Claire accepting the award from Jorin Sievers, Editor of Netguide magazine

14 May 2007

DonateNZ.com wins Best Community Site

Online goods and services donationwebsite, www.donatenz.com, was among the winners of the 2007 Netguide Web Awards on Thursday 10th May, picking up the award for "Best Government or Community Site".

The NetGuide awards invite the public to vote for their favourite Kiwi websites. Founder, Claire Sawyers, says the win is recognition from the public that the site has a role to play in how we dispose of our unwanted things and support our community. “With all the talk recently about the problems with Inorganic Collections and the need to reduce our impact on the environment Donate NZ provides a much-needed service. The internet provides a fantastic way to match the needs of one person or organisation, with that of another. DonateNZ provides users with the power of the internet to help find a good home for their unwanted things.”

In 2006, over 10,000 items were donated through the site providing local communities with a treasure trove of much needed resources.

One voter remarked in their vote, “Superb charitable marketplace that helps both people and the environment”. Other finalists in the category were the IRD and Auckland City.

Sawyers adds, “We were delighted to win having only been operating for one year. We look forward to next year’s event and would like to thank everyone who took the time to vote for www.donatenz.com .”

The other winners on the evening were:

SITE OF THE YEAR
Winner: SmileCity: www.smilecity.co.nz
FINALISTS:
Trade Me: www.trademe.co.nz
NZ Dating: www.nzdating.com

BEST FINANCIAL SERVICES
Joint Winners:
ASB Bank: www.asb.co.nz
Sorted: www.sorted.org.nz
FINALIST:
RaboPlus: www.raboplus.co.nz

BEST TRADING SITE
Winner: Trade Me: www.trademe.co.nz
FINALISTS:
Zillion: www.zillion.co.nz
Sellme free: www.sellmefree.co.nz

BEST EMPLOYMENT SITE
Winner: Seek: www.seek.co.nz
FINALISTS:
Trademe: www.trademe.co.nz
Search4jobs: jobs.search4.co.nz

BEST HIGH-SPEED INTERNET SITE
Winner: TVNZ: www.tvnz.co.nz
FINALISTS:
Vorb: www.vorb.org.nz
TV3: www.tv3.co.nz

BEST NEW SITE, RELAUNCH, INNOVATION
Winner: New Zealand Herald: www.nzherald.co.nz
FINALISTS:
Stuff: www.stuff.co.nz
Air New Zealand: www.arinewzealand.co.nz

BEST ONLINE SHOPPING SITE
Winner: Gameplanet Store: www.gpstore.co.nz
FINALISTS:
Ferrit: www.ferrit.co.nz
Ascent: www.ascent.co.nz

NZ'S FAVOURITE SEARCH ENGINE
Winner: Google: www.google.co.nz
FINALISTS:
Yahoo: www.yahoo.co.nz
NZSearch: www.nzsearch.co.nz

BEST SPORTS AND RECREATION SITE
Winner: Vorb: www.vorb.org.nz
FINALISTS:
Allblacks.com: www.allblacks.com
Kiwi Biker: www.kiwibiker.co.nz

NZ'S FAVOURITE SOCIAL NETWORKINGSITE
Winner: NZ Dating: www.nzdating.com
FINALISTS:
MySpace: www.myspace.com
Bebo: www.bebo.com

BEST REAL ESTATE SITE
Winner: Trade Me Property: www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-me-property/index.htm
FINALISTS:
Realestate.co.nz: www.realestate.co.nz
Open2view: www.open2view.com

BEST PARENTING SITE
Winner: Huggies: www.huggiesnz.co.nz
FINALISTS:
Treasures: www.treasures.co.nz
Kidspot: www.kidspot.co.nz

BEST TRAVEL SITE
Winner: House of Travel: www.houseoftravel.co.nz
FINALISTS:
Air New Zealand: www.airnewzealand.co.nz
AA Travel: www.aatravel.co.nz

BEST YOUTH SITE
Winner: Radiochick: www.radiochick.co.nz
FINALISTS:
Gameplanet: www.gameplanet.co.nz
247 Girl: www.247girl.co.nz

BEST WEB AD CAMPAIGN
Winner: Air New Zealand/MTV "Pimp My Plane":
http://erequest.airnz.co.nz/nz/promotions/mtv
FINALISTS:
Air New Zealand Grabaseat: http://flightbookings.airnewzealand.co.nz/vgrabview
42 Below: www.42below.co.nz

BEST MEDIA SITE
Winner: Stuff: www.stuff.co.nz
FINALISTS:
NZ Herald: www.nzherald.co.nz
TVNZ: www.tvnz.co.nz

BEST GOVERNMENT OR COMMUNITY SITE
Winner: Donate NZ: www.donatenz.co.nz
FINALISTS:
IRD: www.ird.govt.nz
Auckland City: www.aucklandcity.govt.nz

BEST MOTORING SITE
Winner: Trade Me Motors: www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-me-motors/index.htm
FINALISTS:
AA: www.aa.co.nz
Kiwi Biker: www.kiwibiker.co.nz

BEST ENTERTAINMENT SITE
Winner: Biggie: www.biggie.co.nz
FINALISTS:
Stuff: www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment.html
Radiochick: www.radiochick.co.nz

BEST GAMES-RELATED SITE
Winner: Gameplanet: www.gameplanet.co.nz
FINALISTS:
NZGamer.com: www.nzgamer.com
ICONZ Arena: www.iconzarena.co.nz

BEST HOME PAGE
Winner: Stuff: www.stuff.co.nz
FINALISTS:
NZ City: http://home.nzcity.co.nz
Google: www.google.co.nz

BEST BLOG
Winner: Public Address: www.publicaddress.net
FINALISTS:
Kiwiblog: www.kiwiblog.co.nz
Radiochick: www.radiochick.co.nz

BEST ISP Nationwide
Winner: Slingshot: www.slingshot.co.nz
FINALISTS:
Ihug: www.ihug.co.nz
Orcon: www.orcon.net.nz

BEST ISP Regional
Winner: Airnet: www.airnet.net.nz
FINALISTS:
Tasman Solutions: www.tasman.net
iGrin: www.igrin.co.nz

BEST LIFESTYLE SITE
Winner: NZ Dating: www.nzdating.co.nz
FINALISTS:
Taste: www.taste.co.nz
SmileCity: www.smilecity.co.nz