Winners

Meet your 2022 winners.

It is with great pleasure that we announce the winners for the HeadFit Awards 2022. The competition was incredibly tough, so a huge congratulations to all finalists and winners! Thank you to everyone who entered the awards - your work is making a real difference for Kiwi workers and workplaces 🧠❤️🚀👍😊

Individual Awards

All About People • Specialist of the Year Award

Recognising an individual in a formal HR, Health & Safety, Wellbeing or Diversity & Inclusion role who has demonstrated excellence and leadership in workplace mental health:

John Frear, Giltrap Group
Ross Larsen, Flight Centre New Zealand Highly Commended
Nicky Primrose, Mitre 10 Winner

Mental Health Foundation • Lived Experience Leadership Award

Recognising an individual with lived experience of neurodiversity, mental illness or mental distress, who has demonstrated leadership by role modelling, reducing stigma and driving positive mental health conversations:

Mark Belchamber, Hato Hone St John Highly Commended
Chris Collins, Air New Zealand Winner
Natalee Scripps-Hawkins, Auckland Airport

HeadFit • Judges’ Special Commendation Award

A special award recognising an entrant that the judges considered as demonstrated significant leadership in improving workplace mental health within New Zealand:

Michael Barnett, Auckland Business Chamber Winner

Groov • Leader of the Year Award

Recognising a senior leader (eg. director, CEO, direct report of CEO) who has demonstrated leadership in improving mental health within their workplace:

Mark Lewis, Connetics
Dr Tony Smith, Hato Hone St John
Heidi Walker, Flight Centre New Zealand Winner

HeadFit Foundation • Legend Award for Lifetime Achievement

This lifetime achievement award recognises an individual who has devoted much of their working life to improving workplace mental health in New Zealand. This award will be presented to a worthy New Zealander at the Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner.

Col Clare Bennett, New Zealand Defence Force Winner

Programme & Excellence Awards

nib New Zealand • Best Emerging Programme Award

Recognising a new workplace mental health programme that is showing significant potential to improve mental health within the workplace:

Coffee Supreme Winner
Giltrap Group

Fulton Hogan • Best Targeted Programme Award

Recognising a workplace mental health programme demonstrating significant positive mental health impacts for a targeted group of staff:

Air New Zealand Winner
Hato Hone St John
nib New Zealand

Woo Wellbeing • Diversity & Inclusion Excellence Award

Recognising excellence and leadership in designing and implementing workplace policies and practices that support and strengthen diversity and inclusion in the area of mental health and wellbeing:

Hato Hone St John Winner

Xero • Innovation & Technology Excellence Award

Recognising the outstanding use of innovation or technology to improve workplace mental health outcomes and culture:

Auckland Transport Winner
Giltrap Group
Worldline NZ

Business Leaders’ Health & Safety Forum • Learning & Development Excellence Award

Recognising excellence in the design and delivery of learning resources and programmes aimed at improving mental health awareness and capability:

BNZ Winner
Flight Centre New Zealand Highly Commended
Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury

Vitae • Engagement & Communication Excellence Award

Recognising excellence in engaging and communicating with staff in relation to mental health within the workplace:

Fulton Hogan
Northpower Winner
Worldline NZ

Workplace Awards

Top Drawer Consultants • Provider of the Year Award

Recognising an external provider of workplace EAP services, technology solutions, consulting or training services that has demonstrated innovation, leadership and positive impact in improving mental health within New Zealand workplaces:

CoLiberate Highly Commended
My Everyday Wellbeing Winner
Shine DVFREE

Spark • Small Workplace of the Year Award

Recognising an employer with up to 200 employees that has demonstrated leadership, innovation and impact in improving mental health within its workplace:

Coffee Supreme
Whitaker Civil Engineering Highly Commended
Worldline NZ Winner

HSE Global • Large Workplace of the Year Award

Recognising an employer with over 200 employees that has demonstrated leadership, innovation and impact in improving mental health within its workplace:

Flight Centre New Zealand Highly Commended
Fulton Hogan Winner
Giltrap Group

My Everyday Wellbeing • Public Sector Workplace of the Year Award

Recognising a public sector workplace that has demonstrated leadership, innovation and impact in improving mental health within its workplace:

Auckland Transport Winner

WorkSafe • Supreme Award

Recognising the organisation that the judges consider has demonstrated overall leadership, excellence and positive impact relating to mental health within the workplace.

Entries are not directly submitted for this award category. The winner will be selected from the winners of the Programme and Excellence Awards and Workplace Awards.

Fulton Hogan Winner