The PRINZ Awards recognise excellence, promote continuous improvement, and showcase the outstanding work achieved by public relations and communications management professionals in New Zealand. The PRINZ Awards are judged by selected industry professionals from overseas and across New Zealand, as well as inhouse, agency and government backgrounds, to ensure a representative sample from the communications industry.
To find tickets to the PRINZ Awards Gala Dinner, click here
Brightstar x PRINZ 2025 Communications & Public Relations Conference
PRINZ are proud to be partnering with Brightstar to bring you the 2025 Communications and Public Relations Conference on May 28th-29th. This conference will bring Comms & PR professionals together to hear and discuss the latest insights to navigate trust, uncertainty, risk and opportunity. Attend to connect and hear from the best Comms & PR specialists from across a diverse range of sectors in New Zealand. The conference will be co-located with the PRINZ Awards at the JW Marriott in Auckland.
Speakers will be announced in due time and key topics will include:
- Macroeconomic and geopolitical analysis
- Keynote – International trends in strategic communication
- Navigating digital safety and regulation
- The role of Communications in shaping Trust
- Diversity & inclusion for communicators
- Best use cases in AI and Emerging Tech for Communicators
- Communicator’s role in navigating reputation and risk
- Address from the Public Service Commission
- Indigenous Communication
- Communicating and ESG and sustainability
- Disinformation
- Making the most of the Comms and PR budget
- Managing wellbeing – understanding burnout in the Comms & PR sector
- Leadership and workforce engagement
For more information and tickets, click here.
2024 PRINZ Awards Gala Dinner Video
Thank you to Miriama Toms from Conservatory Media for creating this video for us.
2024 PRINZ Awards Winners
You can view the full list of 2024 PRINZ Awards Winners here.
The PRINZ Awards 2025 categories
Streem Corporate and Business Public Relations
Community Relations and Engagement
Government Relations and Public Affairs
Robert Walters Internal Communications
Issues, Crisis or Reputation Management
Marketing Communication
Celebrity Speakers Experiential and Activation
Telum Media Best Use of Media Relations
Isentia Best Use of Digital and Social Media
Truescope Sally Logan-Milne Young Practitioner of the Year
PR In-house Team of the Year
PR Consultancy of the Year Small to Medium (1-7 Employees)
PR Consultancy of the Year Large (7+ Employees)
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