The New Zealand Women of Influence Awards are an annual set of awards which recognise women who make a difference to everyday New Zealanders' lives. The Awards were first made in 2013 and were initially sponsored by Westpac Bank.[ 1] Stuff NZ became a joint sponsor.
Luamanuvao Dame Winnie Laban, winner of the 2020 Women of Influence Lifetime Achievement Award Nominations are invited from the public. A panel selects finalists in each category, who are invited to an awards dinner at the Aotea Centre in Auckland where the recipients are announced.[ 2] COVID-19 pandemic .
Categories The Awards were initially presented in seven categories; additional categories have since been introduced and as of 2020 the Awards are made in ten categories: Board and Management, Business Enterprise, Innovation and Science, Young Leader, Arts and Culture, Public Policy, Community and Not-for-profit, Diversity, Global and Rural. In addition, there is a Supreme Award, which is awarded each year, and a Lifetime Achievement Award, which has been awarded four times.[ 1] [ 3]
The category Innovation and Science was titled Science, Health and Innovation until 2019. In 2021 it was renamed Innovation, Science and Health.[ 4] [ 4]
The category Social Enterprise has been awarded once, in 2014. The category Local and Regional has been awarded twice, in 2013 and in 2014.[ 5]
In 2021, the category Global was not awarded, a category Environment was added and the category Rural was re-named Primary Industries.[ 6] [ 4]
Judges Dame Silvia Cartwright is the head of the judging panel. On the 2020 panel with her were Sir John Kirwan , Vanisa Dhiru , Abbie Reynolds , Sinead Boucher and Gina Dellabarca.[ 7] [ 8]
Recipients Parris Goebel, winner of the 2015 Young Leader Award and the 2020 Arts and Culture Award Year Category Recipient Notes 2021 Supreme Woman of Influence Bronwyn Hayward , expert on sustainability, climate change and youth [ 6] Lifetime Achievement Dame Silvia Cartwright , New Zealand’s first female High Court judge and second female Governor-General Board and Management Cassandra Crowley , CEO of Te Arawa Management Limited Business Enterprise Jessie Wong, director of Yu Mei Innovation, Science and Health Bev Lawton , founder and director of Centre for Women’s Health Research – Te Tātai Hauora o Hine Young Leader Kate Gatfield-Jeffries, co-founder of Young Women in Business and Law mentoring groups Arts and Culture Qiane Matata-Sipu , founder and creator of NUKU Public Policy Melanie Mark-Shadbolt , Deputy Secretary Māori Rights and Interests, Ministry for the Environment Diversity Dana Youngman , television executive Community Hero Bernadette Pinnell , founder of Compass Housing Services Primary Industries Tia Potae, Whānau Ora navigator at Tokomairiro Waiora Environment Bronwyn Hayward
Year Category Recipient Notes 2020 Supreme Woman of Influence Siouxsie Wiles , microbiologist and leading Covid-19 commentator [ 9] Lifetime Achievement Luamanuvao Dame Winnie Laban , New Zealand’s first female MP of Pacific Island descent Board and Management Dame Alison Paterson , businesswoman and company director Business Enterprise Sonya Williams and Brooke Roberts , co-founders of Sharesies Innovation and Science Siouxsie Wiles Young Leader Aigagalefili Fepulea'i Tapua'i , climate change and social equality campaigner Arts and Culture Parris Goebel , choreographer and dancer Public Policy Una Jagose , New Zealand Solicitor-General Community and Not-for-Profit Ranjna Patel , domestic violence campaigner Diversity Tupe Solomon-Tanoa'i , diplomat Global Jane Kelsey , lawyer and political scientist Rural Trish Fraser , soil scientist
Dame Jane Harding, winner of the 2019 Supreme Woman of Influence Award Year Category Recipient Notes 2019 Supreme Woman of Influence Dame Jane Harding , medical researcher [ 10] [ 11] Board and Management Abbie Reynolds , sustainable business leader Business Enterprise Brianne West , sustainable beauty entrepreneur and founder of Ethique Innovation and Science Dame Jane Harding Young Leader Annika Andresen, marine conservationist Arts and Culture Jennifer Ward-Lealand , actress Public Policy Debbie Sorensen, public health leader Community and Not-for-Profit Swanie Nelson, community organiser Diversity Tapu Misa , journalist Global Anne-Marie Brady , political scientist Rural Gina Mohi, environmental planner
Year Category Recipient Notes 2018 Supreme Woman of Influence Jackie Clark , of The Aunties , a charity working with domestic violence survivors in South Auckland [ 12] Lifetime Achievement Theresa Gattung , businesswoman and former chief executive of Telecom New Zealand Board and Management Farah Palmer , former captain of New Zealand's women's rugby union team, the Black Ferns Business Enterprise Angie Judge, technology entrepreneur [ 13] Science, Health and Innovation Wendy Larner , president of the Royal Society Te Apārangi Young Leader Maddison McQueen-Davies, founder of Share a Pair NZ Arts and Culture Miranda Harcourt , actress Public Policy Charlotte Korte, for creating Mesh Down Under [ 12] [ 14] Community and Not-for-Profit Jackie Clark Diversity Sarah Lang, founder of Women's Infrastructure Network [ 15] Global Sarah Vrede Rural Rebecca Keoghan [ 16]
Hinemoa Elder, winner of the 2017 Science, Health and Innovation Award Year Category Recipient Notes 2017 Supreme Woman of Influence Cecilia Robinson , founder of My Food Bag [ 17] Lifetime Achievement Helen Clark , former Prime Minister of New Zealand Board and Management Anne-Maree O'Connor , investment banker Business Enterprise Cecilia Robinson [ 18] Science, Health and Innovation Hinemoa Elder , youth forensic psychiatrist Young Leader Sharnay Cocup, founder of the Taupiri Youth Group Trust Arts and Culture Denise L'Estrange-Corbet , fashion designer Public Policy Rebecca Kitteridge , director of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Community and Not-for-Profit Lisa King, founder of school lunch provider Eat My Lunch Diversity Minnie Baragwanath , founder of Be. Accessible, a social change agency focusing on changing how New Zealanders view accessibility Global Siân Simpson Rural Nicola Shadbolt , agricultural businesswoman
Mavis Mullins, winner of the 2016 Rural Award Year Category Recipient Notes 2016 Supreme Woman of Influence Helen Robinson , businesswoman [ 19] Lifetime Achievement Dame Rosanne Meo , businesswoman Board and Management Helen Robinson Business Enterprise Lisa King, founder of school lunch provider Eat My Lunch Science, Health and Innovation Michelle Dickinson , nanotechnologist and science educator Young Leader Alexia Hilbertidou , founder of GirlBoss NZ Arts and Culture Gaylene Preston , filmwriter, director and producer Public Policy Naomi Ferguson , Commissioner of Inland Revenue Community and Not-for-Profit Catriona Williams , founder of Catwalk Trust Diversity Sue Kedgley , Wellington politician Global Lyn Provost , Auditor-General of New Zealand Rural Mavis Mullins
Year Category Recipient Notes 2015 Supreme Woman of Influence Joan Withers , for her work campaigning for more women on boards and in business [ 3] Board and Management Joan Withers [ 20] Business Enterprise Linda Jenkinson, entrepreneur Science, Health and Innovation Frances Valintine , education futurist Young Leader Parris Goebel , choreographer and dancer Arts and Culture Victoria Spackman , creative director and business executive Public Policy Vicky Robertson, Chief Executive of the Ministry for the Environment and Secretary for the Environment [ 5] [ 21] Community and N Stacey Shortall , volunteer lawyer in women's prisons Diversity Colonel Karyn Thompson, the most senior woman in the New Zealand Defence Force Global Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas , lawyer Rural Katie Milne , first woman president of Federated Farmers [ 5] [ 19]
Mai Chen, winner of the 2013 Business Enterprise Award
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