Accolades continue to flow for Napier's Art Deco Trust with a leading trophy at the New Zealand Events Awards on Tuesday night.
The 2018 Tremains Art Deco Festival, the 30th dating back to the first Art Deco Weekend in 1989, was named the best regional event in the country.
The festival and the Art Deco Trust, which was incorporated in 1987, have been variously decorated over the years, among the earliest awards being the Cultural Heritage acclaim at the 1993 New Zealand Tourism Awards and the Best Small Event prize at the 1994 New Zealand Events Marketing and Management Conference.
Art Deco Trust festival director Glenn Pickering, trust acting general manager Vicky Rope and event manager Beth Elstone were all on hand for the presentation, one of 16 awards at the annual New Zealand Events Association knees-up in Auckland at Shed 10.
Others in contention for the award were the New Zealand International Science Festival, the Child Cancer Foundation's Haier Big Hoot, and the Queenstown Winter Festival.
Pickering remained out of tow yesterday but said: "It was outstanding to be named Best Regional Event for our 2018 festival."