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Kirk Spragg PhD 2010

By Robyn Roa, Principal school; their belief being that
Ngaruawahia was more than
good enough for them and
their children.
Kirk Snr (Dad) was a
member of the High School
Board of Trustees for many
years serving the school unstintingly throughout
the time when Kirk and his two younger sisters
Anne Marie and Rosemary attended Ngaruawahia
High.
The Spragg family leave behind a legacy in
the acknowledgement of academic excellence in
the school. The Spragg Shield is awarded each year
to the highest achieving academic student in Year
12, something each of the Spragg siblings would
have received had the award existed in their time.
Along with Kirk’s parents, grandparents and
mentors I watched as this young man proudly
received his Doctorate, and I am more than proud
to know he is a product of Ngaruawahia High
School.
Whaia te pai tawhiti kia taha - whaia te pae
tata kia u! (Reach to the far horizon and draw it
near - when it is near strive to achieve it).
Kirk Spragg with his mother Maria
Source: North Waikato Times
Ngaruawahia High School’s latest Doctoral
graduate Kirk Spragg has not forgotten his roots Kirk’s Doctorate
as being a truly Ngaruawahia Boy. Magnetohydrodynamics - the motion of liquid
He attend the High School from 1994 to metals and how they interact with magnetic fields.
1998. Kirk’s invitation to the staff of Ngaruawahia
High to attend his graduation is clear
acknowledgement and
appreciation for his former
high school.
As his former teacher and
current Principal it was indeed
a pleasure to attend this
momentous event on behalf of
the school.
Kirk’s lively yet humble
nature perfectly balanced his
superior intellect as a student
of the high school.
In my class he would
help me out with the
mathematical aspects of Year
13 Economics, competently
explaining it to the class better
than I could.
Kirk is fortunate to
belong to such a strong family
who, while schooling their
children at the local high