 2007 New Zealand Post Management Excellence Awards - Award Winners and Commendations
Supreme Winner and Winner of Process Management Category
Waitakere City Council - Waitakere Central
"Delivery of a new quality office facility and transport interchange matching the Council’s strategic vision and meeting all its accommodation needs, on time, within budget, to an affordable quality and meeting stakeholder expectations, utilised the application of best practice Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) principles."
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For further information contact john.schermbrucker@waitakere.govt.nz
Winner of Management of People Category
Dunedin City Council - The Great Pedometer Challenge
In late 2006, the Dunedin City Council (DCC) launched The Great Pedometer Challenge for its 700 staff, asking them to count the number of steps they took each day. The six-week challenge (which consisted of two three week periods spread over nine weeks) offered all staff a pedometer, a pedometer guide, healthy eating tips, activity guidelines and targets for achieving a set number of steps each week.
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For further information contact yestin.spowart@dcc.govt.nz
Winner of the Community Relationships Category
Hutt City Council - "The Business and Community Portal, 2006 Implementation".
HuttCity.com is a portal website that hosts an unlimited number of independently designed and operated sub-sites. The HuttCity.com project is about getting community groups and small businesses involved in using the internet for communicating and doing business by offering free web space and site management tools. The target group is not necessarily familiar with technology and the sites are likely to be their first web presence.
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For further information contact nicholas.lucas@huttcity.govt.nz
Winner of the Technology Innovation CategoryHorizons Regional Council - "Big Green RIG Mobile Education Facility"
  
Described as ‘part-cellphone part swiss-army knife’, the high-tech RIG is energy efficient (well insulated, uses passive cooling, with low energy LED lighting and energy efficient appliances throughout), generates part of its own power needs (from a bank of roof-mounted solar panels), is broadband and web-connected (via an on-board satellite connection and public internet kiosks), has all the latest tech toys (GPS positioning and dashboard web cam feeds to the Green RIG website and on-board videoconferencing capability) and is an inviting social space with optional 10m diameter inflatable outdoor dome attachment, seating, pullout BBQ and umbrella shade.
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For additional information contact greg.carlyon@horizons.govt.nz
“Small Council” Commendation - best project from a council with a population of fewer than 20,000.
Central Otago District Council - "A Systems Approach to Change"
Real empowerment, regular innovation, waste reduction, improved teamwork across the organisation, a clear vision of why we do this work , increase in job satisfaction and less stressful days have resulted.
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For additional information contact john.cooney@codc.govt.nz
Process Management Category Commendations
South Taranaki District Council "Encouraging Sprinklers in Homes"
The South Taranaki District Council is offering a 50% discount on all council-related building consents fees to those who install fore sprinklers in new or existing homes.
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For further information craig.stevenson@stdc.govt.nz
Manukau City Council - "Partners in Health and Safety with Manukau City
Statistics released by the Department of Labour showed that 65 workplace deaths occurred in new Zealand during the year from June 2005. Of those three were visitors or bystanders, and 11 were self employed contractors. “We decided to lead the charge to lift health and safety standards with a project involving construction sites road works and other physical works in our city”.
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For further information contact Robyn.McCulloch@manukau.govt.nz
Community Relationships Category Commendation
New Plymouth District Council - "Rewa Rewa Agreement"
By creating a strategic alliance with Te Ātiawa hapū, Ngāti Tawhirikura, New Plymouth District Council is giving credence to their vision that their community will develop special relationships with tangata whenua which are strengthened and valued by its citizens. “I want to congratulate those on both sides of the partnership who had the vision to move forward in this work.” - Prime Minister Helen Clark, 6 June 2007
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For further information contact aroha.chamberlain@npdc.govt.nz
Technology Innovation Category Commendation
Manawatu District Council - "Project Automation"
The introduction of Project Automation at the Manawatu District Council has allowed an easy, cost-effective modification of the previous reporting process system. The time-saving for managers in gathering budget figures for their quarterly activity reports, and in quality control verification, through Project Automation, has been significant.
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For further information contact tracey.hunt@mdc.govt.nz
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