Welcome

Welcome to the web site of the New Zealand Fitness Industry Awards.

The Fitness Industry Awards have been running since 2005, and are designed to recognise those making a contribution to the health and wellness of New Zealanders through exercise and fitness.  For more details on the awards, please see the About the Awards page.

The awards ceremony itself is an annual event, and has had prestigious guest speakers including the Hon John Key, Hon Rodney Hide, Hon Murray McCully and Sue Kedgeley. The ceremony’s MC is media and fitness personality Suzie Clarkson.

The awards were last held on 28th August 2009 and the 2010 Awards will be held on Saturday 27th November 2010.

You said it – we did it!

Based on feedback from the industry, a number of changes for 2010 were made.  A summary of these can be found on the New in 2010 page.

Changes include:

• more audits/checks/mystery shops of finalists
• lower entry fees
• easier on-line application process
• more distinction of club sizes, and a new exercise studio category
• specialist judges for certain categories

ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN FOR ALL CATEGORIES.

To enter a category, or see the category questions, follow the link above.  Entries for most categories are open until 31 July 2010.

To vote in the peoples choice awards follow this link:

Important Updates:

Update 16th May 2010: Nominations for the People’s Choice Award have recently closed, and the top ten individuals nominated are being contacted.  Voting for this award will open in June 2010.

Update 18th May 2010: You may now suggest someone for one of the invitation only special awards (these are the Skills Active, FitnessNZ and REPs awards).

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