Keep New Zealand Beautiful Award Winners Announced!

Keep New Zealand Beautiful Award Winners Announced!

Good on ya New Zealand for getting stuck in!

We are pleased to announce the 2016 Keep New Zealand Beautiful Award Finalists and Recipients:

TIDY KIWI AWARD

Finalists:
• Allan Muntz
• Morgan Educare
• Manukau Beautification Charitable Trust – Graffiti Team
• Lyn and Graham Pearson
Winner:
• Allan Muntz

The Tidy Kiwi Award recognises and rewards an individual or team who have distinguished themselves as truly extraordinary and serve as an inspiration to us all. The Award honours outstanding and exceptional leadership in litter prevention, waste reduction/recycling and beautification activities.

RUUD KLEINPASTE AWARD

Finalists:
• Colin Brown
• Humphrey Calkin
• Roy Hewson
Winner:
• Colin Brown

Famed columnist, television personality, entomologist, and former KNZB Patron, Ruud Kleinpaste (aka the “Bug Man”) has used television screens around the world to share his continuing delight and amazement at the richness and complexities of the insect world and championing numerous environmental causes. The Award is given to the KNZB member(s) whose efforts to positively enhance the organisation’s mission and values have gone beyond that of what many volunteer KNZB members may undertake.

YOUNG LEGEND AWARD

Winner:
• Joanna Tao

The Young Legend Award honours an outstanding volunteer under the age of 18. This exceptional young man or woman will have demonstrated remarkable leadership and outreach in his or her community through work in the areas of litter prevention, waste reduction/recycling promotion and beautification.

BEAUTIFUL TOWNS & CITIES AWARD

Most Beautiful Large Town

Winner:
• Feilding

These Awards recognise and celebrate positive actions taken by communities in local and urban areas to protect and enhance their local environments. They encompass initiatives as diverse as litter prevention, recycling, protection of the environment, preserving heritage, community action and leadership and environmental sustainability programmes.

BEST LOO AWARD

Winner:
• Ruapehu District Council – Waiouru
This Award recognises the Best Loo in the country.

COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE AWARD

Finalists:
• Sustainable Whanganui Trust
• Upper Hutt City Council
• Manukau Beautification Charitable Trust
Winner:
• Sustainable Whanganui Trust
The Community Environmental Initiative Award annually honours innovative projects that have achieved extraordinary environmental results by harnessing the power of partnership. From large national efforts to small-scale locally based projects, many of New Zealand’s most innovative environmental efforts have succeeded as a result of community collaboration.

SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS AWARD

Finalists:
• Eastern Hutt School
• Clifton Terrace School
• Morgan Educare
Winner:
• Eastern Hutt School
The Sustainable Schools Award annually honours a teacher, school or tertiary institution for commitment and practical action to implement sustainable practices and environmental projects which enhance the school and/or community. This award is sponsored by NZ Couriers and the recipient is awarded seed money to fund environmental educational activities and programmes of the teacher, school or tertiary institution (and not for construction costs, general expenses, salaries, bonuses, or other administrative expenses).

KIWIS CHOICE AWARD

Winner:
• Gisborne District Council – Oneroa Walkway
This award recognises a favourite spot in New Zealand. It is based upon location, facilities available, natural beauty, man-made beauty, cleanliness, popularity, uniqueness.
enhance the organisation’s mission and values have gone beyond that of what many volunteer KNZB members may undertake.

About Keep New Zealand Beautiful:
• Keep New Zealand Beautiful is a non-profit organisation and operates as an Incorporated Society (charitable trust) to promote litter abatement, waste minimisation and the beautification of our towns and cities.
• Keep New Zealand Beautiful was established under the New Zealand Litter Act 1979 and has been operating ever since to provide branches at both a national and local level.
• Governed by a Board of Zone and Industry Representatives, our strength is in our nationwide local, volunteer network that engages with their local communities to enable the implementation of programmes like Graffiti Free Week, Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week, Adopt-A-Spot, Wall Worthy, Arbor Week and Beautiful Towns and Cities Awards.
• Keep New Zealand Beautiful also acts as the conduit for the implementation and promotion of programmes developed by and in partnership with Local/Regional Council, as well as other non-profit organisations.
www.knzb.org.nz
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