MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT | Our 2026 Year 12 Student Leadership Prefect Team

Mr Dan Walker
College Principal

It is a joy to announce the student leaders who will serve our College community in 2026.

At Canterbury, we understand leadership as service. Our Anglican tradition reminds us that real authority is shown through equal doses of courage, humility and care for others. These students have been chosen not only for their character and their holistic engagement in school life, but for the way they lift others, listen deeply and help our community flourish.

So I am pleased to share with you the following appointments:\

School Captains

Cooper McIntyre

Ashutosh Vaitha

 

Prefects

Academic: Allegra Williams

Service: Kiya Watkins-Rameka

Sport: Ryley Egstorf

Spirituality: Chloe Lomas

Performing Arts: Isabella Oxenbridge

Becket: Cooper Carey

Cranmer: Harrison Cato

Goldsworthy: Taylor Kirby

Kime: Destinee Pickvance-Yee

Ramsey: Jasmine Fidow

Temple: Breeze Tauroa

 

House Vice Captains

Becket: Aimee Henry

Cranmer: Pippa Sharp

Goldsworthy: Kirra Burridge

Kime: Kayla McCormick

Ramsey: Melanie Hamilton

Temple: Olivia Carroll

 

Activity Captains

Athletics: Hayley Norcott

Bands: Kevin Jung

Basketball (Boys): Zach Davies

Basketball (Girls): Olivia Carroll

Choir: Destinee Pickvance-Yee

Cricket: Harrison Cato

Cross Country: Hayley Norcott

Dance: Amelia Periaho

Debating: Corey Bertsch

Football (Girls): Melanie Hamilton

Football (Boys): Henry Walker

Hockey: Addison Alchin

Netball: Jayda Penitani

Rock School: Henry Zhang

Rugby: Max Newton

Rugby 7s and Touch: Aimee Henry

Strings: Isabella Oxenbridge

Swimming: Aoibhe Kerrigan

Tennis (Boys): Shubham Bhatt

Tennis (Girls): Amelia Periaho

Volleyball (Boys): Ryley Egstorf

Volleyball (Girls): Mya Morrow

 

In the year ahead they will champion our Four Dimensions, inspiring learning, co-curricular engagement, character and service across the College. They will also model our commitment to being Different Together, where every student is known, valued and included, and where diverse gifts are woven into a strong and generous community.

This year, evidence from Colours, student voice, staff nominations, video applications, speeches, panel interviews, involvement and leadership at Thrive Day and camp, attendance records, Approach to Learning performance, and broader historical data have all been considered to shortlist and select our leadership group. The task of discerning the Prefect group, House Vice Captains and Activity Captains grows more difficult each year, as the depth of our applicant pool continues to expand.

We will commission our 2026 leaders at the Leadership Investiture Service on Thursday 9 October.

Please join me in congratulating this group of 2026 student leaders, and in celebrating the Year 11 cohort as a whole, for engaging so respectfully and authentically in the selection process.