Business achievements will be celebrated at a black tie gala dinner on Friday, November 18 at the Dunedin Town Hall.
The finalists are. —
Excellence in service: Crew Technology Recruitment, Fable Dunedin, Select Recruitment.
Excellence in retail: Design Federation, Gilbert’s Fine Food, Mitre 10 MEGA Wanaka.
Excellence in tourism and hospitality: Highlands — Experience the Exceptional, iFLY Indoor Skydiving Queenstown, Tuhura Otago Museum.
Excellence in not-for-profit: KiwiHarvest, Mirror Services/Whakaata Tohu Tohu, The Malcam Charitable Trust.
Excellence in primary industry: Mataura Valley Milk, NZ Zero Ltd/Forest Lodge, Topflite Ltd.
Excellence in manufacturing: Farra Engineering, Site Weld NZ Ltd, United Machinists.
Excellence in technology: GetHomeSafe, GummyBear in collaboration with Zest4Travel, Oritain Global Ltd.
Established exporter of the year: Farra Engineering, Oritain Global, Tuapeka Gold Print.
Emerging business: Crunchy Ltd, Fable Dunedin, Pro Civil Construction Ltd.
Maori business: INNOV8HQ, Potiki Poi, Youth Employment Success.
Brand strategy and planning: Lake Wanaka Tourism, Richard Joseph and Associates, Whistle and Pop.
Innovation: GetHomeSafe, GummyBear in collaboration with Zest4Travel, Highlands — Experience the Exceptional
Business sustainability and resilience: Mataura Valley Milk, Preens Apparelmaster and Linenmaster, The Strictly Coffee Company.
Business integrity: Firebrand, Propower, Tolcarne boarding residence.
Workplace injury prevention: Ceres Environmental NZ LLC, Downer NZ, Select Recruitment.
Excellence in leadership: Heidi Renata (chief energy officer INNOV8HQ), Josie Spillane (chief executive Highlands — Experience the Exceptional), Richard Roberts (former chief executive Dunedin International Airport Ltd).
