Ruapehu District Council is reminding people that nominations for the Citizen of the Year Awards close on Friday, October 6.
Ruapehu mayor Don Cameron said Ruapehu's Citizen of the Year Awards was an opportunity to recognise the people who provided the backbone for many of the essential community services that we all rely on someone doing every day.
"These are the fantastic, selfless, volunteer workers in our communities who are always stepping up and helping out, or chipping away behind the scenes to get things done, and working to make someone else's life better," he said.
Mr Cameron said he would really like to encourage people to have a think about the people they know like this and to nominate them for the award.
"We now need their friends, colleagues and admirers to put them forward for the recognition they deserve."