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Sponsored by the Treasury

The Treasury Award for Excellence in Improving Public Value through Business Transformation recognises the significant fiscal challenge that the Government now faces and seeks to acknowledge some of the people who have responded to the call for “smarter, better public services for less.” The best of these organisations or individual projects will have thought creatively about different ways of delivering services or carrying out their business. By challenging the accepted or ‘tried and tested’ methods they will have transformed some aspect of their business in order to deliver better services to New Zealanders at a significantly lower cost.

Sponsored by Russell McVeagh

The Russell McVeagh Award for Excellence in Working Together for Better Services recognises outstanding performance and achievement of joint outcomes and other shared accountabilities across clusters of agencies. Projects recognised under this award will enhance government’s engagement with communities and the delivery of accessible and responsive services to New Zealanders, and the diversity of ethnic and social groups in our communities. See Criteria.

Sponsored by Te Puni Kōkiri

The Te Puni Kōkiri Award for Excellence in Crown - Māori Relationships recognises the complex and diverse range of relationships between Māori and the Government. The best of these relationships provide the conduit through which Māori can contribute to policy and planning processes in the areas that affect them, and also ensure that government can meet its own objectives and outcomes. Each Crown - Māori relationship is unique, and should recognise the complexity and diversity of the parties to the relationship. See Criteria.

Sponsored by Microsoft

The Microsoft Award for Excellence in Networked Government recognises outstanding performance and achievement in the use of information and communications technologies and networks in the daily business of government, and improvements in the integration of government information, business processes and service delivery. Entrants will demonstrate the application of the principle of ‘no wrong door’ for any New Zealander accessing government services. See Criteria.

Public Sector Communications

Sponsored by Talent2

The Talent2 Award for Excellence in Public Sector Communications recognises the design and delivery of innovative public sector communications strategies that have significantly increased public awareness of a government objective. This may be a public information campaign, a public engagement strategy, or the communication of a specific initiative, change of policy, legislation or regulation, and may be in a variety of mediums. See Criteria.

Sponsored by State Services Commission and the Leadership Development Centre

Research shows that effective Leader-Led development can boost the performance of rising leaders by as much as 27%! There is a cascade effect for these leader-led “rising stars” – their direct reports show an increase in their discretionary effort at work as well as an increased likelihood of promotion. Leaders who are effective at developing other leaders also demonstrate a far superior business management capability and a greater ability to get business results. The Award for Improving Performance through Leadership Excellence will recognise leaders who are “walking the talk” in identifying and developing high potential individuals in their organisation and providing opportunities for development in the public sector.

The Prime Minister’s Award for Public Sector Excellence will be awarded to one of the winners of the Award categories. This Award will recognise outstanding achievement and a sustained commitment to excellence. The judges will consider evidence of vision, innovation and results in public sector management as well as the criteria relating to the specific category award. See Criteria.