Enter the Business Awards

Fill out the form below to receive your Business Awards application pack via e-mail.

Please note the application deadline is 5 pm NZST on the 4 April 2025.

We look forward to receiving your entry and wish all applicants the best of luck! Once you have received your application pack and completed your application, please submit your entry to events@germantrade.co.nz.

Request your Business Award Application Pack

Business awards categories

  • sponsored by ATPI Corporate Travel

    Awarded are:

    • Companies with a successful development strategy

    • Companies with exceptional growth or increasing turnover

    • Companies that have reached the top position on the New Zealand market

    • Companies that have successfully introduced a new product or process

    • Companies that have contributed to the development of the entire industry after an investment proven in the last 2-3 years.

  • sponsored by Hesketh Henry

    Awarded are:

    • Excellent HR projects (recruitment process, internship stages, internship programs or induction programs, health and wellbeing programs, etc.) that have a direct impact on company development.

    • Companies with high-quality education projects in dual vocational education with the aim to assure their long-term qualified personnel.

    • Projects of cooperation between companies and universities, with concrete objectives and results.

    • Contribution of the company to the development of the education system in New Zealand (proposals for improvement of the legislation framework, participation in various working groups and committees, maintaining relationships with the relevant state institutions and stakeholders).

    • Special training programs for employees (training, coaching, mentoring, career planning, talent management, leadership), that have a proven impact on the overall development of the company.

  • Sponsored by Monarch Platform

    Awarded are:

    • Projects with proven social impact and particularly sustainable economic activity.

    • Development of long-term projects for the local community.

    • Initiative of the private sector that meets a real need of the community.

    • Projects that contribute to saving resources.

    • Projects that reduce pollution of any kind.

    • Special projects anchored in both countries.

  • Sponsored by Jungheinrich New Zealand

    Awarded are:

    • Implemented business development strategies that are innovation and research oriented.

    • Successful development of innovative products or services.

    • Projects to promote research and development activities in New Zealand.

    • Know-how exchange between New Zealand and Germany, with concrete results on company development.

    • R&D relevant collaboration with the academic environment, with specific goal and impact.

  • Sponsored by Fruehauf NZ

    Awarded are:

    • Outstanding contributions to the promotion of German - New Zealand trade relations.

    • Special projects anchored in both countries.

    • Projects that contribute to the growth of trade between the two countries.

  • in partnership with Energy Dialogue

    Awarded are:

    • Successful or planned collaboration between Germany and New Zealand in the energy transition and broader decarbonisation efforts.

    • Significant contributions to sustainable energy and environmental practices reducing the individual company’s carbon footprint.

    • Recognition of innovative projects and measures that can be scaled or replicated to advance the decarbonisation of business and industry.

     

Business Awards Key Dates 

  • Now: Ticket sales open

  • 4 April: All applications close at 17:00 NZST 

  • 18 April: Finalists announced

  • 01 May: Business Awards night at the Hilton Hotel in Auckland