Year
Finalist
Location
2024
Peter Gjelsten
Wellington
Ben van Leuven
Lower Hutt
Hazuki Katsukawa
Auckland
2023
Yu zhang Wu
Auckland
Henry Meng
Auckland
Madeleine Xiao
Auckland
2021
Catherine Kwak
Auckland
Hyein Kim
Auckland
April Ju
Christchurch
2020
Lixin Zhang
Christchurch
Leon Chen
Auckland
Ashani Waidyatillake
Auckland
2019
Diane Huh
Auckland
Isabella Gregory
Christchurch
Hyein Kim
Hamilton
2018
Modi Deng
Auckland
Lixin Zhang
Wellington
Muse Ye
Christchurch
2017
Matthais Balzat
Auckland
Hyein Kim
Hamilton
Delvan Lin
Auckland
Siyu Sun
Christchurch
2016
Sam Lucas
Hamilton
Heather Lewis-Baker
Wellington
Kate Oswin
Christchurch
2015
Bradley Wood
Christchurch
Kent Isomura
Auckland
Liam Wooding
Wanganui
2014
Arna Morton
Christchurch
Matthias Balzat
Auckland
Nathaniel Smorti
Taupo
2013
Andrew Leathwick
Hamilton
Stephen Watson
Christchurch
Kent Isomura
Auckland
2012
Santiago Canon-Valencia
Hamilton
Hilary Hayes
Canterbury
Blythe Press
Wellington
2011
Jason Bae
Auckland
Grace Francis
Auckland
Tina Kim
Auckland
2010
Edward King
Auckland
Emma Yoon
Canterbury
Harry Ellerm
Canterbury
2009
John-Paul Muir
Auckland
Joong-Han Jung
Auckland
Jason Bae
Auckland
2008
Yoshiko Tsuruta
Wellington
Yuuki Bouterey-Ishido
Canterbury
Alexandra Lomeiko
Canterbury
2007
Chen (Tony) Lin
Canterbury
Joo Hae Kim
Auckland
Leigh Kereopa
Palmerston North
2006
Amalia Hall
Auckland
Blythe Press
Wellington
Christabel Lin
Auckland
Serenity Thurlow
Canterbury
2005
Fei Ran
Auckland
Jun Bouterey-Ishido
Canterbury
Jae Yeon Jung
Auckland
2004
Benjamin Morrison
Canterbury
Malavika Gopal
Auckland
Simon Brew
Wellington
2003
Joanna (Jae-Wan) Yi
Canterbury
Angela Mi Young Lim
Canterbury
Chi-Ting Kuo
Canterbury
2002
Kerry Martin
Rangiora
Victoria Simonsen
Auckland
Chia-Nan Hung
Canterbury
2001
Beth Chen
Wellington
Hamish Robb
Canterbury
Kirsten Simpson
Canterbury
2000
Natalia Lomeiko
Canterbury
Simone Roggen
Auckland
Mark Cookson
Canterbury
1999
Alistair Watson
Dunedin
Carolyn Wu
Canterbury
Oonoori Lee
Auckland
1998
Yoonjung Kim
Canterbury
Chia-Nan Hung
Canterbury
Lara Hall
Auckland
Ben Hoadley
Auckland
1997
Pei-Yu (Betty) Lee
Auckland
Kenji Fugimura
Melbourne
Mike Cheng-Yu Lee
Auckland
1996
Julie Platt
Canterbury
Dana Parkhill
Wellington
Kirstin Eade
Wellington
Rachel McLarin
Lower Hutt
1995
Henry Wong Doe
Auckland
Ellen Pan
Wellington
Mariko Yamagishi
Canterbury
1994
Ashley Brown
Canterbury
Bridget Miles
Wellington
Bridget Douglas
Wellington
1993
Rachel Thomson
Wellington
Catherine McKay
Canterbury
Robert Loretz
Auckland
1992
Elizabeth Hirst
Auckland
Robert Orr
Kapiti Coast
Huy-Nguyen Bui
Canterbury
1991
Marcus McLaren
Wellington
Karen Chang
Wellington
Catherine McKay
Hawkes Bay
1990
James Bush
Canterbury
Christine Bowie
Auckland
Dianna Cochrane
Auckland
1989
Nicola Melville
Wellington
Graeme Cosslett
Upper Hutt
Karen Chang
Masterton
1988
Hamish McKeich
Canterbury
Martin Riseley
Canterbury
Tanya Haddock
Auckland
Katherine Hebley
Canterbury
1987
Jill Pears
Canterbury
Timothy Emerson
Canterbury
Siu Dea Law
Auckland
1986
Mark Menzies
Hawkes Bay
Simon Ansell
Auckland
Catherine Bowie
Auckland
1985
Richard Chandler
Canterbury
Louise Baker
Wellington
Lois Van Waardenberg
Auckland
1984
Rachel Thompson
Wellington
Jane Dawson
Dunedin
John Robinson
Wellington
1983
Read Gainsford
Auckland
Denis King
Wellington
Fiona Steedman
Canterbury
1982
Mary Scott
Wellington
Ruthchen Evans
Wellington
Anthony Lawrence
Canterbury
1981
Sharon Joy Vogan
Sydney
Paul Maskill
Canterbury
Robert Logan
Wellington
1980
Peter Barber
Wellington
Sally-Anne Brown
Auckland
Craig Williams
Auckland
1979
David Butler
Canterbury
Catherine Riley
Auckland
Bronwen Murray
Wellington
1978
Rachel Skinner
Canterbury
Wilma Smith
Wellington
Alison Catanach
Canterbury
1977
Patrick O'Byrne
Auckland
Terence Dennis
Canterbury
Sharon Joy Vogan
Dunedin
1978
Roger Brown
Canterbury
Kenneth Young
Canterbury
Wilma Smith
Auckland
1975
Christopher Norton
Wellington
David Guerin
Auckland
Stephen Lewis
Canterbury
Denis King
Wellington
1974
Keith Spragg
Canterbury
Peter Laurence
Canterbury
Mark Walton
Canterbury
Vere Smyth
Canterbury
1973
Stephen Collins
Wellington
Richard Mapp
Canterbury
Mary Tzambiras
Wellington
1972
Anthony Ferner
Canterbury
Brian Shillito
Canterbury
Belinda Bunt
Canterbury
1971
Michael Houstoun
South Canterbury
Richard Mapp
Canterbury
Patrick O'Byrne
Auckland
Chrstine Lockwood
Palmerston North
1970
Peter Wilton
Wellington
Ivan Andrews
Auckland
Felicity Bunt
Canterbury
Alison Kay
Auckland
1969
Michael Redshaw
Auckland
Suzanne Purnell
Canterbury
Michael Houstoun
South Canterbury
1968
Christine Cuming
Auckland
David Bloom
Wellington
Suzanne Purnell
Canterbury
Martin Lamb
Canterbury
Pauline Drain
Canterbury
Joan Wallace
Wellington