Rhodes Scholarship winners

Pictured with the Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, who was a member of the selection panel, were from left, the 2007 Rhodes Scholarship winners: Jesse Wall; Amanda Gilbertson; and Julia Matheson. Mr Wall, from Palmerston North, is completing an LLB from Otago University while Ms Gilbertson, from Hamilton, is currently completing an MA in Anthropology from Victoria University of Wellington. Ms Matheson, from Dunedin, has completed a MBChB with Distinction from Otago University. The scholarships, administered in New Zealand by the NZ Vice-Chancellors Committee, allow the winning student to undertake postgraduate study at Oxford University in Britain.