New Zealand’s Pride In Print Awards brought success for the country’s newspaper and heatset printers, with APN Print scoring a category win, four further gold medals and a haul of ‘highly commendeds’. Presentations were made at Auckland’s Sky City in a gala event attended by 700 guests. APN’s Manukau heatset site won the publications category for an edition of ‘Mindfood’ which judges said had shown “what it takes to jump off the news stand and into the hands of the magazine reader”. The entry – which also won the web process award – stood out because of its high degree of difficulty. “This magazine had a 50,000 print run on an 18-year-old press and had a four-day turnaround, said judges. “The quality is extremely high with excellent colour and register. It also has a double gatefold cover for further impact. “To achieve this kind of consistency on a press running at ten metres a second is a huge feat for the web sector.” APN Print chief operating officer Brian Hood says the awards cemented the position of the company across a number of print processes. “Maintaining and building on our success and reputation of being the ‘quality’ NZ web printers in both heatset and coldset is challenging, particularly given the economics of our industry and the country,” he says. Gold awards went to: Newspapers – APN Print Tauranga for ‘The Daily Post’ 24/12/09; APN Print Tauranga for ‘The Daily Post’ 30/12/09; and APN Print Ellerslie for ‘The New Zealand Herald’. Magazines – APN Print Manukau for ‘Mindfood’ Jul/Aug 2009; APN Print Manukau for ‘Taste’ Sept 2009; PMP Print Auckland for ‘Fashion Quarterly’ (Winter); PMP Print Auckland/ PMP Print Christchurch for ‘Real Magazine’ Oct / Nov 09; McCollams Print for ‘Design Folio’; Horton Media for ‘New Zealand Aviation’. Catalogues and leaflets – APN Print Manukau for ‘Placemakers’; Webstar for ‘Rebel Sport’ Super 14 Poster; Geon Napier for Brochure & booklet; Geon Wellington for Urlar Promotional Brochure; Geon Wellington for Dibble Leaflet; PMP Print Auckland for ‘Countdown CD27’; PMP Print Auckland for Flight Centre Sunshine Coast; Service Printers for Thistle Shoes booklet; Geon Highbrook for Partridge Jewellers; and Webstar for House of Travel. Highly commended were: Newspapers – Gisborne Herald for ‘Gisborne Herald’; APN Print Tauranga for ‘Bay of Plenty Times’ 30/12/09; APN Print Ellerslie for ‘Auckland Big Little City’; APN Print Christchurch for ‘The Star’ Midweek; Horton Media for ‘Weekly Telegraph’. Magazines – APN Print Manukau for ‘Crème’ Dec 09; APN Print Manukau for ‘Great Kiwi Escape’; Adprint for ‘Wellesley At The Bay’ 2009; Adprint for ‘Creative Wood’; PMP Print Auckland for ‘Mana’ April-May 09; Horton Media for ‘New Zealand Aviation ‘; Geon Highbrook for ‘M2 Woman’ June; Geon Highbrook for ‘Her’ Magazine November 09; Geon Highbrook for ‘The Cut’ (Oct/Nov 09); and Webstar forn ‘Ezibuy - At Home Summer Collection’ 2009. Catalogues and leaflets – Astra Print for Haratua; Geon Highbrook for Graeme Thomson Jewellery brochure; Geon Wellington for Exposure Book; PMP Print Auckland for Freedom Elements Catalogue; PMP Print Auckland for ‘New World’ 30/3/09; McCollams Print for ‘Performance Yachts’; Service Printers for Icebreaker Spring Summer Catalogue; Service Printers for Lexus IS; Service Printers for Prado Booklet; Service Printers for Asia NZ Corporate Profile; Geon Highbrook for Webb’s Catalogue; Geon Highbrook for ‘Art News’; Soar Printing for ‘Euphoria’; Webstar for Office Max - Back to School 2010; Webstar for Vodafone - Christmas Mailer; Webstar for Kathmandu - The Winter Sale. In the Industry Development group, Geon Christchurch won an innovation gold for security tape; Geon Napier won an environmental gold for Pulp Pallet Labels (both category winners); and Horton Media was highly commended in the self promotion category for ‘From Lens to Ink’.