Celebrating the people behind the projects

Friday 14 November 2025 | Tākina Convention & Exhibition Centre

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Friday 14 November 2025
Tākina Convention & Exhibition Centre

The Wellington Property People Awards celebrate and recognise the people behind the projects in the Wellington region.

In 2024 we brought together over 330 guests for an unforgettable evening of exceptional networking and celebration.

Thank you to all of our nominees and congratulations to our 2024 category and supreme winners!

Watch this space - nominations open in July!

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2024 Award
Winners

Greenwood Roche Supreme Excellence Award and Rolle Property Outstanding Leadership Award

Gerard Earl
Colliers

Beca Young Achiever of the Year Award

Shirley Yee
TSA Riley

Catalyst Property Professional of the Year Award

Edith Boettcher
The Woolstore Group

TSA Riley Excellence in Sustainability Award

Nick Baty
Beca

Barnes Beagley Doherr Best Team Award

Unispace
Meridian Energy

Ortus International Long Service Award

Paul Robinson
The Woolstore Group

Congratulations to all our winners!

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Key Dates 2025

Nominations Open | July 2025

Nominations Close | 15 August 2025

Wellington Property People Awards | 6:30 pm, Friday 14 November

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Awards Categories

Beca
Young Achiever of the Year

This award is to acknowledge, encourage and most importantly, promote the positive contributions made to the industry by our young people.

This award recognises an individual aged 35 and under who:
🚀 Consistently demonstrates a passion and commitment to the local industry
🚀 Contributes substantially to their organisation, the local industry and/or their community
🚀 Continues to demonstrate competencies and achievements that make them stand out amongst their peers.

Nominees can be from any sector within the property industry, from quantity surveying, engineering, development, infrastructure, property management or architecture and design to property lawyers, accountants and real estate agents.

Catalyst Property Professional
of the Year Award

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.

Rolle Property
Outstanding Leadership Award

This award recognises an individual, working in either the public or private sector, who has demonstrated outstanding leadership to drive progress within the local region.

This award recognises an individual who:
🚀 Consistently contributes to supporting their team, their peers, the community and the industry as a whole
🚀 Delivers high-impact results and significantly contributes to their organisation, project or the property industry
🚀 Is inspirational, leads by example and consistently strives for success as a team, driving progress and innovation.

Nominees can be from any discipline or associated discipline within the property industry. The award winner is inspirational, leads by example and consistently strives for success as a team. Their leadership qualities could have been evident in a particular project, leading and managing a team or organisation, or providing strategic direction.

Barnes Beagley Doherr
Best Team Award

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.

TSA Riley Excellence in Sustainability

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.

Ortus International
Long Service Award

This award is not open for nomination.

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

Greenwood Roche
Supreme Excellence Award

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 2024 Wellington Property People Awards.

2024 Award
Finalists

Beca Young Achiever of the Year

Lewis Watson
Catalyst Group

Matthew Morris
Bayleys

Mia Cassels
TSA Riley

Shirley Yee
TSA Riley

Barnes Beagley Doherr Best Team Award

BNZ and Egmont Dixon for BNZ Place
BNZ Place
BNZ, Egmont Dixon, Studio Pacific Architecture, Newcrest

BRANZ Redevelopment Team
BRANZ Westside Campus Redevelopment
Hawkins

Catalyst and City Fitness for Multiple Property Solutions
Catalyst Group x Cityfitness Group – Multiple Wellington Sites
Catalyst Group

Unispace
Meridian Energy
Meridian Energy, Unispace

TSA Riley Excellence in Sustainability

Myles McLean
TSA Riley

Nick Baty
Beca

Unispace
Meridian Energy
Unispace

Rolle Property Outstanding Leadership Award

Alan Blyde
Envelope

Gerard Earl
Colliers

Denise Beazley
Wellington City Council

Catalyst Property Professional of the Year Award

Edith Boettcher
The Woolstore Group Ltd

Alison Pharaoh
Niche FM Consulting

Zoe Green
WSP

Erina Chamberlain
The Wellington Company

Catch a glimpse of the 2024 highlights!

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Photos courtesy of Neil Mackenzie.

Judging
Panel

The Wellington Property People Awards are honoured to have an esteemed panel of judges at the helm:

Paul Robinson // Director, The Woolstore Management
Steve Maitland // Director, Colliers
Amy Rutherford // Partner, Greenwood Roche
Julia McPherson // Principal, Warren and Mahoney
Melissa McGhie // Director, Rolle Property