Absolutely Positively Wellingtonian (APW) Award Recipient Citations

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Archives Identifier00566Date Range1990s-ongoingDescriptionResearch created citations for APW Award recipients, this is them all from 2001-2021.

Absolutely Positively Wellingtonian Awards (APWs) replaced the Civic Awards (est1986) with the first APW being awarded in 1999. From 2001, a citation was read out during council meetings before the award was presented, typically by the mayor.

Absolutely Positively Wellingtonian Awards (APWs) are a way for the Council to honour members of the community who have made outstanding or lengthy contributions, usually in a voluntary capacity, to the capital and its people.

Past winners of the award include those who have saved and restored historic buildings around Wellington including the Embassy Theatre and Randell Cottage. They celebrate those who have installed public artworks, set up public events and film festivals, volunteered in their communities and established community groups to lobby for change. They acknowledge those who have stepped up during natural disasters, given hours of free service and organised coastal clean-ups. The awards recognise bloggers, cyclists, artists, fashion-designers and business people.

In 2017, the awards became an annual event with a formal ceremony to honour the recipients, a format which continues today. MediumFileSystem of ArrangementChronological by year and then alphabeticallyExternal LinksWCC Website page Absolutely Positively Wellingtonian AwardsCollection TypeWellington City Council

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APW Student Award summary list 2014-2020

APW Award citation for Taualoa Lalopua Sanele QSM, 2021

APW Award citation for Robin Lloyd, 2021

APW Award citation for Peter Reimann, 2021

APW Award citation for Matthew Ross, 2021

APW Award citation for Martin Payne, 2021

APW Award citation for Manjit Grewal, 2021

APW Award citation for John Psathas ONZM, 2021

APW Award citation for John Browning, 2021

APW Award citation for Gary Mitchell, 2021

APW Award citation for Éva Kaprinay, 2021

APW Award citation for Camille Wrightson, 2021

APW Award citation for Anthony Edmonds, 2021

APW Award citation for Richard Tait, 2020

APW Award citation for Richard Hawke and Carole Willson, 2020

APW Award citation for Patricia Given, 2020

APW Award citation for Mike Mellor, 2020

APW Award citation for Mariann Betham, 2020

APW Award citation for Lena Meinders, 2020

APW Award citation for Ian McKinnon, 2020

APW Award citation for Hilleke and Mike Townsend, 2020

APW Award citation for George Fowler, Hugo Grrrl, 2020

APW Award citation for Desmond (Des) Smith, 2020

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