Southland Business Excellence Awards Finalists (full list)

The Chamber were thrilled to have a record number of businesses apply with 109 applications received over the 10 categories. The companies should be commended for the time and effort spent on putting together top-class applications.

The Judges have spent the past five weeks working through them and were truly inspired by the innovative and passionate stories from throughout the region” said Chamber CEO Sheree Carey.

The Westpac Southland Business Excellence Awards 2019 finalists are:

Findex (NZ) Ltd Primary & Primary Services Sector Award

Aquila Sustainable Farming
Blue Sky Meats
WM Compliance Solutions

Invercargill City Council Construction, Trade, Manufacturing & Distribution Award

Blue Sky Meats
FI Innovations
New Zealand’s Aluminium Smelter
PowerNet

Powernet New and Emerging Award

Miss Stage
Solve it and Escape
Southern Optical
The Awareness Project
WM Compliance Solutions

The Southland Times Consumer Award

KNL Travel
McCallums Group
Ray White Invercargill
Shoe Clinic Invercargill
Southern Optical

Invercargill Licensing Trust Not for Profit Award

Habitat for Humanity Invercargill
Koha Kai
Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust

Southland Chamber of Commerce Professional Services Award

Back9 Creative Studio
KNL Travel
Market South
Mrs Tradie
Occ Health South

Market South Innovation Award

Better by Bar
EIS
McCallums Group
New Zealand’s Aluminium Smelter
Source Development

ACC Workplace Safety Award

Aquila Sustainable Farming
EIS
FI Innovations

Healthy Families Invercargill Workplace Wellbeing Award

Aquila Sustainable Farming
Blue River Dairy
Environment Southland
McIntyre Dick

Southern Institute of Technology Business Personality Award

Carla Forbes (Market South)
Janice Lee (Koha Kai)
Paul Adams (Stabicraft)

The Awards Gala Dinner will take place at Ascot Park Hotel, Invercargill on Friday 27 September 2019.

This Dinner will showcase Southland’s business talent and capability as we pay tribute to local businesses who are helping build our economy and community. Tickets for the Award Gala Dinner have sold out, with a record 420 guests attending the celebrations