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

• CubaDupa 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
• CubaDupa, 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 Barrel in Association with Peroni Italy

• 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 26 July 2022!

Winners to be announced at the NZEA NZ Event Awards Gala Evening at Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts & Events Centre, 26 July 2022.

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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