Celebrating Success
We are promoting Porirua, the young talent within the city, and helping to foster a sense of community pride.
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PORIRUA YOUTH AWARDS
The purpose of the Porirua Youth Awards is to give financial assistance to young people who are excelling by providing a financial recognition of that excellence. There are up to five categories for the grants –
Art and Culture, Education, Sport, STEM, Environmental or community work.
We are looking for
Young people who are outstanding and excellent in both attainment and attitude
About the award
The purpose of the Porirua Youth Awards is to reward young people who are excelling. Awards are given in art and culture, education, environment or community work, and sport.
This initiative was created in response to numerous inquiries and requests for attention and support to be given to young people of Porirua who are achieving in school, on the sport field, on the stage, and in the community. The Porirua Youth
Awards provides a medium by which Porirua City acknowledges our youth who are leading the way. Past patron, Hekia Parata, championed raising funds for Porirua Youth Awards in 2010 and since then, support has come from Porirua City Council and a number of generous sponsors, including Whittakers, Derek Wooton Memorial Trust, Wellington Windows and Doors, Helen and Chris Kirk-Burnnand and Bob & Sue Shennan, The Porirua Foundation.
How the award works
Applications open in August each year and close in September.
Interviews are held with a judging panel and award recipients are chosen.
The Youth Awards function is held and the successful recipients receive their awards.
2022 PORIRUA YOUTH AWARDS RECIPIENTS
He whakamihi, congratulations to our 2022 Porirua Youth Award Recipients!
|
Recipient |
School |
Award |
Award Category |
|
Teniku Vailahi |
Porirua College |
Highly Commended |
Art & Culture |
|
Paige Lilo |
Whitby Collegiate |
Highly Commended |
Sport |
|
Ishaan Badiyani |
Whitby Collegiate |
Highly Commended |
Education |
|
Oriana Ewens |
Tawa College |
Highly Commended |
Art & Culture |
|
Mannfred Sofara |
Bishop Viard College |
Highly Commended |
Education and Leadership |
|
Samuel Lee |
Aotea College |
Excellence |
Education |
|
Jack Chapman |
Mana College |
Highly Commended |
Community, Environment and Leadership |
|
Cedar Porteous |
Tawa College |
Highly Commended |
Community and Environment |
|
Ana Ayora |
St Mary’s College |
Highly Commended |
Community and Environment |
|
Maiden-Lee Coe |
Te Kura Māori o Porirua |
Highly Commended |
Sport |
|
Kaita Hummel-Jibiki |
Tawa College |
Highly Commended |
STEM |
|
Isobel Reece |
Aotea College |
Highly Commended |
STEM |
|
Hannah Grace |
Kapiti College |
Excellence |
STEM |
Back: Samuel Lee, Jack Chapman, Mannfred Sofara, Teniku Vailahi
Front: Ana Ayora, Hannah Grace, Isobel Reece, Maiden-Lee Coe, Kaita Hummel-Jibiki, Mayor Anita Baker, Ishaan Badiyani, Paige Lilo, Cedar Porteous, Oriana Ewens
YOUNG EMPLOYEE AWARD AND DALE CARNEGIE AWARD
Each year Partners Porirua coordinates these awards as a way of celebrating many of the outstanding rangatahi employed in Porirua. Dale Carnegie also sponsors the Young Leader of the Year who receives a scholarship to attend this world-famous programme.
The Young Employee Awards evening was recently held in conjunction with the Porirua Chamber of Commerce and Porirua City Council. The event took place at the Pataka Dance Studio, a great place to celebrate our youth. Nominees included young employees from across many different sectors such as hospitality, sales and service, construction and recreation. This year we had 30 nominations, all of a very high calibre. The feedback from employers and attendees at the function has been very positive.
CONGRATULATIONS 2022 WINNERS
Winner of the 2020 Young Employee Award – Albert McKane from Revl LTD
Dale Carnegie Leadership Award – Ethan Cooper-Martin from The Graeme Dingle Foundation
Rising Star Award – Tina Paulo from Downer Contribution to Business Awards – Liam Rongonui from Russell Properties LTD, Tylah Beyer-Mair from Mitsubishi Motors New Zealand
RECOGNITION FOR PARTNERS PORIRUA’S WORK
Partners Porirua is well recognised for its community contributions and sound business practice. In 2013 and 2016 the organisation was named the winner of the Outstanding Contribution to the Community award at the Westpac Porirua Business Awards. Tau kē!
Partners Porirua was also recognised for the valuable contribution of volunteers in being named the 2014 Porirua region Supreme Winner in the Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards.
A key success factor for Partners Porirua has been its ability to bring together businesses and community to work alongside educators to encourage rangatahi to be innovative, enterprising and entrepreneurial. These are the qualities required for the workforce of the future and the key to developing youth for te ao mahi, the working world, .
“We are promoting Porirua, the young talent within the city, and helping to foster a sense of community pride.”
Michelle Robinson
Executive Director
Partners Porirua
“The Dale Carnegie Leadership award made all the hard work worth it. The confidence this gave me, and the scholarship I received, enabled me to accomplish things beyond what I would have thought was possible.”
Jessica Pritchard
Young Leader of the Year scholarship recipient 2017
“The Young Leader of the Year scholarship provides outstanding young employees in Porirua with the opportunity to shine and develop into outstanding leaders of the future. We’re proud to sponsor this initiative.”
Peter Couchman
Managing Director
Dale Carnegie Wellington