Categories for the 2021 Awards

The following are the categories for the 2021 New Zealand Excellence in IT Awards. The Sector Awards represent excellence in general sector categories and may change each year, with the Supreme Awards being awarded every year.

	Project Excellence Award In partnership with Project Management Institute of NZ This award is for a team or individual who has achieved outstanding results in anything related to project management or delivery of digital projects. This could be in any methodology (eg Agile, DevOps, etc) and could be a project manager, consultant, CIO, member of a delivery team or anyone else involved with project management or delivery at any level. The project(s) may be related to anything to do with digital, IT, software or technology.
	Excellence in Software In partnership with the NZ Rise This award is for a team or individual who has achieved outstanding results in software innovation, development, design, marketing, testing, or any other aspect of the software process in any environment.
	Excellence in Digital Health In partnership with Health Informatics NZ This award is for a team or individual who has achieved outstanding results with innovative technology in the health sector. This might include health software, devices, technology or any other aspect of digital health.
	Excellence in Govtech In partnership with GOVIS This award is for a team or individual who has achieved outstanding results through technology innovation in any aspect of central or local government digital and IT. This could include anything related to Government, including open data and open government projects.
	Gerard MacManus Award for Excellence in Education In partnership with CITRENZ This award recognises an exceptional contribution to education in the Digital Technologies and Computer Sciences space. The recipient of this award is an individual or group who have made a significant contribution to the development of Digital Technologies and Computer Science education in NZ. It celebrates the "do-ers" in this space and their tenacity, passion, purpose, resilience and commitment, 5 qualities that the awards namesake Gerard MacManus was very well known fo
	Excellence in Inclusion Industry partner to be announced shortly This award is for an individual or team who have led the way in promoting, fostering or providing opportunities for increased diversity and inclusion in digital technology. This might be in any context such as gender, Māori and Pasifika, or the disabled community.
	Excellence in People Leadership In partnership with ITP's People and Process Group This award is for a team or individual who has achieved outstanding results in relation to the people and process side of technology. This may be a Service Management, Service Design, DevOps or any other relevant context
	Excellence in Technical Communication In partnership with TechCommNZ This award is for a team or individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the technical communication profession, such as demonstrating excellence in the workplace through new initiatives, improvements, mentoring etc, participating in and contributing to events and activities, or raising public awareness.
	Young IT Professional of the Year In partnership with TUANZ/Flint This award recognises an outstanding emerging leader who, within the first six years of their tech-related career, is already achieving excellent results in any aspect of Digital or IT.
	New Zealand IT Professional of the Year In partnership with IT Professionals NZ This is the supreme award recognising an individual who has achieved truly exceptional results in any aspect of Digital or IT in New Zealand, or a New Zealander who has achieved exceptional results internationally.