Awards to Honor NZ’s Native Forest Heroes
Nominations are now open for the inaugural Growing Native Forests Champions Awards, celebrating the people and groups leading native growing efforts Forestry Minister Todd McClay announced today.
“These awards will recognise the farmers, landowners, iwi, and community groups restoring and planting native forests, and helping bolster New Zealand’s biodiversity and land resilience,” Mr McClay says.
“Native trees are vital to healthy ecosystems – they shelter wildlife, protect water quality, stabilise soils, and store carbon.”
Award categories include:
Nominations open 15 April and close 9 May 2025. Winners will be announced at Fieldays in June.
https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/awards-honour-nz%E2%80%99s-native-forest-champions