The final Police College graduation for 2005, which is being held tomorrow, will be the last that Police Commissioner Rob Robinson attends before his retirement on Friday and the first for new Police Minister the Hon. Annette King.
Forty recruits will graduate from The Royal New Zealand Police College in Porirua at 2:00pm on Thursday 15 December 2005.
The graduation will include tributes from the Police College to Commissioner Robinson including a recital of the Police Oath led by one of the wing's graduates.
The wing brings the total number of Police graduates this calendar year to 517.
40 recruits will graduate, 35 male and 5 female.
The average age of wing members is 30 (the youngest is 19 and the oldest is 44).
Postings:
North Shore/Waitakere/Rodney - Henderson (3), Takapuna (2)
Auckland City - Auckland Central (1), Mount Wellington (2)
Counties Manukau - Otahuhu (1), Pukekohe (1)
Waikato - Hamilton (1), Thames (1)
Bay of Plenty - Rotorua (1), Taupo (1), Tauranga (3)
Eastern - Hastings (1), Napier (1)
Central - Levin (1), New Plymouth (2), Palmerston North (2)
Wellington - Masterton (1), Porirua (2), Traffic Alcohol Group Wellington (2), Upper Hutt (1) Wellington (1)
Tasman - Nelson (3), Blenheim (1)
Canterbury - Christchurch (4)
Southern - Invercargill (1)
Wing 228 prize winners:
* Minister’s Prize for First in Wing was awarded to Constable Brad KIRTLAN posted to Mt Wellington.
Constable KIRTLAN was also awarded the International Police Association Academic Prize (overall winner for academic exams).
* Commissioner’s Prize for Second in Wing was awarded to Constable Brenda KNIGHT posted to Christchurch.
* Patron’s Prize for Third in Wing was awarded to Constable Matthew ELLIOTT posted to Blenheim.
Constable ELLIOTT was also awarded the Ericsson Practical Prize (overall winner for practical assessments, file preparation and fingerprinting).
* The HOLDEN Tactical Skills and Safety Prize (overall winner in defensive tactics, firearms and driving) was awarded to Constable Cameron BLAIR, posted to Takapuna.
Constable BLAIR was also awarded the Physical Training and Defensive Tactics Award.
* The Meltzer Prize for Weapon Training was awarded to Constable Jeremy HOPSON, posted to Christchurch.
* The Driver Training Award was awarded to Constable Craig BARRON, posted to Nelson.
Police Association prizes for section achievement:
This prize is awarded to an individual from each section who, in the collective view of the members of the section and the wing instructors, made the greatest contribution to the overall success of the team.
Section One, Constable Hugh BLAIR, posted to Takapuna
Section Two, Constable Colin McCRACKEN, posted to Hamilton
Wing Patron: Dr Manying Ip ONZM, PhD
Manying Ip has become one of the best known Asian faces in New Zealand over the past decade. Her research on Chinese New Zealanders and Asian immigration makes her a sought-after commentator on public issues on television, radio and in print media. In 1993 she was awarded a Suffrage Centennial Medal (commemorating the 100th year of women's suffrage) for public services, and in 1996 she became an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
She has been teaching at the University of Auckland since 1982 and is currently Associate Professor in the School of Asian Studies. However, she is probably best known as the author of a number of critically acclaimed books on the Chinese in New Zealand and is considered a pioneer researcher in this field. Her most recent book is Aliens at My Table: Asians as New Zealanders See Them (2005). Currently she has an ongoing research project on the Chinese relationship with Mâori, entitled "Mâori-Chinese Encounters".
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For more information or to attend graduation please contact:
Toni Barlow, Communications Adviser, 04 238 3413 / 0274 419 216.