When are they Awarded?
The Annual Group Awards are presented at the AGM, every year in December.
In addition, there is a special award given on Founder’s day in February.
What is the Founder’s Day Award?
Every year, one member of Captain Musick (usually a Scout or Venturer, but sometimes a Cub) can be nominated for the Founder’s Day award. This is Zone-level recognition of a member who is living our Values and contributing to our Group.
Being awarded this certificate is a big recognition of achievement.
The only cub to have won this in the last few years was Angela Zhang.
What is the Capstone/Rata Award?
The highest award a Cub can earn is the Rata Cub Award. This is the Capstone Award for the Cub Section.
To achieve the Rata Cub Award, a Cub needs to:
- Achieve their Cub Gold Award
- Complete eight Adventure Skills Progressions
- Complete four Better World projects across at least two different programmes
- Undertake a four hour Adventurous Journey
- Take part in 15 Community Engagement hours
- Complete a peer-led review of their time in Cubs
The first Captain Musick Air Scouts youth to achieve their Capstone was a Cub, Theo Haught, in 2023.
What are the Annual Group Awards for?
There are three awards that can be won. They represent our Scouting Values – Have Respect, Do what is Right, and Be Positive.
- Have Respect: This is awarded to the Cub who has most shown that they are living this value. It could be respect for their family, for Scouting, for the Environment or for themselves.
- Do What is Right: This is awarded to a Cub who has done the right thing, even when it may have been difficult to choose the right path. It also applies to Cubs who have met new challenges and grown in their ability and confidence.
- Be Positive: Awarded to the Cub who has been the best at facing new challenges with a positive attitude during the year, however difficult the challenges may have been.
Past Awards
Previously we offered a ‘Personal Challenge’ trophy for the Cub who had earned the most Personal Challenge badges in the year. This was discontinued in 2022 when we changed over to the new Scouts Aotearoa badge scheme.
List of Recipients
2025
- Be Positive: Lachlan Richardson
- Have Respect: Ariel Ho
- Do what is right: Stephen Pan
2025 Rata Award – Cub Capstone
Aaron Chin
Ariel Ho
Blake Wilson
2024
- Be Positive: Conaghan Lovich
- Have Respect: Ariel Tsai
- Do what is right: Jasmine Buchan
2023
- Be Positive: William Ma
- Have Respect: Olivia Chan
- Do what is right: JiaQi Guo
2023 Rata Award – Cub Capstone
Theo Haught
2022
- Be Positive: Blake Wilson
- Have Respect: Olivia Chan
- Do what is right: Desmond Ho
2021
- Personal Challenge: Theo Haught
- Have Respect: Effie King
- Do What is Right: Archie Gilchrist
- Be Positive: Danesh Variara
- “All the Badges” award: Archie Gilchrist, Austin Thornton
2020
- Personal Challenge: Daniella Bremner (runners up: Archie Gilchrist, Austin Thornton)
- Have Respect: Effie King (runner up: William Shipway)
- Do What is Right: Syon Ahuja (runner up: Nathan Ko)
- Be Positive: Jayden Hu (runner up: Eunice Guo)
2019
- Personal Challenge: William Shipway (runners up: Syon Ahuja, Kingsley Chen)
- Have Respect: Melanie Yin (runner up: Harry Stevenson)
- Do What is Right: Alicia Kao
- Be Positive: Eunice Guo (runner up: Syon Ahuja)
2018
- Personal Challenge: Molly Powell
- Have Respect: Max McCormick
- Do What is Right: William Shipway
- Be Positive: Syon Ahuja