Pride In Print Awards 2025 – Process, Category & Supreme Winners

The 2025 Pride In Print Awards proved another extremely-successful celebration of all things print on 4 July at the Cordis Hotel, Auckland.

Please find below the list of press articles featuring the Process, Category and Supreme Award Winners.

SUPREME AWARD WINNER

• Kaya and Brian Wedding Invite Suite (Studio Q / Laserfoil)
  • Supreme Award presented on stage
  • Supreme Award winners alongside fellow Category Award winners
  • Supreme Award winners off stage (Liesl Trotter, Tim Morris and Dave Trotter)
  • Kaya and Brian Wedding Invite Suite

CATEGORY WINNERS

• Sign and Display Print – Hydroflow Rainbird FSDU (ABC Original Print)
  • ABC Original Print operations general manager James Hedger
  • Hydroflow Rainbird FSDU
• Print Industry Promotion – APC 2024 Christmas Wine Box (APC Innovate)
  • APC Innovate creative manager Zane Barclay with the Print Industry Promotion Category Award medal
  • APC 2024 Christmas Wine Box
• Paper and Board Packaging – Snackachangi Presenter/PR Box (APC Innovate)
  • APC Innovate print production manager Praneel Bali with the Paper and Board Packaging Category Award medal
  • Snackachangi Presenter/PR Box
• Business Print – Mercury – Integrated Report 2024 (Blue Star Auckland Print & Packaging)
  • Blue Star operations manager Allen Masterson with the Structural Design Packaging Category Award medal
  • Mercury – Integrated Report 2024
• Industry Development and Creativity – One NZ Advent Calendars (Blue Star Auckland Display & Distribution)
  • Blue Star structural designer Ben Leslie with the Industry Development and Creativity Category Award medal
  • Blue Star Display & APC Innovate general manager Sarah Wharfe
  • One NZ Advent Calendars
• Structural Design Packaging – Panadol Liquid Caps (Blue Star Auckland Display & Distribution)
  • Blue Star Display & APC general manager Sarah Wharfe with the Structural Design Packaging Category Award medal
  • Panadol Liquid Caps
• Promotional Print – Art of Michelle Bellamy (easy2C Calendars and Promotional Products)
  • easy2C Calendars and Promotional Products national sales manager Piers Gascoine with the Promotional Print Category Award medal
  • Art of Michelle Bellamy
• Flexible Packaging – Pams Finest Peking Spiced Whole Duck (Sealed Air Hamilton)
  • Sealed Air Hamilton printing/laminates and prepress group performance leader Damion Robinson
  • Pams Finest Peking Spiced Whole Duck
• Packaging All Other Materials – Whittaker’s Dark Ghana 50 gram Chunk (Lamprint Packaging Holdings)
  • Lamprint Packaging Holdings new business development manager Wendy Hearn with the Packaging All Other Materials Category Award medal
  • Whittaker’s Dark Ghana 50 gram Chunk
• Specialty Products – Kaya and Brian Wedding Invite Suite (Studio Q / Laserfoil)
  • Supreme Award and Specialty Products winners off stage (Liesl Trotter, Tim Morris and Dave Trotter)
  • Kaya and Brian Wedding Invite Suite
• Labels – Fresh n Fruity Greek Raspberry 1kg Yoghurt (Logan Print)
  • Logan Print managing director Matt Logan with the Labels Category Award medal
  • Fresh n Fruity Greek Raspberry 1kg Yoghurt
• Publications Newspapers – The Weekend Sun Issue 1233 (NZME Ellerslie Print)
  • NZME press manager Scott Cardy with the Publications Newspapers Category Award medal
  • The Weekend Sun Issue 1233
• Publications Books – Te Ara Hohou Rongo | The Path to Reconciliation (Wakefields Digital)
  • Wakefields Digital’s Hannah Ormsby and Clint Riley
  • Te Ara Hohou Rongo | The Path to Reconciliation
• Print Finishing – Te Ara Hohou Rongo | The Path to Reconciliation (Wakefields Digital)
  • Wakefields Digital’s Hannah Ormsby and Clint Riley
  • Te Ara Hohou Rongo | The Path to Reconciliation

PROCESS WINNERS

• Sheetfed Offset – The Historic Architecture in Korea (Brebner Print)
  • Brebner Print Napier general manager Ricky Howes with the Sheetfed Offset Award medal
  • The Historic Architecture in Korea
• Inkjet – Pressed Flowers (Caxton)
  • Caxton managing director Bridget Bachelor with the Inkjet Process Award medal
  • Pressed Flowers
• Screen – Zhu Ohmu x Kate Sylvester Hemp Bag (Colour Evolution)
  • Colour Evolution general manager Mike Mossman
  • Zhu Ohmu x Kate Sylvester Hemp Bag
• Digital – Welcome to My Brain Card Game (Eamar Innovative Solutions)
  • Eamar Innovative Solutions director Nicola McIntyre with the Digital Process Award medal
  • Welcome to My Brain Card Game
• Gravure – Boring Oat Milk Barista (Gravure Packaging)
  • Gravure Packaging technical director Grant Amelung
• Flexible Packaging – Pams Finest Peking Spiced Whole Duck (Sealed Air Hamilton)
  • Sealed Air Hamilton value stream leader and manufacturing manager David Holland with the Flexographic Process Award medal
  • Sealed Air Hamilton printing/laminates and prepress group performance leader Damion Robinson
  • Pams Finest Peking Spiced Whole Duck
• Coldset – The Waikato Times Your Weekend 12 October 2024 (Stuff – Petone)
  • Stuff Petone printing plant day shift printing supervisor Andy Brown
  • The Waikato Times Your Weekend 12 October 2024
• Heatset – Super Liquor (Webstar)
  • Webstar business analyst Daniel Frost with the Heatset Process Award medal
  • Super Liquor
• Letterpress – Casa de Campo (Windmill Press)
  • Windmill Press letterpress stationery creator Christina Drummond
  • Casa de Campo

INDUSTRY TRAINING AWARDS

• BJ Ball Apprentice of the Year
  • Brad Smith with family, friends and colleagues
• Trainer of the Year (Opal Kiwi Packaging afternoon shift manager Aaron Smith) and Training Company of the Year (Blue Star Wellington)
  • Opal Kiwi Packaging afternoon shift manager Aaron Smith
  • Blue Star Wellington operations general manager Dean Oliver
• Business Awards Category Winner – Sustainability (Sealed Air Hamilton)
  • Sealed Air Hamilton senior printer, trainer and assessor Wade Collins
  • Talley’s mussels packaging work recently won back from overseas by Sealed Air Hamilton’s sustainability initiatives

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