Thank you for all your hard mahi!
Thank you to every single person, team, school, church and workplace who participated in this year's World Vision 40 Hour Challenge. You showed next-level compassion, drive and creativity in your efforts to give kids like Polyne food for today, and a future for tomorrow.
National Awards
Te Manawa, Big Hearted Award
For embodying a heart for justice through the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge.
- Charlie Van Asten - Howick College
Auahatanga, Most Creative Award People's Choice
For showing a spirit of creativity and courage.
- Waiuku College
- Mount Maunganui College
- Tauhara College
- Timaru Boys' High School
- Tawa College
- Mt Pleasant Primary School X Wicked Rogaines
Spirit of Dulcie Award
For going above and beyond to display the values of humility, leadership and generosity.
- Flynn Harrington - Tauhara College
Regional Awards
Above and Beyond Award
For going above and beyond to fundraise, showing tenacity and initiative in their fundraising efforts.
- Remuera Intermediate
- Pasadena Intermediate
- Woodford House
- Aidanfield Christian School
Kaiwhakahau, Advocacy Award
For showing innovation in spreading the word about the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge.
- Hamilton Boys' High School
- Korokoro School
- Middleton Grange School
Ngākau Aroha, Compassion Award
For showing kindness and compassion in your community and beyond in this year's World Vision 40 Hour Challenge.
- Saint Kentigern College
- Evans Bay Intermediate
- Shirley Boys' High School
Auahatanga, Most Creative Fundraising Award
For showing a spirit of creativity and courage in this year's World Vision 40 Hour Challenge.
- Botany Downs Secondary College
- Johnsonville School
- Mount Aspiring College
Hapori, Community Engagement Award
For the ability of your leaders to inspire and mobilise their wider community.
- Rangitoto College
- St Johns Hill
- Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School
Isaiah 58 Award
For making a real difference and in acknowledgement of your dedication to bringing hope and restoration to the world's most vulnerable children.
- Bethlehem College
- Longburn Adventist College
- Hillview Christian College
Educational Partner Award
For deepening student's understanding of global citizenship through the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge.
- Tauranga Girls' College
- Wairarapa College Hutt Intermediate
- Cashmere High School
Outstanding Organisers Award
For inspiring and leading students to become global changemakers.
- Kelly Porima & Fiona Stapleton - Fairfield Intermediate
- Nicole Rakete & Peter Reynolds - Pinehurst School
- Teresa Thompson - Aidanfield Christian School
- Jerome Brown - Pasadena Intermediate
- Jo McInerey St Johns Hill
- Melissa Lilley Korokoro
- Meg Somerville - Kings' High School
Student Leadership Team Award
For being an outstanding organising student team, displaying teamwork, leadership and collaboration.
- Macleans College
- Mount Maunganui Intermediate
- Botany Downs Secondary College
- Paeroa College
- Westlake Girls' High School
- Tauhara College
- Scots College
- Johnsonville School
- Central Southland College
- Shirley Boys' High School and Avonside Girls' High School
- Rangi Ruru Girls' School
Whanaungatanga Award
Celebrating new partnerships in the World Vision Whānau.
- Nga Iwi School
- Sutton Park School
- Korokoro School
- Raumati Beach School
- Rongotai College
- Island Bay School
- Fernridge School
- Hampstead School
- Timaru Christian School
- South Westland Area School
- Lincoln Primary School
- Te Kura O Take Karara
Greatest Individual Impact Award
For creating a significant impact through the World Vision 40 Hour Challenge 2025.
- Houston Elliott - Saint Kentigern College
- Olivia Grace Datt - Hamilton Christian School
- Sophia Peiris - Remuera Intermediate
- Elijah Lee - Saint Kentigern College
- Tom Robinson - Saint Kentigern College
- Ayaan Pirani - Saint Kentigern College
- Mia Denholm - Saint Kentigern College
- Henry Greville - Remuera Intermediate
- Shikara Gunanayagam - Papatoetoe High School
- Hunter Mahood - Remuera Intermedate
- Abigail Birch - Longburn Adventist College
- Liam Chardon - Winchester School
- Cushana-Tiare Warren-Peu - Longburn Adventist College
- Edward Florentine - Rongotai College
- Siyala Diasvanbreda - Scots College
- Esther Harry - Woodford House
- Olivia Hall - Tauhara College
- Ella Chaffe - Nga Tawa Diocesan School
- Bella Despostio - Woodford House
- Willo Heberley - Fernridge School
- Luan Peterle - Kings' High School
- Rebecca Waldin - Aidanfield Christian School
- Divya Pereira - St Margaret's College
- Kiran Pereira - The Cathedral Grammar School
- Jenny Willers - Motueka High School
- Zachary Martin - Aidanfield Christian School
- Anna Beach - Hillview Christian School
- Xanthe Ward - St Andrew's College
- Jasmine H - St Andrew's College
- Oscar Edmond - Te Kura o Paeraki | Mt Pleasant School