Gore High student Hamish Goatley is the recipient of this year's Gore District Council Senior Supreme Award.

Last Saturday's Gore Youth Awards were held at the SBS St James Theatre in Gore, with guest MC and speaker double gold medal Paralympian blade-runner Liam Malone.

The awards have become a key event for young people in the Gore District who are not typically recognised by mainstream awards ceremonies.

This year's full list of winners:

Blue Light Leadership Award - Junior

• Winner - Lucy Swain

• Runner-up - Emily Chamberlain

Blue Light Leadership Award - Senior

• Winner - Jakob Harrex

Community Networking Trust Inclusion and Diversity Award

• Winner - St Peter's College Kapa Haka group

• Winner - Thomas and Samuel McKenzie / Thea and Lauryn Pinckney

The Ensign Entrepreneurship Award

• Winner - Hamish Goatley

Working for Youth Award

• Winner - Svetlana McGregor

• Runner-up - Tom Dennison

McDonough Contracting Outstanding Youth Champion Award

• Winner - Freya Bools

Workplace Safety Southland Non-Conformist Award - Junior

• Winner - Ben Heaps

• Winner - Seba Metzler

• Runner-up - Taylah Friend

• Highly Commended - Tom Terry

Workplace Safety Southland Non-Conformist Award 

• Senior Winner - Jasmine Gilder

Soroptimist International of Gore Overcomers Award - Junior

• Winner - Jayden Gifford

Soroptimist International of Gore Overcomers Award

• Senior Winner - Hayley Webb

• Runner-up - Teegan Hall

Gore District Council Junior Supreme Award

Winner - Lucy Swain

Gore District Council Senior Supreme Award

Winner - Hamish Goatley