We are here to inspire and celebrate leadership in action.
The Sir Peter Blake Trust was established to showcase Sir Peter’s visionary leadership and to inspire these qualities in all New Zealanders.
One of the ways in which The Trust celebrates great leadership is through the annual Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards. The Blake Medal and Emerging Leader awards recognise the achievements of outstanding New Zealand leaders whose stories, like Sir Peter’s, set them apart as role models for us all.
The award ceremony opens New Zealand Leadership Week, during which the relevance and value of leadership in shaping the future of our nation are explored and examples of great leadership are celebrated. Schools, businesses and organisations around the country participate in a range of events designed to develop leadership capability and motivate future leaders.
The Trust also encourages environmental leadership in our young people through programmes which develop their awareness of our marine environment and encourage them to take action to safeguard its future.
Sir Peter’s particular focus for the environment was on water. Having sailed around the world five times and clocked up over half a million nautical miles, he was acutely aware of the deterioration of our oceans and the important role water plays in our quality of life.
We want to restart people caring for the environment as it must be cared for, and we want to do this through adventure, through participation, through education and through enjoyment.”— Sir Peter Blake
Through the Trust’s practical initiatives we will inspire and celebrate leadership in action and during New Zealand Leadership Week we will encourage our environmental leaders to don Sir Peter Blake’s lucky red socks and ‘wear the socks of a leader’.
