an awesome journey with you. Thank you for five years of fun and friendship. To the boys who showed up at 7.30am on Mondays for Prefect meetings, you should be extremely proud of what you have achieved this year and the role you played for me and the school. Not to mention dealing with my tendency to delegate. As for the Year 13 cohort, coming into the year I was nervous of judgement, after all, it could’ve been any number of you up here in my position. You put trust in me to lead the school and act as your voice. Among the banter, you boys have always had something nice to say and I consider every one of you a friend. Thank you for all the chats we’ve had and memories we have made over the years. I hope to cross paths with you in the future as we go our separate ways and, remember – “Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value”. I have also had the pleasure of getting to know the Year 12 group over four years. I know that as a year group,
leader or not, you will continue to reinforce the growing culture here at College. I have full confidence in passing on the baton to your leaders, Zinzan, Albie, and Franklin, who will no doubt flourish in their roles. Good luck boys. My token advice for you is to just remember your roots and stay true to yourself. I would now like to congratulate our Head Prefect for next year, Zinzan Bondarenko-Leatua, and hand over the badge and korowai. As for the other returners, Years 9, 10, and 11, my message is something I’ve learnt along the way and has been the topic of many of my long discussions with Mr Waugh, someone who has been so instrumental in my development here at College. So now lads, I present this to you as a challenge. And since we have put pop culture references within our Assembly speeches this year, I figured I would use one more to finish us off. I am going to use a quote from Cody Maverick from the movie Surf’s Up . “Here I am, having
a good time, riding the waves with my friends, not caring about who wins or loses but just surfing.” So, while we all aspire to something beyond, enjoy what you have and ride the wave of high school with everyone around you. I don’t have all the answers, but I do know that the learnings are just as important as the grade and the journey is just as important as the win. I think you’ll find that as you value the things that are truly important to you, the rewards will come anyway. So, for everyone I leave you with this: Ko te pae tawhiti wha¯ia kia tata, ko te pae tata whakamaua ka tina. Seek out distant horizons and cherish those you attain. As you look ahead to the future, look around at the now, feel gratitude for the beauty of the present moment. Te¯na¯ koutou, te¯na¯ koutou, te¯na¯ tatou katoa Ed Davidson Head Prefect 2023
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