| COVID-19 Response Recognition Award | |
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| Type | Service award |
| Awarded for | Contributing to New Zealand's COVID-19 response frontline workforce |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Presented by | New Zealand Government |
| Eligibility | New Zealand individuals and organisations |
| Status | Only awarded in 2023 |
The COVID-19 Response Recognition Award is a service award established by the New Zealand government in 2022 to recognise individuals and organisations who contributed to New Zealand’s frontline workforce COVID-19 response. The award was distributed from late January 2023 to approximately 80,000 individual recipients.
The award was in the form of a lapel pin and certificate, designed and manufactured by Mayer and Toye of Wellington. People that were eligible to receive the award included those who worked for at least a month in total as part of the managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) system, at the border, in COVID-19 testing, vaccination or contact tracing, or as medical staff caring for COVID-19 patients.
The organisational award, in the form of a digital certificate, was awarded to organisations that contributed to New Zealand's COVID-19 response as part of the MIQ system, either as an active frontline organisation, a contracted supplier of services for MIQ, or an iwi partner or community group supporting people staying in MIQ facilities.
References
- ^ "COVID-19 Response Recognition Award". Ministsry of Business, Innovation & Employment. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Covid-19 Response Recognition Award recipients revealed". RNZ News. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- "COVID-19 Response Recognition Award lapel badges and citations". GETS. Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.