Business Award Winners for 2024
Written by John Freer on October 24, 2024
Finalists and winners at the 2024 Richardson’s Hauraki Coromandel Business Awards
Category Excellence Awards
Supreme Winner
The Waterworks
Community Contribution
Winners: Dive Zone Whitianga and EPL Construction (joint winners)
Finalists: Evolution Fitness, Major Oak Safety Training, Wāhi Tukurua
Business Resilience
Winner: Hello World Travel Thames
Finalists: Centre Line Construction, Professional Trade Services
Digital Strategy and e-Commerce
Winner: Flowers on Pollen
Finalists: Mom Store, The Waterworks
Waste Minimisation
Winner: Tukurua
Finalists: Buffalo Lodge, Gastronomics
Contribution to Tourism and Hospitality
Winner: The Waterworks
Finalists: Coromandel Distilling Co, Thames Museum – Te Whare Taonga o te Kauaeranga, Valley Tours and Transfers
People’s Choice Finalists (two winners – one of Hauraki, one from Thames-Coromandel)
Winner: Woof Woof Ranch (Hauraki) and Dive Zone Whitianga (Thames-Coromandel)
Finalists: Plan Bee, Waihī Coffee Roasters, Bite Café Thames, The Green Grocer
Service to Business Recipients
Barbara Berry, Positive Paeroa
Jennifer Ashman, Coromandel-Colville Business Association
Monika Lange, Thames/Coromandel Newsfeed
Sue Lewis-O’Halloran, Thames Business Association
Sector Excellence Awards
New and Emerging Business
Winner: Opito Bay Salt
Finalists: Fitzone Waihī, Pahi Coastal Walk, Te Kouma Heights Glamping
Consumer Services
Winner: Coromandel Shelly Beach Top10 Holiday Park
Finalists: Flowers on Pollen, Mercury Bay Discoveries
Professional Services
Winner: Bayleys Real Estate, Coromandel Peninsula
Finalists: Beside the Seaside, Woof Woof Ranch
Trades, Manufacturing and Primary Industries
Winner: Major Oak Safety Training
Finalists: Coromandel Distilling Co, EPL Construction
Pahiki Māori/Māori Business
Winner: Evolution Fitness
Finalists: Manavation