Outstanding Awards

Outstanding Awards

The 2024 Recreation Awards are open for applications. They will be awarded on 14 November 2024 at the Recreation Conference awards dinner in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland. Nominations close due 9 August at 5pm.
We encourage you to review the judging criteria before creating your submission, linked here.
The Outstanding Award categories are:
- Outstanding Project (under $500 000)
- Outstanding Project (over $500 000)
- Outstanding Pool
- Outstanding Event
- Outstanding Park
- Outstanding Recreation Facility
- Outstanding Community Recreation Programme
- Outstanding Research, Policy & Planning (this is a different nomination form, linked here.)
Please select which outstanding award you are applying for:*
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Please give an overview of your project/nomination. This may be used for marketing/promotional purposes. (250 words maximum)*

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INNOVATION - Please describe how the nominated initiative is innovative and demonstrates efficiency or improvement over others that have gone before*
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT - Please show the level of community involvement (not just user numbers)and meaningful engagement within the development and/or operation of the nominated initiative. **
EXCELLENCE - Show how the nominated initiative demonstrates overall excellence and industryleadership and provides the capacity for a case study for other agencies or bodies.*
ACHIEVEMENT - Describe what the goals, outputs and results were projected or anticipated for the nominated initiative and how well it has done against those. Usage statistics, user satisfaction/references and outcomes are key here.*
EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS - Efficiency and effectiveness is quantified through the provision of adequate budget details. It is not the size of the budget that is significant but the impact on your community. These details will be considered in confidence and not shared or used for any purpose other than judging of these awards. *
SUSTAINABILITY - Identify and report on environmental sustainability considerations that this initiative has delivered on. Include other forms of sustainability including financial, social etc that are relevant.*
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION - Describe what has been done to ensure the initiative encourages diversity, equity and inclusion. Consider Te Tiriti o Waitangi, disability, gender, ethnicity etc.*
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