WESTPACTRUST BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD
Astron Plastics.
MANUFACTURING AWARD (TWO WINNERS)
Best Bars of Manurewa makes towbars, bullbars, bump-ers and cycle racks.
Astron Plastics.
PHILLIPS FOX INNOVATION AWARD
Best Bars.
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL COLLEGE TOURISM AWARD
Regency Duty Free.
TELECOM LOCAL DIRECTORIES BEST SMALL BUSINESS AWARD
Jagas Concrete, family run business in East Tamaki, makes concrete paving stones and precast concrete products such as kerbing and traffic islands.
EXCELLENCE IN EXPORTING AWARD
PSM Healthcare, which makes and exports range of pharmaceuticals, toiletries, consumer products and specialty foods, to Australia, the Pacific Islands, Asia, the USA and Europe.
EMERGING EXPORTER AWARD
Rayglass Boats, which makes custom built fibreglass boats, and exports two thirds to the USA and Europe.
RETAILING AWARD
Made In New Zealand, travel retail store at Auckland International Airport, which offers 100 percent New Zealand made gifts for travellers.
SKILL NEW ZEALAND STAFF DEVELOPMENT AWARD
Best Bars.
MANUKAU CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY AWARD
Mainfreight.
TELECOM LOCAL DIRECTORIES CUSTOMERS’ CHOICE AWARD
Patches Coffee & Bake, Pakuranga Plaza.
Beyond survival
Management Commercial
July 21, 2026
After a punishing economic cycle Kiwi businesses are emerging into something of a stabilisation period. Cautiously optimistic, past the worst, but with operating costs still biting and reinvestment held back. Why the next six months will define the recovery, and what business owners need to be doing in that period.
