NZ: Qantas Media Awards

I was asked to be a judge of the New Zealand Qantas Media Awards for 2009. Here’s the web awards winners – ta da! :

Blog

Winner: Moata Tamaira, Stuff

Finalists: Greer McDonald, The Dominon Post
Adam Brown, The Dominion Post

Website Breaking News Story

Winner: www.dompost.co.nz andwww.stuff.co.nz – Vote 08

Finalists: www.waikatotimes.co.nz and www.stuff.co.nz – Tamahere fire
www.tvnz.co.nz – Motorway shooting 23.1.09

Business Website- Business NZ award

Winner: www.interest.co.nz

Finalists: www.businessday.co.nz

www.nzherald.co.nz/business
www.nbr.co.nz

Website Design

Winner: www.stuff.co.nz

Finalists: www.nzonscreen.com
www.docnz.org.nz/2009
www.dompost.co.nz

Entertainment Website

Winner: www.nzonscreen.com

Feature Website

Winner: www.lumiere.net.nz/reader/item/1732

Website Multi Media/Video Presentation

Winner: www.southlandtimes.co.nz – 25th anniversary of Southland’s 100 year flood

Finalists: www.press.co.nz – When two tribes go to war
www.dompost.co.nz – Don’t take back pain lying down
www.press.co.nz – Snow and spirit
www.tvnz.co.nz – Louis Vuitton Pacific Series

News Website

Winner: www.nzherald.co.nz

Finalists: www.tvnz.co.nz
www.nbr.co.nz

Best Single Website Report

Winner: www.dompost.co.nz (Phil Kitchin and Diego Opatowski) – Jane Loveday exposé

Finalists: www.stuff.co.nz (Mark Stevens and David Hargreaves) – Official cash rate announcement
www.stuff.co.nz (Michael Fox) – Should you be afraid of sharks ?

Sports Website

Winner: www.tvnz.co.nz/sport

Finalist: www.nzherald.co.nz/sport

Website Story/Project with Community Involvement

Winner: www.nzherald.co.nz – Greatest living New Zealander

Finalist: www.southlandtimes.co.nz -25th anniversary
of Southland’s 100 year flood

You can read the rest of the winners here.