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EECA Awards 2012
The entries are now open for the EECA Awards – the event that celebrates excellence and innovation in energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Who can enter?
The Awards cover nine categories, and entries are invited …
Wanaka Wastebusters
Nominate bad packaging to win a good-looking shopping bag
Sick of bringing home plastic shopping bags filled with bad packaging? Do something about it by nominating the packaging that bugs you most for the Unpackit …
A young Ashburton mum who founded an initiative to help struggling families grow their own fruit and vege has been named as the supreme winner of NZ Gardener 2011 Gardener of the Year Awards, announced …
Ziptrek Ecotours zips into Sustainable 60 Awards
An award ceremony in Auckland last week has cemented Ziptrek Ecotour’s place among some of New Zealand’s most sustainable businesses.
The eco adventure company, based in Queenstown, won the marketplace …
Friday, November 25, 2011 – Wellington
Forest & Bird media release for immediate use
Pukeko streaks home in Bird of the Year poll
The swamp-loving pukeko has won Forest & Bird’s annual Bird of the Year election.
It won …
Forest & Bird media release for immediate use
Our critically endangered parrot, the kakapo, and our blue-suited swamp hen, the pukeko, are well in front of the flock in Forest & Bird’s annual Bird of the …
Pure Organic Gold
Te Mania a Nelson wine making pioneer has won Pure Gold for its 2011 Sauvignon Blanc at the 2011 Air New Zealand Wine Awards.
“We have nearly sold out of our 2010 which won …
Blog written by Sam Rye and borrowed from Bucky Box.com
October 25th, 2011
We’re rocking here at Bucky Box today, with the news that we have won the New Zealand section of the Global Entrepreneurship Week’s ‘Cleantech’ …
At not quite two years old, Queenstown adventure tourism operation Ziptrek Ecotours is zipping into the record books as among New Zealand’s leading sustainable companies.
The Sustainable 60 Awards were created by Fairfax Media Business Group …
Hawkes Bay Regional Council
For more information and to apply for an award visit the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council website
The Environment Action Awards are held every two years to celebrate people and organisations in Hawke’s Bay …
Next Magazine
News release
October 6, 2011
Sue Johnson named Health and Science category winner in the Next Woman of the Year awards, in association with Pandora
Sue Johnson was tonight announced as the Health and Science category winner …
Lesley Elliott named winner of Next Woman of the Year, in association with Pandora
Lesley Elliott, mother of murdered university student Sophie Elliott, has been named Next Woman of the Year for her impassioned efforts to …
Mai Chen named Business category winner and Jayne Parsons named Sports category winner in the Next Woman of the Year awards, in association with Pandora
Mai Chen was tonight announced as the Business category winner in …
Wanaka Wastebusters today welcomed $118,750 of new funding from the Waste Minimisation Fund to help consumers and businesses make smart packaging choices.
“We’re delighted to receive this funding, because it means we can run the 2012 …
News release
September 12, 2011
Finalists announced for the 2011 Next Woman of the Year Awards
Next magazine is delighted to unveil the inspirational women who have been selected as finalists in the 2011 Next Woman of the …
News release
September 12, 2011
Three Christchurch finalists announced in the 2011 Next Woman of the Year Awards
Sue Johnson, Janine Morrell-Gunn and Melissa Ruscoe from Christchurch are today revealed as finalists in the Next Woman of the …
Media Release – Pregoli
8 September 2011
Christchurch’s Yummy Mummy Model Search
Pregoli knows it can be tough being a mum-to-be, and it certainly can be tough being a mum-to-be when living in post earthquake Christchurch! Pregoli, an …
Tuesday 9 August 2011
The popular regional awards are now open for nominations until Friday 16 September 2011. This is a joint Nelson City and Tasman District Council initiative.
This year there are eight categories …
The hunt is on for great Kiwi gardeners, and for the country’s best school vege patch and community plot. NZ Gardener magazine, in association with Kiwicare, is calling for nominations in NZ Gardener’s 2011 Gardener …
14 July 2011
A New Zealand design is one of eight Electrolux Design Lab finalists announced today.
The ninth edition of the annual Electrolux Design Lab competition challenged industrial design students around the world to consider …
CALLING ALL REMARKABLE WOMEN
MEDIA RELEASE June 20, 2011
Entries are now being sought for the 2011 NEXT Woman Of The Year.
Next Woman of The Year, which is sponsored by Pandora Jewellery, is now in …
Press release: WWF – Jen Riches
Family bonds of love and loss, and a literal take on the idea of preserving our oceans, are at the heart of a highly original short story that …
Bee Hive
Nick Smith
5 June, 2011
2011 Green Ribbon Award finalists announced
To mark World Environment Day Environment Minister Nick Smith today announced the 29 finalists for the 2011 Green Ribbon Awards which honour outstanding contributions to protecting …
Voting is now open for the AMP People’s Choice Award, marking the official closure of the 2011 annual AMP Scholarship Programme.The 13th annual scholarship programme saw a record breaking 1279 applications successfully submitted, all of …
NEWS RELEASE
June 3, 2011
The Last Ocean Charitable Trust in association with Fisheye Films is launching a nationwide short film competition that will put focus on the last near intact marine ecosystem on Earth, …
Nelson based organic vineyard Richmond Plains has just won the first gold medals ever specifically awarded by the Hong Kong International Wine Challenge for organic and biodynamic wines.
Richmond Plains has won two …
A compostable take-away container made in Blenheim from waste potato starch has won the 2011 Unpackit Award for New Zealand’s best packaging.
The Unpackit Worst Packaging Award for the worst packaging sold in New Zealand stores …
Nominations have been pouring into the Unpackit site for the best and worst packaging awards. With only a week to go, Unpackit has received 66 nominations, more than the original target. But with such a …
Great leaders build great teams and great teams achieve great things. Recognising and celebrating our leaders inspires us all to achieve.
The Sir Peter Blake Trust is seeking nominations for New Zealand’s premier Leadership Awards, which …
Annual global design challenge seeks submissions that consider the future of home appliances
Electrolux Design Lab 2011 invites Kiwi industrial design students and recent graduates of industrial design to compete for a six-month paid …
Wanaka Wastebusters has set up the Unpackit People’s Choice awards for NZ packaging – best and worst. Nominations are now open for both categories, and are flooding in. Check out www.unpackit.org to see …
As part of the Trust’s new For Kids website section the YEPT is holding a limerick competition during Seaweek, open to all students.
Kids can create a five-line limerick that describes how we can best …
Press Release
For Immediate Release
ADRIFT IN GOLDEN BAY
HONORED AS
BEST ROMANTIC ACCOMMODATION IN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA
“Adrift In Golden Bay” was chosen as one of the “10 Best Romantic Hotels in the …
PRESS RELEASE
January 11, 2011
Allaboutthestory.com, a start-up online marketplace for news stories and cartoons, is launching its first scholarship for NZ journalists.
The Allaboutthestory.com Media Scholarship aims to help build links between the media and web development …
Nominations are being sought from around the country for ‘Local Heroes’ as part of the Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards 2011. Kiwibank Local Heroes Awards recognise those everyday people doing extraordinary things in …
9 June 2010
Grey-water recycling, foraging for apples and building cider presses, building glasshouses, growing extensive vegetable gardens and organising community events aren’t things you’d normally associate with student flatting.
But these are exactly the sorts of …
Media Statement from Cycling Advocates’ Network
The Search is on for New Zealand’s Best Cycling Projects
The search for New Zealand’s best bike lane, most effective promotion, and most cycle-friendly employer is on. The Cycling Advocates’ Network …
Hundreds of beautiful photos were submitted, but there can be only one winner of the ‘Only in New Zealand’ photo competition.
After tallying up the votes, Jasons were amazed to find the Kiwi public had been …
Kevin Roberts – the CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi International, based in New York, has offered his praise of Happyzine’s DreamtoReality 2010 project. The positive news website www.happyzine.co.nz is offering one person the opportunity to …
Happyzine Dream to Reality: Project Planet.
“Enough with focusing on what’s wrong, it’s time to dream about what’s possible environmentally, and make it happen,” says Charlotte Squire, founder of good-news website ‘Happyzine’. She’s offering one …
