Travelwise Choices Awards Travelwise Choices Awards
The annual Travelwise Choices Awards are a celebration of the success of organisations doing good in the transport space.
Travelwise Choices Awards 2020
The Travelwise Choices Awards recognise the commitment of businesses, individuals and community organisations to encourage staff, students, customers and volunteers to make fewer car journeys.
Travelwise Choices Awards announcement
Award winners by category
Community awards
These awards are open for community organisations and groups:
Superior Grassroots Action - Winner: EcoMatters Environment Trust - Community Bike Hubs
An organisation that has activated and helped a wide community access, learn about or spread transport choices through a grassroots level.
Highly commended: Boopsie Maran – Places for Good
Event of the Year - Winner: Devonport Business Association - Devonport PARK(ing) Day
A specific transport initiative within the year that has been particularly successful.
Individual awards
These awards are open for community, business or individual leaders:
Champion of Modes - Winner: Teau (Mr Tee) Aiturau
A passionate advocate for any and all better travel modes.
Highly Commended: Ryan the Lion
Sustained Leadership - Winner: Debbie Wilson
An individual who has proven sustained leadership in the transport space by encouraging better travel choices.
Highly commended: Elsa Benjamin
Innovation award
This award is open to any individual or group:
Innovative Thinker - Winner: Big Street Bikers
For new and bold approaches to managing transport and encouraging better ways.
Business awards
These awards are open for businesses and organisations:
Excellence in Travel Choices - Winner: Fisher and Paykel Healthcare
Proven sustained mode shift and excellence in enabling it.
Flexible Future - Winner: Xero
Continuing to enable and encourage flexible policies post-lockdown and moving forward.
Initiative of the Year - Winner: Mercury - Kissing Oil Goodbye
A specific transport initiative within the year that has been particularly successful.
Highly commended: Papaya Stories - Silent Disco Citywalk
Sustained Leadership in Transport - Winner: Jasmax
Widespread, outspoken and vocal leadership in transport. Those walking and sharing the talk.
Previous Award Winners
The 2019 Travelwise Choices Awards took place on 13 November 2019. Generating fierce competition, we eventually managed to select winners for our 5 categories to take home the award. The ceremony featured keynote speaker Andrew Barnes, advocate of the four-day working week and several well-known community figures.
Read about our previous Award winners.
Join our programme
If you are looking to improve staff travel at your workplace, email us at TravelwiseBusiness@AT.govt.nz or visit our website to learn more about the Travelwise Choices programme or inquire about becoming a member.