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We had a fabulous time celebrating our local young people at the 2023 Kaikōura Youth Awards! Mr Mayor opened the evening with an ode to the hockey team who had just finished up their tournament. Ana and Kyson (our 2023 Arts Award winners) put on a fabulous show, entertaining us with some of their (many!) talents. Kyson sang Burning Love by Elvis, and Ana played a number from The Lord of the Rings on keyboard. Rohan - the Deputy Mayor of Nelson - spoke about change, the impact we have as communities coming together, and how important it is for us to celebrate all types of achievement and successes. Amongst all of this fun we made time for celebrating our winners, playing a game, eating supper and making the most of Andrew's photography. We finished up the night by saying thankyou to our wonderful group of Youth Council members who put the evening together, and saying goodbye to our three seniors; Theo, Maia and Jade, as they finish up their final year with KYC.
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We would like to say a massive thankyou to everyone who helped make this night happen. Firstly to our Coordinator Elbie Burnett and Administrator Petra Jellyman for pulling together all of the behind the scenes things! Thankyou to the staff at Te Hā o Mātauranga, to Darryl for the lighting, to Ana and Kyson for sharing your talents and entertaining us for the evening. To Rohan O'Neill-Stevens for making the trip down to share your story with us and spend time with our Youth Council group! Thankyou to the Beach House for the beautiful food. Thankyou again to our Judging Panel; Al Te Moananui, Oaklea Woods, Elbie Burnett, Zoe Boyce and Anthony Wood.
Thankyou again to our sponsors, without whom this night would not have been able to run!
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Environment Canterbury
Te Whare Putea Cafe Encounter Kaikōura New World Kaikōura Community Op Shop Innovative Waste Kaikōura Kaikōura District Council Proctor Olives Angela and Tony Blunt Kaikōura Health Care The Lions Club of Kaikōura Mayor's Taskforce for Jobs 
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A massive thankyou to our community who showed up to support and celebrate our local rangatahi. Your energy made the night what it was!
Thankyou to Andrew Spencer for the beautiful photos
Congratulations to the winners!
The judging panel selected two equal winners for each category.
Customer Service Award
This award celebrates young people who display enthusiasm, respect, motivation, are hardworking and make the workplace a fun environment.
We had so many amazing nominations for this award category that we decided to split it in two and celebrate four young people who are making our community proud with their awesome customer service!
We had so many amazing nominations for this award category that we decided to split it in two and celebrate four young people who are making our community proud with their awesome customer service!
Customer Service Junior - Sponsored by Mayor's Taskforce for Jobs
Zariah Wells
Zariah works at the checkout in New World. She is a respectful, bright and bubbly person, who does herself and her community proud with her customer service skills. She is professional with a personal touch in the way she communicates with people, which reflects Kaikōura's youth in a positive way to our community and to those that visit.
Zariah works at the checkout in New World. She is a respectful, bright and bubbly person, who does herself and her community proud with her customer service skills. She is professional with a personal touch in the way she communicates with people, which reflects Kaikōura's youth in a positive way to our community and to those that visit.
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Henre Van Staden
Henre is always smiling and is a bright and loving presence in New World. He is always polite, helps customers with ease, and is always ready to help both customers and coworkers with any issues that may arise. |
Customer Service Senior - Sponsored by the Kaikōura District Council
Manaia Harnett-Tairakena
Manaia is constantly going the extra mile to ensure customers are walking away from Whale Watch Kaikōura with nothing less than happiness and a smile. Manaia takes the time to understand the needs of every individual and makes sure the manuhiri are all accommodated to and looked after, and shows empathy and understanding when things outside of the control of the business are in play. Manaia is conscientious, polite, has an amazing attitude and is extremely knowledgeable.
Manaia is constantly going the extra mile to ensure customers are walking away from Whale Watch Kaikōura with nothing less than happiness and a smile. Manaia takes the time to understand the needs of every individual and makes sure the manuhiri are all accommodated to and looked after, and shows empathy and understanding when things outside of the control of the business are in play. Manaia is conscientious, polite, has an amazing attitude and is extremely knowledgeable.
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Josh Taylor
Josh is always working hard at New World, making everyone around him smile. He is a good communicator and makes the whole shopping experience better. He is forever kind and goes out of his way to ensure the customers have anything they need. |
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Contribution to Arts Award - Sponsored by Angela and Tony Blunt
This award goes to someone that embraces, and is actively involved in any form of art. |
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Anastasia Milligan
Ana has spent many hours learning and practicing the piano, she has completed 5 grades in 'Trinity College' and is now working towards grade 6 (level 2 NCEA). Ana has been a vital part of Kaikōura Children's Choir for the last 6 years, and has performed at many community events. Her dream is to one day become a composer of movie soundtracks and to use music in therapy. Ana is a quiet spoken, polite, caring and nurturing young lady who inspires and works with others, always helping and supporting where she can. |
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Kyson Manawatu
Kyson has a natural ability to draw people and objects that is unmatched. His most recent interest is Elvis, and he has sketched many drawings of him, depicting his decline in health and aging. He has stretched his capabilities recently by focusing on native birds. Kyson is a very quiet and kind person who will consistently make everyone around him feel included, and uses his talent to make the world around him a little bit brighter. |
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Hauora Award - Sponsored by Kaikōura Health Care
This award is for someone who is dedicated to improving the Hauora - health and wellbeing - of others or themselves. |
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Rose Davis
Rose's vision for the future of her peers and our town is mature and dedicated. She has worked hard at ensuring the voice of minority groups are heard in Kaikōura Education Aspirations hui, where she has put a particular focus on mental health and the rainbow community. Rose always supports those struggling and takes it upon herself to lead younger students in a positive direction; she checks in on those who need a check in, is an advisor, and is respected by other students. Rose is a caring, passionate young woman - qualities which strengthen her leadership. |
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Madeleine Somerville
Madi creates rapport with people of all ages with her non-judgmental, empathetic, respectful approach as a social worker. Madi is a great role-model for the young people she works with and offers them a consistent, safe and practical place to find support. She is great at assessing how best to help and is reliable about following through. Madi is particularly skillful in her application of Te Whare Tapa Wha, supporting people to make changes and achieve balance in all areas of their lives. Madi is keen to tackle new opportunities and has found ways to make a difference in the community. |
Environment Award - Sponsored by Innovative Waste Kaikōura
This award is for someone that cares for the environment and does their best to fix things and helps with the environment in any way they can.
This award is for someone that cares for the environment and does their best to fix things and helps with the environment in any way they can.
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Archie Kavanagh
Archie is a self-motivated young man, who really enjoys being outside and working to help protect the environment. He often picks up rubbish when he is out and about, and worked for Ngāi Tahu during the school holidays; helping with planting, pest control and weed eradication. Since this he has volunteered on two family friends' properties to help with weed eradication, and is also keen to learn more about trapping. |
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Maia McTague
Maia has an inspiring passion for protecting our planet and its wildlife, and is a great role model for other young people in this area. She's always eager to learn more about how she can help the environment, and she's constantly looking for ways to make a difference. Her work with animal trapping is particularly impressive, as it requires a lot of patience and skill. She's always careful to handle the animals humanely, and she takes great care to ensure that they're released back into the wild unharmed. |
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Rural Living - Sponsored by Proctor Olives
This award celebrates someone who is making a positive impact on their rural community. This award recognizes the important role that young people play in promoting sustainable living, preserving rural traditions, and fostering community spirit in rural areas.
This award celebrates someone who is making a positive impact on their rural community. This award recognizes the important role that young people play in promoting sustainable living, preserving rural traditions, and fostering community spirit in rural areas.
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Hamish Morgan
Hamish lives and breathes farming on a sheep and beef farm. He helps on the farm as well as cultivating native plants and has a small nursery. Hamish has been recognised in the community for his dedication to his roadside vegetable stall, as well as having an egg business with a large number of free range red shavers. |
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Emma Fissenden
Living and breathing farming is all Emma's wanted to do. She gained her first huntaway at 15, and volunteered to help at the dog trials to learn more about owning working dogs. She's currently in her first year of a Cadetship for the Growing future Farmers programme, where she's learning all about farming - with a new heading dog and another huntaway to add to her growing farming family! The Cadetship will take two years, and with a chemical safe handling, chainsaw, fencing and shearing course under her belt, she's loving life and all the rural life has to offer. |
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Leadership Award - Sponsored by The Lions Club of Kaikōura
This award is for someone who embraces their culture, demonstrates leadership, is willing to take on challenges, and assists others.
This award is for someone who embraces their culture, demonstrates leadership, is willing to take on challenges, and assists others.
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Oaklea Woods
Oaklea is a youth leader at the Kaikōura Lateral Youth group on Friday evening. He shows dedication and passion for supporting and guiding local youth. His humour creates a welcoming atmosphere where young people can freely be themselves. Oaklea is always friendly, confident, and excels at recognising strengths in others and helping them build confidence too. Through his positive attitude and enthusiasm, Oaklea inspires rangatahi to be involved and included. His contributions as a youth leader have made Lateral Youth a positive space and is consistently bettering how the group runs. |
Tira Hawke
Tira is currently part of the Tuia kaupapa and has been a part of Te Hekeka which is a Ngāi Tahu kaupapa. Tira has gone from strength to strength. Her confidence within herself has grown immensley and it shows in her ventures like her kapahaka group which she leads.
Tira is currently part of the Tuia kaupapa and has been a part of Te Hekeka which is a Ngāi Tahu kaupapa. Tira has gone from strength to strength. Her confidence within herself has grown immensley and it shows in her ventures like her kapahaka group which she leads.
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Volunteering Award - Sponsored by the Kaikōura Community Op Shop
This award is for someone who helps within our community and has made a positive difference without expecting anything in return. |
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Freja Lister
Freja volunteers as a leader in the Kaikōura New Life Sunday School programme and afterschool at Banardos. Her passion for nurturing and empowering children shines through in every interaction she has with them, making a lasting positive impact on their lives. She actively engages in enriching activities, educational play, fostering sense of belonging and helping children develop life skills. Freja displays outstanding dedication to volunteering with young children, an ability to connect with and nurture children, and consistent commitment to making a difference. |
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Alexis Armstrong
Alexis has volunteered with the Kaikōura Museum for the last 3 years. She has developed good rapport with everyone in the team and has shown herself to be a very capable and hard worker, with a bright personality and infectious enthusiasm. She always puts her hand up to support 'out of hours' events, and is a mean fundraiser! Her skills and confidence have grown so much and her commitment is as strong as ever. She does everything with a smile on her face, and never expects anything in return. |
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Adult Who Supports Youth - Sponsored by The Lions Club of Kaikōura
This is an adult who mentors, supports and encourages youth to be the best versions of themselves.
This is an adult who mentors, supports and encourages youth to be the best versions of themselves.
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Ben Christian
Ben is very tuturu and passionate about Te Ao Māori and has numerous students taking up his classes and embracing the culture. Ben goes above and beyond for all students and his open-door policy is always being utilised. Ben not only teaches, but he is also the coach of the KHS basketball team that travel to Blenheim every week and is the coach of the U15 girls' rep team. Ben drives the KHS students to Blenheim every week for the Marlborough competitions, he runs trainings with the KHS students, and he also commits his time to practices in Blenheim for the rep team as well as travels away for tournaments. He does this all with the development and enjoyment of our youth in mind. |
Matt Boyce
Matt has shown a continued passionate commitment to the running of Cactus - an annual 'bootcamp' - that runs for 3 mornings a week for 10 weeks. This year saw over 40 young people take part in the programme, and Matt was present for every single minute of it. This is a major event in the lives of some local rangatahi. Not only does Matt connect with youth face to face, he also does so many things behind the scenes to make the programme happen.
Matt has shown a continued passionate commitment to the running of Cactus - an annual 'bootcamp' - that runs for 3 mornings a week for 10 weeks. This year saw over 40 young people take part in the programme, and Matt was present for every single minute of it. This is a major event in the lives of some local rangatahi. Not only does Matt connect with youth face to face, he also does so many things behind the scenes to make the programme happen.
We would like to say a final thankyou to our awesome Youth Council who put the night together!
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Jade Cullen (Chairperson)
Henré Van Staden (Deputy Chair) Theo Rae (Secretary) Maia Kahu Izaac Cullen Oaklea Woods |
Alpha Uedaspooner
Ben Lister Benji Joyce Rāwiri Posa Allie McTague Kara Smith Mia Van Staden |
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