Winners across four categories, including Written; Audio, Digital and Video; Photography; and All Media, were revealed at a glamorous black-tie event at the Grand Millennium in Auckland.

Jeremy Corbett hosted the evening’s festivities, which saw the industry come together for the 52^nd year since the very first Awards in 1973.

Some of the big winners on the night included Keith Lynch for Editorial Leader of the Year; Herald on Sunday for Voyager Newspaper of the Year; Stuff for Digital News Provider of the Year; Anusha Bradley for Reporter of the Year; Michael Morrah for News Reporter of the Year; Charlie Mitchell for Feature Writer of the Year; Iain McGregor for Photographer of the Year; and Zoe Madden-Smith for Video Journalist of the Year.

“The News Publishers’ Association is honoured to manage the Voyager Media Awards, an evening where the industry comes together – not just as colleagues, but as a community – to recognise and applaud the extraordinary work that informs, challenges, and inspires Aotearoa.” said Brook Cameron, GM of the NPA.

Judges praised the “… extremely impressive cohort of entries…” and also said that “…the work of this year’s entrants was compelling and diverse, demonstrating an extremely high quality…that should be commended and supported more than ever in the current media landscape.”

To see the full results of the 2025 Voyager Media Awards, including the winners’ work and accompanying judges’ comments, click here.

You can view a recording of the Awards event here

We are so grateful to have the continued support of our generous sponsors including:
Premier sponsor: Voyager Internet
Gold sponsors: Air New Zealand, ANZ Bank New Zealand, NZ On Air
Silver sponsors: Spark NZ, Sport NZ
Bronze sponsors: Media Chaplaincy New Zealand, Media Copyright Agency (MCA) and Telum Media.

Without their generous support these awards would not be possible.

Aotearoa’s national Media Awards have celebrated excellence in New Zealand journalism for 52 years. Originally known as the Qantas Press Awards, then the Canon Media Awards, Voyager Internet has been the premier sponsor since 2018. The awards are managed and promoted by the News Publishers’ Association which champions the news media industry of New Zealand.

Please direct any queries about the 2025 Voyager Media Awards to voyagermediaawards@npa.co.nz