Excellence awards
The LGNZ EXCELLENCE Awards recognise and celebrate excellent performance by councils in promoting and growing the well-being of their communities.
The Awards are judged on a combination of general and specific criteria, incorporating best practice and components from the CouncilMARK™ excellence programme's four priority areas.
It is important to note that councils who have yet to participate in the Programme are at this stage still eligible to apply for the EXCELLENCE Awards.
- EXCELLENCE Award for Social Well-being;
- MartinJenkins EXCELLENCE Award for Economic Well-being;
- Air New Zealand EXCELLENCE Award for Environmental Well-being; and
- Creative New Zealand EXCELLENCE Award for Cultural Well-being.
In addition, one or more individuals will be awarded the Te Tari Taiwhenua Internal Affairs EXCELLENCE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Local Government, and Fulton Hogan will also select the Local EXCELLENCE Award from among the finalists.
Awards timeline
Process and timeline detailed below
| EXCELLENCE Awards launched |
February |
| Entrants complete Expression of Interest form |
22 February to 22 March 2019 |
| LGNZ to compile EOI forms for assessment |
25 - 29 March 2019 |
| Judges select shortlist |
3 April 2019 |
| LGNZ to notify shortlist |
5 April 2019 |
| Shortlist complete full application |
8 April to 10 May 2019 |
| LGNZ to compile applications for assessment |
13 - 17 May 2019 |
| Judges select award recipients and Sponsor selects overall category recipient |
22 May 2019 |
| LGNZ to notify finalists |
23 May 2019 |
| Award recipients notified under embargo |
23 May 2019 |
| Finalists publicly announced |
27 May 2019 |
| Award recipient videos created with LGNZ |
June 2019 |
| Conference dinner and EXCELLENCE Awards recipients announced | 8 July 2019 |
NB: School holidays Saturday 13 April - Sunday 28 April (includes Easter and Easter Tuesday and ANZAC day).
Click here to download full details on general and award criteria, eligibility and how to apply.
Click here to download the expression of interest form.
Click here to download the application form for finalists.
