Published on the 01/04/2016 | Written by Newsdesk
All the usual suspects plus some interesting-looking new names feature in this year’s line-up of chosen ones…
A record number of new companies from across New Zealand have entered the 2016 Hi-Tech Awards. That’s according to Wayne Norrie, Chair of the Hi-Tech Trust, who said (as he seems to every year) that the standard of entries is the highest he has ever seen in 22 years of the awards.
Norrie was not the only one to comment on the calibre of the entrants, however, which span the full spectrum of the hi-tech sector from around the country. Several of the local judges reportedly commented that the quality of the entrants is at an all-time high this year. Figure.NZ and Flick Energy have impressed so much that they are listed as finalists in three categories, while a number of other companies feature in two categories each.
The Awards has attracted its fair share of first-time entrants and Norrie said that interest in the new Callaghan Innovation Maori Innovation category was of particular note. “The fact that this new category received a record number of entries is very pleasing.”
Winners in each category will be announced at a black-tie gala dinner to be held at the ANZ Viaduct Events Centre, Auckland on 20th May 2016.
The 2016 Hi-Tech Awards finalists are:
PwC Hi-Tech Company of the Year
ARANZ Geo
Orion Health
Serko
Vista Group
Coretex Hi-Tech Emerging Company of the Year
ARANZ Medical
Flick Energy
Outpost Central
Rocket Lab
The Mind Lab by Unitec
New Zealand Venture Investment Fund (NZVIF) Hi-Tech Start-Up Company of the Year
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Figure.NZ
Figured
InsuredHQ
Linewize
IBM Most Innovative Company
90Seconds
Figure.NZ
Flick Energy
Movio
SnapComms
Callaghan Innovation Maori Innovation Award
Code Avengers
Kiwa Digital
Origins Software
Precision Seafood Harvesting
Straker Translations
Whanau Tahi
Duncan Cotterill Innovative Hi-Tech Software Product
Movio
Orion Health
Timely
Vend
Vocus Hi-Tech Innovative Services Award
Figure.NZ
Flick Energy
Revolution Fibres
Endace Innovative Hi-Tech Hardware Product
Aeroqual
Dynamic Controls
MAS Zengrange
Outpost Central
Quick Circuit Innovative Hi-Tech Mobile Product
FoundationFootprint
MEA
Serato
Serko
NZTE Innovative Agritech Product
Encounter Solutions
Hivemind
Outpost Central
Texus Fibre
Ubco
Wine Grenade
Fronde Hi-Tech Young Achiever
Danushka Abeysuriya – CEO, Rush Digital
Scott Barrington – CEO, Modlar
Jim Dowling – Director, Digital Stock
Breccan McLeod- Lundy – CEO, Rabid Technologies
ATEED Best technology for the Creative Sector
90Seconds
Parrot Analytics
Shotover Camera Systems
Qual IT Best technology for the Public Sector
Critchlow
Intergen
Silverstripe
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