The Loder Cup is a New Zealand conservation award. It was donated by Gerald Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst in 1926 to "encourage and honour New Zealanders who work to investigate, promote, retain and cherish our indigenous flora". The Minister of Conservation awards the Loder Cup to a person or group of people who best represent the objectives of the Cup.
Recipients The Loder Cup has been awarded to the following individuals and groups: 1929 – Duncan and Davies Ltd, New Plymouth 1930 – Henry Bennett and son 1931 – Henry Bennett and son 1933 – T. Waugh and son 1934 – Lord Bledisloe 1935 – Trustees of R. C. Bruce 1936 – John Scott Thomson & George Simpson 1937 – Auckland Institute & Museum and Lucy Cranwell 1938 – Elizabeth Knox Gilmer 1939 – W. A. Thomson 1940 – P. H. Johnson 1941 – Edward Earle Vaile 1942 – A. W. Wastney 1943 – James Speden 1944 – Norman Potts 1945 – Walter Boa Brockie 1946 – Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society and Val Sanderson 1947 – N. R. W. Thomas 1948 – Andrew Davidson Beddie 1949 – Noeline Baker 1950 – Arthur Paul Harper 1951 – Lance McCaskill 1952 – Marguerite Crookes 1953 – Pérrine Moncrieff 1954 – Norman L. Elder 1955 – Michael Christian Gudex 1956 – Frank Singleton Holman 1957 – Frederick William Lokan 1958 – Ernest Corbett 1959 – Charles Cameron 1960 – William Marton 1961 – Charles Thomas Keeble 1962 – Bernard H. M. Teague 1963 – Nancy Adams 1964 – David Alfred Bathgate 1965 – Arthur Farnell 1966 – Oliver Hunter 1967 – John Salmon 1968 – Victor C. Davies 1969 – Pat Devlin 1970 – Muriel E. and William E. Fisher 1971 – Violet Briffault 1972 – Arthur David Mead 1973 – Katie Reynolds 1974 – Alexander Walter Anderson 1975 – Alan Mark 1976 – Waipahihi Botanical Society, Taupo 1977 – Reginald Ivan Bell 1978 – Lawrence J. Metcalf 1979 – Roger & Christina Sutton 1980 – Whangarei Native Forest & Bird Protection Society (Inc.) 1981 – Raymond H. Mole 1982 – Arthur William Ericson 1983 – Roy J. Peacock 1984 – Eric Godley 1985 – Audrey Eagle 1986 – Roderick Syme 1987 – Hugh Wilson 1988 – Arthur Blair Cowan 1989 – no award 1990 – Brian Molloy 1991 – Reginald Janes 1992 – Gordon and Celia Stephenson 1993 – Michael Greenwood 1994 – Peter Johnson 1995 – David Given 1996 – Native Forests Restoration Trust 1997 – Isabel Morgan 1998 – Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi Island 1999 – Chris and Brian Rance 2000 – Jorge Santos 2001 – Colin Meurk 2002 – Marge Maddren 2003 – Gerry McSweeney 2004 – Colin Ogle 2005 – Ewen Cameron 2006 – Bruce Clarkson 2007 – Amanda Baird 2008 – Shannel Courtney 2009 – Philip Simpson 2010 – Colin Burrows 2011 – Mark Dean 2012 – Ralph Allen 2013 – Nick Head 2014 – Clive Paton 2015/16 – Barbara and Neill Simpson 2017 – Peter de Lange 2018 – Robert McGowan 2019 – Chris Horne 2020 – Graeme Atkins 2021 – Beverley Clarkson 2022 – Simon Walls 2023 – Mike Harding 2024 – John Barkla 2025 – Kelvin Lloyd
Publications
See also Conservation in New Zealand List of environmental awards
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