Civic Awards

Civic Honours Awards (Civic Awards) are given to individuals that have carried out outstanding and innovative voluntary service. The awards have the following categories:

• Community service
• Cultural affairs
• Educational service
• Environmental
• Youth activities
• Health and wellbeing

The number of honours available is not restricted, but in recent years the number awarded has ranged between 3 and 5. It is rare for all people nominated to receive a Civic Award.

Nominate someone for a Civic Award

You can nominate someone for a Civic Award in the following ways:

Nominate online

Select the award and then follow the instructions in the form:

• Nominate for a Civic Honours Award

Nominate through the paper form

Print and fill out the nomination form:

• Civic Honours Award Nomination Form (DOCX 75.1KB)

Take your nomination form and the relevant documents to the Council office on Laings Road.

The Youth Services Award is a Civic Honour Award for young people aged 15 - 25 who have carried out outstanding voluntary service. The emphasis should be on how actively involved the young person has been in their community.

Up to one Youth Services Award can be presented each calendar year. Depending on the nominations received, Council may choose not to present an award.

Nominate someone for a Youth Services Award

You can nominate someone for a Civic Award in the following ways:

Nominate online

Select the award and then follow the instructions in the form:

• Nominate for a Youth Services Award (someone aged 15-25)

Nominate through the paper form

Print and fill out the nomination form:

• Youth Services Nomination Form (DOCX 140 KB)

Take your nomination form and the relevant documents to the Council office on Laings Road.

Who can be nominated?

The service given should bring distinction and quality to Lower Hutt residents. The awards recognise voluntary community service. If someone has been paid for their service, or they have given professional services, we can't consider a nomination for them. People living outside of the city boundaries can (in special circumstances) be nominated, as long as all or most of their voluntary service was carried out in Lower Hutt. Someone who has already received a Royal Honour will only be eligible for a Civic Honour in special circumstances.

Who should make the nomination?

Any two people or two officers of any organisation, association, society or club can make a nomination. Nominations made on behalf of an organisation must be approved and signed off by an executive member eg. board member, chairperson, chief executive, trustee. You don't need to get consent from the person being nominated before submitting a nomination. If the nomination is successful, the person nominated will be contacted to ask whether he or she wishes to accept the award. We recommend not contacting the nominee.

Nominate now!

• Nominate for a Civic Honours Award
• Nominate for a Youth Services Award (someone aged 15-25)

1976

Mrs NMH Anderson - Social Welfare and Community Affairs
Mrs RG Bell - Social Welfare
Mrs HG Calvert - Community Affairs
Mrs J Crawley - Youth Activities
Mrs LM Duffy - Recreation
Mr WC Fitzgerald - Social Welfare
Mr RL Heath - Social Welfare
Mr AJ Heine - Recreation and Social Welfare
Mr DF Markim - Youth Activities
Mrs BM Wallis - Educational Services and Recreation

1977

Mrs GM Ball - Social Welfare
Mrs BM Barrance - Community Affairs
Mrs E Gooley - Social Welfare
Mr L Hall - Community Affairs 
Mrs JM Isherwood - Community Affairs
Mrs M McDonald - Community Affairs
Mrs MA Pierson - Recreation
Mr AJ Ross - Community Affairs
Miss EM Trenbath - Social Welfare
Mr GF Whitlock - Community Affairs

1978

Mrs R Barker - Recreation and Youth Activities
Mr DR Bucknall - Educational Services
Mrs R Davis -  Social Welfare and Community Affairs
Mr CW Hewer - Recreation
Mrs MA Spencer - Community Affairs

1979

Mrs PJ Cook - Community Affairs
Mrs M Hawiki - Community Affairs and Cultural Affairs
Mrs MH Nolan -  Community Affairs
Mrs GC Reid - Community Affairs
Mr LOW Sutton - Community Affairs and Social Welfare

1980

Mr WH Fleet - Youth Activities
Mr NH Hannah - Recreation
Mrs DI Lawrence - Social Welfare and Community Affairs
Mrs EF Stratmore - Community Affairs
Mrs KL Warnock - Community Affairs

1981

Mrs MM Dykes - Social Welfare
Mrs MJ Health - Community Affairs and Social Welfare
Mr RJ  Menchi - Recreation and Youth Activities
Dr JH Saunders - Social Welfare
Mr HH Whiting - Recreation, Educational Services and Religious Affairs

1982

Ms MM Daly - Youth Activities, Community Affairs and Recreation
Mrs EM Hibbard - Religious Affairs and Community Affairs
Mrs EM Lloyd - Social Welfare
Mr GB Miscall - Community Affairs
Mr EH Moston - Recreation and Social Welfare

1983

Mrs BJ Adams - Community Affairs
Mrs AE Anderson - Community Affairs
Mrs IRM Craig - Community Affairs
Mrs MMA Morrison - Religious Affairs and Community Affairs
Mr FW Taylor - Recreation

1984

Mr J Dempsey - Community Affairs
Mrs EJ Harper - Community Affairs
Mr JC Kyle - Community Affairs
Mr GC Lily - Cultural Affairs
Mr ECD Watson - Social Welfare, Religious Affairs and Community Affairs

1985

Mrs JFL Adam - Social Welfare and Community Affairs
Mr HJ Baxter - Community Affairs
Mrs GA Bonifant - Youth Activities, Social Welfare, Religious Affairs and Community Affairs
Mr TGC Evans - Recreation, Religious Affairs, Community Affairs and Educational Services
Mr AS Hamilton - Youth Activities, Religious Affairs and Community Affairs

1986

Mr DG Francis - Social Welfare and Community Affairs
Mr SV Frost - Social Welfare and Community Affairs
Mr JW Mulholland - Recreation
Mrs MI Simpson - Community Affairs
Mrs BK Stone - Community Affairs

1987

Mrs JE Hodgson -  Community Affairs
Mr JO Kilburn - Recreation, Youth Activities and Social Welfare 
Mrs M Lennane - Community Affairs
Mrs M  Luke - Recreation, Youth Activities, Community Affairs, Educational Service and Cultural Affairs
Mrs EH Sutton - Community Affairs and Cultural Affairs

1988

Mr DE Harper - Community Affairs
Mrs JM Heath - Religious Affairs and Community Affairs
Mrs JE Mair - Youth Activities,  Religious Affairs and Community Affairs
Mrs M O'Sullivan -  Recreation and Youth Activities
Mr LP Pullan - Religious Affairs, Community Affairs and Cultural Affairs

1989

Mrs HG Grant - Religious Affairs and Community Affairs
Mr WL Stolz - Recreation, Community Affairs and Cultural Affairs

1990

Mr JJ Caldwell - Recreation and Social Welfare
Mrs DR Hammond - Community Affairs
Mrs VP Lloyd - Social Welfare and Community Affairs
Mr DP Lowndes - Recreation
Mr P Matiu - Youth Activities, Cultural Affairs and Recreation
Mr AG Taylor - Cultural Affairs, Community Affairs and Education Services
Mrs KR Valentine - Social Welfare

1991

Mr RJ Bright - Educational Services, Youth Activities and Social Welfare    
Miss J Feist - Community Affairs and Religious Affairs    
Mrs E Gadsby - Social Welfare      
Mrs DR Kendrick -  Social Welfare and Community Affairs    
Mr DN Pettengell - Youth Activities, Social Welfare and Community Affairs    
Mr DT Tarring - Recreation and Youth Activities    
Mr EP Tovio - Recreation, Youth Activities, Social Welfare, Religious Affairs, Educational Services and Cultural Affairs

1992

Mrs WM Beattie - Social Welfare  
Mrs DM Billington - Youth Activities and Social Welfare
Mr DJ O'Connor - Social Welfare  
Mrs S Payes - Social Welfare, Community Affairs and Cultural Affairs
Mr P Silao - Recreation, Community Affairs and Cultural Affairs
Mr CW Sutherland - Community Affairs

1993

Mrs GEM Dawson - Youth Activities, Community Affairs and Educational Services
Mr W Jarvie - Community Affairs and Social Welfare
Mr RC Louis - Recreation and Youth Activities
Mrs VJ Martin - Community Affairs and Social Welfare
Mr WJ McCabe - Community Affairs  
Mrs GF Minogue - Youth Activities  
Mr D Peebles - Recreation and Educational Services

1994

Mr Batten - Recreation, Youth Activities, Community Affairs, Educational Services and Cultural Affairs
Mrs KJ Horsefield - Community Affairs    
Mrs M Ingle - Social Welfare and Community Affairs  
Mrs FJ Lilly - Cultural Affairs    
Mrs DN McCarten - Community Affairs

1995

Mr T Caithness - Recreation and Youth Activities
Mr F Caton - Community Affairs
Mrs M Miller - Youth Activities
Mrs S Stevenson - Social Welfare and Community Affairs

1996

Ms DAM Anderson - Community Service and Educational Services
Ms D Langridge - Recreation, Youth Activities and Community Services
Mr AR Wallis - Community Service, Social Welfare and Recreation

1997

Ms L Beazley - Community Service and Cultural Affairs
Ms B Gibbons - Cultural Affairs and Educational Services
Mr J Lelliott - Recreation and Youth Activities
Mr R Luke - Educational Services, Community Services and Cultural Affairs

1998

Ms J Berg - Community Service and Recreation
Ms P Davis - Community Service
Ms G Eade - Community Service and Social Welfare
Mr G Kaye - Cultural Affairs and Educational Services
Ms  A Mihaere - Social Welfare and Cultural Affairs
Ms F Wood - Community Service and Recreation

1999

Ms M Broughton - Community Service and Educational Services
Mr D Bryant - Community Service and Social Welfare
Rev W Campbell - Cultural Affairs and Youth Activities
Mr I England - Youth Activities and Recreation
Ms M Ngan-Kee - Cultural Affairs and Community Services

2000

Mr M Bond - Community Service
Mr M Clarke - Community Service and  Social Welfare
Mr C Cudby - Recreation
Mr Te Kaireka Puhia - Community Service and Youth Activities
Ms F MacDonald - Youth Activities
Ms E Stewart - Community Service
Mr J Sutherland - Community Service

2001

Ms Majory Bourke - Community Service and Social Welfare
Ms Edith Holdsworth - Recreation and Youth Activities
Ms Irene Livingston - Recreation
Ms  Gretchen Northey - Community Service and Educational Services
Mr Roy Northey - Community Service and Educational Services
Ms Batul Shaida - Cultural Affairs and Community Services
Mr Stewart Walker

2002

Mr Koro Aranga - Community Service
Mr John Bhula - Community Service and Cultural Affairs
Ms Vivienne Gillespie - Community Service
Mrs Joanne Paora - Recreation and Youth Activities
Mr George Tuffin - Community Service and Youth Activities

2003

Mr Wayne Buckingham - Educational Services and Youth Activities
Ms Maria Davys - Community Service  
Mrs Kura Edward - Community Service, Cultural Affairs and Social Welfare
Mr James McCreadie - Recreation  
Dr Michael Rudge - Cultural Affairs  
Mrs Sarvat Shaida - Community Service and Cultural Affairs

2004

Mrs  Margaret Ingham - Community Service  
Mrs Ella Mason - Community Service, Cultural Affairs, Recreation and Social Welfare
Mr Robert Milne - Community Service  
Dr Malcolm Watson - Community Service  
Mr John Wharehinga - Community Service, Cultural Affairs, Social Welfare and Youth Activities

2005

Mrs Mervyn Allardyce - Environmental and Youth Award
Mrs Noeline Colman - Community Service and Youth Activities
Mrs Marilyn Couper - Community Service, Educational Service and Youth Award
Mr Tairoa Fong - Community Service, Cultural Affairs, Educational Service, Environmental, Youth Activities and Youth Award
Mrs Lee Fraser - Community Service and Youth Award
Mr Brian Garbutt - Community Service and Youth Activities
Mrs Robyn Harris - Community Service and  Youth Activites
Mrs Margaret Haugh - Community Service, Educational Service and Youth Award
Rev Dorothy Howard - Community Service and Youth Activities
Mrs Robynn Kopua - Community Service and Educational Service
Mrs Joan Latimer - Community Service, Educational Service and Youth Award
Mr Robert Law - Community Service and Youth Award
Mr Christopher Lusk - Community Service and Youth Activites
Mr Edward O'Brien - Community Service, Environmental and Youth Activities
Mr George Paramore - Community Service
Ms Mahelina Pereira - Community Service, Cultural Affairs and Educational Service
Mrs Wendy Roberts - Community Service
Mr Samuel Sebaratnam - Community Service
Miss Kathleen Stokes - Community Service
Ms Gace Wood - Community Service

2006

Mrs Moira Buchanan - Community Service, Educational Service, Youth Activites and Youth Award
Dr William Luey - Community Service
Mr William Wollerman - Community Service, Cultural Affairs and Environmental
Mrs Tauese Umaga - Community Service

2007

Jessie Cudby - Environmental and Youth Award
Sue Van Der Linden - Community Service, Environmental and Youth Award
Maureen Freeman - Community Service, Youth Activities and Youth Award
Nathaniel Ormsby - YSA
Jordan Paterson - YSA
Bob Sewell - Communty Service, Environmental and Youth Award
Orapai Stewart - Community Service, Youth Activities and Youth Award
Waimarino Te Ratana - YSA

2008

Shirley Cable - Community Service
Margaret Dunkley - Community Service and Youth Activities
Ross McKinnon - Community Service
Margaret E Rankine - Community Service and Youth Activities
David J Smith - Community Service

2009

Yola August - Community Service and Youth Activities
Leole Malama - YSA
Cameron Parks - YSA
Ann Pibal - Community Service
Barry Renshaw - Comunity Service and Youth Activities

2010

Neelima Bhula - Community Service, Cultural Affairs and Educational Service
Ephraim Gazo - YSA 
Bob Moffat - Community  Service and Cultural Affairs
Ethel Peka - Community Service
Jacinda Rei - YSA
Patricia Simpson - Community Service, Educational Service, Environmental, Youth Activities and Youth Award
Kimberley Skipper - YSA
Bryan Watt - Environmental and Youth Activities

2011

Eve-Ann Beattie
Prabha Ravi
Allan Webb

2012

Margaret Cull - Community Service, Cultural Affairs, Educational Service and Youth Activities
Rawiri Evans - Community Service and Youth Award
Shannan King - YSA
Donald Millward - Community Service and Environmental
Scott Murray - YSA
Laura Ziki - YSA

2013

Roy Cox - Community Service
Sue Cox - Community Service
Susan Hare - Community Service and Environmental
Metaio Malama - YSA

2014

Judy Bishop - Community Service
Vijay Chhika - Community Service and Youth Award
Joan Hewson
Patricia McGreevy - Community Service and Environmental
Teuila Sagaga - YSA

2015

Mrs Eileen Curry - Educational Service
Mr Star Olsen - Cultural Affairs
Mr Robert Rowell
Mr William Sharp - Youth Award

2016

Ms Lorraine Awatere - Community Service, Cultural Affairs and Youth Award
Ms Joanne Ruawai-Hawira -  Community Service, Cultural Affairs, Educational Service and Youth Award

2017

Jan Heine - Community Service
Brent Ludlam - Youth Award
Merilyn Merrett - Community Service 
Hepetema and Mate Taitua - Cultural Affairs 
Gabriel Tupou  - YSA

2018

Mr Ronald Francis - Community Service
Mr Pani (Jim) Watene - Community Service

2019

Mrs Victoria Ferguson - Community Service
Mr Archie Kerr - Community Service, Educational Service and Health & Wellbeing
Ms Susan McNair - Community Service, Educational Service and Health & Wellbeing

2020

Awards cancelled due to COVID-19

2021

Ms Dawn Chambers
Mr Sameer El-Matary - Cultural Service
Ms Elizabeth Pa'u - Community Service
Mr Ken Laban - Community Service, Cultural Affairs and Youth Activities 
Ms Michelle Stronach-Marsh - Educational Service and Environmental
Ms Muriel Tunoho - Community Service

2022

Peter Baldock - Community Service and Cultural Affairs
Hine Crown - Community Service and Health & Wellbeing
Avis Garner - Community Service and Health & Wellbeing
Jane Nicholson - Community Service and Health & Wellbeing
Tribhuvan Shrestha - Community Service and Cultural Affairs

2023

Dina Awarau - Youth Activities and Health & Wellbeing
Ian Dallas - Community Service
Barbara Hay - Community Service and Cultural Affairs
Gary James - Environmental
Joyce Lockyer - Cultural Affairs and Educational Service
Claude Poulsen - Community Service and Environmental

2024

Juliet Clare - Community Service
Sharyn Horn  - Community Service
Iris Kauffeld - Cultural Affairs
Dr Graeme Lyon - Environmental
Lillian Pak - Community Service