"There's a lot to be thankful for as well, good supportive family and friends and all the teachers that have helped me get the results that I was after."
"I walked into the exams thinking I had an understanding of what was going on but they always manage to throw a curve ball so they're all difficult but you sort of work through it and figure out what they're trying to ask," he said.
Geoffrey is planning to study agribusiness at Massey University this year, combining his love of science and the outdoors.
"I've always loved and had a passion for finance and just business in general, so I always thought I was going to go down that road, but also I love the outdoors and represent New Zealand in fly fishing."
Lindisfarne rector, Ken MacLeod, said it was an "exceptional achievement by Geoffrey who has worked very hard and deserves all the accolades that come with this award".
In the past five years, Lindisfarne has had three students who have been Premier Award winners, with Wellington College, Auckland Grammar, Hamilton Boys' High and Macleans College the only schools in the country with more winners in this period.
Lindisfarne's Louis Daysh was named the top student in New Zealand in media studies.
The college achieved 28 Scholarships across 13 different subject areas, with six being outstanding scholarships.
An NZQA spokeswoman said 679 New Zealand Scholarship examinations were attempted by students in schools from Hawke's Bay and of those, 150 were awarded.
Hawke's Bay Secondary School's Principals' Association chairman and Taradale High School principal Stephen Hensman said the number of scholarships achieved by Hawke's Bay young people was at a record level.
A Hawke's Bay principals' initiative that had organised workshops for all schools in the last few years had seen a rise in total scholarship awards, he said.
Taradale High School had eight students achieve a total of 17 scholarships, including one outstanding scholarship - the most they've had in the past 10 years.
Taradale High School dux Lachie Calder was happy to hear he had passed all six of his scholarship exams.
"It's definitely good, better than I expected."
The Year 12 student, who will study engineering at the University of Auckland this year, passed biology, physics, chemistry, english, calculus and statistics and has been awarded $2000 a year for three years.
Year 10 student, Christopher Eldridge achieved a scholarship in music.
Mr Hensman said "both feats stand out as being unique and exceptional".
Napier Boys' High School principal, Matthew Bertram was pleased the school achieved 26 scholarships.
"Our top performer was last year's cultural prefect, Fergus Fry, who gained four awards, followed by Liam Silverwood, a current Year 13 prefect."
Last year's dux, David Rawnsley, achieved two scholarships and was one mark off gaining a further two.
Lasse Gehl was named as the top scholar in New Zealand for German in which he gained an outstanding pass.
A cohort of 39 at St John's College saw two art scholarships and one english scholarship awarded.
Hastings Girls' High School received eight scholarships awarded to the school - the same number from last year.
2016 dux, Isabelle Douylliez and proxime accessit, Isabelle Steinmann both gained three scholarships.
Havelock North High School had 22 scholarships, of which three were outstanding, from 15 students.
Year 13 student Katherine Huet was awarded an outstanding scholarship in geography and scholarship in statistics and history, while Jack Roberts received three in english, history and classics.
Dux Nathan Miller was awarded two; an outstanding in chemistry and a scholarship in physics.
Woodford House gained the most scholarships they had ever received, with nine.
The highest scholarship performer was Lydia Hill who received two scholarships in photography and painting.
