Supreme night for VisionWest

On the night of April 7th, 500 people across five locations were brought together for an evening designed to celebrate the best businesses in North & West Auckland.

It was a night worth celebrating for many businesses across the Auckland region, especially for VisionWest Community Trust as they secured the win for the Supreme Business Excellence Award at the Westpac Auckland Business Awards 2021 – North & West Region. 

The announcement capped an already successful evening for VisionWest after they won the Excellence in Strategy and Planning earlier in the evening. 

“We entered in good faith and hoped for the best, but this is the reward of our mahi and good work that the people at VisionWest have done. For VisionWest there is no end, we are going to continue to put good strategies and planning in place, we still believe in transformation of lives and building healthy communities. We are an organisation that help people believe in themselves, that they can get up on their own feet and they can change their life around.” says Arvind Dayal, VisionWest Chair

Auckland Business Chamber Chief Executive Michael Barnett congratulated VisionWest on their success (see photo above).

“They have shown resilience, and innovation through both stable and unprecedented times and are deserving winners. It is important they are recognised,” says Barnett.

Other category winners ton the night included eco-friendly maternity brand Think Green Ltd. (Haakaa); experts in moving and packing, World Moving & Storage; Huski, performance drinkware products; Harbour Hospice, specialist, palliative care provider, providing compassionate end of life care; small batch; Bootleg Jerky Co, Premium, 100% grass feed beef jerky and meet snacks; Unipharm Healthy Manufacturing Co. Ltd, natural health solution provider, focusing on contract manufacturing and exporting services; ACH Consulting, a multi-disciplinary engineering design consultancy; and Recreational Services, New Zealand’s largest parks and turf management specialists.

Westpac NZ Head of Business Banking, Mark Steed, praised the courage and tenacity of Auckland businesses through two years of uncertainty.

“Tonight’s winners and finalists, as well as the wider business community, have excelled at finding new ways of doing business with new customers,” Steed said. “Their strength and resilience will be vital as Auckland prepares to open back up to the world in 2022.

The category winners from the North & West region:

Excellence In Innovation – sponsored by Auckland Unlimited – Think Green Ltd (HaaKaa)

Excellence In Customer Service Delivery – sponsored by Barfoot & Thompson – World Moving and Storage

Best Emerging Business – sponsored by Air New Zealand – Huski

Excellence In Marketing – sponsored by Cordis – Harbour Hospice

People’s Choice – by sponsored by The Beer Spot. – Bootleg Jerky Co.

Excellence In Strategy and Planning – sponsored by Nauhria Group – VisionWest Community Trust

Excellence In International Trade – sponsored by Ports of Auckland  – Unipharm Healthy Manufacturing Co Ltd

Employer of the Year – sponsored by 2degrees – ACH Consulting

Excellence In Community Contribution – sponsored by Westpac – Recreational Services

Supreme Business Excellence Award – sponsored by Westpac – VisionWest Community Trust