Congratulations to all of our winners of the 2023 Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) New Zealand Competition. We’re proud to be the national operator for this internationally accredited competition which is run under the Foundation For Environmental Education banner (FEE).The New Zealand YRE Jury, which comprises of experts in the fields of journalism, photography and environmental sustainable development, convened in August to review the submissions and determine the winners. Members of the jury included environmental photographer Jacki Key, journalist Adrian Hatwell, Keep New Zealand Beautiful CEO Heather Saunderson and Mars New Zealand representatives, Deigna Khama and Kristin Paddy.The YRE New Zealand Competition first place winners will receive automatic entry into the YRE International Competition which will take place in mid 2024.Watch the YRE 2023 awards presentation here.Article – 11-14 years1st placeAuckland’s New Food Bins: A Fiasco or a Success? | Savera Sidhu | ACG Sunderland2nd placeA Clean Boat is a Good Boat | Sayla Ware | Half Moon Bay3rd placeE-waste and Why We Should Deal with It | Madison Bryant | Waitakere CollegeHonourable mentionPlastic Packaging Polluting the Environment | Hayley Jensen | Waitakere CollegeE-waste – The frighteningly fast-growing problem that we need to pay more attention to | Ilyaas Noor | Waitakere CollegeEco-Building, Eco-Planet | Elsie Saunders | Newlands Intermediate SchoolArticle – 15–18 years1st placeRATS: Saving Lives…Or Are They? | Isheeta Lal | ACG SunderlandHonourable mentionMarine waste and microplastics; the solution to ocean pollution | David Sok | Waitakere CollegeOur Oceans Against Marine Debris | Adam Webb | Waitakere CollegePhotograph – 11-14 years1st placeFood Waste: An Overlooked Issue | Jacqueline Tsang | ACG Sunderland2nd placeLitter destroys Tauranga Moana Taonga | Locklan Davenport | Otumoetai College3rd placeAn Eye into Reality | Milad Assady, Nirvan Grewal, Eric Taing | Green Bay SchoolHonourable mentionThink before you throw it | Sayeeda Binte Sharif | Al-Madinah SchoolBorrowed Time | Sophie Ineson | Southland Girl’s High School Photograph – 15-18 years1st place‘BigFoot; The Mysterious Wanderer’ | Mohammed Shoaib Shafiq Khan | Al-Madinah SchoolHonourable mentionGarbage Island: A Trashy Tale of Environmental Crisis | Musa Haydar Junaid | Al-Madinah School Video – 11-14 years1st placeDiving Deep (an ocean pollution story) | Orla Ryan and Zoe Russell | St Cuthbert’s College2nd placeStop Littering! It’s Killing Our Oceans | Talia Veldhouse & Soha Koparde | St Cuthbert’s College3rd PlaceThe Waste Warriors: Student Reporters fighting against | Ece Dalgic, Defne Dalgic | Carmel CollegeHonourable MentionLet’s Sort Our Waste at R.O.I | Lily Shultz, Sophie Heinzel, Daisy Chasemore | Royal Oak IntermediateVideo – 15-18 yearsNo placings givenVideo – 19-25 yearsNo placings given
