2025 Supplier Diversity Award Winners

26 August 2025 was a chance to celebrate excellence and the whetū/stars of supplier diversity for 2025.
We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Supplier Diversity Award winner.

As awards judge Tania Pouwhare shared with all finalists, “You and the impact you make for our people is the motivation for this movement… you are the reflection of what we want our tamariki to see and aspire to… You are part of what someone once dubbed the “boring revolution”, but it’s a revolution none the less. There are no lone heroes here, only he toa takitini – the efforts of many.”

Congratulations to our winners on the night:

Junior Ioane – Ministry of Education New Zealand (Supplier Advocate of the Year)

McConnell Dowell (Buyer of the Year)

Independent Traffic Control (Supplier of the Year).