Our annual Civic Awards celebrate the amazing volunteers who make our city great. Fill out this form to nominate someone.

Before you start

You will need the following information for to complete a nomination:

• Contact details (name, email, and phone number) for

  • The person you're nominating

  • 2 or more people making the nomination

  • the organisation's executives (if you are making a nomination on behalf of an organisation)

• Explanation of why your nominee deserves the award - You can either upload a file or enter details directly

• List of relevant jobs or roles your nominee has held

• Letters of support from people who know about your nominee's service

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We collect personal information to provide Council services and perform our statutory functions. Your information will only be used and disclosed for the purpose of the administration of the Civic Honours Awards. For details about Council’s management of personal information, please see the Hutt City Council Privacy Policy. 

Nominations close 5pm Tuesday 31 March 2026 

For help on making a nomination check out the guidance notes.

This section is for your contact details. Once you have submitted the form we will send you a copy of your nomination. If needed, we will use these contact details to follow up on your nomination.

This section is about the person you're nominating (the nominee).

Please set out the reasons why you think the nominee deserves a Civic Award. We are looking for outstanding and innovative voluntary community service to others in the community in the award categories.

It is important that you give as much detail as possible about what your nominee has achieved, which makes them stand out against others.

As a guide, you may wish to consider some of the following questions:

• How has the nominee demonstrated service worthy of recognition?

• How has the nominee’s contribution impacted on a particular field, locality, group or community?

• Over what period has the nominee made a major contribution? (minimum of 10 years preferred)

• Has the nominee’s contribution been recognised elsewhere (e.g. in the media, by other awards, or groups)?

Please provide full details of positions held by your nominee, which support, and are relevant, to your nomination.  Please give start and end dates (if known), or whether the person is still involved in this area of activity.

Nominations need to be made by two or more people.

Lead nominator

Second nominator

Approved and signed off by an executive member (if you are making a nomination on behalf of an organisation it must be approved and signed off by an executive member).

Letters, which endorse the nominee’s contribution from people who are familiar with their service, may be included.  These should be attached to this form and their names noted below: