Results of the 2010 NZCNA Better Newspaper Awards held at the Skyline Gondola Restaurant, Queenstown, Saturday May 15, 2010

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NZCNA Best Overall Newspaper
Overall Winner: Mountain Scene

Class 1: Dunedin Star
Class 2: Mountain Scene
Class 3: Wairoa Star first News


Community Involvement Awards
Overall winner : Mountain Scene.

Class 1: The Aucklander
Class 2: Mountain Scene
Class 3:  Gulf News


Best Front Page
Overall winners: The Star and the Aucklander

Class 1  Joint winners: The Star and The Aucklander
Class 2  Mountain Scene
Class 3 Opotiki News


Best Headline (Best 3 Headings)
Overall winner: Edward Rooney (The Aucklander)

Class 1  Edward Rooney (The Aucklander
Class 2  Garry Ferris (Mountain Scene)
Class 3 Kirsty MacNicol (Fiordland Advocate)


Best Website

1st Sunlive Tauranga
2nd Aucklander
3rd Times Online


Most Improved Newspaper 2010|
Overall Winner:- Wairoa Star

Class 1  Howick & Pakauranga Times
Class 2  Howick Botany Times
Class 3  Wairoa Star

Associate Category Winner - Metropol


Best Journalist
Overall Winner Angela Kemp (Devonport Flagstaff)

Class 1 Kirsty Macnicol (Fiordland Advocate)
Class 2 Angela Kemp (Devonport Flagstaff)
Class 3 Edward Rooney (The Aucklander)

Associate Members
Winner Ruth Grundy (Southern Rural Life)


Best Young Journalist
Overall winner Samantha Motion (Whakatane Beacon).

Class 1 Holly McKay (Waitomo News)
Class 2 Samantha Motion – (Whakatane Beacon)
Class 3 Rebecca Gardiner (Howick and Pakauranga Times)

Associate Members
Winner Amanda Durry (Ashburton Guardian)


Best Photographer
Overall winner  Troy Baker (Whakatane Beacon)

Class 1 Kirsty Macnicol (Fiordland Advocate)
Class 2 Troy Baker (Whakatane Beacon)
Class 3 Wayne Martin (Howick and Pakauranga Times)


Best Young Photographer
Overall winner – James Allan (Mountain Scene)

Class 1 Sean Gillespie (Waiheke Gulf News
Class 2 James Allan (Mountain Scene)
Class 3 Sam Rees-Jones (Southern View)

Associate Members
Winner Carmen Rooney (Ashburton Guardian)


Best Advertising Portfolio
Overall winner Nicole Bell (Mountain Scene)

Class 1 Sue Sarich (Waitomo News)
Class 2 Nicole Bell (Mountain Scene)
Class 3 Ngaire Deed (Waiuku & Districts Post)

Associate Members
Winner Chris Ruddle (Ashburton Guardian)


Best Advertising Feature or Supplement
Overall Winner  Waitomo News (Sue Sarich)

Class 1  Waitomo News (Sue Sarich)
Class 2  West Coast Messenger (John Goulding)
Class 3  Nor West News (Kent Caddick)

Associate Members
Winner Ashburton Guardian (Chris Ruddle)