“It also says a lot about the calibre of entries we receive. The judges have been full of praise for the outstanding companies participating in this year’s awards – they are all deserving of our congratulations.
“And it’s great to see how past winners are continuing to go from strength to strength too. We look forward to next year’s Awards in Auckland.”
The 2015 NZ Hi-Tech Award winners are:
Fronde Hi-Tech Young Achiever Award Winner: Ben O’Brien – CEO and Co-founder of StretchSense
Qual IT Best Technology Solution for the Public Sector Award Winner: Foster Moore
IBM Most Innovative Initiative Award Winner: Network for Learning Highly Commended: The Mind Lab by Unitec
Callaghan Innovation Best Technology Solution for the Creative Sector Award Winner: Umajin
Duncan Cotterill Innovative Software Product Award Winner: Umajin
Endace Innovative Hardware Product Award Winner: Phitek Highly Commended: SnapitHD
Grow Wellington Innovative Service Product Award Winner: Straker Translations
NZTE Most Innovative Agritech Product Award Winner: SnapitHD
UK Trade & Investment Innovative Mobile Technology Award Winner: Geozone
New Zealand Venture Investment Fund Hi-Tech Start-up Company of the Year Winner: Mindscape Highly Commended: Timely
Cisco Hi-Tech Emerging Company of the Year Winner: Volpara Solutions Highly Commended: Totara Learning
PwC NZ Hi-Tech Company of the Year Award Winner: Xero