AUCKLAND, Today: The Public Relations Institute (PRINZ) has announced its 25 finalists for the 2020 industry awards, following judging by senior PR and comms professionals.
The awards recognise outstanding work in public relations and highlights the impact of great communications across every aspect of society. The breadth is reflected in categories ranging from marketing communications and government relations, to not-for-profit and communicating in diversity.
Chief judge (and PRINZ Fellow) Kate Woodruffen said: “This year, finalists will be awarded Gold, Silver or Bronze, rather than Winner or Highly Commended as in previous years.
“We hope that this, combined with the option to receive feedback from the judging panels, will provide greater scope for learning and celebration.”
Gold winners of all categories (except Consultancy of the Year, PR In-house Team of the Year, Sally Logan-Milne Young Practitioner of the Year, and Paul Dryden Tertiary Award) are eligible for the Supreme Award, which will be revealed at a virtual awards ceremony at 4pm on Thursday 11 June.
THE FINALISTS
- A new CEOs all staff connection – Emma Timewell and Phil Johnstone, NZ Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd
- A new climate-friendly generation – Gen Less – James Walker, Adam Szentes, Rhiannon Hughes and Sophie Coley, Porter Novelli Auckland; Jane O’Loughlin, Penny St John and Sarah Barnett, EECA.
- Auckland, we have a problem – Teresa Burnett, Auckland Transport
- BNZ Scam Savvy: Helping New Zealanders be safer online – Michael Burgess and Sam Durbin, BNZ.
- Bridging the digital divide across the Pacific – Allan Botica, Nicole Steven, Botica Butler Raudon Partners
- Connect, Grow, Share, Together; ‘Launch of Te Aka – our new intranet’ – Jenna Waite-Leonard, Clarissa van Emmenes, Trilby Bagshaw, Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology
- Creating the World’s Biggest Reserve Bench – Harry Willis, Sandy Trigg, Network Communication; Asuka Burge, Francesca Chan, Laura Skerritt, Nephi Arthur, NZ Blood Service
- Give a xxxx – Vote Today – Helena Williams, Jacqueline Baker, Charles Woollin, Holly Townsend, John Macdonald, Ryan Evans, New Plymouth District Council
- He Ara Kotahi: the pathway that got a city to fall back in love with its river – Olivia Wix, Palmerston North City Council
- Helping mothers fly their kite – Jackie Curtis and Rebecca Kinraid, Cherry Red Consulting
- Kathmandu: Adapt All-Weather Wedding Dress – Paula Charmley, Kathmandu
- Kiwibank I AM HOPE – Gina McKinnon, Fuse
- Knowledge is Power – Cliff Joiner, Jessica Nutley, Rowena D’Souza, NZME
- Life to the Power of 5G – Vodafone’s 5G network launch – Nicky Preston, Rich Llewellyn, Meera Kaushik, Rebecca Huang, Vodafone
- Making the Police 105 non-emergency number famous in NZ – Helen Flannery, NZ Police
- Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Whai Rawa whānau communications – Claudia Macdonald, Jill Dryden, Max Burt, Rebecca Dawson, Mango Communications; Hariata Ngatai, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Whai Rawa
- Operation Tidy Fox – using people power to restore a river – Leigh-Anne Wiig and Robyn Orchard, Department of Conservation
- Record breaking success – positioning medical cannabis as Marlborough’s next Sauvignon Blanc – Donovan Ryan and Jo Scott, Great Scott
- Regulating the property management industry to protect tenants, landlords and property managers – Dee Crooks, REINZ
- Safer Roads, Safer Waipā – Bethany Rolston, Charlotte FitzPatrick, Karen Cousins, Regan Schoultz, Waipa District Council
- Shaking the vines for the kiwifruit cause – Anita Winterstein, Ron Murray, Wright Communications; Mike Murphy, NZ Kiwifruit Growers Inc.
- Te Ara Wai Journeys – pathways through Waipā – Bethany Rolston, Charlotte FitzPatrick, Karen Cousins, Regan Schoultz, Waipā District Council
- Their road not ours: engaging for safer roads – Janet Luxton and Shelley Crestani, Crestani Ltd
- The traffic-stopping event of 2019 – BP’s Fuel on Us – Louise Wright, Rhiannon Hughes, Esther Dawson and Sarah Williams, Porter Novelli; Gordon Gillan and Leigh Taylor, BP Oil
- VOTE 2019: motivating reluctant voters – Shanna Vatselias, Masterton District Council
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