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 Let’s Sort Our Waste at R.O.I | Lily Shultz, Sophie Heinzel, Daisy Chasemore | Royal Oak Intermediate Video – 15-18 years No placings given Video – 19-25 years No placings given
