- Best innovation in digital storytelling (team entry) – sponsored by Google News Initiative
- Best podcast – episodic/recurrent
- Best podcast – narrative/serial
- News App of the Year – sponsored by Huawei
- 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
- Best first-person essay or feature (no word limit)
- Junior Feature Writer of the Year
- Feature Writer of the Year (long-form, 3500+ words)
- Feature Writer of the Year (short-form, up to 3500 words)
- Best artist/graphic design
- Best headline or hook (including social media)
- Best columnist – business
- Best columnist – general
- Best columnist – politics
- Best columnist – sport
- Columnist of the Year
- Cartoonist of the Year
- nib Health Journalism Scholarship – junior – sponsored by nib
- nib Health Journalism Scholarship – senior – sponsored by nib
- Opinion Writer of the Year
- Reviewer of the Year
- Editorial Executive of the Year – sponsored by ASB
- Best magazine cover
- Best newsstand magazine
- Best trade/professional magazine
- Best newspaper front page
- Best newspaper magazine
- Community Newspaper of the Year – sponsored by ASB
- Metropolitan Newspaper of the Year
- Regional Newspaper of the Year
- Weekly Newspaper of the Year
- Newspaper of the Year – sponsored by Voyager Internet
- Best photography – features, including portraits, fashion, food and architecture
- Best photography – news
- Best photography – sport
- Best photo-story/essay
- Best photography – junior
- Photographer of the Year – sponsored by Canon
- Best coverage of a major news event
- Best editorial campaign or project
- Best individual investigation
- Best team investigation – sponsored by NZ On Air
- Best reporting – crime and justice
- Best reporting – environment
- Best reporting – general
- Best reporting – Māori affairs
- Best reporting – personal finance
- Best reporting – social issues, including health and education
- Best reporting – travel
- Business Journalist of the Year
- Community Journalist of the Year
- Political Journalist of the Year
- Regional Journalist of the Year
- Science Journalist of the Year – sponsored by Science Media Centre
- Sports Journalist of the Year – sponsored by Sky Sport
- Student Journalist of the Year – sponsored by News Publishers’ Association
- Junior Reporter of the Year – sponsored by Asia Media Centre
- Broadcast Reporter of the Year – sponsored by NZ On Air
- Reporter of the Year – sponsored by Voyager Internet
- Best breaking news video – sponsored by NZ On Air
- Best documentary/series or current affairs – sponsored by NZ On Air
- Best feature video – sponsored by NZ On Air
- Video Journalist of the Year – sponsored by Canon
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