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Trustpower National Community Awards,
The Friends of Motueka Hospital Trust, representing Nelson City and Tasman District, has been named Supreme Winner at the prestigious TrustPower National Community Awards which were announced on 13 March at the 2009 TrustPower National Community Awards Dinner, held at the World of Wearable Arts and Classic Cars Museum in Nelson. The Runner-Up was the Katikati Open-Air Art, representing the Western Bay of Plenty District.
The Friends of Motueka Hospital Trust was established after the Nelson Marlborough District Health Board decided to close the existing community hospital in Motueka. The people of Motueka joined forces to fight the closure and in the process ended up fundraising and building a new hospital to meet the community's needs. The new 45 bed community hospital boasts state of the art equipment, an ensuite bathroom for all rooms and a therapeutic bath with its own lifting equipment.
At the TrustPower National Community Awards the Trust gave a heartfelt eight minute presentation during which they told the participants of how nearly every person in Motueka was involved in the effort to build their hospital and how they are now fundraising to extend the facility.
All participating finalists contribute towards choosing the winner supported by a panel of independent judges who including Heather Clark representing Volunteering NZ. She described the event as amazing and inspirational.
The Awards were also filmed by a TVNZ 6 crew, who will be profiling the Supreme Winner and Runner Up through a new series called Volunteer Power, to screen on TVNZ 6 in late May.