PRINZ Awards 2023 Winners
Best Influencer Campaign
BRONZE Have you heard what Bruce did? | Kelly Grindle | Special PR
Best Use of Digital and Social Media – sponsored by Isentia
GOLD You’re cooked – If you’re cooked stay off the stove | Kelley Toy | Fire and Emergency New Zealand
SILVER Vote 22 – New Plymouth District Council Local Election Campaign | Jacqueline Baker, Ben Kohlis, Aaron Boslem, Joni Ludlow, John MacDonald | New Plymouth District Council
SILVER Getting Kiwis on board with Jetstar | Kelly Grindle | Special PR
BRONZE Vote Phil Mauger – using social media geo-targeting to win an election | Erin Jamieson, Emma Maciaszek | Convergence Communications & Marketing |
Best use of Media Relations
GOLD Te Kounga Paparangi – An intergenerational action plan for Ngāi Tahu to combat climate change | Nicki Tipa, Marcus Gibbs, Crisselda De Leon-Singson, Maisie Gray | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
GOLD Shotgun blast from the deep | Jessica Rowley, Sarah Fraser, Rebekah Parsons-King, Rory Newsam | NIWA
SILVER Are you cut out for the Coast? | Aaron Rees | Development West Coast
SILVER A ‘Booster’ of Happiness’ | Kelly Grindle | Special PR
SILVER We are Whānau – New Zealand’s First National Blood Donor Week | Sandy Trigg, Asuka Burge, Lee Stace, Lucy Body | Network Communication
SILVER Shifting the dial on child abuse | Shae Skellern, Tegan Church, Jacky James |The Shine Collective
BRONZE Spark 5G Street Museum | Carolyn Kerr, Sarah Geel, Nalika Patel, Jack Whelan, Chanelle Nottle | Anthem
Community Relations and Engagement
GOLD Improving Powerco’s relationship with the Greytown community | Rochelle West | Powerco
SILVER Vote Phil Mauger – a hyperlocal approach to local body elections | Erin Jamieson, Emma Maciaszek | Convergence Communications & Marketing |
BRONZE Vote, or else: Orange Man’s effort to get Palmy to vote | Liana Mua, Greg Berry | Palmerston North City Council
Consumer or Customer Relations
GOLD McCensus: understanding the crew to attract the new | Brianna Elder, Simon Kenny | Mango Communications |
Corporate and Business Public Relations
SILVER AKL Open | Libby Middlebrook, Helen Twose | Auckland Airport
SILVER Doppelmayr: Establishing ropeways as a credible public transport solution for Aotearoa | Carolyn Kerr, Charlotte Jackson | Anthem
BRONZE Bringing the sector together to build a better New Zealand | Maxine Glogau. Bronwyn Millar | Acumen
Experiential and Activation, sponsored by Celebrity Speakers
GOLD You’re cooked – If you’re cooked stay off the stove | Kelley Toy | Fire and Emergency New Zealand
SILVER A ‘Mitey’ Achievement | Kelly Grindle | Special PR
SILVER McDonald’s at Fieldays – The most successful sequel ever | Brianna Elder, Simon Kenny, Sean Brown | Mango Communications
BRONZE How Charlies honoured a Kiwi legend at the Black Clash | Kelly Grindle | Special PR
Government Relations and Public Affairs, sponsored by Robert Walters
GOLD Closing the Pay Gap – gathering support from New Zealanders to influence policy change| Cas Carter, Mihi Blake, Tilly van Eeden, Bee Stevenson | Mindthegap
SILVER The right decision for future generations: Securing Ngāi Tahu representation on Environment Canterbury | Marcus Gibbs | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu | Ross Pringle | Environment Canterbury
BRONZE Vote Phil Mauger | Erin Jamieson, Emma Maciaszek | Convergence Communications & Marketing
BRONZE Vote, or else: Orange Man’s effort to get Palmy to vote | Liana Mua, Greg Berry | Palmerston North City Council
Internal Communications
SILVER Let’s get to Synlait Safe | Josie Cochrane, Hannah Lynch, Emily Murphy, Jo Scott| Great Scott
BRONZE GO! Cut waste | Aakanksha Mehta | Kiwi Property
Issues, Crisis or Reputation Management
SILVER The road to restoring fluoridation and building back public trust | Vanessa Macfarlane & Mark Scott | Wellington Water
Marketing Communication
GOLD McCensus: understanding the crew to attract the new | Brianna Elder, Simon Kenny | Mango Communications |
GOLD You’re cooked – If you’re cooked stay off the stove | Kelley Toy | Fire and Emergency New Zealand
SILVER A bespoke campaign for a bespoke fridge | Liz Holt, Brianna Elder, Sean Brown | Mango Communications
SILVER HP – celebrating a landmark launch in a landmark location | Kirsten Blanchard, Renee Ji, Hayley Smith, Marissa Parr| Acumen
BRONZE Vote 22 – New Plymouth District Council Local Election Campaign | Jacqueline Baker, Ben Kohlis, Aaron Boslem, Joni Ludlow, John MacDonald | New Plymouth District Council
Most Innovative Campaign
GOLD You’re cooked – If you’re cooked stay off the stove | Kelley Toy | Fire and Emergency New Zealand
SILVER The Silent Night, a fundraising event that no goes to | Kelly Grindle | Special PR
PR Consultancy of the Year (more than seven)
GOLD Special PR
SILVER One Plus One Communication
PR Consultancy of the Year (one to seven)
GOLD HMC Communications Limited
SILVER Priority Communications
PR In-house team of the year
GOLD Auckland Airport
SILVER Development West Coast
BRONZE New Plymouth District Council
Sally Logan-Milne Young Practitioner of the Year
WINNER Jessica Chaplin
SPECIAL MENTION Emily Ding
SPECIAL MENTION Kelsey Schutte
Isentia and PRINZ Prize for Excellence in Research, Measurement and Evaluation
McCensus: understanding the crew to attract the new | Brianna Elder, Simon Kenny | Mango Communications |
PRINZ Supreme Award Winner
Shotgun blast from the deep | Jessica Rowley, Sarah Fraser, Rebekah Parsons-King, Rory Newsam | NIWA
