Water New Zealand Stormwater Awards

Award Categories

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Stomwater Professional of the year

This award is to recognise an individual within the wider stormwater community that has made a significant contribution to the New Zealand stormwater industry.

  • Contribution to industry leadership and advocacy that advances stormwater infrastructure and management within New Zealand.
  • Demonstration of the ability to develop, articulate and implement changes in the stormwater industry.
  • Contribution to the industry and displays a commitment to community or cross-sectoral outreach.
  • Peer and wider recognition in relevant communities.
  • Demonstration of high standards of ethical and personal behaviour.

The award is open to individuals who have made a notable impact on the New Zealand stormwater industry with a minimum of five years’ work or research experience, and over 31 years of age on the closing date of applications. The candidate does not have to be a Water New Zealand member.

  • Cover letter (1 page) as evidence of achieving the key attributes listed above.
  • Curriculum Vitae (2 pages)
  • Two supporting statements (500 words max each) written by peers of the candidate who work in the stormwater industry.
    • Statement should reference back to the key attributes above.
    • Ideally one statement from the employer of the candidate and the second statement could be from a colleague, a Water New Zealand board member, or client.
    • Must include contact details of sponsors (phone and e-mail)
  • Supporting documentation (optional) may include articles, media, conferences presented and relevant websites. Limited to a maximum of six pages.

  • 2023 - Warren Bird
  • 2022 - Nick Brown
  • 2021 - Mike Hannah
  • 2020 - Clare Feeney
  • 2019 - Mark Pennington
  • 2018 - Bronwyn Rhynd
  • 2017 - Allan Leahy
  • 2016 - Peter Mitchell

Young Stormwater Professional of the Year

This award is to recognise a Young Stormwater Professional within the industry that has made a significant contribution to the stormwater industry, the general community, and has demonstrated exceptional achievement in the early stages of their career.

The Young Stormwater Professional of the Year is open to individuals who are under 35 years of age. The candidate does not have to be a Water New Zealand member.

  • Cover letter (1 page) and CV demonstrating how the candidate achieves the key attributes listed above.
  • One or two supporting statements (500 words max each) written by peers of the candidate who work in the water industry.
    • Statement should reference back to the key attributes above.
    • Ideally one statement from the employer of the candidate and the second statement could be from a colleague, a Water New Zealand board member, or client.
    • Must include contact details of sponsors (phone and e-mail).
  • Supporting documentation (optional) may include articles, media, conferences presented at and relevant websites. This is limited to a maximum of five pages.
  • 2023 - Josiah Simmonds
  • 2022 - Richard Wilson
  • 2021 - Jonathan Chambers
  • 2020 - Matthew Lillis
  • 2019 - Josh Irvine

Stormwater Paper of the Year

This award is to recognise the contribution that individuals and collaborative partners play in the stormwater industry. There will be a shortlist of 3-4 papers selected by the paper reviewers for this coming conference with the final review being undertaken by independent industry leaders.

  • Presentation and professional standard
  • Contribution to the industry with respect to innovation, relevance, transferability, and technical complexity
  • 2023 - Te Kuneroatanga: The Evolution of Stormwater Management Plants - Giving Effect to Te Mana o te Wai - Sarah Dudson & Brent Hamilton (WSP), Grant Hall (Timaru District Council), Mark Ellis (Pattle Delamore Partners), Treena Davidson (Aoraki Environmental Consultants Limited)
  • 2022 - Guidance on New Zealand Fish Passage in High Gradient Engineered Channels based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling - Mark Groves, Mark Hansen, and Francesco Martin - WSP
  • 2021 - Super-critical Considerations For Steep Stream Design - Laura Newman-Watt & Josh Irvine - WSP
  • 2020 - Does your Retention meet your Intention - Mark Groves, Bodo Hellberg, Brendon Schicker and Warren Bird
  • 2019 - Activating WSUD - Jonathan Moores, Sue Ira , Robin Simcock and Chris Batstone
  • 2018 - Continuous Flow Simulation - Jahangir Islam, Nick Brown and Josh Irvine
  • 2017 - TP108 - Where to from here? - Graham Levy
  • 2016 - Planning for Exceedance in a Changing Climate - Mike Law

Stormwater Innovation Award

Nominations for the Stormwater Innovation Award are now open!

  • Do you have a project with a unique solution you'd like to share?
  • Have you had success in the engagement with stakeholders using new framework or tool?
  • Do you have a new digital platform or process which aides in the analysis, communication, or operation of stormwater systems?
  • Are you presenting a paper on an innovative solution or project that you'd like share to a wider audience?

This year, the innovation showcase has been refreshed in order to celebrate any and all new ways of thinking or doing, that are aimed at improving stormwater outcomes across Aotearoa.

The Stormwater committee invite you to present your innovative project, process or idea to a wide audience of stormwater professionals at the conference Innovation Awards session. Your presentation will be no more than 5 minutes long, followed by up to 2 minutes of quick-fire questions from the panel of judges.

At the end of the presentations the judges and audience will cast votes for the Innovation which is judged to have the largest positive impact on the stormwater industry, best aligns with the conference themes, or is just simply the coolest.

The event is open to public and private organisations, including Local Authorities, research companies, academia, industry, businesses, contracts, consultancies, and individuals.

  • 2023 - Virtual Eyes - Auckland Council, Lynker Analytics and Mott MacDoanld
  • 2022 - Filterra Roof - Stormwater 360
  • 2021 - Optical Bathymetry Toolkit - Land River Sea Consulting Ltd
  • 2020 - Fencetank - Stormwater Systems Limited
  • 2019 - Storminator - University of Canterbury
  • 2018 - LittaTrapTM - Stormwater 360