UC student Alyce Lysaght has been an active advocate for M膩ori in Engineering and for supporting M膩ori youth. She has won the Te P奴tahitanga o Te Waiponamu Youth Award for Rangatahi M膩ori at the Waitaha 鈥 mini传媒 Youth Awards.
Twelve UC students and recent graduates have been recognised across a range of awards, sponsored by Selwyn Youth Council, Leadership Lab, Environment mini传媒, Pacific Youth Leadership and Transformation (PYLAT) and Te P奴tahitanga o Te Waipounamu.
Alyce Lysaght, a final-year Natural Resources Engineering student minoring in Water and Environmental Engineering Systems, has been an active advocate for M膩ori in Engineering, and was recognised for her work supporting M膩ori youth. As well as producing her听听series, she has been the Engineering representative for听, and was on the Infrastructure Commission Te Ao听M膩ori听testing panel, as well as mentoring M膩ori EngMe students at UC.听Alyce won a Blues award earlier this month听for her work in the M膩ori community. She talked about the motivation of听鈥渟etting an example for future tamariki and rangatahi鈥 and her work with the SVA听听earlier this year. Her runners-up in Te P奴tahitanga o Te Waiponamu Youth Award for Rangatahi M膩ori are also current UC students: Erana Riddell and Rosa听鈥婬ibbert-Schooner.听
UC Arts Master鈥檚 student and youth disability advocate Eleanor Hurton won the Selwyn Youth Council Commitment to Wellbeing Award. Eleanor has Auditory Processing Disorder, and, in addition to her studies, she has taken on many leadership roles in the disability sector.听She has听previously won Blues awards听for her work championing diversity and equity.
Commerce student Ofa Puleiku, a member of CUTSA (mini传媒 Tongan University Student Association), won the PYLAT Award for Pacific Youth Leadership, with Engineering student Lufilufi Lene a runner-up鈥.
Among the award winners was former UCSA Vice-President and Master of Political Science graduate Katie Mills, who won the Te Tohu Hihiri Taumata (Working for Youth) award for helping to establish the Knowledge Commons.
The Director of the Christchurch Knowledge Commons at the University of mini传媒, Professor Ekant Veer, has praised their efforts. 鈥淭he amazing work by these rangatahi shows the passion UC students have to go above and beyond to be leaders and changemakers in our community. They are testament to the impact that UC continues to have as an engaged university that is committed to the wellbeing of our city and region.鈥
Congratulations to all the incredible UC 膩konga and rangatahi award-winners and runners-up in the 2021听, including:
- Chloe Betony
- Rosa Hibbert-Schooner
- Finn Hitch
- Eleanor Hurton
- Lufilufi Lene
- Ai Nee Looi
- Alyce Lysaght
- Katie Mills
- Ofa Puleiku
- Erana Riddell
- Chelsea Skinner
- Dominic Wilson (Star student 2021)
