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 years
1st place
Auckland’s New Food Bins: A Fiasco or a Success? | Savera Sidhu | ACG Sunderland
2nd place
A Clean Boat is a Good Boat | Sayla Ware | Half Moon Bay
3rd place
E-waste and Why We Should Deal with It | Madison Bryant | Waitakere College
Honourable mention
Plastic Packaging Polluting the Environment | Hayley Jensen | Waitakere College
E-waste – The frighteningly fast-growing problem that we need to pay more attention to |
Ilyaas Noor | Waitakere College
Eco-Building, Eco-Planet | Elsie Saunders | Newlands Intermediate School
Article – 15–18 years
1st place
RATS: Saving Lives…Or Are They? | Isheeta Lal | ACG Sunderland
Honourable mention
Marine waste and microplastics; the solution to ocean pollution | David Sok | Waitakere College
Our Oceans Against Marine Debris | Adam Webb | Waitakere College
Photograph – 11-14 years
1st place
Food Waste: An Overlooked Issue | Jacqueline Tsang | ACG Sunderland
2nd place
Litter destroys Tauranga Moana Taonga | Locklan Davenport | Otumoetai College
3rd place
An Eye into Reality | Milad Assady, Nirvan Grewal, Eric Taing | Green Bay School
Honourable mention
Think before you throw it | Sayeeda Binte Sharif | Al-Madinah School
Borrowed Time | Sophie Ineson | Southland Girl’s High School
Photograph – 15-18 years
1st place
‘BigFoot; The Mysterious Wanderer’ | Mohammed Shoaib Shafiq Khan | Al-Madinah School
Honourable mention
Garbage Island: A Trashy Tale of Environmental Crisis | Musa Haydar Junaid | Al-Madinah School
Video – 11-14 years
1st place
Diving Deep (an ocean pollution story) | Orla Ryan and Zoe Russell | St Cuthbert’s College
2nd place
Stop Littering! It’s Killing Our Oceans | Talia Veldhouse & Soha Koparde | St Cuthbert’s College
3rd Place
The Waste Warriors: Student Reporters fighting against | Ece Dalgic, Defne Dalgic | Carmel College
Honourable Mention
Video – 15-18 years
No placings given
Video – 19-25 years
No placings given