Loder Cup
{{Short description|New Zealand conservation award}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2025}}
File:2010 Loder Cup Presentation 024.jpg
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".{{cite web |url= https://www.doc.govt.nz/news/events/awards/loder-cup-award/ |title=Loder Cup Award |publisher=Department of Conservation |accessdate=10 August 2020}} 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:{{cite web |url= https://www.doc.govt.nz/news/events/awards/loder-cup-award/all-winners-from-1929/ |title=All Loder Cup winners from 1929 |publisher=Department of Conservation |access-date=9 October 2023}}
- 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{{cite journal |last=Smith |first=Val |date=August 2007 |title=Eponymous orchids |url=http://www.nativeorchids.co.nz/Journals/104/page14.htm |journal=New Zealand Native Orchid Journal |issue=104 |accessdate=28 January 2018}}
- 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{{cite web|url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/minister+congratulates+winner+conservation+award|title=Minister congratulates winner of conservation award|date=18 December 2007|publisher=Beehive – NZ Govt|accessdate=10 August 2010}}
- 2008 – Shannel Courtney{{cite web|url=http://feeds.beehive.govt.nz/release/top+conservationist+celebrated|title=Top conservationist celebrated|date=10 September 2008|publisher=Beehive – NZ Govt|accessdate=10 August 2010}}
- 2009 – Philip Simpson{{cite web|url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/nelson+botanist+wins+premier+conservation+award|title=Nelson botanist wins premier conservation award|date=29 July 2009|publisher=Beehive – NZ Govt|accessdate=10 August 2010}}
- 2010 – Colin Burrows{{cite web|url=http://feeds.beehive.govt.nz/release/christchurch+botanist+awarded+loder+cup|title=Christchurch botanist awarded Loder Cup|date=10 August 2010|publisher=Beehive – NZ Govt|accessdate=10 August 2010}}
- 2011 – Mark Dean{{cite web|url=http://feeds.beehive.govt.nz/release/tauranga-horticulturalist-wins-loder-cup|title=Tauranga horticulturalist wins Loder Cup|date=11 September 2011|publisher=New Zealand Government|accessdate=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319215224/http://feeds.beehive.govt.nz/release/tauranga-horticulturalist-wins-loder-cup|archive-date=19 March 2012|url-status=dead}}
- 2012 – Ralph Allen{{cite news|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/225287/dunedin-ecologist-joins-heady-group-loder-cup-winners |title= Dunedin ecologist joins 'heady group' of Loder Cup winners |date=11 September 2012|work=Otago Daily Times |accessdate=6 January 2013}}
- 2013 – Nick Head
- 2014 – Clive Paton
- 2015/16 – Barbara and Neill Simpson{{cite news |last1=Chandler |first1=Philip |title=A Loder good work |url=http://www.scene.co.nz/a-loder-good-work/324955a1.page |accessdate=7 February 2016 |work=Mountain Scene |date=20 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008190324/http://www.scene.co.nz/a-loder-good-work/324955a1.page |archive-date=8 October 2015 |url-status=dead }}
- 2017 – Peter de Lange
- 2018 – Robert McGowan
- 2019 – Chris Horne
- 2020 – Graeme Atkins
- 2021 – Beverley Clarkson{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/waikato-news/news/renowned-wetland-expert-wins-loder-cup-conservation-award/AGKHTE7SKTSB74IGKGCXKFLYVM/ |title=Renowned wetland expert wins Loder Cup conservation award |date=29 April 2022 |work=Waikato Herald |access-date=1 May 2022}}
- 2022 – Simon Walls
- 2023 – Mike Harding
Publications
- {{cite book|title=The history of the Loder Cup: a review of the first twenty-five years|publisher=Loder Cup Committee |location=Wellington|date=1960}}
- {{Cite book
| publisher = Dept. of Conservation
| isbn = 047801273X
| title = The history of the Loder Cup, 1926-1990
| location = Wellington
| date = 1991
}}