Results for Science Fair 2017
Here are the results for the 2017 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_Name | Project_Title | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | 1 - 113 | Billie Robertson | The trouble with paint stains. | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 14 | Adam Grant | Magnetic Force | Fergusson Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 39 | Rivka Zickler, Jess Eames | Magnetic Levitation and Propulsion | Kelburn Normal School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 43 | Thomas Woodbridge | Which wood glue is the best? | Korokoro School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 69 | Riccardo Caratori Tontini | What happens to states of matter in a vacuum? | Saint Bernard's College |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 153 | Demi Araboglos | Burn baby burn | St Mark's Church School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 173 | Cara Homewood | Cheers not Tears- Packaging Materials | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 177 | Evelyn Peacock | Turning Rocks into Paint. | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 179 | Isabel Riseley | Which Bridge to Pick? | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 183 | Ollie Taylor | Music and Fidget Spinners! Do they help concentration? | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 45 | Mark Zondervan | A viscosity comparison with four liquids | Hutt International Boys' School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 80 | Eric Vaclavek | Fantastic Plastic | Newlands Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 95 | Otto Nelson | What alternative material keeps sound in a box the best? | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 1 | Cassandra Mansfield | Flight Time. | Marsden Whitby |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 16 | Kezia Shepherd | There’s a Fraction too much Friction | Samuel Marsden Coll. |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 21 | Trinity Hunt and Samantha Young | Insulation Sensation | Samuel Marsden Coll. |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 30 | Amelia Cameron, Phoebe Peacock | Dizziness | Tawa College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 38 | Bram Clarkson, William Chnadler | Tastes expensive. | Wellington College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 51 | Lucy Leary, Tamon Smith, Holly Bamber | Power at your Footsteps | Wellington Girls' College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 55 | Ryan Bright | The Thermodynamics Of Matches | Wellington High School |
| Highly Commended | 4 - 20 | Harry Jones, Aidan Homewood | The efficiency of model rockets. | Wellington College |
| Highly Commended | 4 - 3 | Jonathan London | Wellington Wind De-fence | Rongotai College |
| Highly Commended | 4 - 8 | Ryan Hurley | Stain Remover or Dishwash Liquid | Rongotai College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 1 | Carlos Mendonca | Thin film interference and colour blindness | Onslow College |
| University of Otago | 5 - 1 | Carlos Mendonca | Thin film interference and colour blindness | Onslow College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 22 | Luke Roeven | Paper Wrinkles | Wellington High School |
| VUW School of Psychology | 1 - 83 | Lucia Murphy | Conforming to the Norm | St Mark's Church School |
| VUW School of Psychology | 2 - 17 | Nicola Lynn, Zuzanna Fey, Maia Wenham | This or That? | Discovery School |
| VUW School of Psychology | 5 - 5 | Zach Prince, Brandon Su | Always Watching | Onslow College |
| NZ Antarctic Society | 1 - 102 | Henri Nischalke | Antartica - How does ice react? | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 102 | Henri Nischalke | Antartica - How does ice react? | Wadestown School |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 1 - 3 | Sonia Magan | Great globs of gluten | Brooklyn School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 3 | Sonia Magan | Great globs of gluten | Brooklyn School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 1 - 31 | Aleisha Batt and Luke Morgan | Sugar and Healthy drinks and Food | Karori Normal School |
| Hugh D Gordon Memorial Prize | 1 - 47 | Mia Brown | Let it grow! | Maungaraki School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 47 | Mia Brown | Let it grow! | Maungaraki School |
| NZ Farm Forestry Association | 1 - 92 | Rumaysah Farun , Isla Hawkins | Is Porirua Stream within safe PH range? | Tawa Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 92 | Rumaysah Farun , Isla Hawkins | Is Porirua Stream within safe PH range? | Tawa Intermediate |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 107 | Maia Butters | Cloudy with a Chance of Acid | Paremata School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 2 - 110 | Beatrice Fordham-Duncan, Isla Buckle | Best ultraviolet shield | Queen Margaret College |
| OPUS International Consultants | 2 - 145 | Max Boennic | Landslide | Seatoun School |
| NumberWorks'nWords | 2 - 146 | Oscar Watson | The Usual Suspect? | Seatoun School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 146 | Oscar Watson | The Usual Suspect? | Seatoun School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 155 | Jaiden Kesry | Plastic plastic go away | St Mark's Church School |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory, Callaghan Innovation | 2 - 176 | Eva Calvert | Do you see what eye see? | Wadestown School |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 2 - 29 | Cody Settler, Ihaia Gaudin, Daniel Pearse | Optical Illusion | Fergusson Intermediate |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory, Callaghan Innovation | 2 - 43 | Ben Wilson | Is it worth spending more money on higher priced tagged basket balls? | Hutt International Boys' School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 6 | Mila Smith | Wonderful Wellington Waters | Brooklyn School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 6 | Mila Smith | Wonderful Wellington Waters | Brooklyn School |
| OPUS International Consultants | 2 - 60 | Sophia Marquez | The Bridge Test | Kelburn Normal School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 2 - 75 | Phil Ansell, Jack Bareta-Byrnes | What you can't see can hurt you | Naenae Intermediate |
| NZ Farm Forestry Association | 2 - 90 | Elena Smout | Questioning quality of local streams. | Northland School |
| NumberWorks'nWords | 2 - 92 | Lucy Harris | Drip, drop, water aquifers! | Northland School |
| Hugh D Gordon Memorial Prize | 3 - 12 | Grace Kerr | How Much is Too Much? | Samuel Marsden Coll. |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 12 | Grace Kerr | How Much is Too Much? | Samuel Marsden Coll. |
| AJ Park | 3 - 17 | Lea Muellner | The Welly Hinge | Samuel Marsden Coll. |
| NZ Antarctic Society | 3 - 41 | Jack Julian | What affects the melting rate of ice? | Wellington College |
| VUW School of Engineering and Computer Science | 3 - 42 | Josh Whitehead | Tweaking turbines | Wellington College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 42 | Josh Whitehead | Tweaking turbines | Wellington College |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 3 - 46 | Annabel Peacock | Meat the Fat | Wellington Girls' College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 46 | Annabel Peacock | Meat the Fat | Wellington Girls' College |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 5 - 17 | Claudia Duston-Fursman | Skin cancer prevention and sunscreen SPF | Wellington Girls' College |
| Wellington City Libraries | 5 - 7 | Georgia Taylor | Pass the Salt. Pass, on the Salt | Queen Margaret College |
| New Zealand Statistical Association and Statistics New Zealand | 5 - 7 | Georgia Taylor | Pass the Salt. Pass, on the Salt | Queen Margaret College |
| NZ Baking Industry Research Trust Award | 1 - 112 | Rebecca Williams | Cookies: Is butter better? | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 112 | Rebecca Williams | Cookies: Is butter better? | Northland School |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 1 - 62 | Joseph Abenojar-Yee | Head gear or no head gear? | Northland School |
| VUW School of Psychology | 2 - 134 | Cara Boothby | What Does it Take | Seatoun School |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 2 - 178 | Harriet Allen | Skin Cancer - Which Sunscreen? | Wadestown School |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | 2 - 190 | Raash Mukerjee | Wing tip vortices | Newlands Intermediate |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 2 - 26 | Molly Player | What pain relief tablet dissolves the fastest? | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 3 - 3 | Charlotte Alston | Painkillers put to the test | Marsden Whitby |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 3 | Charlotte Alston | Painkillers put to the test | Marsden Whitby |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 3 - 44 | Oliver Errington | Stretching Tendoncy | Wellington College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 44 | Oliver Errington | Stretching Tendoncy | Wellington College |
| VUW School of Psychology | 5 - 18 | Rebecca Robson | Can YOU spot fake news? | Wellington Girls' College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 18 | Rebecca Robson | Can YOU spot fake news? | Wellington Girls' College |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | 5 - 6 | Erica Wang | Around the world in 90 minutes | Queen Margaret College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 27 | Ren Young | Owhiro Stream - Clean and Green? | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| NZ Farm Forestry Association | 2 - 27 | Ren Young | Owhiro Stream - Clean and Green? | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 27 | Ren Young | Owhiro Stream - Clean and Green? | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| VUW School of Engineering and Computer Science | 3 - 45 | Ryan Double, Ben Hassidi | Colour sorting machine | Wellington College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 45 | Ryan Double, Ben Hassidi | Colour sorting machine | Wellington College |
| Wellington Botanical Society | 4 - 32 | Lucy Hegan, Sarah Scott | Does Sea Lettuce Reduce Nitrogen In Polluted Water? | Wellington Girls' College |
| Geoscience Society of NZ | 1 - 101 | Ben Sneddon | Earthquakes- Slip'n'Slide | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 101 | Ben Sneddon | Earthquakes- Slip'n'Slide | Wadestown School |
| NZ Institute of Chemistry | 1 - 2 | Mac McDuff | Atoms | Brooklyn School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 2 | Mac McDuff | Atoms | Brooklyn School |
| New Zealand Microbiological Society | 1 - 26 | Samuel Darr, Vignar Sivakumar | Booming Bacteria | Hutt Intermediate |
| The Massey University/GNS Science Joint Centre for Disaster Research | 2 - 172 | Angus Miller | Emergency Water- H2O or H2'No' | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 172 | Angus Miller | Emergency Water- H2O or H2'No' | Wadestown School |
| ESR | 2 - 47 | Ryan Swift | Bacteria | Hutt International Boys' School |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 3 - 32 | Julianna Hennessey, Chelsea Winter | Are your eyes playing tricks on you? | Tawa College |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory, Callaghan Innovation | 4 - 19 | Dilan Magan | Light Pollution | Wellington College |
| Highly Commended | 4 - 19 | Dilan Magan | Light Pollution | Wellington College |
| OPUS International Consultants | 4 - 7 | Robin Kunwar | How does time after rain affect stopping distance? | Rongotai College |
| NZ Institute of Chemistry | 5 - 15 | Liam Anderson | Heat it, zap it: How does temperature affect different electrolytic reactions? | Wellington College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 5 - 15 | Liam Anderson | Heat it, zap it: How does temperature affect different electrolytic reactions? | Wellington College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 15 | Liam Anderson | Heat it, zap it: How does temperature affect different electrolytic reactions? | Wellington College |
| OPUS International Consultants | 5 - 19 | Susie Lee, Tessa Lee | The Human Powered Steriliser | Wellington Girls' College |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 2 - 88 | Aidan Riches | Peripheral vision tester | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 88 | Aidan Riches | Peripheral vision tester | Northland School |
| ESR | 5 - 8 | Katie Harford | Native New Zealand Plants vs Bacteria | Queen Margaret College |
| Wellington Botanical Society | 5 - 8 | Katie Harford | Native New Zealand Plants vs Bacteria | Queen Margaret College |
| AJ Park | 5 - 8 | Katie Harford | Native New Zealand Plants vs Bacteria | Queen Margaret College |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 2 - 37 | Abilash Sivasith | Fat Facts for Kids | Hutt Intermediate |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 2 - 37 | Abilash Sivasith | Fat Facts for Kids | Hutt Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 37 | Abilash Sivasith | Fat Facts for Kids | Hutt Intermediate |
| IPENZ | 2 - 162 | Nathan Cornell | Wave Stoppers | Tawa Intermediate |
| Geoscience Society of NZ | 2 - 180 | Josh Bennett | Soils - Reacting to Heat and Water. | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 180 | Josh Bennett | Soils - Reacting to Heat and Water. | Wadestown School |
| IPENZ | 2 - 65 | Tina Friedman | Shake, rattle, roll | Maungaraki School |
| Callaghan Innovation | 2 - 55 | Francesca Sigal | Dog Collar | Kelburn Normal School |
| AJ Park | 2 - 55 | Francesca Sigal | Dog Collar | Kelburn Normal School |
| VUW School of Engineering and Computer Science | 2 - 55 | Francesca Sigal | Dog Collar | Kelburn Normal School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 55 | Francesca Sigal | Dog Collar | Kelburn Normal School |
| Fourth in Class 1 | 1 - 63 | Pauline Boers | I know how you feel. Wait, do I? | Northland School |
| VUW School of Psychology | 1 - 63 | Pauline Boers | I know how you feel. Wait, do I? | Northland School |
| Third in Class 1 | 1 - 53 | Heena Sharma | How might heat affect the hyperloop? | Newlands Intermediate |
| Second in Class 1 | 1 - 80 | Natascha Casey | Whether the Weather | St Benedict's School |
| First in Class 1 | 1 - 61 | Finlay Wood | Is that my lunch? How do cats react to different bird sound recordings? | Northland School |
| Fourth = in Class 2 | 2 - 2 | Brinthan Dornan | Safest aerofoil | Brooklyn School |
| eCubed Ltd | 2 - 2 | Brinthan Dornan | Safest aerofoil | Brooklyn School |
| Fourth = in Class 2 | 2 - 35 | Sam Woolcott | Best for Bows | Fergusson Intermediate |
| NZ Farm Forestry Association | 2 - 35 | Sam Woolcott | Best for Bows | Fergusson Intermediate |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 35 | Sam Woolcott | Best for Bows | Fergusson Intermediate |
| Third in Class 2 | 2 - 120 | Isabelle Moult | Moooool per L | Queen Margaret College |
| Second in Class 2 | 2 - 20 | Emma Shea | Fermentation Fizz | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| New Zealand Statistical Association and Statistics New Zealand | 2 - 20 | Emma Shea | Fermentation Fizz | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| First in Class 2 | 2 - 94 | Mitchell Antrobus | Jelly good drink. | Northland School |
| Fourth in Class 3 | 3 - 20 | Ruby Barton | ReVALTT | Samuel Marsden Coll. |
| Third in Class 3 | 3 - 54 | Stacey Lee | Help clean our shores | Wellington Girls' College |
| eCubed Ltd | 3 - 54 | Stacey Lee | Help clean our shores | Wellington Girls' College |
| Second in Class 3 | 3 - 53 | Maeghan Casey | Once Beaten, Twice as Smart | Wellington Girls' College |
| VUW School of Mathematics and Statistics | 3 - 53 | Maeghan Casey | Once Beaten, Twice as Smart | Wellington Girls' College |
| First in Class 3 | 3 - 22 | Annalise Smith | Are We Comparing Apples With Apples? | St Oran's College |
| VUW Faculty of Science Faculty Prize | 3 - 22 | Annalise Smith | Are We Comparing Apples With Apples? | St Oran's College |
| Fourth in Class 4 | 4 - 11 | Tomas Senek | Can grey water provide a vaiable power source? | Saint Bernard's College |
| OPUS International Consultants | 4 - 11 | Tomas Senek | Can grey water provide a vaiable power source? | Saint Bernard's College |
| Third in Class 4 | 4 - 27 | Aarohi Jain | How does microwave radiation affect different organisms? | Wellington Girls' College |
| Second in Class 4 | 4 - 29 | Elena Salmond | Origami inspired emergency shelter | Wellington Girls' College |
| IPENZ | 4 - 29 | Elena Salmond | Origami inspired emergency shelter | Wellington Girls' College |
| The Massey University/GNS Science Joint Centre for Disaster Research | 4 - 29 | Elena Salmond | Origami inspired emergency shelter | Wellington Girls' College |
| First in Class 4 | 4 - 6 | Reuben Campbell | Improving Drone Performance using Ducted Propellers | Rongotai College |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | 4 - 6 | Reuben Campbell | Improving Drone Performance using Ducted Propellers | Rongotai College |
| NIWA Prize for best overall exhibit | 4 - 6 | Reuben Campbell | Improving Drone Performance using Ducted Propellers | Rongotai College |
| Fourth in Class 5 | 5 - 3 | Izzy Bremner | Human Hair Hygrometer | Onslow College |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory, Callaghan Innovation | 5 - 3 | Izzy Bremner | Human Hair Hygrometer | Onslow College |
| Third in Class 5 | 5 - 16 | Kate Pickard | Bird Languages | Wellington East Girls' College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 5 - 16 | Kate Pickard | Bird Languages | Wellington East Girls' College |
| Second in Class 5 | 5 - 14 | Zavier Boyd | The Fart Effect | Te Kura |
| VUW Faculty of Science Innovation Prize | 5 - 14 | Zavier Boyd | The Fart Effect | Te Kura |
| First in Class 5 | 5 - 21 | Ensai August | Quickly Quenching Quinine | Wellington High School |
| Kainic Medical Communications | 5 - 21 | Ensai August | Quickly Quenching Quinine | Wellington High School |
| Royal Society of NZ Wellington Branch Prize for the runner-up best overall exhibit | 5 - 21 | Ensai August | Quickly Quenching Quinine | Wellington High School |