Awards

AXIS Awards

Celebrating ideas and craft that set the standard for creativity in Aotearoa.

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The AXIS Awards

AXIS is New Zealand’s creative excellence award. It recognises work where insight, strategy and craft come together to create ideas recognised for their strength and execution.

Winning an AXIS signals work that sets the standard for creativity in Aotearoa.

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Enter the work. Explore the ideas that set the standard.

Call for entries

Everything you need to prepare and submit your work to AXIS.

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For the Culture by Dr Marcus Collins

Featured at AXIS Speaks, For the Culture explores the cultural forces that shape behaviour.

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Key details

Entry details & key dates

Key information to help you understand who can enter, how work is judged, and the important dates to be aware of.

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Become a judge

Judging is a critical part of our awards process and we’re inviting nominations from across the industry.

If you’d like to be involved, or know someone whose perspective would add value, submit a nomination below.

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Key dates

Early bird deadline: Friday 27 January 2026

Late deadline: Tuesday 3 February 2026

Category judging: Tuesday 17 February - Friday 27 February 2026

Executive judging: Tuesday 3 March - Thursday 12 March 2026

Eligibility

To be eligible, entries must:

Be work that ran in New Zealand between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2025.
Be paid advertising/content that was part of a media schedule within the eligibility period.
Have been purchased by a media agency or the advertiser.
Be entered in the correct media category that matches the work.

Media Owner entries

Media Owners may enter, and do not need an agency/advertiser to enter on their behalf.
Media Owners can also enter with an agency/advertiser.

What’s not eligible

Work entered into a media category that doesn’t align with the work.