Keep Dunedin Beautiful Awards

Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 5:14 pm
Press Release: Dunedin City Council

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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