Encore Awards
Introduction
Greater Wellington Regional Council, Department of Conservation and the Wellington Hawke's Bay Conservation Board want to honour people demonstrating a sustained commitment to environmental restoration, nature and conservation in the Wellington region.
The ENCORE Awards are our way of recognising and rewarding the groups, individuals, businesses and schools improving and restoring our region’s rivers, lakes, wetlands, dunes and coasts and conserving natural, cultural and historic sites, and the businesses and resource consent holders reducing the impact of their activities on our region’s environment.
Award categories
There are eight award categories -
- Community Partnerships Award – honouring the work of community groups and organisations on environmental restoration and conservation initiatives.
- Community Leadership Award – honouring the leadership and vision of an individual working on environmental restoration and conservation initiatives
- Business Leadership Award – honouring those businesses reducing the impact of their own activities and making a positive contribution to environmental restoration and conservation
- Emerging Environmental Business Award – awarded to businesses who have recently begun work to reduce their environmental impact and make a contribution to environmental restoration and conservation
- Meridian School Sustainable Project Award – honouring projects led by school students that contribute to conservation, to improving the health of their environment and to promoting environmental education for sustainability in their school community
- Meridian School Environmental Leadership Award – awarded to individuals within schools (students, teachers and others) leading a school project or initiative that improves, conserves or protects the local or regional environment.
- Excellence in Compliance Award - acknowledges Greater Wellington* consent holders exceeding their compliance requirements to reduce or avoid adverse effects on the environment.
- Historic Heritage Award acknowledges groups and individuals engaged in the restoration or preservation of historic and cultural sites and features
Applications
Click above for more information on each award category and for application forms. Applications open on 22 May. The closing date is now Friday 27 August.
Judging by a panel of experts from Greater Wellington, Department of Conservation and the Wellington Hawke's Bay Conservation Board takes place in September and October.
Call 04 802 8337 or E awards@gw.govt.nz for more information.
Awards night
Finalists will be invited to an awards ceremony at Parliament in November.