Award Categories
Ngā Wāhanga Tohu
Award entries are judged across an Education Focus Prize and four categories that remain consistent each year: Excellence in Engaging, Excellence in Leading, Excellence in Teaching and Learning, and Excellence in Wellbeing Education. The Prime Minister’s Supreme Award is then given to the single best overall entry among the four category winners.
The Education Focus Prize changes each year to showcase different areas of the New Zealand education landscape. It is not eligible for the Supreme Award.
Ka whakawākia ngā tono mō te Taonga Mātauranga me ngā wāhanga e whā nei: Te Hiranga o te Arataki, Te Hiranga o te Tuitui Tāngata, Te Hiranga o te Ako, me Te Hiranga o Te Akoranga Hauora. Ka tukua te Tohu Nui a te Pirimia mō te tono pai rawa o ngā toa mō ia wāhanga.
Ka rerekē te aronga o te Taonga Mātauranga i ia tau hei whakaatu i ngā kaupapa rerekē i roto i te mātauranga ki Aotearoa. Kāore te toa e tirohia mō te Tohu Nui.
EXCELLENCE IN ENGAGING
TE HIRANGA O TE TUITUI TĀNGATA
This award celebrates working together as a community to transform relationships and strengthen achievement, leading to improved and sustained outcomes for all children and young people.
E whakanui ana tēnei tohu i te mahi ohu a te hapori hei whakaumu I ngā āhuatanga whakawhanaunga, hei whakapakari whakatutukitanga hoki mō ngā tamariki me ngā taiohi katoa, he huanga nui, mauroa hoki te mutunga iho.
EXCELLENCE IN LEADING
TE HIRANGA O TE ARATAKI
This award celebrates leadership and its influence on strengthening professional capability and creating a change in conditions, leading to improved and sustained outcomes for all children and young people.
E whakanui ana tēnei tohu i te arataki me tōna awenga e pakari ai te ngaiotanga, e rerekē ai hoki ngā āhuatanga mō ngā tamariki me ngā taiohi katoa, he huanga nui, mauroa hoki te mutunga iho.
EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
TE HIRANGA O TE AKO
This award celebrates teaching that transforms the learning of all children and young people, and achieves improved and sustained outcomes.
E whakanui ana tēnei tohu i te whakaako hei āhuatanga whakaumu i te ako o ngā tamariki me ngā taiohi katoa, ā, he huanga nui, mauroa hoki te mutunga iho.
EXCELLENCE IN WELLBEING EDUCATION
TE HIRANGA O TE AKORANGA HAUORA
This award celebrates practices that enhance the wellbeing of all children and young people, and achieves improved and sustained outcomes.
Ka whakanui tēnei tohu i ngā mahi e hāpai ana i te hauora o ngā tamariki me ngā taiohi katoa, e puta ai ngā hua pai, hua mauroa hoki.
2020 EDUCATION FOCUS PRIZE
2020 TE TAONGA MĀTAURANGA
EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION
This prize celebrates teaching and learning that empowers children and young people to develop critical thinking skills, as they explore the impact that people have on the environment, and to take action for a sustainable future.
TE HIRANGA O TE AKORANGA WHAKAPŪMAU TAIAO
Hei whakanui tēnei tohu i ngā akoranga e whakamana ana i ngā tamariki me ngā taiohi kia whanake ai ngā pūkenga whakaaro kaikini, i a rātou e tūhura ana i te pānga a te tangata ki te taiao, me te whai kia pūmau tonu mō ngā rā ki tua.
SUPREME AWARD
TE TOHU NUI
The Prime Minister’s Supreme Award
Te Tohu Nui A Te Pirimia
This award is selected from the winners in the four Award categories and celebrates the most outstanding entry received overall.
Ka kōwhiria tēnei tohu mai i ngā wāhanga Tohu e whā, ā, ka whakanui i te tono pai rawa atu o ngā tono katoa.
IMPORTANT DATES FOR 2020
NGĀ RĀ MATUA MŌ 2020
ENTRIES OPEN KA TUWHERA NGĀ TONO
24 February 2020
24 Huitanguru 2020
ENTRIES CLOSE KA KATI NGĀ TONO
Date under review due to COVID-19 event
ENTRY ASSESSMENT TE AROMATAWAI TONO
April-May 2020
Paengawhāwhā-Haratua 2020
FINALISTS ANNOUNCED NGĀ TORONGA O NGĀ KAIWHAKAWĀ
June 2020
Haratua-Pipiri 2020
JUDGING VISITS TE PŌ TUKU TOHU ME TE HĀKARI NUI
June 2020
Pipiri 2020
CEREMONY & GALA DINNER TE PŌ TUKU TOHU ME TE HĀKARI NUI
August 2020
Maramawaru 2020
Prizes and Benefits
Ngā paraihe me ngā painga
AWARDS
NGĀ TOHU
The winning school, kura or early childhood service in each of the four categories and Education Focus Prize will receive a package that includes a trophy, a certificate, a $20,000 financial award and professional development opportunities.
Ko te toa mō ia wāhanga me te Taonga Mātauranga, mehemea he kura, he ratonga kōhungahunga rānei, ka whiwhi i tētahi taonga, he tiwhikete, he pūtea e $20,000 te rahi me te whai wāhi atu ki ētahi kaupapa whakapiki ngaiotanga.
THE PRIME MINISTER’S SUPREME AWARD
TE TOHU NUI A TE PIRIMIA
SHARE YOUR STORY
TOHAINA TŌ KŌRERO
If your entry is chosen as a finalist, we’ll create a short film showcasing your story that will be shown at the Awards ceremony. It’ll also appear online, so your great work can inspire other teams around the country.
Ki te kōwhiria tō tono hei whiringa toa, ka hangā tētahi kiriata poto hei whakaatu i tā koutou kōrero i te hui mō ngā Tohu. Ka kitea hoki i runga ipurangi, hei whakaihiihi ā koutou mahi i ētahi atu tīma huri noa te motu.