Two local lads working part-time at a Havelock North service station have been named head boys of their respective high schools for 2014.
Ben Green was named Havelock North High School head boy during the first week of the new school year in front of his fellow Year 13 students.
"It feels great and I'm looking forward to the challenges and excitement it brings," the 17-year-old said.
Joe Walding-Karaitiana was also named head boy at his respective college, Hastings Boys' High School.
"I felt overwhelmed and so honoured," Joe said after being awarded the head boy role. "I had no clue up until the end of senior prizegiving which is when the head prefect gets announced."