The Grand Business South Awards 2025

The winners have now been announced and the celebrations are complete. Thank you to everyone who joined us for an incredible Awards Night as we recognised the best and brightest businesses in the Southern region.

The winners for The Grand Business South Awards 2025

Winner	Category	Sponsor
Workplace First Aid Training Ltd	Excellence in Service	Aramex
Night 'n Day	Excellence in Retail	Otago Daily Times
Alchemist Mixology	Excellence in Hospitality	Vault21
Totally Tourism Ltd	Excellence in Tourism	Enterprise Dunedin
Medenterprises	Excellence in Customer Experience	Kiwibank
Whitestone Contracting Ltd	Excellence in Workplace Injury Prevention	Select Recruitment
Southern Link Logistics	Excellence in Strategy and Planning	Anderson Lloyd
Sandymount Distillery	Excellence in Sustainability	Otago Polytechnic
United Machinists	Excellence in Manufacturing	Otago Southland Manufacturing Assn
Mizen Automation	Excellence in Exporting	Business New Zealand
K9 Medical Detection NZ Charitable Trust	Excellence in Innovation	2degrees
Mastaplex Ltd	Excellence in Science and Technology	Strawberry Sound
Tūhura Otago Museum	Excellence in Marketing	NZME
Hobby Lords Limited	Best Emerging Business	Rostron Finance
Aroha Ki Te Tamariki Trust	Community Service	Ministry of Social Development
Focus Technology Group	People’s Choice Award	Findex Dunedin
Sir Ian Taylor	Excellence in Entrepreneurship	University of Otago – Otago Business School
Margi Robertson	Distinguished Leader Award	Dunedin City Council
United Machinists	Supreme Winner 2025	The Grand