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[NZEC](https://exportcredit.treasury.govt.nz/) is New Zealand's export credit agency, and a unit within the Treasury's Financing, Infrastructure and Urban Development directorate.

They work alongside other government agencies to promote New Zealand exports and export-related investments. They do this by providing tailored trade credit insurance and financial guarantees, backed by the New Zealand Government.

NZEC's role is to complement and not compete with the private sector. In this way, they provide support to smaller and growing firms, as well as offer market capacity to larger firms, and security through economic cycles and market disruptions.

They have an experienced team with specialist skills in corporate banking, trade finance, risk management and credit analysis.

Best Emerging Business

[New Zealand Story's](https://www.nzstory.govt.nz/) purpose is to inspire, curate and amplify storytelling to expand New Zealand's reputation and value internationally. Our goal is to maintain and expand what New Zealand is known for to improve knowledge, consideration, favourability, and preference for New Zealand products and services. 

We create quality resources to provide exporters, the Government and its agencies with the tools, skills and knowledge to communicate more consistent and compelling stories about New Zealand to shift perceptions, open doors and grow opportunities. New Zealand Story is also responsible for the protection of our national symbol, the FernMark.

Excellence in Brand Storytelling

[Kiwibank](https://kiwibank.co.nz) believes sustainability and profitability go hand in hand when creating a future-proof business. That's why we’re proud to sponsor the Excellence in Sustainability award supporting Kiwi businesses making a positive impact on the environment, their customers, and their employees. Since inception, our purpose is to make Kiwis better off and we know Kiwi innovators share this same passion.

Kiwibank has business banking specialists, services, and products to support you to run or grow your business. This is business banking for better. This is Kiwi.

Excellence in Sustainability

Māori Excellence in Export

The [Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade](https://www.mfat.govt.nz/) acts in the world to build a safer, more prosperous and more sustainable future for all New Zealanders.

By building connections and influence in other countries, MFAT works to secure outcomes that matter to New Zealand including gender equity, the rights of indigenous peoples, environmental issues, labour rights and more. 

MFAT also helps our exporters offshore by offering practical advice, resolving trade barriers, and negotiating better market access.

Inspiring Women Leaders

Category sponsors

[ExportNZ](https://exportnz.org.nz/) is the voice of New Zealand exporters and a division of BusinessNZ. 
It is delivered across New Zealand by The Employer's and Manufacturers Association (EMA), Business Central, The Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce (CECC) and The Otago-Southland Employers' Association (OSEA). 

ExportNZ seeks to provide effective advocacy and lobbying on behalf of New Zealand exporters. With decades of advocacy experience, we aim to inspire New Zealand firms to engage in exporting and expand their business horizons to grow internationally. We provide an array of practical support programmes and networking events to achieve these goals – including facilitating annual export awards to celebrate our export success.


ExportNZ

[KPMG](https://kpmg.com/nz/en/home.html) is proud to partner with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise to support the NZIBA.

In a world where rapid change and unprecedented disruption are the new normal, the New Zealand International Business Awards provide a unique opportunity to celebrate the hard work, tenacity and ingenuity of successful New Zealand businesses operating in international markets.

We know it's not an easy journey for New Zealand businesses exporting products and services overseas, with every opportunity comes complexity and the barriers to entry can be high. At KPMG we are inspired by businesses looking to take on the challenge. Our KPMG advisors span 156 different countries, providing businesses with access to resources and information they need to be confident in their expansion strategy. We leverage our global expertise through local experts to enable New Zealanders to take their businesses anywhere they might want to grow.

We are passionate about driving the performance of New Zealand businesses and look forward to celebrating the achievements of all who take part in the New Zealand International Business Awards.

KPMG

Award partners

[Carepatron](https://www.carepatron.com/) is a health tech company offering an all-in-one, HIPAA-compliant practice management platform. Supporting users in 100+ countries, its software streamlines clinical notes, scheduling, billing and telehealth. With 95% of revenue generated internationally, Carepatron empowers thousands of small to medium-sized clinics around the world by removing admin friction to enable better care.


Carepatron

[Cleanery](https://www.cleaneryonline.com/) creates cleaning and personal care products delivered as a powder that dissolves in water at home. This eliminates the need for single-use bottles and the emissions, hassle and cost of shipping bulky packaging and water around the world. Cleanery operates in Australia, New Zealand and the USA, manufacturing in-house in New Zealand. It has demonstrated rapid international growth, particularly in the US with ranging in the largest and second largest US supermarkets less than 12 months from launch.


Cleanery

[Eden Orchards](https://edenorchards.co.nz/) is a family-owned juice company based in Central Otago, selling natural, healthy and sustainable fruit juices around the world. It uses processing-grade fruit that would otherwise go to waste and partners with growers to create new revenue streams. Now sold in over 300 retail outlets across Australia and delivered direct-to-door globally, Eden Orchards is quickly becoming a globally recognised wellness brand.


Eden Orchards

[Mindhive Global](https://mindhiveglobal.com/) specialises in AI-powered quality assessment for high-end materials. The company's machine vision technology transforms leather inspection into verified business intelligence, helping manufacturers optimise production, reduce waste, and make data-driven decisions across their operations.

Mindhive's clients across global leather tanneries and manufacturing trust the company's real-time automated inspection systems to deliver consistent quality standards from wet-blue grading through finished leather selection. Every graded hide creates valuable quality data for supplier negotiations, traceability requirements, and strategic planning—detecting defects human inspectors miss while increasing throughput and keeping production running smoothly without sacrificing quality.

Mindhive Global

[MOXX Brands](https://www.moxxbrands.com/) is a consumer goods company, with products stocked in over 6,000 stores across five countries. It's home to purpose-led brands like Everblue Naturals, Restor, Maison&Muse and ATOMIC. MOXX is one of New Zealand’s fastest-growing exporters experiencing over 1169% growth in revenue over the last three years, with a strong retail presence across Australia and the United States. Its products are now available at Target, Walmart, Sprouts Farmers Market, Woolworths, Costco and Coles.


MOXX Brands

[Starboard Maritime Intelligence](https://www.starboardintelligence.com/) offers a secure, cloud-based platform delivering maritime intelligence to governments, defence agencies and commercial infrastructure providers worldwide. From the Pacific to the Persian Gulf, Starboard helps counter threats like illegal fishing, cable sabotage and dark fleet movements. By combining data with advanced AI and behavioural analytics, Starboard enables decision makers to make sense of global maritime activity in real-time and take decisive action. 


Starboard Maritime Intelligence

Best Emerging Business, brought to you by New Zealand Export Credit, The Treasury | Te Tai Ōhanga

[Echo Technology Lifecycle Solutions](https://www.echotech.co.nz/) is an e-waste recycling and IT asset disposition (ITAD) provider, processing over 4,000 tonnes of e-waste annually and serving both domestic and international clients. Certified Climate Positive, Echo diverts waste from landfill and recovers value through secure, sustainable technology lifecycle services, with international revenue comprising over 60% of business.

Echo

[Goodnature](https://goodnature.co.nz/) creates ethical, toxin-free pest control tools. Its traps are designed and built in Wellington, shipped to over 40 countries, deployed in more than 60, and together have removed more than 22 million pests from homes, farms, businesses, restaurants, schools and cities worldwide.

Goodnature

[Huski](https://www.huski.co.nz/) has grown a global following for its multi-award-winning drinkware products that blend innovative engineering with elegant design.  Since its launch, Huski has shipped over 1.5 million products to more than 50 countries and is now ranged in 500+ stores worldwide. Key international markets include Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.


Huski

[Lumin](https://www.luminpdf.com/) is transforming how the world handles digital documents by replacing traditional paperwork with its cloud-based document workflow software. Founded in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Lumin has a global reach with over 100 million users and 95% of revenue generated internationally. Built on a freemium SaaS model, Lumin makes advanced document management accessible to businesses of all sizes. 


Lumin

[Te Pā Family Vineyards](https://www.tepawines.com/) is a Māori-owned, Marlborough-based wine producer with an award-winning wine portfolio, exporting to 25+ international markets. It has multiple brands selling through different channels, and major contracts supplying private brands for the world's largest grocery chains. The company has helped elevate the profile of indigenous Māori wine producers on the global stage, driving the conversation in key media, covering topics including Māori values, cultural appropriation and land ownership, while highlighting growing consumer demand for authentic brands.  


Te Pā Family Vineyards

[The Pure Food Co](https://thepurefoodco.com/) is a nutrition company transforming the health of older adults through innovative, science-backed food solutions. It partners with hospitals, aged care providers and health professionals across New Zealand, Australia and Europe to deliver specialised nutrition that is both highly functional and delicious. Trusted by leading health and aged care organisations, the company continues to scale internationally, with a growing presence in Australia, France and Belgium. 


The Pure Food Co

Best Medium Business

[AS Colour](https://www.ascolour.co.nz/) makes premium quality, blank apparel built to last, reducing waste and encouraging conscious consumption. Operating six distribution facilities and 26 retail locations across the US, the UK, Australia, mainland Europe and New Zealand,  AS Colour is fast becoming a global leader in premium blank apparel.


AS Colour

[Egmont Honey](https://www.egmonthoney.co.nz/) manages over 4,000 hives to create its mānuka honey and wellness products at its purpose-built New Plymouth factory. Filling 15,000 honey jars a day, Egmont Honey exports to over 20 countries, with revenue over $50 million, supplying major retailers including Walmart and Costco USA. 


Egmont Honey

[Gallagher](https://www.gallagher.com/) delivers world-leading tech solutions in animal management and security to tens of thousands of customers in 160 countries. It designs, manufactures and exports the majority of its 3,500 products and solutions from New Zealand, generating almost NZ$600 million in annual revenue.


Gallagher Group

[Link Engine Management](https://linkecu.com/) is a global leader in high-performance engine control solutions. Based in Christchurch, it designs and exports advanced electronic control units (ECUs), power distribution modules, sensors, data analytics platforms, and tuning software to over 80 countries. 


Link Engine Management

[MitoQ ](https://nz.mitoq.com/)exports advanced dietary supplements to 121 countries, with a focus on the United States and China. Its hero ingredient, Mitoquinol® is a world-first antioxidant molecule developed at Otago University and is now backed by 25 clinical trials and 900+ independent studies. 

MitoQ

[Oritain](https://oritain.com/) is a global leader in product origin verification. Its proprietary methodology draws on multiple analytical techniques – including isotopes, trace elements, and non-traditional isotopes – combined with advanced statistical modelling and a comprehensive global reference database. Its verification programs are trusted by organisations worldwide across industries as diverse as fashion and cotton, coffee, horticulture, meat, dairy, and more. Oritain works with some of the world's leading brands to help them achieve regulatory compliance, reduce reputational risk, and meet market demand through verifying the provenance of their products.

Oritain

Best Large Business

[Clean Collective](https://cleancollective.co.nz/) is a trailblazer in the “better-for-you” alcoholic beverage category. Founded in 2017, it has since become one of New Zealand’s largest independent beverage brands ranged in over 1000+ retailers across the country. It expanded into Australia and with headquarters now established in Sydney, the brand has secured ranging in Dan Murphy’s stores and is rapidly scaling its retail presence. 


Clean Collective

[Invivo Wines ](https://invivowines.com/) has won over 600 medals and trophies since launching in 2008, and is the largest crowdfunded beverage company in the Southern Hemisphere. Exporting to 43 countries, Invivo has long-term collaborations with Graham Norton and Sarah Jessica Parker (SJP); the Graham Norton NZ Sauvignon Blanc is a household favourite in the UK and Ireland, and Invivo X, SJP is one of the fastest-growing premium NZ wine brands in the US.

Invivo Wines

[smith&burton](https://www.smithandburton.com/) produces luxury, naturally effective dog grooming products for pet parents and professionals, exporting to 30 international markets. Launched in 2020 with 21 products, it now offers over 33 product lines. It has become New Zealand’s leading natural grooming range, harnessing New Zealand's unique and powerful nature blending with the finest quality human-grade natural ingredients — embodying performance, purpose and care, honouring the bond between humans and their companions.

smith&burton

[Two Dudes](https://twodudesproject.com/) is New Zealand’s fastest growing men’s skincare company. It has rapidly growing its global direct-to-consumer presence and sells through major retailers across New Zealand and Australia, earning them a spot in Sports Illustrated’s Top 10 Global Men’s Brands of 2024. Its products fuse New Zealand botanicals  with clinically proven actives to create premium, effective grooming products at accessible supermarket price points. 


Two Dudes

Excellence in Brand Storytelling, brought to you by New Zealand Story

[Black Salt Games](https://www.blacksaltgames.com/) is an indie game development studio based in Christchurch. It launched its debut title DREDGE to global acclaim, achieving over 20x return on investment within the first year of release. DREDGE has sold over 2 million copies worldwide, receiving multiple accolades including four BAFTA nominations, twelve Game of the Year awards, and it has earned Black Salt Games the distinction of becoming only the second New Zealand developer to win an Apple Design Award. 

Black Salt Games

[Calocurb](https://www.calocurb.co.nz/) is a 100% natural appetite management support supplement, harnessing the power of Amarasate® — a patented hops extract proven to boost the body’s own satiety hormones. As the only effective natural GLP-1 activating supplement, Calocurb offers an alternative to synthetic injectables like Wegovy. With up to 400% year-on-year growth across five geographies and ambitious plans for further expansion, Calocurb’s export success delivers significant economic returns to New Zealand.

Calocurb

[Untouched World](https://www.untouchedworld.com/) is the first fashion company in the world to be recognised by the United Nations for sustainability, reaching conscious consumers across New Zealand, Australia, the US, UK, and beyond. It uses natural, regenerative fibres like ZQRX™ certified merino, TENCEL™, and Ecopossum™ blend.


Untouched World

[VXT](https://www.vxt.ai/) is growing rapidly in Australia and North America. It's a cloud-based VoIP phone system specifically designed for lawyers to automate administrative tasks, improve client communication and increase efficiency. It integrates with leading legal software like Clio, Actionstep, Filevine, Smokeball and MyCase.


Excellence in Growing Online Sales

[ABB](https://new.abb.com/nz) develops and manufactures tech solutions that help make AI-driven data centres less expensive to build and more energy-efficient to run. ABB’s Medium Voltage Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) technology, called HiPerGuard, is the first of its kind – designed and produced in Hawke's Bay. It is expanding the business's capacity by investing in a new robotics factory in Shanghai.


[Mastaplex](https://www.mastatest.com/about-us) is an agritech company, headquartered in Dunedin, that exports an easy-to-use testing system called Mastatest® to help dairy farmers and veterinarians quickly and accurately diagnose mastitis in cows. Since launching its third-generation system in 2024, Mastaplex has rapidly scaled across 20+ international markets, partnering with leading animal health distributors in North America, Europe, Africa, and Australasia. 


Mastaplex

[Skellerup Industries](https://www.skellerup.co.nz/) manufactures specialist dairy rubberware products and footwear, exporting to over 25 countries, with more than 60% of revenue generated offshore. It's the world’s second-largest producer of dairy rubberware, supplying critical components to leading milking equipment manufacturers, and specialist product ranges overseas.

Skellerup Industries

[The Insides Company](https://www.theinsides.co/) designs medical devices dedicated to enhancing nutrition and fluid absorption in patients  who’ve had serious bowel surgery or gut problems. Its main product, The Insides System, performs chyme reinfusion therapy that increases the absorption of nutrients and fluids within the intestine, drives better health outcomes for patients.


The Insides Company

Excellence in Innovation

[AgriSea](https://agrisea.co.nz/) is a B Corp-certified, Māori whānau-owned company that turns seaweed into biostimulants and animal feed additives that allow farmers to reduce inputs and boost farm efficiency. It operates a vertically integrated model from seaweed harvesting to manufacturing and R&D. Its high value nutrition products are widely used in the agriculture, viticulture, horticulture and apiculture markets in New Zealand and to a growing export clientele. 


AgriSea

[Medsalv](https://www.medsalv.com/) is a Christchurch-based company that helps hospitals reuse medical devices that are normally thrown away after one use. Instead of sending these items to landfill, Medsalv cleans, tests and repackages them so they’re safe to use again — saving money and reducing waste.
Its remanufactured devices can be remanufactured up to 14 times, reducing waste by up to 92.8% and associated green house gas emissions by up to 85%. So far, it has saved half a million devices from landfill.

Medsalv

Silver Fern Farms, first established in 1948, is now New Zealand's largest livestock processing and marketing company. It produces high-quality, sustainable grass-fed beef, lamb and venison, selling $2.5 billion in annual sales overseas to over 60 countries including the US, UK, China, Japan and the UAE. 


Silver Fern Farms

Excellence in Sustainability, brought to you by Kiwibank

Leveraging Capital for International Growth

[Māori Kiwifruit Growers](https://www.maorikiwifruitgrowers.com/) (MKG) is a collective dedicated to advancing the success and sustainability of Māori growers in the kiwifruit industry. MKG supports growers through advocacy, capability building and strategic partnerships that unlock global opportunities. It works to ensure Māori values are embedded across the horticultural value chain — from orchard to offshore markets. In 2024, the collective successfully entered the Hawaiian market, reflecting MKG’s commitment to indigenous-to-indigenous trade and cultural diplomacy.


Māori Kiwifruit Growers

[New Zealand Live Fish Market](https://livefish.co.nz/) is a family-owned, Auckland-based live seafood specialist, operating since 2011. It sources premium-grade live seafood via a network of small owner-operated companies as well as its own boats. It exports to China, Taiwan, Singapore, UK and UAE.

New Zealand Live Fish Market

[ŌKU New Zealand](https://oku.co.nz/) is a Hamilton-based, Māori-owned wellness company. Since 2010, ŌKU has been producing premium herbal teas made from native plants such as kawakawa, kūmarahou and horopito. Guided by kaupapa Māori values and a deep commitment to sustainability, ŌKU blends traditional Māori healing with modern wellness practices, exporting to Australia, Singapore and Oman. The company’s growth supports Māori development, native plant restoration and regenerative land use.

ŌKU New Zealand

[The True Honey Co.](https://truehoney.co.nz/) is a 100% Māori family-owned business that produces premium mānuka honey from some of New Zealand’s most remote places. Guided by tikanga, it exports high-grade, traceable, UMF-certified mānuka honey to markets like China, the US and Europe.

The True Honey Co.

Māori Excellence in Export, brought to you by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and Te Puni Kōkiri

Inspiring Women Leaders, brought to you by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade | Manatū Aorere

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