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Awards nominations
Cutting Edge Awards Nomination
Review the nine awards nomination requirements below. Complete your details along with the nominees details, and why you are nominating this person, in 300-words or less.
Closing date of award nominations
Friday 26 September 2025
Award winners will be announced at the Cutting Edge Awards evening on Wednesday 12 November 2025.
Cutting Edge Awards 2025
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This award acknowledges our sector heroes who are making a significant difference to whānau and communities around Aotearoa every day. Please join us in celebrating their achievements.
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This award recognises and celebrates kaimahi who are making a significant contribution to enhancing Māori wellbeing and furthering Mātauranga Māori addiction practice.
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This award acknowledges our sector heroes who work in Minimising Problem Gambling or Gambling Harm settings, who are making a significant difference to whānau and communities around Aotearoa every day. This award acknowledges our sector heroes who work in Minimising Gambling Harm settings.
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Dapaanz is committed to fostering excellence in addiction practice so that people living with addiction challenges can access support that works best for them. A strong consumer, peer and lived experience workforce is crucial to supporting sustainable and equitable recovery outcomes for whānau and communities in Aotearoa. This award recognises a member of the peer workforce who has made a significant contribution to improving outcomes for people affected by addiction.
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This award recognises a clinical supervisor who has made a significant contribution to supporting the addiction workforce in Aotearoa.
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Newcomers to the sector often bring fresh insight and energy yet are seldom acknowledged for their contributions. The dapaanz Newcomer Award acknowledges excellence from members of our workforce new to addiction practice (two years or less).
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This award acknowledges our sector heroes who are making an excellent contribution to Pasifika addiction practice and are making a significant difference to whānau and communities around Aotearoa every day. Please join us in celebrating their achievements.
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This award acknowledges our sector heroes who are making an excellent contribution to Asian addiction practice and are making a significant difference to whānau and communities around Aotearoa every day. Please join us in celebrating their achievements.
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This award acknowledges our sector heroes who are making an excellent contribution working with rangatahi and in youth focused services. Please join us in celebrating their achievements.
Te Pou Awards 2025
Te Pou is once again sponsoring two awards for the addiction sector, to be presented at the conference dinner during Cutting Edge Te Toka Tū Moana in Rotorua in November.
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This award comes with a cash prize of $500. Applications are due by 26 September. You can make applications on the Te Pou website.
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This award comes with a cash prize of $500. Applications are due by 26 September. You can make applications on the Te Pou website.
If you have any questions, please get in touch with us at communications@tepou.conz