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 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.

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