfather, Alex Kirkpatrick was one of the three men who had the vision and commitment to establish Lindisfarne in 1953. He went on to become the founding Chairman and remained in this role until his death in 1971. Andrew’s father, Callum Kirkpatrick, served on Council from 1971 until 1986 and was Chairman from 1982 to 1986. In addition, Andrew and his brother were students at the college and his son Bailey is finishing his last year at Lindisfarne this year.

Like his forbears, Andrew Kirkpatrick brings a wealth of financial experience and business acumen to his role as Chairman. He is a Chartered Accountant who worked in public practice for 30 years before taking on a role as Chief Financial Officer for the Hawke’s Bay Wine Investments Group in 2017. His wealth of experience and his strong connection to the school gave Andrew an obvious advantage when he took over as Chairman of the College Council.

When asked about his role as Chairman, Andrew reflected on the origins of the school in 1953 and the major changes that have occurred since then, identifying the crucial role of previous councils in establishing the Lindisfarne of today. He went on to describe his role as the current chairman: “My focus as Chairman has challenged the College to refer back to the founding reasons for establishing Lindisfarne. That is, that “most importantly, it would espouse the Christian values and virtues of good character so that the graduates of Lindisfarne would go on to make positive contributions to society through business, through family and through service to the community.”

If I wanted to leave a legacy as Chairman, it would not be measured by facilities on site, nor exclusively by the achievements of students during their time at Lindisfarne, but rather by the deeds of the men of Lindisfarne in the years and decades following their graduation. As a Council I believe that our approach to Governance is transparent and structured; that our approach to planning has been disciplined and broad in its conception; that we have taken greater advantage of the diverse skillsets within Council. I have always encouraged robust debate to extract the most diversity and depth of thought and we have not been afraid to explore contentious issues when required. As a business I believe that we have improved the communication with our community and better aligned our brand with our Council and College values.

We continue to manage the College with deliberate financial prudence and I believe that the College is as financially strong and sustainable as at any other time. Lindisfarne College is a magnificent institution with a strong heritage. It has benefitted from a succession of very ambitious, astute and prudent Governors over 65 years. This, coupled with very capable staff and clear ideals, has positioned Lindisfarne as one of the premier boys’ schools in the country.

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The cultural cornerstone of Lindisfarne continues to grow in both volume and stature. The range of bands and musical groups at Lindisfarne seems to become more diverse with every passing decade. Speech and drama lessons attract consistently high numbers of students and this undoubtedly impacts on the excellent musicals that have been staged recently.

The Concord Symphonic Band maintained its record of winning gold and silver medals at every competition entered and this success was emulated by many of the other bands including the Concert Band, chamber music groups, rock bands and barbershop quartets. Several boys were chosen to play in national youth orchestras which gave them valuable musical experience.

At the start of the decade Marcus Jackson won numerous accolades and honours for both his flute playing and his musical compositions culminating in a chamber music group consisting of himself, Harry Grieg and two Iona girls winning the Hawke’s Bay Chamber Music Competition playing one of Marcus’ compositions. This group was later awarded the national award for best piece by a New Zealand composer and Marcus went on to win the Hawke’s Bay Young Musician of the Year. Drama has, for many decades, been an important part of the school programme but the level of performance reached a new height in the 2010s with the production of several excellent musicals, in collaboration with Iona and Woodford and directed by Mrs Kathy Atkin.

The first of these, Godspell in 2015 launched the stage career of Kawakawa Fox-Reo who has gone on from this promising debut to study acting at Toi Whakaari. The success of Godspell was followed with sold out performances of The Lion King Junior the following year. Mrs Atkin and Iona co-director Ms Lisa-Jane Easter surpassed even this achievement with the production of Les Misérables in 2017. This demanding production was superbly acted and sung by a large cast consisting of Lindisfarne boys and Iona girls with outstanding performances by Oliver Howlett and John Black as Jean Valjean and Javert.

In 2018 the College presented Evita with Woodford House, once again to sold out houses. Luke Merwood’s performance was the stand out Lindisfarne contribution. Over this period, College participation in the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Competition has seen a revival and several groups have competed with notable success. Two boys, Ben Black and Oliver Howlett had the honour of being selected to visit the Globe Theatre and various other prizes have been won including Best Comedy and Best Actor in a Comedy which went to Oliver Howlett.

Debating continued to be strong at Lindisfarne with teams competing strongly in the regional debating competition. In 2013 the senior debating team not only beat Scots College in the annual exchange but went on to win the regional competition with an unbeaten record. Two boys, Luke Reisima and Callum Lo were selected for the Hawke’s Bay debating team and Callum was then chosen for the National Secondary School’s team, the only Lindisfarne student to date to achieve this.

The Kapa haka group has continued to thrive. In 2014 Reimana Johnson, who had done so much to develop this important aspect of the school, retired and the mantle of coaching the Kapa haka group was taken up by Pomare Sidney. He was further assisted by Robbie Dunlop who has helped Mr Sidney improve and develop the group.

Adthapong Visutyothapibal was the first Thai student to come to Lindisfarne College and he quickly became an integral part of the College, getting involved with sport, music and boarding responsibilities. At the time, there were only two other Asian students both from Hong Kong at Lindisfarne.

Aom recalls that his father came to New Zealand looking for a school for his son and he particularly wanted one that was far from any tourist attractions and major cities. When he came to Lindisfarne, he knew that he had found the right place. Mr Smith, the Rector at the time, showed Mr. VIsutyothapibal around the school and was very amused when he asked to see the kitchens first but these passed with flying colours as did the rest of the school. The small class sizes and high academic standards were also appealing to Mr. Visutyothapibal.

When his father returned to Thailand, Aom had only one week to get ready for a new school in a new country. Aom has fond memories of his time at the College although everything about his first year here was challenging. He had never attended boarding school and could speak very little English when he arrived. The very structured boarding day from morning inspections to prep time and lights out was completely different from Aom’s life in Thailand and it took him six months to understand conversations and another six months to be able to respond in full sentences. There were a few senior boys who helped Aom through this difficult period and he is still in contact with them today. He also found that the best way to deal with the stress he faced was to get involved with sport and music and he spent hours and hours practicing both.

He was particularly successful at badminton, representing the school for several years. In 1995 when he was captain of the badminton team, they were undefeated and earned a place in the Long Room. The greatest contribution that Aom made to the school was in the area of music and for this he earned music colours for three years running and won the award for Best Music Item in both the 1993 and 1994 House Music Festivals. In the 1995 Chronicle he received high praise from the music department: “Adathapong Visutyothapibal has been delighting interested listeners at the college for three and a half years now. His development as a musician has been quite outstanding and he has made a valuable contribution to music in the college by participating regularly in the Chapel Ensemble, House Music Festivals and in Grand Concerts. By example, he has done much to motivate our other musicians”.

Aom completed his time at Lindisfarne with the significant musical achievement of earning a distinction in Grade 8 from Trinity College. Aom recalls that Mr Smith, the Rector, often listened to him practise in the hall: “Many evenings I would see Mr. Smith walk into the assembly hall and sit at the bench near the main door and listen to me playing the piano. He loved listening to Mozart! He always clapped his hands before leaving. I practised on the grand piano, which was off limits to students, but Mr Smith never gave me a detention!” Aom’s achievements weren’t limited to the area of music and he was also awarded academic colours at the end of sixth form, the first Asian student to achieve this. In his final year Aom was invited by Mr Richardson to become a dormitory prefect, another first.

He also took up the challenge of doing oral communication and public speaking and took part in two school plays; “Lord of the Flies” (1993) and “Horseplay” (1994). Aom remembers many of the staff who taught him or mentored him at Lindisfarne including Mrs Sook Hua Lee who helped him with his English, Mr Stembridge who guided him through his first year in the boarding hostel, Mr Barry who never taught him but was always around to help and Mr Murray Smith and Mr Petersen who were also very supportive. He remembers Mr Smith, the Rector, in particular: “He was a firm and fair person, a great rector and a role model and he was the first person at Lindisfarne who could pronounce my full name correctly!” Despite achieving a great deal while at Lindisfarne,

Aom was obviously a typical teenage boy and like many boys before and since, he recalls standing on the Homestead Lawn for an hour for a now forgotten misdemeanour. He also remembers his last day at Lindisfarne and seeing the students leave the school while watching the sunset over the rugby field. After leaving Lindisfarne, Aom went on to study at Michigan State University and while working part-time in a restaurant he discovered an interest in the hospitality industry. This interest lead to a career in hospitality and he is currently the Food and Beverage Director at Renaissance Phuket Resort & Spa.

Aom is still in touch with many of the boys he knew at Lindisfarne and considers that he would not be the person he is today if it were not for what he learnt and achieved at Lindisfarne. To boys still at Lindisfarne, he has some great advice; “Have fun, get involved, play sport, support others and be a proud student of Lindisfarne College.”

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At a time when many schools are seeing a downturn in participation of students in traditional sports, the 2010's saw increasing numbers of boys involved with both major and minor sports. The start of this decade saw Lindisfarne winning many of the traditional sporting exchanges with other schools, including Rathkeale, Wanganui Collegiate and Scots College.

Many College sporting teams were able to take part in international tours including the football team’s visits to China and the US, the rugby team’s tours to the UK and France and the two trips made by the cricket team to Sri Lanka.

Numerous boys competed at national and international level in a wide variety of sports including rowing, sailing, barefoot water-skiing, mountain biking, skiing, orienteering, softball and surf lifesaving. A huge number of boys were chosen to represent Hawke’s Bay and Central Districts and in 2015 one in five boys at Lindisfarne was a regional representative.

The rugby team started the decade on a high note by winning the Presbyterian Schools Quadrangular Rugby Tournament and defeating Hastings Boys High school convincingly. Several boys were chosen as part of the Hurricanes’ or Magpies’ training squads while still at school. The sailing team achieved a highlight in 2012 when they came second in a national level competition. Rowing continued to grow and develop too and boys competed strongly at national level.

The athletics and swimming teams dominated the East Coast competitions for several years at the start of the decade and numerous boys won individual titles. By 2016 Lindisfarne had been the top swimming team for six years in a row and in the same year, Lindisfarne won the prestigious 4x100 and 4x400 senior athletics titles in the East Coast Competition.

Service to the school community and beyond has always been an important part of a Lindisfarne education. The boys, in their distinctive blazers, have always been seen around Hastings helping with charity collections, playing music to community audiences or filling support roles for sporting events. As stated in the 2009 Chronicle; “We hope that the act of helping others can have a lasting effect on our teenage boys and that they can see through their actions, that they can make a positive difference to others’ lives”.

A “Telethon” was organised in 1981 as a challenge for the boys to participate in community service. A target of $500 was set, and through the efforts of the juniors, a sum of $1,600 was presented to John Hawkesby on-camera by three boys delegated from the fundraisers. The success of this was repeated two years later with classes competing against each other to raise donations. Seventh formers, who included current Deputy Rector Campbell Howlett erected a ‘road block’ on the main driveway and extracted donations from cars coming into the school. In 1996 when the Lindisfarne College Foundation was established, the boys of the College were immediately in on the act of fund raising through the $9,700 raised on their work-day, held during the first holiday break, over Easter.

The money raised was pledged to the Foundation, as part of the boys’ contribution Over a period of years, Lindisfarne boys have made regular donations of blood to the Hawke’s Bay Hospital’s Blood Bank. Boys have always engaged in service for school functions and the best example of this was the IBSC Conference in 2009 which hosted delegates from all over the world. Senior boys acted as waiters for the numerous social functions and meals and many of the delegates remarked on their wonderful manners and the commitment to the school that they showed. A cross- curricular project for year 10’s introduced in 2009 by Assistant Rector, Mr. Rogers had a strong service component. All boys involved in the project were required to do some service in the community.

These projects ranged from volunteering at the SPCA, helping with gardening at the Women’s Refuge or painting fences at the Plunket offices. The Intermediate school and Year 9’s were also involved in a group service programme during Term Two and spent time on a beach clean-up, planting trees along the Maraetotara stream and assisting at local primary schools and kindergartens. A current project which started in the boarding community and has now spread to the whole school under the leadership of Boarding Director Mr Glen Petersen and Matron, Mrs Sandy Kennedy, is the support for Women’s Refuge. A big part of this project involves making up hampers of items likely to be needed by women who come to the refuge often in emergency situations.

All Lindisfarne boys, through their tutor classes have donated goods and helped to make up the hampers. Boys have also been involved with establishing and maintaining gardens at the Women’s Refuge. This project was recognised by the New Zealand Boarding Schools Association with an award for Student service in our Community.

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Photo: Mr Cameron Stuart takes the boys through a yoga set

It is a rare occasion for any Year 9 and 10 boy to set foot on the Homestead lawn, let alone be able to lie lazily in the sun, in mufti, listening to soulful music. This was just one of many activities on offer at the College’s inaugural Wellness Day which was about focusing on personal wellness and mental health, organised by Mr Murray Smith and Henry Harland.

The day started with a session for students and staff with Mr David Todd, from Toddy Talks. ‘Toddy’ took the audience on a journey on how to deal with the up’s and down’s of life interlaced with little stories, quotes and videos. He encouraged the boys to change the little things like, switching off their devices to ‘recharge’ and, to not worry about things that you cannot control, and, if you need help, seek it, and then don’t worry, as often what you think is a big issue, is not in the scheme of things.

“Visit your friends, mates, neighbours; but don’t text or phone them, speak to them face-to-face, then you will know that you will have each other’s attention to listen, hear and support one another.”

A diverse panel of five people introduced themselves - all were asked not to prepare a scripted speech, but to speak ‘as it came’. This informality of sharing their life experiences and advice came across as very genuine and captured the essence of the wellbeing theme.

Ryan Tongia (Owner F45, Professional rugby and former rugby league player)

To be grateful for the life that you have and to see the positive side of things. Make others feel good about themselves by bringing a smile into their lives by saying something positive and meaningful. Life will throw challenges at you, it’s how you deal with them that counts.

“I am from Papua New Guinea, moving to Australia at a young age. Life was not always easy in PNG nor growing up, but I am grateful for everyday for my life. My mum and dad worked hard – which meant that during my school years I would be dropped at school at 6am. I realised that I could use the extra hours to create opportunities to improve myself; I still get up early, I work on my personal goals before the start of my working day.”

Dr Raewyn Barry (Phycologist, Hawke’s District Health Board)

Be there to listen when a friend is in need, you don’t have to solve their problems but be there for them, however if their safety is of concern, tell someone. There are lots of people who can help, such as the College Counsellor, a teacher, parent or by text or phone 1737 to the the Ministry of Health 24/7 help line.

“Safety, safety, safety: if a friend confides in you and you are worried, even though they might not like you for it, don’t be afraid to take action by contacting someone who can help them.”

Rev Jill MacDonald (Minister at St Andrew’s Church, Hastings)

That by giving, an act of service, or being part of something bigger than yourself, can give you a sense of inner happiness that touches and strengthens your spiritual wellbeing, the smallest of things can make a difference.

“Like a flourishing flower growing out of a crack in the concrete, life at times can be hard and might not go the way you thought, but there is, within you a strength that I identify as God, that can give you self-belief and inner happiness.”

Hugh Renton (Old Boy and Head Prefect, professional rugby player)

To always set goals but not to prescribe to a defined set of steps, be prepared to be flexible and look to continuous improvement, rather than beating yourself up on not achieving what you set out to do – it’s a journey.

“Think of achieving your goals like a running stream – it will always have an end destination, but on the way, it will encounter many obstacles from rocks, twists and turns to waterfalls, that, like in life, you will have to work out the best way to go around to get to your destination.”

From the workshop session, the boys ventured out to the first of 3 rotation sets with an interlude at lunch where the College rock band took time out of their study schedule to play on fifth-form lawn stage (Leavers’ gift 2015).

Activities included: yoga, pilates, reading, listening to music, drawing/painting, knitting, lego, colouring-in, mindfulness, meditation/positive psychology, playing and instrument, storytelling, flax weaving, origami, hip-hop dancing, puzzles and walking.

The 1st XI cricket boys are “back-to-back” HBCA Div 1, T 20 winners after beating Taradale senior men in their Semi-final and then Cornwall senior men in the final on Saturday, November 2 at Cornwall Park.

After losing our first pool match 3 weeks ago by 6 wickets against Hastings Boys High School 1st XI, we then beat St Johns College 1st XI by 151 runs and Napier Boys High School 1st XI by 43 runs before winning our semi-final vs Taradale Senior Men by 7 wickets and ultimately the final, with 8 balls to spare, by 4 wickets on Saturday.

Scoreboard – Cornwall 117-9 (Tom Klingender 4-12, Brandon Roberts 2-8) Lindisfarne 1st XI 121-6 (Fred Gibson 32no, Sam Moore 25no) Win by 4 wickets.

Our team in the Final – Sam Ferguson, Fergus Whyte, Harry Mowat (captain), Bailey McDonald, Hunter Lowe, Freddie Gibson, Jack Hammond, Sam Moore, Brandon Roberts, Tom Klingender, Fred Mowat.

Thanks to Mr Schaw, Mr Hay and our parents for their support. Well done boys, an excellent effort.

Last year, Justice Joe Williams became the first Te Reo speaker to be appointed to New Zealand’s Court of Appeal. This adds to the list of accolades that he has achieved over his illustrious career including being the youngest appointed Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court, Chairman of the Waitangi Tribunal and a member of the High Court Bench.

This level of attainment in the legal world seems far removed from a small provincial school but Justice Williams attributes much of his later success to his education at Lindisfarne: “My education at Lindisfarne was crucial in preparing me for the career paths I have chosen in the last 20 years.

It would be no overstatement to say that were it not for my years at Lindisfarne, I would have lacked the skills and determination to succeed.” By his final year at school Joe was giving some indication of the skills which contributed to his later success as he was Captain of the 1st XV, winner of the Churchill oratory competition, a pivotal member of the Maori Club, winner of the geography and history prizes for the seventh form and took the lead in the school play, “Hobson’s Choice”.

The play was well reviewed by two local newspapers, one of which made the portentous comment, “as Hobson, Joe Williams showed a strong personality”. Things have changed dramatically from the time that Joe Williams was a law student in the 1980’s when it was unusual to have many Maori students studying law. Justice Williams himself did not originally intend to study law but found that he was drawn towards it by the people he met at university. "I met a group of intelligent young Māori who were studying law and the things they were arguing about in law and society were interesting, so I picked it up. I studied alongside people like Shane Jones and Annette Sykes.

I had outstanding teachers like Sir Kenneth Keith, Lindsay Mackay, and John Thomas and developed a passion and love for law," he says. After completing his LLB, Justice Williams began working as a junior lecturer at Victoria University, and after convincing the faculty to have it, he co-taught the first course in Māori land law with Alex Frame. In 1986 Justice Williams went to the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and did an LLM in Indigenous Rights Law graduating with first class honours. His experience in Canada with ground breaking indigenous cases made Justice Williams realise that this was a speciality worth pursuing and his subsequent work with Treaty of Waitangi claims has changed the legal landscape of New Zealand irrevocably.

Justice Williams says his first Treaty claim was both exhilarating and harrowing. He also describes leading a young team of lawyers that litigated a key aspect of the 1992 Māori fisheries settlement as one of the highlights of his career. "The case involved the issue of what ‘iwi’ meant. We sought to explain to judges both the customary concept of iwi and the law surrounding the fisheries settlement. It was one of the most challenging things I've done and one of the coolest. Conducting a four-week trial over such an important matter, in English and Māori, was a fantastic thing to do for a young lawyer," he says. “But in addition, to have argued the thing before a full Court of the Court of Appeal and the Privy Council was an exceptional experience.”

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Over the years, the use of technology at Lindisfarne has evolved from the most basic use of simple machines in the office and technology block to widespread engagement, in the classrooms and beyond, with the most sophisticated and advanced technology available.

For many years the use of technology in the school was rudimentary, with teaching confined to trade skills and the use of hand-tools. Technical drawing was taught in the early days of the college and there was a strong emphasis on careful and precise hand drawing and the use of the T-square. All of the technology teaching at Lindisfarne was based on woodwork and there was no metalwork or welding taught until the new technology block was completed in 2002 and proper welding bays were created.

Lathes and power tools were eventually introduced and over the last three years there has been a dramatic change with the introduction of CNC controlled machines including 3D printers, laser cutters and a router table. NCEA has also instigated some dramatic changes in the approach to technology as at least half of the requirements for the subject are now based on project management and client engagement rather than purely physical skills. In the office, manual typewriters were the order of the day until eventually, electric typewriters were introduced.

In 1980 the height of technological achievement was the new PABX telephone system which allowed the College to operate the grand total of four telephone lines to cope with all the College’s inward and outward calls. Communication was supplemented by the telex machine and telephone lines were always in short supply. All duplication of examination papers and other materials was done manually, page by page on the Gestetner machine and then had to be spread out to dry to prevent smudging. Ink stains from filling the various machines were also an occupational hazard. Mrs Crowfoot who worked at Lindisfarne for 30 years recalls ruining numerous items of clothing with black and red ink.

Even after the Gestetner was replaced with an early photocopier, roughly handled cartridges could discharge clouds of black powder over everything. A 48-inch Video screen, complete with video player and recorder, was eventually purchased by the Parents’ Association to replace the old film projector and the 80mm films, shown in the hall on a Saturday evening. The new video gave the boys a greater variety of films at their Saturday evening show, which was still held in the hall, but it brought to a conclusion the very active Projectionists’ Club, as well as causing the gradual demise of some of the quainter traditions surrounding the Saturday evening film, such as the transporting of the bulky lounge chairs from the Staff room to the hall, for the comfort of the attending staff, the tolling of the Southwell bell at 6.30pm on a Saturday night, and the half time break, as the big reels were changed. In early 1981, the College Council acknowledged the growing significance of Information Technology, and purchased one Pegasus Computer, as well as six ZX81 Mini Computers, to support Mr McRae in his computer awareness programme.

By 1993 Computer Studies, although not an official subject, was well catered for. Over the Christmas holidays, the small room by the dining hall entrance was converted into the computer room, with the installation of 16 Apple McIntosh computers. When the library was built in 1998 it was outfitted with 25 very modern iMac computers. More iMacs were installed in the art room and music suite and over the years these have all been updated and upgraded. The advent of BYOD (Bring your own device) has meant that computers, phones and the associated technology are ubiquitous and staff have had to become more proficient with all aspects of this.

A Director eLearning was appointed for the first time in 2016 and further developments have been seen in the areas of robotics and coding. There is no aspect of the Lindisfarne experience which has not been affected by the continually evolving use of technology.

Grant Lander came to Lindisfarne from Mahurangi College in 2000 at a time when Lindisfarne had accepted integration and was poised on the brink of a new era. Much of that early promise was realised during Grant Lander’s period of leadership and the college went on to achieve many diverse milestones.

Numerous aspects of Lindisfarne’s culture which are now considered an integral part of the school were introduced during Mr Lander’s tenure. These include Grandparents’ Day, The annual Performing Arts Concerts, the re-introduction of the Te Whiti nui a Toi scholarship and Kapa Haka group, the first publication of the Highways magazine, The Good Man award, the U15 rugby tournament, the establishment of exchanges with American schools and an agreement with the New Caledonian government to send students to Lindisfarne.

Many new educational strategies such as Habits of Mind and Thinking Maps were introduced by Mr Lander and he initiated Lindisfarne’s entry into the International Boys’ Schools Coalition and made it possible for many staff to attend the international conferences organised by this organisation. Perhaps the most dramatic change to Lindisfarne during Mr Lander’s years as Rector were the changes to the buildings and physical environment of the college.

Over a period of nine years, all the school boarding houses except Mitchell were extended and refurbished, the new technology block was finished, a new Ag.Hort block was built, a reading room was added to the library, a new PE classroom and fitness centre were built on to the gymn, the dining room was extended and renovated and two beautiful new art rooms built, the Storkey Chapel Sanctuary was developed and most spectacular of all, the Performing Arts Centre and drama complex were completed in time to host the International Boys’ School Conference “Windows into Manhood” in 2009. It was largely through Mr Lander’s active role within the IBSC that Lindisfarne became the only New Zealand school to host this prestigious event.

Grant Lander was well known with the staff and students at Lindisfarne for his very ‘hands on’ approach. There was no job, no matter how small, that he was not prepared to get involved with. His example of leading from the front was exemplified by his infamous Rector’s Runs in which misbehaving boys had to accompany the Rector for a run and fitness programme around the school and into Frimley Park. They were certainly less enthusiastic about this activity than he was. Mr Lander will be remembered by all associated with Lindisfarne as the quintessential ‘people’s person’.

He always remembered boys’ names and had a genuine interest in their welfare. Perhaps the greatest endorsement of Grant lander’s contribution to the school comes from Thomas Yule who was Head Boy in 2009 and said this in the Head Boy’s Report in the Chronicle of that year: “We would like to thank Mr Lander for his total dedication and commitment to ourselves and our education. In his time at Lindisfarne, Mr Lander has never failed to be a wonderful role model for all boys who have passed through these gates during his nine years tenure.

From the boys’ perspective, he has been a great mentor and shown a keen interest in all our activities, making himself available at all hours of the day and night. He never fails to be on the sideline, guiding and supporting student activities. There are times when even the boys cannot keep up with the boundless energy of our Rector and we have often wondered when he gets any rest”.

Photo: Mr Matt Kidd, Media Studies Teacher who also has a passion for acting

Full School Assembly

Rector's AddressAwardsSports Report & AwardsGuest Interview (Mr Matt Kidd)Final Comments

Reading: Letter of James read by Haeora King

Rectors Comments:

From time to time I have to deal with situations where someone has hurt another person. When that involves a physical assault it almost always results in a Stand Down – the temporary removal of the right for a boy to attend this school. Most of you will be aware of this but what you may not be aware of is that such situations almost always begin with something someone says.

Words may seem something small, something easy to use but they can as the reading says start something big! A small spark can set on fire a large forest.

You know this of course because at some stage someone will have said something hurtful to you, perhaps disguised as what they think is a joke or banter. I’m sure that most of you will have said something to others that has a negative impact at times too.

Our words can hurt, can lead to a reaction that we can regret and just because we think they wouldn’t hurt us doesn’t mean they won’t hurt someone else.

So it is important to try hard to think before we speak. To ask ourselves whether our words are kind and to try and develop some self-control. It’s not easy, but perhaps another way ahead is that rather than focussing on trying to say fewer hurtful things, that we seek to say more encouraging, grateful and kind things. To replace a bad habit with a good habit. To determine to say 5 things like that today – whether its thanking your period 5 teacher, complementing or congratulating a friend or classmate, being positive about our day when asked by our parents. Rather than to start a forest fire we could start to plant seeds of kindness and create a new positive forest.

ACADEMIC AWARDS

Attitude, Effort and Attitude-Outstanding Award

Carl Marshall - Excellence in Year 7/8 Visual Art

HYMN: Shine, Jesus Shine

SPORTS REPORT

Read by Cooper McDougall

CRICKET

INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL 1ST XI

Despite eventually losing to Hereworth by 6 wickets, the performance of the day was Will’s Moroney scoring 46 not out . Well done Wills!

Senior 2ND XI

Beat Cornwall Dukes by 134 runs. Batting first Lindisfarne scored 225/6 off 40 overs. The highlight of the innings was Lovepreet Padda scoring 115 not out off 88 balls. He was supported by Finn Calder, who scored 40 and Jon Karlsson who provided a late cameo with 27 not out off 25 balls.

IST XI

The 1st XI cricket boys are “back-to-back” HBCA Div 1, T 20 winners after beating Taradale senior men in their Semi-final and then Cornwall senior men in the final on Saturday at Cornwall Park. A great effort by our top school side.

In the final: Cornwall scored 117-9 with Tom Klingender taking 4 for 12. And Brandon Roberts 2 for 8. Lindisfarne reached 121 for 6 with Freddie Gibson 32 not out and Sam Moore 25 not out

Lindisfarne team in the Final was – Sam Ferguson, Fergus Whyte, Harry Mowat (captain), Bailey McDonald, Hunter Lowe, Freddie Gibson, Jack Hammond, Sam Moore,

Brandon Roberts, Tom Klingender, Fred Mowat. Thanks to Mr Schaw, Mr Hay and our parents for their support. Well done boys, an excellent effort.

VOLLEYBALL

The Junior A team defeated Hastings Christian College by 3 sets to 0

Junior A also had a win over Taradale by 2 sets to 1

Both were great games particularly the match with against Taradale, where the boys worked hard on their set patterns from training.

SPECIAL MENTIONS

MOUNTAIN BIKING

James Harvey, Taylor Topp and Matthew Quinney competed in the third round of the Mountain Bike Series. The track is always a highlight and this showed in the 156 competitors that turned up.

Thankfully the rain held off keeping the track conditions fast and competitive. The Lindisfarne boys raced in the Under 17 division with James finishing in 4th, Taylor 10th and Matthew 12th.

TENNIS

The following boys have been selected to represent Hawke’s Bay U16 against Bay of Plenty; Congratulations to Jonathan Fall, Hunter Every and David Davis

ORIENTEERING

Ronan Lee and Braeden Komeran continued their excellent form when they travelled to Rotorua to compete in the 2 day Central Districts Championships. They were up against a strong group of elite orienteers from around the country. Both boys performed very well.

Ronan’s results were: Sprint Champs 3rd, Middle Champs 3rd, Long Champs 2nd

Braeden’s results were: Sprint Champs 2nd, Middle Champs 3rd, Long Champs 4th

SQUASH

Hunter Every won the Plate Final at the Open Squash Nationals held at Ohakune

Hunter also won the F/J grade at the Hawke's Bay Champion of Champions Tournament beating mainly men on his way to the title.

SPORTS AWARDS

Lovepreet Padda received the 'Century Bat'

Good luck to all boys in matches this weekend and during next week.

GUEST INTERVIEW

Some of you may have noticed that one of our staff is displaying some new and additional facial hair at the moment. I am referring to Mr Kidd who is currently appearing on stage as an actor in a local production.

I know that most of you think that teachers simply live their entire lives in their classrooms but many have talents and interests that you may not be aware of so I thought it might be interesting to ask Mr Kidd to come and tell us about one of his interests.

Questions for Mr Kidd:

What is the production you are involved with at the moment?Who do you play and what’s with the new look?Can people still get tickets to see the show?Have you done things like this before? If so what?When and how did you become interested in drama?What was the first acting experience you had?What has been the highlight of your dramatic career to date?Have you ever had one of those moments when you totally forgot your lines and how did you deal with it?What is it that you enjoy most about performing?Learning a lot of lines must be a challenge? How do you go about it? Any tips for this trying to remember content for exams?What other skills for life does drama provide you with?What has been the most rewarding thing for you in drama?Would you recommend drama as a hobby for boys here at school?How would they get started? What are your future ambitions in the world of drama? Will we see you on Shortland Street?

Thank you Mr Kidd and good luck for the remainder of your shows.

Final Comment:

Thank you all for the respect you have shown the seniors sitting NCEA examinations in the gym and those in individual rooms around the College. It is an important time for those boys and we want to give them the very best opportunity to be the best that they can be. Do continue this pattern.

And finally a reminder to be careful of your words and let’s try and plant a forest of encouragement, gratitude and positive words as we finish the week and enjoy the weekend.

The Chaplain closed in prayer.

The cultural cornerstone of Lindisfarne continued to develop during the first decade of the century with increasing numbers of boys learning musical instruments and taking speech and drama exams. School productions played to sell out audiences and the house drama festival gave boys a chance to tread the boards, often for the first time.

Debating continued to be popular with the boys with numerous teams being entered for regional competitions. In 2006 and 2007 Lindisfarne’s senior debating teams won the Russell McVeigh East Coast North Island Debating Competition. The excellent performance in debating was partly influenced by the huge proportion of boys who undertook speech and drama qualifications under the expert and dedicated tuition of Mrs Donna Jones. Participation in bands and music studies had never been higher than in this decade.

In 2000 a new pipe band was instigated and immediately began to play a role in school assemblies and chapels. The first Performing Arts Concert was introduced in 2001 to showcase the talents of the many young musicians and performers in the school. School bands, particularly the Concord Symphonic Band continued during this period to present many concerts at school, in competitions and on tours such as that to Whangarei in 2002. Over the years, the various bands won numerous silver medals in musical competitions and in 2005 the Concord Symphonic Band won an elusive gold medal in the NZ Concert Band Festival.

More gold medals were to follow in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. In 2003 and 2004, Ben Hunt was invited to join The New Zealand Secondary Schools Jazz orchestra - only the second Lindisfarne boy to achieve this. Scott Ansell was to repeat this honour in 2007. In 2004 Mathew West won the Young Musician of the Year competition and was a finalist again the following year. To celebrate the golden jubilee of the school in 2003, the school commissioned internationally renowned musician Dr. Ken Dye from Notre Dame University in Chicago to create a musical piece , Jubilate. This was the start of a long and productive collaboration between Notre Dame University and Lindisfarne College with numerous Notre Dame students visiting Lindisfarne to teach and play in school bands.

By 2008, over 50% of the school was opting to learn a musical instrument while many were involved with various orchestras, ensembles or bands. In 2005 with the help of Notre Dame visitors, school musicians provided the music for Brassed Off, the very successful drama staged superbly by Mrs Jones. The music department followed up on this with extremely successful tours of England, Scotland and the US under the banner of Kiwis in Concert Regular plays and musicals were presented during this period, starting with Sweeney Todd put on in conjunction with Hastings Girls in 2000 and followed by Fiddler on the Roof with Woodford school in 2001 and M*A*S*H* with Iona in 2002. Other dramatic offerings were Lord of the Flies produced by Mr. Ben Le Heux in 2007 and Beauty and the Beast with Woodford in 2008.

In 2002 an important development with the re-introduction of the Kapa Haka group took place. This group continued to grow in numbers and importance and played a pivotal role in the success of the inaugural Kiwis in Concert tour. Oratory also flourished and Tane Huata won the Hawke’s Bay Manu Korero Speech Competition in 2006.

Sport at Lindisfarne went from strength to strength in the 2000’s with many of the college teams posting their ‘best ever’ results. Increased sporting diversity was also a feature of this period with a wider range of boys being represented up to international level in an increasingly different range of sporting activities.

The decade got off to a stellar start with Chris Hansen being chosen at the age of 16 to represent New Zealand in the International Equestrian World Championships which New Zealand subsequently won. Taraia Robin was selected to play for the Under 19 New Zealand cricket team and later in the decade, Israel Dagg earned his first New Zealand representative cap when he was chosen as part of the U16/17 rugby squad.

In 2006 Kriston Chadwick was picked to represent New Zealand as a member of the Junior Clay Target shooting team. Rowing got off the ground again at Lindisfarne in 2004 and has gone from strength to strength since then. Sailing also came on the scene with our first involvement in the Secondary Schools Yachting Championship and Ben Goodwin’s subsequent selection for New Zealand representation overseas. This was repeated in 2006 when Ben and Sam Mckay were chosen to represent New Zealand in sailing competitions. Ben was later chosen as the Hawke’s Bay Secondary School Sportsman of the Year – the first Lindisfarne boy to achieve this. Squash and skiing gained ground with Lindisfarne winning regional titles in both these sports in 2007.

Athletics continued to be an important part of school activities with numerous boys picking up titles at the E.C.N.I. championships and the North Island Secondary School Championships. James Holden, who broke numerous school records during his time at the College, was selected for the New Zealand team to go to the ISF World Schools Cross country Championship in the Czech Republic in 2008 The hockey team hit a high point in 2002, defeating Napier Boys in the regional final and being promoted to Rankin Cup. They consolidated these gains by being the Hawke’s Bay Secondary Schools Champions for the next two years.

The rugby teams over this period had numerous tours to Canada and the US in 2003 and the UK and Ireland in 2005. In 2006 they beat Hastings Boys for the first time since 1999 and made a clean sweep of all inter-school fixtures including a historic 50-0 win against Wanganui. This decade saw the soccer team marking numerous historic firsts including the first win over Wanganui College in 20 years and the first entry into the Secondary Schools National Soccer Championship. They also embarked on the first ever tour with the music department to Australia. In 2006 they beat Napier Boys for the first time and won all inter-school fixtures. Tennis also went through a strong decade in the 2000’s with several years in which the Hawke’s Bay representative side was entirely made up of Lindisfarne students”.

The history of the College would not be complete without making special mention of the staff member who served the College for over 40 years, Mrs Dann. Mrs Dann’s period of employment spanned five Rectors and represents four decades of service and efficiency. During her time at Lindisfarne, Mrs Dann saw the college grow from a staff of just 12 and a student body of only 151 boarders and watched technology evolve dramatically from typewriters to laptops.

Mrs Dann was the first point of contact for anyone visiting the college and was a font of knowledge for staff. She knew the names of legions of boys over the years and was always interested in what they were doing after they left school. For many years Mrs Dann worked alone in the front office coping with a vast array of administrative tasks and was gradually reinforced by other staff as the College grew.

In his tribute to her after her 25 years, the Rector, Mr Smith, at a gathering attended by four Rectors and four Council Chairmen, said this about her outstanding contribution:

‘Mrs Dann has an instant recall and an ability to remember boys and their families. There seems to be an intuitive sixth sense that she possesses, which gives her an ability to know what is going on, what is happening and often what is about to happen! She also has an instinctive feel about people that always seems to be correct. Mrs Dann has so many fine qualities: the speed of her typing; her telephone manner; the non-acceptance of anything except the highest of standards in her work and setting out; her sense of humour; the way she enjoys a good joke or a good Doug Storkey story; her neatness of appearance; her attention to detail; her absolute friendliness and her pleasant, outgoing personality.”

When Mrs Dann, finally left in 2007 to enjoy her hard earned retirement, Mr Francis who had known her since he was a Year 9 school boy said to Mrs Dann:

“You have been hugely important and supportive in my life at Lindisfarne. You have been a part of us all, young and old, male and female, through your patience, help, advice and guidance and keeping us honest. You speak your mind and stand up for what you believe. You have enriched Lindisfarne and helped create what we see today.”

This year's Boarding Prize giving was a very special one for Mr Glen Petersen, Director of Boarding, who is stepping down at the end of this year to take up a Year 7 & 8 teaching position at the College.

The boys presented a framed pictorial to Glen reflecting many moments of his time in Boarding. Thank you and farewell speeches were from Head Prefect, Daniel Livingston and Mr Ken MacLeod, Rector, both reflecting on his passion for boarding, his incredible his contribution to both people and place, his genuine care for the boys, his attention to detail and organisational efficiency and his respect for the job, staff, students and boarding families.

Over the past 14 years Glen has had over 1400 boys pass through under his care and each year he re-sets his clock giving the same amount of attention and focus to every family who joins the Lindisfarne family.

As a mark of respect all the Senior Boarding boys performed the haka, on behalf of those boys present and those who have passed under his care. Glen and his wife Cherie can now 'relax' into a normal private life outside the boarding house!

Boarding Awards

After a celebratory Senior Boarders dinner, the boys assembled in the Auditorium along with boys from Year 7 - 10 for the Prize Giving awards. This year, as in previous years, it is always difficult to select the winners from the many nominations - making the job extremely difficult.

Nonetheless this year’s winners in each category are:

Best Contribution to Culture Award Year 7/8 Jett Varcoe/Owen Read/Cyril Belhammel Year 9 Hunter Every/Tuawhio Porima Year 10 Ned Brougham/Zac Maulder/Grayson Hesketh/Tamai Hokianga Year 11 Cameron Kennedy/Oliver Price Walker/Phoenix Dagg Year 12 Flynn Fierro/Steven Black/Kaaka MacDonald/Pierre Sokotaua Year 13 Tagi Sokotaua/Maika Nasilasila/Jared PullarBest Sportsman Award Year 7/8 Jett Varcoe/Tom Baines Year 9 Kingshouse Tupuola/Matt Bukeridge/Tuawhio Porima Year 10 Grayson Hesketh/Tino Savea Year 11 Brandon Roberts/George Charteris Year 12 Ronan Lee/Ben Thomassen Year 13 Fred Gibson/Maika NasilasilaBest Academic Achievement Award Year 7/8 Tom Baines Year 9 Sam Bartram Year 10 Zac Maulder Year 11 Lachlan Taylor Year 12 Cameron Joe Year 13 Joe WardCommunity Service

(accepting on behalf of Boarding House National Award winners) Patrick Nolan, Tagi Sokotaua, Jordan Hardie and Daniel LivingstonOutstanding Awards (Engraved Pens) Head Boy Daniel Livingston Head of Boarding Award (Franklin Cup) Jordan Hardie Most Compassionate Year 13 Boarder Patrick Beard Most Outstanding Year 13 Boarder (Staff Cup) Patrick Nolan

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Full School Assembly

Rector's AddressAwardsPresentation: Mr Jock MacIntosh (Rowing)Sports ReportFinal Comments

Reading: Psalm 23 and will be read Head boy, Daniel Livingston

Rectors Comments:

That Psalm is a reminder of God’s love and that he is with us even during the challenging times in our lives.

For many of you the next few weeks will bring the challenge of NCEA examinations and while hopefully most of you are looking forward to the challenge and the opportunity to show what you have learned, others will for a variety of reasons feel some anxiety and worry. That is quite normal, but remember that sharing a worry halves it and that there are others there to support and help you..and that God himself promises to be with you too.

Just a few weeks ago a group of 26 boys , 4 staff and 31 parents stood in the small French town of Le Quesnoy at the memorial to the Kiwi soldiers who liberated the town a century ago on Monday. The town would normally have been bombarded and ruined with many casualties, but the kiwi soldiers, of whom some 140 gave their lives as they approached and seized the town, avoided that. The town was protected by a moat and 12m walls, but they managed to scale the wall with a ladder at the one point where it was possible. After a short battle they were able to free the town, capture the German garrison of over 1000 men, and do so with almost no damage and most importantly, not one civilian casualty.

As you may know, New Zealand holds a special place in the minds of the town and we were welcomed enthusiastically. One of our tour party was the great-grandson of the commander of the kiwis, which made it extra special for him. As a group we sang our national anthem at the NZ memorial and the boys performed a haka in honour of those who gave their lives.

While visiting a local war cemetery, filled with the graves of young men from New Zealand who died so far from home, I spotted one of a 18 year old. He was almost the same age as some of the touring party and the age of many of our Year 13 boys.

The visit was special and poignant. It reminded me of the terrible waste of life in war, of the sacrifice of lives for a cause, but most of all I was amazed at the gratitude of the citizens of Les Quesnoy. Their town was liberated 100 years ago but they still hold a huge amount of gratitude for what was done for them all those years ago -before any of them were born!

The Chaplain spoke yesterday in Chapel on a theme I have mentioned quite a lot this year. That of gratitude and the value of an attitude of thankfulness – rather than of complaint and criticism. I too hope, that even in times of stress, even in “the darkest valley” – the worst moments of life, that we can each show gratitude for all that we have and for all that has been given to us , by our forebears, our family, our teachers and coaches, our friends and by God. If we do, we will surely find greater contentment, a sense of peace as we face challenges and a new richness to our lives.

We continue our assembly today with a range of awards.

AWARDS (Read by Mr Howlett)

Duke of Edinburgh:

Edward Ridgeway-Crosse- Silver

Andrew McLennan-Silver

Joshua Lee- Bronze

Maxwell Duncan-Bronze

ANZCA- Music Examinations

Recently Robert Herring sat an Australian New Zealand Cultural Arts Piano Examinations and gained a Credit pass for his Grade Two Modern Piano Examination. Well done Robert.

COLOURS AWARDS

(from Assembly October. 26 and today)

HYMN: I Vow to Thee my country – a hymn of loyalty to country that would be familiar to the kiwis who were at Les Quesnoy, but which also talks of a loyalty to the Kingdom of God.

SPORTS REPORT

Read by Sports Prefect Fergus Whyte

CRICKET

COLTS

- Week 1 WINv Havelock North High School Colts

- Lindisfarne 3/149 with Lovepreet 53 and Sam Cassidy 39 HBHS scored 89

- Week 2 WINv 3rd XI Lindisfarne

- 3rd XI all out for 36 which the colts scored in 3 overs

- Week 3 LOSSv NBHS Colts White

- Posted a good score with Lovepreet scoring 91 but they managed to chase us down

JUNIOR XI

- WINv St Johns College by 59 runs

- Connor Kimble made 50 runs and Ben Speers made 18

- Jack Wilton took 3/6

- WINv Taradale by 7 wickets

- The win was accomplished with an outstanding opening partnership between Connor Kimble and Matthew Quinney of sixty-four runs. Connor and Harry Pike went on to seal the victory with four overs left to play. Connor finished being forty-five not out.

IST XI

- WINv NBHS by 43 runs in T20

- 1st’s scored a very respectable 164-4 after 20 overs. Bailey McDonald top scored with 58no and Fergus Whyte got 41

- NBHS struggled against some tight bowling and finished 121-8 off 20. McDonald 2-12 off 3, Brandon Roberts 2-13 off 4 were the pick of the bowlers

TOUCH

- Junior B Touch had a great first up win against NBHS 5 – 4.

SPECIAL MENTIONS

HOCKEY

- At the HB Hockey prize giving on Tuesday two Lindisfarne boys got team awards for the U13 Hatch team. Jack Duncan Player of the Tournament and Gordy Chatfield Most improved Player.

BASKETBALL

- Lanson Randell was named in the NZ U15 team to represent NZ at the Australia Hoop nations tournament. Lanson will be representing NZ at the Eltham tournament in Melbourne this is the largest basketball tournament in Australasia.

MOUNTAIN BIKING

- During the second round of the NZDH downhill mountain bike series. James Harvey, Taylor Topp and Matthew Quinney all competed in the very competitive U17 category. The track winds down the rugged bush within the Karori hills and is known for its raw and steep technical features, made even more exciting by the heavy rain the night before. James finished in 4th place, while Taylor made 7th and Matthew 13th

TENNIS

- Jonathan Fall won the Junior U16 Hawke’s Bay Residentials at Greendale.

Thank you to all the staff coaches who have supported us and encouraged us in our sport this year. I’d like you all to show your appreciation to the staff

Final Comments:

Today is indeed the last day of classes for those sitting NCEA exams next week and the last full assembly before our Awards Assembly in December.. To all of you the best of luck, be the best that you can be ..and then relax.

To the Juniors please be very vigilant about and quietly respectful in the examination areas and also of boys in boarding who will be studying over the next 4 weeks.

The Chaplain will closed in prayer.

The Student Psalm:

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not flunk;

He keepeth me from lying down when I should be studying.

He leadeth me beside the water cooler for a study break;

He restores my faith is study guides.

He leads me to better study habits for my grades’ sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of borderline grades,

I will not have a nervous breakdown, for thou art with me;

My prayers and my friends, they comfort me.

Thou givest me the answers in moments of blankness;

Thou anointest my head with understanding,

My test paper runneth over with questions I recognise.

Surely passing grades and flying colours shall follow me

All the days of examinations;

And I shall not have to dwell in this school forever! Amen.

Morgan is an architectural student at Victoria University and in spite of a punishing academic schedule, he has also managed to pursue his interests in electronic music and keep up his running since leaving school.

Being an architecture student is very full on and busy with a lot of late nights and long days during your undergraduate study. Now that I am in my final year of my Masters of Architecture (Professional) completing my thesis, the end is in sight and it has definitely allowed me to have fun with this final project, especially being self guided study.Having hobbies outside of your study is critical to living a balanced life, therefore I run regularly and completed my first marathon this year in memory of my friend and fellow Old Boy Nic Magdalinos.

Another passion of mine that started to arise towards the end of my time at Lindisfarne was my love for electronic music, especially techno, disco and house. This led me to start DJ'ing and having fun with mixing these tracks that I've listened to for so long. This hobby outside of my study began to grow a little bigger and I started to get support slots alongside some of my favourite artists and leading on to playing at the past three Rhythm and Vines festivals in Gisborne over the New Year’s period. This hobby is still there and plays really well into a release from the pressure of study and architecture projects. Morgan went straight into a Bachelor of Architecture studies at Victoria University when he left school and found that he loved this course of study so he decided to do a Masters of Architecture and is now in his fifth and final year of study. He hopes to have finished his thesis by February 2019.

Morgan recalls his early working experience in the profession and how this has influenced him. Every summer and winter holiday since 2015 I worked as an Architectural Student at well-known Hawke's Bay firm, Paris Magdalinos Architects. This was so beneficial for my skills in the working world as well as opening my eyes up to what I wanted to focus on at university and helping those skills immensely. I now work part time for Nott Architects and Gas Project delivering a range of hospitality focused projects for clients down here in Wellington. Morgan was drawn to architecture throughout his time at Lindisfarne and enjoyed the cross-discipline connection between subjects like Art Design and Accounting that architecture offered. Architecture has been able to satisfy both his creative side and his interest in precision.

Morgan also considers that the subjects he studied at school have supported his architecture studies: Art Design helped in knowing Adobe Suite, presentation skills, visual communication and creativity. Graphics helped with an understanding of drawing conventions, and an intro into architecture as well. English will help with everything - there is nothing worse than an architect who cannot spell or write a cohesive sentence. It'll also help with setting up a narrative or story within your architecture. Physics is handy because it gives you an extra step up before learning an intro into engineering and structures of buildings. Accounting I just enjoyed as a subject but I can see it helping me with understanding numbers especially when it comes to running calculations for clients and developers for profit etc.

The teachers at Lindisfarne also had a big impact on Morgan. ͞The teachers are one of the best parts about Lindisfarne, they really do become your friends towards the end of your schooling and they are so devoted to you and bettering your skills, it really is one of the highlights for me. And now most of us remain friends even years on and keep in contact. Even the fact that so many of them have been there for years and are still teaching there shows that they are passionate and it is no longer simply a job for them.͟ Morgan particularly recalls the influence of Barry Musson and remembers that he was one of the funniest teachers in the school. In spite of the classroom laughter, Barry still helped the boys grow as young men and learn different perspectives on things.

Another important figure in Morgan’s life has been Nic Magdalinos and it was in his honour that Morgan ran his first marathon this year. He was my friend and mentor, he always wanted me to do the best I could at university and he would help with that in any way he could so I felt proud to represent his memory and run in the Hawkes Bay Marathon that was his first marathon too. Outside the classroom, mountain-biking in summer and soccer and skiing for the college team took up most of Morgan’s time but he still managed to pick up some fundamental values and skills along the way, As well as learning skills such as innovation, creativity and persistence, I think the biggest values that I learnt were the ones I now use every day - simple things like communicating with adults, shaking people’s hands, eye contact and following through on promises. Being courageous but humble, humble in defeat and victory, being a courteous citizen in public.

Also one of the biggest life lessons I learnt while I was at college and now use every day is balance, living a balanced life between work, study, hobbies, sport, relationships - I think balance is the most important value. The advice that Morgan would give to today’s students is to really enjoy everything in that last year and embrace the relationships you have with the teachers and staff, build foundations that will last forever! Your friends and other students in your year and also other years will always look out for each other and be there to help each other later on too, I still flat with boys from college and now tutor younger students and always have more time for them”.

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To commemorate the 50th jubilee of the College in 2003, an ambitious project for a performing arts centre was instigated. The $2.5 million project was to be completed in stages with stage one being a new music complex; stage two, a redesigned chapel/auditorium and stage three comprising of major improvements to the gymnasium.

Mr Rob Hay came on board to drive the fund raising for this project and was able to report in the Chronicle of that year that fund raising had got off to a good start. As a result of incoming funds the first stage of the project could be undertaken and in August 2004 contributors were shown around the completed music suite with practice rooms, new P.E. faculty office and the Crasborn Family Gallery.

It was decided to complete the gymnasium phase of the project before undertaking the massive auditorium phase and this was completed in 2005. This included a new weights room, PE classroom and expansive gallery overlooking the Pakowhai field. At a special morning tea, the Rector, Mr Grant Lander, thanked the leading sponsors; Mr and Mrs S. Hill for the Stephen Hill Motors Gallery, Mr and Mrs Boyle for the Boyle Family PE Classroom, Tumu Timbers for the Tumu Timbers Weights Room and all the other sponsors who had made developments to this stage possible.

By 2006 another stage had been added to this project to allow for a full chapel refurbishment as stage three to be followed by the auditorium as stage four. For stage three a prominent New Zealand stained glass artist Mr Graham Stewart from Christchurch was commissioned to create five stained glass windows depicting the houses of the college and the school values as represented by “The Good Man”concept. The chapel was completed by June 2007 and now included a sound/lighting room, a small private chapel and the Chaplain’s rectory. The completed Performing Arts Centre was opened on 26th March 2009 with a gala opening concert.

The new complex consisted of an impressive 350 seat auditorium with all the necessary technical backup, an imposing entrance /atrium area and a dedicated drama classroom with storage and practice rooms. Prior to that, major sponsors such as Mr and Mrs Graeme Lowe, Mr Rodney Green and Old Boy Scott Green, Mr and Mrs Jeff Wallace, Mr and Mrs Mike Kettle and members of the D’Esposito family joined the College Council, boys and staff for a special dedication ceremony.

Later in the year, the Performing Arts Centre was the scene of the highly successful International Boys’ Schools’ Conference which saw delegates coming from all over the world for four days of inspirational presentations and workshops centred around the new auditorium complex. Lindisfarne received extremely positive national and international exposure over this event and it would have to be considered a high point in the College’s history.

The Lindisfarne College Foundation was launched on the 23rd February 1996. The purpose of this fledgling organisation was to “provide a secure funding base to develop, preserve and maintain the facilities and special character of the school” and at the outset there were two identified objectives; to build a new library and to renovate and extend the existing science block. The Foundation received full charitable status and set out to attract and encourage bequests, legacies and other financial gifts in order to improve the buildings and facilities of the College.

The boys of the College were immediately in on the act, through the $9,700 raised on their work-day, held during the first holiday break, over Easter. The money raised was pledged to the Foundation, as part of the boys’ contribution.

The College Council, contracted the services of an Australian fundraising company whose representative worked on site. In the space of the busy first term, the amount of $618,000 had been pledged. The foundation was administered by Mrs Anne Averill who was involved with the fundraising campaign from its inception and who later joined the Lindisfarne staff to oversee the affairs of the foundation.

After the successful library project, the foundation went on to raise another $40,000 in 1997 which was used for the new science complex. Since this time the foundation has been actively involved in fundraising for all capital projects around the school including, the biggest undertaking to date. the $2.5 million Lowe Performing Arts Centre; a three-stage project completed in 2009.

At the conclusion of Orientation Day on Tuesday October 23 the 2019 scholarships were awarded to Year 7 & 9 boys - congratulations to all the recipients!

The recipients were:

Te Whaiti Nui A Toi Scholarships

Hopa Keelan

Paora Watene

Heremia Reihana McGarvey

Matawhero Wakefield-Sciascia

Monte Timu - Evergreen Scholarship and Rector's Sporting Scholarship

Haze Maniapoto - Evergreen Scholarship

Charlie Murphy- The Morris Family Scholarship

Leo Guo - Lindisfarne College Council Cultural Scholarship

George Mowat - Lindisfarne College Sporting Scholarship

Toby Powdrell - Lindisfarne College Sporting Scholarship

Dru Gollan - Lindisfarne College Old Boys Scholarship

Corban Watson - Lindisfarne College Old Boys Scholarship

Oliver Lake Year 7 - Intermediate Academic Scholarship

Ari Milne Year 7 - Intermediate Academic Scholarship

Roark Zachary - College Council Year 9 Academic Scholarship

Zachary Ebbett-Watt - Guy & Ruby Baillie Academic Scholarship

Tom Baines - Guy & Ruby Baillie Academic Scholarship

Jack Blyth - Distance Boarding Scholarship

Isaac Boere - Distance Boarding Scholarship

Photo: Year 12 students, Reece Akuhata, Harry Mowat, Baily McDonald, Ben Thomasson and George Twigley

On Friday October 26 the College celebrated another great year for sport at our Sports Awards Dinner. Congratulations to everyone who received awards or were nominated for their sporting achievements. Guest speaker Mr Sean Colgan shared his experience as a young athlete and scholar as well as a few life stories in his career as a Rowing Coach.

SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS

SPECIAL AWARDS

Service to Sport

Jasper Wallace, Nanako Lehartel, George Walton, Will Kerr, Ashton Guy, Sam Porter-Samuels, Andrew Rennie, Jared Pullar, James McPhail, Kartik Patel

Overcoming Obstacles Award

Tait Wylie

Year 7 & 8 Sportsman of the Year

Callum O'Keeffe

Year 9 Sportsman of the Year

Jake Stephens

Year 10 Sportsman of the Year Grayson Hesketh

Year 11 Sportsman of the Year

Mitchell Snell

Year 12 Sportsman of the Year

Reece Akuhata

Outstanding Sporting Performance of the Year

Fergus Ritchie - Silver Medal at the Maadi Cup

PREMIER AWARDS

Effort and Attitude in Sport (Clarke Sweet Cup)

Fergus Ritchie

The "Good Sportsman" of the Year Award (Lindisfarne Cup)

Armand (Tagi) Sokotaua

Best Games Player (Todd Stembridge Cup)

Maika Nasilasila

Sportsman of the Year (S E MacGregor Cup)

Freddie Gibson

Best Sports Team of the Year (The Graham Avery Shield)

Shooting Team

Guest Speaker - Mr Sean Colgan (Colgan Foundation.org)

All aspects of cultural pursuits flourished at Lindisfarne in the 1990’s and the Lindisfarne community was treated to many musical and theatrical performances throughout this decade.

Music

By 1991, the jazz band had grown to 20 players including two staff members, the brass band had 12 members and the orchestra numbered 18. All groups played regularly at venues outside the school and ventured further afield to Wellington and Palmerston North. In 1996 Mr Apperley retired as Head of Music at Lindisfarne, leaving a solid foundation for all aspects of music. He was replaced by Mr. John Snowling who continued to consolidate and improve the musical reputation of the school. In 1999 his efforts were rewarded with a gold award for the combined Lindisfarne Hastings’ Girls Symphonic Band in the New Zealand National Concert Bands Festival. House music continued strongly throughout this period with the honours being passed around between the houses. Each year featured a theme such as The Beatles or Simon and Garfunkle.

Drama

During the 90’s drama flourished at Lindisfarne with a number of dramatic productions being presented most years. These ranged from one act plays to serious drama and elaborate musicals such as “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat” produced in 1991. Lindisfarne was only the second New Zealand school to stage William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” in 1993 and Mrs O’Brien, the drama teacher produced a thrilling script, based on the novel. Lindisfarne won the Hawke’s Bay section of the inaugural Sheila Winn Competition in 1994 and went on to compete in the regional finals in Wellington. “Oklahoma” which was produced with Iona College in 1995 played to sold out audiences. Another musical “Big Al” was staged in 1998.

Debating

Lindisfarne debaters built on their successful foundation from previous years and again won the Hawke’s Bay Secondary Schools Senior Debating Competition in 1991. By 1999 the school was represented by seven teams in various competitions. Public Speaking and Oral Communication The number of boys taking public speaking and oral communication exams reached a zenith in 1991 with 325 boys presenting themselves for the examinations. It took two examiners a fortnight to get through all the entries. Even this record was exceeded by 1999 when 400 boys entered for various levels of speech exams.

Bernard is a Mechanical Engineer and Team leader for a market leader in industrial battery charging. He chose an engineering career because of the possibility to implement positive change, and to do what possibly has never been done before.

Since graduating from Lindisfarne I have studied and completed a Bachelors of Engineer with Honours at the University of Canterbury. This qualification instantly opened many doors allowing me to jump into a full time graduate position one weekend after my final exam. This was at a company which designed and built automated mooring machines. I worked there for about three and a half years before moving to my current position as an engineer for a power electronics company.

My current company has been the market leader for industrial battery charging and is one of the finalists for the NZ Hi-Tech awards. Innovation is one of the words that I use when people ask why I chose to do engineering, being allowed to think outside the box, rewrite the norm and all those other clichés are true in engineering. The possibility to implement positive change, and to do what possibly has never been done before constantly excites me. My time at Lindisfarne shaped me a lot. Notably the subjects of Calc, Physics, Stats, Tech and Chem assisted me greatly into my engineering career, however the teachers are what influenced me the most. Their worldly knowledge, experience and enthusiasm was unbeatable, from year 7 all the way through to year 13.

The friends you make at Lindisfarne are for life. Although thousands of kilometres of water separate some of us, we still chat on an almost daily basis, and I don’t see this changing anytime soon. A lot happens once you leave school. In the past 11 years I have attained an honours qualification, purchased two houses - with one now operating as a rental. I married the love of my life and travelled to many places all over the world.

To the boys at school today: Be the hardest working person in the room. I know for a fact that I wasn't the smartest. I was, and still am surrounded by incredibly talented individuals, and the only way you can get around it is by being the hardest worker you can be. That way you always get to go home knowing that you have done the best that you could.”

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Many of the Lindisfarne sports teams enjoyed notable success at the start of the decade which set the trend for the 1990’s. Numerous teams, across all the disciplines, became eligible for a place in the long room in this period.

Cricket

The coach of the first XI cricket team, Mr. Rick Ellis believed that the 1991 team was one of the best that he had coached. The team was captained by Taine Randell and they won the Senior Men’s Grade by over 40 points. They repeated this feat again in 1992, making it three years in a row.

Football

A piece of football history was made for Lindisfarne in 1999 when the First XI Football team beat Scots College (1-0) for the first time since 1986. Man of the Match went to the goalie Byron Dobson who saved several excellent shots at goal.

Hockey

After beating St. Kentigern’s and drawing with Christ’s College in 1992, the hockey team went onto play in the top hockey competition, Rankin Cup, for the first time. Hockey at Lindisfarne was on a high by this stage and the following year the six Lindisfarne teams lost only 8 of the 62 games they played collectively. Mr Richardson as coach of the 1st Hockey XI instigated 6.30 a.m. training sessions and these may have helped the team go on to a historic win against much favoured King’s College at the Rankin tournament in 1996. In 1998 the 1st XV Hockey, captained by T. McKimm had one of the best years ever for that sport at Lindisfarne. Its successes included winning the NZ Secondary Schools’ Hockey Association’s second ranked tournament, the India Shield; winning the HB Open Men’s, along with the HB Secondary Schools competition.

Rugby

In 1991 the rugby had a stellar year, largely thanks to the superb contribution of Taine Randell. Taine was selected in the New Zealand U17 team to play against Australia at Mclean Park. The Chronicle of that year reports, “The team undoubtedly revolved around the superb all-round skills and leadership of Taine Randell.” Taine later went on to become the 3rd All Black to come out of Lindisfarne. The Presbyterian Schools Quadrangular Rugby tournament was hosted by Lindisfarne for the first time in 1992. In 1997 The 1st XV were undefeated by any Hawke’s Bay school. The team enjoyed such success over the 90’s that the All Black’s principal sponsor, Philishave, took on the sponsorship of the Lindisfarne team for $10, 00.00 a year.

Skiing

The largest ever Lindisfarne ski team, consisting of 12 members was placed first equal in the Hawke’s Bay Secondary Schools Championships in 1991 and went on to win outright two years later. Callum Gray won the sam wall trophy for the fastest skier.

Tennis

1992 saw the tennis A team winning the Hawke’s Bay Secondary Schools Competition without dropping a single set. Over the years that followed tennis, coached by Mr Petersen, continued to improve and in 1999 Lindisfarne tennis teams played 43 matches, won 30, tied five and lost only eight.

Photo: George Brougham, George Walton, Angus Wilton, Will Druzianic, James McPhail and Alex Lawson

It's been another great year for our Arts and Cultural students who celebrated their many achievements at the annual Arts Awards over dinner with music and drama performances by some of our students. Congratulations to all our winners.

SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS

Contribution to Cultural Dimension (Alexander Family Cup)

Jared Pullar

Excellence and Outstanding Achievement in Public Speaking

and Debating (Smith Salver Award)

James Cowan

Artist of the Year (Herbert Trophy)

Thibault Moleana

Most Promising Junior Musician (Sutcliffe’s Award)

Leo Guo

Contribution to Music (Arrowsmith Cup)

George Brougham

Musician of the Year (Rumbal Cup)

Kees Albers-Connolly

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NZ Gymnastics Nationals

Congratulations to Sam Alexander (Year 9) who won a National Title at the NZ Gymnastics Nationals held in Tauranga Oct 3-6. Sam claimed a gold medal in the level 5 pommel, the first in three nationals but it came as a surprise.

"I only found out I got gold when it was prizegiving time," Sam revealed, after the electronic scoreboard had a hiccup while he was still on an apparatus."When they finally got it running my score had already been and I hadn't seen it," he says with a laugh, disclosing he had momentarily anticipated another nationals devoid of medals.

Sam also competed in the rings, vault (placed 7th), parallel bars (placed 5th), floor and high bars and was placed 10th overall out of a field 22 competitors.

Sam is an ambitious young man with a goal to be one of the best gymnasts with Olympic ambitions. He attributes his success to a smooth routine, placement of hands and giving lots of air between his legs and the pommel horse and salutes his coach, Jo Cox.

We wish Sam all the best in pursuing his goals - an outstanding result Sam!

After studies in Otago and a working stint both overseas in London and down south in Christchurch, Mathew (pictured second from right) now works as an Investment Advisor at Forsyth Barr in Hastings. All this experience is also helpful in his current role as Treasurer of our LCOBA committee.

Like many of my friends from school, I headed to Otago to obtain a B.Com and after a brief stint in banking and finance in Wellington, I headed off to London for a few years to work in the same industry. On return to NZ I thought I would try my hand at working outside of the office and I got involved in some residential property development in Christchurch but after a time, I recognised that work back in the financial sector was more in line with where I wanted to be. I became an Investment Advisor at in 2003 and a buyout of my original firm now has me working with Forsyth Barr out of the Hastings office.I have always enjoyed working out what makes businesses tick and how they can be improved. Working with and helping people is another passion I have so I am able to combine both of these things in my career.

I guess the pathway was set in motion at the beginning of my first year when I found myself totally confused after a couple of Information Science lectures (effectively a course about computers in commerce) so I switched those papers out for Finance papers instead.I still live in Hawkes Bay simply because to me it is the best place in the country to settle down, have kids and lead a good life. I have four children who keep me very busy and I enjoy frequently visiting the farm or the lake and see a real benefit in being close to these places.

Whilst most of my interest in sport takes place from the side lines nowadays, I do enjoy playing the odd game of social cricket out at the Clifton County Cricket Club.All subjects taken at Lindisfarne (possibly with the exception of Japanese which wrongly was seen as essential in the early 1990’s) aided greatly in me discovering my desired pathway. I feel a broad range of subjects at that stage in life is more important than trying to specialise. Funnily enough, I loved Tech Drawing and I actually did quite well at it but I was never creative enough to become an architect. I look very fondly upon a number of subjects and I feel this was largely on account of the teachers who took those classes which makes me reflect that students at Lindisfarne are very lucky to have such a high calibre of staff.Whilst I was at school, representing NZ in rugby was huge for me.

Now I look back and am just extremely satisfied with my life. I have raised a big family, been successful in my career and have lived a well-balanced and enjoyable life to date. As a boarder, Lindisfarne was my life for the time I was there. Some of the best memories probably involved activities deserved of the cane but certainly the involvement in a community was special for a farming kid with two sisters. The idea of a bunch of kids thrown together at the age of 13 from all over the region and just working out how to get along and make life tick was probably a good start.

Learning how to get along with others is so important in life. Playing league on the field after a decent downpour was always plenty of fun until one of the masters realised we were ruining the turf and moved us on. Any meal where there was enough left over for second helpings were appreciated. I was involved in a number of sports as well as a bit of drama. The great thing about Lindisfarne is that all of those things are so accessible and easy that you can try all sorts of things and work out what you enjoy. Lindisfarne taught me how to work hard, have respect, use manners and build tolerance.

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The decision to integrate was probably the most important decision taken by the Lindisfarne community since the inception of the College. It was a move which would have far-reaching repercussions for all aspects of the school and would mould the school into what it is today.

From the time that it was first mooted by the government of the day, integration had been considered as a possibility for Lindisfarne but the disadvantages were considered to outweigh the advantages. In 1997, however, the issue became more pressing as a change to the Education Act put a time limit on the possibility of schools taking up the opportunity to integrate. Although some Hawke’s Bay independent schools expressed a reluctance to integrate, the Lindisfarne College Council approached the problem with a desire to gather more information on the topic. With this brief in mind, the Chairman, Dr Wakeman, set out to appraise both sides of the issue.

The Rector, Mr. Smith reported in 1999 that “Dr Wakeman has spent hours going over the finer points of property, financial contracts and expenditure”. Dr Wakeman, in his report, stated that the differences between an independent and an integrated school very not as substantial as he had first thought: “The same body of Trustees owns the school property before and after integration.” The difference was that after integration the government would pay for the maintenance of those buildings. Some buildings and facilities had to be brought up to the standard of state schools before maintenance would be paid for and the most substantial of these were the Homestead/ Administration Block and the Technology Block.

With all evidence gathered and considered, the Council made the decision to move forward with integration and this was accepted by the Ministry of Education at the end of 1998. Both Mr Smith and Dr Wakeman assured the Lindisfarne community in their end of year addresses, that the principles on which Lindisfarne was founded would not be altered by integration, that the school would retain its ethos and that the interests of the boys would remain paramount in all decisions.

As a result of the Ministry of Education taking over the payment of teachers’ salaries, the most important effect of integration was that school fees were effectively halved and this resulted in an immediate increase in applications for 1999. An extensive project of renovation and refurbishment was undertaken in the Homestead to bring it up to the standard required.

The staffroom was remodelled and the ceiling strengthened, new administration offices were added where the library had been and the entire Homestead roof was re-tiled. There were also upgrades to the Technology department and these were ongoing over several years. By the end of 1999, the Rector was able to tell parents in his annual report that any doubts about integration had been effectively quashed during the year and that “Lindisfarne is poised on the threshold of a boom time quite unprecedented in the College’s history”.

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New Zealand Short Course Swimming Championships

Congratulations to Jake Stephens for his outstanding performances in the pool at the NZ Short Course Swimming Champs over the holidays.

4 Gold Medals - 400m IM, 200m Fly, 100m Back, 50m Back 2 Silver Medals - 200m IM, 200m Back 1 Bronze Medal - 50m Fly

Jake also broke two HBPB records for the 100m Back and 200m Back events.

Fellow swimmers Lars Benson and Marshall Soanes also competed at the champs placing in the top 10 in several of their events.

An awesome achievement Jake!

Australian Orienteering Champs and the Heaps Good TriAdelaide Events

Ronan Lee has recently returned from Adelaide, Australia where he has been competing in the Australian Orienteering Champs and Heaps Good TriAdelaide events. He was running up in the Elite mens and did extremely well, giving him a good deal of experience which he will apply to his events next year.

Heaps Good TriAdelaide

2/10- Sprint: 14th

3/10- long: 18th

4/10- Middle: 7th

South Australia Middle Champs

7/10-Middle: 12th

Australian Long Champs

6/10-Long: 7th

Australian Champs

29/9- Middle:13th

30/9- Relay: 8th

1/10- Sprint: 15th

An awesome achievement Ronan!

Photos:

A Squad - 2nd place overall in the NZSS Clay Target Championships: Bryn Thompson , Harry Lowry, Joe Ward, Sam Lowry and Haeora King

Jonty Gresham - South Island DLT, 3rd Individual Points Score

William Apatu - 3rd NZSS Individual Single Barrel

Harry Lowry - NZ Aggregate Cup for the combined NZ DTL and Skeet events

HB Open Fish & Game Team (Sam Lowry, Harry Lowry, Oliver Wiggins Crowe from Karamu, Jonty Gresham and Harry Smith)

South Island and New Zealand Secondary Schools Clay Target Championships - September 28 – 30

Three squads from fourteen of the eighteen College shooting team were represented at this years SI and NZ Clay Target Championships hosted in Christchurch accompanied by coach Mr Michael McCormick and Manager Mr Ralph Harper along with a great group of parent supporters. The squads were as follows:

A Squad:

B Squad : Conor Thorman, Sam Barnes, James Cairns, Harry Smith and William Apatu

C Squad: Alex Lawson, Jack Erickson, Jonty Gresham and George Newman.

South Island Down-the-Line (DTL) – Saturday Sept 29

Single Rise

Joe, Harry, Sam and Jonty 19/20

James 18

Bryn, Haeora, Conor, Harry, Alex and Jack 17

William and George 16

While there were no “possibles” from the boys, there was only 22 shot in total.

Points Score

Jonty 60/60 (an exceptional score!)

Harry Smith 58

Joe 57

Sam Barnes and Sam Lowry 56

A Squad total of 272/300 (5th)

B Squad 265/300 (7th)

Single Barrel

Harry Lowry, Bryn, Conor, Harry Smith, William and George 9/10 Joe, Haeora and Jonty 8/10

A Squad 5th ahead of our CLNISS competitors Karamu, Napier and Palmerston North Boys’ teams.

Jonty Gresham, in his first Championship shoot and nursing a sore knee, shot-off for Points Score individual places and secured 3rd place, a great result for him.

New Zealand DTL - Sunday Sept 30

Single Rise

Harry Lowry, Bryn, Sam Barnes, Sam Lowry, Jonty 19/20

Joe, Haeora, Conor, Harry Smith and William 18/20

(no “possibles”)

Points Score

Harry Lowry 59/60

Sam Lowry 57 Haeora and Harry Smith 56

Conor, William and Jonty 55 Joe 51

Single Barrel

Three 10/10 ''possibles'' from Conor, Sam Barnes and William

Joe 9

Harry Lowry, Bryn, James, Harry Smith, Alex and Jack 8/10 Haeora, Sam Lowry and Jonty 7/10

Shoot-offs

Harry Lowry shot-off for the individual Points Score placings securing 4th and while Conor and Sam Barnes were eliminated early in the Single Barrel shoot-off.

William Apatu maintained his composure to shoot 22 targets in the single barrel shoot-off to be placed 3rd a great result from a junior shooter also at his first Championship.

Harry Lowry shot-off for a place in the North Island boys’ team however the team lost the match to the South Island boys.

Overall Team Results

Our teams scores improved from Saturday with the A Squad scoring 277/300 to take 2nd place 1 target behind behind Central Southland on 279/300. The B Squad scored a creditable 273/300 for 5th place and again we were ahead of our CLNISS competitors.

Fish & Game Regional Shoot

With Robyn McCormick (camp mum) collating the scores from the Eastern region schools for the Fish & Game Regional shoot we saw four of the boys being Harry Lowry, Harry Smith, Sam Lowry and Jonty Gresham along with Oliver Wiggins Crowe from Karamu selected, however shooting in damp, foggy conditions on Monday morning were not conducive to good scores and the boys were unplaced.

South Island and New Zealand Skeet

Eight of the boys: Joe Ward, Harry Lowry, Bryn Thompson, Haeora King, Sam Lowry, Conor Thorman, Sam Barnes and Jonty Gresham went on to shoot the South Island and New Zealand Skeet.

South Island Skeet

Sam Lowry shooting 24/25

Joe and Bryn 23/25

Harry Lowry 22/25

NZ Skeet

Harry Lowry 24/25

Joe 22/25

Conor 21/25

Haeora and Sam Barnes 19/25

Sam Lowry 16 /25.

Harry Lowry shot-off for the NZ event and secured 4th place, he also subsequently took 1st place for the Aggregate trophy for the combined Down-the-Line and Skeet events.

Both Mike McCormick and Ralph Harper were very pleased to see many of the boys shoot personal bests, and our decision to take the four junior first year shooters was vindicated with Jonty and William's great results shooting at this level, which bodes well for the future with all the younger boys having made significant improvement in their shooting during this year.

“I'm sure the boys all had a very enjoyable experience in Christchurch with a number of the parents there to support their sons and the opportunity with Andrew Thompson taking a College van down, to provide a base for the boys and parents and a great supply of meat and home baking was forthcoming to compliment the groceries we supply to keep everyone fed during the Championship.” – Mr Ralph Harper, Shooting Team Manager

Jimmy Boswell has had the unusual career combination of being an internationally renowned chef and a paramedic with a side-line in adventure sports.

Jimmy has worked with international chefs such as Jamie Oliver and is renowned locally as the Gluten-Free Chef after publishing his book “The New Zealand Gluten-Free Cookbook” with Penguin in 2012.

Jimmy has been a presenter on Maori television’s ‘Whanau Living’ and appears frequently on other shows including live on ‘Good Morning’ as well as ‘The Garden Pantry’ on Sky Living channel, ‘Cam's Kai’ and other masterclasses and food shows over the years. He has a very popular food recipe site called Taste Of Home (www.tasteofhome.co.nz) and 70,000 followers on Facebook. Jimmy has Sicilian roots and favours the characteristics of this style of cooking over more elaborate cuisine.

As he recalled for an interview with Stuff in 2016: “I’ve been around food all my life. Mum was a very good cook and I started cooking when I was about five. I love the south, it’s more peasant food. That’s more real food over contrived stuff. It’s functional food.” This background has influenced Jimmy’s own cooking style: “In New Zealand we are exposed to a lot of different food and cultures from around the world. I bring that into the restaurant with a lot of that fusion. It’s a lot of fun.” As well as being an acclaimed chef, Jimmy also qualified as a paramedic and spent several years travelling and working in extreme tourism, cheffing and doing contract ambulance and paramedic duties.

Jimmy trained as a paramedic in the 1980's and this became intertwined with cooking and extreme sport to evolve a skill set that he could use anywhere in the world. This took Jimmy to exotic countries like Nepal to work in bungy jumping and rafting operations. Jimmy recalls how he started bungy jumping, “ I became involved in extreme sports in New Zealand in the late 80's and 90's with grade 4 and 5 white-water rafting as my core passion. I spent a lot of time over that period in and around Mangaweka and became active with bungy when it was in its infancy. I have jumped so many times that I stopped counting at 1,000.

In the late 90's I was asked to go to Nepal and be jumpmaster at The Last Resort 12km from Tibet on the north western highway. It was the second highest commercial jump in the world at 160m and we were jumping 30 people a day. It was a three and a half hour bus trip from Kathmandu.” At Lindisfarne, one of his experiences had a strong influence on his future direction recalls Jimmy, “I was in Mr. Reed’s St. John’s cadet division (I remember he was ex-British Army) and this had a huge impact on my future development.

Our division competition team was so good, we excelled in drill and went to many adult competitions and won trophies. As a cadet, I achieved highly in the region for St. John’s and that followed through in my life.” Jimmy believes that being a boarder at Lindisfarne was also a defining experience for him; “Lindisfarne was a pivotal part of my life. I only really realised it after I left but the teaching and the whole boarding experience instilled a base that would serve me well in times to come.

The school, its teachers and house masters looked to support and get the best out of each of us. I was involved with swimming, hockey, St Johns and while I didn't excel in the academic side of things I was given a huge base of understanding and support that created a sense of independence that later allowed me to pursue my choices. I learned there was never any ‘buts’. I never said and still don't say ‘but’ as I know if I want to do something I will give it a go.

I do have to mention Mr Pine, Mr Monk and Mr Reed as standout masters that took a personal interest in me and through the good and the bad had a positive impact on my life at the school and beyond. It was people like this that helped me become the person I am.” Jimmy has not kept in touch with many boys from his school days and would relish the opportunity to re-connect with some of his friends from those days.

Alongside the accomplishments of being a recognised development chef, author and TV presenter, Jimmy ranks his experience as a father to his two sons (now aged 26 and 28) as being his proudest achievements.

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Before becoming Chairman, Dr. John Wakeman served for 11 years as a councillor on the Lindisfarne College Council. He took over as the Chairman in 1995 and almost from the outset became involved in the negotiations and deliberations over integration.

This involved an enormous amount of work and a very thorough approach to ensure that Lindisfarne made the most advantageous decisions about integration. Several other independent schools at this time declined to take up the offer of integration and it was a testimony to Dr. Wakeman’s pragmatism that he ensured that all arguments and options were considered before the final decision was made.

The acceptance of integration was a pivotal moment for Lindisfarne and allowed the school to go on and develop as strongly as it has. At the time of integration, the Rector, Mr. Smith paid tribute to Dr. Wakeman and the enormous amount of work he had done to reach the right decision for the school. “In particular I would like to thank John Wakeman for the inordinate amount of his own time he has put into the college throughout this year. To appreciate the commitment, one would have to be at the College on most days of the week. His initiative and leadership in all spheres of governance, his uncompromising devotion to Lindisfarne and his attention to detail has resulted in a highly successful year for his Council.”

The same devotion and attention to detail characterised the remainder of Dr. Wakeman’s time as Chairman of the College Council. Under his guidance, the Council oversaw numerous building projects which changed the face of the College. These include the library, the science complex, the Intermediate classroom block, the second storeys and refurbishment of several of the boarding hostels, the new art rooms, The Agriculture and Horticulture building, the Performing Arts Centre, the new tennis courts and the driveway realignment project.

Every year at prize-giving the Rector has thanked Dr. Wakeman and his fellow councillors for their contribution to the College and it is interesting to note that, in regard to Dr. Wakeman, the words pragmatism, prudence and wisdom and used frequently. In 2009 Mr Lander paid tribute to the College Council for all the work that they had done during his tenure as Rector and made special mention of Dr. Wakeman’s leadership: “Throughout this period, under the canny leadership of Dr. John Wakeman, the College Council has consistently shown it has the best interests of Lindisfarne’s boys, staff and parents to the fore.” Dr. Wakeman retired as Chairman of the College Council in 2015 after serving the school for a total of 31 years.

During this period, he worked with three Rectors and saw the school grow from just over 300 to nearly 500. In paying tribute to Dr. Wakeman, Mr. Andrew Kirkpatrick, the incoming Chairman praised his “unwavering dedication and absolute commitment to Lindisfarne.”.

After the completion of the library, the Lindisfarne Foundation embarked on an ambitious project to build a new senior science complex with modern equipment and facilities.

This was an urgently needed project as science had previously been taught in a in a ragtag collection of laboratories, one of which dated back to before 1958. By 1997, the general state of the laboratories and the growth in the number of boys wanting to study the sciences made this project increasingly pressing.

The science complex project involved the building of two brand new laboratories and the extensive renovation of the old physics and biology laboratories. This took the total of modern laboratories up to four. Also included in the complex were a central preparation room, a well appointed dangerous goods store with plenty of storage, a dark room and a well-appointed staff room with office space for all staff. To reflect the changing educational styles, there was also a dedicated space for students to work in small groups on extension projects and a comprehensive computer network was also installed.

The complex was officially opened by the first dux of Lindisfarne, Professor A.D.C. MacKnight on 28th February 1998. In his address to those gathered for the opening of the science complex, Professor McKnight spoke about the importance of science in all aspects of modern life.

Old Boy Paul Smith is Owner director of Smith & Co. B.V. in the Netherlands and Chrome & Nickel Ltd. in the UK.

I met my wife, Petra in 1975 in Eindhoven and we were married a year later. Our daughters Romy and Aniek were born in 1986 and 1988. Having played hockey at Lindisfarne it was obvious that the girls were also going to play hockey which they did until the end of their high school days. Once at university, sport was no longer so important, but they both completed their studies with Romy achieving a master degree in Pedagogy at Utrecht University , before moving to London where she completed a second master study at King’s College in Child Studies. Aniek studied Art History at Utrecht University, attaining her bachelor degree before switching to do her master in Roman Antiquities at the Amsterdam VU (Vrije Universiteit). Romy now lives in London managing a home for children taken into care and Aniek, who married her Irish partner in July, now lives in Dublin.

Despite our retirement age, Petra and I still work more or less full time in our own business and have no intention of stopping any time soon. To help us maintain this attitude we both train regularly and I go to the gym most days of the week. We are also fortunate enough to have a small ‘pied à terre’ in Amsterdam, a city we have come to love with a passion and spend almost all of our weekends there. The reason that we love the town so much is because , even though it is a city with international allure, it feels like a village. It has a great open transport system which means we hardly ever touch the car when we’re there, choosing to use the trams and buses or walking. We have gone all cultural becoming ‘Friends of the Opera & Ballet’ and attend quite a few operas and ballet every year. There are also 11 art-house cinemas which also show a good selection of art-house and main stream films which enables us to take in anywhere up to 5 or 6 films a month. All of these activities are within easy walking distance should we choose to not to take the tram or bus. Of course there are numerous musea in the city as well as a wonderful zoo (Artis) and botanical garden (Hortus Botanicus) of which we have also become ‘Friends’ giving us the opportunity to go as often as we like.

After leaving Lindisfarne I went to Victoria University in Wellington to study (well, in principle) Business Administration & Law. I quickly realised that this was not a course that excited me and after 15 months I ‘dropped-out’ spending a few months living from my savings and having a glorious time.

Finally forced to seek work, I found a job with a fashion design house where the work was dull and boring, but the female models in attendance were marvellous. Still, the level of my wages (NZ$28,00 per week) were not enough to cover my costs so I found work with EMI, (then still known in NZ as HMV,) initially in the admin dept., but after 6 months moving to sales. I had found my niche and enjoyed two years covering the southern half of the North Island as a sales representative before moving to Auckland to cover the northern half of the North Island for a further year. What a fabulous three years they were, visiting retailers during the day, plugging to the local radio deejay between 5.00pm and 7.00pm before going out on the town with said deejay and any other record company sales reps who happened to be around and various assistants from the local record shops.

However, it was time to move on and see the world, so in July 1973 I set off for the UK. Having arrived in London, I called EMI and immediately found work as a salesman covering the south of England from Kent to Dorset. I worked in the UK for three years ending my time there as senior sales rep for South London and Surrey. By this time I had met my wife in the Netherlands and I was able to transfer to EMI Holland to take up a function in the International marketing department. While working there I inflicted artists such as Pussycat, George Baker and the Cats on an unsuspecting world. After having moved to Ariola (now Sony) I was then approached to join Flying Dutchman, established by my old Dutch EMI boss as a European Marketing & Promotion co-ordination company. During this time I had the good fortune to work with artists such as Phil Collins, Genesis, INXS, Def Leppard and Roger Daltry.

In 1985 I was approached to establish a new independent record company in the Netherlands for a major entertainment retailer which resulted in the creation of Disky Communications. As Managing Director, I ran the company for 17 years establishing it as one of the leading European budget (low priced CD’s) marketing companies with fifteen sales operations spread throughout Europe. In 1997 the company was acquired by EMI. I continued to run the company for five years before finally deciding to go out on my own in 2003.

Initially operating as a repertoire licensing agency for various U.S. and U.K. independent labels, Smith & Co. B.V. handled the development of their digital sales. Over the years this has more or less become our ‘raison d’être’, specialising in 3rd. party digital distribution representing over 60 clients throughout the world with approximately 200,000 tracks online. Since those early days of digital marketing we have seen the focus move away from ‘downloads’ pioneered by iTunes to streaming and finger-printing of music by the platforms such as Spotify, Apple, Deezer Google/YouTube and more recently Facebook and Instagram. Although the fees you receive per stream are very small the sheer volume of streaming and finger-printing ensures that slowly but surely, this income model will ultimately supersede the income levels achieved in the past in traditional music marketing.

My time at Lindisfarne certainly shaped my future, not so much scholastically, but certainly my character. I was an only child, and whilst I wasn’t spoilt in the traditional sense i.e. spoilt rotten, (my wife is one of 10 children and compared to me they had a 5 star existence), of course I had no competition. Getting to Lindisfarne taught me to stand up for myself and how to compete. It also quickly toughened you up. I can vividly remember moving into the “Farne” and having to get up at 6:20 to go for a run (for the first time in my life) and then having to swim at least one length of the swimming pool, (re-filled weekly with artesian water as it had no filtration system,) which was akin to swimming in liquid ice! In the winter the pool was empty and so we had to have a supervised cold shower after our run, probably against the law these days.

A hard lesson I learnt that first year was a result of bullying. After the second term I didn’t want to go back, but as far as my father was concerned this was a non-starter. He gave me what I consider was excellent advice. He told me that I had to stand up for myself and to hit any boy who gave me a hard time. Taking this to heart, I was involved in three fights in the first week of term 3 and that was that. The bullying ended and a couple of the lads I clashed with became good friends. In that sense, Lindisfarne formed me giving me confidence, determination and a large degree of self-worth.

Undoubtedly, what I enjoyed most at the school, apart from the enjoyment of hanging out with my mates 24/7, was the sport. I played cricket, indoor basketball and although I initially played rugby for the first two years, I switched to hockey for which I was much more suited, in the last three years playing for the first eleven for 2 years. Some of the highlights of those years were beating the basketball A team while still in the B team, winning the Hastings hockey competition in our grade in 1967 (If I remember correctly), but of course the greatest moment was playing in the Cuthbert House senior rugby team and beating Aidan when they had most of the first fifteen in their team, whilst Cuthbert had to bring in several hockey players to make up the numbers.

My proudest moment to date, apart from the obvious ones of having found the perfect partner and having two fabulous daughters with her, would be giving a up a seriously well paid job in order to start my own company aged 52 and making a success of it. It wasn’t easy. My wife was terrified and we almost didn’t make it, having to take out a second mortgage on the house to keep going. After two years our fortunes changed, by the end of the forth year we had paid back the second mortgage, and since then we have never looked back. The odd thing is, that even when we were at our lowest ebb, I never doubted that we would succeed. My advice to anyone starting their own company would be, that no matter how good your business plan is, be aware that it is in all probability over confident. It will in all likelihood take longer to get your product onto the market than you anticipated, sales will be less than you had hoped for and your cash resources will evaporate much faster than you thought. It is essential that you have a plan that will get you through the first two years. If you can survive this initial period, you will probably succeed and you will have learned the true meaning of ‘Cash Flow’.

I have many amusing memories of Lindisfarne, most of them in the free time you had. On one occasion, a fifth former decide to ride his bike as fast as he could along the terrace in front of the classroom block intending to make a spectacular jump at the end. Of course it ended in a phenomenal pile-up and a broken arm. On another Saturday morning someone decide to see how many boys we could get on a particularly sturdy bicycle. First the strongest boy was on the seat in order to peddle and then slowly more and more boys climbed on. Finally, the smallest third former was literally thrown onto the top and the moment had arrived. Time to move. With a push from enthusiastic onlookers the bike began to move and slowly crumpled to the ground. The bike died and everyone just fell about howling with laughter.

The most terrifying moment was in my final year when several of us prefects (not a very good example I admit) decided to skip a class and were sat in the prefects study enjoying a smoke, when the unmistakeable footfall of Rector Francis, the ‘Boss’, was heard in the corridor showing the school to prospective parents. Frozen in time we heard him getting closer and closer. No one dared even to breathe and finally he arrived outside the door. To our everlasting relief we heard him say to the parents, “This is the prefects study, but I won’t show it to you because it always such a mess!” We never did it again.

Other memories include being caned on a regular basis, totally out of order these days, but I never minded too much. There is only one occasion that I thought I was unfairly caned. It was for leaning on a friend while we were being inspected for church. I much preferred caning to fatigues which meant you couldn’t go to town on Friday after classes. Of course, the bane of our lives was the hairdresser! Remember, this was the sixties and the fashion was turning to long hair. How we dreaded the house master doing the rounds during dinner checking to see whose hair was over his collar and sending us to the hairdresser, who, as far as we were concerned, had learnt his trade in the army and shaved our scalps as if we were soldiers. How were we ever going to make an impression on girls during the holidays?

I don’t particularly remember any single meal at school. I seemed to be in a state of constant starvation and all meals were ravenously eaten and enjoyed. I do remember the strange habit of using the big breakfast teapots to warm your toast so that the butter would melt. The other lasting effect that school meals had on me was that I gave up milk and sugar in my tea. It was always such a hassle to get one or the other passed down the table, it was easier just to give them up.

I know that there are some who disliked their years at boarding school, but I have very fond memories of my time there. It taught many things that have stood me in good stead since leaving.

Apart from the comradeship and healthy living (I have never been as fit as I was at Lindisfarne) it taught me discipline, although many would say that I was extremely rebellious, determination and the realisation that you are the master of your own destiny. You don’t necessarily realise this when you leave, but as you age and look back at that time you begin to understand the lessons that were instilled. It has given me the confidence to take on new challenges and make a success of my life. It also gave me life long friendship and even though we don’t see each other very often due to the distance, old boys Phil Melchoir, Geoff Walker, Rick Whitlock, Geoff Sherning, Murray Rosser and Murray Johnstone (whom I have lost touch with) are guys whom I consider good friends to this day.

As far as giving advise to boys leaving the school; that’s simple. Follow your heart. Do what you want to do, not what others maybe expect you to do. If you’re going onto further study, make sure it’s a study that you really want to follow. If you’re not the studying kind choose a trade that appeals to you. Don’t forget that in the coming years carpentry, plumbing, being an electrician or builder are jobs which A.I. is unlikely to take over any time soon and with what you have learned at Lindisfarne you can probably develop your own successful business in time.

Finally, I can confirm that my quote in the 1968 yearbook, which I pinched from that Mad Magazine character Alfred E. Newman, “What, Me Worry?” still applies after all these years.

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The library at Lindisfarne was always seen as an important feature in the life of the school and considerable effort from the parents and staff went into building it up over the years.

In 1956 the library, with Mr Denniston in charge, was situated on the ground floor of the Homestead, and was well supported by parents who gave generously to establish it on a firm footing. Mr and Mrs Paul, parents of L.J. and S.J. Paul, presented three prints of the Lindisfarne Priory, which they purchased while visiting the Holy Island earlier in the year. The prints are in Hiberno-Saxon illumination, which date back to the A.D.700. The etchings, when presented, were at least 100 years old. The framed prints now hang in the Homestead.

By 1983 the library’s reference section had expanded to such an extent that it had become the equal of many larger schools. The Old Boys’ Association wishing to pay tribute to the Rev. Storkey, and at the same time, make a positive contribution to the library, donated $2,000 worth of reference books, which were to be the start of the “Rev. D.W.Storkey Collection.” By the middle of the 1980’s, it was obvious that a bigger building was needed to house the library and the first of many work days was held to assist with a building fund for a new building. The boys earned the sum of $7,500, which was immediately banked. Eight years later that money, combined with the interest, which totalled just over $10,000, was forwarded to the Lindisfarne College Foundation. The generation of boys who had attended Lindisfarne in the four years from 1985 until 1988 earned a total of $44,231 on the days set aside as official College Work Days.

The Library received a bonanza in 1990, when Mr J Webber, a friend of the College, donated his entire library which had been accumulated over his lifetime. This large and diverse collection was valued at $4,000.00. By 1993 the library had all its books catalogued under the Dewey System and was operating efficiently but it was becoming obvious that there was a definite lack of space. One of the reasons was due to the increase in assignment work, which made up a large percentage of the Internal assessment programmes, in such subjects as economics, biology, English, history, geography and accounting

Lindisfarne was accepted by the National Library of New Zealand to be part of its School Library Development Programme in !995. The object was to initiate and develop a five-year Library Development Plan for the College, part of which involved designing a new library to specifically serve the requirements of the Lindisfarne boys.

Mr Jarrod Cunningham, taking time out from his rugby commitments, was employed to load the catalogue on the new library computer. The computer and associated software were able to be purchased because of the boys who had designated the $10,000 raised on the work day specifically for the library. To encourage the boys to read more widely the “Book of the Week” was introduced, whereby the Rector would briefly review and comment on a new addition to the Library, at each Monday’s assembly

The building of the new Library commenced after Easter in 1996 but before work could start, the aviary which had been in existence for over twenty years needed to be dismantled. All the exotic birds found a new home at the Cornwall Park Aviary.

The new library was in use from the first day of the school year in 1997 and was officially opened by Mr. Rick Barker the M.P. for Tukituki on 27th May 1997. Every single book contained in the old library was transferred across the Homestead lawn along a line of fourth form boys. The new building was the most effective combination, in one single building, of fiction and non-fiction books, reference material, research facilities, computers, information technology and teaching space.

The ground floor with 6,500 books, encyclopaedias, all the latest magazines of interest, the daily newspapers, the computerised catalogue, a spacious staff work-room and a well-appointed office for the librarian, created a restful ambiance that encouraged both staff and boys to make full use of all the facilities. The upper mezzanine floor, with its lines of computers, a specialised research area, two study areas, a designated silent reading area and the classroom, provided an ideal learning and working space. The library was kept open right up until the end of prep, as well as being available to the boarders on Sunday from 10am until noon.

The new library become a central focus in the College. This was in no small way assisted by the John Holt Trust, which is administered by an Old Boy. The Trust donated the finance to complete the wooden bridge over the fish-pond along with the cobbled paths, with the fountain as a focus. The layout of the paths was so designed to allow the boys ease of access to the new building.

Mr Walker (pictured right) served as Chairman of the College Council for a very busy six year period which saw numerous important developments at the college. Mr Walker’s stewardship witnessed the practical application of the business plan that he had initiated at the start of his tenure.

Part of the business plan was to send out a questionnaire to parents to canvas their opinions and this line of communication proved very valuable to the Council. During this time, the College also benefitted from new buildings and major extensions to existing structures such as the four new classrooms built on the first storey of the Mouat Block Further improvements were the completion of the “Pines” dayboy locker and common room complex and the D.W. Storkey hostel for junior boarders.

The questionnaire to parents had endorsed the horizontal boarding structure for boys and this was recognised in the new junior boarding facilities. The new buildings successfully reflected the style of the Herrick Homestead while being of a high modern standard and generally improving the appearance of the College.

In 1993, the College celebrated its 40th anniversary and the school could be justifiably proud of the developments that had taken place in the previous four decades. The anniversary was celebrated in October with a weekend of festivities which were well supported especially by Old Boys from the 1950’s. In the same year, Mr Walker was instrumental in acquiring the purchase of a 8.3 hectare property in Lyndhurst Road which was to become the Farne playing fields.

This addition effectively doubled the size of the college’s land and initially a portion of it was leased out. Despite the cost of this land, The College Council was also able to purchase and install 14 new computers and establish a fleet of five mini buses. Further developments during Mr Walker’s period as Chairman saw the Old Boys’ sports pavilion built and opened and a new project for an astroturf sports surface undertaken by the Parents and Friends Association.

In 1995 on Mr. Walker’s retirement, the Rector, Mr Smith, thanked him for bringing a “businessman’s perspective to the role that has carried us through the last few years to the very healthy position we enjoy today”.

The wide corridor between the Chapel and the Gymnasium became an ideal location for a photo gallery. Under the guidance of Rector W.G. Smith the “The Long Room” was created.

The Long Room holds portraits of all the College’s New Zealand Sport and Cultural representatives, along one wall, with team photographs of all the undefeated or successful sports’ teams along the other. The first of these teams is the 1959 1st XV rugby team. The contrast between the two walls makes an interesting statement about Lindisfarne. On one side we have Lindisfarne sportsmen, musicians, debaters and public speakers who have achieved at the highest level nationally and often internationally and been at the top of their field of endeavour.

There are representatives in a vast range of disciplines from rugby and archery to singing and debating. On the other wall are perhaps less illustrious sportsmen who have nonetheless achieved an undefeated season, many of them by tenaciously hanging on until the final whistle. These range from nationally successful cricket and soccer teams to the 2012 Intermediate School Second Hockey XI, ably coached by Mr Simes.

For all the boys and men represented in the long room, success has not been about the level at which they competed or performed but more about the effort that has been expended and the satisfying results achieved. Included within the “Long Room” are to be found three completed Century bats. This idea was introduced in 1980, to acknowledge the scoring of a century in any Lindisfarne team at cricket. The Century bat, - a miniature cricket bat, was engraved, and presented to each century maker, at Assembly.

With approximately 30 names on each of the three bats, R Kinnear appears five times, and four others J. Pawley, K. Makirere, J. Castles and R. Crooks, appear four times. This concept was enhanced later, with trophies for a hat-trick (in 1981, Rob Hay was the inaugural recipient), as well as five and six wicket bags.

Rugby jerseys, presented by Old Boys who had represented New Zealand, as well as all the Crests and Shields presented to College Sports’ Teams while on tour, were to be found on the end wall, now in the Archives Room..

Michael Barry (pictured middle) has joined the growing number of Lindisfarne Old Boys who are innovators and entrepreneurs in the business world. Michael realised fairly early on that corporate business with its in-house politics was not going to suit him and this has given him the incentive to be part of a new venture with Andrew Harris, another Lindisfarne Old Boy.

Like many Lindisfarne Old Boys, Michael headed off to the University of Otago when he left school. “This was one of the best decisions of my life”, he recalls. “I had no idea what I wanted to do ‘when I was older’ but the thought of running my own business in the sports management field always appealed so I ended up completing a B. Com. in Business Management. I also took papers in Accounting, Sports Management, Psychology and Tourism/Events Management as these seemed to have potential for the future. On reflection, there is not much I would have changed as this mixture of learning gave me a solid and broad base from which to begin my working career.”

With a bit of help from Andy Harris, Michael got a job after university working in the customer service call centre at ANZ in Melbourne. Every piece of experience has its benefits as Michael found out from this job: “I didn’t know it at the time but this seven month stint on the phones taught me some very valuable communication skills, many of which I have developed further in more recent roles.” This was the point at which Michael realised that the corporate world was not his destiny and a move back to Auckland took him into the sales and business development side of an oil and gas company where he managed sales staff and worked with senior management to implement some large international projects.

A bit of persuasion from his prospective wife resulted in a move to London and a job with a fast growing financial services consultancy. Michael describes his role with the company: “This was also a sales based role that saw me travel to all corners of the UK, meeting with company directors and talking about all sorts of interesting and innovative projects - plenty of blue sky thinking. I found that these conversations and situations - many of which were challenging - were an invaluable learning experience.” Even with a heavy work schedule, Michael still found time to travel around the UK and Europe and watch a lot of football in London pubs!

After two years in London, Michael made the decision to return to Auckland where he established his education technology business with Lindisfarne Old Boy and great mate, Andrew Harris. They had always shared the desire to start their own business and create something from scratch so for five years they explored possibilities, several of which failed. They then came up with the concept of “Enroller” which saves schools hours of time processing applications and enrolments from around the world while making it much easier for families from overseas to apply to New Zealand schools. Michael rates his job satisfaction highly: “The fact that we are now solving a genuine problem for our customers is pretty cool...they love us for it. Being completely accountable for the success (or failure) of Enroller gets us out of bed every day with a smile on our faces. There’s no-one else telling us what to do, when to do it and how it should look so it’s important that we are 100% committed. There’s something quite scary but exciting about doing what we are doing which is really motivating!”

Michael credits Lindisfarne with giving him many of the skills he needed to succeed: “Lindisfarne drove us to be the best young men we could be, always presenting opportunities for us to be taken out of our comfort zones. Although they weren’t my favourite subjects, Economics and Accounting have been very valuable for me since leaving school as they are the cornerstones of any business - you need to understand the world of money. I was also given opportunities to get involved in speech and drama and public speaking. I would strongly recommend that all current students give it a go, no matter how scary or nerve-racking it is! You’ll thank yourself as soon as you get to university.”

Michael remembers sport as playing a large role in school life and teaching him some valuable life lessons such as team work and empathy and he still plays social sport and enjoys following all New Zealand sport. He and a group of friends have season tickets for the New Zealand Warriors and have high hopes for their team at the start of every season.

Highlights to date for Michael have been, “getting married, having a great group of friends, making a success of our time in London, getting down to a single figure golf handicap and more recently having a growing network of customers in a business I helped to create from the ground up.”

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