The 2014 Canon Media Awards were hosted by the

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Newspaper Publishers' Association on Friday 9 May 2014 at the Pullman Hotel in

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, New Zealand. The Newspaper of the Year was '' The Dominion Post'', and the Reporter of the Year was Andrea Vance of Fairfax Media's political bureau. In August 2014, there were calls for the withdrawal of the Canon Media Award for Best Blog presented to

Cameron Slater Cameron Slater is a right-wing New Zealand-based blogger, best known for his role in ''Dirty Politics'' and publishing the ''Whale Oil Beef Hooked'' blog, which operated from 2005 until it closed in 2019. He edited the tabloid newspaper '' New Z ...

at the 2014 Canon Media Awards due to allegations of the recipient's involvement in political impropriety as published that same month in the book ''

Dirty Politics ''Dirty Politics: How attack politics is poisoning New Zealand’s political environment'' is a book by Nicky Hager published in August 2014. The book is based on emails hacked from Cameron Slater's Gmail account and on Facebook chats. These c ...

''. The Newspaper Publishers' Association did not withdraw the award, and released a statement that allegations presented in ''Dirty Politics'' did not constitute sufficient evidence or proof of wrongdoing.

Winners

Photography

*Press Photographer of the Year Richard Robinson (''

The New Zealand Herald ''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. It has the largest newspaper circulation of all newspaper ...

'') *Junior Press Photographer of the Year Alden Williams (''

The Nelson Mail ''The Nelson Mail'' is a 4-day a week newspaper in Nelson, New Zealand owned by media business Stuff Ltd. It was founded in 1866 as ''The Nelson Evening Mail''; the first edition was published on 5 March 1866. It absorbed another local paper, '' ...

'') *Best News Picture Craig Simcox ('' The Dominion Post'') *Best Sports Picture Iain McGregor (''

The Press ''The Press'' is a daily newspaper published in Christchurch, New Zealand owned by media business Stuff Ltd. First published in 1861, the newspaper is the largest circulating daily in the South Island and publishes Monday to Saturday. One comm ...

'') *Best Portrait Hannah Johnston ( Getty) *Best Feature Photo Stephen Parker ('' Rotorua Daily Post'') *Best Photo Essay/Slideshow Brett Phibbs (''

'')

Online

*Best Digital Breaking News Coverage nzherald.co.nz *Best Innovation in Multimedia Storytelling

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– ''Lost in the Long White Cloud'' *Best Innovation in New Technologies ''Viva'' (''

'') *Best Digital Community Interaction ''The Wellington Report'' ('' The Dominion Post'') *Best Video Mike Scott (''

Waikato Times The ''Waikato Times'' is a daily newspaper published in Hamilton, New Zealand and owned by media business Stuff Ltd. It has a circulation to the greater Waikato region and became a tabloid paper in 2018. The newspaper has won the title of Ne ...

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) *Best Blog

(Whale Oil) *Best News site

*Best Website Yahoo NZ

Magazines

*Best Newsstand Magazine (''

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'') *Best Trade/Professional Magazine ''New Zealand Doctor'' *Best Magazine Design ''Taste'' *Best Magazine Cover ''HOME'' *Magazine Feature Writer of the Year Steve Braunias (''

'') *Magazine Feature Writer Business and Politics Rebecca Macfie ('' New Zealand Listener'') *Magazine Feature Writer Crime and Justice Steve Braunias (''

'') *Magazine Feature Writer Health and Education Catherine Woulfe (''New Zealand Listener'') *Magazine Feature Writer Science and Environment Mike White ('' North & South'') *Magazine Feature Writer Arts and Entertainment Duncan Greive (''

'') *Magazine Feature Writer Sport Duncan Greive (''

'') *Magazine Feature Writer General Amanda Cropp ('' North & South'')

Newspapers

*Canon Newspaper of the Year '' The Dominion Post'' *Newspaper of the Year (plus 30,000 circulation) '' The Dominion Post'' *Newspaper of the Year (up to 30,000 circulation) ''

The Northern Advocate ''The Northern Advocate'' is the regional daily paper for the city of Whangārei and the Northland Region in New Zealand. History ''The Whangarei Comet and Northern Advertiser'' was founded in 1875 as a weekly paper by George Alderton and, desp ...

'' *Weekly Newspaper of the Year '' Weekend Herald'' *Community Newspaper of the Year ''

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'' *Best Newspaper Design ''

'' *Best Newspaper Inserted Magazine Time Out (''

'') *Reporter of the Year Andrea Vance ( Fairfax political bureau) *Junior Reporter of the Year Sam Boyer ('' The Dominion Post'') *Regional/Community Reporter of the Year Sandra Conchie (

Bay of Plenty Times The ''Bay of Plenty Times'' is the regional daily paper for the Bay of Plenty area, including Tauranga, in the North Island of New Zealand. History The ''Bay of Plenty Times'' was first produced on 4 September 1872 as a bi-weekly publication. It ...

) *Reporter Politics Andrea Vance ( Fairfax political bureau) *Reporter Business Duncan Bridgeman ( National Business Review) *Reporter Crime and Justice Anna Leask (''

'') *Reporter Health and Education David Fisher (''

'') *Cartoonist of the Year Rod Emmerson (''

'')

Cameron Slater controversy

In August 2014, following the publication of

Nicky Hager Nicky Hager (born 1958) is a New Zealand investigative journalist. He has produced seven books since 1996, covering topics such as intelligence networks, environmental issues and politics. He is one of two New Zealand members of the Internationa ...

's book ''Dirty Politics'' which alleged Cameron Slater's involvement with political impropriety, there were calls from online media for Slater's Canon Media Award for Best Blog to be withdrawn. However, the Newspaper Publishers' Association issued a statement saying that the award would not be withdrawn. NPA editorial director Rick Neville said "The only justification for even considering this would be if concrete evidence came forward of illegal or highly unethical methods having been used to obtain the Len Brown story. Nicky Hager has made a number of allegations but these are not the same as evidence or proof."

References

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