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United Nations Youth Association of New Zealand

Friday, 12 March 2010

National Awards

There are three premier service awards that the organisation awards at the UNYANZ National Conference each year. These are the Wysocki-Bates (Outstanding Service by a Member); the Daria Brankin (Most Generous and Supportive Member); and the Cutfield Gavel (Most Successful UNYANZ Region). In addition the organisation also recognises the contribution of other members by the award of Presidential Citations of Excellence.

The awards are presented at a ceremony during the New Zealand Model United Nations Conference Ball in June/July of each year.

Most Outstanding Service by a Member

Title: The Wysocki-Bates Award for the Most Outstanding Contribution towards Youth Involvement in the United Nations

Art Information: "The Birth of Peace" - Designed by Joan Wysocki (Wanganui)

Information: This award recognises Carl Bates, UNYANZ National President (2000-2001)

This award is given to the member of UNYANZ who has contributed in involving the youth of New Zealand in UNYANZ in the most outstanding way. This person must have given service to the organisation in several ways. They may have managed a special project for the association or worked in a number of official or unofficial roles and achieved results beyond expectation. These results may be in the areas of fundraising, membership, conference and activity organisation, and policy development. This person must be a professional all-round member of the UNYANZ team.

First Awarded: April 2001

Recipients:

2001: Joe Connell
2002: Karen Chung
2003: Hayden Montgomerie
2004: Bradley Scott
2005: Daria Brankin
2006: Hamish Mexted
2007: Robbie Allan
2008: Anne Molineux
2009: Peter McCaffrey

Most Supportive and Generous Member of UNYANZ

Title: The Daria Brankin Award for the Most Supportive and Generous Member of UNYANZ

Information: This award recognises Daria Brankin, who has held numerous positions in UNYANZ, including NZ Model UN Coordinator 2002.

The Daria Brankin Award for the Most Supportive and Generous Member of UNYANZ recognises the UNYANZ member who stands out the most to the Awards Committee because of their friendship and supprot towards others, their co-operation and teamwork, readiness to work and most importantly, their consistent willingness to place the interests of UNYANZ members as their first priority within UNYANZ. The recipient does not necessarily need to be an UNYANZ office holder. If there is not at least one clear nominee for the aware, it may be appropriate for it not to be given that year. It is also acceptable that this award be given to the same person more than once.

Recipients:

2005: Chloe Dallaway
2006: Adriaan Barnard
2007: Gina Manning
2008: Richard Higgins
2009: Zebedee Stone

Most Successful Regional Council

Title: The Cutfield Gavel for the Most Successful Regional Council

Information: This award recognises Anna Cutfield, UNYANZ President (1999-2000)

This award is given to the UNYANZ Regional Council, in terms of membership, activity throughout their geographic region, attendance of members at regional and national UNYANZ events, involvement within UNYANZ International delegations and policy development. Also taken into account will be the amount of fundraising the region has undertaken.

Note: in 2006 the award shifted to be awarded based on activities over the normal calendar year rather than the National Executive term (June-July).

Recipients:

2001-2002: Auckland
2002-2003: Not Awarded
2003-2004: Auckland
2004-2005: Wellington
2005-2006: Auckland
2007: Wellington
2008: Auckland
2009: Wellington

Presidential Citation

Title: Citation of the President of UNYANZ

This award is given to a member or members of UNYANZ who have contribued significantly through their commitment and work for UNYANZ. Often recipients are not holders of official positions.

Recipients:

2001: Cat Moody
2002: Stephen Denekamp
2003: Robbie Allan
2004: Tamsin Dashfield
2005: Mike Asplet
2006: Not awarded
2007: Stacey Berquist
2008: Erin Jackson
2009: Richard Evans

The Wysocki-Bates Award

The Daria Brankin Award

The Daria Brankin Award