2022 REINZ Awards for Excellence

‘Twas a night of glitz and glamour at the 2022 REINZ Awards for Excellence. More than 550 of New Zealand’s top real estate and property management performers gathered to celebrate success across the industry. After a year’s hiatus from hosting the Awards in person, the excitement built — making it a fantastic evening for all.

Hip-hop crew Identity Dance Company — returning from the World Hip Hop Championships in the United States where they placed second — performed a fierce and high-energy opener — amping the audience for the night of celebration. Seven Sharp’s Hilary Barry MC’d the evening, and REINZ Chief Executive Jen Baird opened the ceremony with a whakatauki.

The evening saw 41 awards presented to individuals, offices and agencies from various sectors of the profession. Following the event, Jen Baird congratulated all winners and finalists on their outstanding achievements.

“Congratulations to all our finalists and winners of the 2022 REINZ Awards for Excellence. After the challenges of last year which saw our Awards adapted into a virtual ceremony, it was wonderful to come together and celebrate in person again. Every year we see such a high calibre of entries submitted, and this year was no exception.

“Thank you once again to our remarkable group of finalists and winners who continue to deliver world-class results for their clients and customers,” concluded Baird.

Thank you to our long-standing sponsors who make this event possible; Skills, realestate.co.nz and ABC Photosigns.

Winners from the evening were:

Residential Property Management Awards

 Residential Property Manager — Rising Star of the Year:

Minna Zhang – Rempstone Property Management  Residential Property Manager of the Year:

Jen Neil – Harcourts Grenadier Accommodation Centre  RPM Business Development Manager of the Year:

Lynne Cawthorn – Harcourts Holmwood, Edgeware  Small Office of the Year: Rempstone Property Management  Medium Office of the Year: Ray White Best Property

Management  Large Office of the Year: Harcourts Grenadier

Accommodation Centre

realestate.co.nz Multimedia Marketing Award

 Blair Stevens – NZR – NZ Real Estate

Innovation Award

 Hannah Walker – Proppy.co.nz

Community Awards

 Small Winner: Cristina Casares – Ray White Damerell Group, Ponsonby  Medium Winner: Harcourts Cooper & Co  Large Winner: Barfoot & Thompson

Individual Real Estate Sales Awards

 Manager of the Year: Blair James – James Group  Office Administrator of the Year: Sara Samuel – Lowe & Co

Realty, Wellington  Personal Assistant of the Year: Greer Morris-Clarke –

Harcourts JK Realty, Mt Albert

Residential Sales

 Residential Rising Star of the Year: Linh Yee – Ray White Black

Group Realty, Epsom  Residential Salesperson of the Year — Volume: Cameron Bailey – Harcourts Gold Papanui, Christchurch  Residential Salesperson of the Year: Cameron Bailey –

Harcourts Gold Papanui, Christchurch  Small Residential Office of the Year — Volume: Opes Real

Estate, Christchurch  Small Residential Office of the Year: Bayleys Mat Andrews

Real Estate, Wanaka  Medium Residential Office of the Year — Volume: Property

Brokers, Whanganui  Medium Residential Office of the Year: Bayleys Ponsonby,

Auckland  Large Residential Office of the Year — Volume: Tommy’s Real

Estate, Wellington City  Large Residential Office of the Year: Tommy’s Real Estate,

Wellington City

Business Brokerage

 Business Broker Rising Star of the Year: Jeremy Pak –

LINK Business Brokers, Auckland  Business Broker Salesperson of the Year: Linda Harley –

ABC Business Sales, Tauranga  Small Business Brokerage Office of the Year: ABC Business

Sales, Tauranga  Medium Business Brokerage Office of the Year:

LINK Business Brokers, Bay of Plenty  Large Business Brokerage Office of the Year: LINK Business

Brokers, Auckland

Commercial and Industrial

• C&I Rising Star of the Year: Sam Fitzgerald – CBRE, Auckland

• C&I Salesperson of the Year: Greg Goldfinch – Colliers, Highbrook

• Small C&I Office of the Year: Colliers, North Shore

• Medium C&I Office of the Year: Colliers, Highbrook

• Large C&I Office of the Year: Bayleys House, Auckland

Rural

• Rural Rising Star of the Year: Brent Irving – PGG Wrightson, Dunedin

• Rural Salesperson of the Year: Karl Davis – Bayleys Success Realty, Hamilton

• Small Rural Office of the Year: Bayleys Whalan & Partners, Christchurch

• Medium Rural Office of the Year: Bayleys Success Realty, Tauranga

• Large Rural Office of the Year: Bayleys Success Realty, Hamilton

Agency Awards

• Small Agency of the Year: Bayleys Southern NZ Realty, Queenstown

• Medium Agency of the Year: Bayleys Real Estate

• Large Agency of the Year: Barfoot & Thompson