Our Beautiful Awards are New Zealand’s longest-running sustainability awards and provide a benchmark for environmental excellence. Run annually since 1972, the Awards inspire, recognise and acknowledge those individuals, schools, community groups, towns and cities working passionately to Keep New Zealand Beautiful. Beautiful Awards 2023 This year’s Beautiful Awards consist of 13 awards across four categories: Individuals, Community, Places and Towns & Cities. Thanks to Resene there will also be a Supreme Award available in the Towns & Cities category, with the winning town or city winning a mural painting valued up to $10,000. We asked Kiwis everywhere to nominate the people, projects and places that they believed illustrate the height of environmental excellence in Aotearoa. From all the nominations received, our Beautiful Awards judges chose this year’s recipients and finalists. Congratulations to the winners and recipients of the Beautiful Awards 2023 Towns & Cities Most Beautiful Towns & Cities Supreme Award winner Taupō Most Beautiful Large City Tauranga Most Beautiful Small City New Plymouth Most Beautiful Large Town Whakatāne Most Beautiful Small Town Arrowtown Most Beautiful Tiny Town Awanui Places Best Loo Award Okere Falls Scenic Reserve, Rotorua Best Street AwardProudly sponsored by Resene Buckingham Street, Arrowtown Kiwis’ Choice AwardProudly sponsored by Resene Te Ātea, Taupō Community Community Group Award Riverlution, Christchurch Sustainable Schools recipientsProudly sponsored by Resene Nelson Intermediate School, NelsonWaiheke High School, AucklandWaihi Beach School, Waihi Environmental Service Award Keep Richmond Beautiful, Nelson Individual recipients Tidy Kiwi Antonia Wood, DunedinIsaac Adams, Lower HuttKaren Lee, Whangārei Young Legend Luca & Harley Evans, AucklandNate Wilbourne, NelsonTyson, Zac & Eli Ogle-Turner Download the Beautiful Awards 2023 CriteriaDownload Beautiful Awards 2020 winners Beautiful Awards 2021 winners Beautiful Ball 2023 photos