Hore, who was presented with the Kelvin Tremain Trophy at the end of the awards show, was earlier named Super 14 player of the year.
In contrast to last year, when New Zealand's World Cup quarterfinal failure meant they were noticeably absent from the podium, the All Blacks tonight took out the team of the year award.
The team had a satisfyingly successful year, winning home matches against Ireland, England and Samoa; retaining the Bledisloe Cup while winning the Tri-Nations; beating Australia in Hong Kong and completing an undefeated Grand Slam tour of the United Kingdom.
Not surprisingly, coach of the year went to All Blacks coach Graham Henry, who masterminded the team 14 wins out of 16 matches this season.
Other All Blacks to pick up awards were Southland captain Jamie Mackintosh, who won the Air NZ Cup player of the year, and Weepu, who took the Maori player of the year award.
New Zealand sevens captain DJ Forbes was again named sevens player of the year, adding the accolade to the IRB sevens player of the year award he won last month.
Auckland speedster Victoria Grant was women's player of the year, Wanganui youngster Cameron Crowley the Heartland championship player of the year, and Hawke's Bay's Zac Guildford retained his age grade player of the year trophy.
A special presentation was made to former All Blacks captain Tane Norton, who also served as NZRU and Canterbury president, for his outstanding contribution to the sport.
The awards judges were former NZRU president John Graham, board member Paul Quinn, television commentator Grant Nisbett, journalist Bob Howitt and NZRU professional rugby manager Neil Sorensen.
