- Best artist/graphic design
Ella Bates-Hermans | stuff.co.nz – Hot Air Sucks!; Tell Me About It; Covid-19 Illustration
Sarah Gladwell | Here/SFG Media – Here design approach – print, digital and social media platforms
Alex Lim | Stuff – We, the 6535 signed; Climate worriers; Our Truth, Tā Mātou Pono: The truth about Aotearoa
Toby Morris with Siouxsie Wiles | The Spinoff – Covid-19 Variants; Covid-19 Transmission 101; The Emmental Cheese Model
Vinay Ranchhod | RNZ – Women struggle for treatment; Grieving mum not eligible for help; Eating disorder waiting lists
Sacha Wackrow | Sunday, Sunday Star-Times/Stuff – Re-design of Sunday magazine - Best coverage of a major news event
NZ Herald/NZME – Auckland mall terror attack
Newshub/Discovery NZ with Michael Morrah – Covid deaths in home isolation
Stuff – Delta outbreak
NZ Herald/NZME with Kurt Bayer – The fall of Afghanistan - Best data journalism
Joanne Butcher, Kate Newton, John Harford, Thomas Kliem, Colleen O’Hanlon | Stuff – Sweet Spots
Marc Daalder | newsroom.co.nz – The stark inequity of the vaccine rollout; Why our summers feel so much hotter; Calculating NZ’s renewable electricity gap
Andy Fyers | BusinessDesk – The glaring gaps in our vaccine rollout; Hundreds of allocated MIQ rooms sit empty; Covid-19 cases in MIQ: Where did they arrive from?
Farah Hancock, Vinay Ranchhod, Cole Eastham-Farrelly | RNZ – Who’s eating New Zealand?; Legal aid debt; Covid in daily numbers
Alex Lim, Kate Newton, Felippe Rodrigues | Stuff – Projects Team: Covid-19 NZ – When will each DHB reach 90 per cent?; A tale of two pandemics; Covid-19: the difference using the Covid tracer app makes
Kate Newton, Hannah Martin, Henry Cooke, Keith Lynch | Stuff – Covid in Charts: NZ’s vaccine roll-out in 12 charts as traffic light system looms; NZ’s vaccine roll-out explained in 12 charts, as vaccine target finally unveiled; NZ’s Delta outbreak and hospitalisations in 14 graphs
Chris McDowall, Keith Ng | NZ Herald/NZME – NZ Herald Vaccine Tracker; 40 years of sky-high house prices; Transmission Gully - Best editorial campaign or project
Ashburton Guardian – Shop Smart, Shop Local
NZ Herald/NZME – The 90% Project
NZ Herald/NZME – The Brains Trust
The Hui/GSTV and Newshub/Discovery NZ – The Fight for Tipene Halford’s Release
Stuff – The Whole Truth
Stuff – This How it Ends - Best innovation in digital storytelling – sponsored by Google News Initiative
NZ Herald/NZME – Transmission Gully: Your chance to fly through
RNZ – Who’s eating New Zealand?
Stuff Circuit/Stuff – Deleted
stuff.co.nz – A reconstruction of 20,000 years of Earth’s temperature - Best individual investigation
Tom Dillane | NZ Herald/NZME – Olivia Podmore investigation
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui | RNZ – Police using app to photograph innocent youth
Melanie Reid | newsroom.co.nz – Oranga Tamariki whistleblower investigation
Jared Savage | NZ Herald/NZME – NZ’s Meth Crisis - Best team investigation
newsroom.co.nz – Fiji: coral reef surf waves
Stuff – We Need to Talk
Stuff – The Lake
North & South – The Nazi who built Mount Hutt - Best Reviewer
Steve Braunias | newsroom.co.nz
Philip Matthews | newsroom.co.nz
Anna Rankin | Metro, RNZ
Simon Wilson | NZ Herald/NZME - Best reporting – arts and culture
Steve Braunias | NZ Herald/NZME
Emily Brookes | stuff.co.nz
André Chumko | Stuff, Dominion Post
Mark Crysell | Sunday/TVNZ
Kim Knight | Weekend Herald/NZME
Moana Maniapoto | Te Ao with Moana/Māori Television - Best reporting – crime and justice
Kirsty Johnston | Stuff
Rob Kidd | Otago Daily Times/Allied Press
Anna Leask | NZ Herald/NZME
Jared Savage | NZ Herald/NZME
Sam Sherwood | The Press/Stuff - Best reporting – environment
Eloise Gibson | Stuff
Farah Hancock | RNZ
Nikki Macdonald | stuff.co.nz
Alison Smith | Hauraki-Coromandel Post, NZ Herald/NZME
David Williams | newsroom.co.nz - Best reporting – general
Kurt Bayer | NZ Herald/NZME
Mark Crysell | Sunday/TVNZ
Michelle Duff | Stuff
Patrick Gower | Newshub/Discovery NZ
Moana Maniapoto | Te Ao with Moana/Māori Television
Jamie Morton | NZ Herald/NZME - Best reporting – lifestyle
Kim Knight | Weekend Herald, Viva, Travel/NZME
Glenn McConnell | Stuff
Kaitlin Ruddock | Fair Go/TVNZ
Juliette Sivertsen | NZ Herald/NZME, Stuff
Lorna Thornber | stuff.co.nz - Best reporting – local government
Felix Desmarais | Rotorua Daily Post/NZME
Tom Hunt | Stuff
Emily Ireland | Wairarapa Times-Age/National Media
Steve Kilgallon | Sunday Star-Times/Stuff - Best reporting – Māori affairs
Kirsty Babington | Te Ao with Moana/Māori Television
Mihingarangi Forbes | The Hui/GSTV and Newshub/Discovery NZ
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui | RNZ
Florence Kerr | Stuff
Aaron Smale | newsroom.co.nz
Tony Wall | Stuff - Best reporting – science – sponsored by Science Media Centre
Marc Daalder | newsroom.co.nz
Eloise Gibson | Stuff
Veronika Meduna | NZ Listener, NZ Geographic, The Spinoff
Charlie Mitchell | Stuff
Jamie Morton | NZ Herald/NZME - Best reporting – social issues, including health and education
Mark Crysell | Sunday/TVNZ
Nicholas Jones | NZ Herald/NZME - Business Journalist of the Year – sponsored by Spark NZ
Nikki Macdonald | Dominion Post, stuff.co.nz
Nikki Mandow | newsroom.co.nz
Thomas Mead | 1 News/TVNZ
Jonathan Milne | newsroom.co.nz
Matt Nippert | NZ Herald/NZME
Jane Phare | NZ Herald/NZME - Cartoonist of the Year
Jeff Bell | Dominion Post and Stuff
Guy Body | NZ Herald/NZME
Rod Emmerson | NZ Herald/NZME
Sharon Murdoch | Stuff Media
Chris Slane | NZ Listener/Are Media - Community Journalist of the Year
Sinead Gill | Manawatū Standard/Stuff
Justin Latif | The Spinoff
Caroline Williams | Stuff - Political Journalist of the Year
Thomas Coughlan | Stuff and NZ Herald/NZME
Jenna Lynch | Newshub/Discovery NZ
Jo Moir | newsroom.co.nz
Tova O’Brien | Newshub/Discovery NZ
Claire Trevett | NZ Herald/NZME
Audrey Young | NZ Herald/NZME - Regional Journalist of the Year
Felix Desmarais | Rotorua Daily Post/NZME
Sinead Gill | Manawatū Standard/Stuff
Rob Kidd | Otago Daily Times/Allied Press
Ellen O’Dwyer | Waikato Times/Stuff - Sports Journalist of the Year – sponsored by Sky Sport
Dylan Cleaver | The Bounce
Hikurangi Jackson | Te Ao with Moana/Māori Television
Dana Johannsen | Stuff
Neil Reid | NZ Herald/NZME - Best Student Journalist – sponsored by News Publishers’ Association
Kristie Boland | Stuff
Hanna McCallum | The Press/Stuff
Emily Moorhouse | Stuff and NZ Herald/NZME
Jem Traylen | BusinessDesk - Best Junior Reporter
Caley Callahan | Newshub/Discovery NZ
D’Angelo Martin | The Hui/GSTV and Newshub/Discovery NZ
Pete McKenzie | newsroom.co.nz
Samantha OIley | RNZ
Adam Pearse | NZ Herald/NZME - Editorial Leader of the Year
Lucy Blakiston | Shit You Should Care About
Hamish Fletcher | NZ Herald/NZME
Stephanie Holmes | NZ Herald/NZME
Teresa Ramsey | The Valley Profile
Veronica Schmidt | RNZ
Jane Skinner | Sunday/TVNZ
- Best breaking news video
Monique Ford, Stuff – Australia travel bubble opens
Craig Baxter, Otago Daily Times/Allied Press – Dunedin Countdown Stabbing
Jessica Mutch McKay, TVNZ – Leadership Spill
Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ – MIQ Pasifika Treatment
Laura Tupou, Newshub/Discovery NZ – Papatoetoe tornado - Best current affairs programme
newsroom investigates/newsroom.co.nz – Whistleblower; Apocalypse Down; Rainforest
Sunday/TVNZ – Love-Loss-Lockdown; Cattle Stop; Ellen’s List
Te Ao with Moana/Māori Television – Poutawa Kireka; Joe Williams; Terri Friesen - Best documentary
Newshub Investigates/Discovery NZ – Delta
Sunday/TVNZ – Head Games
NZ Herald/NZME – The Brains Trust
Sunday/TVNZ – This is Us
RNZ and Coconet TV – Untold Pacific History - Best feature video (single video journalist)
Ross Giblin | Stuff – Frances Stewart
Mike Scott | NZ Herald/NZME – Alicia O’Reilly Cold Case – DNA Breakthrough
Rosa Woods | Stuff – The Whaanga Sisters
Christel Yardley | Stuff – The Gift - Best podcast – episodic/recurrent
William Ray, Marc Chesterman, Phil Benge, Tim Watkin, Steve Burridge | RNZ – Black Sheep
Glenn McConnell, John Daniell, Noelle McCarthy, Andre Upston, Patrick Crewdson, Adam Dudding, Carol Hirschfeld | Stuff – He’ll be Right
Finn Hogan, Hannah Brown, Sam Harvey, Ben O’Connor | Newshub Nation/Discovery NZ – Supplementary Question
Wilhelmina Shrimpton, Sam Harvey | Newshub/Discovery NZ – The Pivot
Olivia Shivas, Rebecca Dubber, Grace Stratton, Adam Dudding | Stuff – What’s Wrong With You? - Best podcast – narrative/serial
Michael Wright, Margaret Gordon, Marc Greenhill, Adam Dudding | Stuff – Collapse
Tim Watkin, Liz Garton, Joseph Stockhausen, Pauline Stockhausen, Hamish Coleman-Ross, Ian Havill, Flo Wilson | RNZ – Let’s Be TRANSparent
Brad Flahive, Alex Liu, Carol Hirschfeld | Stuff – Once a Panther
Aaron Smale, Kirsten Johnstone, Melody Thomas | Popsock Media and Stuff – The Lake - Video Journalist of the Year – sponsored by NZ On Air
Ross Giblin | Stuff
Cass Marrett | Re: News
Iain McGregor | Stuff
Ash Robinson | NZ Farmers Weekly/GlobalHQ
Liam van Eeden | Re: News - Broadcast Reporter of the Year – News
Patrick Gower | Newshub/Discovery NZ
Kristin Hall | 1 News/TVNZ
Thomas Mead | 1 News/TVNZ
Michael Morrah | Newshub/Discovery NZ
Tova O’Brien | Newshub/Discovery NZ - Broadcast Reporter of the Year – Current Affairs
Mark Crysell | Sunday/TVNZ
Moana Maniapoto | Te Ao with Moana/Māori Television
Melanie Reid | newsroom.co.nz
Tania Page | Sunday/TVNZ
Paula Penfold | Stuff Circuit/Stuff
- Best photography – features
Braden Fastier | Nelson Mail/Stuff
Vanessa Laurie | Taranaki Daily News/Stuff
Babiche Martens | Viva, NZ Herald/NZME
Chris Skelton | Stuff
David White | Stuff - Best photography – news
Martin de Ruyter | Nelson Mail/Stuff
Brett Phibbs | NZ Herald/NZME, PhibbsVisuals
Chris Skelton | Stuff
Kevin Stent | Stuff, Dominion Post
Ricky Wilson | Stuff - Best photography – sport
Joe Allison | Freelance/Getty Images
Andrew Cornaga | Photosport
John Cowpland | Photosport, NZME, Stuff
Iain McGregor | Stuff
Brett Phibbs | NZ Herald/NZME, Photosport - Best photo-story/essay
Azita Agnew | Re: News
Robert Kitchin | Dominion Post/Stuff
Becki Moss | Re: News
Richard Robinson | NZ Geographic/Kōwhai Media
Mike Scott | NZ Herald/NZME
Lawrence Smith | stuff.co.nz - Photographer of the Year – sponsored by Canon
Ross Giblin | Dominion Post and Stuff
George Heard | NZ Herald/NZME
Stephen Jaquiery | Otago Daily Times/Allied Press
Brett Phibbs | NZ Herald/NZME, PhibbsVisuals, Photosport
Kevin Stent | Dominion Post and Stuff
David White | Stuff
Ricky Wilson | Stuff
- Best headline or hook
James Belfield | Sunday Star-Times and Sunday News/Stuff
Stewart Hunt | Stuff
Richard Ives | Stuff
Nicholas Sorensen | NZ Herald and Weekend Herald/NZME
Tom Taylor | Wairarapa Times-Age/National Media - Best newspaper front page
Herald on Sunday/NZME
Stuff (across daily newspapers): This Is How It Ends
The Press/Stuff
Weekend Herald/NZME - Best newspaper magazine
Canvas/NZME
Sunday/Stuff
Viva/NZME
Your Weekend/Stuff - Community Newspaper of the Year
Ashburton Guardian
Gulf News
Kāpiti News/NZME
Oamaru Mail/Allied Press
The Beacon/Beacon Publishing
The Star (Dunedin)/Allied Press
The Valley Profile - Metropolitan Newspaper of the Year
NZ Herald/NZME
The Press/Stuff - Regional Newspaper of the Year
Nelson Mail/Stuff
Rotorua Daily Post/NZME
Wairarapa Times-Age/National Media - Weekly Newspaper of the Year
NZ Farmers Weekly/GlobalHQ
The Weekend Press/Stuff
Weekend Herald/NZME - News App of the Year
NZ Herald/NZME
RNZ - News Website of the Year – sponsored by Voyager Internet
businessdesk.co.nz
nzherald.co.nz/NZME
RNZ.co.nz
stuff.co.nz/Stuff - Best feature writing – general
Steve Braunias | NZ Herald/NZME – The lost and found
Madeleine Chapman | North & South – $1 billion and counting
Tom Dillane | NZ Herald/NZME – What happened to Olivia Podmore?
Florence Kerr | Stuff – Enduring: Restoring the heart of Te Urewera
Bess Manson | Dominion Post/Stuff – Jemima Gazley’s cancer journey legacy - Best feature writing – crime and justice
Guyon Espiner | RNZ – The untold story of how police shot Shargin Stephens
Pete McKenzie | North & South – The Afterlife of Peter Ellis
Nadine Porter | The Press/Stuff – Broken: The murder that ripped a town apart
Jared Savage | NZ Herald/NZME – Catch me if you can
Veronica Schmidt | RNZ – How a pervert became CEO of a crown entity - Best feature writing – social issues, including health and education
Anusha Bradley | RNZ – Women struggle for treatment as ACC changes policy on perineal tears
Jehan Casinader | Sunday Star-Times/Stuff – ‘Pressured’ to terminate – Down Syndrome pregnancies
Michelle Duff | Stuff – Koia te aroha: Ngā pāpā Māori (Just love: Māori dads)
Paul Gorman | North & South – Down on the Farm
Pete McKenzie | North & South – Hired Guns
Nadine Porter | The Press/Stuff – Lands of loneliness
Melanie Reid | newsroom.co.nz – A plea for help, then descent into hell - Feature Writer of the Year (short-form)
Steve Braunias | NZ Herald/NZME
Alex Casey | The Spinoff
Steve Kilgallon | Sunday Star-Times/Stuff
Martin van Beynen | The Press/Stuff
Simon Wilson | NZ Herald/NZME - Feature Writer of the Year (long-form)
Naomi Arnold | RNZ, NZ Geographic/Kōwhai Media
Guyon Espiner | RNZ
Kate Evans | NZ Geographic/Kōwhai Media, NZ Listener/Are Media
Pete McKenzie | North & South
Bill Morris | NZ Geographic/Kōwhai Media
Simon Wilson | NZ Herald/NZME - Junior Feature Writer of the Year – sponsored by Asia Media Centre
Brittney Deguara | Stuff
Katie Harris | NZ Herald/NZME
Zoe Madden-Smith | Re: News
Jane Matthews | Taranaki Daily News/Stuff
Pete McKenzie | North & South - Best first-person essay or feature
Duncan Greive | The Spinoff – A brief history of the humiliating places I have fallen asleep
Stewart Hunt | Stuff – When push comes to love: parenting your parents
Jonathan Milne | newsroom.co.nz – Community concern a ‘risk’ to dramatic expansion of school zones and buildings
Matt Nippert | NZ Herald/NZME – Whakapakari: Out of that place, monsters came
Simon Wilson | NZ Herald/NZME – Fear and hope in the radiotherapy room - Best Columnist (including opinion writing)
Liam Dann | NZ Herald/NZME
Shilo Kino | newsroom.co.nz
Kim Knight | NZ Herald/NZME
Toby Manhire | The Spinoff
Glenn McConnell | Dominion Post/Stuff
Simon Wilson | NZ Herald/NZME - Reporter of the Year – sponsored by Voyager Internet
Guyon Espiner | RNZ
David Fisher | NZ Herald/NZME
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui | RNZ, TVNZ
Kirsty Johnston | Stuff
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