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Reserve a table or seat for you and your crew now for what will undoubtedly be a great evening, celebrating excellence in rainbow inclusion and diversity.
Join us, Wednesday 3 October 2024, 6:30pm at Pullman Auckland Hotel for a full dinner and beverage service throughout the celebrations.
Key dates for this year's awards are:
The New Zealand Rainbow Excellence Awards celebrates workplace leadership, innovation, best practice and collaboration with organisations committed to rainbow diversity and inclusion. We are the only rainbow focussed awards programme of our kind in Aotearoa.
The 2023 awards were the final year of the collaboration between The Rainbow Tick, the organisation that developed and leads the Rainbow Tick Certification system and South Pacific Pride Ltd, the organisation behind Winter Pride (2018 to 2023) and the Pride Pledge.
See NZ Rainbow Excellence Awards 2023 photos See NZ Rainbow Excellence Awards 2023 VIDEO
The 2023 New Zealand Rainbow Excellence Awards was held this evening in Auckland with the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) taking home the Partners Life Supreme Award, along with the All-Accor Progress Award.
Awards director and judging convenor, Martin King, says the NZ Rainbow Excellence Awards, now in their fifth year, celebrate workplace leadership, innovation and best practice by organisations committed to rainbow diversity and inclusion.
Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force Air Marshal Kevin Short said he was proud of the strides the organisation has made and that the win acknowledged how far the NZDF had come. Less than 30 years ago, Aotearoa New Zealand was not a safe harbour for rainbow communities, including those serving within the Defence Force.
“We want our rainbow communities to feel welcome, safe and valued. This award symbolises how far we have come as an inclusive Defence Force that recognises the strengths that a diverse and inclusive workforce brings..”
The win by NZDF recognises their commitment to staying the course and remaining steadfast on their commitments for being a force for all New Zealanders. NZDF have continued to make incremental shifts on their systems, policies, training, and practices building on their previous award-winning programmes. In 2014, NZDF was recognised as the most inclusive force in the world in a global survey, achieved rainbow tick certification in 2019, publishing their rainbow inclusion strategy in 2020, and cemented their commitment through taking the Pride Pledge in 2021 with an increasing focus on training and education across camps and bases.
Martin King says that all the finalists and winners at this year’s award ceremony are making a difference and it’s not just our large organisations. This year saw a wide range of new entrants from organisations of all shapes, sizes and sectors.
“We’ve come a long way and have seen incredible progress even in the last 5 years of awards” says Martin King. “We’re still working hard every day to combat injustice, discrimination and exclusion, but we hope organisations who were finalists and winners inspire others to follow in their footsteps”.
Craig West, Country Lead, Downer New Zealand
Kendall Farmer, Les Mills International
TVNZ
Foodstuffs North Island
MBIE (Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment)
Wellington Zoo
Powerco
Les Mills International
Wellington Zoo
The New Zealand Defence Force
Les Mills International
New Zealand Defence Force - Winner
Wellington Zoo -2nd Place
Les Mills International - 3rd Place
Downer New Zealand - 4th Place
Check out the highlights video of the 2022 Online awards below.
Watch the full 2022 Highlights
Watch the New Zealand Rainbow Excellence Awards 2021.
Congratulations to The 2021 New Zealand Rainbow Excellence Awards category winners:
Check out the video of the 2021 Online awards below.
Watch the full 2021 livestream
Check out the video and photo highlights from the 2020 awards below.
Photos of 2020 highlights Video of 2020 Highlights
Catch a few of the highlights from the 2019 New Zealand Rainbow Excellence Awards on the video link below.
View video of 2019 highlights
