Pride In Print Awards 2026

Christchurch’s Te Pae Convention Centre hosted this year’s celebration of the best-of-the-best in New Zealand’s print industry on 26 June.

Please find below the full list of major Pride In Print and PrintNZ Award winners (articles and photographs being progressively added, which can be viewed via the hyperlinks).

Supreme Award

• New Zealand Birds Series (Brebner Print)
  • Winning entry 1
  • Winning entry 2
  • Winning entry 3
  • Brebner Print senior account manager Rob Johansen with the Supreme Award
  • Brebner Print senior account manager Rob Johansen with the Supreme Award on stage

Category Awards

• Publications Newspapers – Otago Daily Times, 17 February 2025 (Allied Press)
• Publications Magazines – Sage Journal (Blue Star Auckland Print & Packaging)
• Publications Books – Well Worn Publication (Gravitas Media)
• Business Print – New Zealand Birds Series (Brebner Print)
• Promotional Print – WOW 2026 Calendar (Blue Star Wellington)
• Labels – Kolo Pinot Noir 2022 (MCC Albany)
• Flexible Packaging – Cheddar Natural Slices 200g (Sealed Air Hamilton)
• Paper and Board Packaging – Vaione Gin Gift Cartons (Valley Print 2020)
• Structural Design Packaging – Whittakers Caramel / Banana Presentation Box (ABC Original Print)
• Packaging All Other Materials – Whittaker’s Brandy Snap (Gravure Packaging)
• Sign and Display Print – Heineken Electric Ave Pallet Display (APC Innovate)
• Specialty Products – Wella, Fine Art Screen Print (Southan Print)
• Print Finishing – Osmosis Blemish Control Essentials Kit (Studio Q / LaserFoil)
• Industry Development and Creativity – SolarBurst, The Colour Build Collection (MCC Albany)
• Print Industry Promotion – Logick Playing Cards Set (Logick Print & Graphics)

Process Awards

• Coldset Offset – The Post Your Weekend (Stuff)
• Heatset Offset – Franklin Times (Webstar Auckland)
• Sheetfed Offset – WOW Programme 2025 (Blue Star Wellington)
• Digital – Heyday Snow Leopard IPA (Leading Label Co)
• Flexographic– Cheddar Natural Slices 200g (Sealed Air Hamilton)
• Gravure – Whittaker’s Brandy Snap (Gravure Packaging)
• Inkjet – Dunhuang Culture in New Zealand, Silk VUE Dual-Layer Translucent Fabric Display (iProduction)
• Screen – Wella, Fine Art Screen Print (Southan Print)
• Letterpress – Putiki Estate (The Armarie Room)

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Prestigious PrintNZ Awards

Also bestowed at the 2026 Pride In Print Awards Evening were the following prestigious PrintNZ Awards:

• BJ Ball Apprentice of the Year – Travers Dobson (Leading Label Company)
  • Travers Dobson
  • Travers Dobson on stage (Leading Label Company managing director Bryce Coulbeck second-from-right)
• Business Awards Category (Sustainability) – SCG
• Trainer of the Year (Joint) – Rhys Fauvel (Blue Star Wellington) and Matthew Moore (Opal Fibre Packaging Christchurch)
• Training Company of the Year – Opal Fibre Packaging New Zealand

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