21 Apr 2026
We’re thrilled to be launching the 2026 Engineering and Technology Excellence Awards, designed to recognise the people and teams behind innovative change across the transmission sector.
The awards celebrate those who demonstrate excellence and deliver outstanding solutions that improve the ways we work, raise our standards and deliver better outcomes for the people we serve. They are also a fantastic way of surfacing and sharing the amazing stories of engineering and technology change and progress, as we empower the energy future for New Zealand.
Make this year, your year to shine!
These awards are open to all Transpower’s engineering and technology specialists including those in the wider transmission whānau – our staff, consultants, contractors, sub-contractors and service providers.
We want to celebrate the people and teams who are finding new ways to deliver better outcomes and are making a positive difference for the people we serve. This is also our chance to learn from their work.
In 2024, Transpower took out the Supreme Award with the Real Time Pricing project. Category winners were AECOM for the digital substation protection and automation hardware design; Beca for the Redclyffe Cyclone Gabrielle protection and automation response work; and Transpower teams for the recycling of glass insulators initiative, use of machine learning for an improved tower painting model and the Cyclone Gabrielle response.
Head to our website to watch the videos, read these stories and start planning your entry now!
The details
Nominations are now being accepted, closing on 1 July, so put your thinking caps on about where you’ve made a difference, been innovative or taken on a challenge with exceptional results.
Nominations open: 22 April
Nominations close: 1 July
Finalists are named: 2 September
Black tie awards evening: 14 October
Winners will be announced at the Awards dinner, being held at the Public Trust Building in Wellington on Wednesday 14 October.
This will be a fantastic night of celebration and sharing so you don’t want to miss out. Start thinking about a nomination for your engineering or technology initiative that empowers the energy future for New Zealand now!
Questions? Get in touch [email protected]