Results of the 2011 NZCNA Better Newspaper Awards held at the Sebel Trinity, Tauranga 21st May 2011

NZCNA Best Overall Newspaper
Overall Winner: Howick & Pakuranga Times

Class 1: Howick & Pakuranga Times
Class 2: The Whakatane Beacon
Class 3: Wairoa Star

Associate Members Winner:  Metropol

Community Involvement Awards
Overall winner : The Star (Dunedin)

Class 1: The Star (Dunedin)
Class 2: The Devonport Flagstaff
Class 3: The Wairoa Star

Associate Members Winner:  Southern Rural Life

Best Front Page
Overall Winner:  The Aucklander (South)

Class 1 The Aucklander (South)
Class 2  Whakatane Beacon
Class 3 Opotiki News

Associate Members Winner:  Metropol

Best Headline (Best 3 Headings)
Overall Winner: Russell Blackstock (Mountain Scene)

Class 1  Darren Risby (Howick & Pakuranga Times)
Class 2  Russell Blackstock (Mountain Scene)
 

Best Website

1st  Mountain Scene

2nd The Aucklander

3rd  The Weekend Sun

4th  Fiordland Advocate

Most Improved Newspaper 2011
Overall Winner: Timaru Courier

Class 1  Timaru Courier

Class 2  Devonport Flagstaff

Class 3  Wairoa Star

Associate Members Winner:  Courier Country

Best Journalist
Overall Winner:  Geoff Mercer (Whakatane Beacon)

Class 1  Bruce Munro (The Star Dunedin)

Class 2  Geoff Mercer (Whakatane Beacon)

Associate Members Winner:  Erin Bishiop (Ashburton Guardian)

Best Young Journalist
Overall Winner:  Samantha Motion (Whakatane Beacon)

Class 1 Chris Harrowell (Howick & Pakuranga Times)
Class 2 Samantha Motion (Whakatane Beacon)
Class 3 Andrew Neal (Opotiki News)

Associate Members Winner: Amanda Durry (Ashburton Guardian)

Best Photographer
Overall Winner:  Michelle Hyslop (The Aucklander)

Class 1 Michelle Hyslop (The Aucklander)
Class 2 Troy Baker (Whakatane Beacon)
Class 3 Glen Simmers (Wairoa Star)

Associate Members Winner:  Kirsty Graham (Ashburton Guardian)

Best Young Photographer
Overall Winner: Tracy Hardy (Weekend Sun)

Class 1 Tracy Hardy (Weekend Sun)
Class 2 James Allen (Mountain Scene)
Class 3 Stephanie Grainger (Wairoa Star)

Associate Members Winner Carmen Rooney (Ashburton Guardian)

Best Advertising Portfolio
Overall Winner:  Mountain Scene - Nicole Bell

Class 2 Nicole Bell - Mountain Scene
Class 3 Wairoa Star  - Olga van der Meer

Associate Members Winner: Metropol - Erika Jury

Best Advertising Feature or Supplement
Overall Winner:  West Coast Messenger - 150th Anniversary of Westland

Class 1  Nor West News - Fashion Spring/Summer 2010
Class 2  West Coast Messenger - 150th Anniversary of Westland
Class 3  Waitomo News - In Our Defence

Associate Members Winner: Metropol - The Great NZ Bridal Show