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"The awards program was an opportunity for us to measure the progress we have made in rebuilding our business. It brought our people together with enthusiasm, commitment but some trepidation to open ourselves up for scrutiny under an internationally recognized standard and against Manukau’s best businesses. To achieve the success we did was a major milestone for our business and most importantly our people. I would encourage those thinking about it to put yourself out there, involve your people"

Ron Holden, Managing Director, NALCO

Supreme Winner, 2009

 

 

"Entering the awards has given us recognition within the community as a good company to work with. It also made us more professional with our systems to present them to the judges. The publicity from winning is definitely very strong, from all media, including television, newspapers and magazines. Winning the award has also been good for staff morale to know they are working for a company that was voted the best performed."      

Tony Hembrow, Managing Director, Rayglass Boats.

 

 

"Auckland International Airport Ltd strives to provide outstanding service to all those who use the airport. So, it is always of value to get feedback on our performance. And who better to offer considered comment than those who judge the Westpac Manukau Excellence Awards. The fact that they have judged us worthy of being named a finalist and a winner on many occasions since its inception has been extremely satisfying. This success has been a great morale booster which motivates the team to aim for an even higher level of service."     

Margaret Peacocke, Executive Manager, Auckland International Airport.

 

 

"We believe the awards provide a good mechanism for TERNZ to review where we were at as a company and how this compared with other businesses. It was very useful going through the judging to get a firm notion in terms of our systems and procedures.The awards provided very favourable publicity to our major clients and also enabled us to review how we were operating and to identify the areas that needed improvement."  

John de Pont, Director, TERNZ.

 

 

"Well our feet have finally hit the ground after a pretty heady couple of weeks kicked off by the fab night at the awards in Manukau!! What a lovely night it was, made all the better by winning an award of course, but even without that it would have been a great night in any case! You must be well pleased with how it all worked out, so well done to you and the Enterprising Manukau team! I must say we've been mightily impressed with the range of media exposure and PR you and the awards have generated - I feel more famous than Angelina Jolie! Well, almost!!"    

Karen Houston  - Director, International Travel College of New Zealand

 

"We just wanted to say thank you to you all for making our involvement in the Business Awards this year so enjoyable.  As you know, this was our first year being involved and we have been so impressed with the level of professionalism and efficiency in which they have been organised.  At the Gala Dinner we had a mixture of management, staff and residents join us and we all thoroughly enjoyed the evening, of course assisted with being presented with the Excellence in Service Delivery award!  The entertainment, venue and overall ambience was fabulous. A huge thank you from all of us".  

Karyn Armstrong, Manager, Vision Dannemora

 

 

“These awards have supercharged our whole company, it made everybody more determined and passionate about further achieving and moving the goalposts.”

Clark Proctor, Metalman NZ Ltd

 

 

“This Award is actually an objective, a destination and to me it is secondary – the primary value is in the journey, looking at every part of your business, lifting up every rock, seeing what crawls out from underneath and dealing to it and sorting it out.  Participation in these awards is the best gift you could ever give your business.  It has been a fabulous journey."

Barry Gillingwater, DSS Animal Management  

 

 

“Manukau, you have just propelled a small company into dizzy heights.”

John Beck, Styrobeck Plastics Ltd

 

 

“This award acknowledges the work and commitment of our team.”

Jonathan Engle, IBEX Group Ltd

Copyright Enterprising Manukau 2009