It’s not always easy to find time to work on, rather than in, your business. Entering the Westpac Business Excellence Awards is a great opportunity to step back and take a critical look at what makes your business tick.
Benchmarking
Seeing how things are done by businesses outside your field is a great way to inject fresh ideas into your business. The Awards give you a window into how other businesses have built success.
Analysis
The process of preparing an entry can be immensely beneficial to your business, encouraging you to step back and look at your strengths and weaknesses.
Expert Feedback
Entering the Awards helps you gain an outside-in view of your business. Past entrants have found the feedback they receive from the judges to be incredibly valuable.
Business Profile & Recognition
Winning the Awards will increase your exposure and as a result help boost staff morale and motivation as a result.
The Westpac Business Excellence Awards run throughout New Zealand and offer a range of different Awards celebrating local business success.
This year Westpac is sponsoring 11 Business Excellence Awards across the country in association with the local Chamber of Commerce or an Economic Development Agency in each region. To find the contact details for your local Chamber or EDA, please refer to the tables below.
| Business Awards Region |
Chamber Contact |
Chamber Email |
Entries Open |
Entries close |
Gala Dinner |
| Auckland Central |
Rebecca Seymour-East |
rseymour-east@chamber.co.nz |
1 Mar |
22 June |
14 Nov |
| Auckland North |
Rebecca Seymour-East |
rseymour-east@chamber.co.nz |
1 Mar |
22 June |
30 Oct |
| Auckland South |
Rebecca Seymour-East |
rseymour-east@chamber.co.nz |
1 Mar |
22 June |
18 Oct |
| Auckland West |
Rebecca Seymour-East |
rseymour-east@chamber.co.nz |
1 Mar |
22 June |
2 Nov |
| Gisborne |
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3 Apr |
26 May |
29 Sep |
| Canterbury |
Julianna Malone |
info@championcanterbury.org.nz |
2 May |
10 June |
4 Oct |
| Northland |
Tony Collins |
ceo@northchamber.co.nz |
24 Apr |
1 Aug |
27 Oct |
| Porirua City |
Tracy Johnson |
tracy@poriruachamber.co.nz |
10 Jul |
22 Aug |
17 Nov |
| Rotorua |
Darrin Walsh |
ceo@rotoruachamber.co.nz |
22 Mar |
8 July |
TBC |
| Tauranga |
Anne Pankhurst |
awards@tauranga.org.nz |
9 May |
26 Aug |
10 Nov |
| Waikato |
William Durning |
ceo@waikatochamber.co.nz |
29 Mar |
30 June |
3 Nov |
| Southland |
Janine Small |
janine@commercesouth.com |
27 April |
31 July |
29 Sep |
| Otago |
No awards for 2017 |
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| Queenstown |
No awards for 2017 |
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| Manawatu |
No awards for 2017 |
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