The winners of 37 awards were announced at Aotearoa’s 51st Media Awards on Friday 24 May, as well as three Outstanding Achievement Awards.
Spanning four categories, including Written; Audio, Digital and Video; Photography; and All Media, the Awards were celebrated at a glamorous black-tie event upstairs at the historic Shed 10 in Auckland.
Jeremy Corbett and Madeleine Sami co-hosted the evening’s festivities, which brought the industry together to celebrate and recognise excellence in New Zealand journalism.
Some of the big winners on the night included Tracy Watkins for Editorial Leader of the Year; Hawke’s Bay Today for Voyager Newspaper of the Year; Michael Craig for Photographer of the Year; Lawrence Smith for Video Journalist of the Year; Stuff for Digital News Provider of the Year; Sam Sherwood for Reporter of the Year; Alexa Cook for News Reporter of the Year; and Ellen Rykers for Feature Writer of the Year.
Martin van Beynen, Mike Fletcher and Todd Niall were individually recognised with Outstanding Achievement Awards for their contribution to the industry.
“The News Publishers’ Association is honoured to manage the Voyager Media Awards which brings together the news media industry of New Zealand each year to celebrate and recognise the very best in trusted, local, quality journalism.” said Brook Cameron, GM of the NPA.
To see the full results of the 2024 Voyager Media Awards, including the winners’ work and accompanying judges’ comments, go to npa.co.nz/voyager-media-awards/2024-winners/
You can view a recording of the Awards event here: npa.co.nz/voyager-media-awards
A huge thank you to all of our 2024 sponsors:
Premier sponsor: Voyager Internet
Gold sponsors: Air New Zealand, NZ On Air
Silver sponsors: Spark NZ, Sport NZ, TVNZ and Whakaata Māori
Bronze sponsors: Media Copyright Agency (MCA), Telum Media and Warner Bros. Discovery.
Without their generous support these awards would not be possible.
The 2024 Voyager Media Awards celebrate the work of journalists across print, broadcast and digital including reporters, feature writers, columnists, cartoonists, reviewers, photographers and video journalists, culminating in a celebration of the winners in Auckland on Friday 24 May 2024.
Aotearoa’s National Media Awards have celebrated excellence in New Zealand journalism for 51 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.
| 2024 Voyager Media Award Winners | ||
|---|---|---|
| AWARD | NAME | ORGANISATION |
| Best Photography - Features | Chris Skelton | The Press / Stuff |
| Best Photography - News | Iain McGregor | The Press / Stuff |
| Best Photography - Sport | Brett Phibbs | PhibbsVisuals, Photosport, NZ Herald / NZME |
| Best Innovation in Digital Storytelling | Guyon Espiner, Farah Hancock, John Hartevelt, Cole Eastham-Farrelly and Hingyi Khong | RNZ |
| Best (shortform) Video of the Year | Breakfast Team with Jenny-May Clarkson | 1 News / TVNZ |
| Best Current Affairs (short) | Paddy Gower Has Issues | Newshub / Warner Bros. Discovery |
| Best Current Affairs (long) or Documentary | John Campbell, Andrew Dalton and Dallas Smith | 1News.co.nz / TVNZ |
| Best Original Podcast or Series | Melanie Reid, Bonnie Sumner, Paul Enticott, Judith Curran and Age Pryor | newsroom.co.nz |
| Best Columnist, Opinion or Critique | Danyl McLauchlan | NZ Listener / Are Media |
| Best Up and Coming Journalist | Ella Stewart | RNZ |
| Best Investigation | Melanie Reid, Bonnie Sumner, Paul Enticott and Judith Curran | newsroom.co.nz |
| Best Scoop | Andrea Vance | The Post / Stuff |
| Best Coverage of a Major News Event | Michael Morrah with Nick Estelrich, Newshub | |
| Best Editorial Campaign or Project | Gill Higgins, Kaitlin Aldridge and Nicola Russell | Fair Go / TVNZ |
| Le Mana Pacific Award | Indira Stewart | 1News / TVNZ |
| Te Tohu Kairangi Award - JOINT WINNER | Mihingarangi Forbes | Aotearoa Media Collective |
| Te Tohu Kairangi Award - JOINT WINNER | Moana Maniapoto | Whakaata Māori |
| Cartoonist/Animator of the Year | Toby Morris | The Spinoff |
| Sports Journalist of the Year | Mike White | Sunday Star-Times, The Post, The Press / Stuff |
| Business Journalist of the Year | Eloise Gibson | Stuff and RNZ |
| Gordon McLauchlan Journalism Award | Mike White | Sunday Star-Times / Stuff |
| Local Journalist of the Year | Annemarie Quill | Stuff |
| Political Journalist of the Year | Jack Tame | Q+A / TVNZ |
| Best News, Current Affairs or Specialist Publication | Re: News | TVNZ |
| Best Newspaper Magazine | Sunday / Rātapu | Sunday Star-Times / Stuff |
| Junior Feature Writer of the Year | Gabi Lardies | New Zealand Geographic and The Spinoff |
| Community Newspaper of the Year | Mahurangi Matters | |
| Regional Newspaper of the Year | Hawke's Bay Today / NZME | |
| Weekly Newspaper of the Year | Weekend Herald / NZME | |
| Metropolitan Newspaper of the Year | NZ Herald / NZME | |
| Photographer of the Year | Michael Craig | NZ Herald / NZME |
| Video Journalist of the Year | Lawrence Smith | Stuff |
| News Journalist of the Year | Alexa Cook | Newshub / Warner Bros. Discovery |
| Feature Writer of the Year | Ellen Rykers | New Zealand Geographic / Kōwhai Media |
| Reporter of the Year | Sam Sherwood | NZ Herald / NZME |
| Voyager Newspaper of the Year | Hawke's Bay Today / NZME | |
| Digital News Provider of the Year | Stuff | |
| Editorial Leader of the Year | Tracy Watkins | The Post and Sunday Star Times / Stuff |
| Outstanding Achievement Awards | ||
| Outstanding Achievement Award | Martin van Beynen | |
| Outstanding Achievement Award | Mike Fletcher | |
| Outstanding Achievement Award | Todd Niall | |
Please direct any queries about the 2024 Voyager Media Awards to voyagermediaawards@npa.co.nz
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