1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: What a treat to welcome in from Ashburton College our 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:08,559 Speaker 1: new head prefects, our head students for twenty twenty six 3 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: as named at the year eleven and twelve combined prize 4 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: giving the event sent to last night Nate Woods and 5 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: Layla Wards. 6 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 2: Congrats, thank. 7 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 3: Nate. 8 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,080 Speaker 1: Why did we start with yourself? We had this year's 9 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: departing lot in a few weeks back and they gave 10 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:26,799 Speaker 1: us a heads up on the process running for this. 11 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 1: You were up against what twenty four others? 12 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 3: Yep, there were twenty four in the first. 13 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 1: That's a boog pol Man, Yeah, it really was. And 14 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: then that was worked down to ten and then what 15 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: the final stage was to give a speech to the 16 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: whole school at the Blues Assembly. 17 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 3: Yes, yep, we all had to prepare a ninety second 18 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 3: long speech. 19 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: What was the theme of yours? 20 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,520 Speaker 3: I decided I would do mine a little bit differently. 21 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: Obviously it worked. Well, did you do interpretive dance or something? 22 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 2: No? 23 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 3: No, So I was speaking my speech about how I 24 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:00,040 Speaker 3: don't want to just hide behind some words on a 25 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 3: age and then at the very end of my speech 26 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 3: I held up my paper and it was completely blank. 27 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: So, oh, Dad's yeah, Well, you are a trained thesepien, 28 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: so I like that. What about you? What was the 29 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: theme of your speech? 30 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 4: Lalor So mine was started off about like my journey 31 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 4: through school, and I linked that with like a sprint 32 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 4: from one block to another at the school, and then 33 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 4: I linked that with challenges we all face that school 34 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 4: and how I want to help people overcome those challenges 35 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 4: as he prefix and stuff like that. 36 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: So yours was like a CrossFit exercise, and it symbolic 37 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: that life is like a blank piece of paper, you 38 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: describe whatever you like, like the never ending story. Nice. 39 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 1: So why were you keen on the roll labor for me? 40 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 4: I and like yes, seven and A. I was kind 41 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 4: of like off the leadership role area. I always wanted 42 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 4: to do it, but I was too scared. And then 43 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 4: in year nine a lot of teachers and friends kind 44 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 4: of said to me, look, you would be good at this, 45 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 4: and then from there I kind of plan to go 46 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 4: for it and go for other leadership roles and stuff 47 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 4: like that. 48 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 2: And especially watching the head. 49 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 4: Prefix this year, like Yeah's Jake, Sophia and Nullah. They 50 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 4: did such a good job and it was great to 51 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 4: see how they embraced diversity within the school. 52 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 2: And I was like, actually, I'll give it a try. 53 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 4: We'll see we can win, some will lose some, we'll 54 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 4: find out if jbits. 55 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, they've done a great job of I feel cultivating 56 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: a great culture this year. Everybody seems to have had 57 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: a great time, so that must be rather exciting. What 58 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 1: are you hoping to achieve in the role yourself, then, hate. 59 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 3: Well, obviously I want to make school an awesome place, 60 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 3: just like the previous head prefix they've done for me 61 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 3: and so many others, So that's definitely my top priority. 62 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 3: But I also just want to start building some connections and, 63 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 3: like my speech said, actually speak to everyone and not 64 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 3: just hip behind somewhere's on a page. 65 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: You're the people's president. 66 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:56,959 Speaker 3: That's the one. 67 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: My man. Heyre here's a week question. You've just been 68 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: given a million bucks to spend on the school. What's 69 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 1: the first thing you'd buy? 70 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, that's definitely a bit of a curveball question. 71 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: What's on your wish list? 72 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 3: Well, I suppose some drinking fountains that you can fill 73 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 3: up your water bottle from would be. 74 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 2: Also nice, nice cold water that's not like. 75 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 1: Mountain Fresh. Get it shipped directly from the from the 76 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: glaciers of the Southern Alps. Perfect, that'd be nice. There's 77 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: a business opportunity in that. Yeah, well played. Hey, so yeah, 78 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: it was a big night last night. And then we're 79 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: standing by for exams, which what'll start next week? 80 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 3: Yep, yep, next to Tuesday. 81 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: So that that's for regular schooling. We're done? 82 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 4: Yep? 83 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: Wow, what if you got up first? 84 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 3: I've got up maths first. 85 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: On Tuesday? Ye opening days? 86 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 2: Not doing? 87 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: Your reaction suggests that you don't have that. What's your 88 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: first one? 89 00:03:58,040 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 2: I have English on Thursday? 90 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: It meat, you know, I want to chick that. Just 91 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: turn up, hey and super quick, either of you guys 92 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: in Red House? 93 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 3: No? 94 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, I am congratulations again I hear did you want 95 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: it by one point? 96 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 3: Something really close like that? Yeah? 97 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 1: Yeah. Somebody told me on the weekend that the house 98 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: competition was won by Read by one point? An are 99 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 1: you defending champs too? 100 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 2: No? Orange House won last year? 101 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 1: How good? How good? Where did Green come lost? It's 102 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: my old house? Are you Green? Laylor? 103 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 4: No? 104 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 2: I'm an Orange House. 105 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: Nice to know that something reminiscent of myself in Greenhouse. 106 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: The cheerleaders making everybody else feel good about themselves, right,