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Join Greater Wellington Regional Council and DOC at the Wellington City Gallery to recognise the achievements of many of the hard working volunteers from throughout the region. The award categoris for 2012 are the Community Partnerships Award, the Kaitiaki Award, the Landowners' Conservation Award, the Recreation Volunteers Award, the School Environmental Project Award, the Excellence in Compliance Award and the Environmental Protection Award.

Greater Wellington Regional Council, the Department of Conservation's Wellington Hawke's Bay Conservancy and the Wellington Hawke's Bay Conservation Board developed the Encore Awards to honour individuals, groups, school communities and landowners whose sustained commitment to environmental restoration, biodiversity and conservation is making the Wellington region a better place to live.

For more information on teh awards visit: http://www.gw.govt.nz/encoreawards