Winners announced for TVNZ/NZ Marketing Awards

Media release November 2

Les Mills International grabs top honours at 18th Marketing Awards
Winners announced for TVNZ/NZ Marketing Awards 2009

A sell-out crowd of 370 marketers donned their glad rags on Friday night to honour this year's best marketers at the 18th annual TVNZ/ NZ Marketing Awards.

The winners announced at the gala dinner are:

• Fairfax Media Supreme Award and the Colmar Brunton Customer Services Award: Les Mills International – Bodyvive.
• New Zealand Post Marketer of the Year: Gillian Munnik, manager, marketing and operations for shareholder and supplier services at Fonterra.
• Geon Rookie Marketer of the Year: Dave Shoemack, Export Gold and Export 33 brand manager at DB Breweries.
• TVNZ NZ Marketing Hall of Fame: Peter Spencer.
• Morton Estate Wines Retail Award: Air New Zealand
• New Zealand Post Business-to-Business Award: The University of Auckland Business School.
• Idealog New Media and Marketing Award: Department of Labour–Magnet.
• Smartsource Marketing Fast Moving Consumer Goods Award: Frucor–Mizone Rapid.
• DNA Not-For-Profit Award: The National Screening Unit of the Ministry of Health–National Cervical Screening Programme.
• TVNZ Consumer Durables: Roche Products–Neupogen.
• University of Otago Emerging Business Award: BrandCom–TaxRefunds.co.nz.

The TVNZ/NZ Marketing Awards is a joint initiative between NZ Marketing magazine and the New Zealand Marketing Association. Ownership of the awards changed this year when HB Media purchased NZ Marketing from the receivers of 3 Media.

The NZMA’s chief executive Sue McCarty says: "This is the only awards programme in New Zealand that recognises great, innovative, market-led organisations and the business and marketing professionals leading them. We congratulate all the entrants and especially the winners.

"What's more, we are delighted to be co-hosting tonight’s event with HB Media. Together with HB Media, we will be exploring new ways to evolve and grow this awards programme, raising its profile so that we identify and celebrate outstanding business success as a result of great marketing."

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