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Not long left to enter the NZ Biosecurity Awards

If you’ve been putting in the hard yards to keep Aotearoa safe from pests and diseases, we want to know about it! We want to hear how your planting, trapping, programmes, innovation, technology, and mahi supports our biosecurity system.

Entries for the New Zealand Biosecurity Awards close Sunday 31 July - you have two weeks to get your entries in!

If you’re still thinking about your entry, Dr Ed Massey, Chair of the Biosecurity Awards judging panel, has shared some tips to writing a great one:

• Tell us about your organisation, project, initiative – who is involved, what you have been doing and most importantly why and how it does it support biosecurity in New Zealand.
• Tell us what you have achieved and how you measure success.
• Judges can only evaluate on the information given, so be full in telling your story in your application – make the most of the total word allocation.

Find out more about the Award criteria

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Finalists will be announced on Wednesday 21 September.

All finalists receive two tickets to a special awards dinner and ceremony in Auckland on 31 October. The BioHeritage Challenge Community Award and New Zealand Biosecurity Kura (School) Award finalists will also have their travel and accommodation costs paid for, with the winners of each receiving a $2,500 cash prize.

Get sharing!

Please shoulder tap any individuals, groups or organisations you think deserve recognition for the work they’ve done protecting our biosecurity system, by sharing this email.

If you have applied in the past few years and want us to email back your entry so you can update it, contact us at [Enable JavaScript to view protected content]