A team of judges looks at the exhibits on the Tuesday and Wednesday and selects prize winners. We then notify the schools. Remember that even without winning a prize, your exhibit has succeeded if people stop by to read it. Prizes are usually in the range of $25 to $60.
All participants get a participant certificate and a cloth badge.
2023 Southland Social Sciences Fair results
Y5/6
1 Oma Rapeti Lily McIntyre Woodlands
2 Selective Mutism Willow Harper St Johns Girls
3 Farming against the Elements Hunter Riley Limehills
M Baa Baa White Sheep Brendon Bagaoisan Woodlands
M Wetland Wonderland George Collie Limehills
M Boomerang Bags Elise Simeon Halfmoon Bay
M SS Tararua Jack Gough Woodlands
M My House Grove Bush Riley McMeeken Woodlands
Y7/8
1 AI Helping or Hurting William McCann JHC Junior
2 Impact of Technology during Covid 19 Thomas Bannister JHC Junior
3 They Paved Paradise and put up a parking Lot Abigail Bottger JHC Junior
M Deforestation Jack Ledington and Lucus Thompson JHC Junior
M Being Deaf Emily-Maree Bresolini Ascot
M The Evolution of Kiwi Rock ‘n Roll Charlie Muir SBHS
M Wheels or Heels? Benjamin Elder JHC Junior
M Ko Wai au? Wiki Nankivell JHC Junior
M From exclusion to inclusion Ella Liu JHC Junior
M 9/11 Jaxxn Walker SBHS
M Rugby Ref Rarity Angus Collie Limehills
M 111 Emergency Emma Limehills
Y9/10
1 Green Washing Sophie Ineson SGHS
2 Shot Guns Abby Graham JHC Senior
3 Plant Based Food Lauren McKenzie SGHS
M NFL Sam Walker JHC Senior
M Angkor Wat Jessica Ledington SGHS
M Do Victims of Crime get Justice? Hannah Woodcock James Hargest Senior
Hobbies and Sport
1 The Railway Club shall stay Jordan Ross JHC Junior
2 Life of a Carver Louis Woodward JHC Junior
M Helping Paws Elsie Turrell JHC Senior
M Painting my New Room Isabella Thomas Mararoa
M Knots Aedan Mulligan Verdon
M Simply Snails Sunny McIntyre JHC Junior
Culture
1 Is the Grass Greener on the Other Side? Helena Davis JHC Junior
2 Filipino Independence Day Anzel Chan St Thomas Aquinas
3 Town Vs Country Annalise Elder Limehills
M Samoa Loleneta Tagomoa New River
M Our Titi Island Gear Whanau Halfmoon Bay
Conservation
1 How to be Predator Free Archie Ware Halfmoon Bay
2 Wetland Wonderland George Collie Limehills
3 Oh Deer Jack and Sam Limehills
M NZ Dairying, but what about the Future? Noah Hackett JHC Senior
M Game Bird Hunting in New Zealand Mason Evans and Harry Godsall-Folster JHC Senior
M Service to Soil Amy McDonald Limehills
M Sherwood Forest Hedgehope School
M Saving the Waiau Libbey Anderson and Tomas Clarke Hauroko Valley School
Genealogy
1 Robert Crawford Lucas White Lochiel
2 Family History Lily Rennie Waihopai
M My Great Grandfather Ronald Oliver Horn Zoe Lochiel
M Because of Garrett Ruby Langford Limehills
M Am I related to the first Maori and Chinese Wedding in NZ? Isabelle Morris JHC Senior
M My family at War Bella Hackett Waihopai
M Letters Home Jared Snoek JHC Junior
M History of the Dores Nisha Dore Lochiel
Biography
1 The Kiwi Lefty Charlotte Robinson JHC Junior
2 Robert Crawford Lucas White Lochiel
M Ken McConachie George Fairbairn Lochiel
M My War Hero Jim McCaw Louis Boekhout Woodlands
Heritage Buildings
1 My House – Grove Bush School Riley McMeeken Woodlands
2 St Thomas Aquinas 125th Jubilee Jae Bryce Basungit St Thomas
3 704 Woodlands Morton Mains Road Devon Wilson Woodlands
M Winton School History Addy Campbell and Sasha Bragg Winton
M Invercargill Water Tower Jack Ramsay SBHS
M The Mall’s impact on Invercargill Paige Baxter and Carly McGearty JHC Junior
M Tiwai Then and Now Sophie Merrilees and Pfeiffer Colyer JHC Senior
National Council of Women
1 Women with Fibro Cheyanne Pope JHC Junior
2 Bobbie Lister Pele Phillips-Davis Ascot
Warfare and disasters
1 The Battle of Stirling Bridge Charlie Muir SBHS
2 The Deadly Blood Feud between the chiefs Joseph Crengle SBHS
3 Twin Towers Jaxxn Walker SBHS
M 1981 Springbok Tour Thomas Rutledge SBHS
M Normandy Landings Ryan Hill SBHS
M Invercargill Flood January 1984 Rekco Chulis Ascot
M Chernobyl Megan Bailey Southern Health School
M SS Tararua Jack Gough Woodlands
M USA vs Japan WW2 Mason McIlwrick SBHS
M WW2 Max Bekhuis SBHS
M Springbok Tour Quinn O’Conner SBHS
M Ukraine vs Russia Brock Smith SBHS
M Black Friday Gabrielle Harris Waihopai
M The Pakistan India Conflict Hasnatt Abdullah SBHS
M 2005 London Bombing Logan Beck SBHS
South of the Mainland
1 What a Trip 1994 Tom Allen Halfmoon Bay
2 The Story of the Stork Tessa Allen Halfmoon Bay
M Clean Boat is a Good Boat Sayla Ware HMB
M Life as a Muttonbirder St Teresa’s Bluff Kanon Boyce
M Rakiura Honey Bees Meadow Hore Halfmoon Bay
M Rakiura Rafts Sam Allen Halfmoon Bay
Farming
1 A Century Kate Pulley Limehills
2 The Plough that Ploughed the Unploughed Kellan Langley Woodlands
3 Simply Snails Sunny McIntyre JHC Junior
M Dairying but what about the Environment? Noah Hackett JHC Senior
M Farming against the Elements Hunter Riley Limehills
M Open Wide Alice Pulley Limehills
M Farming History Mannix and Jack Tokanui School
Transport
1 Wheels or Heels? Benjamin Elder JHC Junior
2 Esk Street Parking Abigail Bottger
M Tarras Airport Olivia Anderson Lochiel
Novelty
M Cat’s Meat and Dog Food Hannah and Rebekah Lacey Home School
M Trophy Scoring Ryan Dawson Halfmoon Bay