From left to right: Alexandra Cooper (student award winner), Jenny Brittain (President) & Desley Simpson (Deputy Mayor of Auckland)

NCW Hibiscus Coast recently held, for the first time ever, a Tertiary Student Award Presentation and Luncheon.

This award was for $2,000, and part of the criteria was that you had to be or have been a Rodney resident who had completed one year of a two-or-more-year course.

We had a wonderful afternoon with our award winner Alexandra Cooper who is studying for a Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing).

We were delighted to be able to secure Desley Simpson, Deputy Mayor of Auckland, as our guest speaker. Desley was informative, and she brought some humour into her presentation as well.

It was a very successful event with thirty-eight guests attending.

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