westpac champion CATEGORY award WINNERS

​Champion Customer Experience Award  – Small Enterprise – Presented by Venues Ōtautahi 
RIVERSIDE MARKET

Riverside Market is a vibrant seven-day-trading indoor farmers’ market, in the heart of the central city, overlooking the Ōtākaro/Avon River. The market includes a butcher, fishmonger, cheesery, greengrocer and market stalls and is linked by a vibrant network of boutique retail, restaurants, cafés and bars. Riverside is a unique inner-city shopping experience.

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Christchurch Casino Champion Customer Experience Award - Medium/Large Enterprise 
MT HUTT SKI AREA

​Standing proud at the heart of Canterbury, Mt Hutt/Ōpuke has been voted New Zealand’s best ski resort six years running at the World Ski Awards. The popular ski area offers a true alpine experience, with wide-open terrain, leg-burning runs, monster snowfalls and spectacular views. Add to this mix the friendly vibe, genuine Kiwi hospitality and modern facilities and you have a one outstanding playground – right in your backyard. 

Champion Producer/Manufacturer Award – Small Enterprise ​– Presented by MediaWorks
​​TUATARA STRUCTURES

​Tuatara Structures is an award-winning design and build construction company established in 2014, with a purpose to design and build structural steel buildings that outperform and outlast.

An innovative business, Tuatara Structures uses leading-edge processes, forefront technology, and durable materials to create superior and sustainable structural steel buildings for New Zealand business owners.

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Kordia Champion Producer/Manufacturer Award ​- Medium/Large Enterprise
​WYMA SOLUTIONS

Wyma Solutions is a Canterbury-based agritech exporter. They design, manufacture, install, and service post-harvest equipment for packhouses around the world. Originally founded in 1962, Wyma was purchased by Andrew and Angela Barclay in 2001, who transformed it from a small and predominantly domestic supplier into a global company.

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Champion Emerging Exporter Award
DAWN AEROSPACE

Headquartered in Christchurch, Dawn Aerospace is a space transportation company providing in-space satellite propulsion to its customers globally and developing a same-day reusable spaceplane. Their propulsion technology often achieves superior performance to traditional systems by using a unique, green-propellant combination. Dawn satellite propulsion systems have now flown on Vega, SpaceX and Soyuz launchers. 

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​Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Champion Established Exporter Award
SEEQUENT

Seequent brings together industry-leading earth modelling, geo-data management, and team collaboration software, with a belief that when everyone can see the full picture, they can make better decisions that benefit people and the planet. 

​ChristchurchNZ Champion Innovation Award

​DAWN AEROSPACE

Headquartered in Christchurch, Dawn Aerospace is a space transportation company providing in-space satellite propulsion to its customers globally and developing a same-day reusable spaceplane. Their propulsion technology often achieves superior performance to traditional systems by using a unique, green-propellant combination. Dawn satellite propulsion systems have now flown on Vega, SpaceX and Soyuz launchers. 

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Rātā Foundation Champion Community Impact Award – Small Enterprise
FOODBANK canterbury

Foodbank is the pantry to the charity sector. In ‘normal’ times the organisation fights hunger by providing food for 200,000 New Zealanders each month and advocates for the almost one in five whānau who experience food insecurity in the Canterbury region and New Zealand each year.

The Press Champion Community Impact Award - Medium/Large Enterprise
​AVIVA CHARITABLE TRUST

Aviva is a Canterbury-based, specialist family and sexual violence agency. They offer an extensive range of integrated services to support all people to live free from violence. This includes 24-hour phone support, individual and group education and sexual assault support.

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Christchurch City Council Champion Business for Good Award
​FOODBANK CANTERBURY

Foodbank is the pantry to the charity sector. In ‘normal’ times the organisation fights hunger by providing food for 200,000 New Zealanders each month and advocates for the almost one in five whānau who experience food insecurity in the Canterbury region and New Zealand each year.

ACC Champion Workplace
​Injury Prevention Award
GCH AVIATION

GCH Aviation is the umbrella brand for a diverse range of aviation services including New Zealand Flying Doctors Service, rescue helicopter operations in Nelson, Greymouth and Christchurch; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), flight training, tourism and commercial operations; and Canterbury’s first full-service corporate Jet Centre and jet aircraft charter operations.

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2degrees Champion Workplace Award
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ENGEO LTD

​ENGEO is an award-winning consultancy of geotechnical engineers, geologists, environmental scientists, and asbestos specialists. Their staff produce exceptional results for their clients, because they are passionate about engineering, geology science and technology. 

University of Canterbury Business School Champion Emerging Business Award
SPRITELY LTD

Spritely has created an age-friendly touchscreen device that helps to Kiwi retirees feel healthier, safer, and more connected. Inspired by their founders' concern for his father, who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Spritely started life as a small prototype movement sensor and evolved into a comprehensive ecosystem of tablets, sensors, and medical devices which empower hundreds of Kiwi retirees to communicate with loved ones and keep track of their health.

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Champion Emerging Leader Award
​– presented by Harvey Cameron 
​REBECCA MILLER​

​Rebecca farms with her husband Brent in their equity business Milk IQ, near Ashburton, milking 2600 cows. A high performing business, Milk IQ has won eight awards in the last two years, including Dairy Business of the year. 

WESTPAC CHAMPION SUPREME AWARD WINNERS

​These awards go to organisations that the judges believe are the most deserving from all category winners for both small and medium/large enterprise. 

​Westpac Champion Supreme Award - Small Enterprise

FOODBANK CANTERBURY

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​Westpac Champion Supreme Award - Medium/Large Enterprise

DAWN AEROSPACE

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