Magazine Awards Winners Announced

The Magazine Awards 2011 were held Thursday 23 June at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland, attended by over 300 guests from the publishing and media industries in New Zealand and Australia. Guests were kept entertained by MC Oliver Driver, and bands The Lounge Set and Super Highway until midnight.

There were 56 winners across 14 Awards (several awards had mulitple categories), and 8 Highly Commended awards. 2 Supreme Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award were also awarded.

Results are as outlined below.

Supreme Magazine of the Year – NZ Rugby World, published by Tangible Media

Judges said: “This is a totally professional package … strong well designed covers, excellent mix of analysis, profiles and short features, strong use of action photographs in the design; it communicates excellence and credibility with strong, opinionated columnists, and a good 'blokey' laconic tone. Perfectly pitched to the readership.”

Supreme Editor of the Year – Gregor Paul, NZ Rugby World, published by Tangible Media

Judges said: “Gregor is an experienced sports writer who leads by example. He demands continuing evolution of this visually and textually striking, informative, lively and opinionated magazine of news, features and views and big action-focussed photographs from the local, national and international Rugby scenes”.

Lifetime Achievement Award – Julie Dalzell

This award is only given at the discretion of the MPA Board to recognise an outstanding contribution to the magazine publishing industry over a period of time. Previous recipients are Robin Beckett,Warwick Roger, Reg Birchfield, Jean Wishart, Lindsey Dawson and Paula Ryan. 25 years ago in 1986, Julie Dalzell was the launch editor of Cuisine. She purchased the magazine in 1988, and after several ‘firsts’ in the New Zealand magazine publishing industry went on to launch Cuisine in Australia (1995). Julie edited this ground breaking magazine until 2002, and finally sold it in 2003 (a fuller biography is available from the MPA office). She was recognised as an innovative publishing leader, always generous in giving her time to the wider industry as a consultant, mentor and former Magazine Awards judge.

Judging Results

MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR

Winner - Sport & Leisure category NZ RugbyWorld, Tangible Media MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR Winner – Special Interest category OHbaby!, OHbaby! Ltd MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR Winner - Youth category Rip It Up, Satellite Media MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR Winner - Home, Food & Garden category Cuisine, Fairfax Magazines MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR Winner – Lifestyle category NZ Life & Leisure, Fairfax Magazines MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR Winner – Mass Market category NZ Listener, NZ Magazines MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR Winner - Business category Idealog, Tangible Media MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR Winner - Trade Professional category NZ Marketing, Tangible Media MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR Winner - Custom & Membership Publishing category Real, Fairfax Magazines

EDITOR OF THE YEAR Winner - Sport & Leisure category Gregor Paul, NZ RugbyWorld, Tangible Media

EDITOR OF THE YEAR Winner - General Interest & Entertainment category James Frankham, New Zealand Geographic, Kowhai Publishing EDITOR OF THE YEAR Winner - Special Interest category Melissa Gardi, NZWeddings, Tangible Media

EDITOR OF THE YEAR Winner - Youth category Philip Bell, Rip It Up, Satellite Media EDITOR OF THE YEAR Winner - Home, Food & Garden category Sally Duggan, NZ House & Garden, Fairfax Magazines EDITOR OF THE YEAR Winner - Lifestyle category Kate Coughlan, NZ Life & Leisure, Fairfax Magazines

EDITOR OF THE YEAR Winner – Mass Market category Pamela Stirling, NZ Listener, NZ Magazines EDITOR OF THE YEAR Joint Winners - Business category Matt Cooney, Idealog, Tangible Media AND Mark Revington, Unlimited, Fairfax Magazines

EDITOR OF THE YEAR Winner - Trade Professional category David Gapes, AdMedia, Mediaweb EDITOR OF THE YEAR Winner - Custom & Membership Publishing category Claire McCall, Real, Fairfax Magazines

COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR Winner - Consumer category Joe Bennett, NZ Gardener, Fairfax Magazines COLUMNIST OF THE YEAR Winner - Business category David Slack, Unlimited, Fairfax Magazines

JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR Winner - Sport & Leisure category Rebecca Hayter, Independent Journalist, for writing in Boating

NZ JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR Winner – Special Interest category Sarah Heeringa, Good, Tangible Media JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR Winner - Home, Food & Garden category Victoria Wells, Dish, Tangible Media

JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR Winner - Lifestyle category Lisa Scott, Independent Journalist for writing in Next, and North & South

JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR Winner – Mass Market category Rebecca Macfie, NZ Listener, NZ Magazines

JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR Winner - Business category Matt Philp, Unlimited, Fairfax Magazines

JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR Winner - Custom & Membership Publishing category Rebecca Hayter, Independent Journalist for writing in Sky Sport Magazine & Alive

BEST COVER DESIGN Winner - Sport & Leisure category The Cut, Fairfax Magazines Highly Commended NZRugbyWorld, Tangible Media

BEST COVER DESIGN Winner - General Interest & Entertainment category New Zealand Geographic, Kowhai Publishing

BEST COVER DESIGN Winner – Special Interest category Good, HB Media BEST COVER DESIGN Winner - Youth category Girlfriend, NZ Magazines

BEST COVER DESIGN Winner - Home, Food & Garden category Cuisine, Fairfax Magazines BEST COVER DESIGN Highly Commended – Home, Food & Garden category Dish, Tangible Media

BEST COVER DESIGN Winner – Lifestyle category NZ Life & Leisure, Fairfax Magazines

BEST COVER DESIGN Winner – Mass Market category NZ Listener, NZ Magazines

BEST COVER DESIGN Highly Commended – Mass Market category New Idea, NZ Magazines

BEST COVER DESIGN Winner - Business category Idealog, Tangible Media

BEST COVER DESIGN Winner - Trade Professional category AdMedia, Mediaweb

BEST COVER DESIGN Winner – Custom & Membership Publishing category Co., Tangible Media

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR Winner - Sport & Leisure category Des Frith, The Cut and NZ Autocar, Fairfax Magazines

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR Winner – Special Interest category Sheryl Burson, OHbaby! Ohbaby! Ltd

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR Winner - Youth category Lisa Taylor, Creme, NZ Magazines

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR Winner - Home, Food & Garden category Sally Fullam, Dish, Tangible Media

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR Winner – Mass Market category Bela Trussell-Cullen, New Idea, NZ Magazines

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR Winner - Business category Johanna John, Unlimited, Fairfax Magazines

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR Winner - Trade Professional category Kyra Bradcock, Threaded, Threaded Media DESIGNER OF THE YEAR Highly Commended - Trade Professional category Alice Huang, NZ Retail, Tangible Media Page 6 of 6 DESIGNER OF THE YEAR Winner - Custom & Membership Publishing category Cindy Hurst, Real, Fairfax Magazines

BEST LAUNCH / RE-LAUNCH Winner Good, Tangible Media BEST USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY Winner Feature: ‘What a Way of Life’, NZ Life & Leisure, Fairfax Magazines

BEST USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY Highly Commended Feature: ‘Tui’, New Zealand Geographic, Kowhai Publishing Feature: ‘Meet the Meat’, Dish, Tangible Media Feature: ‘Massive Attack’, Simply You, NZ Magazines

MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF MAGAZINES BY AN ADVERTISER Winner HeinzWatties (Golden Circle) & OMD, for LOL Fruit Juice launch campaign in Creme, NZ Magazines

BEST INTEGRATION OF PRINT WITH OTHER MEDIA Winner OHbaby!, OHbaby! Ltd BEST INTEGRATION OF PRINT WITH OTHER MEDIA Highly Commended Get Growing with NZ Gardener, Fairfax Magazines

BEST SUBSCRIPTIONS PROMOTION BY A SINGLE TITLE Winner Cuisine, Fairfax Magazines

ADVERTISING SALES ACHIEVEMENT Winner Leonie Smits, Reseller News, Fairfax Magazines BEST MARKETING CAMPAIGN Winner Cuisine Artisan Awards, Cuisine, Fairfax Magazines

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