- Best headline or hook
- Best newspaper front page
- Best newspaper magazine
- Community Newspaper of the Year
- Metropolitan Newspaper of the Year
- Regional Newspaper of the Year
- Weekly Newspaper of the Year
- Voyager Newspaper of the Year – sponsored by Voyager Internet
- News App of the Year
- News Website of the Year – sponsored by Voyager Internet
- Best feature writing – general
- Best feature writing – crime and justice
- Best feature writing – social issues, including health and education
- Feature Writer of the Year (short-form)
- Feature Writer of the Year (long-form)
- Junior Feature Writer of the Year – sponsored by Asia Media Centre
- Best first-person essay or feature
- Best Columnist (including opinion writing)
- Reporter of the Year – sponsored by Voyager Internet
- Best photography – features
- Best photography – news
- Best photography – sport
- Best photo-story/essay
- Photographer of the Year – sponsored by Canon
- Best breaking news video
- Best current affairs programme
- Best documentary
- Best feature video (single video journalist)
- Best podcast – episodic/recurrent
- Best podcast – narrative/serial
- Video Journalist of the Year – sponsored by NZ On Air
- Broadcast Reporter of the Year – News
- Broadcast Reporter of the Year – Current Affairs
- Best artist/graphic design
- Best coverage of a major news event
- Best data journalism
- Best editorial campaign or project
- Best innovation in digital storytelling – sponsored by Google News Initiative
- Best individual investigation
- Best team investigation
- Best Reviewer
- Best reporting – arts and culture
- Best reporting – crime and justice
- Best reporting – environment
- Best reporting – general
- Best reporting – lifestyle
- Best reporting – local government
- Best reporting – Māori affairs
- Best reporting – science – sponsored by Science Media Centre
- Best reporting – social issues, including health and education
- Business Journalist of the Year
- Cartoonist of the Year
- Community Journalist of the Year
- Political Journalist of the Year
- Regional Journalist of the Year
- Sports Journalist of the Year – sponsored by Sky Sport
- Best Student Journalist – sponsored by News Publishers’ Association
- Best Junior Reporter
- Editorial Leader of the Year
- Peter M Acland Fellowship