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WINNER MARCH
2015: HABITAT FOR
HUMANITY RESTORE
ReStore won the Sustainability
Champion Award for its contribution
to the community and mission of
increasing social sustainability. With
projects taking place in both Aotearoa
New Zealand and internationally,
Habitat for Humanity works with
families to ensure they are living
safely and healthily in their homes.
ReStore is a second hand shop
whose profits help fund Habitat for
Humanity projects.
“ Moving into our Habitat home has
given us stability and peace of mind.
Our children can always come back
to their home and know there will
always be someone there. We are not
constantly moving around. It just
means peace.”
Dornan family, Hamilton.
ReStore in Te Awamutu is also
working to minimise environmental
impacts by discouraging customers
from using plastic bags, and
following a 100 per cent recycling
policy for their clothing donations
with items that are not resalable
being turned into rags. To support
their work, go to
www.habitat.org.nzor visit them at 240 Sloane Street.
WINNER APRIL 2015: MATARIKI MOTOR LODGE
Matariki Motor Lodge won the Sustainability Champion Award for their
excellent water management practices. As well as collecting their own
rainwater for washing linen and other laundry, they have a number of practices
in place to ensure this limited resource is not wasted.
These practices include giving guests the option to not have their towels
washed every day, washing bed linen every 3 days (as opposed to daily) for
their long stayers, and using water-efficient front-load washers to clean their
laundry. Their next goal is to shift to only using 100 per cent biodegradable
cleaning products, to avoid damage to local water quality.
“ Capacities to process both freshwater and wastewater are limited in Te Awamutu,
but water is a resource we often take for granted. It is great to see a business that
is considering their use of this resource so carefully.”
Simon Gascoigne, Waikato Environment Centre.
Matariki Motor Lodge is at 425 Kihikihi Road and can be contacted on
0800 4 MATARIKI (0800 4 62827454).