2015 New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards finalists named

A record number of entries from a record number of companies across New Zealand have lifted the bar for this year’s New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards, with finalists spanning the breadth of the technology sector, High-Tech Trust chairman Wayne Norrie says.

This year’s strong line-up of international judges includes renowned American business strategist Gary Hamel; Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak; Massive founder Claudia Batten; director of engineering for Google in New York, Craig Nevill-Manning; Cisco senior vice president Howard Charney; CMO of Xero Andy Lark; and managing director for IDG Ventures, Pat Kenealy.

Winners in each category will be announced at a black-tie gala dinner to be held at the TSB Arena, Wellington on May 15.

The finalists:

PwC Hi-Tech Company of the Year 2015

• ARANZ Geo
• Serko
• Shotover Camera Systems
• Xero

Cisco Hi-Tech Emerging Company of the Year 2015

• ARANZ Medical
• Dbvisit
• Movio
• Totara Learning
• Unleashed Software
• Volpara Solutions

New Zealand Venture Investment Fund (NZVIF) Hi-Tech Start-Up Company of the Year 2015

• Career Engagement Group
• Mindscape
• Stretchsense
• Timely  

Callaghan Innovation Best Technology Solution for the Creative Sector 2015

• Shift72
• Shotover Camera Systems
• StarNow
• Umajin

Duncan Cotterill Innovative Hi-Tech Software Product 2015

• ARANZ Geo
• GeoOp
• Mindscape
• Movio
• Umajin
• Vend

Grow Wellington Most Innovative Service 2015

• StarshipIT
• Straker Translations
• WaterOutlook

Endace Innovative Hi-Tech Hardware Product 2015

• Dairy Automation
• Phitek
• SnapitHD
• Solar Bright

UK Trade & Investment Innovative Hi-Tech Mobile Product 2015

• Geozone
• IkeGPS
• Mobi2go
• Social Code

Fronde Hi-Tech Young Achiever 2015

• Danu Abeysuriya  - Rush Digital
• Reuben Bijl  - SmudgeApps
• Madeleine Martin  - Ossis
• Ben O’Brien  - Stretchsense
• Ben Richmond  - Xero

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Innovative Agritech Product 2015

• Dairy Automation
• Fibre-gen
• Grasslanz
• SnapitHD

IBM Most Innovative Initiative Award 2015

• LiquidStrip
• Network for Learning
• Thank You Payroll
• The Mind Lab
• Wiki NZ

Qual IT Best Public Sector Technology Solution 2015

• Business.govt.nz
• Foster Moore
• Network for Learning
• Orion Health
• Water Outlook