The New Zealand Herald has swept the annual Canon Media Awards, winning best website, overall best newspaper, reporter of the year, photographer of the year, columnist of the year, best data journalism, best design, best magazine, best investigation and a swag of online, photography and reporting awards.
As well as best overall website, nzherald.co.nz won all of the digital categories for which it was a finalist - best cross-platform coverage, best use of interactive graphics, best cross-platform campaign, and best innovation in multimedia storytelling.

"The team at the NZ Herald put themselves ahead of the pack by moving ahead in innovative areas, such as data journalism and mobile editorial," said judges Tony Gillies and Sue Carter. "The site continues to be easy to navigate, with an unrivalled depth of content and clear and appealing headline writing. The Herald is truly serving its audience, wherever they are, whenever the news breaks."
The supreme individual award went to the Herald's editor Shayne Currie, whom the judges praised as an outstanding editor consistently producing papers that rise to meet the demands of changing audiences.