{"id":72613,"date":"2025-10-11T20:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T20:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/72613\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T20:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T20:24:08","slug":"tompkins-wake-rotorua-business-awards-2025-rotorua-canopy-tours-makes-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/72613\/","title":{"rendered":"Tompkins Wake Rotorua Business Awards 2025: Rotorua Canopy Tours makes history"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 24-strong team of judges shortlisted leading entries. Each finalist was in the running for the Supreme Award. <\/p>\n

Rotorua Canopy Tours first won the top accolade nine years ago. <\/p>\n

\"RotoruaRotorua Canopy Tours accepting one of its three awards at the Tompkins Wake Rotorua Business Awards 2025.<\/p>\n

Now under new ownership, they have done it again, winning the Manaakitanga Tourism and Hospitality, and Kaitiakitanga Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change categories on the way. <\/p>\n

Rotorua Business Chamber president Paul Ingram said Canopy Tours continued to set the benchmark for business excellence, with a combination of vision, innovation and long-term contribution to Rotorua\u2019s economy and environment.<\/p>\n

Ingram described their focus as \u201cunwavering\u201d. <\/p>\n

He said the business had remained innovative and customer-focused since it first launched its zipline experience 13 years ago, gaining international and local attention for its professionalism and environmental commitment.<\/p>\n

Ingram said the company\u2019s focus on safety, leadership, staff development and community engagement created an experience that went \u201cfar beyond the tree canopy\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"RotoruaRotorua Canopy Tours has been recognised at the Tompkins Wake Rotorua Business Awards.<\/p>\n

He said Canopy Tours was a world-class operator whose work had supported the regeneration of native forest and birdlife for future generations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud to recognise the whole team\u2019s efforts with the Supreme Award this year,\u201d Ingram said.<\/p>\n

Last year Te Puia New Zealand M\u0101ori Arts and Crafts Institute claimed the Supreme Award<\/a> at the awards after surviving three of the most tumultuous years in its 60-plus year history during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

2025 winners<\/p>\n

Category sponsors and winners of this year\u2019s Tompkins Wake Rotorua Business Awards:<\/p>\n

PAK\u2019nSAVE Rotorua \u2013 CREATIVE ARTS & DESIGN: Te Puia NZMACI Limited Partnership<\/p>\n

Bioeconomy Science Institute | Scion Group \u2013 INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY: Cetogenix<\/p>\n

Ebbett Rotorua \u2013 RETAIL: STOKEDNZ<\/p>\n

RotoruaNZ \u2013 MANAAKITANGA TOURISM & HOSPITALITY: Rotorua Canopy Tours<\/p>\n

Pukeroa Oruawhata Holdings \u2013 PRIMARY MANUFACTURING & BUILDING: Top Gear Trailers<\/p>\n

Osbornes Funeral Directors \u2013 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: Peak Safety Training<\/p>\n

Unison \u2013 KAITIAKITANGA ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY & CLIMATE CHANGE: Rotorua Canopy Tours<\/p>\n

NZME \u2013 PEOPLE\u2019S CHOICE: House of Elliott Hairdressing<\/p>\n

Te Puia NZMACI Limited Partnership \u2013 EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR: Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland<\/p>\n

Te Puia NZMACI Limited Partnership \u2013 EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR (Highly Commended): United First National Real Estate and Property Management<\/p>\n

Mountain Jade \u2013 BILINGUAL BUSINESS: Arataua Media<\/p>\n

Timberlands Limited \u2013 WORKPLACE SAFETY AND WELLBEING: Mills-Tui Limited<\/p>\n

Montana Food and Events \u2013 NOT FOR PROFIT & SOCIAL ENTERPRISE: Taiohi T\u016brama \u2013 Rotorua Centre for Youth<\/p>\n

Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology \u2013 EMERGING BUSINESS LEADER: Renee Tapsell, Aotearoa Dive<\/p>\n

Red Stag Timber \u2013 BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR: Jeremy Wells, Kilwell Group<\/p>\n

Rotorua Lakes Council \u2013 OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO ROTORUA: Bioeconomy Science Institute | Scion Group<\/p>\n

Tompkins Wake \u2013 SUPREME AWARD: Rotorua Canopy Tours<\/p>\n

Annabel Reid<\/a> is a multimedia journalist for the Bay of Plenty Times and Rotorua Daily Post, based in Rotorua. Originally from Hawke\u2019s Bay, she has a Bachelor of Communications from the University of Canterbury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 24-strong team of judges shortlisted leading entries. Each finalist was in the running for the Supreme Award.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[836,10779,138,57249,1861,1362,5338,111,139,69,1327,1961,57248,196,6277,1530],"class_list":["post-72613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-836","tag-awards","tag-business","tag-canopy","tag-history","tag-made","tag-makes","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rotorua","tag-this","tag-tompkins","tag-tours","tag-wake","tag-years"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}