South Alive – the South Invercargill Urban Rejuvenation Charitable Trust – has been named runner-up at the Trustpower National Community Awards.

The Edgecumbe Volunteer Fire Brigade (representing Whakatāne District) was the supreme winner and the Kura Precious Ones Special Needs Support Group (Wairoa District) won the Whetū Mātaiata Award.

The awards were announced on Saturday, 14 April 2018, at the 2017  Trustpower awards dinner, held at the Kawarau Bungy Centre, Queenstown.

The Edgecumbe brigade received a trophy, $4,000 in prize money and a $1,000 Exult voucher; South Alive received $2,500 prize money, and Kura support group received an Exult consultancy service package to the value of $3,250.