2017 Hi-Tech Awards sees a record number of entries across 13 categories.
After a record number of entries, the finalists for the 2017 Hi-Tech Awards were announced at simultaneous events in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch last night.
Entries, which came from as far afield as Kaitaia and Invercargill, were up 30 per cent over last year and Wayne Norrie, chair of the Hi-Tech Trust, said the the standard of entries was also the highest seen.
The finalists will now go into a round of face-to-face judging before the winners are announced at a gala event in Auckland on 12 May..
The finalists are:
PwC Hi-Tech Company of the Year
ARANZ Geo
Invenco
Pushpay Holdings
Serko
Vend
Xero
Coretex Hi-Tech Emerging Company of the Year
Figured
Harmoney
Link Engine Management
SilverStripe
Timely
New Zealand Venture Investment Fund (NZVIF) Hi-Tech Start-Up Company of the Year
AskNicely
Dexibit
Latipay
Performance Lab
Property
IBM Most Innovative Company
Auror
Pushpay
RedShield Security
Simplicity
Callaghan Innovation Maori Innovation Award
Biolytix
Navilluso
Origins Software
Pango Productions
Duncan Cotterill Innovative Hi-Tech Software Product
Auror
Moxion
RedShield Security
Spotlight Reporting
Kiwibank Hi-Tech Innovative Services Award
EROAD
MyBitcoinSaver
Navilluso Medical
RedShield Security
Snowball Effect
Endace Innovative Hi-Tech Hardware Product
Adherium
DARC Technologies
EROAD
Shotover Camera Systems
Quick Circuit Innovative Hi-Tech Mobile Product
beweb
oDocs Eye Care
Motim Technologies
NZTE Innovative Agritech Product
Compac
Figured
PPP Industries
StockX
Xero Hi-Tech Young Achiever
Aleisha Amohia
Jamie Beaton
Kendall Flutey
Aleisha Staples
ATEED Best technology for the Creative Sector
Dexibit
Moxion
Shotover Camera Systems
Shuttlerock
Qual IT Best technology for the Public Sector
Auror
Dexibit
EROAD
Orion Health
