• Best first-person essay or feature
  • Best Columnist
  • Best Opinion Writing
  • Best feature writing – general
  • Best feature writing – crime and justice
  • Best feature writing – social issues, including health and education
  • Junior Feature Writer of the Year
  • Feature Writer of the Year (short-form)
  • Feature Writer of the Year (long-form)
  • Best headline or hook
  • Best newspaper front page
  • Best newspaper magazine
  • Best news, current affairs or specialist publication
  • Community Newspaper of the Year
  • Regional Newspaper of the Year
  • Weekly Newspaper of the Year
  • Metropolitan Newspaper of the Year
  • Voyager Newspaper of the Year
  • Reporter of the Year
  • Best photography – features
  • Best photography – news
  • Best photography – sport
  • Best photo-story/essay
  • Photographer of the Year
  • Best breaking news video
  • Best documentary
  • Best video documentary series
  • Current Affairs Programme of the Year
  • Broadcast Reporter of the Year – Current Affairs
  • Broadcast Reporter of the Year – News
  • Best innovation in digital storytelling
  • Best original podcast – ongoing/episodic
  • Best original podcast – seasonal/serial
  • Best feature video (single video journalist)
  • Video Journalist of the Year
  • News App of the Year
  • News Website of the Year
  • Best coverage of a major news event
  • Best scoop (single news story)
  • Best data journalism
  • Best editorial campaign or project
  • 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 – science
  • Best reporting – social issues, including health and education
  • Best Student Journalist (no entry fee)
  • Best Junior Reporter
  • Gordon McLauchlan Travel Journalism Award
  • Best artist/graphic design
  • Le Mana Pacific Award
  • Te Tohu Kairangi Award (previously ‘Best reporting – Māori affairs’)
  • 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
  • Editorial Leader of the Year

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