Qantas media awards 2009 results:
Qantas Fellow to Wolfson College, Cambridge: Chris
Barton.
Print Industry Award for Outstanding Achievement:
Peter Bromhead.
Story of the Year
Winner: Waikato Times,
Tamahere Icepak coolstore fire.
Finalists: The New Zealand Herald, Emails refuel row
over political cash; NZ Listener, Lodges of last
resort.
Reporter, senior
Overall winner: Phil Kitchin,
The Dominion Post.
Finalists: Bernadette Courtney, The Dominion Post;
Phil Taylor, Weekend Herald.
Reporter, junior
Overall Winner: Sarah McDonald,
NBR.
Finalists: Matt Calman, The Dominion Post; Fiona
Robertson, NBR.
Sub-Categories
Business (includes agriculture) Business NZ award
Winner: Sarah McDonald, NBR, Hanover
collapse.
Crime & Justice
Winner: Simon Hartley, Otago Daily Times, District Health
Board fraud.
Entertainment (includes arts)
Winner: Kim Knight,
Sunday Star-Times, Plagiarism.
General (includes coverage of a breaking story, education
& human relations)
Winner: Bernadette Courtney,
The Dominon Post - Tony Veitch alleged assault.
Health, Medicine & Fitness
Winner: Lane
Nichols, The Dominion Post - Lab test blunder.
Local Government Issues
Winner: Bernard Orsman,
The New Zealand Herald - ACC decision to demolish
houses.
Politics
Winner: Phil Kitchin, The Dominion Post - NZ
First funding.
Social Issues
Winner: Anna Chalmers, The
Dominion Post - A & E disrupted by drunken youths.
Sport (includes racing)
Winner: Geoff Longley,
The Press - NZ Cricket and Black Caps manager.
Newspaper Feature Writer
Senior
Overall Winner: Chris Barton, Weekend
Herald.
Finalists: Philip Matthews, The Press; Tony Wall,
Sunday Star-Times.
Junior
Overall Winner: John Hartevelt, The
Press.
Finalists: Matthew Haggart, Otago Daily Times;
Ian Steward, The Press.
Sub-categories
Business (includes agriculture) - Business NZ award
Winner: Tim Hunter, Sunday Star-Times - Borderline
economics.
Crime & Justice
Winner: Kate Monahan, Waikato Times - The invisible
bars of home detention.
Entertainment (includes arts)
Winner: Paul
Holmes, Herald on Sunday - The trials of Doctor
Who?
Environment & Conservation - Shell New Zealand
award
Winner: Tom Hunt, Nelson Mail - A poor state of
repair.
General (includes education)
Winner: Stephen Cook, Herald on Sunday - The pain of
parole.
Health, Medicine & Fitness
Winner: Chris Barton, Weekend Herald - A family fights
to break the silence.
Human Relations
Winner: Keri Welham, Sunday Star-Times - Following the
dream.
Local Government Issues
Winner: Philip Matthews, The Press - There will be
blood.
Maori Issues - Te Puni Kokiri award
Winner: Mervyn Dykes, Manawatu Standard - Rangitane
feature.
Pacific Islands Issues b Pacific Co-operation Foundation
award
Winner: Tim Cronshaw, The Press - Vanuatu
feature.
Politics
Winner: Steve Braunias, Sunday Star-Times - Mr.
Opportunity.
Sport (includes racing)
Winner: Helen Harvey, Taranaki Daily News - Caught
out.
Technology & Science _- Device Technologies
award
Winner: Tim Cronshaw, The Press - Unlocking the fading
secret.
Transport & Travel (includes motoring)
Winner: Philip Matthews, The Press - A sense of
closure.
