Encore Awards
Throughout our region people and groups are improving and restoring our region’s rivers, lakes, wetlands, dunes and coasts, and protecting and enhancing our history for future generations.
Volunteers are developing, maintaining and promoting outdoor recreation facilities. Businesses and resource consent holders are reducing the impact of their activities on our region’s environment. Landowners are protecting and restoring biodiversity on their land.
Greater Wellington Regional Council, the Department of Conservation's Wellington Hawke's Bay Conservancy and the Wellington Hawke's Bay Conservation Board have developed the Encore Awards to honour these people, whose sustained commitment to environmental restoration, nature and conservation is making the Wellington region a better place to live.
Click here for our 2011 winners
Award categories
- Community Partnerships Award - honouring community groups and organisations on environmental restoration and conservation initiatives.
- Kaitiaki Award – honouring the sustained and significant work of individuals for the environment or in the conservation of native plants, animals or threatened ecosystems.
- Restoring the Mauri Award - honouring individuals and community groups working on public land who are making a significant contribution to the biodiversity of the region through conservation of native plants, animals or their ecosystems.
- Landowners’ Conservation Award - acknowledges the work of private landowners committed to protecting and restoring biodiversity on their land through efforts such as pest control, riparian planting and covenanting.
- Recreation Volunteers Award - acknowledging volunteer groups or individuals developing, maintaining and promoting outdoor recreation facilities to enhance people’s enjoyment and appreciation of the Wellington region’s natural environment
- Meridian School Sustainable Project Award – honouring projects led by school students that contribute to conservation, improving the health of their environment and promoting environmental education for sustainability in their school community. Sponsored by Meridian Energy
- Meridian School Environmental Leadership Award – acknowledging individuals within schools (students, teachers and others) leading a school project or initiative that improves, conserves or protects the local or regional environment. Sponsored by Meridian Energy
- Excellence in Compliance Award - recognising Greater Wellington consent holders exceeding their compliance requirements to reduce or avoid adverse effects on the environment.
- Environmental Protection Award – recognising businesses and individuals preventing pollution, reducing their environmental impact and making a contribution to environmental restoration and conservation.
- New Zealand Historic Places Trust Heritage Award - acknowledging groups and individuals protecting and enhancing the Wellington region’s historic heritage. There are two categories: non-profit and government/corporate. Sponsored by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust
Applications
Click above for more information on each award category and for application forms. The 2011 Encore Awards have now been completed. Dates for the 2012 Encore Awards will be notified in March 2012.
The applications are judged by a panel of experts from Greater Wellington, Department of Conservation and the Wellington Hawke's Bay Conservation Board. Judging takes place in September and October.
For more information, email doc@encore.govt.nz
Awards presentation
The Awards presentation for 2012 will be held in late November at a date to be determined.