MANAWATU/WAIRARAPA 2020 LOCAL HERO MEDALLISTS

As part of the 2020 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards, the winners in the Local Heroes category were presented with their awards tonight at a special medal presentation ceremony held at the Caccia Birch Homestead in Palmerston North.

Back row: La-Shaz Te Whata (collecting on behalf of Kiesha Dais), Jess Rose Collins, Pania Te-Paiho Marsh, Anita Nunn, Noel Beavers, Linda Lake, Sahana Rose, Jemal Weston, Daniel Miller, Carys Gibbs

Front row: Aaron Schroder, Helen Dew, Shona Daube, Rae Patten, Yvonne Stirling, Professor Nancy Kinross, Samuel Milligan

Absent: Maree Roy, Sandy Ryan