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United Nations Youth Association of New Zealand
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There are three premier service awards that the organisation awards at the UNYANZ NZ Model United Nations each year. These are the Wysocki-Bates (Outstanding Service by a Member); the Daria Brankin (Most Generous and Supportive Member); and the Cutfield Gavel (Most Successful UNYANZ Region). In addition the organisation also recognises the contribution of other members by the award of Presidential Citations of Excellence.

The awards are presented at a ceremony during the New Zealand Model United Nations Conference Ball in June/July of each year.


Most Outstanding Service by a Member Minimize
Title: The Wysocki-Bates Award for the Most Outstanding Contribution towards Youth Involvement in the United Nations

Art Information: "The Birth of Peace" - Designed by Joan Wysocki (Wanganui)

Information: This award recognises Carl Bates, UNYANZ National President (2000-2001)

This award is given to the member of UNYANZ who has contributed in involving the youth of New Zealand in UNYANZ in the most outstanding way. This person must have given service to the organisation in several ways. They may have managed a special project for the association or worked in a number of official or unofficial roles and achieved results beyond expectation. These results may be in the areas of fundraising, membership, conference and activity organisation, and policy development. This person must be a professional all-round member of the UNYANZ team.

First Awarded: April 2001 

Recipients:

  • 2001: Joe Connell
  • 2002: Karen Chung
  • 2003: Hayden Montgomerie
  • 2004: Bradley Scott
  • 2005: Daria Brankin
  • 2006: Hamish Mexted
  • 2007: Robbie Allan
  • 2008: Anne Molineux
  • 2009: Peter McCaffrey
  • 2010: David Tong
     

 


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Title: The Daria Brankin Award for the Most Supportive and Generous Member of UNYANZ

Information: This award recognises Daria Brankin, who has held numerous positions in UNYANZ, including NZ Model UN Coordinator 2002.

The Daria Brankin Award for the Most Supportive and Generous Member of UNYANZ recognises the UNYANZ member who stands out the most to the Awards Committee because of their friendship and supprot towards others, their co-operation and teamwork, readiness to work and most importantly, their consistent willingness to place the interests of UNYANZ members as their first priority within UNYANZ. The recipient does not necessarily need to be an UNYANZ office holder. If there is not at least one clear nominee for the aware, it may be appropriate for it not to be given that year. It is also acceptable that this award be given to the same person more than once.

Recipients:

  • 2005: Chloe Dallaway
  • 2006: Adriaan Barnard
  • 2007: Gina Manning
  • 2008: Richard Higgins
  • 2009: Zebedee Stone
  • 2010: Elizabeth Chan

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Title: The Cutfield Gavel for the Most Successful Regional Council

Information: This award recognises Anna Cutfield, UNYANZ President (1999-2000)

This award is given to an UNYANZ Regional Council. It recognises a broad range of factors that contribute to the health of a region, as well as the national body. This includes membership, activity throughout their geographical region, quality of core events, regional innovation, and overall improvement in a region. Also taken into account will be professionalism, and involvement with UNYANZ National Council and policy development.

Note: in 2006 the award shifted to be awarded based on activities over the normal calendar year rather than the National Executive term (June-July).

Recipients:

  • 2001-2002: Auckland
  • 2002-2003: Not Awarded
  • 2003-2004: Auckland
  • 2004-2005: Wellington
  • 2005-2006: Auckland
  • 2007: Wellington
  • 2008: Auckland
  • 2009: Wellington
  • 2010: Canterbury

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Title: Citation of the President of UNYANZ

This award is given to a member or members of UNYANZ who have contribued significantly through their commitment and work for UNYANZ. Often recipients are not holders of official positions.

Recipients:

  • 2001: Cat Moody
  • 2002: Stephen Denekamp
  • 2003: Robbie Allan
  • 2004: Tamsin Dashfield
  • 2005: Mike Asplet
  • 2006: Not awarded
  • 2007: Stacey Berquist
  • 2008: Erin Jackson
  • 2009: Richard Evans
  • 2010: Chris Park

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The Wysocki-Bates Award

The Wysocki-Bates Award


The Daria Brankin Award

The Daria Brankin Award