Celebrating the 2026 Best Places to Work Organisations
Auckland, New Zealand: Hundreds of business leaders and teams from across New Zealand gathered on 22 October at Cordis Auckland for the 2026 Best Places to Work Awards, celebrating the organisations that are redefining what it means to have an exceptional workplace experience.
Proud partners of BPTW™
Here at Consult, we are proud to be partners and sponsors of BPTW™, recognising organisations that turn strong workplace experience into strong business outcomes through trust, leadership and innovation. We were also proud to have our Group CEO, Karly Boast, on the judging panel, representing both Consult and LEAD Executive Search. We’re proud to stand alongside Best Places to Work™ in recognising leaders who are shaping the future of work in Aotearoa.
A huge congratulations to all the inspiring finalists and winners recognised at this year’s awards. Thank you for raising the bar for all of us. Thank you to Julie Gill, the Best Places to Work™ team and the EMA for bringing everyone together.
2026 Best Places to Work™ Award Winners
2026 BPTW™ Workplace Award winners:
- 2026 Overall Best Place to Work™: Tax Traders and Taxi, presented by EMA
- Micro Workplace: Brightly, presented by Unstoppable Force
- Small Workplace: Tax Traders and Taxi, presented by Flux B2B
- Small to Medium Workplace: RUSH, presented by Humankind
- Medium Workplace: GO Rentals New Zealand, presented by Smartly
- Large Workplace: Presbyterian Support East Coast (PSEC), presented by LEAD
- Extra Large Workplace: Vitaco Group, presented by Cordis Auckland
2026 BPTW™ Spotlight Award winners:
- Community & Regional Impact Spotlight: New Zealand Food Network, presented by The AI Assembly
- Innovation Spotlight: Ideally, presented by Creative HQ
- Wellbeing Spotlight: March Cato, presented by Breast Cancer Foundation NZ
- Purpose in Action Spotlight: Tax Traders and Taxi, presented by NG&A
- Sustainability Spotlight: Intrepid Travel, presented by the Centre for Sustainable Finance
- Technology & AI Readiness Spotlight: RUSH, presented by AI ORA™
What this year’s Awards highlighted
The 2026 Awards reflected a wider theme emerging through the Best Places to Work™ Employee Experience Survey results: what distinguishes stronger workplace experiences often comes down to what people experience day to day. That includes whether organisational values are reflected in decisions, whether employee feedback leads to action, and whether people feel supported and equipped as their work changes. The Awards begin with confidential employee feedback. Eligible organisations then provide evidence of the workplace practices behind that experience, which is assessed through an independent judging process. Together, those perspectives help recognise both what organisations are doing and how their people experience it.
About Best Places to Work™
Through the Best Places to Work™ year-round continuous improvement programme, which includes employee insights, benchmarking, certification, business services and masterclasses, Best Places to Work™ helps organisations measure, improve, and celebrate
their workplace culture. Together with its partners, it’s creating a community that will continue to lift the standard of workplace experience across every industry.
To learn more about the programme, visit www.bestplacestowork.nz
Why supporting BPTW™ matters to us
We spend all of our time meeting with amazing people doing great things in organisations that deserve to be recognised. We believe in helping individuals and organisations to thrive, and we feel so aligned with BPTW™ who us helping so many great businesses become better places to work and to be recognised for creating great work environments.
The reality is that not every organisation is a best place to work. That’s why Consult is proud to sponsor the BPTW™ awards and organisations like yours who are striving to be the very best work environment possible.
Supporting BPTW™ is one way to help lift the bar and inspire others. Great workplaces attract great people, which helps all of us. Being part of an organisation which is recognised as a Best Places to Work™ is highly attractive to employees irrespective of their role and we are proud to partner with many organisations who are committed to creating their own version of something really special.
If you’re looking to attract top talent or get recruitment support from people who understand what makes a workplace truly great, feel free to reach out to us at: info@consult.co.nz
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