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Once you click the link below, you will be taken to our online entry portal and asked to sign up/sign in. Once you are signed up, you will be able to select your category to enter into.

Along the way, your entry progress will automatically be saved under your account for you to come back and finish at any time before entries close.

Entries close at 5pm on Monday, 4 March 2024

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Please note:

• You can either directly enter this category yourself or nominate someone you think deserves the award.
• This award, like the Flying Kiwi Hi-Tech Hall of Fame and Hi-Tech Inspiring Individual awards, are enduring accolades. Therefore previous winners are not eligible to re-enter, but previous finalists are encouraged to enter again.
• Finalists in the Young Achiever category cannot also be a finalist in the Inspiring Individual category in the same year. In the event of this occurrence, the entrant/nominee will be asked to select the category they wish to go forward in.

Judging Criteria

The winner of this category will be an individual who is:

• Under 30 years of age on 4 March 2024.
• Making an outstanding contribution to a NZ hi-tech company or community as a founder, director, employee, advisor or contractor OR to the hi-tech sector itself.
• Demonstrating qualities that single them out as a leader and achiever.
• A NZ citizen or a NZ permanent resident who has lived in NZ for a minimum of five years.

Note: In the face-to-face finalists panel interview, entrants will also be judged on their ability to tell their story/narrative, and capture and sustain the attention of the judges.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to email info@hitech.org.nz or call +64 21 223 8506.