BACKRangitoto College has once again secured its position amongst the elite of New Zealand education, achieving a record-breaking 348 Scholarship passes. This historic result marks the sixth time the College has led the nation, surpassing its own 2024 record of 324 Scholarship exam passes and marks a new NZQA Scholarship record for total number of Scholarships gained in a single year.
Elite Individual Achievements
The 2025 cohort earned an impressive 42 Outstanding Scholarships, headlined by two Premier Awards, six outstanding scholars award winners and three students who placed Top in New Zealand for their respective subjects:
National Premier & Outstanding Scholars
Special recognition goes to Joshua Wang, one of our current head students who, as a Year 12 student, achieved 10 Scholarships, three at outstanding level, alongside Yunxuan Sun who achieved 8 scholarships, with three at outstanding. Both of these students have been named Premier Award winners—a distinction reserved for the top 13 students in the country. They are joined by six Outstanding Scholar award recipients: Michael Yang, James Reynolds, Xingyi Luo, Angus Rose, Diqiu Gu, and Leo Wang. A number of other students gained multiple passes, including Phoenix McClean in Year 12, who gained 7 scholarships.
Top in Subject
The following students gained the highest marks across all students in the country:
Christopher Rui-Han Ong (Year 12): Health and Physical Education
Leen Murad (Year 13): Photography
Xinyue (Aria) Hua (Year 13): Chinese
We’d like to congratulate all students who gained scholarship passes. From our Year 9 Calculus prodigies to our incredible senior scholars, we celebrate the dedication of every student who contributed to this monumental success.
Our Top Scholars of our 2025 International Baccalaureate joined the Minister of Finance in Wellington to celebrate their distinguished accomplishment in scoring above 40 in their IB exams.Rangitoto had an incredible number of 17 students who qualified for this honour.
- Cael Sia
- Youran (Yolanda) Zhang
- Timea Andrell
- Katie Huang
- Joshua Lo
- Hanlu (Annie) Wang
- Daniel Wei
- Chuqiao (Judy) Huang
- Zhaoyuan (Alvin) Li
- Mary Haddad
- Di (Judy) Hu
- Davin Chen
- Banghan (Edward) Xiao
- Leo Wang
- Poppy Glasgow
- Diqiu (Rachel) Gu
- Enoch Mun
Congratulations to these wonderful alumni of Rangitoto. We wish you all the best with your future endeavours.
