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18 July, 2021, 10:19 am
Swimmer Erika Fairweather will be the youngest member of the New Zealand team at the Tokyo Olympics. JOE ALLISON/GETTY IMAGES
Erika Fairweather’s alarm tends to go off at 4.30am, some four hours before she starts school at Kavanagh College in Dunedin.
She admits there are “absolutely” some mornings where she considers staying in bed when she is woken up that early.
But as a swimmer, she has her eyes on an Olympic medal, an end goal which would make all those early starts – and all the hours in the pool – worth it.
Fairweather had been planning on making her Olympic debut in Paris in 2024, but she has got there ahead of schedule, and will join six other swimmers in Tokyo later this month.
New Zealand s youngest Tokyo Olympian, Erika Fairweather, enjoys exceeding expectations
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‘Whey to go’ for Massey Medal recipient
(from left) Vice-Chancellor Professor Jan Thomas, Professor Jeremy Hill, Dr Kevin Marshall and Chancellor Michael Ahie after the College of Sciences ceremony two, during which Dr Marshall received the Massey Medal.
Global dairy industry research innovator and leader Dr Kevin Marshall was awarded Massey University’s most prestigious honorary award, the Massey Medal, at the Manawatū graduation on Tuesday, 4 May.
The award is in recognition of Dr Marshall’s outstanding and ongoing contribution to Massey University and the New Zealand food sector in multiple leadership, advisory and governance roles.
In his citation at the College of Sciences graduation ceremony, Professor Jeremy Hill said Dr Marshall has had a profound impact and has “made a real difference to not only Massey University and the national food sector, but to New Zealand and the global food sector.