Congratulations to all of our winners of the 2022 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, held an online panel in the first week of September to review the submissions and determine the winners. Members of the jury included environmental photographer Jacki Key, Creative Director of Media Studies at the University of Auckland Folko Boermans, freelance journalist Adrian Hatwell, and James Keim and Henry Gibbs from Mars New Zealand. The YRE New Zealand Competition first place winners will receive automatic entry in to the Global YRE competition which will take place in mid 2023. Watch the YRE 2022 awards presentation here. Article – 11-14 years 1st place Hidden Environmental Issues, Amelia Lee, ACG Sunderland 2nd place The Nursery On Our Doorstep, Emmi King-Smith and Isabel MacDonald, South New Brighton School 3rd place Fast Fashion – a hidden threat to the environment, Joyce Liu, St Cuthbert’s College Honourable mention Fill Plates, Not Landfills, Ami Sugarman, Newlands Intermediate School Article – 15–18 years 1st place The Food Waste Fiasco, Stephanie, Kaylee and Nishwitha, Ormiston Senior College 2nd place Are single-use masks saving lives or destroying the environment, Jiayi Li, St Cuthbert’s College 3rd place The price the planet pays for your takeaways, Isabelle Lloydd, St Mary’s College Photograph – 11-14 years 1st place Sports 1 – Litter 0, Locklan Davenport 2nd place One Too Many, Carter Wright, Orewa College 3rd place (equal) Our Footstep, Mahara, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Horouta Wānanga Radioactive Waterways, Claudia McCullough, Southland Girls’ High School Honourable mention The New Fashion (photo story), Alex Henry, Southland Girls’ High School Photograph – 15-18 years Honourable Mention He iti, he iti kahikātoa – Though little, it is still a mānuka tree, Phoebe Li and Huiseo Kim, St Cuthbert’s College Honourable Mention Death by a Bottle, Muhammed Faizan Farhan Khan, Al-Madinah School Video – 11-14 years 1st place Food Waste Cafe, Sophie Ineson, Southland Girls’ High School 2nd place Change, Isla Hudson, St Mary’s College Honourable Mention The Story of Teddy Turtle, Mia Yang and Heeya Maini, St Cuthbert’s College Honourable mention Keep NZ Green, Defne Dalgic, Sofie Dryresen and Sophie Burrows, Carmel College Video – 15-18 years No placings given Video – 19-25 years Honourable Mention Litter Less, Blue Masks, Shiquan Tuhura-Herkt, Rosehill Special School
