Entries for the NZ Innovation Awards are now open. The New Zealand Innovation Awards were created to give smart, innovative NZ individuals and businesses a platform to be recognised and celebrated.

Categories for the awards include:

• Industry sector categories
  • Innovation in Agribusiness & Environment
  • Innovation in Design & Engineering
  • Innovation in Education, Training & Development
  • Innovation in Financial, Professional & Public Services
  • Innovation in Food & Beverage
  • Innovation in Health & Science
  • Innovation in Maori Development
  • Innovation in Media, Marketing & Communications
  • Innovation in Sustainability & Renewable Energy
  • Innovation Systems & Performance Improvement
  • Innovation in Technology Solutions
  • Innovation in Tourism & Entertainment
• Business discipline categories
  • Innovation Excellence in Research
  • Excellence in Social Innovation
  • Start-up Innovator of the Year
  • Emerging New Zealand Innovator
  • Disruptive & Breakthrough Innovation
  • Export Innovator of the Year
  • Most Inspiring Individual
  • Young New Zealand Innovator
  • People’s Choice
  • Bayer Supreme New Zealand Innovation

If you think your organisation, or even you, deserves to be recognised, visit the website here to find out more about entry criteria, how to enter and what you could win.