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ANNOUNCED. Your 2023 Award Winners.
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Category Judging

Meet the Category Judges behind the machine. Our seven Category Judging Panels are made up of some of the brightest minds from a number of fields, offering expertise within their categories. They’re tasked with the job of whittling down the hundreds of nominees to just 10 Semi-Finalists that are representative of the best of the best within the category to go forward for Executive Judging.

Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Te Pou Whakarae o Aotearoa
2023 Category Judges
  • Louise Aitken, Head Judge, Director, Thriving World
  • David Downs, Consultant, 2020 Semi-Finalist
  • Joanna Norris, Chief Content Officer, Stuff NZ
  • Dr Matire Harwood, Senior Lecturer in Māori Health, University of Auckland

University of Canterbury Young New Zealander of the Year Te Mātātahi o te Tau
2023 Category Judges
  • Jamie Fenton, Head Judge, Young New Zealander of the Year 2011
  • Georgia Devereux, Co-Founder, The Social Club
  • Shay Wright, Co Founder at Te Whare Hukahuka
  • Jacinta Gulasekharam, Co-Founder, Dignity NZ, Human Centered Designer, PwC

Ryman Healthcare Senior New Zealander of the Year Te Mātāpuputu o te Tau
2023 Category Judges
  • Meng Foon, Head Judge, Race Relations Commissioner of New Zealand
  • Hon Margaret Austin
  • Mark Benjamin, CEO, Standards and Monitoring Services
  • Stephen Opie, CEO, Age Concern

Spark New Zealand Innovator of the Year Te Pou Whakairo o te Tau
2023 Category Judges
  • Rachel Taulelei, Head Judge, Co-Founder, Oho
  • Alexia Hilbertidou, Founder, CEO, GirlBoss New Zealand
  • Kent Gardner, CEO, Evans Randall Investors
  • Dave Ferguson, Co-Founder, Nuro Inc

Ministry for the Environment New Zealand Environmental Hero of the Year Te Toa Taiao o te Tau
2023 Category Judges
  • Brent Beaven, Head Judge, Director, Predator Free 2020, DOC
  • Prof Bronwyn Hayward MNZM, Professor, University of Canterbury, Director, The Sustainable Citizenship and Civic Imagination Research group
  • Danielle Shanahan, Chief Executive, Zealandia, Adjunct Professor, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
  • Tania Gerrard, General Manager, Māori and Stakeholder Relations

Mitre 10 New Zealand Community of the Year Ngā Poi Whirinaki o te Tau
2023 Category Judges
  • Tracey Wakefield, Head Judge, Manager, Restorative Justice Services Ōtautahi Christchurch
  • Cyril Howard (Ngāpuhi), Regional Manager, The Tindall Foundation
  • Jennie Fenwick, Founder and Director, Te Matuku Oysters, Trustee, Save the Kiwi, Chairman, Pouteria Charitable Trust
  • Sam Johnson, Former CEO and Founder, Student Volunteer Army, 2012 Young New Zealander of the Year
Kiwibank New Zealand Local Hero of the Year Te Pou Toko o te Tau
2023 Category Judges
  • Dellwyn Stuart, CEO, YWCA Auckland
  • Matt Brown, Co-Founder, She Is Not Your Rehab, Owner, My Fathers Barber, Ambassador, It's Not OK Campaign
  • Nick Loosley, 2020 New Zealand Local Hero of the Year, Founder, Everybody Eats
  • Rachel Māia, NZ ParaClimber, Motivational Speaker
  • Ranjna Patel ONZM QSM, 2021 New Zealand Innovator of the Year, Founder, Gandhi Nivas Family Violence Prevention Programme

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  • Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year
  • University of Canterbury Young New Zealander of the Year
  • Ryman Healthcare Senior New Zealander of the Year
  • Spark New Zealand Innovator of the Year
  • MFE New Zealand Environmental Hero of the Year
  • Mitre 10 New Zealand Community of the Year
  • Kiwibank New Zealand Local Hero of the Year

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