Year: 1952 - 1954
Occupation: Artist

Raymond is the best drawer of birds NZ and possibly the world has ever seen. He painted 240 illustrations for the R.D. Book of British Birds, (1969) which, translated into 11 languages and still in print, is the most successful book on birds published in Europe. He has published over ten books of birds and his drawings and paintings are exhibited in the major galleries of NZ. Raymond lives in England and wrote this when asked for his Bio: I had always enjoyed the status of best drawer in our house (no competition, really) and so I was altogether unprepared for the display of draftsmanship shown us in demonstration on the first day at Wellington Tech. Those inspirational marks were made by Fred Ellis who was, to my great good fortune, Head of the Department of Art at that time, and the wonder of seeing such drawing skills has never left me. His contemporaries regard him as the greatest painter of birds ever.

Year: 1951 - 1955
Occupation: Civil Engineer & Community leader

Bruce was an engineer and ended his career as managing-director of TSE Group of which he was a founding partner. He left his mark on national and international projects, among them ventures in Australia, China and Vietnam. He was involved in a wide range of community groups and the Greek community. As president of the Greek Community of Wellington he was instrumental in the construction of community rooms in Hania St, which to this day serve as classrooms for the community’s Greek language school. He was author of Wellington’s Hellenic Mile, detailing the history of Wellington’s Greek-owned eateries. As chairman of the New Zealand Parthenon Marbles Committee, he led the petition that convinced the government to declare that the Elgin Marbles, housed in the British Museum, should be returned to Greece. In 2004 Bruce received the Queen’s Service medal in recognition of his services to the community.

Year: 1951 - 1955
Occupation: Actor, Artist & Teacher

Grant has extensive successful experience over 50 years in theatre, radio, television and film as an actor, director, designer and scriptwriter. He was a Senior Tutor at the New Zealand Drama School, co-founder and Council Member of Circa Theatre, Wellington and associate Director, Downstage Theatre, Wellington Grant has won numerous awards, the most recent in 2007 Actor of the year for his role on Homeland. He has been in more than 200 productions , including Middle Age Spread or Foreskin’s Lament, seven short films, over forty TV series; Gliding on, Shark in the Park. Grant Tilly is a household name. He is also an artist of some repute.

Year: 1951 - 1955
Occupation: JP

Graham began his working life in the hospitality industry and in 1965 opened the Montana Restaurant in Hamilton. He ran the restaurant for 25 years – during that time they won many awards and several of his apprentices took the top chef awards. In 1991 he opened the award winning Souter House Restaurant and Guest House. Graham was Chairperson of the Waikato Restaurants Association and also Vice president of the New Zealand Restaurants Association from 1966 to 1990. He has been an Honoury Member of the Wine and Food Society for 20 years. He was instrumental in setting up the Department of Hospitality and Tourism at the Waikato Technical Polytech, and a member of the Hospitality and Tourism Board from its beginning in the early 70’s, and Chairperson until 2001when he retired. In 1998 he was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for lifelong services to the Hospitality Industry. Graham has continued working for the community and has been a Justice of the Peace, responsible for running the JP clinic at Mount Maunganui and JP for the Tauranga Customs for the last 10 years.

Year: 1951 - 1954
Occupation: International Yachtsman & Judge

Gary became a successful architect and worked on many projects including the library and music block of this school and the conversion of the old national Museum to Massey University. His real passion was yachting. His family were founding members of the Evans Bay Yacht club. He has won national championships and represented NZ overseas in 1979 -1982.He then became qualified to become a judge and was an International Judge for almost 20 years. He was awarded an “Honours Award” from Yachting New Zealand “In recognition of outstanding achievement and services to yachting”.