Impact Leadership Mahi Rangatahi Communities Innovations Dedication Local Heroes

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2025

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2025 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Finalist Professor Bev Lawton ONZM

Professor Bev Lawton ONZM

Kiwibank

New Zealander of the Year

Te Pou Whakarae o Aotearoa

2025 University of Canterbury Young New Zealander of the Year Namulau‘ulu Nu‘uali‘i Eteroa Lafaele

Namulau‘ulu Nu’uali’i Eteroa Lafaele

Young New Zealander of the Year

Te Mātātahi o te Tau

2025 Ryman Healthcare Senior New Zealander of the Year Finalist Elizabeth Ellis CNZM JP

Elizabeth Ellis CNZM JP

Ryman Healthcare

Senior New Zealander of the Year

Te Mātāpuputu o te Tau

2025 Spark Innovator of the Year Finalist Emma Lewisham

Emma Lewisham

2degrees

New Zealand Innovator of the Year

Te Pou Whakairo o te Tau

2025 Mitre 10 Community of the Year Finalist the Lake Alice Survivors and Citizens Commission on Human Rights New Zealand

Lake Alice Survivors and the Citizens Commission on Human Rights New Zealand

Mitre 10

New Zealand Community of the Year

Ngā Pou Whirinaki o te Tau

2025 Kiwibank New Zealand Local Hero of the Year Finalist Subash Chandar K

Subash Chandar K

Tower

New Zealand Local Hero of the Year

Te Pou Toko o te Tau

2025 Genesis New Zealand Sustainability Leader of the Year Finalist Deborah Manning ONZM

Deborah Manning ONZM

New Zealand Sustainability Leader of the Year

Te Toa Taiao o te Tau

2025 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Semi-Finalists Sir Mark Dunajtschik and Dorothy Spotswood, photographed indoors. Sir Mark has shirt white hair, and wears blue glasses, a tan blazer, and pink shirt. Dorothy has length white hair, and wears a pink shirt open over a red top, and pearls.

Sir Mark Dunajtschik and Dorothy Spotswood

Fisher Funds

New Zealand Legacy Award

Te Pou Tūroa o Aotearoa New Zealand

2025/26

Key Dates

24 July

Nominations
Open

24 August

Nominations
Closed

20 November

Local Heroes
Announced

11 December

Semi-Finalists
Announced

26 February

Finalists
Announced

19 March

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