Rotorua Business Awards 2023: Mountain Jade crowned supreme winner

Mountain Jade, Supreme Overall winner of the Tompkins Wake Rotorua Business Chamber 2023 Business Awards. Photo / Michelle Cutelli

The Rotorua business awards were held last night in a glitzy ceremony at the Energy Events Centre, where Mountain Jade was crowned supreme overall winner.

The jade specialist firm also took away the Deloitte Retail award.

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More to come.

Below is a full list of winners:

The Tompkins Wake Rotorua Business Chamber 2023 Rotorua Business Awards

KING STREET - CREATIVE ARTS AND DESIGN

• Fineline Design Agency

SCION - INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

• SI Lodec New Zealand

ROTORUA NZ - MANAAKITANGA TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY

• Pullman Rotorua

DELOITTE – RETAIL

• Mountain Jade

PUKEROA ORUAWHATA HOLDINGS – PRIMARY MANUFACTURING AND BUILDING

• Mills-Tui

TE ARAWA LAKES TRUST – PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

• Chemwash Rotorua

REDWOODS TREEWALK - KAITIAKITANGA ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

• Mourea Coffee Company

NZME – PEOPLE’S CHOICE

• Foursquare Ngongotahā

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT - EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR

• BurgerFuel Fairy Springs

BNZ – BILINGUAL BUSINESS

• Xcel Builders Limited

TIMBERLANDS – WORKPLACE SAFETY AND WELLBEING

• Redwoods Treewalk AND Altitude

OSBORNES FUNERAL DIRECTORS – NOT FOR PROFIT AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

• Rotorua Pacific Islands Development Charitable Trust

CHEAL CONSULTANTS – EMERGING BUSINESS LEADER

• Awatere Douglas

ROTORUA LAKES COUNCIL – OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO ROTORUA

• Crankworx Rotorua

RED STAG TIMBER – BUSINESSPERSON OF THE YEAR

• Mike Romanes

TOMPKINS WAKE – SUPREME OVERALL WINNER

• Mountain Jade