Wellington Gold Awards

16/09/2026

WELL WORTH LISTENING TO !!
JD Trask (Autohive) closes last weekends AI Summit in Wellington with these compelling words about AI & New Zealand....
(excuse the poor sound quality it's only first 30second)

Closing the Aotearoa AI Summit in Wellington, Autohive co-founder a...

11/09/2026

2026 Green Gold Winner: UNIPLAS
Uniplas are so proud of their recent win at The Golds that they have incorporated their Winners Badge into the sleeve of their Uniforms. This is a first and a lovely acknowledgement. Thanks Joseph and the Uniplas Team.....

10/09/2026

Startup Theatre - ANDREW LITTLE
Why a Minister and Mayor became a startup fan 🚀
👀 Why is government so bad at adopting new technology?

And what would it take for New Zealand to build an economy where tech and startups sit alongside our traditional industries?

This week, Serge Van Dam sits down with Wellington Mayor and former Cabinet Minister Andrew Little for a wide-ranging conversation about government, technology, risk and the future of New Zealand’s economy.......

👀 Why is government so bad at adopting new technology? And what w...

03/09/2026

02/09/2026

A big thank you / fa'afetai lava to Fauono Ken Laban - Mayor of Lower Hutt and his Hutt City Council team (Magic Whiu and Saraї Gamliel) for hosting the annual Gold Awards Hutt City Winners and Finalists presentation. This a tradition instigated by then Mayor John Terris in 1999 and subsequently carried on by our Wellington region's Council Partners each year.

See full photo gallery here....
https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=wellingtongoldawards&set=a.1556069706564980

02/09/2026

BIG NEWS FOR Fix and Fogg
Winner 2017 Emerging Gold - Products and then 2021 Global Gold and 2021 Supreme Gold
Wellys favourite nutty butter cracks Costco.....

Fix & Fogg Cracks Costco!

Wellington's favourite peanut butter company is celebrating another giant leap in the American market.

Fix & Fogg is now being stocked by Costco in the United States, marking a significant milestone for the company founded by Roman and Andrea Jewell.

Roman and Andrew first sold their peanut butter at the Thorndon Farmers' Market, before finding a following at Moore Wilson’s and, eventually, New World supermarkets.

More than a decade later, Fix & Fogg has grown into an international brand, with the latest achievement taking it into the world’s third largest retailer.

Costco operates a vast network of membership warehouses and is known for keeping its product range relatively tightly curated and buying products in significant volumes.

Here Thom Brooks, Fix & Fogg's first employee after founders Roman and Andrea, is pictured with Costco chief executive Ron Vachris celebrating the deal.

Congratulations Andrea, Roman, Thom and the whole Fix & Fogg team - an overnight success story 12 years in the making!

📷Roman Jewell, Fix & Fogg

02/09/2026

CIRCA welcomes back JUDY GARLAND
Reviewers all agree about Ali Harper's Judy's Encore ........ and they're over the rainbow. Ali Harper's Judy's Encore is being called....
"a SUBLIME SHOW" and "a MUST-SEE" by SIMON SWEETMAN, while BroadwayWorld simply says "MAGNIFICANT" — praising vocals delivered with "effortless control and authenticity..... and 80 minutes has never gone by so beautifully."
Playing in Circa Two until 26 September,

20/08/2026

GOLD NEVER SLEEPS !
Preparing the Gold Awards every year is a round the calendar programme. We just wrap-up one year in July/August with the Mayoral presentations in each city and we start planning the next year straight away....

Here are 4 important dates for you to put in your 2027 diaries.

2027 ENTRIES OPEN: Monday 1st February
2027 ENTRIES CLOSE Wednesday 31st March
2027 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED Friday 7th May
THE POST 2027 GOLD AWARDS Thursday July 1st

BUT Nominations are open here 24/7/365
And yes, self- nomination is a thing.....so get yours in now!!
www.goldawards.co.nz