Results for Science Fair 2014
Here are the results for the 2014 NIWA Wellington Regional Science and Technology Fair.
Congratulations to all the winners and huge thanks to everyone that entered. The standard of projects this year was outstanding!
Please note that the prize value indicated may not necessarily be awarded to a single exhibit nor the full value awarded. Special Prizes may be sub-divided at the Judge’s discretion, and be awarded to a number of exhibits.
| Prize | Class | Student_Names | Project Title | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | 1 - 19 | Alexander Cox-Turk | What natural kitchen products can slow down the growth of mould? | Muritai School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 20 | Alice McFarlane | Which leather protector protects leather the best? | Muritai School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 22 | Emily Daymond-King | Which kitty-litter absorbs the most liquid? | Muritai School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 42 | Lauren Kendon | Why do some people have a food allergy? | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 53 | Rion Anderson | Waves in the Firing Line | Raroa Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 68 | Luna Bernhardt | The Terrific Tui Tunes Project | South Wellington Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 75 | Katerina Lagoutaris | Don't Touch That | St Benedict's School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 135 | Molly Doyle | Does Fitness Effect Your pH Level? | Seatoun School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 16 | Dani Brearton | Ball tampering; it's just not cricket! | Hutt Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 3 | Harriet Clarke; Nika Reichert; Charlotte Crampton | Which would burns best? | Chilton Saint James School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 99 | Lucy Poole | Cup Wars | Queen Margaret College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 15 | Alexandra Mitchell | Pony Poo Power | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 25 | Lauren Benseman | Scrap The Wrap | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 37 | Thomas Munn | pH levels of drinking water | Wellington College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 5 | Angad Chauhan | Home Automation | Rongotai College |
| Highly Commended | 4 - 1 | Kate Meads; Erica Wang | Mesmerising memory techniques - do they work? | Chilton Saint James School |
| Highly Commended | 4 - 24 | Oscar Robinson | Speed of light | Wellington College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 3 | Franziska Plimmer | Rockin' Robin | Queen Margaret College |
| Special 50th celebration James Duncan Futures Prize | JD - 10 | Samantha Devane; Priya Prema; Kirsty Simpson; Luisa Zeilinger; Emily Zhou | Queen Margaret College | |
| Special 50th celebration James Duncan Futures Prize | JD - 5 | Diana Bouwer; Peri Jeffries; Olivia Kelly; Jemma Smith | Queen Margaret College | |
| Special 50th celebration Phillip Alve Futures Prize | PA - 4 | Mia Treadwell-Burke; Emeline Gray; Lily Griffiths; Hannah Moffat; Helena Cvitanovich | Muritai School | |
| New Zealand Statistical Association | 1 - 8 | Ethan Morais | Changing wings of Aircraft | Karori Normal School |
| NZ Farm Forestry Association | 1 - 79 | Eve na Nagara | Clean Streams | St Mark's Church School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 79 | Eve na Nagara | Clean Streams | St Mark's Church School |
| NZ Farm Forestry Association | 1 - 83 | Robert Apanowicz and Awatea Carson-King | Which manure do native plants grow best in? | St Mark's Church School |
| New Zealand Statistical Association | 2 - 176 | Grace Allan | Fingerprints | St Oran's College |
| Toihuarewa at VUW and the Society for Māori Astronomy Research and Traditions | 1 - 49 | Paratene Jackson; Petera Willam; Matangi Sword | He aha naga pukawe iahiko pai me nga arai hiko pai? (What are good conductors and insulators) | Otari School |
| Toihuarewa at VUW and the Society for Māori Astronomy Research and Traditions | 1 - 50 | Te Paea Whaanga and Olivia Willliams | Amazing acids | Otari School |
| ESR | 1 - 107 | Maddie Grieveson | 5 second rule; fact or fiction - Pathogens that may make us sick | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 107 | Maddie Grieveson | 5 second rule; fact or fiction - Pathogens that may make us sick | Wadestown School |
| OPUS International Consultants | 1 - 109 | Alex McKenna | The Flexural Strength of Concrete | Wellesley College |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 109 | Alex McKenna | The Flexural Strength of Concrete | Wellesley College |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 1 - 113 | Kyle Foo | Two Eyes; One Image; 3D Vision | Wellesley College |
| NZ Baking Industry Research Trust Award | 1 - 36 | Elena Salmond | What is the best egg replacer in cupcakes? | Northland School |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 1 - 36 | Elena Salmond | What is the best egg replacer in cupcakes? | Northland School |
| Fourth in Class 1 | 1 - 36 | Elena Salmond | What is the best egg replacer in cupcakes? | Northland School |
| Fourth in Class 1 | 1 - 7 | Ella Bunny and Samantha Romijn | Does colour preference change as boys and girls get older? | Karori Normal School |
| OPUS International Consultants | 2 - 102 | Millie Rose Wilcox; Kate Twomey | Holding Back the Water | Queen Margaret College |
| OPUS International Consultants | 2 - 151 | Piata Inch | Slick Sea | South Wellington Intermediate |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 165 | Aisling Lawson | Night Club | St Benedict's School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 165 | Aisling Lawson | Night Club | St Benedict's School |
| OPUS International Consultants | 2 - 172 | Leo Griffiths | Wellington Water Wise | St Mark's Church School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 172 | Leo Griffiths | Wellington Water Wise | St Mark's Church School |
| NZ Institute of Chemistry | 2 - 179 | Laura Hardie | Citrus Sensation | St Oran's College |
| NZ Baking Industry Research Trust Award | 2 - 199 | Isabel Nicholls | Bread on the rise - does sugar matter? | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 199 | Isabel Nicholls | Bread on the rise - does sugar matter? | Wadestown School |
| ESR | 2 - 25 | Joseph Penno | it's a bird; it's a plane.....it's an ingenious source of electricity | Hutt International Boys |
| Wellington City Libraries | 2 - 26 | Joshua Alston | Amplify your iPod Music | Hutt International Boys |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 2 - 4 | Kylie Millis | Withering with WiFi | Chilton Saint James School |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 2 - 46 | Emeline Gray | Do lightproof milk bottles have any effect on the taste of milk? | Muritai School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 46 | Emeline Gray | Do lightproof milk bottles have any effect on the taste of milk? | Muritai School |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 2 - 62 | Tiaki Huria; Jaxson Tautala-Hanita | Healthy Visionaries | Naenae Intermediate |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 62 | Tiaki Huria; Jaxson Tautala-Hanita | Healthy Visionaries | Naenae Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 62 | Tiaki Huria; Jaxson Tautala-Hanita | Healthy Visionaries | Naenae Intermediate |
| VUW School of Chemical and Physical Sciences | 2 - 64 | Anahera Roestenburg and Amber Zhu | Modern Maui- Harnessing the Sun | Newlands Intermediate |
| Fourth in Class 2 | 2 - 79 | Kristina Stanley | Stinky or Sterile? Comparing the advantages of organic manure fertilisers to synthetics fertilisers | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 79 | Kristina Stanley | Stinky or Sterile? Comparing the advantages of organic manure fertilisers to synthetics fertilisers | Northland School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 3 - 32 | Ben Gilchrist | Cell phone radiation | Upper Hutt College |
| Met Shop | 4 - 10 | Ben Goulden; Reuben Hill-Smith; Thomas Wong | Who Can You Trust These Days? | Rongotai College |
| Highly Commended | 4 - 10 | Ben Goulden; Reuben Hill-Smith; Thomas Wong | Who Can You Trust These Days? | Rongotai College |
| NZ Institute of Chemistry | 4 - 28 | Yiannis Fam | Foiled by Aluminium | Wellington College |
| Fourth in Class 4 | 4 - 28 | Yiannis Fam | Foiled by Aluminium | Wellington College |
| OPUS International Consultants | 5 - 11 | Luke Porteous | Rubber Motor | Wellington High School |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 11 | Luke Porteous | Rubber Motor | Wellington High School |
| NZ Institute of Chemistry | 5 - 6 | Ishani Sukumaran | Tea for the Brain | Sacred Heart College |
| Australasian Corrosion Association | 1 - 66 | Marco Davis | Which Metal Corrodes the Fastest? | Seatoun School |
| Australasian Corrosion Association | 2 - 43 | Liam Anderson | Shocking Electro-Chemistry | Kelburn Normal School |
| NZ Institute of Chemistry | 2 - 43 | Liam Anderson | Shocking Electro-Chemistry | Kelburn Normal School |
| Toihuarewa at VUW and the Society for Māori Astronomy Research and Traditions | 2 - 86 | Whakaahurangi Gallagher | Mehemea e rua nga maram; ka ora tonu Te Ao marama? (Would life exist on Earth with two moons) | Otari School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 86 | Whakaahurangi Gallagher | Mehemea e rua nga maram; ka ora tonu Te Ao marama? (Would life exist on Earth with two moons) | Otari School |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 2 - 197 | Harriet Campbell | Eyes - Loosing your focus | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 197 | Harriet Campbell | Eyes - Loosing your focus | Wadestown School |
| Geoscience Society of NZ | 2 - 104 | Olivia Hawker; Ruby Brandwood | Wave to Scale | Queen Margaret College |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 2 - 142 | Caitlin Goldsack | Address our stress | South Wellington Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 142 | Caitlin Goldsack | Address our stress | South Wellington Intermediate |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 2 - 196 | Eva Mackle | Paracetamol- overdose or underdose? | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 196 | Eva Mackle | Paracetamol- overdose or underdose? | Wadestown School |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 2 - 219 | Rahul Vijayasenan | Can Certain Foods Truely Prevent Tooth Decay? | Wellesley College |
| Geoscience Society of NZ | 2 - 52 | Lily Griffiths | Does the temperature of the air effect the temperature of the sea? | Muritai School |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 3 - 43 | Tara Kendon; Nyah Parbhu | Are orchestral sounds damaging your hearing? | Wellington Girls' College |
| Fourth in Class 3 | 3 - 43 | Tara Kendon; Nyah Parbhu | Are orchestral sounds damaging your hearing? | Wellington Girls' College |
| NZ Soil Science Society | 2 - 108 | Amy Cui | Dig Down Deep | Raroa Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 108 | Amy Cui | Dig Down Deep | Raroa Intermediate |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory; Callaghan Innovation | 1 - 103 | Boston Gutsell-Bright | Is that pool fast | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 103 | Boston Gutsell-Bright | Is that pool fast | Wadestown School |
| Third in Class 1 | 1 - 106 | Jacqui Ormsby | Pearfection - Slowing down the ripening process | Wadestown School |
| New Zealand Statistical Association | 1 - 106 | Jacqui Ormsby | Pearfection - Slowing down the ripening process | Wadestown School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 2 - 107 | Aidan Grant and William Holmes | Addictive Arsenic | Raroa Intermediate |
| Third in Class 2 | 2 - 11 | Kate Pickard | Where Does My Cat Go At Night? | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| VUW School of Engineering and Computer Science | 2 - 112 | Dan Harwood Jones and Harry Franklin | Beam Me Up!!!!! | Raroa Intermediate |
| Met Shop | 2 - 156 | Tristan Harris | Blowing in the wind | South Wellington Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 156 | Tristan Harris | Blowing in the wind | South Wellington Intermediate |
| Capital City Science Educators (Doreen Gates Memorial Prize) | 2 - 161 | Sophie Johnson; Anna Duthie-Jung | Sight Unseen | SS Peter and Paul School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 2 - 195 | Ella Taylor | Is there Deceit in the sweet that we eat? | Wadestown School |
| NIWA | 2 - 210 | Bede Brown | What Effect does a Marine Reserve have on its Paua Population? | Wellesley College |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | 2 - 24 | Hamish Tallon | Taking Flight | Hutt International Boys |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | 2 - 32 | Ethan Foye and Ugrin Vuckovic | Flight of Birds | Karori Normal School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 32 | Ethan Foye and Ugrin Vuckovic | Flight of Birds | Karori Normal School |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 2 - 41 | Emma Valentine | Eggless Cupcakes | Kelburn Normal School |
| Sociological Association of Aotearoa; New Zealand | 2 - 57 | Ariana Ruck; Latisha Robinson | Cyber Bullying | Naenae Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 57 | Ariana Ruck; Latisha Robinson | Cyber Bullying | Naenae Intermediate |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory; Callaghan Innovation | 2 - 88 | Ashley Chandra | Zooming Up! Chamber of Clouds | Queen Margaret College |
| VUW School of Chemical and Physical Sciences | 2 - 88 | Ashley Chandra | Zooming Up! Chamber of Clouds | Queen Margaret College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 88 | Ashley Chandra | Zooming Up! Chamber of Clouds | Queen Margaret College |
| Third in Class 3 | 3 - 17 | Amy Cooper | Worms...Diet Dilemma | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| NZ Antarctic Society | 3 - 20 | Claudia Adamson | Can I Play Basketball In Antarctica? | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| ESR | 3 - 30 | Dhairya Thakkar | The Microbial Fuel Cell | Scots College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 30 | Dhairya Thakkar | The Microbial Fuel Cell | Scots College |
| VUW School of Mathematics; Statistics and Operations Research | 4 - 12 | Andrew Tang; Ollie Whyte | The Electrolyte Challenge | Scots College |
| Third in Class 4 | 4 - 25 | Sebastian Thompson; Alex Sharples | Eggxcellent | Wellington College |
| Third in Class 5 | 5 - 12 | Shaked Noy | Rolling Balls | Wellington High School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 5 - 12 | Shaked Noy | Rolling Balls | Wellington High School |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory; Callaghan Innovation | 5 - 13 | Stanley Sarkies | Cool Balloon | Wellington High School |
| Third in Class 5 | 5 - 13 | Stanley Sarkies | Cool Balloon | Wellington High School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 5 - 13 | Stanley Sarkies | Cool Balloon | Wellington High School |
| Special 50th celebration Phillip Alve Futures Prize | PA - 5 | Harry Mills; Andrew Tang; Matt Bertschinger; Jason Su; Pranay Mistry | Scots College | |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 4 - 9 | Adam Beardsworth; Ryan Yee | Now You See It - Now You Don't | Rongotai College |
| Second in Class 1 | 1 - 58 | Keanu Templonuevo | Plant Growth Tower | Saint Bernard's College |
| Hugh D Gordon Memorial Prize | 1 - 58 | Keanu Templonuevo | Plant Growth Tower | Saint Bernard's College |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 2 - 19 | Peter Hazeldine | UV Protection and Awareness | Hutt Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 19 | Peter Hazeldine | UV Protection and Awareness | Hutt Intermediate |
| Wellington Botanical Society | 2 - 83 | Sophie Russell | How Green is a Green Roof | Northland School |
| Hugh D Gordon Memorial Prize | 2 - 83 | Sophie Russell | How Green is a Green Roof | Northland School |
| NZ Farm Forestry Association | 3 - 16 | Amira Bajema | What Grows After The Trees? | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 16 | Amira Bajema | What Grows After The Trees? | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| Second in Class 3 | 3 - 36 | Joji Shashwath | Down with Falls | Wellington College |
| Callaghan Innovation Research Ltd | 3 - 36 | Joji Shashwath | Down with Falls | Wellington College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 3 - 36 | Joji Shashwath | Down with Falls | Wellington College |
| Second in Class 4 | 4 - 19 | Chantelle Rickerby | Whodunnit? | Upper Hutt College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 4 - 19 | Chantelle Rickerby | Whodunnit? | Upper Hutt College |
| Second in Class 5 | 5 - 7 | Adrina Venayagam | Life Ticking Over | Tawa College |
| Capital City Science Educators (Peter Jennings Memorial Prize) | 5 - 7 | Adrina Venayagam | Life Ticking Over | Tawa College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 5 - 7 | Adrina Venayagam | Life Ticking Over | Tawa College |
| IPENZ | 1 - 102 | Aidan Homewood | Bracing for a disaster- Best building structures in an Earthquake | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 102 | Aidan Homewood | Bracing for a disaster- Best building structures in an Earthquake | Wadestown School |
| IPENZ | 1 - 62 | Jules Appleby | Weight! How much can it hold? | Seatoun School |
| IPENZ | 2 - 82 | Sophia Daellenbach | Which bridge structure withstands earthquakes the best? | Northland School |
| IPENZ | 3 - 18 | Anjali Gentejohann | Solar Power Boosters | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| IPENZ | 3 - 4 | Emilie Boeke; Reo McCarthy-Watts | What is the Wind Effect on Buildings | Raphael House Rudolf Steiner School |
| Geoscience Society of NZ | 4 - 31 | Joshua Stewart | Whether the weather | Wellington High School |
| Met Shop | 4 - 31 | Joshua Stewart | Whether the weather | Wellington High School |
| Highly Commended | 4 - 31 | Joshua Stewart | Whether the weather | Wellington High School |
| Special 50th celebration James Duncan Futures Prize | JD - 6 | Bianca Bryan; Sabrina Kao; Kate Macrae; Antonina Smolnicki | Queen Margaret College | |
| Special 50th celebration Phillip Alve Futures Prize | PA - 6 | Harriet Campbell; Harriet Leslie; Maddie Grieveson; Ashley Toovey; Zara Patete | Wadestown School | |
| First in Class 2 | 2 - 111 | Carlos Mendonca | Smoke in the Water | Raroa Intermediate |
| NumberWorks'nWords | 2 - 111 | Carlos Mendonca | Smoke in the Water | Raroa Intermediate |
| New Zealand Statistical Association | 2 - 111 | Carlos Mendonca | Smoke in the Water | Raroa Intermediate |
| First in Class 2 | 2 - 80 | Louis Thomas | How now green cow: which cows' feed lessens methane and carbon dioxide emissions? | Northland School |
| OPUS International Consultants | 2 - 80 | Louis Thomas | How now green cow: which cows' feed lessens methane and carbon dioxide emissions? | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 80 | Louis Thomas | How now green cow: which cows' feed lessens methane and carbon dioxide emissions? | Northland School |
| First in Class 3 | 3 - 42 | Margarita Montes de Oca; Susie Lee; Winnie Ng | Underwater Wall.E | Wellington Girls' College |
| Callaghan Innovation Research Ltd | 3 - 42 | Margarita Montes de Oca; Susie Lee; Winnie Ng | Underwater Wall.E | Wellington Girls' College |
| VUW School of Engineering and Computer Science | 3 - 42 | Margarita Montes de Oca; Susie Lee; Winnie Ng | Underwater Wall.E | Wellington Girls' College |
| NIWA | 3 - 42 | Margarita Montes de Oca; Susie Lee; Winnie Ng | Underwater Wall.E | Wellington Girls' College |
| OPUS International Consultants | 3 - 42 | Margarita Montes de Oca; Susie Lee; Winnie Ng | Underwater Wall.E | Wellington Girls' College |
| University of Otago | 5 - 9 | Jack Tregidga | Astroblaster | Wellington High School |
| Kainic Medical Communications | 5 - 9 | Jack Tregidga | Astroblaster | Wellington High School |
| Third in Class 5 | 5 - 9 | Jack Tregidga | Astroblaster | Wellington High School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 5 - 9 | Jack Tregidga | Astroblaster | Wellington High School |
| VUW Faculty of Science Faculty Prize | 1 - 77 | Sarah Scott | Who has the most bacteria in their mouth? Police officers or police dogs? | St Benedict's School |
| First in Class 1 | 1 - 77 | Sarah Scott | Who has the most bacteria in their mouth? Police officers or police dogs? | St Benedict's School |
| ESR | 1 - 77 | Sarah Scott | Who has the most bacteria in their mouth? Police officers or police dogs? | St Benedict's School |
| Capital City Science Educators (Peter Jennings Memorial Prize) | 1 - 77 | Sarah Scott | Who has the most bacteria in their mouth? Police officers or police dogs? | St Benedict's School |
| ANZCCART | 1 - 77 | Sarah Scott | Who has the most bacteria in their mouth? Police officers or police dogs? | St Benedict's School |
| VUW Faculty of Science Prize Innovation Prize | 5 - 5 | Therese Featherston | The Matter of GATA | Queen Margaret College |
| Realise the Dream Nomination | 5 - 5 | Therese Featherston | The Matter of GATA | Queen Margaret College |
| First in Class 5 | 5 - 5 | Therese Featherston | The Matter of GATA | Queen Margaret College |
| Royal Society of NZ Wellington Branch Prize for best overall exhibit | 4 - 30 | Callum Davidson | Falling Sand | Wellington High School |
| First in Class 4 | 4 - 30 | Callum Davidson | Falling Sand | Wellington High School |