Awards Press Releases

Queenstown based company Scrattch has been named in the Start Up Open GEW 50.

The Econo Lodge Westshore Beach & Inn has won a coveted 2012 TripAdvisor Excellence Award for its outstanding Bistro.

Its time to recognise our Young Executives! Now in its 17th year, the NZIM/Eagle Technology Young Executive of the Year Award was created to recognise stand out individuals who are prepared to go beyond perceived limitations and strive for personal and organisational excellence.

SPROUT will host the inaugural Indian Sports & Community Awards ceremony on 26th May 2012 at the brand new 4 star Sudima Hotel near Auckland International Airport.

Lisa Powers, formerly from New York, now living in Christchurch was honoured at the 5th Annual Photography Masters Cup in London.

The International Travel College (ITC) were delighted to be announced as a finalist at the inaugural Westpac Central Business Awards, at Oram’s Marina.

Barkers Menswear named the only New Zealand finalist in the Online Retail Industry Awards Barkers Menswear (www.barkersonline.co.nz) has been named as the only New Zealand finalist in the Online Retail Industry Awards, commonly known as the ORIAs. Barkers has worked with ecommerce specialists Solutionists (www.solutionists.co.nz) since 2007 to deliver and enhance their website, which will be up against five Australian companies, including Dick Smith, in the Best Multichannel Retailer category.

Congratulations to VIANDS Bakery of KihiKihi and Te Awamutu, for becoming only the second ever entrant to win the coveted supreme award with a FRUIT PIE.

The Mud House 2010 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc has been awarded “Gastropub Wine of the Year” at the prestigious Sommelier Awards in London.

In a compelling final, Sumner artist Kim Robertson took out the 2nd annual Akaroa MasterCook competition.

Technoform’s innovative insulating spacers for the aluminium window and door industry have been nominated as a finalist in the Buildnz trade show as “product of the show 2011”.

Redvespa Consultants wins the 2011 NZ Hi-Tech Awards Employer of Choice category.

Itti bitti have been nominated in the best modern cloth nappy category in the OhBaby! Awards.

Conceived and birthed in the Waikato town of Cambridge, mahu Mother and Baby skincare has gone from on-line to securing distribution of mahu baby to Countdown, Woolworths and Foodtown supermarkets New Zealand wide, to becoming nominated in four categories in the inaugural OhBaby! New Zealand Awards for creating outstanding pregnancy and baby products!

Made4Baby is excited to announce that 3 products in the Made4Baby range have been nominated in the OhBaby! 2010 Awards. These Awards relate to the best products and services in the pregnancy and baby market.

Forty people won prizes in the Ngaruawahia and Huntly Best Garden Competitions for 2010. Lianne van den Bemd, Waikato District Council’s Safer Communities Co-ordinator and one of the judges for the Ngaruawahia Garden Competition, said the quality of this year’s entries was very high.

Not only is Wellington claiming the title ‘Coolest Little Capital in the World’ having recently been named the world’s fourth best city to visit in 2011 by Lonely Planet, but it’s also claiming the Best Small Workplace winner, according to this year’s JRA Best Workplaces Awards.

The 2010 finalists in the The David Awards: heroes in small business have been named. Made4Baby is proud to announce they have been selected as a finalist in the Most inspired use of technology category. This category refers to a business which leverages technology in many guises to enhance efficiency, mobility and keep overheads to a minimum.

Christchurch City Council has joined the elite of the international business world after winning a prestigious Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame award. This award is recognised as the benchmark for managing organisational strategy and performance.

Kiwi LA based singer/songwriter Steve Cooke has been nominated with the song “RADIO” for BEST MALE VOCAL in the Hollywood Music and media awards (HMMA) 2010.