Past recipients: Arch Campbell Award

1994

B Knowles (Royds Consulting) G&E Williams Ltd

The Waitara River Scheme Review Report.

1996

Prof. David Maidment (Centre for Research in Water Resources, University of Texas)

The recipient’s contribution to the modelling of large catchments.

1997

Graham Doull (Manawatu Wanganui Regional Council) John Bright (Lincoln Envrionmental)

Flood hazard in Palmerston North City”, Hydroinformatics 1996 Conference in Zurich, Switzerland.

1999

Paul Mosley

Editorial role in production of “Waters of New Zealand” and “Floods and Droughts,: The New Zealand Experience”

2000

Alastair McKerchar (NIWA)

For his role at the forefront of this country’s regional flood estimation techniques for the previous 20 years and for being an accomplished author with publications including Flood Frequency in NZ in 1989 and Regional Flood Estimation in NZ in 1982.

2001

Rick Jackson

For a career spanning some 30 years in the research of hydrological processes, especially in forest and wetland ecosystems.

2002

Tim Davies (Lincoln University)

For his significant contribution to understanding of river mechanics, debris flows and mitigation of associated natural hazards.

2011

Graeme Smart (NIWA)

For his notable contribution over a number of years including co-authoring Smart, G M and McKerchar, A I (2010). “More Flood Disasters in New Zealand”. Journal of Hydrology (NZ), Vol. 49, No. 2, December 2010.

2012

Murray Hicks (NIWA)

For his significant contribution over a number of years to understanding of sediment transport and geomorphology.

2013

Alastair Barnett (Hydra Software)

For his notable contribution over a number of years including his outstanding contribution to computational hydraulic methods.

2014

Brin Williman (Marlborough District Council)

For his notable contribution and leadership in hydrology, river engineering and management over a number of years including nearly 30 years for the Marlborough District Council.

2015

Peter Blackwood (Horizons Regional Council)

For his notable contribution and leadership in hydrology, river engineering and management over a number of years including work with the Wellington, Bay of Plenty and Horizons Regional Councils.

2016

David Leong (Tonkin & Taylor)

For his advancement of knowledge and practice in the field of applied and engineering hydrology, including his innovative work on a risk-cost approach to optimising multireservoir operation for Auckland’s water supply catchments.

2017

Sharyn Westlake (Greater Wellington Regional Council)

For notable contribution over the past 20 years to the advancement of knowledge and practice in the fields of floodplain management and river engineering

2018

Grant Webby (Damwatch Engineering Ltd)

For notable contribution over his 37 year career to the advancement of knowledge and practice in the fields of hydraulic and river engineering.

2019

Ian Heslop (Environment Canterbury)

For his significant contribution over his 40 year career to the advancement of best practice and knowledge in the field of river engineering and the understanding and communication of residual risk within the communities with whom he has worked.

2021

Hugh MacMurray (Barnett & MacMurray Ltd)

For his outstanding contribution to hydraulic and morphological modelling of New Zealand Rivers.