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Ten years of Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards
MEDIA RELEASE
4 October 2013
Celebrating ten years of the Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards. To celebrate this milestone, Wellington Airport is giving the Community Award Supreme winners from the past decade the opportunity to win a share of $10,000.
Over the next three weeks everyone can vote for their favourite group by completing the Wellington Airport Facebook page voting form. Supreme Award Winners from 2004 to 2012 will receive a proportion of the $10,000, determined by the percentage of votes they receive.
“This competition is the perfect way to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the awards, and the achievements of our past winners,” says Jo Maxwell.
The competition results will be announced at the Community Awards gala dinner on October 31st in Wellington Airport’s award winning International ‘Rock’ Terminal.
The voting period starts from October 1 through to October 25. Voters do not need to be a Facebook member to participate.
About the Community Awards
The awards begin at the municipal level in partnership with the Wellington Community Trust and the region’s five councils. Awards are presented to fifty volunteer organisations in their local community under the following categories: Heritage and Environment, Health and Wellbeing, Arts and Culture, Sport and Leisure, and Education and Child/Youth Development. At the Wellington Airport Community Awards dinner, regional winners are awarded in these categories along with a Supreme Winner who represents the Wellington Region at the National Community Awards.
2004 - 2012 Wellington Airport Community Award winners:
2004 - The Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand
Over 90,000 students have participated in SGCNZ Festivals over 22 years, with a group of students selected to travel to The Globe Theatre in London each year.
2005 –WellTrust
Provide a free Alcohol & Drug counselling, education and intervention service to young people aged 10-19 years throughout the Greater Wellington Region.
2006 - Porirua Community Arts Council - Festival of the Elements
First held in 1992, the Porirua Festival of the Elements now attracts more than 30,000 as one of New Zealand’s biggest Waitangi Day events.
2007 - The Hutt Playcentre Association
The Association developed the Supporting Parents Alongside Children's Education programme (SPACE) providing quality parent support and early childhood experience. The programme is used nationwide in partnerships coordinated by the SPACE NZ Trust.
www.playcentre.org.nz/space www.space.org.nz
2008 - Kotuku Music Academy
Kotuku choir mentors youth from diverse backgrounds through music. Together they break through the silence of poverty, abuse and violence by singing hope in their many languages, growing young leaders.
2009 - eDay New Zealand Trust
Sustainable and responsible ewaste collection and recycling in New Zealand is the goal, through raising awareness, advocacy, promoting recycling best-practice and organising collection events such as eDay.
2010 - Naenae Youth Charitable Trust
Founded by former boxer and motivational speaker Billy Graham, the Trust offers programmes and mentoring to achieve its goal of 'Making Champion Men'.
2011 - Mana Recovery
A non-profit organisation providing training and employment for people with mental health needs in the Wellington and Porirua region, with the Trash Palace recycling centre as the public face.
2012 - Kaibosh Food Rescue
New Zealand’s first dedicated food rescue organisation collects surplus-to-requirement or unsellable, yet perfectly edible, food from retailers and redistributes to those in our community who may be struggling or at-risk.
Ends.
Wellington Airport
Wild at Heart
Wellington Airport provides a world class airport for visitors, the Wellington region and New Zealand. It's international terminal, The Rock, is ranked 4th best in the World. Being very close to the CBD saves 5.4 million travellers plenty of time and makes Wellington a more attractive place to visit. The Airport won the Wellington Gold Awards for Safety and is a major supporter of local events, attractions and community groups.
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