And the Winners of the 2022 Nelson Pine Business Awards are...
Top South Media Start Up Business Award
Boost Your Learning is a tuition service that offers one-on-one, bespoke lessons to students across Aotearoa. They work together with whānau and teachers to support students to succeed in education. They conduct a diagnostic assessment to identify the learner’s strengths and needs.
Judges felt that this business has responded well to the disrupted environment we have experienced in recent years. The business model has great potential to scale up and extend its reach beyond Nelson.
Nelson City Council Small Business Award
Husband and wife team, Wobblie and Jo, create some of the finest hand crafted, artisan chocolates, using premium Belgian chocolate and combining it with some of the best ingredients sourced locally and from around the world, with no added artificial preservatives.
On scoring the entry by Aroha Chocolate the judges assessed the business to be a worthy winner of the Small Business Award. Aroha Chocolate has a clear strategy for growth, embraced digital technology and a strong focus on customer service.
Mediaworks Medium Business Award
CNX is a local IT provider of excellence across Te Tau Ihu and Aotearoa. CNX specialises in end-to-end IT managed services and support. They offer a unique support model that delivers a ‘no surprises’ approach with timely day-to-day support, procurement and licensing management.
The judges said... "Having being in operation for 22 years CNX has demonstrated a significant step-change in the last five. The company has achieved impressive growth while maintaining a strong emphasis on creating a positive team culture, customer-centric focus and investment in the community."
Listen to a radio ad featuring CNX's winning speech.
NZME Large Business Award
New Zealand based Snap Group is a team of highly-skilled and dedicated, specialist software developers, electronic and mechanical engineers developing and manufacturing live cameras, AI hardware and Satellite communication systems from the ground up.
The team at Snap IT impressed the judges with their continued development of cutting-edge innovative technology and global reach. The ground up product development that can be adapted across multiple commercial activities coupled with a clear strategy for growth and partnership has resulted in a significant business for the Nelson Tasman Region.
Bowater Hyundai Community Impact Award
Multicultural Nelson Tasman is a non-government organisation which supports migrants, former refugees and people from minority ethnicities in the Nelson/Tasman region with their settlement process. Their motto is: Unity in Diversity - kotahitanga i roto i te kanorau.
Judges said, the work of Multi-cultural Nelson Tasman might not be immediately obvious to the wider community but is of vital importance to everyone. The organization has over 28 years experience of working at the coal face of migrant integration and dealing with the challenges that can bring. All resulting in a welcoming safe and connected community.
NBS Environmental Business Award
Tasman Environmental Trust (TET) is a collection of people deeply committed to restoring and conserving the Nelson Tasman natural environment. In 2022, they’re managing 22 conservation projects worth approximately $7 million across 175 restoration sites in Nelson Tasman.
Starting from the vision of one man TET has evolved into an organization at the leading edge of conservation and environmental restoration projects in the region. Their creation of the Conservation Hub has served to strengthen the sector and scale up the impact of all conservation projects, large or small across the wider region.
Innovate Charitable Trust Innovative Business Award
Kimer Med is a post-seed biotech start-up, developing a broad-spectrum antiviral drug. Their vision is an end to the suffering caused by viral disease. As we’ve seen with Covid-19, viruses tend to mutate and eventually evade vaccines. New and deadly viruses continue to emerge, and biowarfare and bioterrorism remain a constant threat.
The judges said it was hard to ignore the audacious vision and ground-breaking innovation that is at the heart of this business.
Nelson Pine Industries Supreme Business Award
New Zealand based Snap Group is a team of highly-skilled and dedicated, specialist software developers, electronic and mechanical engineers developing and manufacturing live cameras, AI hardware and Satellite communication systems from the ground up.
Check out a video of the night here.