The REAWARDS this year were held on 30 March at Mantells Tāmaki, Auckland.

There were 35 entries in 11 categories, with 19 awards presented in total.

Ant Franklin of Infotools was honoured with RANZ Life Membership.

We also awarded four new Fellows:

Vince Galvin of Stats NZ

Carl Davidson of Research First

Galina Mitchelhill of Waka Kotahi

Carin Hercock of Ipsos

Photos can be viewed HERE

SUPREME AWARD

Research First and AgriTechNZ
‘Baseline of Digital Adoption in Primary Industries’

DYNATA SUSTAINED IMPACT AND EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIP AWARD

Glasshouse Consulting and Waka Kotahi
“Sometimes Research Effectiveness is a Seismic thing”

IPSOS INSIGHT ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR

Xero
‘From Xero to hero: a champion of insights inside and out’ - nominated by Perceptive

INFOTOOLS INNOVATION AWARD

Sapien, Perceptive and Nestlé
‘Nestlé, Sapien and the Perceptive Super Panel: addressing the gap between attitude and actual behaviour’

INSIGHT COMMUNICATION AWARD

Perceptive and Xero:
‘Beautiful insights for beautiful business’

OVATION RESEARCH RISING STAR AWARD

WINNER: Roman Gardner Hillman of NeedScope International

Finalist: Francesca O’Neill of Perceptive

Finalist:Priya Patel of Perceptive

Finalist: William North of Kantar

BUSINESS TO BUSINESS CATEGORY sponsored by NZ Marketing Magazine

Platinum: Research First and AgriTechNZ
‘Baseline of Digital Adoption in Primary Industries’

(No Gold)

CONSUMER PRODUCTS CATEGORY

CONSUMER SERVICES CATEGORY

Platinum: Yabble, Foodstuffs and One Picture
‘Designing a Purpose-built Customer Promises Tool’

Gold: Ipsos and Mitre 10
‘Creating a World Class Customer Experience Programme’

FINANCIAL SERVICES CATEGORY

Platinum: Perceptive and Suncorp South Australia CTP
‘Suncorp South Australia CTP: customer insights generate 60% lift in new CTP insurance policies.’

Gold: Ipsos and ASB
‘Retiring Inequity for Women in Aotearoa’

MEDIA CATEGORY

(No Platinum)

Gold: Perceptive, DairyNZ and Proximity NZ
‘Here for the long game: decade-long insights pave the way to 28% unprompted campaign awareness for DairyNZ’

SOCIAL, COMMUNITY AND NOT FOR PROFIT CATEGORY sponsored by ESOMAR

Platinum: Glasshouse Consulting and Waka Kotahi
‘Sometimes Research Effectiveness is a Seismic thing’

Gold: Kantar Public and Fire and Emergency New Zealand
‘Effective behavioural segmentation: How understanding mindsets changed minds at Fire and Emergency’

Gold:Ipsos and Breast Cancer Foundation NZ
‘“I’m Still Here” - Transforming the Breast Cancer Conversation’

SMALL BUDGET CATEGORY

(No Platinum)

Gold: Ipsos and Mental Health Foundation
‘Getting Through Together’

READ THE JUDGES' CITATIONS HERE

John O'Toole (Chief Judge), Brandbiz Ltd.

Kristin Luck (USA/international judge)

Clare O'Higgins, Look Good Feel Better

Ant Rainger, Rainger & Rolfe

Simon Ledrum, Commercial Communications Council

Horst Feldhaeuser, Infotools

Prof. Roger Marshall, AUT (retired)

Bruce Pilbrow, Spirit of Adventure Trust

Kay Bramley, Goodman Fielder

Karin Curran, Curran Research Associates

Nicola Legge, BNZ

Adi Staite, Bamboo

Emily Blumenthal, Sky New Zealand

Galina Mitchelhill, Waka Kotahi

Rising Star Award

Dr Catherine Frethey-Bentham, University of Auckland

Lee Ryan, Springboard Ideas

Nicholl Oblitas-Costs, IAG

Colin Yee, Glasshouse Consulting

Innovation, Insight Organisation of the Year and Insight Communication Awards

Lindy Osborne, Kiwibank

Hudson Smales, Thoughtfull Design

Suzie Dale, ASB Bank

Jason Shoebridge, NZ Institute of Economic Research

Geeta Das, MBIE

Sue York, The Research Society (Australia/International judge)

Susanna Baggaley, RANZ

Mark Finnegan, Clarity Insight