Council awards water science prize

Environment Waikato has awarded a $500 water science prize to Waikato University student Kate Wilkins.

The Regional Council awards an annual prize to the most outstanding third year student taking a water science paper at Waikato University. Kate is intending to complete a Master’s degree and is concentrating on the study of plants and wetlands. She had had an outstanding record of scholarship since she began university, the Council was told.

The prize is $500 worth of book vouchers.