Aotearoa New Zealand’s best consultants revealed at 2025 ACE Awards

2025 ACE Awards winners

Major infrastructure projects, vital water assets, an avalanche shelter and a treetop walkway were among the winners at the 2025 ACE Awards held in Auckland on Thursday 23 October, part of ACE New Zealand’s Futurespace conference. The awards, sponsored by Beca, celebrate Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading engineering and professional services consultants who deliver some of […]

Meet the 2025 Diversity and Inclusion Award finalists

The ACE New Zealand Diversity and Inclusion Award, sponsored by Stantec, celebrates consultants who exhibit outstanding leadership in their steadfast commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion within their workspaces and communities. Meet our 2025 finalists – Aimee Matiu (Pattle Delamore Partners) and Kat Jackson (Mott MacDonald).

Meet the 2025 Emerging Leader Award finalists

The ACE New Zealand Emerging Leader Award, sponsored by Tonkin + Taylor, recognises consultants who show excellent leadership skills and a strong commitment to their own personal growth. Meet the 2025 finalists – Rasem Naji (Pacific Commissioning and Co-ordination), Sharon Parackal (Frequency) and Roanna Purcaru (GHD).  

2025 ACE Awards raise the bar on consulting excellence

With judging completed for another year, 2025 ACE Awards Convenor David Bridges is full of praise for this year’s contenders citing collaboration, empowerment, engagement and capability building as featuring strongly. We asked David about the standout themes and why he’s especially excited about these awards.

The ACE Awards are evolving – have your say

The ACE Awards celebrate excellence in Aotearoa New Zealand’s consulting sector – but you’ve told us they need to evolve. We want the awards to work for ALL our members, no matter the size of your firm or the kind of work you do. A full review of the awards is underway to ensure they remain relevant, inclusive and future-focused. Check out the proposed new categories and share your feedback.

Entering the ACE Awards is easy – it’s all about storytelling

Will you stand up and share your story about how the consulting services you delivered contributed to great outcomes for your client, stakeholders and the community? The ACE Awards offer a platform to shout out about the award-worthy things our members are doing, and we want to hear from you. Expressions of interest close on Sunday 30 March so it’s time to think about what you have done and what excited you. Where did your passion lie? What difference did you make? We talk to ACE Awards Convenor David Bridges about the importance of storytelling and why entering the awards is easy.  

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