'NZ House & Garden' judged top read

NZ House & Garden was judged consumer magazine of the year at the annual magazine awards in Auckland on Thursday night.

Judges commended NZ House & Garden for its design and presentation. They said the magazine's achievement in building up a readership of 600,000 New Zealanders had been "an extraordinary success story".

NZ House & Garden editor Kate Coughlan also won the consumer magazine category of editor of the year.

IT magazine PC World was judged business magazine of the year.

The awards, organised by the Magazine Publishers Association, were open to 122 New Zealand-based publications.

Other category winners were:

Special interest magazine of the year About Kids.

Editor of the year business: Fiona Powell, Her Business; special interest: Sally Duggan, Little Treasures/About Kids.

Publisher/publishing executive of the year publisher/proprietor: Phil Ryan, NetGuide; publishing executive: Martin Bell, IDG Communications.

Sales executive of the year team: Melisa Sinclair and Trudy Parsons-Smith, NZ House & Garden; individual: Simon Little, Marketplace Publishing.

Circulation/promotion of the year consumer: Cleo Magazine; special interest: About Kids.

Cover of the year consumer: Cuisine; business: Unlimited; special interest: Player.

Circulation/promotion of the year consumer: Cleo Magazine; special interest: About Kids.

Launch/relaunch of the year consumer: Internet Magazine; special interest: About Kids.

Designer of the year consumer: Kevin Schluter, Pulp; business: Adrian Clapperton, Pro Design; special interest: Scott Harwood, The Cut.

Journalist/writer of the year consumer: Jenny Chamberlain, North & South; business: Adele Gautier, Marketing Magazine.

Website of the year: Cuisine.