Lydia Hingston, a Year 13 student from Queen Margaret College, won the $1000 Royal Society of New Zealand Wellington Branch prize for best overall exhibit with her project "Antibiotics versus Probiotics". Lydia conducted an experiment to determine the best probiotic to take after being on a course of various antibiotics. Lydia also won a nomination for Genesis Energy Realise the Dream, and was also judged first in Class 5 (Year 11- 13).
Credit: Dave Allen, NIWA
