Awards

Recognising New Zealand's best work

The Comms Council hosts four major awards programmes annually, recognising over 2,000 industry professionals.

Each programme celebrates a different dimension of excellence, from creative craft to media strategy to proven business results.

Our awards programmes

Explore our awards and discover opportunities to enter, judge, or attend.

AXIS Awards

Creative excellence across advertising, craft and experience.

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Beacon Awards

Media thinking, planning and strategy that delivered real results.

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Effie Awards

Effectiveness awards for campaigns with proven commercial impact.

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Pressie Awards

PR, social and experiential work that moved people to act.

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Become a judge

Judging is open to experienced practitioners across creative, media, PR and strategy. Register your interest in serving as a judge across our awards programmes.

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Young professionals programmes

Two early-career programmes for professionals engaging with awards for the first time.

Young Lions competition

Under-30 creative competition. Winners compete at Cannes Lions.

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First Five Rungs Shadow Judging

Observe live judging panels and score entries alongside industry leaders.

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International awards

New Zealand's representation at major global and regional creativity competitions.

Cannes Lions

The world's leading creativity festival celebrating excellence in communications.

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Dubai Lynx

Middle East and North Africa's premier festival of creativity.

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Spikes Asia

Asia Pacific's festival of creativity recognising the region's best work.

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