Mr Sam Judd, MNZM, of Auckland, for services to the environment and sustainability education
Mr Sam Judd, of Auckland, for services to the environment and sustainability education
Sam Judd founded and was CEO of Sustainable Coastlines, a charity which coordinates coastal and beach clean-up events as well as public awareness campaigns and educational programmes. He was instrumental in bringing together 144 organisations and 2,000 people for the construction of the Flagship Education Centre, through which Sustainable Coastlines educates New Zealanders on how to protect their environment. He has delivered more than 200 days of work with offenders on conservation projects and collaborated with prisons to develop opportunities for employment pathways. He was the founding Chairperson of Pūniu River Care, which employs 30 local rangatahi Māori and produces more than 500,000 native seedlings annually for restoration projects.