Alosio Seumanutafa and Maharakui Peni-Karaitiana were two recipients from Flaxmere College.
Alosio, head boy, represents the college in rugby union and sevens rugby and leads by example off the field.
Head girl Maharakui has been a member of the Hawke's Bay Secondary Schools Sports Council for two years and is a representative on the Hastings' District Youth Council.
Sam Field and K-Ci Williams from Hastings' Boys High were also award recipients.
Sam, head boy, is a keen sportsman, trialling for the Wellington Phoenix Development Academy this year.
K-Ci has achieved success in the classroom and on stage, studying Cambridge exams and competing in regional speech contests.
Lindisfarne students Lachie Huddleston and Tiaan Falcon were among those honoured.
Tiaan is a promising rugby player having been selected in the first XV as a fourth former and was last year part of the Hurricanes training camp.
Queen Scout Lachie has made an outstanding contribution to the community and was awarded the Gold Duke of Edinburgh award for his efforts.
The Hastings Girls' recipients were Rebecca Frankum and Katherine Winiata.
Rebecca has a passion for music and language. She helped organise a young leaders conference for more than 500 students.
Hastings' head girl Katherine has a strong sense of community sprit evident by her raising more than $5000 in the Relay For Life.
She plans to study music at Victoria next year.
Prudence Boult and Lucy McHugh were the recipients from Woodford House.
Prudence has achieved success in sport, academia and leadership as deputy head girl of Woodford. She plans a future in paediatrics.
Lucy is a keen cricketer and a member of the Northern Districts high performance squad.
St John's boys James McNatty and Jose Jugo received the awards for their school.
Head prefect James achieved NCEA level one and two with excellent endorsement and plays for the first XV rugby, first XI cricket and senior A canoe polo teams.
Jose is a gifted public speaker and musician. He is head of the schools arts committee and debated in the O'Shea Shield.
Elise Legarth and Brandon Jones claimed the prizes for Havelock North High School.
Elise is a kayaker who has represented New Zealand in Portugal and achieved NCEA with an excellence endorsement.
Brandon is one of the finest young mathematicians in the country having been awarded the Australian Mathematics Competition medal for top score in New Zealand as a Year 9.
Iona's award recipients were Florence de'Bievre and Tessa Rao. Tessa is the school's cultural prefect and played the lead in this year's school production. She also won best song at the Smokefreerockquest regional finals.
Sports prefect Florence broke the school's high jump record this year and competed at the East Coast Secondary School Athletics, where she won the 100m senior hurdles and long jump.
Georgia Wilson won the award from Taikura Rudolf Steiner School for her work on the school student council. Georgia was one of seven Kiwis selected to participate in a worldwide group of YMCA change agents.
Karamu High School students Reuben Hinton and Yahaira Williams were honoured for their efforts. Ruben captains both the canoe polo and 1st XV rugby teams and was also selected for the Hawke's Bay under-18 rugby training camp.
Head girl and under-19 Hawke's Bay netball rep Yahaira plans to study biomedicine at Auckland university next year.
