Youth Awards Winners 2021 Listen The John Turkington Youth Awards 2021 were held on Thursday 8 July at Te Matapihi, Bulls Community Centre. Supported by His Worship the Mayor, Andy Watson, Council's Chief Executive Pete Beggs and Elected members, 11 awards and runner up prizes were presented to well deserving young people in our community. Council was thrilled to have an awesome turn out of nominees and supporters on the night. There were some wonderful accomplishments by all the youth nominated and we are proud to have them represent our District locally, nationally, even globally. The Youth Awards is an awesome initiative to celebrate the achievements of young people in the our District, with family and friends. We would like to encourage more community members to nominate young people for next year. Thank you so much to all our amazing sponsors, whom without you, this wouldn’t be possible! And well done to all nominees! Youth Award Winners SponsorCategoryWinnerRunner UpFortuna Forest ProductsYouth in EmploymentSarah Kim SquiresRebekah Louise JohnstonMarton RotaryLeadershipAtawhai McDonnellSophia LewisRiver ValleyEco WarriorJake BanksLisa CruywagenHautapu PineYouth in SportKaleb NgatoaEmma FergusonThe Downs GroupGiving BackJessica LordKate FergusonNew World MartonYouth for YouthOnyx Lye & Leyte SamarFortuna Forest ProductsYouth GroupSalt Youth GroupSamantha Nicolson & The Nga Tawa Scholars SocietyNgā Wairiki Ngāti ApaYouth in ApprenticeshipsTayne HalpinBJW MotorsChange MakerAtawhai McDonnellRangitīkei Anglican ParishWairua for Well-BeingChristian FolauAtawhai McDonnell OVERALL YOUTH OF THE YEAR AWARD: Atawhai McDonnell