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Blast from the past: 2020 in review with Rotorua Weekender
23 Dec, 2020 06:56 PM
6 minutes to read
Western Heights High School student Zach Jans was the Senior Composition winner in the 2020 NZCT Chamber Music Contest. Photo / File
Shauni James is the Rotorua Weekender reportershauni.james@nzme.co.nz@thedailypost
It has been one crazy year, full of challenges, hope and the community rallying around each other. Rotorua Weekender editor Shauni James takes a look at some of the highlights from the newspaper s coverage over 2020.
January
- Sustainable Backyards shared information on what environmental events they would have coming up.
Rotorua s Kymbali Dender went to South Africa as a volunteer to help rescue coastal birds. Photo / File
“I logged on about five past one, and saw ‘view status update,’ so I clicked view, and it said ‘congratulations, welcome to Harvard’. “I was a bit excited, I ran across to my brother and was like ‘Matthew!’ and he didn’t understand, he’s five.” Four days later the news was still sinking in, but she felt it probably wouldn’t become real until she heard what financial aid she would receive from Harvard. “I’m just really hopeful I’ll be able to get a full scholarship, because frankly I actually can’t go without it.” Undergraduate tuition and living costs totalled about NZ$102,000 in the current academic year, but the university operates a financial aid scheme based on need. Families with students on scholarship pay an average of $20,000 annually towards the cost of a Harvard education, but some pay none at all.