New Zealander of the Year Finalist: Dr Russell Wills
Suggest to the Children's Commissioner that his baby - a report on solutions to child poverty - is destined to go the way of its predecessors as politicians and bureaucrats count the costs, and he is...
View ArticleNew Zealander of the Year Finalist: Jan Wright
Civil servants as a rule keep their opinions to themselves and make their ministers' lives comfortable.But not Jan Wright, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, who in September slammed...
View ArticleNew Zealander of the Year Finalist: Tevita Ngalu
Tevita Ngalu shut out the excruciating pain in his injured leg, calmed his thoughts and gave it one last shot for his teammate.To the amazement of the crowd at the Oceania championships in June, he...
View ArticleWho is your New Zealander of the year?
With 2012 nearly at an end, who is your pick for New Zealander of the Year? In the arts, it's been a big year for people like Bret McKenzie , Kimbra and Sir Peter Jackson . Fonterra's Henry van
View ArticleNew Zealander of the Year Finalist: Mike Williams
Mike Williams, a counsellor at Edgewater College in Pakuranga, is one of our nominees for New Zealander of the Year because he is part of a worldwide movement to model non-violent relationships in the...
View ArticleNew Zealander of the Year Finalist: Diana Crossan
As a woman who rebelled against the glass ceiling and promoted equal opportunities in state services, Diana Crossan will likely wince at being depicted as the nation's (very) wise aunt. Yet that's the...
View ArticleNew Zealander of the Year Finalist: Juliana Venning
She's a feminist, an activist and a self-titled "good samaritan", so when Juliana Venning heard that Mike Tyson planned to visit New Zealand, she rang his sponsors and asked them why they were helping...
View ArticleNew Zealander of the Year Finalist: Helen Winkelmann
In her own words, the job of Chief High Court Judge Justice Helen Winkelmann required her to walk the harder road.She appears to be making the road harder - and her load heavier - by finding new ways...
View ArticleNew Zealander of the Year Finalist: Tamati Kruger
Tuhoe chief negotiator Tamati Kruger is the first to admit that in the midst of the raw anger of 2010 it seemed impossible Tuhoe's Treaty settlement would be all but a done deal just two years...
View ArticleNew Zealander of the year 2012
Stephen Swart told an unpopular truth for the good it might do.It has taken years: 15 since he first told a journalist, eight since he became the first teammate of Lance Armstrong to go on the record...
View ArticleBusiness leader of the year finalist 2013: Christopher Luxon
Air New Zealand's Christopher Luxon hit the ground running when he took over as chief executive on January 1, spending the day with frontline staff at Auckland Airport.The 42-year-old helped reshape...
View ArticleBusiness leader of the year finalist 2013: Di Humphries
Di Humphries is the fresh face in charge of children's clothing retailer Pumpkin Patch.She stepped up to chief executive role at the Auckland-based company in August after a stint as head of brand and...
View ArticleSporting Achievement of the Year 2013: Breakers
Twenty-four victories and four defeats during the regular season. A 16-game winning streak. Two straight playoff sweeps.Whatever the numbers during the Breakers' third consecutive champions campaign,...
View ArticleSporting Achievement of the Year 2013: All Blacks
A perfect year of results - 14 from 14 - all done while missing, variously, Dan Carter, Richie McCaw and Conrad Smith. Kieran Read scooped the International Rugby Board player of the year award, Steve...
View ArticleNew Zealander of the year finalist 2013: Ben Uffindell
When Ben Uffindell was told someone had taken him seriously, he laughed out loud.He had written a story for The Civilian , the satirical website poking fun at the Act Party he set up in February
View ArticleNew Zealander of the year finalist 2013: Eleanor Catton
There are short odds on which will be the most popular (and well-received) Christmas present in New Zealand this year - it seems half the country is looking forward to a long hot summer reading Eleanor...
View ArticleSporting Achievement of the Year 2013: Valerie Adams
It was business as usual for Valerie Adams, another way of saying the shot put superstar pummelled all-comers.There's a danger that Adams' Victory March Fatigue is obscuring the weight of her...
View ArticleBusiness leader of the year finalist 2013: Mark Adamson
Mark Adamson, the boss of Fletcher Building, has seen the share price double at New Zealand's biggest listed company, conducted a huge management overhaul, installed a new chief financial officer and...
View ArticleBusiness leader of the year finalist 2013: Peter Halkett
Amidst a tough retail environment, Kathmandu chief executive Peter Halkett has led the company through a solid year of growth.Buoyed by positive financial results, the outdoor apparel and equipment...
View ArticleNew Zealander of the year finalist 2013: Kieran Read
There would hardly have been a murmur of dissent when Kieran Read was officially acknowledged last week as the best rugby player in the world.The 28-year-old father of two girls has set a new standard...
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