Celebrating antimicrobial resistance champions
The AMR Award celebrates people and groups who are helping to fight antimicrobial resistance.
Established by New Zealand Food Safety, the award recognises individuals, teams, or organisations making a real difference in reducing AMR risks in New Zealand. The work to reduce AMR risks might include:
- spreading awareness about AMR
- preventing and controlling disease
- using strong biosecurity practices
- creating animal or plant health programmes to reduce the need for antibiotics
- promoting responsible antibiotic use
- reducing unnecessary antibiotic use
The recipient was announced during World AMR Awareness Week, with the 2025 award going to Taranaki Veterinary Centre.
Taranaki Veterinary Centre showed a strong commitment to reducing antibiotic use in their practice. Their efforts led to a significant reduction in the use of critical antibiotics and whole herd dry cow antibiotics. They are a leading example of the strong behaviour change in staff and clients that can be achieved when focussing on the whole ecosystem of antibiotic stewardship.
