Stuff is a New Zealand news website. It has won numerous awards at New Zealand's Newspaper Publishers' Association awards (previously branded as the Qantas Media Awards and currently as the Voyager Media Awards) including Best News Website in 2014 and 2019, [1] [2] and Website of the Year in 2013 and 2018. [3] [4]
Year | Award | Recipient (if any) | Work | Result |
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2024 | 2024 International News Media Association -Best Innovation in Newsroom Transformation [5] | Best Practice - Consciously Uncoupling | Winner | |
2024 Voyager Media Awards [6] | ||||
Best photography - features | Chris Skelton | Winner | ||
Best photography - news | Iain McGregor | Winner | ||
Video Journalist of the year | Lawrence Smith | Winner | ||
Digital News Provider of the Year | Stuff | Winner | ||
Best Scoop | Andrea Vance | Kiri Allan ‘yelled and screamed’ at me, senior public servant says | Winner | |
Sports journalist of the year | Mike White | Winner | ||
Business journalist of the year | Eloise Gibson | Winner | ||
Gordon McLauchlan journalism award | Mike White | Winner | ||
Local journalist of the year | Annemarie Quill | Winner | ||
Editorial leader of the year | Tracy Watkins | Winner | ||
Outstanding achievement ward | Martin van Beynen | |||
2024 NZ Radio and Podcast Awards [7] | Imogen Wells | |||
Best Podcast Technical Production | Melody Thomas | The Good Sex Project | Finalist | |
Best Podcast Producer or Producing Team | Michael Wright | The Trial | Finalist | |
Best News & Current Affairs Podcast | Imogen Wells | Newsable | Finalist | |
Best Health & Wellbeing Podcast | Melody Thomas | The Good Sex Project | Finalist | |
Best True Crime Podcast | Michael Wright | The Trial | Winner | |
2023 | 2023 Voyager Media Awards [8] | |||
Photographer of the Year | Chris Skelton | Winner | ||
Best photography - features | Chris Skelton | Winner | ||
Best photography - news | Chris Skelton | Winner | ||
Best photo-story/essay | Alan Gibson | Wallaby Plague | Winner | |
Best documentary | Stuff with Paula Penfold, Toby Longbottom, Louisa Cleave and Phil Johnson | Fire and Fury | Winner | |
Best feature video (single video journalist) | Chris Skelton | A child’s death, and a family’s nearly 40-year wait for ‘the truth’ | Winner | |
News app of the year | Stuff | Winner | ||
Best data journalism | Felippe Rodrigues | Winner | ||
Best editorial campaign or project | Stuff | The Whole Truth: Te Māramatanga | Winner | |
Best student journalist | Katie Ham (Stuff and Capsule NZ) | Winner | ||
Best artist/graphic design | Kwok Yi Lee | Matariki 2022 front page; Budget 2022 front page; Money IQ March 2022 cover | Winner | |
Business journalist of the year | Nikki Macdonald | Winner | ||
Community Journalist of the year | Caroline Williams | Winner | ||
Sports journalist of the year | Dana Johannsen | Winner | ||
Editorial leader the year | Janine Fenwick | Winner | ||
Best headline of hook | Carla Amos | Winner | ||
Best newspaper frontpage | Sunday Star-Times | Stuff | Winner | ||
Best newspaper magazine | Sunday | Stuff | Winner | ||
Best columnist | Andrea Vance | Winner | ||
Best feature writing - general | Michelle Duff | Who is millionaire philanthropist Chloe Wright? | Winner | |
Best feature writing - crime and justice | Mike White | Framed for Murder: The undercover operation that went too far. | Winner | |
Regional newspaper of the year | Nelson Mail | Stuff | Winner | ||
Weekly newspaper of the year | The Weekend Press | Stuff | Winner | ||
2022 | 2022 Digital Media Awards Asia [9] | Winner | ||
Best Use of Online Video | Stuff Circuit | Disordered | Gold winner | |
Best Podcast / Digital Audio Project | Popsock Media/Stuff | The Lake | Silver | |
Best Special Project for COVID-19 | Stuff | The Whole Truth: Covid-19 Vaccination | Gold winner | |
2022 Global Media Awards [10] | ||||
Best in Asia/Pacific | Switch On Your Superpower | Winner | ||
Best Idea to Encourage Reader Engagement | FY21 Impact Report | Honourable mention | ||
Best in Print | Harvey Norman — Boxing Day Delivery | Honourable mention | ||
Best Use of Video | This is how it ends | First place | ||
Deleted | Third place | |||
Best Use Audio | What's wrong with you? | Third place | ||
Best Subscription Niche Product | Now or never | Third place | ||
Best Idea to Grow Advertising Sales | Switch On Your Superpower | Second place | ||
Best Multi-Channel Client Advertising Campaign | Tipping point | Third place | ||
Best Use of Visual Journalism and Storytelling Tools | A Reconstruction of 20,000 Years of Earth’s Temperature (Or What We’re Doing to the Climate) | First place | ||
New Zealand’s COVID-19 Vaccination Roll-Out in Charts | Third place | |||
2022 Voyager Media Awards [11] [12] | ||||
Best coverage of a major new event | Stuff team | Delta Outbreak | Winner | |
Best editorial campaign or project | NZ Herald/NZME & Stuff with Andrea Vance and Iain McGregor | The 90% Project & This Is How it Ends | Joint winner | |
Best innovation in digital storytelling | Stuff Circuit/Stuff | Deleted | Winner | |
Best team investigation | Stuff team | The Lake | Winner | |
Best reporting - environment | Eloise Gibson | Winner | ||
Best reporting - lifestyle | Glenn McConnell | Winner | ||
Cartoonist of the year | Jeff Bell | Winner | ||
Best Feature Video (single video journalist) | Rosa Woods | The Whaanga Sisters | Winner | |
Best podcast - narrative / serial | Popsock Media and Stuff | The Lake | Winner | |
Video Journalist of the year | Ross Giblin | Winner | ||
Broadcast report of the year - current affairs | Paula Penfold | Winner | ||
Best photography - features | Chris Skelton | Winner | ||
Best photography - news | Ricky Wilson | Winner | ||
Best photography - sport | John Cowpland | Photosport, NZME, Stuff | Winner | ||
Best headline of hook | Richard Ives | Five slips and a gully | Winner | |
Best newspaper front page | The Press | 'We just need to get on with it' | Winner | |
Metropolitan newspaper of the year | The Press/Stuff | Winner | ||
Voyager newspaper of the year | The Press/Stuff | Winner | ||
Best feature writing - general | Bess Manson, Dominion Post/Stuff | Winner | ||
Junior feature writer of the year | Pete McKenzie, North & South, Stuff, NZ Listener | Winner | ||
Reporter of the year | Kirsty Johnston | Winner | ||
2021 | 2021 Global Media Awards [13] | |||
Best in Asia/Pacific | Ta Matou Pono, Our Truth | Winner | ||
Best Idea to Encourage Reader Engagement | Ta Matou Pono, Our Truth | First place | ||
Best Use of Audio | One hot minute | Third place | ||
Best Idea to Grow Advertising Sales | Finding new ground | Honourable mention | ||
2021 Voyager Media Awards [14] | ||||
Best feature writing - social issues, including health and education | Florence Kerr | Tame Iti | Winner | |
Editorial executive of the year | Carmen Parahi | Winner | ||
Best newspaper front page | The Press/Stuff | Winner | ||
Metropolitan newspaper of the year | The Press/Stuff | Winner | ||
Weekly newspaper of the year | The Weekend Press/Stuff | Winner | ||
Voyager newspaper of the year | The Weekend Press/Stuff | Winner | ||
Best photography - features, including portraits, fashion, food and architecture | David White | Winner | ||
Best photo-story/essay | Lawrence Smith | Winner | ||
Best photography - junior | Ricky Wilson | Winner | ||
Best editorial campaign or project | Our Truth: Tā Mātou Pono | Winner | ||
Best reporting - environment | Eloise Gibson | Winner | ||
Best reporting - travel | Lorna Thornber | Winner | ||
Science journalist of the year | Charlie Mitchell | Winner | ||
Reporter of the year | Alison Mau | Winner | ||
Best documentary / series | Stuff Circuit/Stuff Ltd | Winner | ||
Best feature video | Abigail Dougherty | The Mystery of Mrs Muir | Winner | |
Video journalist of the year | Iain McGregor | Winner | ||
nib Health journalist scholarship - senior | Cecile Meier | Winner | ||
2020 | 2020 Global Media Awards [15] | |||
Best in Asia/Pacific, Regional/Local Brands | Christchurch Mosque Shooting Coverage | Winner | ||
Best Public Relations or Community Service Campaign | Wasp Wipeout 2019 | Honourable Mention | ||
Best Use of Video | Life & Limb | Second place | ||
Best Use of Audio | White Silence | Third place | ||
Best New Initiative to Empower and Retain Talent | All of Us: Creating a Workplace Fit for the Times, Fit for Everyone | Third place | ||
2020 Voyager Media Awards [16] | ||||
Feature writing | Florence Kerr | Winner | ||
Best feature writer junior (no word limit) | Joel MacManus | Winner | ||
Best newspaper- inserted magazine | Sunday Star-Times/Stuff | Winner | ||
Best photography - features, including portraits, fashion, food and architecture | Braden Fastier, Nelson Mail/Stuff | Winner | ||
Best photography | George Heard, The Press/Stuff | Winner | ||
Judges' prize for the single best photo | Stacy Squires, The Press, Dominion Post, Sunday Star-Times/Stuff | A bloodstained survivor walking out of the police cordon | Winner | |
Video journalist of the year | Lawrence Smith | Winner | ||
Best TV/Videao documentary | Stuff Circuit/Stuff and Māori Television | Winner | ||
Reporting - crime and justice | Blair Ensor, The Press/Stuff | Winner | ||
Regional journalist of the year | Hamish McNeilly, The Press/Stuff | Winner | ||
Sports journalist of the year | Dana Johannsen | Winner | ||
Best newspaper front page | The Press/Stuff | Winner | ||
Newspaper of the year (up to 30,000 circulation) | Waikato Times/Stuff | Winner | ||
Weekly newspaper of the year | Sunday Star-Times/Stuff | Winner | ||
Podcast - best narrative/serial | RNZ and Stuff | White Silence | Winner | |
2019 | 2019 Voyager Media Awards [17] | |||
Best News Website | Winner | |||
Editorial Executive of the Year | Patrick Crewdson | Winner | ||
Photographer of the Year | Chris Skelton | Joint winner | ||
Best feature/photographic essay | David White | Winner | ||
Best photography – portrait | Alden Williams | Winner | ||
Feature Writer of the Year (long-form) | Charlie Mitchell | Winner | ||
Sports Journalist of the Year | Dana Johannsen | Winner | ||
Best reporting – Maori Affairs | Tony Wall | Runner-up | ||
Reporter of the Year | Carmen Parahi | Runner-up | ||
Best Innovation in Digital Storytelling | Paula Penfold, Eugene Bingham, Toby Longbottom and Phil Johnson | Caught | Winner | |
Best Team Investigation | Sex offender/motel investigations | Winner | ||
Best Editorial Project or Campaign | Made in New Zealand/Nā Niu Tīreni | Winner | ||
nib Health Journalism Scholarship – Junior | Hannah Martin | Winner | ||
2019 | Online Journalism Award: Breaking News, Large Newsroom [18] | Christchurch Terror Attacks | Winner | |
2019 | News Media Awards [19] | |||
Innovation of the Year | The Homicide Report | Winner | ||
Best Use of Mobile | New Zealand Made/Nā Niu Tīreni | Winner | ||
Daily News Brand of the Year | Finalist | |||
2018 | 2018 Voyager Media Awards [20] | |||
Website of the Year | Joint winner | |||
Best Team Investigation | Phil Johnson, Paula Penfold, Eugene Bingham and Toby Longbottom | The Valley | Winner | |
Reporter – Health, Education and/or General | Tony Wall | Winner | ||
Photographer of the Year | Iain McGregor | Winner | ||
2017 | 2017 Voyager Media Awards [21] | |||
Best coverage of a major news event | Kaikoura earthquake | Joint winner | ||
Best Editorial Campaign or Project | #buythisbeachNZ | Winner | ||
Regional Journalist of the Year | Aaron Leaman (Stuff and Waikato Times) | Winner | ||
Reporter – arts and entertainment | Vicki Anderson (Stuff and The Press) | Winner | ||
Reporter – crime and justice | Eugene Bingham, Phil Johnson, Toby Longbottom and Paula Penfold | Winner | ||
Best news video | Ross Giblin | Winner | ||
Videographer of the Year | Ross Giblin | Winner | ||
nib Health Journalism Scholarship – Junior | Rachel Thomas | Winner | ||
nib Health Journalism Scholarship – Senior | Aaron Leaman (Stuff and Waikato Times) | Joint winner | ||
2015 | 2015 Voyager Media Awards [22] | |||
Best Feature Photo | Chris Skelton | Winner | ||
Best Video | Asher Finlayson and Tony Wall (Stuff and Sunday Star-Times) | Winner | ||
2014 | 2014 Voyager Media Awards [2] | |||
Best News Website | Winner | |||
Best Innovation in Multimedia Storytelling | Lost in the Long White Cloud | Winner | ||
Best Video | Mike Scott (Stuff and Waikato Times) | Winner | ||
2013 | 2013 Voyager Media Awards [3] | |||
Website of the Year | Winner | |||
2012 | 2012 Voyager Media Awards [23] | |||
Best Innovation in New Technologies | Stuff app | Winner | ||
Best Website Breaking News Coverage | Stuff and The Press | Winner | ||
2012 | Online Journalism Award: Planned News/Events, Medium Newsroom [24] | 12:51 | Winner | |
2011 | Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association (PANPA) Awards [25] [26] | |||
Best Niche Site/App | Rugby Heaven iPhone app | Winner | ||
2009 | Qantas Media Awards [27] | |||
Best Website Design | Winner | |||
Best Blog [28] | Moata Tamaira | Winner | ||
Best Website Breaking News Story | Vote 08 | Joint winner | ||
Waikato Times and Stuff | Tamahere fire | Joint finalist | ||
Best Single Website Report | Mark Stevens and David Hargreaves | Official cash rate announcement | Finalist | |
Michael Fox | Should you be afraid of sharks? | Finalist | ||
2004 | Qantas Media Awards [29] | |||
Best News Website | Finalist |
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