A celebration of New Zealand's web industry
February 25th, 2010
Congratulations to Cactuslab, winners of the ‘Best mobile application’ category for World Surfer!
Category finalists, from left to right: Kim Walbridge (Air NZ), Young Ly (Air NZ), Mike Harding (Cactuslab), Karl von Randow (Cactuslab), Bron Thompson (Springload – sponsor), Matthew Buchanan (Cactuslab), Gary Henson (Cactuslab)
Karl von Randow accepting the award
Cactuslab for World Surfer
Cactuslab for Mobile Foto
Air New Zealand for Mpass
February 25th, 2010
Congratulations to Kiwibank and Springload ,winners of the ‘Best mobile website or web application’ category for Kiwibank Mobile Internet Banking!
Kiwibank and Springload accepting their award
Kiwibank and Springload for Kiwibank Mobile Internet Banking
December 11th, 2009
Here’s the three finalists in the “Most outstanding website” category.
Website: Xero
Judge’s comment: “Xero has made business bookkeeping pleasurable. End of month reconciliations are a breeze, the visual dashboard shows exactly where your money is, and if you ever get stuck you just invite your accountant to help. The interface is laid out well, uses a range of web technologies appropriately, is elegant and efficient. Support material explains complex accounting concepts well and clearly describes what to do next. End-to-end, Xero is an outstanding website.”
Website: NZ On Screen
Judge’s comment: “NZ On Screen ticks all the boxes: appropriate design, rich content, happy user experience, clean code, accessibility, innovation… and things that delight the judges. Navigate through these high quality NZ film and television clips any way you like. It’s easy to use for methodical research. Equally, it’s a pleasure to get lost here, wandering through these delicious collections for sheer enjoyment. And that doesn’t happen very often.”
Website: DigitalNZ
Judge’s comment: “DigitalNZ isn’t just an attractive, accessible website featuring great content – it is all those things, and a lot more. It is an ambitious, and successful, attempt to collect, knit together and deliver kiwi digital content for New Zealanders and the world. It is one of the best examples of how to use the web to preserve and share New Zealand culture and do it in a way that is intelligent and interactive. It is a jewel in our digital tiara…”
The “Most outstanding website” category is sponsored by Shift.
December 11th, 2009
Here’s the three finalists in the “Best visual design” category.
Website: New Zealand International Festival of the Arts
Judge’s comment: “Gorgeous to look at but essentially functional. Sleek but right. We like it. A lot.”
Website: Powershop
Judge’s comment: “Pink for power? Absolutely. The surprising clarity of this design is deeply satisfying.”
Website: New Zealand Opera
Judge’s comment: “Going to the opera, we expect drama, passion and frocks along with magnificent music. And look, here’s a website that suggests all that, boldly evoking the atmosphere of a night at the opera. Lush images and beautiful typography support the content on many levels—aesthetic, historical, psychological and practical.”
The “Best visual design” category is sponsored by SilverStripe.
December 10th, 2009
Here’s the three finalists in the “Best user experience” category.
Website: Eventfinder
Judge’s comment: “Eventfinder is the clean and simple way to find out what’s going on in New Zealand.”
Website: Pocketsmith
Judge’s comment: “PocketSmith takes an unusual, useful, and practical twist to help its users get a handle on their personal finances.”
Website: Xero
Judge’s comment: “Financial software is traditionally ugly and unfriendly and Xero breaks the mold, making it easy for freelancers and small businesses to share their finances with their associates and advisors.”
The “Best user experience” category is sponsored by Google.
December 8th, 2009
Here’s the three finalists in the “Best web application” category.
Website: Pocketsmith
Judge’s comment: “A very elegant, simple application to help plan future spending. It does exactly what it should and no more.”
Website: Powershop
Judge’s comment: “A tremendously useful and clear application to find the best energy solutions, well suited to the web.”
Website: Xero
Judge’s comment: “Who’d have thought bookkeeping could be fun. This is a great application, and very well executed.”
The “Most innovative” category is sponsored by Intergen.
December 7th, 2009
Here’s the three finalists in the “Most innovative” category.
Website: Ponoko
Judge’s comment: “We’re excited by the potential of putting tools of mass production into the hands of anyone with a web browser.”
Website: Xero
Judge’s comment: “An attractive and user-friendly resource for the growing base of freelancers & small business people who need to share finances with partners, helpers, and advisors.”
Website: Powershop
Judge’s comment: “Powershop literally empowers power consumers, with the ability to track and monitor their usage in human-friendly ways, and decide how best to spend their power dollars.”
The “Most innovative” category is sponsored by Idealog.
December 4th, 2009
Here’s the three finalists in the “Best content (corporate)” category.
Website: Christchurch City Libraries
Judge’s comment: “Rich and varied content, way beyond the call of duty.”
Website: Department of Conservation
Judge’s comment: “DoC’s web content has all the answers. Google loves it, so do we.”
Website: Sorted
Judge’s comment: “The content of this popular financial planning site meets the needs of puzzled Kiwis.”
The “Best content (corporate)” category is sponsored by Springload.
December 4th, 2009
Here’s the three finalists in the “Best content (personal)” category.
Site: Moon over Martinborough
Judge’s comment: “Jared’s blog is engaging and entertaining; he is taking the Wairarapa to the World and doing so with aplomb…”
Site: The Gathering archives
Judge’s comment: “A multi-media mashup of memoir, fractured histories and anecdotes from a series of events that erased the memories of many that were there. Alison’s site is a public service…”
Site: zef[a]media
Judge’s comment: “Ideas. Strategy. Technology. The tagline says it all: the A-Zef of interactivity…”
The “Best content (personal)” category is sponsored by New Zealand Post.
December 3rd, 2009
Here’s the three finalists in the “Best use of HTML and CSS” category.
Site: Environmental Protection Authority of New Zealand
Judge’s comment: “Environmental Protection Authority of New Zealand is a great example of a site that still works without images, without CSS and without JavaScript.”
Site: Radio New Zealand
Judge’s comment: “For a large, dynamic, content-heavy site, Radio New Zealand does an excellent job of keeping their markup clean and accessible”
Site: Optimation
Judge’s comment: “The Optimation website is a good example of quality HTML markup and CSS”
The “Best use of HTML and CSS” category is sponsored by SilverStripe.
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