New Zealand Insights Effectiveness Awards 2026
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Awards event - Rooftop at QT on 17th September 2026Join
us for an evening celebrating the very best of insights in Aotearoa - recognising work that informs thinking and drives real-world impact. Entries and event registration are now open - we look forward to celebrating with you! |
Event registration now open!Get your tickets now for the NZ Insights Effectiveness Awards on Thursday 17th September. Individual tickets $175 + GST Group of ten tickets $1575 + GST (one invoice) | Event detailsThursday 17th September 2026
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Three Awards Celebrating Insight Effectiveness in ActionAt the NZ Insights Effectiveness Awards, great insights are only part of the story. What truly matters is how insights create impact - whether through innovation, sustained influence, or exceptional communication. These awards recognise different pathways to insight effectiveness:
Recognising the teams and partners behind great insightsGreat insights don't happen in isolation. Three awards that recognise the teams, partners, and organisations helping drive better decisions and stronger outcomes across Aotearoa:
If you've worked with a team, technology provider, or insights partner that has genuinely elevated the quality and impact of insights over the past two years, we'd encourage you to nominate them. Celebrating the people behind impactful insightsBehind every impactful insight is a person driving it forward. There are two individual categories in the 2026 NZ Insights Effectiveness Awards - recognising both emerging talent and long-standing leadership within Aotearoa’s insights industry. They are:
Neither award can be self-nominated. We encourage you to recognise the people around you whose work deserves acknowledgement. |
How to prepare an award winning entryListen to a roundtable discussion with industry experts John O'Toole (RANZ Fellow and Chief Judge), Glen Wright (former Board member), Maria Tyrrell (RANZ Life member and former Chair), and Horst Feldhaeuser (RANZ Fellow and former Board member), all of whom have been involved in the Insights Effectiveness Awards. The discussion, hosted by Research Association New Zealand Chair Ian Mills, centers around the awards process, offering valuable insights for potential entrants. (This podcast was recorded in 2024) How to prepare an award winning entry for market research effectiveness
Matt Gibb has spent over 20 years working in television both in front and behind the camera. You name it, he's probably done it! As one of New Zealand's most experienced presenters Matt has clocked up thousands of hours of live telly. Matt recently returned to NZ after 6 years in Sydney where he was a Senior Producer for the Australian Broadcasting Company, helping to create television formats which sold around the world. In 2023 Matt has fronted TVNZ 1's Country House Hunters NZ, travelling the country and helping Kiwis escape the rat race. He also regularly appears on TVNZ 1's Breakfast, with recent roving reports from Tasmania, Melbourne, Fiji and Tahiti as well as across the length and breadth of Aotearoa. Before leaving for Sydney in 2015, Matt hosted the travel segments on TVNZ's weekly lifestyle show Kiwi Living. He was previously the face of the country's biggest telecommunications company, Spark, and also spent two years fronting New Zealand's national Lotto broadcast. Matt was a regular host on TV1's Good Morning, and has also had co-hosting duties on TV1's Breakfast and Seven Sharp. Matt started as a teenager presenting kid's television show Squirt, before moving on to Studio 2 Live. For seven seasons, Matt worked in front of the camera, and behind the scenes as a field producer. In late 2010, Matt helped launch Television New Zealand's first interactive music television channel, TVNZ U. As Senior Producer for U Live, Matt created, produced and presented content from around the country. No stranger to standing up in front of a crowd, Matt has MC’d events right across the country, from corporate dinners through to solo-hosting the stage in front of over 100,000 people at Auckland’s Christmas in the Park, and had regular MC'ing work with both Tourism New Zealand and Air New Zealand across the ditch in Sydney. An experienced voice-over artist, Matt has lent his voice to major brand TVC's and radio ads, including Spark, Coca-Cola, Subway, Air New Zealand, Mastercard and many more. |
