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Primary Fair, Years 1-4 Art in Science Awards Sponsor: Cawthron Trust

Highly commended: Lucy Robinson Spikular Wakefield School Bronze: Junior children - new entrants Honey Bees Auckland Point School Silver: Room Circuit art Clifton Terrace School Gold: Alice Brooks Tuatara Study Henley School

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Primary Fair, Years 5-8 Art in Science Awards Sponsor: Cawthron Trust

Highly commended: Brooke Robinson Butterfly twin Wakefield School Bronze: POD 11/12 Victory Primary School Can Machines Make Art? Victory Primary School Silver: Room 6 & 7 Dusky Sound Clifton Terrace School Gold: Mia Fay, Edie Morgan Fashion In Our Blood Mapua School

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Primary Fair, Years 1-6 Research Awards Sponsor: Cawthron Trust Highly commended: Zoe Bonny, Daisy Moncrieff How much pollution is in the ocean? Mapua School Bronze: Charlotte Burnett, Laila King, Starsha Watts Caves Research Poster Brooklyn School Silver: Yuto Yamamoto Bacteria Everywhere Clifton Terrace School Gold: Blake Davis, Isla Hill and Jack Trott Salt to Fresh Mapua School

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Primary Fair, Years 7-8 Research Awards Sponsor: Cawthron Trust Highly commended: Amelia Brennan Pharmacology St Joseph's Nelson Bronze: Freya High, Sylvie Lloyd, Emily Preston-Thomas Lights, Camera, Action Nelson Intermediate Silver: Alexandre de Maupeou d'Ableiges Micrometeorites Nelson Intermediate Gold: Alec Mark Breaking the Ice Home School

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Primary Fair, Years 1-5 Technology Awards Sponsor: Cawthron Trust Highly commended: Hogan Ward Polystyrene Problem Clifton Terrace School Bronze: Rooms 3 & 4 Natural Dyes Clifton Terrace School Silver: Māhina Taylor, Tahlia-Jane Peeni, Corbin Piripi, Daesian-Satori Waerea-Tekowhai, Taysharnia Scott-Wilson, Shikylah Rudolph, Taumarama McGregor Tiakina te Moana Victory Primary School Gold: Finn Bryant Lego Sorter Clifton Terrace School

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Primary Fair, Years 6-8 Technology Awards Sponsor: Cawthron Trust Highly commended: Charlie Cuff Totally Pumped Clifton Terrace School Bronze: Alexander Bryant, Jeremy Beatson T.R.A.I. Nelson College Prep School Silver: Kelian Landry, Campbell Patrick E-BOX Nelson College Prep School Gold: Thomas Goode Arduino in Action Nelson Central School

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Primary Fair, Years 1-4 Science Awards Sponsor: Cawthron Trust

Highly commended: Zoe Bonny Plant growth in different environments Mapua School Bronze: Cody White and Hunter Warner Hovercraft Enner Glynn School Silver: Keshia Linyard Soap Powered Boats Enner Glynn School Gold: Awatea Rahui, Jose Wells, Hunter Tarapipipi, Tamati-Jay Topia-Pene, Emma Takimoana, Caanan Elkington Te Tōpana me te Nekenga Victory Primary School

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Primary Fair, Years 5-6 Science Awards Sponsor: Cawthron Trust Highly commended: Brooke Robinson pH Wakefield School Bronze: Stanley Jamieson Did Old McDonald Kill the River? Clifton Terrace School Silver: Jack Caulton Fantastic Idealistic Ballistics Enner Glynn School Gold: Alice Neiman Growth Spur Birchwood School

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Primary Fair, Years 7-8 Science Awards Sponsor: Cawthron Trust Highly commended: Callum Robertson, Ben Roff Bust The Rust Nelson College Prep Bronze: Sandhya Bhagwani Electricity Nelson College for Girls Prep Silver: Oscar Perrott Reservoir Cree.coli Waimea Intermediate Gold: James O'Malley Watch out for bacteria Waimea Intermediate

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Special Criteria Awards

Wakatu-Te Reo Māori Award Sponsor: Wakatu Inc Prize: $200 Criteria: Best project in Te Reo Māori Joint First Shakana Pirere, Pīata Taylor, Tessa Liddicoat, Samantha Radcliffe-Kershaw, Tereme Elkington Use The Force Victory Primary School Awatea Rahui, Jose Wells, Hunter Tarapipipi, Tamati-Jay Topia-Pene, Emma Takimoana, Caanan Elkington Te Tōpana me te Nekenga Victory Primary School Māhina Taylor, Tahlia-Jane Peeni, Corbin Piripi, Daesian-Satori Waerea-Tekowhai, Taysharnia Scott-Wilson, Shikylah Rudolph, Taumarama McGregor Tiakina te Moana Victory Primary School

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Science Communicator Award Sponosr: Nelson Science Society Prize: $300 Criteria: Best communicator through oral presentation Joint First Luke Heaphy Go Quietly Or Go Home St Joseph's Nelson Thomas Goode Arduino in Action Nelson Central School Joint Second Flo Munro Goodbye To Dry St Joseph's Nelson James O'Malley Watch out for bacteria Waimea Intermediate

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Plant & Food Research Award Sponsor: Plant & Food Research Prize: $100 Criteria: The best investigation food technology Gabriella Olander, Sophia Newton Yucky Yucky Apples Birchwood School Baking Industry Research Trust Primary Award Sponsor: NZ Baking Industry Research Trust Prize: $50 + Book Criteria: Best understanding of flour usage or bakery

products in their food related project Cassandra Busby Biscuits On The Rise Nelson College for Girls Prep Royal Aeronautical Society Primary Award Sponsor: Royal Aeronautical Society, Blenheim Branch Prize: $100 Criteria: The best investigation relating to 'flow',

including hydro and aero dynamics, vessel building and design

Ameera Woods Wind Tunnel Nelson College for Girls Prep

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Nelson Botanical Society Sponsor: Nelson Botanical Society Award Prize: $50 Criteria: The best investigation relating to botany Lara Edmonds Burn Baby Burn Broadgreen Intermediate Marine Conservation Award Sponsor: Friends of Nelson Haven and Tasman Bays Prize: $50 + family subscription for a year Criteria: Best in Marine Conservation Māhina Taylor, Tahlia-Jane Peeni, Corbin Piripi, Daesian-Satori Waerea-Tekowhai, Taysharnia Scott-Wilson, Shikylah Rudolph, Taumarama McGregor Tiakina te Moana Victory Primary School Port Nelson Ltd Award Sponsor: Port Nelson Ltd Prize: $100 Criteria: The best marine related environmental project Mia Harnetty Change of Temperature Nayland Primary School

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Youth Leadership Sponsor: Nelson City and Tasman District Councils Prize: $300 Criteria: The best investigation focused on sustainability

and community Joint First Sarah Innes Walker, Dylan Browning, Abbe Stewart, Ruby Thomas, Kasha Duggen, Max Cinzah Breath Victory Primary School Luke Heaphy Go Quietly Or Go Home St Joseph's Nelson Oliver Patel Self-watering hydroponic vertical planter Nelson Intermediate

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Soroptimists International Award Sponsor: Soroptimist International, Nelson & Tasman Branch Prize: $25 Criteria: Best female in Years 1-5 for each category Science Mia Harnetty Change of Temperature Nayland Primary School Research Jorga Roberts Is Fruit Really your Friend? Clifton Terrace School Art in Science Misty Green , Briar Hollyman Craytontastic Clifton Terrace School

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Soroptimists International Award Sponsor: Soroptimist International, Nelson & Waimea Branch Prize: $50 Criteria: Best female in Years 6-8 for each category Science Jade Briggs Tiny Tardigrades Waimea Intermediate Technology Lily Stewart Milk Made St Joseph's Nelson Research Astrid Sayer, Skye Hay Being Albino Nelson Intermediate Art in Science Lucy Reith Nebulas Nelson College for Girls Prep

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Tonkin and Taylor Environmental Sustainability Award Sponsor: Tonkin and Taylor Prize: $150 Criteria: Best project that explores methods or technologies that support the utilization of the earth’s resources while achieving a long-term ecological balance Poppy McPherson We All Fall Down Ranzau School

Electronics Award Sponsor: Sensys - Systems for sensing our world Prize: $75 Criteria: Best project in electronics Thomas Goode Arduino in Action Nelson Central School Statistics NZ Award Sponsor: Statistic New Zealand and the New Zealand Statistics Association Prize: $40 book voucher

Criteria: Best use of statistics or statistical analysis in an investigation Alec Mark The Wisdom of the Crowd Home School

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Science Badges Sponsor: Science Awards Trust Prize: $50 Human Biology Poppy Donald Don't Skip a Beat Waimea Intermediate Psychology Nina Kondo, Ava Turner Illusions Nelson College for Girls Prep Sport Nick Lovell How much Drag affects you when you are swimming? Broadgreen Intermediate Forensic Madeleine Hall Fingerprint Frenzy Nelson College for Girls Prep Geology Keisha Bubb Rad Rocks Ranzau School

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Environmental Science Malika Rai, Wren Brudvik-Lindner Maitai Mischief St Joseph's Nelson Marine Biology Andre Moran, Ewan Jarman Acid Oceans Nelson College Prep School Food Technology Emily Bryant Performance Boosters Nelson Intermediate Electronics Sandhya Bhagwani Electricity Nelson College for Girls Prep Investigation Micaiah Sampson Flipping Good Ranzau School PASCO Award Sponsor: PASCO Prize: Temperature and pH Sensor School: Waimea Intermediate

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Ministry of Inspiration Award Sponsor: Ministry of Inspiration Prize: Day ticket to Inspire Conference 2018 Criteria: Best in innovation and creativity in STEAMS Richie Thomas, Declan Ratcliffe Hydraulic Arm Enner Glynn School Aaliyah O'Connor Dramatic Static Enner Glynn School Malika Rai Optics St Joseph's School Mr. Science Award Sponsor: Mr Science Prize: Mr. Science Classroom kits Criteria: Most fun and creative project Mapua Senior Learning Team Crystal inspired art Mapua School Stoke Kindergarten Ice and Fire Stoke Kindergarten

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Senior Fair, Years 9-10 Art in Science Awards Sponsor: Cawthron Trust Highly commended: Quinne Weber Leaf Seasons Motueka High School Bronze: Tessa Seymour DNA mutation Motueka High School Silver: Sophie Manson, Lily Nguyen, Alice Borlase, Gloria Lee, Millie Kearney, Rose Cachemaille, Carys Gwynne, Isabella Kennedy, Harriet Allen, Sophie Mills, Neve Scott, Nicole Wanke, Lydia Gilbert, Gina Hill, Kira Carrington, Lucy Tucker, Charlotte Faulkner, Olivia Smith Unseen Art Scene Nelson College for Girls Gold: Tessa Saunders, Dahlia Shaw Art under the microscope Waimea College

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Senior Fair, Years 11-13 Art in Science Awards Sponsor: Cawthron Trust Highly commended: Samantha Boyes Good Vibrations! Motueka High School Bronze: Emma Parker It’s all in your head Nelson College for Girls Silver: Cameron Thompson, Sidney Barron, Lian Hnin, Alex Scott Cyanotype Photogram Nelson College Gold: Grace Bella Wiegand Rembrandt to Rutherford Nelson College for Girls

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Senior Fair, Years 9-10 Research Awards Sponsor: Cawthron Trust Highly commended: Niamh Tasker, Lucy Chung Something in the Water Motueka High School Bronze: Lucy Tucker Absorption and wicking Nelson College for Girls Silver: Theo Scott Saving Our Aquifers Waimea College Gold: Gulliver MacDonald Will electric cars save the world? Waimea College

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Senior Fair, Years 11-13 Research Awards Sponsor: Cawthron Trust Silver: Madeleine Grace Denton Dodgy DNA Nayland College Gold: Madison Surridge The farming of transgenic salmon Nayland College

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Senior Fair, Years 9-10 Science Awards Sponsor: Cawthron Trust

Highly commended: Haruka Yamamoto, Victor de Maupeou d'Ableiges Micro Micrometeorites Nelson College Bronze: Katherine Harris Optical Delusion Nelson College for Girls Silver: Isabella Kennedy The Stretchy Truth Nelson College for Girls Gold: Josh Mansbridge Gangrene Goo Nelson College

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Senior Fair, Years 11-13 Science Awards Sponsor: Cawthron Trust Highly commended: Madeleine Grace Denton How does temperature affect green lipped mussel spat feeding rate? Nayland College Bronze: Yuichiro Fukushima, Daiki De Couto How to save a try from an All-blacks Nelson College Silver: Phoebe Fulton Dissolved Oxygen Concentration in Nelson Rivers Nayland College Gold: Holly Sturrock Rijke Tube Waimea College

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Senior Fair, Years 9-10 Technology Awards Sponsor: Cawthron Trust Highly commended: Sophie Mills, Indigo Kenny Power of the Tide Nelson College for Girls Bronze: George Burgess Weir Channelling Our Flow Nelson College Silver: Millie Kearney Potato Plastic so Fantastic Nelson College for Girls Gold: Harriet Allen Powered By Poo Nelson College for Girls

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Senior Fair, Years 11-13 Technology Awards Sponsor: Cawthron Trust Silver: Henry Moreton Automated watering system Waimea College Gold: Ashleigh Burke Solar Tracker Waimea College

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Special Criteria Awards

Hands-On at Otago Award Sponsor: University of Otago Prize: A fully-funded place at the Hands-On Science

week at the University of Otago, Dunedin. Criteria: The best application of scientific method for

students entering Year 12 or 13 in 2018. Holly Sturrock Rijke Tube Waimea College Dick Roberts Memorial Trust Award (Female/male) Sponsor: Dick Roberts Memorial Trust Prize: $350 & personal trophy by The Centre for Fine

Woodworking Criteria: The best investigation relating to life sciences,

biology or geology Natalie Sixtus-Fenemor, Rhea Symonds Troubled Water Motueka High School Christopher Davis Lawn and Order Motueka High School

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NMIT-Aquaculture Award Sponsor: Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology Prize: $250 Criteria: The best investigation focused on aquaculture Lara Endersby I Pulled a Mussel! Nelson College for Girls Plant & Food Research Award Sponsor: Plant & Food Research Prize: $150 Criteria: The best investigation around food technology Millie Kearney Potato Plastic so Fantastic Nelson College for Girls Royal Aeronautical Society Award Sponsor: Royal Aeronautical Society, Blenheim Branch Prize: $100 Criteria: The best investigation relating to 'flow',

including hydro and aero dynamics, vessel building and design

Bryn Leland Stevens Flying Foils Motueka High School

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Nelson Botanical Society Sponsor: Nelson Botanical Society Award Prize: $100

Criteria: The best investigation relating to botany

Christopher Davis Lawn and Order Motueka High School The Royal Forest and Bird Shield Sponsor: Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society Prize: The historic shield, one years’ membership to

the Forest and Bird Society and a $50 book voucher

Criteria: The best study of a native plant, bird or other animal or their protection.

Tom Murray, Bailey Donaldson Possum Plucking Nelson College Port Nelson Ltd Award Sponsor: Port Nelson Ltd Prize: $200 Criteria: The best marine related environmental project Jake McNaughton Salty Waters; Testing the Effects of Salinity on Byssal Thread Production in Green-Lipped Mussels Nayland College

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Youth Leadership Sponsor: Nelson City and Tasman District Councils Prize: $300 Criteria: The best investigation focused on sustainability

and community George Burgess Weir Channeling Our Flow Nelson College Jasmine Cuff Wagging Lagging Nelson College for Girls Henry Moreton Automated watering system Waimea College Menzshed Metal Award Sponsor: Mezshed Prize: $100 Criteria: Best metal work project Jense Noteboom, Jake Mirfin, Braden Gray, Brayden Leitch, Jack Lane Air Engine Waimea College

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Menzshed Woodwork Award Sponsor: Mezshed Prize: $100 Criteria: Best wood work project Marley Richardson Hall Jewellery box Waimea College Soroptimist International, Waimea Award Sponsor: Soroptimist International, Waimea Branch Prize: $50 Criteria: Best female in Years 9-10 science /technology

category Science Gina Hill Microbe Madness Nelson College for Girls Technology Harriet Allen Powered By Poo Nelson College for Girls

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Soroptimist International, Nelson Award Sponsor: Soroptimist International, Nelson Branch Prize: $50 Criteria: Best female in Years 9-10 Art in

Science/Research category Research Lucy Tucker Absorption and wicking Nelson College for Girls Art in Science Tessa Saunders, Dahlia Shaw Art under the microscope Waimea College Nelson Federation of Graduate Women Trust Award Sponsor: Nelson Federation of Graduate Women Trust Prize: $500 Criteria: Best investigation by a female student Ashleigh Burke Solar Tracker Waimea College

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Tonkin and Taylor Environmental Sustainability Award Sponsor: Tonkin and Taylor Prize: $200 Criteria: Best project that explores methods or technologies that support the utilization of the earth’s resources while achieving a long-term ecological balance Lily Nguyen, Lucia Stallard H2O Spheres Nelson College for Girls

Electronics Award Sponsor: Sensys - Systems for sensing our world Prize: $175 Criteria: Best project in electronics Josefin Lerbs Microwaves Motueka High School Marine Conservation Award Sponsor: Friends of Nelson Haven and Tasman Bays Prize: $80 1st/$30 Second + family subscription for a year Criteria: Best in Marine Conservation First Phoebe Fulton Mussels and Microbeads - do they mix? Nayland College

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Second Phoebe Fulton Too Much Mud in Tasman Bay? Nayland College NZART New Zealand Amateur Radio Transmitters Award Sponsor: NZART Prize$100 Criteria: Best project related to radio waves Josefin Lerbs Microwaves Motueka High School Nelson Pine Award Sponsor: Golden Edge, Nelson Pine Industries Prize: $400 Criteria: Best use of wood materials Ronan Stilwell, Harry Miller, Hamish Anderson, Cameron Smith, Jay Basalaj, Morgan Dacombe, Josh Palmer, Shaun Sturkenboom Pedestal Table Waimea College Special mention: Tristan Gornall, Ewan Clements Crazy Corrosion Cast Heart Nelson College

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Supreme Awards

The Des Duthie Technology Award

Sponsor: Cawthron Trust Prize: $500 prize and trophy

Criteria: Overall best in technology Des Duthie led the Fair for 10 years before passing the reins to the Cawthron Trust. Des brought an amazing level of passion and commitment to the Fair and to the students. He strived to make the Fair a landmark annual event that encouraged and rewarded excellence.

Luke Heaphy, St Joseph’s School

The John Cross Best Scientific Investigation Award

Sponsor: Cawthron Trust Prize: $500 prize and trophy Criteria: Overall best science project The John Cross Best Scientific Investigation Award is presented to the best science project/student. The investigation is marked on originality, technical and graphical skills, statistics, presentation and literature review.

Phoebe Fulton, Nayland College