GOLD HALL OF FAME
SUPREME AWARD WINNERS 1999-2009
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? A look at our inaugural winners from 1999
GOLD SUPERSTARS Two very persistent businesses
FINALISTS & WINNERS BY CATEGORIES 1999-2009
SUPREME AWARD WINNERS 1999-2009
THE DOMINION POST WELLINGTON GOLD AWARD
- 2009 - Park Road Post Production
- 2008 - Kiwibank
- 2007 - phil&teds
- 2006 - Icebreaker
- 2005 - AXA NZ International Sevens
- 2004 - Sidhe Interactive
- 2003 - Weta Digital Ltd
- 2002 - Weta Workshop Ltd
- 2001 - The New Zealand Festival
- 2000 - Cloud Nine Screen Entertainment (NZ)
- 1999 - Joint Winners: Saturn Communications Ltd & Te Papa
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
The first ever Supreme award winners, back in 1999, were Te Papa and Saturn Communications Ltd. The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa continues to thrive, weighing in at 64,000 tonnes and attracting over 12 million visitors since opening in 1998. After its start on the Kapiti Coast, Saturn spread to Wellington and, after joining up with Australian company Telstra and then Clear Communications became TelstraClear. World domination is looking good as the company continues to run fibre optic cables all over the country and expand its three-pronged broadband, cable television and telephone services.
Wallaceville Animal Research Centre was 1999's Discovering Gold winner. Now called AgResearch Wallaceville, it's part of New Zealand's largest CRI. Current research includes molecular biology, immunology, parasitology and reproductive technologies, with a huge emphasis on hand washing before and after tea breaks. Sadly the 1999 Generating Gold winner, South Pacific Tyres, closed it's Upper Hutt operation and 2000's Creative Gold and Supreme Award winner Cloud 9 now has its main base in Queensland.
GOLD SUPERSTARS
In the lengthy list of Gold award winners, several names stand out - and not just because they're longer than the others.
Sidhe Interactive for example... Sidhe is pronounced shee and refers to a race of Celtic superbeings, while Interactive is pronounced as it's spelt and everyone knows what it means. These boys must win the record as Most Persistant Goldies. A Finalist in 2000 Cyber Gold, they changed horses to win Creative Gold the following year. Still not satisfied they picked up both the Cyber and Supreme Awards in 2004.
The icing on a very large cake for Sidhe, a serious game development studio with links to Microsoft, Sony and a whole heap of other software manufacturers. Sidhe encourages up-and-coming game developers, not only by offering them gainful employment but also by offering scholarships for media design students.
Icebreaker New Zealand was 2001's joint-winner in Emerging Gold. In 2006 they won Global Gold and the Supreme Award. Jeremy Moon also picked up an individual Award in the Absolutely Creatively Wellington Ambassador Award in 2005.
Icebreaker has been doing very well living off the sheep's back. Merino sheep to be precise - Icebreaker's boss wanted to prove that clothing made from natural wool was a very viable option. It's all about layers apparently, and we're not talking chickens - the merino has under-, mid- and outer-layers of wool designed to keep it cool in summer and toasty warm in winter. If it worked for sheep in the snow, Jeremy reasoned, it'd work for people. It did, and it does, spectacularly so.
FINALISTS & WINNERS BY CATEGORY - 1999-2009
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CREATIVE GOLD
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CYBER GOLD
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DISCOVERING GOLD
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EMERGING GOLD
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GLOBAL GOLD
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SUPPORTING GOLD
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VIBRANT GOLD
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ACC WORKPLACE SAFETY AWARD
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GREEN GOLD
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CATEGORIES SINCE MERGED
GENERATING GOLD
- 2007 - Pertronic Industries
- 2006 - Serco Project Engineering
- 2005 - Sealed Air New Zealand
- 2004 - Resene Paints
- 2003 - Fraser Engineering Group
- 2002 - Interlock Group
- 2001 - Exicom Technologies
- 2000 - Exicom Technologies
- 1999 - South Pacific Tyres NZ
PROFESSIONAL GOLD
- 2005 - MWH New Zealand
- 2004 - Beca Group
- 2003 - Synergy International
- 2002 - Clemenger BBDO
- 2001 - Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Limited
- 2000 - Synergy International
RISING GOLD
- 2000 - MasterPet Corporation
- 1999 - Saturn Communications
The Gold Awards have been proudly celebrating outstanding business performers in Wellington, Hutt, Upper Hutt, Porirua and Kapiti since 1999.