Paramount Services Named Westpac Supplier of the Year 2025
Paramount Services named Westpac’s Supplier of the Year 2025, celebrating excellence, sustainability, and partnership across NZ.
Awards
Awards Press Releases, New Zealand
Reuben’s Brought Home the Bacon… and the Ham!
Rueben Sharples, owner of The Aussie Butcher New Lynn, is proud to share that his team has picked up six medals at the 2025 100% New Zealand Bacon & Ham Awards, including three shiny Golds for their standout bacon and ham.
Cluck Above the Rest: The Chook Tree Takes Top Tree Title
North Otago’s beloved Chook Tree has been crowned the winner of the 2025 Tree of the Year New Zealand. Chosen by public vote from a shortlist of six finalists, the quirky, chicken-shaped macrocarpa captured the nation’s imagination and topped this year’s record-breaking poll.
Local Tree Icon – A Finalist for Tree of the Year NZ 2025
One week into voting for New Zealand’s 2025 Tree of the Year, and the competition is already taking root in the hearts of Kiwis nationwide and abroad. Run by the NZ Notable Trees Trust, Tree of the Year is a celebration of the iconic trees that shape our landscapes, memories, and communities.
Auckland’s Fairy Tree Trails the Field in National Voting
Auckland’s own Fairy Tree, nestled in the heart of the Domain, is currently languishing in last place in the 2025 New Zealand Tree of the Year competition—but there’s still time for a fairy-tale comeback.
Voting Opens for 2025 New Zealand Tree of the Year
Tree of the Year NZ 2025 launches this week, inviting the public to vote for their favourite from a shortlist of six remarkable trees across the country. Run by the NZ Notable Trees Trust, Tree of the Year is a celebration of the iconic trees that shape our landscapes, memories, and communities.
Voting is Open for the Nation’s Favourite Bacon and Ham
Support Reuben Sharples and the Aussie Butcher New Lynn Team in the 2025 People’s Choice Awards
Design Builders Triumphs at 2024 Registered Master Builders House of the Year Awards
Design Builders is proud to announce its exceptional performance at the 2024 Registered Master Builders House of the Year Awards. Known as the pinnacle of excellence in New Zealand’s residential building industry, the competition saw Design Builders take home an impressive tally of awards, including 1 Silver, 4 Golds, 1 Regional Category Winner, and 2 Top 100 placements.
Andrea Martinisi 2nd at ASI Sommeliers
Andrea Martinisi placed 2nd at the ASI Association of Sommeliers Asia-Oceania Competition in Tokyo. This competition is the most important international event for wine and beverage professionals working in restaurants and hotels in Asia and Oceania. Held every three years, 24 candidates from 13 countries lined up for the 2022 contest.
Landscape of the year 2021 supreme winner crowned
Humphreys Landscaping has secured the coveted Landscape of the Year 2021 supreme award at tonight’s Landscapes of Distinction Awards in Christchurch, with its winning entry ‘Herne Bay House’. The ‘Herne Bay House’ entry also scooped up first place gold medals in the premier awards section in the construction, design and horticulture categories.
TIDA Award for NZ Design and Build Company
Design Builders Waikato is the proud recipient of a Trends International Design Awards 2020 award for an innovative New York loft-style home in Hamilton.
Innovate 2019 Awards
Innovate 2019 announces 4 prizes and 3 winners.
Advanced Security announced as NZSA Security Integrator of the Year 2019
The New Zealand Security Association held its prestigious awards ceremony on Friday 23rd August 2019, which recognises excellence and outstanding service delivery provided by those who work within the security industry.
NZ Distilleries in Excellent Spirits after International Wins!
NZ distilleries are producing world-class spirits with a number of boutique operations out-performing the global greats in the recent International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC) held in London. In particular NZ was well represented in the medal haul for Gin, Rum & Vodka. Of the 20 categories, seven Kiwi distilleries were awarded 11 medals between them – 7 Bronze, 3 Silver and 1 Gold.
Cruise Milford in TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards
A family-owned business showcasing the wonders of Milford Sound has been recognised as a Top 10 New Zealand experience in the 2019 TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards.
LINK Christchurch Win International Awards
At the LINK International Awards last week in Bangkok, the Christchurch & South Island LINK Franchisee office received the LINK Most Improved Office of the Year Award 2018 and the LINK Spirit Award 2018.
Global Award for Organisational Resilience
Last week Christchurch researcher Dr Erica Seville was awarded an honorary fellow of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), a prestigious award that recognises her innovation at the forefront of research in organisational resilience globally.
Metro NZ Shortlisted for an Award
An Auckland-based property management company with operations in New Zealand, Europe, and the Middle East has been announced as a finalist for one of Auckland’s most prestigious business awards.
NZ Sommeliers Triumph
The New Zealand Sommelier of the Year 2018 has been won by Marek Przyborek of Huami Restaurant at Sky City. The title was announced by Head Judge Cameron Douglas MS at the New Zealand Sommelier and Wine Professionals Awards Dinner earlier this week. In a close-run competition, Andrea Martinisi from the Grove and Baduzzi Restaurants in Auckland and Maciej Zimny from Noble Rot in Wellington were runners-up.
Intuition Book 5th Place in 2018 Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Book Awards
Wellingtonian author Zamm Zamudio’s debut book – ‘Intuition: Discover the Inner Workings of Our World Book 1’ – was awarded the 5th place at the recently concluded 2018 Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Book Awards. The awards ceremony was held at the Hopetoun Alpha, 19 Beresford Square, Auckland Central.