Thursday 6th December marks 6 years since Peter was tragically killed. We hope you will take the time to reflect on what he achieved during his lifetime, and to read what the Sir Peter Blake Trust is doing to honour his memory.

Two New Trustees:

We officially welcome two new Trustees to our Board: Professor John Montgomery and Steven Carden.

Professor John Montgomery holds a Personal Chair in Biological Sciences, is the Chair of Marine Science at the University of Auckland, and Director of the Leigh Marine Laboratory. His work has been recognised by an International Brain Research Organisation Fellowship, a Fulbright Scholarship and the New Zealand Physiological Society Gold Medal. He is a member of the Board of Antarctica New Zealand.

Steven Carden was appointed a Sir Peter Blake Emerging Leader in 2005 while working for McKinsey and Co in New York. He has since moved back to New Zealand, working for McKinsey’s in Auckland. In June this year, he published his first book, New Zealand Unleashed: The country, its future, and the people who will get it there. In 1998, Steven founded the First Foundation, after recognising the need to assist talented, but financially disadvantaged youth in reaching their potential.

Trust Clothing launched: 

The Sir Peter Blake Trust has launched a range of clothing in partnership with Line 7. The range has classic, sports and children's clothing options. Purchasing these items will support our environmental and leadership programmes. Check out the range on our website www.sirpeterblaketrust.org and consider making a purchase for your Christmas stockings! 

Care For Our Coast Programme:

Fuji Xerox (a Leading Partner) has set the benchmark by getting involved with the Care for our Coast programme. Last week they invited corporate clients to do a beach clean up. It was an extremely successful day on Takapuna beach, where the clean up team of 24 people managed to scour the entire beach for debris. Some of the interesting items included 2000 cigarette butts, two syringes, and a car tyre, with a total of 5852 pieces! Once again plastics were significant, and most participants were surprised at the findings on what looked like a relatively clean beach. ::Click this link - to see the official results sheet::

Website Development:

In alignment with the Care for our Coast programme, our website design company, Shift, has recently revamped the site. It now has an interactive section where students, community groups and individuals can enter their beach clean up data. The site provides a summary of their results and how they compare to the rest of the nationwide clean ups. ::Click this link:: to view the Trust's interactive site.

Antarctic Youth Ambassador:

Jay Piggott, the inaugural Antarctic Youth Ambassador, has returned from Scott Base totally inspired. To learn more about his experience on the ice, ::click here for images and video footage::

Happy Holidays:

We would like to wish our leading partners (Westpac, Lion Foundation and Fuji Xerox) and our many supporters, who make the Trust programmes possible, a Happy New Year. Thank you for your continued support.

Kind regards, Vicki and Laura