Good urban design is the fabric of a prosperous region. This award recognises an individual or project team who have utilised urban design best practice to achieve excellence in a new development or refurbishment.

This award recognises an individual or team who:

• Pursing urban design outcomes, has helped shape the city or region
• Has demonstrated urban design best practice
• Has created space for communities to thrive using unique and innovative ideas
• Has contributed to the sustainable growth of the region through the excellence of urban design outcomes.

This award is directed to an individual who displays excellence in their profession and contributes to the wider property industry.

This award recognises a property professional who:

• Consistently demonstrates a passion and commitment to the industry
• Supports and facilitates opportunities for their industry peers through leadership, fostering relationships, innovation, supporting growth and making an overall positive contribution to the industry
• Is an ambassador for their organisation and the property industry.

Nominees can be from any discipline within the property industry, from developers, managers and consultants to local government authorities, property owners and beyond.

This award recognises an industry team who has demonstrated excellence through:

• Innovation
• Design
• Sustainability
• Profitability

This team, through their outstanding work and collaboration, have gone above and beyond and overcome challenges effectively and efficiently. The team has benefited not only their own organisation and/or project but the property industry at large.

Teams who enter this category can include multi-organisation project teams, internal work teams, or any other collaborative team which is required to work together to achieve the desired outcome for a project in the region.

The property industry must demonstrate leadership in taking action to manage and support sustainability.

This award recognises an individual or team who has demonstrated excellence in sustainability through:

• Leadership
• Implementation
• Promotion

Through collaboration, this team or individual have championed sustainability initiatives, creating positive change within the industry or their organisation. These initiatives will have benefitted not only their own organisation but also inspired action within the wider property industry and/or community or achieved a positive environmental outcome.

This award is awarded to an individual who has been in the property industry for 20+ years and has demonstrated outstanding commitment to the industry.

Their contribution to their organisation and/or the property industry and as a result, the local economy, has enhanced the creditability and reputation of the industry to the benefit of their peers.

The award winner will have demonstrated a successful contribution of social or economic importance related to property, demonstrating exceptional skills, dedication, commitment and leadership that is inspiring to those within the industry and beyond.

The recipient will be selected by the Regional Committee and will be presented the award at the awards evening.

This award is not open for nomination.

This award is presented to a deserving nominee mentioned in the other categories, who deserves to be recognised for their outstanding contribution to the local property industry.

This award will be selected by the judging panel and will be presented to either a team or an individual at the awards evening.

This award is not open for nomination.

This award is presented to a winner in a previous category, who is deemed by the judging panel to be the standout recipient above all other nominees for the 2023 South Island Property People Awards.