The success of some of New Zealand's finest young scholars was celebrated at the inaugural International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Top Scholars' Awards ceremony at Government House, Auckland, recently.  The 450 students who completed the IB Diploma in New Zealand last year represented less than 1% of the participants worldwide.  However, this small group has made its mark, producing impressive results in the demanding two-year programme.

The ceremony, hosted by His Excellency, Lieutenant General the Right Honourable Sir Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General of New Zealand and attended by the top IB Diploma students, their families, IB Heads Caucus of NZ, school Heads and academic dignitaries from throughout the country.

Carla Boniolo (Kristin School), Harim Lee and Elynna Yang (St Cuthbert's College) and Karl Zhu (Auckland International College) received special recognition for each achieving a perfect score of 45 points in their Diplomas.  A feat achieved by less than 0.3% of IB students world-wide they are, quite literally, top in the world.  In addition, 55 other students were honoured for achieving in the top 5% in the world with scores of 40 or more points.

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