The Annual 2026 Pride In Print Awards have been held to honour exceptional skill and dedication to printing excellence. 

Brebner Print wins 2026 Pride In Print Supreme Award

Onekawa (Napier)-headquartered Brebner Print has claimed this year’s Pride In Print Supreme Award for its superb production of the New Zealand Birds Series of stamps.

With the job also taking out the Business Print Category Award, Brebner stamp production manager Matt Tobin describes being “absolutely stoked with the result”.

“This award means a lot to us – it's our first Supreme Award and it demonstrates our team operating at the top of the game,” he says.

“We've been printing stamps for four years now and the demands for quality have demonstrably improved our standards across the business. We have some incredibly-skilled staff and it's an honour to see their skill recognised like this.”

Mr Tobin says the stamps were produced for last year's PhilaKorea stamp exhibition in Seoul, where they proved “very popular”.

“We've since been contacted by collectors who weren't able to get enough of them at the exhibition, asking for more! They show a depth of embossing unlike anything seen before on a stamp sheet, with a stunning design and exceptionally-detailed print to match it.”

He adds that, having been informed of the Supreme Award win, organisers of the PhilaKorea event have made contact to advise “they are absolutely delighted for us”.

“This award is another step towards solidifying a key customer of ours and will hopefully contribute to securing more work in the export side of our business.”

Major 2026 Pride In Print Awards Winners

Prestigious 2026 Pride In Print Awards presented tonight (Friday June 26) at the industry’s annual gala event hosted at Christchurch’s Te Pae Convention Centre have included:

Supreme Award

· New Zealand Birds Series (Brebner Print)

Category Awards

· Publications Newspapers – Otago Daily Times, 17 February 2025 (Allied Press)

· Publications Magazines – Sage Journal (Blue Star Auckland Print & Packaging)

· Publications Books – Well Worn Publication (Gravitas Media)

· Business Print – New Zealand Birds Series (Brebner Print)

· Promotional Print – WOW 2026 Calendar (Blue Star Wellington)

· Labels – Kolo Pinot Noir 2022 (MCC Albany)

· Flexible Packaging – Cheddar Natural Slices 200g (Sealed Air Hamilton)

· Paper and Board Packaging – Vaione Gin Gift Cartons (Valley Print 2020)

· Structural Design Packaging – Whittakers Caramel / Banana Presentation Box (ABC Original Print)

· Packaging All Other Materials – Whittaker's Brandy Snap (Gravure Packaging)

· Sign and Display Print – Heineken Electric Ave Pallet Display (APC Innovate)

· Specialty Products – Wella, Fine Art Screen Print (Southan Print)

· Print Finishing – Osmosis Blemish Control Essentials Kit (Studio Q / LaserFoil)

· Industry Development and Creativity – SolarBurst, The Colour Build Collection (MCC Albany)

· Print Industry Promotion – Logick Playing Cards Set (Logick Print & Graphics)

Process Awards

· Coldset Offset – The Post Your Weekend (Stuff)

· Heatset Offset – Franklin Times (Webstar Auckland)

· Sheetfed Offset – WOW Programme 2025 (Blue Star Wellington)

· Digital – Heyday Snow Leopard IPA (Leading Label Co)

· Flexographic– Cheddar Natural Slices 200g (Sealed Air Hamilton)

· Gravure – Whittaker's Brandy Snap (Gravure Packaging)

· Inkjet – Dunhuang Culture in New Zealand, Silk VUE Dual-Layer Translucent Fabric Display (iProduction)

· Screen – Wella, Fine Art Screen Print (Southan Print)

· Letterpress – Putiki Estate (The Armarie Room)

Prestigious PrintNZ Awards

Also bestowed at the 2026 Pride In Print Awards Evening were the following prestigious PrintNZ Awards:

· BJ Ball Apprentice of the Year – Travers Dobson (Leading Label Company)

· Business Awards Category (Sustainability) – SCG

· Trainer of the Year (Joint) – Rhys Fauvel (Blue Star Wellington) and Matthew Moore (Opal Fibre Packaging Christchurch)

· Training Company of the Year – Opal Fibre Packaging New Zealand

PrintNZ Business Awards Gold Medals were presented to:

· Big Ideas Group – Innovation

· Blue Star Group – Sustainability/Wellness

· Custom Teez – Innovation

· Forbes Packaging – Innovation

· Gratpak – Sustainability

· Kale Print – Sustainability

· Kiwi Labels – Wellness

· ProAmpac New Zealand – Sustainability

· SCG – Sustainability

· The Print Room – Innovation/Sustainability/Wellness