RNZ won several awards at this year's Voyager honours, including for Guyon Espiner and Lydia Lewis' work. Photo: RNZ
RNZ was honoured with several top honours for its journalism at the 50th annual Voyager Media Awards on Saturday night.
RNZ's Guyon Espiner won Feature Writer of the Year (Short-Form) for his work.
RNZ Pacific reporter Lydia Lewis won the Le Mana Pacific Award for her coverage of Pacific issues.
Farah Hancock won best reporting, environment for her work including The Dirty Truth About The Waikato River.
The Newsroom and RNZ co-production The Detail was the joint winner of the best original podcast - ongoing/episodic award, going to Sharon Brettkelly, Emile Donovan, Sarah Robson, Bonnie Harrison, and Mark Jennings.
RNZ had a total of 14 finalists in this year's Voyager Media Awards.
The New Zealand Media Awards have celebrated excellence in New Zealand journalism since 1973. Originally known as the Qantas Press Awards, then the Canon Media Awards, Voyager Internet has been the premier sponsor since 2018.
The awards are managed and promoted by the News Publishers' Association which champions the news media industry of New Zealand.
The awards are held annually to encourage, showcase and acknowledge the best of New Zealand's news media across all platforms.
More on this year's winners can be found on the News Publishers' Association website.
