Award-winning production of Hamlet (in a Maori context) shown on TV 3 News, May 2006.

National Sheilah Winn Festival of Shakespeare in Schools:
Dymocks Award for Special Individual Performance - Te Awhiroa Kuka-Sweet as Hamlet. Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School Award for Best Technician - A.J. White. Stratford Shakespeare Society Award for Outstanding Presentation from a Tragedy - Aranui High School for Hamlet. The New Zealand Theatre Federation Award for Outstanding Production - Aranui High School for Hamlet.

International Theatre Festival, Norfolk Island:
Runner-up Best Actor - Te Awhiroa Kuka-Sweet as Hamlet. Best Concept and Design - Robert Gilbert. Best Supporting Actor - Sheree Faaope as Gertrude. Runner-up Best Production - Aranui High School for Hamlet.