Stu Mitchell and Ataahua Waitere at St Paul’s Catholic School Ngāruawāhia, have been nominated for the Fred Hollows Humanity Awards for turning their personal challenges into a drive to make the world around them better.
The awards, now in their fourth year in New Zealand, recognise 10 young Kiwis in Years 5 or 6 who embody Fred Hollows’ values of compassion, integrity and kindness.
Mitchell and Waitere did not win, but thanks to them, their school won three pieces of virtual reality equipment: A headset to take 360° virtual field trips, a Merge Cube to hold digital 3D objects and a circuit scribe kit.
Every school that nominated a student went into a draw to win the equipment. Continue reading
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