Special, Mango, Acumen and Anthem dominate PR finals

AUCKLAND, Monday: Special, Mango, Acumen and Anthem dominated the list of finalists for this year’s Public Relations Awards, announced by PRINZ today – in total, 32 entries have made the cut out of 113 submissions across 18 different categories.

Gold winners of all award categories are eligible for the Supreme Award – to be announced at the PRINZ Awards gala dinner to be held at the Maritime Room, Viaduct Harbour, Auckland, on Friday 26 May. 

The 2023 PRINZ Awards campaign category finalists are … 

• A Booster of Happiness | Kelly Grindle | Special PR
• A Mighty Achievement | Kelly Grindle | Special PR 
• A bespoke campaign for a bespoke fridge | Liz Holt, Brianna Elder, Sean Brown | Mango Communications
• AKL Open | Libby Middlebrook, Helen Twose | Auckland Airport 
• Are you cut out for the Coast? | Aaron Rees | Development West Coast 
• Bringing the sector together to build a better New Zealand | Maxine Glogau | Acumen 
• Closing the Pay Gap – gathering support from New Zealanders to influence policy change| Cas Carter | Mindthegap 
• Doppelmayr: Establishing ropeways as a credible public transport solution for Aotearoa | Carolyn Kerr, Charlotte Jackson | Anthem 
• Getting Kiwis on board with Jetstar | Kelly Grindle | Special PR 
• GO! Cut waste | Aakanksha Mehta | Kiwi Property 
• Have you heard what Bruce did? | Kelly Grindle | Special PR 
• How Charlies honoured a Kiwi legend at the Black Clash | Kelly Grindle| Special PR
• HP – celebrating a landmark launch in a landmark location | Kirsten Blanchard, Renee Ji, Hayley Smith, Marissa Parr| Acumen 
• Improving Powerco’s relationship with the Greytown community | Rochelle West | Powerco 
• Let’s get to Synlait Safe | Josie Cochrane, Hannah Lynch, Emily Murphy, Jo Scott| Great Scott 
• McCensus: understanding the crew to attract the new | Brianna Elder, Simon Kenny | Mango Communications | 
• McDonald’s at Fieldays – The most successful sequel ever | Brianna Elder, Simon Kenny, Sean Brown | Mango Communications 
• Shifting the dial on child abuse | Shae Skellern, Tegan Church, Jacky James |The Shine Collective 
• Shotgun blast from the deep | Jessica Rowley, Sarah Fraser | NIWA 
• Spark 5G Street Museum | Carolyn Kerr, Sarah Geel, Nalika Patel, Jack Whelan, Chanelle Nottle  | Anthem 
• Te Kounga Paparangi – An intergenerational action plan for Ngāi Tahu to combat climate change | Nicki Tapa, Marcus Gibbs, Crisselda De Leon-Singson, Maisie Gray | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu 
• The right decision for future generations: Securing Ngāi Tahu representation on Environment Canterbury | Marcus Gibbs, Ross Pringle | Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu 
• The road to restoring fluoridation and building back public trust | Vanessa Macfarlane |Wellington Water 
• The Silent Night, a fundraising event that no-one goes to | Kelly Grindle | Special PR 
• Vote Phil Mauger | Erin Jamieson, Emma Maciaszek | Convergence Communications & Marketing | 
• Vote, or else: Orange Man’s effort to get Palmy to vote | Liana Mua, Greg Berry | Palmerston North City Council 
• Vote 22 – New Plymouth District Council Local Election Campaign | Jacqueline Baker, Ben Kohlis, Aaron Boslem | New Plymouth District Council 
• We are Whānau – New Zealand’s First National Blood Donor Week | Sandy Trigg, Asuka Burge, Lee Stace, Lucy Body | Network Communications 
• You’re cooked – If you’re cooked stay off the stove | Kelley Toy  | Fire and Emergency New Zealand 

The Sally Logan-Milne Young Practitioner of the Year Award finalists are Emily Ding (One Plus One), Jessica Chaplin (NZ Police), Kelsey Schutte (University of Otago).

More here:

• prinz.org.nz/prinz-awards
• prinz.org.nz/2023-prinz-awards-gala-dinner