MEDIA RELEASE: Finalists Announced for the 2021 NZ Events Association New Zealand Event Awards

Individual Awards

Best Emerging Event Professional 2021 - Sponsored by ChristchurchNZ

• Cuillin Hearty
• Laurence Carey
• Mike McMinn
• Steph Murray

Best Established Event Professional 2021

• Jodie Gill
• Michelle Stevens
• Noddy (Graeme) Watts
• Simon Carter
• Valentina Paladini

Best Event Sponsorship Professional 2021

• Jonathan Rea
• Laurence Carey
• Matt Davy

Excellence Awards

Best Arts or Cultural Event 2021

• CupaDupa 2021, CubaDupa - Creative Capital Arts Trust
• Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival 2021
• Kitchen Takeover – Taiao: Food of the Gods

Best Business Event 2021 - Sponsored by ChristchurchNZ

• Digitally Speaking, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
• Te Hāpai Hāpori | Spirit of Service Awards, Public Service Commission Te Kawa Mataaho
• Toyota Hospitality Experience – 36th America’s Cup 2021, PPG Events

Best Community or Not-for-Profit Event 2021- Sponsored by Kennedy Park

• Balloons over Waikato
• CupaDupa, Creative Capital Arts Trust
• Ending HIV Big Gay Out 2021, Because Creative Experiences
• Oxfam Trailwalker 2021, Oxfam Aotearoa
• Wanaka A & P Show
• Wheels at Wanaka

Best COVID-19 Response for an Event 2021 - Sponsored by ChristchurchNZ

• Auckland Craft Beer & Food Festival, Otago University Students Association
• Auckland Diwali Festival 2020, Auckland Unlimited
• Boma COVID-19 Virtual Summit, Boma New Zealand
• Doc Edge Film Festival
• Fieldays Online, New Zealand National Fieldays Society Inc
• Ports of Auckland Round the Bays, Stuff
• Rhythm and Vines
• uLearn20, CORE Education
• Water New Zealand Conference and Expo 2020, Water New Zealand and Avenues Event Management

Best Event Marketing 2021

• ASB for Borrow the All Blacks + Eden Park
• ASB for The ASB Sustainball – ASB Classic 2020
• Auckland Unlimited for Summernova Festival Series
• Rhythm & Vines
• Wanaka A & P Show and Scope Media for the 2021 Wanaka A & P Show

Best Lifestyle Event 2021 - Sponsored by Big Barrell

• Dunedin Craft Beer & Food Festival, Otago University Students Association
• Kitchen Takeover - Eat Your Memories
• Ripe - The Wānaka Wine & Food Festival, Otago Event Planning
• Wanaka A & P Show

Best Local Government Event 2021

• Digital Nights: Van Gogh Alive, WellingtonNZ
• Enchanted Parks Quest – Parks Week, Gore District Council
• Festival of Cultures, Palmerston North City Council
• Matariki 2020, Porirua City Council
• TSB Festival of Lights, New Plymouth District Council

Best Major or Mega Event 2021

• Winner to be announced at the 2021 NZ Events Association NZ Event Awards Gala Evening

Best Music Event 2021 - Sponsored by Red Badge

• Downtown Shakedown, Precision Live
• Ohakune Mardi Gras, Audiology Touring Ltd
• Rhythm and Vines
• Waitomo Glowworm Caves Underground Sounds, Fortis Events and ESP Ventures

Best Sports Event 2021 - Sponsored by Kennedy Park

• Winner to be announced at the 2021 NZ Events Association NZ Event Awards Gala Evening

Support Awards

Best Event Creative 2021

• Wild in Art and Publica for Pop Up Penguins
• PPG Events for the Toyota Hospitality Experience – 36th America’s Cup 2021

Best Event Use of Technology 2021

• Monstavision for the 2020 ANZ Premiership
• Blerter for the Napier Art Deco Festival, The Summer Concert Tour, Challenge Wanaka, Auckland Triathlon Club Duathlon, 36th America's Cup
• New Plymouth District Council for Oxfam Trailwalker 2021

Best Supplier 2021

• Winner to be announced at the 2021 NZ Events Association NZ Event Awards Gala Evening

Best Venue 2021 - Sponsored by Trinity Hill

• Claudelands Oval for SIX60 Saturdays
• Haere-roa for NZ Antarctic Science Conference
• Whanganui War Memorial Centre for 2021 Downer New Zealand Masters Games

Winners announced 30 September 2021

Winners to be announced at the 2021 NZEA NZ Event Awards Gala Evening at Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, 30 September 2021.

Qualifying Period

The 2021 NZEA New Zealand Event Awards welcomed entries for events that took place between 2 September 2019 and 5 April 2021 (19 months).

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