2003 Property Journalism Awards

The Real Estate Institute of New Zealand

2003 Property Journalism Awards

Best Property Portfolio
Best Provincial Property Portfolio
Best Lifestyle Portfolio
Single Best Item
- Residential Property
- Commercial Property
- Rural Property

Format

The awards will be judged in the following categories:

Best Property Portfolio
Best Provincial Property Portfolio
Best Lifestyle Portfolio
Single Best Item
- Residential Property
- Commercial Property
- Rural Property

Best Property Portfolio
Items must have been published or broadcast in New Zealand.
Entries must contain a collection of at least three items, directly related to real estate.

Best Provincial Property Portfolio
Specifically created for provincial media. Items must have been published or broadcast in New Zealand. Entries must contain a collection of at least three items, directly related to real estate.

Note: Entry in this category does not preclude provincial journalists also entering any other category.

Best Lifestyle Portfolio
The Best Lifestyle Portfolio is designed to recognise the growing field of journalism developing articles to meet public demand for news on architecture, developments, design – essentially, articles on New Zealand homes, and how people live in them.

Prizes

Best Property Portfolio $2,000 cash plus the President’s Trophy
Best Provincial Property Portfolio $500 cash
Best Lifestyle Portfolio $500 cash
Best Single Item (each category) $500 cash

Eligibility

Entry is open to journalists working for, or contributing material to all electronic, print and broadcast media. Material must have been published or broadcast in New Zealand during the period 17 October 2002 to 22 July 2003.

Members and staff of the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand are not eligible for entry to the Awards.

Conditions of Entry

All entries submitted for judging must have been published in the period 17 October 2002 to 22 July 2003.

No entries received after 24 July 2003 will be considered for judging.

Entries will be judged on their news value, content, style, depth of research and audience interest. The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

It is a condition of entry that REINZ is granted free use of award winning material for re-publication in its magazine “New Zealand Real Estate”.

Judging

This year’s Awards will be judged by one of New Zealand’s leading business journalists, Terry Hall.

Mr. Hall was the New Zealand correspondent for The Financial Times in London for 20 years, is a former business editor of The Dominion, a former New Zealand correspondent for Bloomberg and the former managing editor of Reuters Economic Services.

Winners will be publicly announced on September 16 at a prize giving function in Wellington.

To Enter

Send a copy of your article or selection of articles, broadcast transcript or tapes, by 5pm 24 July 2003 to:
Kate McGavin
REINZ Journalism Awards
C/- Sorensen Group
Level 8, Castrol House
36 Customhouse Quay
PO Box 3095
WELLINGTON

While an entry form is not required, please ensure you enclose a coversheet containing:
- your full name and address, your place of work and a telephone number;
- a list of the articles enclosed, the name of the publication or programme in which each item was used, and the category being entered.

Previous Winners
2002
Best Property Portfolio Anne Gibson, New Zealand Herald
Best Provincial Property Portfolio Mary Ann Gill , The Waikato Times
Best Lifestyle Portfolio Claire McCall, NZ Home & Entertaining
Best Single Item – Residential Rhonda Joy Markby, Timaru Herald
Best Single Item – Rural Lyn McKinnon, NZ Grape Grower Magazine
Best Single Item – Commercial Anne Gibson, New Zealand Herald
2001
Best Property Portfolio Anne Gibson, New Zealand Herald
Best Provincial Property Portfolio Rhonda Joy Markby, Timaru Herald
Best Lifestyle Portfolio Claire McCall, NZ Home & Entertaining
Best Single Item – Residential Anne Gibson, New Zealand Herald
Best Single Item – Rural Chris Hutching, The Property Business
Best Single Item – Commercial Jenni McManus, The Independent
Best Single Item – Real Estate & Technology Campbell McIlroy, National Business Review
2000
Best Property Portfolio Nick Bryant, National Business Review
Best Provincial Property Portfolio Rhonda Joy Markby, Timaru Herald
Best Single Item – Residential David Killick, The Press
Best Single Item – Rural Anne Gibson, New Zealand Herald
Best Single Item – Commercial Tina-Marie Morrison, The Dominion
Best Single Item – Real Estate & Technology Campbell McIlroy, National Business Review
1999
Best Property Portfolio Tina-Marie Morrison, The Dominion
Best Provincial Property Portfolio Rhonda Joy Markby, Timaru Herald
Best Single Item – Residential Emily Simpson, NZ House and Garden
Best Single Item – Rural Kate Taylor, Hawke’s Bay Today
Best Single Item – Commercial Tina-Marie Morrison, The Dominion
Best Single Item – Real Estate & Technology Mike Hall, Telstra Business
1998
Best Property Portfolio Claire McCall, New Zealand House and Garden
Best Single Item – Residential Fiona Rotherham, The Independent
Best Single Item – Rural Belinda Milnes, National Business Review
Best Single Item – Commercial Richard Inder, National Business Review
1997
Best Property Portfolio Fiona Rotherham, The Independent
Best Single Item – Residential Fiona Rotherham, The Independent
Best Single Item – Rural Caroline Courtney, Next Magazine
Best Single Item – Commercial Tina-Marie Morrison, The Dominion
1996
Best Property Portfolio Fiona Rotherham, The Independent
Best Single Item – Residential Jenny McLeod, New Zealand House and Garden
Best Single Item – Rural Oliver Roberts, Waikato Times
Best Single Item – Commercial Belinda Milnes, National Business Review
1995
Best Property Portfolio Fiona Rotherham, The Independent
Best Single Item – Residential Jeremy Hansen, Metro
Best Single Item – Rural Duncan McLean, The New Zealand Farmer
Best Single Item – Commercial Fiona Rotherham, The Independent
1994
Best Property Portfolio David Killick, The Press
Best Single Item–National, Metropolitan Steve Raea, The Dominion
Best Single Item – Provincial Mike Tod, Hawkes Bay Herald-Tribune
1993
Best Property Portfolio Richard MacLean, The Evening Post
Best Single Item –National, Metropolitan Alastair Thompson, The Dominion
Best Single Item – Provincial Peter Gaston, The Daily Telegraph
Best Single Item – Community Andrew Young, Bay and Remuera Times
1992
Best Property Portfolio Lyn Murphy, The Evening Post
Best Single Item Christiaan Brakman, National Business Review
1991
Best Property Portfolio/Best Single Item Anne Byrnes, National Business Review
1990
Best Property Portfolio/Best Single Item Lyn Murphy, The Evening Post

Note: In 1995, category definitions were changed to pertain to residential, commercial and rural property.

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