Faculty of Arts students who won Blues Awards in the Arts category:
- Joshua Baxter (for national and international debating success)
- Grace Neale (for achievements as a choral singer)
- Sasha Rasmussen (for achievements as a bassoonist)
- Paul Smith (for achievements as a debate adjudicator)
- Jessica Storey (for national and international debating success)
- Jane Catherine Webber (for the success of her short documentary ‘One Surfer’)
Faculty of Arts students who won Blues Awards in the Service and Leadership category:
- Natalie Germann (for voluntary service to Youthline, Auckland Hospital and Starjam)
- Gemma Hu (for contributions as co-founder and manager of Synergy)
- Kya Lal (for advancing the causes of Pasifika peoples, New Zealand youth and Climate Change awareness)
- Devi Malhotra (for volunteer work in Bangladeshi banking and Balinese orphanages)
- Florence Reynolds (for contribution to Generation Zero)
- Hamish Saunders (for leadership and mentoring in Auckland debating)
- Tess Vandenburg (for ‘Breaking Boundaries’ and other services to the LGBTQ community)
Faculty of Arts students who won Blues Awards in the Sports category:
- David Light (for boxing – Silver Medal in Heavyweight Boxing at the Commonwealth Games, current national boxing champion) David was also the recipient of the Blues Sportsman of the Year Award.
- Helen Murray (for ice and inline hockey – two Blues Awards: one for representing NZ at the IIHF Women's Ice Hockey World Championships in Italy, the other for representing NZ at the inline Hockey World Championships in France)
- Finn Lowery (for water-polo)
- Jinn Seth (for weight-lifting)
- Anna Chalton (for fencing)
- Eleanor Delos Reyes Adviento (for curling)
The Faculty of Arts warmly congratulates these Auckland Blues winners and thanks them for their contributions to their communities, cultures and codes.
