The Service Lions of 2017 were awarded at a special Service Assembly on Friday, 20 October. This year’s guest speaker was Mr Pio Terei, the actor, comedian and public speaker who has been awarded a New Zealand Order of Merit for Services to Entertainment.
Mr Terei, pictured with Headmaster Mr Patrick Drumm, Head Boy Denzel Robertson and Head Girl Jaimee McLaughlan, talked to students about how giving service could be rewarding in itself. He spoke of working at the Parenting Place after the loss of his son, 17-year-old Teina, to leukaemia last year, and how being around the love and kindness of others had helped his family cope with their grief.
“If you can help other people you gain a richness that can’t be measured in money,” said Mr Terei.
Students were awarded the Lions for services to the performing arts, visual arts, the library, technology, Pasifika, School House and the wider school community