Hynds Paper of the Year 2024
The Hynds Paper Competition, kindly sponsored by Hynds Pipe Systems for 34 years now.
All Āpōpō members who have a paper accepted for presentation are eligible to enter the Hynds Paper Award.
Judges select the three best papers for presentation in the Hynds Pipe Systems Paper Session on the first day of the Congress. The winner will be decided by audience vote on the day.
Prizes
The winner of the 2024 Hynds Pipe Systems Award will attend and present their paper at the 2025 IPWEA Queensland annual conference (or equivalent conference), all expenses paid, including for their personal partner, to the total value of $6,000. The two runners up will each receive a $1,000 travel voucher.
Sincere thanks to Hynds Group for sponsoring this award annually since 1990.
Any queries, please feel free to contact us.
The Hynds Award was established by John Hynds in 1990 to encourage Āpōpō members to improve their presentation skills, by presenting papers on asset management and engineering for infrastructure.
We’ve had more than 30 years of the Hynds Award – that’s more than 90 people who have had the opportunity to demonstrate and hone their presentation skills.
Hynds support is a significant contribution to the advancement of the Asset Management profession.
Previous Hynds Award Winners
Liam Foster
Embracing sponge cities: A nature-based approach to urban climate change adaptation in Aotearoa New Zealand
Kat Dever-Tod and Stu Farrant
Flooded classrooms inspiring environmental education
Rebekah Robertson and Alex Cartwright
How to communicate risk when it feels like no one is listening
Chris Shanks
Dynamic catchment risk assessment – innovative tools for water security decision-making
James Thorne
Intuitive Decision Making for Infrastructure Strategists
Irmana Garcia Sampedro
How to Plan for an Earthquake Event
David Langford
Blurring the lines with the New Plymouth District Council professional services collaborative contract
Carey Morris
Is Cheap Real Value?
Chris Maguire
Standardising Standards and Creating Best Practice
Simon Bush
Agent base modelling, a quiet revolution in asset management
Phil Cahill (Dunedin City Council)
3 Waters and the Amis Programme
Caroline Boot (Plan A)
Value for Money Starts With Clever Buying
Joanna Orr (Downer)
The Ruby Bay Bypass
Mark Faulkner (OPUS International Consultants Ltd)
Landslip Stabilisation - Turei Hill, Kawakawa Bay
Andrew Washington (Timaru District Council)
An alternative approach to managing waste water flows during rain events
Winner
Liam Foster, WSP
Runners up, Dan Jones, GHD and Jack Morris, WSP.
Emerging Professionals Presentation Competition
We also have our Emerging Professionals Presentation Competition – a space for members new to the industry to show off their presentation skills.
Emerging Professionals Presentation Competition winners
Lenna Quackenbush
Keeping our Heads (and Infrastructure) above Water – Learnings from the US
Winner, Lenna Quackenbush, GHD
Runner up, Kanishk Garg, WSP
Poster Competition 2025 – open now
Entries for the 2025 Āpōpō Congress Poster Competition are now open and close 5pm Friday 11 April.
This year there are two categories “Best Student Poster” and “Best Open Poster”.
Poster Competition winner and runner up
Kate Baird
Hokitika Cenotaph Memorial Restoration
Abdul Kaggwa
Building a Thriving Community
Winner of Best Emerging Professional Poster and Best Overall Poster, Kate Baird, Westland District Council
Runner up of Best Emerging Professional Poster and Best Overall Poster Abdul Kaggwa, Waikato District Council
Āpōpō Asset Management Excellence Awards
Celebrating excellence in asset management
Āpōpō Scholarships
Scholarships designed to advance the careers of infrastructure asset management professionals
Kōmata o Te Rangi
The Āpōpō Supreme Infrastructure Asset Management Excellence Award
