2011
Southland’s environmental champions were honoured at the sixteenth Southland Environment Awards on 6th July.
A record audience of 320 people turned out to celebrate the achievements of a diverse range of nominees from all over the region.
The winners were:
Sponsored by Landcorp Farming Ltd
Winner - Southern Discoveries Ltd – for their support of the Sinbad Sanctuary project to restore a sensitive and inaccessible area at the base of Mitre Peak.
Highly Commended – Rain Espresso and the Rakiura Resource Recovery Centre.
Sponsored by NZAS
Winner - Ōraka-Aparima Rūnaka – for their long-running project to restore habitat and return native species to Rarotoka / Centre Island.
Highly commended – Dipton Landcare Group and the Stewart Island / Rakiura Community and Environment Trust.
Sponsored by Real Journeys
Winner - Lindsay Hazley – for his contribution to the Tuatara captive breeding programme.
Highly commended – Mark Sutton.
Sponsored by the Invercargill Licensing Trust
Winner - Invercargill City Council Parks and Reserves Division – for the conversion of the plant nursery boiler to run on waste wood.
Sponsored by AWS Legal
Winner - South Coast Dairy Ltd (Chris & Lynsey Stratford) – for planning and establishing a dairy farm in a manner that avoids adverse environmental impacts
Sponsored by Forsyth Barr
Winner - Chris and Brian Rance – for their ongoing contribution to environmental projects, including the Community Nursery which has inspired several other such nurseries, and their newly opened wetland and track.
Highly commended – Tony and Raewyn van Gool.
Sponsored by WasteNet and Milligan Nurseries
Winner - Fiordland College – for their project “Kids Restore the Kepler”.
Highly commended – Salford School.
Sponsored by Environment Southland Councillors
Winner - Barry Harcourt – for raising awareness of environmental and conservation issues through his photographs.
Environment Southland is the brand name of Southland Regional Council.