Environmental champions, please step forward

Wed 27 Jun 2018

Nominations have opened for this year’s Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards, which recognise efforts to protect and enhance the environment – at any scale from neighbourhood to regional.

The Council has presented 265 environmental awards since the programme began in 1993.

“We cast the net wide,” says the Council Chairman, David MacLeod.

“Our winners have ranged from school students to major corporates, from farmers to iwi and hapū-led initiatives, from District Councils to grassroots conservation groups.

“What they have in common is the Taranaki ‘get on and do it’ attitude. It’s a major reason that the region enjoys a generally high-quality environment. People in all walks of life are pulling their weight on behalf of the environment and taking Taranaki forward.”

The awards made in five categories:

• Te taiao me te pākihi – Environmental leadership in business, sponsored by Ngāruahine, Ngāti Ruanui, Te Ātiawa, Taranaki and Ngāti Mutunga.

• Environmental leadership in dairy farming, sponsored by Fonterra.

• Environmental leadership in land management, sponsored by Dow AgroSciences.

• Environmental action in the community, sponsored by Methanex.

• Environmental action in education, sponsored by Contact Energy.

An online nomination form is available on the Council website, www.trc.govt.nz. People can nominate themselves or their organisation, or another person or organisation.

Nominations close on 15 August and the awards will be presented in late October.

Related links

• TRC Environmental Awards categories & criteria

• TRC Environmental Awards nomination form

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