Last week, We Love Local won two awards at the Electra Business & Innovation Awards 2026. We came home with Retail and Customer Experience, and we’re still smiling.
Thank you to the judges, sponsors, and to everyone who organised a night that celebrated so many local businesses!
What the awards mean to us
We started in 2018, packing gift boxes in a garage. Today every box we send is filled with products from small New Zealand makers, and the Retail award recognises how we bring those products to you.
Customer Experience is the one our team is most proud of. It recognises the care that goes into every order, from your first question to the moment the box arrives.
Shared with our makers, our team and you
These awards belong to more than 200 small New Zealand makers whose products go into our gift boxes. They belong to our team, who pack every box by hand. And they belong to you, because every box you send supports a local maker. Supporting local works.
Congratulations to everyone
It was a room full of people who took a risk on their own idea. Congratulations to all the other winners and finalists.
Our awards so far
These two join a few others we’re proud of.
- 2026, Electra Business & Innovation Awards, winner of Retail and Customer Experience
- 2026, Wellington Gold Awards, finalist in Emerging Gold (Products)
- 2023, Wellington Gold Awards, finalist in Emerging Gold (Products)
- 2022, Electra Business & Innovation Awards, winner of Small Business and finalist in Retail
- 2021, Electra Business & Innovation Awards, winner of Sustainability and finalist in New/Emerging
