2023 2degrees Wellington Regional Business Excellence Awards Winners

Here are your 2023 2degrees Wellington Regional Business Excellence Awards Winners.

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A huge congratulations to all our 2023 winners!

Over the years, Wellington Regional Business Excellence Awards have been awarded to New Zealand’s most successful businesses, organisations and industry leaders.

Our awards are split up into two types of categories. Special Categories and Business Categories. The overall winner from the Business Categories was awarded the Supreme Business Of The Year Award.

The 2023 Supreme Business Of The Year Award went to Paysauce.

Our Category Winners Were:

  • Best Small Business sponsored by Upper Hutt City Council: Contemporary Korowai Designs Ltd

  • Excellence in Sustainable and Environmental Practices sponsored by Centreport Wellington: East By West Ferries

  • Young Businessperson of the Year sponsored by PKF Kendons: Joshua Ross – TwentyEight

  • Diversity and Inclusion sponsored by Hutt City Council: New Zealand Campus of Innovation and Sport

  • Excellence in Service and Support sponsored by The Sebel: PaySauce

  • Excellence in Hospitality, Tourism, and Retail sponsored by Woburn International Group: Sarin Hotels

  • Excellence in Construction, Trades, and Infrastructure sponsored by The Fletcher Construction Company Ltd and Te Awa Kairangi: Paradise Painting Services Ltd

  • Excellence in Technology and Innovation sponsored by Pertronic Industries Ltd: Times-7

  • Excellence in Manufacturing sponsored by BNZ: AROTEC Diagnostics Limited

  • Supreme Award: PaySauce

Details of The Awards

The official presentation of the awards took place at the Awards Gala Evening on Friday 17 November 2023 at the Lower Hutt Events Centre. The event had close to 500 attendees.

Paysauce was awarded the Supreme Business of the Year Award.

For the first time ever, the Awards inducted four businesses into the Hall of Fame. These were Hutt Gas and Plumbing Systems Ltd, Wheelers Shoes, NME Group and METCO Engineering. 

The 2023 Wellington Regional Business Excellence Awards was a sold-out event.

Entries closed on Friday, September 22nd 2023 at 5pm. In 2023, we had the highest amount of entries ever recorded in the 14 years that the award had been run.

Finalists were announced and celebrated at our Finalist Function on Thursday, October 19th 2023 sponsored by Waihanga Ara Rau – Workforce Development Council for Construction and Infrastructure.