Hynds Paper of the Year 2025
The Hynds Paper Competition, kindly sponsored by Hynds Pipe Systems for 35 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 Hynds Pipe Systems Award receives funding to attend an international asset management-related conference of their choice up to the value of $7,000. Āpōpō supports the winner seeking a speaker / presenter slot at their selected conference.
The two runners up each receive a $1,000 Prezzy card.
Sincere thanks to Hynds Group for sponsoring this award annually since 1990.
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
Courtney McCrostie
Enhancing Transport Access & Resilience in Marlborough Sounds: Rethinking (reduced) Levels of Service and Affordability
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
Courtney McCrostie, Stantec
Winner (Courtney McCrostie) and Runners up, Andrew Gatland & Cam Gordon, and Bridget O’Brien & Robert van Bentum
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
Marie Socorro Li
Tomorrow's History, Today's Infrastructure
Lenna Quackenbush
Keeping our Heads (and Infrastructure) above Water – Learnings from the US
Winner, Marie Socorro Li, Palmerston North City Council
Winner and Runner ups, Danika Ferguson & Jon Tweed, and Maria Trass
Poster Competition 2025 – Winners
Congratulations to our 2025 winners!
James Lear
If it’s not in the AMP, it’s invisible!
Gemma Mathieson
Optimising Wai Asset Investment for Heretaunga Hastings
Poster Competition winner and runners up
Kate Baird
Iconic Hokitika Gorge Suspension Bridge Renewal
Rahul Yekkar Shenoy
From Strategy to Story: Investment Storysizing
Anna Percy
A bilingual approach to rail decision making
Alicia Paulsen
Delivering Value From Asset Data
Kate Baird
Hokitika Cenotaph Memorial Restoration
Abdul Kaggwa
Building a Thriving Community
Winner of Best Emerging Professional Poster 2025 – James Lear, Pattle Delamore Partners
Winner of Best Open Poster 2025 – Gemma Mathieson, Infrastructure Decision Support
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
