Receiving financial awards at the Ōtaki College prize-giving on October 31 were:
Hunter Austin: Kāpiti Skills Trust Year 11 Award for Outdoor Education.
Paikea Bai-Te Kira: Kāpiti Skills Trust Year 11 Award for Outdoor Education; MI Turnbull Award for Top Year 11 Boy.
Lauren Blakeley: Sander Scholar Award, Sander Ties; Concrete Doctors Financial Scholarship and Ipad; Fun Zone Group Ltd Education Scholarship; XŌtaki Alumni Trust Scholarship.
Ella Brown: Marjorie Gordon Memorial Health Award; Bruce Anderson Memorial Trust Scholarship; Parkin Art Scholarship.
Claudia Allan: Bruce Anderson Memorial Trust Scholarship.
Damien Doyle: Marlan Trading Sportsperson of the Year Award; Concrete Doctors Outdoor Pursuits Scholarship.
Parekawa Finlay: XŌtaki Alumni Trust and Philipps Family Foundation Scholarship.
Nicholas Fleming: Joint recipient, Ōtaki Ward Councillor Scholarship.
Jacob Gates: MI Turnbull Award for Top Year 12 Boy.
Hala Graham: MI Turnbull Award for Top Year 11 Girl.
Emily Georgetti: Liberty McLaren Cook Award for Poetry and Prose; the J B Northern Award for Level 2 Science; and the Greater Wellington Councillor, Penny Gaylor, grant.
Sharnee Housiaux-Roderique: Frank Bryce Masonic Trust Scholarship.
Emily Int-Veen: The Wakefields Lawyers’ Award for top student in NCEA English, level 3; MI Turnbull Award for Top Year 13 Girl.
Alex Lundie: Kāpiti Skills Trust Year 11 Award for Outdoor Education; XŌtaki Alumni Trust Scholarship.
Wade Nattrass: Joint recipient, Ōtaki Ward Councillor Scholarship.
Hetal Patel: Ōtaki Mail Scholarship.
Charlotte Wood: Winwick Trust Scholarship
David Phung: Kevin Crombie Memorial Commerce Award and Cup.
Quinn Straker: Kāpiti Skills Trust Year 11 Award for Outdoor Education.
Karen Su: MI Turnbull Award for Top Year 12 Girl.
Tammy Rumsey: Joint recipient, Ōtaki Women’s Community Club Scholarship.
William Tam: Wakefield Group Ltd Scholarship for Runner-Up to Dux; Joint recipient, Ōtaki Women’s Community Club Scholarship.
Brian Van: RSA Scholarship for Dux; MI Turnbull Award for Top Year 13 Boy.