Eyebright Awards

Every day for more than 100 years, teams of Plunket volunteers and nurses have worked together in communities providing innovative solutions and delivering highly valued services to New Zealand families.

Celebrating exceptional teams

Established in 2003, the Eyebright Awards are named after New Zealand’s Eyebright flower Tūtūmako because it flourishes in a variety of terrain and conditions. In 2011 the prize for winning teams has grown, with the addition of two $1500 grants.

Plunket Star Sponsors Wattie’s and Huggies - with 36 collective years of partnership - celebrate these dedicated teams throughout the country with the Eyebright Awards.

How the Eyebright Awards work

There are two categories in which Plunket teams can be nominated for the Eyebright Awards, these are the ‘Working Together’ Team Award and the ‘Innovation’ Team Award.

The Eyebright ‘Working Together’ Team Award is awarded to the team that demonstrates how they worked together to improve or deliver exceptional results for Plunket, or exceptional services to family or community. The Eyebright ‘Innovation’ Team Award is awarded to the team that developed an innovative solution, opportunity or way of working to deliver better service to families, communities or Plunket.

Each winning team is represented at the Awards presentation at the Beehive in Wellington where the Prime Minister presents them with a framed plaque listing every member of the team, and sponsors invest $1500 in a family focused project in the winning teams’ regions. (Read the terms and conditions for the Eyebright Awards 2011).

Nominations for Eyebright Awards are invited from within the Plunket community nationally, and entries are judged by a panel from Plunket’s Māori Health, Operations and Quality & Development leadership.

Read about the 2011 Eyebright Award winners. Check out photos of the winners at New Zealand Parliament on the Plunket Facebook page.