Awards

Arch Campbell Award​​

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This Award was established in memory of Arch Campbell to recognise his very significant contribution to soil conservation and river control and management in New Zealand.

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Who was Arch Campbell?

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Arch Campbell served the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Council and the subsequent National Water and Soil Conservation Organisation, which at the time was at the forefront of technical and policy developments. A major symposium on water, which he helped to organise in 1964, led to many recommendations to the government and the formation of an Engineering and Scientific Committee on Water of NZIE and the Royal Society of NZ. He co-chaired this committee for many years, organising six-yearly Water Conferences.

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Arch was also the chairman of the New Zealand Institution of Engineers Technical Group on Water and organised lively symposia on relevant topics within the annual NZIE conferences. Many engineers and water scientists now retired or in the latter stages of their careers will remember his wise mentoring and counsel.​

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More about the award

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The Award was initiated at the 1994 Water Conference. The award at the time was for best-presented paper or written report (for public release) on any matter related to hydrology, river or stream hydraulics, or river control methods in New Zealand.

 

The recipient of the Award received a framed certificate and cash prize. In 2009 a joint initiative between Engineering New Zealand and Water New Zealand resulted in the establishment of a joint Rivers Group. At the suggestion of David Best, a life member of NZWWA, and with the agreement of Arch Campbell’s family, the award was entrusted to the Rivers Group.