The best and the brightest

Here are the top results of the New Zealand Education and Scholarship Trust exams for the country's most able Year 13 students.

Winners ranked nationally

1. Simon Marshall - Onslow College, Wellington

2. Chi Ho (Ricky) Kwok - Hillcrest High School, Hamilton

2. Kelvin Peng - Auckland Grammar School

2. Yun Ho Tsoi - Auckland Grammar School

2. James McNamara - Wellington College

6. Akbar Ashrafi - Auckland Grammar School

7. Mike Liu - Burnside High School, Christchurch

8. Sarah Noble - Columba College, Dunedin

9. Peter Lau - Mt Roskill Grammar School

10. Richard Yu - King's College, Otahuhu

10. James Little - King's College

10. Man Hei (Alexander) Ho - Macleans College, Howick

13. Gemma Mason - Burnside High School

14. Michael Frankovich - Auckland Grammar School

15. Richard Watson - Rotorua Boys High School

15. Adam Khanbhai - Wanganui Collegiate School

15. Michael Bycroft - Christchurch Boys High

18. Katherine Townley - Christchurch Girls High School

18. Ryash Vather - Auckland Grammar School

18. Cheuk Lun (Alan) Chan - Westlake Boys High School, North Shore

18. Heerak Choi - St Kentigern College, Pakuranga

18. Sam McCall - Avondale College

18. Purva Joshi - Edgewater College, Pakuranga

18. Yu Hwee Tan - Burnside High School

18. Tina Yun-Ting Sun - Macleans College

26. Christopher Farhi - The Manurewa High School

26. Shekar Sehgal - Auckland Grammar School

28. William Thompson - Auckland Grammar School

28. Alexander Nelson - Auckland Grammar School

28. Paul Cheng - Macleans College

28. Lai Law - Mt Roskill Grammar School

28. Richard Chappell - Cashmere High School, Christchurch

33. Danny Lee - Auckland Grammar School

33. Jason Kramar - Westlake Boys High School

33. Dominic Tse - St Kentigern College

33. Giles Reid - Burnside High School

33. Martin Bax - Mt Roskill Grammar School

38. Samadhi Wimalasena - Westlake Girls High School

38. Daniel Street - Auckland Grammar School

38. Yi Zheng - Avondale College

38. Preechapon Tovaranonte - Christ's College, Christchurch

38. Samuel Gordon - Wanganui High School

38. Andrew Austin - Mt Albert Grammar School

44. Benjamin Pinkham - King's College

44. Marcus Roberts - King's College

44. Annelies Naus - Macleans College

44. Kanisha Rangamuwa - Rosmini College, Takapuna

48. Graeme Mak - Auckland Grammar School

49. Richard Henry - Auckland Grammar School

49. Simon Murphy - Palmerston North Boys High School

49. Katie Bennett - Epsom Girls Grammar School

49. Emma Cluett - Takapuna Grammar School

49. Amy Marshall - Burnside High School

49. Kevin Huang - Rangitoto College, North Shore

49. John Wang - Rangitoto College

49. Mayuran Saththianathan - Mt Roskill Grammar School

57. Manali Jain - Tawa College, Wellington

57. Jessica Lightfoot - Westlake Girls High

57. Jonathan Chen - Auckland Grammar School

57. Tony Wong - Auckland Grammar School

57. Jennifer Hadfield - Awatapu College, Palmerston North

57. Christine Batchelar - Glendowie College

57. Jeremy Johnson - Christ's College

57. Nathan Kenny - Christ's College

57. Kaushik Nilakant - Burnside High School

57. Timothy Bond - King's College

57. Abhinabh Duffadar - Mt Roskill Grammar School