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Keep Dunedin Beautiful Awards
Keep Dunedin Beautiful Awards
Dunedin (Tuesday, March 17 2015) - Keep Dunedin Beautiful held its annual beautification awards ceremony at the Dunedin City Library today.
Keep Dunedin Beautiful Co-ordinator Darlene Thomson says the awards are an opportunity to recognise groups and individuals who have contributed to keeping the city beautiful in a variety of ways and in various locations.
“Each year those who attend comment on the fact that they never knew so many people worked behind the scenes doing their bit to keep our city beautiful.”
Last year Dunedin was awarded ‘the most beautiful city’ by Keep NZ Beautiful due in large part to the enormous efforts of these individuals and groups. One of the judges, long time KDB committee member Val Brown, said, “It is always very inspiring to see so many young people involved so passionately.”
The awards were presented by Dunedin City Councillor David Benson Pope and Keep Dunedin Beautiful Chair Jan Tucker.
The top four winners receive a monetary prize of between $50 and $100. The two top awards are the Taylor Community Pride Award, given to a group, and the Pod award, for individuals or groups.
The award winners are:
| Category | Name | for |
| Merit | Unicol | clean up of Logan Park |
| Merit | Arthur Street School | clean up of Arthur Street Reserve |
| Merit | Tainui School | clean up around school areas |
| Merit | Lynne Hill | clean up of Burns Road |
| Merit | Wakari Brownies | clean up of Mayfield Avenue park |
| Merit | Roslyn Keas | clean up around Nairn Street |
| Merit | Brockville Keas and Scouts | clean up around Brockville area |
| Merit | Port Chalmers Kindergarten | clean up around Albertson Avenue |
| Merit | Liberton Christian School | clean up around Pine Hill area |
| Merit | Terra Nova Cubs | clean up around St Leonard's area |
| Merit | Port Chalmers Brownies | clean up of Mussel Bay |
| Merit | Wakari Pippins | clean up of Halfway Bush |
| Merit | Marg Newall | clean up of Scroggs Hill Road |
| Merit | Elmgrove School | clean up around school area |
| Merit | Mt Cargill Rangers | clean up around Lovelock Avenue |
| Merit | Jenny and Jessie Neilson | clean up of Olveston and the town belt |
| Merit | Pine Hill School | clean up around school area |
| Merit | Otago University Childcare Association | clean up around Woodhaugh Gardens |
| Merit | World Mission Society Church of God | clean up of student area |
| Merit | St Joseph's Cathedral Passionist Family Group | clean up of Waldronville estuary |
| Merit | Ulla Gwynne Jones | clean up of Musselburgh area |
| Merit | Wakari Guides | clean up of Wakari area |
| Merit | Pacific Trust | clean up of beach area |
| Merit | Kings High School | two large scale clean ups throughout the year |
| Commended | Melissa Bulger | picking up rubbish while training for half marathon |
| Commended | Justin Cashell | going above what is necessary in job to ensure Dunedin is beautiful |
| Commended | Declan Smith | going above what is necessary in job to ensure Dunedin is beautiful |
| Commended | Portobello school | clean up and continued pikau planting |
| Commended | SOULS | clean up in various Mosgiel locations |
| Commended | Motor Caravanners Association of Otago | two large scale clean ups throughout the year |
| Commended | Kingslea Puketai | clean up of the Dinosaur park and adopting a spot |
| Commended | Lis Angelo | adopting Arthur Street reserve and educating transient residents about recycling |
| Commended | Stepping Stones | adopting an area and doing clean up of Macandrew Road |
| Adopt-a-spot | Barbara Smith | continued adopting of Highcliff and surrounding area |
| Adopt-a-spot | Meg Davidson | continued adopting of student area |
| Adopt-a-spot | Judy Turncliff | continued adopting of Concord area |
| Adopt-a-spot | Rebecca Croxen | continued adopting of Wallace Street and Robert's Park |
| Adopt-a-spot | Community Care Trust | adopting Jacob's ladder |
| Adopt-a-spot | Mel Scutts | adopting Fern Tree Reserve |
| Adopt-a-spot | Maori Hill School | adopting Ross Creek area |
| Adopt-a-spot | Nancy Bamford | adopting St Leonard's area |
| Adopt-a-spot | Early Learning at Flippers | adopting Wallace Street |
| Adopt-a-spot | Otago Rover Crew | adopting walkway by motorway |
| Adopt-a-spot | Alison Glover | adopting car park by Forrester Park |
| Adopt-a-spot | James Hannan | adopting near his home |
| Adopt-a-spot | Steven Hastie | adopting Neill Street |
| Adopt-a-spot | PACT | adopting Navy Park |
| Adopt-a-spot | Caroline Campbell | adopting area near South Road |
| Highly Commended | Bathgate Park School Community garden | implementing the community gardens |
| Highly Commended | Fiona Clements | promoting reusable fashion |
| Highly Commended | Sherwood Centre Charitable Trust | proactively seeking opportunities to enhance the beauty of the Green Island area |
| Highly Commended | Bayfield High School | whole school approach to minimising waste |
| KNZB awards | ||
| Appreciation | Robert George | long term care of Macandrew Bay and surrounds |
| Appreciation | Dunedin City Council Events and Community Development | continued support of KDB activities |
| Appreciation | Rotary Club of Dunedin | continued support with Trees for Babies-Celebrating Families |
| Appreciation | Resene | continued support with graffiti eradication |
| Special Activity | Dunedin Geocaching Community | always leaving an area better than they found it |
| Special Activity | Brockville Ecological Sustainability Team | a multitude of beautification/sustainable activities |
| Recognition | STOP | beautification projects enhancing the Peninsula (Broad Bay slip) |
| Recognition | Task Force Green and Activity in the Community volunteers | being the amazing work force behind all of our projects |
| Recognition | Portobello Inc | continually improving the Portobello area |
| Outstanding Service | Our Seas Our Future | inspiring others to care for the environment through great role modelling |
| Third place | Dive Otago | project aware dive against debris |
| Second place | Sawyer's Bay school | building a plastic bottle hothouse and multiple clean ups |
| Taylor Community award | Caversham Community Group | numerous beautification events |
| POD | Blueskin Youth and Amenity Society | constructing the Waitati Community Walkway |
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